What, you, the social butterfly?

In preparation for you arrival...today I took down the prints, except

for the

Charles Gauss, and patched holes. I wandered up to the office and ask

who I

should get to come out and tighten my carpet, it's loose and developing wrinkles. They arranged for someone to arrive on July 10, and redo the carpeting (moving the furniture, etcetera) and look at the flooring in the kitchen/entry (it also is developing wrinkles). I'm not sure if this on my nickle, directly, I didn't ask. It needs to be done, that simple, and this place probably gets a bulk discount. It was all new when I moved in

last June.

I'd have thought that there was an implied
warranty, and whoever's in charge should be
responsible for the repairs. Of course, you
are in the wild and woolly and lawless though
totalitarian state of Alaska.

Which means on the 9th I'll be going early to see the Nurse

Practitioner for

my official post-ablation gabfest, and in the afternoon knocking down the computers so I can move somethings out of the room. Tomorrow I run

down to the

We can help moving junk around. I'm getting
good at that.

lake and meet with the guy who will hopefully fix the well, 3-3.5 hours to drive down....3-3.5 hours back (I've made this trip a lot of times and know exactly where all the bumps in the road are), turn the stereo up, set the cruise control, stay awake and dodge 4 footed furry things (there's

also them

derned tourists in RV's dawdling/gawking for no apparent reason).

Yee ha. I wonder what's the threshold size
between having you swerve to avoid vs. making
them do the avoiding. At Lilli's house, there
are massive numbers of squirrels and rabbits,
and though she hates them, she still avoids them.

Yum - I hope that doesn't require much maintenance.

I did put in a backflow valve. I do have to take this stuff apart in

the fall,

and blow out the lines before things freeze, and don't want anything

unexpected

to happen. :-)

What about pumping glycol in.

Title: Black Pasta

The stuff is okay, but I figure what's the point?
If you have squid, you have enough to eat without
keeping the couple teaspoons of somewhat fishy
black stuff without much substance. Did the ancient
Romans know about iodine deficiency?

Assyrian Lamb Sausage
categories: middle eastern, main, way not enough garlic
yield: 3 lb

3 lb ground lamb
1 ts salt
1 ts coarse ground black pepper
1 ts basil leaves, minced fine
1/4 c pomegranate juice
1 ts tarragon
hog casings for stuffing

Mix all ingredients and stuff into casings. Twist into 5" lengths.

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Quoting Michael Loo to Bill Swisher <=-

I'd have thought that there was an implied
warranty, and whoever's in charge should be
responsible for the repairs. Of course, you
are in the wild and woolly and lawless though
totalitarian state of Alaska.

I just figured since it was a condo unit...it's mine to take care of. I was surprised by the rapidity of their, the managements, response. Really all I was looking for was a name/number to contact.

We can help moving junk around. I'm getting
good at that.

My impression was that the carpet people would take care of it.

Yee ha. I wonder what's the threshold size
between having you swerve to avoid vs. making
them do the avoiding. At Lilli's house, there
are massive numbers of squirrels and rabbits,
and though she hates them, she still avoids them.

Count on the way down was: 1 momma moose and her two calves cavorting along side the 4 lane 65mph drive out of town. I slowed way down and moved over as far as I could. One squirrel that made it slightly more than halfway across the 2 lane road, there's now an opening for a resident squirrel. My choice was
run into the mountain on my left, or veer to the right where the guardrail protects the river from falling objects, so I just pointed it straight down the
road*. One lone moose of indeterminate gender, very young. And finally a momma moose and her baby, with two idiots who'd pulled over and gotten out of their car to go see them. Nothing on the way back. Lots of eagles, gulls, terns, other types of birds, and a couple of sandhill cranes.
* Once upon a time I was doing a climbout after takeoff and there were a pile of birds right where I was headed...I asked the flight instructor if I should dodge them, her answer was "They're better at flying than we are, they'll dodge
us."

Got the well fixed.



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On 06-27-18 10:12, Michael Loo <=-
spoke to Bill Swisher about 929 was cats <=-

Yee ha. I wonder what's the threshold size
between having you swerve to avoid vs. making
them do the avoiding. At Lilli's house, there
are massive numbers of squirrels and rabbits,
and though she hates them, she still avoids them.

As I recall, every time we went down the hill there was a rabbit
crossing the drive. At least it had the good sense to get across
quickly and then run along the neighbor's chain link fence.

What is a duck Marylands?

