Post Hog!
Of course menus of famous restaurants of fine cuisine recipes are listed.
They read something like this.
1) Simmer vegetables slowly to achieve soft delicacy.
2) Herbs and spices such as garlic, saffron, white pepper and turmeric proportionally blended to just the right consistency.
3) Slowly introduce the proportions together not to interrupt the balance.
4) Add goat meat and eat!
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Just watched the first half of Season 11 of The Big Bang Theory. I have had this on disk for years and never got around to watching it.
Pretty funny.
Maybe I will watch the second half of Season 11 in a year or two.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Plymouth Superbirds were banned from the racetrack because they took every race they were ever in
Nightcaps Brent, ...I'll take a Glenfiddich so I can sleep well not worrying about Ed's goat
Funny stuff Brent, I was waiting for the half-size car to go fast but when the guy got out of it and locked the door that was good enough for me
Can't take the wife with you in this baby, but then pickin up the chicks could also be a problem.
I've got tops, nightcaps on me.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Well it's past rack time and I guess Ed still wants me to believe he ate his goat
No way! I've seen Ed's face and I've seen the goats face. The goat did not get eaten by Ed!
Ed don't eat goat
There's a song I used to know when I was little.
Gold Miner Joe He loved his gold He loved that gold, oh yes he did He had a goat, oh yes he did He loved that goat, just like a Kid Gold Miner Joe, he struck it rich He took his gold and took his Kid
Nighty night Kids
Evening all from a stormy West Coast.
The restoration guys finished laying the subfloor today and the anti-mould squad sprayed the crawlspace and tore out a bunch of the pink insulation. Puppies had a front-row seat today and were a hit with the crew.
We all conferred today that Christmas get together is not happening for the usual twenty or so that gather at our house. We all decided to bag the gift exchanging as well. Many medical people in the family and practising what they preach was an easy decision. We know four people that have died from the virus, three of whom have stayed at our home. Stupid is as stupid does.
My daughter is having her gallbladder out on Dec 16th and no one wants to be around someone that has just been in a germy hospital anyway.
Garry, good to see your post, hope you keep feeling better.
I was looking at some prototype turnouts today in some photos and they had incredibly long points on them for some reason. The captions stated that the points were really long but did not say why. I was going to post the pics but they seem to have vanished which seems to happen a lot on FB. I was wondering if anyone here had ever built such things and why would they exist.
Had an online Doctor appointment today and ended up yapping with the Doc for ages about everything under the Sun. He is a young guy that took over when my old Doc retired. I really like him and think he will be a good permanent Doc for me.
Had a funny Crock story from when I was on an all-day river rafting trip in Australia and ended up in the water. Someday I'll tell it.
I think there is one person on here that will know where this is, the rest of you will have to guess.
All the best to all.
You can wait all you want!
Ain't buying goat meat in the shepherd's pie at all today.
I remember the time I was lost in the Ozark Mountains and told about a goat that was dead on the side of the road with two buzzards eating it and you said and I quote, ...Poor Goat!
Well what else is new tonight guys?
Racktime in an hour and 45 minutes
PH
gmpullman We made our herder's pies using "localy grown" (as in the back yard) goat meat. Quite tasty indeed
We made our herder's pies using "localy grown" (as in the back yard) goat meat.
Quite tasty indeed
Oh Hockey puck!, ... Or is that Poppycock!
I wouldn't believe that one for a second Ed. You loved that goat more than I did of course. And I've always loved that goat. You wouldn't eat your pet for all the money in the world. Ducks and chickens I suppose but not that Cute Face with the droopy ears
It was kind of funny though, for those of us in the world that have a kinda sick sense of humor like me, ...And you I guess
Christmas Eve is the most active time for us. We go to church for the Christmas candlelight service. We used to go to the one at midnight, but now that we are older we go to an earlier service.
Christmas Day is very laid back. After presents are opened, we just sit around and talk while the grandkids play. We don't do a big meal, but usually just snack all day. If there is enough snow, we take the kids to the big sledding hill in the park.
York1 John
hon30critterWhat are your Christmas family traditions?
Every year, all of my wife's family gathers on Christmas Eve to give presents to all the children in the family. 50-60 people! No presents for adults, on your 18th birthday you go from a receiver to a giver. It is a great time, and always so much fun to watch the kids get excited over presents.
On Christmas day, we spend the day with our immediate family.
This year, none of this will happen, and that makes me very sad.
Each Christmas Eve, instead of a formal meal, we get a bunch of appetizers and graze for a few hours. Some we will make ourselves and others we will buy frozen. There is always some salami and cheeses as well.
