listener--Here come some ppposssiitttivvve vvvvviibbesss that ought to arrive about Wednesday morning!
Temps fine here--no problem with freezing when I pull over to nap. Just a little transient frost in the mornings, mid to high fifties during the day. So far it's a dry December, and folks are wondering if it might prove to be a dry winter--but the reservoirs have lots of water from last winter. One has to travel up into the mountains to see snow on the trees!
puddle--I don't recall having any significant pain from the CO2. Granted, it was at the other end of things, and one tends to have a good forgetter about much of what goes during such events…
Nearly finished wit the "The People" stories… Started listening to "The Poisoner's Handbook" on the way to and from Coalinga (that's where the hospital is) this past weekend, and am continuing during drives to and from Job No. 1. Pretty good! And we run into some of the same sort of problems in court today…
Miyoko put the ornaments on the Xmas tree over the weekend, and I added the lights this evening.
I have to know. HOW do you put lights onto a tree after the ornaments have been placed?? At our house it has always been (1) lights, (2) tree topper, (3) garland, (4) ornaments.
But Alan. . . . Everybody knows the *order* is ~~ lights, tinsel, ornaments, ice-cycles. . . . Just like I got all shocky when I went to my first T'giving dinner and they had the sweet potatoes all smooshed up and with Marshmallows, yet.
The shoulder/neck pain from the CO2 seems fairly standard after a Heller. Some have speculated it's because our heads are tipped down, but who knows? After my thyroidectomy, which lasted almost double what the surgeon had estimated, I felt for a day like nothing so much as someone had been standing on my shoulders for five hours trying to pull my head off. And that was not laparoscopic, although I understand that lap is standard now.
I'm really getting to love/live for my breakfast salads. Guess I've always been savory oriented as opposed to sweet. Just the bright little "zing" is a great way to start a day. Will prolly keep it up after I don't need to anymore, lol!
BTW, *everybody* knows the way to do "candied yams" is: boil the sweet potatoes, peel and slice onto low rim cookie sheets, sprinkle with brown sugar, dob with chunks of butter, and put in oven at high heat until the sugar/butter has caramelized, and the edges of the sweet potato slices are just beginning to get crispy. . . .
Alan, been doing more research on patient positioning for the Heller, and it turns out, that the final position (after insertion of the little probes): "The procedure is performed with the patient in a steep reverse Trendelenburg position" -- head up. Which would make sense that the CO2 would rise as far in the cavity available and then try to get out through the muscles. . . .
'Nother example: even though fresh-made cramberry sauce is actually MUCH superior -- everyone KNOWS that cramberry sauce comes from a can in nice round disks to be slipped from the serving plat onto yours. . . . (Took *years* to convince my kid of this, but the Grands got it right away. And agree.)
Yup, except can't get Son #2 to eat cranberry sauce, Spam or canned corned beef hash. He says, "I'm not eating anything that keeps the shape of the can when it comes out."
Nope. No pie crust, lol! I *love* sweet potato pie, and have never made pumpkin since the first time I made one. But it ain't "candied yams" . . . . It's just not.
1 cup water 1 cup sugar 4 large eggs ... 2 cup dried fruit 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup brown sugar lemon juice nuts 1 gallon whiskey Instructions Sample the whiskey to check for quality. Take a large bowl. Check the whiskey again to be sure that it is of the highest quality. Pour 1 level cup and drink. Repeat. Turn on the electric mixer; beat 1 cup butter in a large fluffy bowl. Add 1 teaspoon sugar and beat again. Make sure the whiskey is still okay. Cry another tup. Turn off the mixer. Break two legs and add to the bowl and chuck in the cup of dried fruit. Mix on the turner. If the fried druit gets stuck in the beaterers, pry it loose with a drewscriver. Sample the whiskey to check for tonsisticity. Next, sift 2 cups of salt. Or something. Who cares. Check the whiskey. Now sift the lemon juice and strain your nuts. Add one table. Spoon. Of sugar or something. Whatever you can find. Grease the oven. Turn the cake tin to 350 degrees. Don't forget to beat off the turner. Throw the bowl out of the window. Check the whiskey again. Go to bed. Who the hell likes fruitcake anyway?
