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  • cmsienk
    cmsienk Posts: 18,880 Member
    Making soup, and pretzels. Pot pie too oh ya and some bread dough. We gotta eat

    This sounds like the most heavenly combination. I love homemade pretzels.

    These pretzels are awesome and made with some sourdough starter so the stay fresher longer tm9158vbedt1.jpg
    Those look amazing!
  • Alinouveau2
    Alinouveau2 Posts: 6,421 Member
    Making soup, and pretzels. Pot pie too oh ya and some bread dough. We gotta eat

    This sounds like the most heavenly combination. I love homemade pretzels.

    These pretzels are awesome and made with some sourdough starter so the stay fresher longer tm9158vbedt1.jpg
    Oh wow! They look gorgeous too
    cmsienk wrote: »
    Making soup, and pretzels. Pot pie too oh ya and some bread dough. We gotta eat

    This sounds like the most heavenly combination. I love homemade pretzels.

    These pretzels are awesome and made with some sourdough starter so the stay fresher longer tm9158vbedt1.jpg
    Those look amazing!

    Thanks. They're quite tasty too
  • DWBalboa
    DWBalboa Posts: 37,259 Member
    Having a hot soak with a full bodied red.
    O such a night.
  • Alinouveau2
    Alinouveau2 Posts: 6,421 Member
    Laying on the couch waiting for my brothers flight to arrive
  • itchmyTwitch
    itchmyTwitch Posts: 4,019 Member
    edited December 2023
    I just finished reading my self-assigned section of The Grapes of Wrath for the day. I thought I’d share a few of my thoughts and some quotes.

    The early part of this book seems to be contrasting and comparing the attitudes of these displaced tenant farmers with the “owner men.“

    “I was a damn ol’ hypocrite, but I didn’t mean to be.” - Reverend Jim Casey

    Jim Casey has spent some time wandering around and deconstructing his faith and what he’s left with- at least in the part of the book I’ve gotten up to - is his love for people.

    “The bank is something more than men, I tell you. It’s the monster. Men made it, but they can’t control it.” - owner men deflecting responsibility for displacing farmers

    “Men ate what they had not raised, had no connection with the bread. The land bore under iron, and under iron gradually died; for it was not loved or hated, it had no prayers or curses.“ I find the imagery of the land, being enslaved and forced to bear quite compelling.

    “If a fella’s got somepin to eat an’ another fella’s hungry – why the first fella ain’t got no choice. I mean, s’pose I pick up my rabbits, an’ go off somewheres and eat em. See?“ - Muley, a slightly crazy displaced farmer who has lost everything, including his family, expressing his feeling of moral obligation to his fellow man.

    “Sometimes a sad man can talk the sadness right out through his mouth. Sometimes a killin’ man can talk the murder right out of his mouth an’ not do no murder. You done right. Don’t you kill nobody if you can help it.“ - Jim Casey counseling Muley. Casey is still very much a minister, even though his faith is not the same.

    Willy Feely is also a former tenant farmer, but instead of being destitute like his neighbors, he has chosen to work for the “owner man.” He rides a tractor and plows the fields and knocks down houses and enforces evictions. He is between a rock and a hard place himself, but he is still a traitor to his people.

    Ma Joad welcomes strangers and offers to feed them before she realizes that it’s her own prodigal son & the preacher. She does this even though they themselves are in poverty, and she makes no fuss about it. She says, “we got a-plenty.”

  • R3d_butt3rfly_
    R3d_butt3rfly_ Posts: 1,585 Member
    PaperDoll_ wrote: »
    Wondering how far it is to @R3d_butt3rfly house and if there’d be any tamales left. 😋

    There's still a few left! I'll wait for you 😏
  • R3d_butt3rfly_
    R3d_butt3rfly_ Posts: 1,585 Member
    Enjoying some sweet silence this morning. Too bad I had to mop the floor to get it as everyone went to their rooms. How many times can a mom mop the floors daily 🤔 😂
  • jbs116
    jbs116 Posts: 758 Member
    I just finished reading my self-assigned section of The Grapes of Wrath for the day. I thought I’d share a few of my thoughts and some quotes.

    The early part of this book seems to be contrasting and comparing the attitudes of these displaced tenant farmers with the “owner men.“

    “I was a damn ol’ hypocrite, but I didn’t mean to be.” - Reverend Jim Casey

    Jim Casey has spent some time wandering around and deconstructing his faith and what he’s left with- at least in the part of the book I’ve gotten up to - is his love for people.

    “The bank is something more than men, I tell you. It’s the monster. Men made it, but they can’t control it.” - owner men deflecting responsibility for displacing farmers

    “Men ate what they had not raised, had no connection with the bread. The land bore under iron, and under iron gradually died; for it was not loved or hated, it had no prayers or curses.“ I find the imagery of the land, being enslaved and forced to bear quite compelling.

    “If a fella’s got somepin to eat an’ another fella’s hungry – why the first fella ain’t got no choice. I mean, s’pose I pick up my rabbits, an’ go off somewheres and eat em. See?“ - Muley, a slightly crazy displaced farmer who has lost everything, including his family, expressing his feeling of moral obligation to his fellow man.