Later in the evening we will play board games or euchre.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
SeeYou190Shepard's pie, no matter how it is made, is always good. I have never had it with lamb. I will need to keep my eye out for something a bit more authentic.
From Wikipedia:
The term cottage pie was in use by 1791.
The term shepherd's pie did not appear until 1854, and was initially used synonymously with cottage pie, regardless of whether the meat was beef or mutton. However, in the UK since the 21st century, the term shepherd's pie is used more commonly when the meat is lamb.
The French name hachis Parmentier is documented in French in 1900, and in English in 1898. A hachis is anything finely chopped; the English word 'hash' is borrowed from it. 'Parmentier' is Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, after whom many potato dishes were named, as he was instrumental in the promotion of the potato in France in the 18th century.
Here's a recipe for a more traditional goat pie:
https://www.trueaussiebeefandlamb.com/recipes-usa/consumer-recipes/goat/goat-pie/#
I hope everyone is doing well these days.
Regards, Ed
Since 1987, our family has hosted doughnuts and hot cider after Christmas morning service. Leftovers for the past few years have gone to the local police department (rumor has it that officers really do like doughnuts).
Gary
I don't know if we're allowed this year
Toby our 11 year old coonhound beagle was the last out of bed yesterday. He sometimes limps with his left front leg and he did so yesterday as he came over to the rug next to our bed. I petted him, scratched his ears belly and butt and then went into my closet. He started screaming like he did the time he got his dew claw stuck on the leash loop of his collar.
I came around the corner and he was just standing there screaming. My wife came in and she started crying. We got him calmed down and he laid down, shivering. He eventurally came into the family room, lied down for a while and then wanted breakfast. After breakfast he usually wants to go out, but laid down again. His belly was soft. Dogs can get a twisting of their stomach, which is a medical emergency.
Eventurally he did go out, not very productive and spent the day lying around (more than usual for a coonhound) He had hurt his back 3 or 4 years ago and we had some pain meds left over. But he didn't walk like he did then with a hurt back. The beagle makes him a drama queen and he has higher highs than most dogs. When we took him out, he would get excited and jump, then land with a yelp.
Today was mostly a better day. We are thinking he might have had neck pain. Maybe that is what is causing his limp.
I like Alastair Sims, and also George C Scott. I also saw it as a play with John Astin. He put a little Gomez in the role. The wife put up a fake Christmas tree yesterday. We probably won't be seeing the grandchildren, I'm not all that excited about it.
My father owned a mens store and December was a busy month right up through Christmas eve. I was farmed out to my grandmother for the last couple days. I got to ride the bus and sometimes the trolley to the department stores in Baltimore, all clustered in one street corner. I loved those cast metal soldiers and horsemen. We would have lunch in the department store restaurant, where the waitresses would call my grandmother "Hon" There were a couple of my grandmothers friends and a couple distant cousins. I'll bet the whole bill wasn't $20 and they calculated their share out to the penny.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Having worked in retail for many years, I got to the point where I automatically tuned out the Christmas carols. Listening to them for 8+ hours per day from the middle of November to December 24th became very tedious.
We still play them sometimes, like when we are decorating the tree, or on Christmas Eve and Christmas morning, but that's about it. A little goes a long way.
One thing I still try to do every Christmas Eve is watch the 1951 version of 'A Christmas Carol' with Alastair Sim who played the part of 'Ebenezer Scrooge'. The ghosts used to scare the whits out of me when I was a kid! The ending always brought tears to my eyes!
What are your Christmas family traditions?
Cheers!!
Some time ago, someone here mentioned that my favorite author, Clive Cussler, had passed away. I hadn't heard about it, and wondered how that escaped my attention. I looked it up, and sure enough, he left us back in February of this year. But how had I missed it?
As he was a writer of many sea tales, perhaps I should have known sooner. The key was February. As it happened, I was at sea, pretty much happily out of touch with the world on a Caribbean vacation. When I got back, I walked into Covid nonsense, so I missed that news.
Mystery solved.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
York1My most unfavorite Christmas song: Paul McCartney's "Simply Having a Wonderful Christmas Time".
That song is terrible.
I also strongly dislike John Lennon's Happy Christmas (So This Is Christmas).
However, I think that Ringo Starr's rendition of Winter Wonderland is very enjoyable.
Christmas songs.
A must --
Oiche Chiun by Enya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7ThedzFKdM
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
MisterBeasleyMy taste in Christmas music is real Christmas music
I'll agree with that. My wife has the Family Radio App, which is playing 24 hours a day of religious Christmas songs.
My favorite religious Christmas song is "Birthday of the King".