Alan, what was that book you mentioned some time back...Mistress of the Moon...? My steel trap is getting kind'a rusty. Anyway, I was reading (listening to) a book of short stories called Songs of Love and Death (It's a much better book than the title might lead you to suppose), and the blurb for one of the author's mentioned that she had also written this book that I recognized at once as one you'd mentioned...Or, at least, I thought I did. Not important, just wondered if you remembered.
Songs of Love and Death is a good volume, with a variety of genres: Mystery, Fantasy, Romance, even a Historical Romance.
Well, about spam, yeah. But, cranberry sauce? Com'mon. Everybody knows it grows in cans. And I don't like the kind that reputedly has whole cranberries in. It's s'posed to be smooth and jelly-like, only sort of solid.
As for corned beef hash! One of my all time favs!!! Cooked in the skillet so it gets just a little crunchy around the edges, with lots of ketchup...Grand!
Thank you, Howard.
ReplyDeletelistener--Here come some ppposssiitttivvve vvvvviibbesss that ought to arrive about Wednesday morning!
Temps fine here--no problem with freezing when I pull over to nap. Just a little transient frost in the mornings, mid to high fifties during the day. So far it's a dry December, and folks are wondering if it might prove to be a dry winter--but the reservoirs have lots of water from last winter. One has to travel up into the mountains to see snow on the trees!
puddle--I don't recall having any significant pain from the CO2. Granted, it was at the other end of things, and one tends to have a good forgetter about much of what goes during such events…
Nearly finished wit the "The People" stories… Started listening to "The Poisoner's Handbook" on the way to and from Coalinga (that's where the hospital is) this past weekend, and am continuing during drives to and from Job No. 1. Pretty good! And we run into some of the same sort of problems in court today…
Miyoko put the ornaments on the Xmas tree over the weekend, and I added the lights this evening.
Back to The People... TTFN
I have to know. HOW do you put lights onto a tree after the ornaments have been placed?? At our house it has always been (1) lights, (2) tree topper, (3) garland, (4) ornaments.
ReplyDelete* ♥ * Thin Q puddle!! * ♥ *
But Alan. . . . Everybody knows the *order* is ~~ lights, tinsel, ornaments, ice-cycles. . . . Just like I got all shocky when I went to my first T'giving dinner and they had the sweet potatoes all smooshed up and with Marshmallows, yet.
ReplyDeleteThe shoulder/neck pain from the CO2 seems fairly standard after a Heller. Some have speculated it's because our heads are tipped down, but who knows? After my thyroidectomy, which lasted almost double what the surgeon had estimated, I felt for a day like nothing so much as someone had been standing on my shoulders for five hours trying to pull my head off. And that was not laparoscopic, although I understand that lap is standard now.
I'm really getting to love/live for my breakfast salads. Guess I've always been savory oriented as opposed to sweet. Just the bright little "zing" is a great way to start a day. Will prolly keep it up after I don't need to anymore, lol!
BTW, *everybody* knows the way to do "candied yams" is: boil the sweet potatoes, peel and slice onto low rim cookie sheets, sprinkle with brown sugar, dob with chunks of butter, and put in oven at high heat until the sugar/butter has caramelized, and the edges of the sweet potato slices are just beginning to get crispy. . . .
ReplyDeleteStrange. My candied yams have always started with "get the can opener". :)
ReplyDeleteYes. What you described before sounds like good ol' sweet potato pie. Assuming there was something that at least vaguely resembled pie crust.
ReplyDeleteAlan, been doing more research on patient positioning for the Heller, and it turns out, that the final position (after insertion of the little probes): "The procedure is performed with the patient in a steep reverse Trendelenburg position" -- head up. Which would make sense that the CO2 would rise as far in the cavity available and then try to get out through the muscles. . . .
