mudchicken QM: Kinda feel like a steel ball in a pinball game some days. "Home" is when you are fortunate enough to avoid the flippers at the bottom end of the table. Travellin' Feathers
QM: Kinda feel like a steel ball in a pinball game some days. "Home" is when you are fortunate enough to avoid the flippers at the bottom end of the table.
Travellin' Feathers
M C.....Seems you are a fellow that can handle all the moving about that they throw at you....As long as you can keep that 'ol pin ball maching from going into "Tilt"......Good luck and enjoy.
Must run...get ready for church....Beautiful day here in central Indiana.
Quentin
I sent Mudchicken and Boss Hen on their way last nite - without visible teeth marks. Sat next to Boss Hen @ dinner and do you know - she had the audacity to order asparagus and eat it right in front of me! And she liked it!
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Whats wrong with asparagus?
Covered with real mayo, or a cheese sauce its great!
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Probably like Okra and Eggplant, too....
There are some number of items in the various food groups that I'd probably find palatable, but which I don't go out of my way to eat. Spare grass is one of them.
Of course, if you cover something with enough of something else, you hardly notice it's there, anyhow...
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Asparagus is a favorite of mine, a real spring delicacy.
As well as eggplant later in the season. I grow my own eggplant, generally in pots because eggplants are very likely to get wilt diseases. I soak the pots in chlorine bleach to kill the germs and use sterilized potting soil to plant them in. Large Italian eggplants are ok but my favorite are smaller Asian eggplants.
tree68 Of course, if you cover something with enough of something else,
Of course, if you cover something with enough of something else,
Mookie tree68 Of course, if you cover something with enough of something else, How about dirt? Or a garbage can lid?
There are some items that are mislabeled "food" even though they are non-food.
As to okra, there are ways of preparing it that do not put it into the non-food group--fried okra and gumbo are food, boiled okra is non-food (just think how easily it can come back up, with all the lubricant on the outside and the ball bearings on the inside). I have a memory of having recounted an experience I had with boiled okra when I was a boy--a guest of my grandparents insisted that I eat some, and no one in my family defended me.
I am having to educate Katie (my daughter) as to the distinction between foods and non-foods, and she understands, even though she enjoys ingesting the non-foods. Also, I am learning what Jackie (Katie's daughter) does not like so I can avoid such when I prepare supper for us.
Spring sprang back this past week, but there is hope that it will come to stay until summer arrives.
Johnny
Deggesty There are some items that are mislabeled "food" even though they are non-food.
When my children were little I used to make a delicious (and cheap) breakfast creal out of acorns and pine needles from our back yard. But my children refused, absolutely refused, to eat it. Ingrates.
John WR Deggesty There are some items that are mislabeled "food" even though they are non-food. When my children were little I used to make a delicious (and cheap) breakfast creal out of acorns and pine needles from our back yard. But my children refused, absolutely refused, to eat it. Ingrates.
Jen....a couple of hrs. ago as I checked out the weather channel, it appeared you might be having some rather bad weather "stuff" coming up over NE.....So far, it appeared to be moving about a hundred or so miles west of us...Hope it doesn't get any closer.
And as for covering some food with a garbage can lid....I could think of plenty that should be under that cover.
Mookie Probably like Okra and Eggplant, too....
I love those...as well as Brussel Sprouts...
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OK - I hate asparagus. I lived in Oklahoma when daughter was born - they gave us boiled okra and stewed tomatoes in hospital. Real throw up food. I love brussel sprouts and most veggies. Squash isn't a favorite. But overall, there are few foods I absolutely, postively won't eat and asparagus is at the top. Maybe with dirt as Tree suggested? But why ruin good dirt!
Q - did you watch the radar - two lines went just a smidge north of us and a smidge east of us. We have had rain showers and some noise this pm, but no severe weather. It is 60 degrees right now, so don't think weather will get do much more than water the lawn. If that. mmm - hope there is no snow......
The Asparagus thing is more of an acquired taste I suspect...it sort of reminds me of what I used to think of 'Fiddleheads'...fern sprouts more or less. Same sort of deal.
Our weather seems to be building up to some real thunderboomers later this week...Monday high 79F feeling like 87F, Tuesday high 79F feeling like 93F...Wednesday 82F feeling like just under 100F....all with a 50-60% chance of thunderstorms....
I grew up in a household with simple tastes - dinner was usually potatoes, meat, and a veggie (peas, green beans, corn - plebian stuff).
Mom grew up on a farm, and we lived in the country for a few years when I was young, so rhubarb and asparagus made occasional appearances, but not often. I must have been being polite once when we had strawberry-rhubarb pie, and Mom thought I really liked it. I'm not even a big fan of straight strawberry pie...