Favorite secular Christmas song: Bing Crosby sings, "I'll Be Home for Christmas",
Christmas Eve will find meWhere the lovelight gleamsI'll be home for ChristmasIf only in my dreams
My most unfavorite Christmas song: Paul McCartney's "Simply Having a Wonderful Christmas Time".
I really dislike that song and the sound of it. That's the one for me that when it hits the radio, I switch stations. (You may love it, so I don't want to insult anyone -- there's just something about it that I don't like.)
Good Afternoon,
A day of cloud and freezing drizzle here.
I don't care for most Christmas music but I do like Guardian Angel sung by Mario Lanza. Guess I've become a bit of a Scrooge. The last Christmas I enjoyed was 2008 when we went to Paris. We went there to get away as my wife couldn't face being here since her father passed away that Aug. Then my mother passed away just before Christmas in 2010.
Today is trackwork day as that pesky turnout will be replaced. I will have to add a 4 " short extensuon to the tabletop so I can re-route the harbour siding but that is for another day.
CN Charlie
Track fiddlerMy favorite Christmas song is Mannheim Steamroller, Silent Night.
I don't know why, but this is my all time favorite Christmas song, and my favorite version is this one by Sister Hazel. It just sends shivers down my spine and a tear to my eye.
It is not great, barely even good, but it has a touching honesty to it that really gets to me.
The Christmas song I hate the most is that high-speed Barbra Streisand Jingle Bells one. It's extremely irritating to me and I cannot change the channel quick enough.
My favorite Christmas song is Mannheim Steamroller, Stille Nacht (Silent Night). I can't remember any time I've listened to it that I didn't get some sort of Misty thing going on in my eye.
Wish I could post it for you but I still don't know how to do that
Hi Everyone,
Bear: Thank you for the clarification. I didn't know; however, I did doa little (very little) research on the differences and found that Cumberland pie is also called cottage pie. Now, the differences between those two are a little vague. It seems one has cheese sprinkled on top and one does not. But then, the definitions cited were also a bit unsure about the differences. So, the only concrete thing I got out of the whole thing is Shepard's pie IS made with lamb. Fortunately, none of this "much ado about nothingness" affects the taste of a mighty fine meal.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
moelarrycurly4I hate that Last Christmas song.
I don't know anybody that likes that song.
When I hear Last Christmas come on the radio, I cannot reach to switch the channel fast enough.
Water Level Route the Brian Setzer Christmas music is FANTASTIC!
A couple of years ago I was lucky enough to go to a Brian Setzer Chistmas Concert in Saint Petersburg. It was a great show.
SeeYou190and the band's style really comes through.
Mike
I hate that Last Christmas song. I of course make up alternate lyrics to it.
MisterBeasleyMy taste in Christmas music is real Christmas music, all but absent from our anti-religion airwaves for many years now. So, I was quite unhappy when I turned on my car radio yesterday to hear a formerly-good station playing nothing but Holiday Pop.
Our local "Christmas Station" switched to holiday music a month ago. They play all the traditional songs, but they play Last Christmas by George Michael once every hour. That is too much for me.
This is a fun non-traditional holiday song:
My taste in Christmas music is real Christmas music, all but absent from our anti-religion airwaves for many years now. So, I was quite unhappy when I turned on my car radio yesterday to hear a formerly-good station playing nothing but Holiday Pop. We're going to be stuck with that for a month, which I suppose is better than having it start the day after Halloween.
Time to dig out some CDs so I'll have a choice of music in the car for December.
Good morning, everyone. Bacon, eggs, and coffee.
It's a dark, dreary, rainy, sleety day. My wife hates these kind of days, and I love them. I have always liked rainy days.
LastspikemikeAn alligator bite mark will show an arc across the nose teeth whereas the crocodile bite will be more pointy. When you go to identify the body, I mean. The bits that are left that is.
When we lived in Louisiana, our daughters had some pet rabbits. We couldn't keep them anymore, so we gave them to our cousins who lived in a swampy area out west of New Orleans. They had outdoor cages for their animals. When we went to visit some weeks later, they apologized and showed us the cage. An alligator had come along and gotten the rabbits. My daughters took it better than I thought they would.
Garry, hope you continue to mend.
Rob, I hope your treatments continue to make things better for you. You are in my prayers.
Alvie, it sounds like you're keeping busy painting. That is not one of my favorite things to do. I know you are better at it than I am.
For everyone, I hope you have a great U.S. Thanksgiving week. Even with the virus, health issues, etc., most of us still have much to be thankful for.
I have Christmas 78's 45's and LP's
Even an acoustic recorded 78 for my acoustic phonograph.
and the wife has cds