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Title: DUCK WITH CANNELLINI BEANS~ BACON AND CARAMELISED APPLE
Categories: Poultry, Main dish
Yield: 6 Servings

MMMMM----------------SOURCE: AUSTRALIAN VOGUE WIN---------------------

MMMMM---------------------------BEANS--------------------------------
1 x 375g packet of cannellini
-beans
2 ea Sticks celery, each stick
-cut in 3
2 ea Carrots, peeled and cut in
-large pieces
2 ea Onions, peeled and quartered
2 ea Bay leaves
1 ct Campbell's Real Chicken
-Stock
Salt to taste
Freshly ground pepper

MMMMM----------------------------DUCK---------------------------------
6 ea Duck Marylands
Olive oil
Salt and freshly ground
-pepper
Chicken or duck stock

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12 ea Thin rashers of bacon,
-rinds removed

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3 g Smith apples, peeled,
-halved and cored
Butter
Caster sugar

To cook the beans: soak the beans in cold water for 8 hours. Drain
and discard the liquid. Place the beans in a large pot with the
celery, carrots, onions and bay leaves. Add the chicken stock and
salt, and enough water to cover the beans by at least 2.5cm. Bring to
the boil, cover and cook over low heat until the beans are cooked to
your liking Drain the beans, reserving 1 cup of the liquid, and
discard the celery, carrots, onions and bay leaves. Set the beans
aside.

To cook the duck: place the pieces in a large baking tin, skin side
up. Pour over a little oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste.
Cook in a preheated 200oC oven for 30 minutes, then pour a little
chicken stock around, not over, the duck. Cover with foil, reduce the
heat to 180oC and cook for a further 30 minutes. Remove the tin from
the oven and drain the cooking juices into a small saucepan. Skim off
any grease and add the cup of reserved Lean cooking liquid. Cover the
duck pieces and set aside in a warm place.

To cook the bacon: cut each rasher into three pieces and grill quickly
on both sides.

To caramelise the apple: cut each apple half into 4 slices. Melt a
little butter in a large, heavy based frying pan and fry the apples, a
few pieces at a time, until they brown a little, sprinkling with
caster sugar as they fry. Set aside in a warm place.

To serve: bring the cooking liquid in the saucepan to the boil, season
with pepper, and cook over high heat until it has reduced by half.
Pour it into the beans and cook the beans for a few seconds to heat
them through. Taste for salt and pepper. Carefully stir the bacon and
apple into the beans. Spoon some beans onto each serving plate and
place a piece of duck on one side. Serve at once.


Joan Campbell Bon Appetit-Exec.Chef Magnus Johansson

Submitted By SHERREE JOHANSSON On 08-23-94

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Dale Shipp wrote to Michael Loo <=-

Yee ha. I wonder what's the threshold size
between having you swerve to avoid vs. making
them do the avoiding. At Lilli's house, there
are massive numbers of squirrels and rabbits,
and though she hates them, she still avoids them.

As I recall, every time we went down the hill there was a rabbit
crossing the drive. At least it had the good sense to get across
quickly and then run along the neighbor's chain link fence.

What is a duck Marylands?

Welp, chicken Maryland is leg quarters that are oven roasted. Logically duck Maryland should be the same using quackers rather than cluckers.

When I was in Unk's Yacht Club we used to get Chicken Maryland on a regular basis. I thought, until I researched this recipe that the "Maryland" ws a cooking technique. Nay, sayeth the search engine. 'Tis a term for plain old leg
quarters

So, using the internet machine and its Bing search engine ...... I was presented with several choices. This one seemed the simplest.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

Title: Roast Duck Marylands & Potatoes
Categories: Five, Poultry, Potatoes, Herbs
Yield: 2 Servings

2 Duck Marylands; score the
- skin a little
2 (to 4) baking potatoes;
- peeled, sliced 3/4"
Sprigs of thyme; a few
Salt & pepper

Set the oven to 400+#F/205+#C | 360+#F/182+#C fan.

On the stove top heat a roasting tin (or frying pan) and
sear the duck Marylands, skin side down over a medium
heat until the skin becomes golden and the duck starts
to release some of its fat. Turn the duck over and turn
off the heat while you prepare the potatoes.

Peel the potatoes, then cut them into 2cm slices across.

If you seared the duck in a roasting tin, arrange the
potatoes around the duck.

If you used a frying pan that can't go into the oven,
transfer the duck and the fat it released into a
roasting dish, scatter the potatoes around the duck, at
this stage you only need enough duck fat so that the
potatoes don't stick to the dish. Don't add too much
extra oil as the duck marylands will release a lot of
fat whilst baking.

Scatter thyme over the duck and potatoes. Season with
salt and pepper. Place in your preheated oven.

Bake for 30 minutes, now turn the potatoes over, so you
get super crispy potatoes. Once the potatoes are turned,
place back into the oven for a further 30 minutes or
until the duck is cooked and the potatoes are golden and
crispy.

Adapted from Nigella Lawson's Cookbook "Kitchen' Recipes
from the Heart of the Home."

RECIPE FROM: https://www.whatscookingella.com

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