We're in for some weather in the middle of the week - probably the stuff that's pounding the Great Plains right now. Looks like OK is in for more rough stuff after the mess they had last night.
If it'll stay dry, I have to mow today. Not quite to baling stage, but it's getting high, and both neighbors have mowed...
Good Morning
Get to see some sun and cloud with the high of 78F feeling like 89F....heeheehee
Still working on the ol' Lost Cause...sigh....found a couple of Hoosier cabinets though...now they are residing where they should have been....
We have 3 states that protect Lincoln more times than not. OK, KS and IA. If it comes from the south - by the time these systems get to the KC area, they are usually heading off just slightly to our east. Storms straight from the west seem to separate (n & s) and go around the city. None of these every miss Iowa!
Storms from the 4 corners - all bets are off.
Not perfect summary, but as good as most of our weather forecasters.
Mookie Q - did you watch the radar - two lines went just a smidge north of us and a smidge east of us. We have had rain showers and some noise this pm, but no severe weather. It is 60 degrees right now, so don't think weather will get do much more than water the lawn. If that. mmm - hope there is no snow......
Jen, it sounds very familiar with the action weather takes here near Muncie....MUCH of the time the red lines do separate or lessen in strength as it nears Muncie. Old wives tale here seem to be: "its the big bend in White River" as it passes thru Muncie that prevents many storms from {attacking us}, from the west. Of course, some do....But many don't.
I did see some of the current warnings west of us for happening today again....Appears it is going for the most part, slightly over our north side....But a threat of {sliight action}, is up for here anyway....
And, Larry, I got ahead of it by {mowing on Sunday}....Finished up at 9:15 last evening....edging and clean-up with leaf blower...including tractor. Lawn has just about totally recovered from last Summer's terrible drought in this area....Yes, it's taken this long to do so....and it gets 4 professonal treatments a season. It really got hit bad last season...totally brown...! Now again, we have totally pretty deep green...I think edging any appropriate areas really makes a much neater job of it all.....And my tool to do that is a "Worx" unit...Really like what it does. Battery powered. 18vt.
We were given a severe thunderstorm warning (not a watch) for last night. Why, I don't know--according to Pat, the moon didn't disappear at all for the duration of the warning. Today it was a chance of thunderstorms in the morning (I got the grass cut), and a likelihood of severe weather this afternoon (breezy now, but the morning clouds have given way to sunshine and the radar is wide open. Maybe I'll venture out today.
Carl
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Mowed under mostly sunny skies, after a brief shower early on. Good enough for now.
Nothing showing up as a threat to us just yet - all we're supposed to get tonight is a few showers. Thunderbumpers are scheduled to arrive tomorrow and Wednesday.
The bulk of the lower peninsula of MI is under a severe thunderstorm watch, with one pretty significant cell well north of Grand Rapids. Central MO and parts of KS under a tornado watch. Could be an interesting evening, weather wise. Just no repeats of OK's storms last night, one of which hit a trailer park, if you please.
Gonna keep the ol' weather eye open, at any rate.
Looking like the weekend should be nice, though - which is a good thing, as that's our much ballyhoo'ed first official trip to Big Moose - the high point of the Central.
afternoon
got mowing done yesterday. Took a quick trip to dad's to get him air conditioned.Guessers say some rain and thunderboomers. We and the farmers could use the rain. Back to work later.
stay safe
joe
Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").
OK City area is taking a pretty good hit. National Radar looks like an arrow - point straight to Great Lakes. When it gets done with OK - we shall see where it wanders.
So DaK getting a ton of rain (Murphy?) so pull your socks up and pack a lunch!
OKC area (Moore, especially) took a devastating hit - two schools (at least one occupied) and damage reminiscent of the big tornado of a few areas that hit very close to the same area.
A look at the NWS radar (which includes warning areas) for OKC shows many severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings.
Very potent system. Anyone in the path would do well to pay attention.
Edit: It's even worse than devastating.
Looks like a couple of entire neighbourhoods took a direct hit....my heart goes out to them...
Why is it always the little people that are put right in the middle?
Amtrak # 822 ( FTW - OKC ) canceled this evening as route goes right thru Moore.
Much like Joplin - reports that debris from Moore is landing 100 miles "downstream."
morning
still muggy.no rain yet.praying for those affected by the tornado.Breakfast is ready.Chores to do later.
Joe
Lots of heat, haze and humidity here...central air is on and we be at 74F inside with 20% humidity....outside? Try 78F feeling like 90F right now...70% chance of t'underin'boomers later on...
Was outside earlier picking up branches and such from windstorm last night...cancelled fireworks display..will try next weekend....
My heart goes out to OKC after the devastating tornadoes that struck there
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