ReplyDeleteAnd, on the whole I think T'Giving and Christmas meals/food has very little to do with yummy, and *everything* to do with connections/memory. . . .
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'Nother example: even though fresh-made cramberry sauce is actually MUCH superior -- everyone KNOWS that cramberry sauce comes from a can in nice round disks to be slipped from the serving plat onto yours. . . . (Took *years* to convince my kid of this, but the Grands got it right away. And agree.)
ReplyDeleteYup, except can't get Son #2 to eat cranberry sauce, Spam or canned corned beef hash. He says, "I'm not eating anything that keeps the shape of the can when it comes out."
ReplyDeleteNope. No pie crust, lol! I *love* sweet potato pie, and have never made pumpkin since the first time I made one. But it ain't "candied yams" . . . . It's just not.
ReplyDeleteHe's got a point. *Especially* about Spam. . . .
ReplyDeleteStolen from an FB friend:
ReplyDeleteCruitfake Pecire
1 cup water
1 cup sugar
4 large eggs
... 2 cup dried fruit
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup brown sugar
lemon juice
nuts
1 gallon whiskey
Instructions
Sample the whiskey to check for quality. Take a large bowl. Check the whiskey again to be sure that it is of the highest quality.
Pour 1 level cup and drink. Repeat. Turn on the electric mixer; beat 1 cup butter in a large fluffy bowl.
Add 1 teaspoon sugar and beat again. Make sure the whiskey is still okay. Cry another tup. Turn off the mixer. Break two legs and add to the bowl and chuck in the cup of dried fruit.
Mix on the turner. If the fried druit gets stuck in the beaterers, pry it loose with a drewscriver. Sample the whiskey to check for tonsisticity. Next, sift 2 cups of salt. Or something. Who cares. Check the whiskey. Now sift the lemon juice and strain your nuts. Add one table. Spoon. Of sugar or something. Whatever you can find.
Grease the oven. Turn the cake tin to 350 degrees. Don't forget to beat off the turner. Throw the bowl out of the window. Check the whiskey again. Go to bed. Who the hell likes fruitcake anyway?
Alan, what was that book you mentioned some time back...Mistress of the Moon...? My steel trap is getting kind'a rusty. Anyway, I was reading (listening to) a book of short stories called Songs of Love and Death (It's a much better book than the title might lead you to suppose), and the blurb for one of the author's mentioned that she had also written this book that I recognized at once as one you'd mentioned...Or, at least, I thought I did. Not important, just wondered if you remembered.
ReplyDeleteSongs of Love and Death is a good volume, with a variety of genres: Mystery, Fantasy, Romance, even a Historical Romance.
Puddle, YUM!
ReplyDelete:-DSusan
ReplyDelete:-DSusan
ReplyDeleteWell, about spam, yeah. But, cranberry sauce? Com'mon. Everybody knows it grows in cans. And I don't like the kind that reputedly has whole cranberries in. It's s'posed to be smooth and jelly-like, only sort of solid.
ReplyDeleteAs for corned beef hash! One of my all time favs!!! Cooked in the skillet so it gets just a little crunchy around the edges, with lots of ketchup...Grand!
LOL! :)
ReplyDeleteWell, not cooked with ketchup. But you knew that.
ReplyDeleteThe ONLY way I like sweet potatoes are plain or with a little butter, or maybe as sweet potato fries, done right. They're plenty sweet enough!
ReplyDeleteI totally lost my composure when I got to "Grease the oven"~!! ROFLMEO! :-D
ReplyDeleteSeems to me I had sweet potato fries once...somewhere. Very tasty!
ReplyDeleteSeems to me I had sweet potato fries once...somewhere. Very tasty!
ReplyDeleteYeah, even as a non-drinker and someone who likes fruitcake to boot, I got a kick out of this one.
ReplyDeleteSeems to me I had sweet potato fries once...somewhere. Very tasty!
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