Not exclusively downhill... there are some better spots than others, for example take Gail's knee surgery which made things better for her after she recovered... ;)
Downhill can be easy and comforting instead
of disastrous.
Depending on the gentleness or steepness of the slope... :)
I'm not at this point sure which would be
preferable.
I'm back east for meetings and stuff, and
one joy is dealing with yet another friend's
freezer - it's not so bad, because we went
through it last year, but still there is the
ghost of chickens past to deal with.
Funny how that happens...
I'm not laughing.
That was the "strange" sense of funny, of course...
I'm still not laughing.
The Whole Foods way of
getting people to buy overpriced chicken is to
put it near the grossly overpriced real meat.
And hope that people don't have a sense of what things should be
costing...? I'm just as glad we don't have a Whole Foods here... our
choices seem to be a bit more reasonable... :)
It's not the merchandise in general that I'm
fussing about but the pricing scheme, the bizarre
working conditions, and the hypocrisy of the
corporate management. Many of my liberal buddies
won't shop anywhere else, even after the
predatory nature of the enterprise is pointed
out to them.
one- or two-serving packs, which would have
made them manageable (they are thighs, after
all). Perhaps Lilli's son, who is due in soon,
can figure things out.
Hopefully... ;) One might have to cook them all up at once in a big
soup pot, and then portion out the cooked meat into meal packets...
Not my problem, whew!
Unless he leaves it for your return... ;0
I do hate to throw out food, it's true.
Unless it smells bad, so there's still hope.
And having that much, it would hold you for the 11 months there wouldn't be any... (G) I think once a day for a couple of weeks might still have been all I'd be able to handle... :)
The internationalization of the food
industry has had interesting consequences,
one of which is that asparagus isn't so
special any more.
It's still some special... especially if one balks at paying $4 or more
a pound for it... ;)
I won't buy it unless it's half that.
Killing dogs and cats for meat is still legal
in 44 U.S. states but in the state of New York
it is expressly prohibited
Yup, those should have raised a red flag or two... SOW, don't tell our cats that, it might undermine our threats to them... (G)
One of the sensitive and sensible things
that Annie used to do was to refer to me
as making kung pao cat.
When talking to her cats...? Or just when they could overhear... <G>
Lola, the obnoxious one, I'd say it right
to her face.
See http://worldnewsdailyreport.com/new-york-chinese -immigrant-sold-hot-dogs-made-with-real-dog-meat/
and the Snopes takedown - https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hot-dog-dog-meat/
World News Daily Report sounds rather rag-ish, just from the name... ;)
The name was no doubt put together to
point up the satirical nature and poke
fun at publications such as Weekly World
News and so on.
That could make sense... :)
There are so many of them. They are extremely
irritating.
Your typical tabloid articles.... :)
Back in my day, the fake news pretty much
always had some basis in a fact or two,
mostly I admit blown out of proportion and/or
taken out of context and embellished in
strange ways. Also often the lurid headlines
had little to do with the much tamer story
content, which might have had some basis in fact.
True... I did happen to read a few of them, just for the jollies... and wondering if there was any slim basis of truth behind the obviously
overblown headlines...
Sometimes, as in real life, it's just
misunderstanding the facts, but mostly in the
tabloids it appears to be whole cloth.
Depends on whether one trusts one's Facebook
friends. Mine are generally bright people and
don't tend to fall for stuff (Lilli being an
exception). My best prophylaxis, though, is
not to go on Facebook, which I haven't since
last autumn, except possibly once to announce
my survival of the heart attack.
I'd only get info off Facebook from someone else, as I'm not on there at
If you've read the news lately, you don't
have to be on Facebook for Facebook to know
all sorts of stuff about you.
all (to my sister's dismay)... SOW, I'm reminded that Bert sent around
a text to people he had cellphone numbers for... you may have seen it
from Dale (if he happened to check his cellphone for messages)...
Basically he was telling about them having a bottle of grapefruit wine
from the Montreal picnic in 1999... "good tasting, a clear but darkish yellow, with no noticeable oxidation taste. It was so sweet that the grapefruit flavor was nonexistent." He went on to say that they are
doing good and just saying Hello....
Say hello back, and I'll eventually be in
touch by e-mail.
---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.01
Title: Sizzling Rice Soup
Categories: Vegetables, Chinese
Yield: 4 servings
2 c Hot cooked rice (short grain 1/2 ts Salt
1/4 lb Raw prawns 1/2 ts Sugar
1/2 c Frozen peas (defrosted) 1/2 ts Light soy sauce
4 c Chicken stock 1 ts Cornstarch
1 1/2 c Oil 1 ds Pepper
Press hot cooked rice into a thin layer (1/4" or less) on a cookie sheet.
Bake @ 350 F for 1 hour. Break rice into 3" squares. Shell, devein and
wash
prawns; the dice and flavor with the salt,sugar,soya,cornstarch, and
pepper. Bring chicken stock to boil. Add prawns and peas and return to
boil. Heat oil to 325 F and deep-fry rice for 5 min. or until golden
brown.
Drain. Pour soup in a deep serving bowl and immediately put in the
deep-fried rice while it is still very hot. The soup and rice must be
done
at the same time or there won't be any sizzle. For show, have your guests
seated, the bowl of rice on the table, then bring the hot rice and watch
their astonishment when you put the rice in. Alway good for laughs all
around. Enjoy. Dennis Eureka, CA
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