    “Sometimes a sad man can talk the sadness right out through his mouth. Sometimes a killin’ man can talk the murder right out of his mouth an’ not do no murder. You done right. Don’t you kill nobody if you can help it.“ - Jim Casey counseling Muley. Casey is still very much a minister, even though his faith is not the same.

    Willy Feely is also a former tenant farmer, but instead of being destitute like his neighbors, he has chosen to work for the “owner man.” He rides a tractor and plows the fields and knocks down houses and enforces evictions. He is between a rock and a hard place himself, but he is still a traitor to his people.

    Ma Joad welcomes strangers and offers to feed them before she realizes that it’s her own prodigal son & the preacher. She does this even though they themselves are in poverty, and she makes no fuss about it. She says, “we got a-plenty.”

    More please ☺️
  • itchmyTwitch
    itchmyTwitch Posts: 4,019 Member
    jbs116 wrote: »
    I just finished reading my self-assigned section of The Grapes of Wrath for the day. I thought I’d share a few of my thoughts and some quotes.

    The early part of this book seems to be contrasting and comparing the attitudes of these displaced tenant farmers with the “owner men.“

    “I was a damn ol’ hypocrite, but I didn’t mean to be.” - Reverend Jim Casey

    Jim Casey has spent some time wandering around and deconstructing his faith and what he’s left with- at least in the part of the book I’ve gotten up to - is his love for people.

    “The bank is something more than men, I tell you. It’s the monster. Men made it, but they can’t control it.” - owner men deflecting responsibility for displacing farmers

    “Men ate what they had not raised, had no connection with the bread. The land bore under iron, and under iron gradually died; for it was not loved or hated, it had no prayers or curses.“ I find the imagery of the land, being enslaved and forced to bear quite compelling.

    “If a fella’s got somepin to eat an’ another fella’s hungry – why the first fella ain’t got no choice. I mean, s’pose I pick up my rabbits, an’ go off somewheres and eat em. See?“ - Muley, a slightly crazy displaced farmer who has lost everything, including his family, expressing his feeling of moral obligation to his fellow man.

    “Sometimes a sad man can talk the sadness right out through his mouth. Sometimes a killin’ man can talk the murder right out of his mouth an’ not do no murder. You done right. Don’t you kill nobody if you can help it.“ - Jim Casey counseling Muley. Casey is still very much a minister, even though his faith is not the same.

    Willy Feely is also a former tenant farmer, but instead of being destitute like his neighbors, he has chosen to work for the “owner man.” He rides a tractor and plows the fields and knocks down houses and enforces evictions. He is between a rock and a hard place himself, but he is still a traitor to his people.

    Ma Joad welcomes strangers and offers to feed them before she realizes that it’s her own prodigal son & the preacher. She does this even though they themselves are in poverty, and she makes no fuss about it. She says, “we got a-plenty.”

    More please ☺️

    There’s nothing like good fiction to help you see the truth of things.
  • jbs116
    jbs116 Posts: 758 Member
    Boiling eggs and sticking my face in the middle of the rising steam.
  • Alinouveau2
    Alinouveau2 Posts: 6,421 Member
    About to open the next round of gifts
  • cmsienk
    cmsienk Posts: 18,880 Member
    edited December 2023
    Gathering up the things I'm taking to my extended family (siblings and Dad) Christmas get-together: dressing, corn (there'll be a lot of little kids there), peanut butter cookies, 6 chairs, 1 table and one $10 gift for some game they're playing
  • honey_honey_12
    honey_honey_12 Posts: 14,706 Member
    Laying in bed watching Alfred Hitchcock’s “Dial M for Murder”.
    I have no idea how many times I’ve watched it, many, but I never tire of it. ☺️
  • Alinouveau2
    Alinouveau2 Posts: 6,421 Member
    Shall we make a cake?
    But first bread
  • cmsienk
    cmsienk Posts: 18,880 Member
    Shall we make a cake?
    But first bread

    Have I ever told you I wish I lived closer to you? 😁
  • Alinouveau2
    Alinouveau2 Posts: 6,421 Member
    cmsienk wrote: »
    Shall we make a cake?
    But first bread

    Have I ever told you I wish I lived closer to you? 😁

    Hahha I wish too then I'd have an extra month to feed
  • Alinouveau2
    Alinouveau2 Posts: 6,421 Member
    Setting up my Meater and baking the first two layers of my cake
  • Alinouveau2
    Alinouveau2 Posts: 6,421 Member
    Wine and a strongman competition v721rl10uo5z.jpg
  • cowsfan12
    cowsfan12 Posts: 6,127 Member
    Setting up my Meater and baking the first two layers of my cake

    The Meater was a game changer in my bbq ventures
  • Alinouveau2
    Alinouveau2 Posts: 6,421 Member
    cowsfan12 wrote: »
    Setting up my Meater and baking the first two layers of my cake

    The Meater was a game changer in my bbq ventures

    I'll be trying it in a prime rib roast tomorrow
  • itchmyTwitch
    itchmyTwitch Posts: 4,019 Member
    cowsfan12 wrote: »
    Setting up my Meater and baking the first two layers of my cake

    The Meater was a game changer in my bbq ventures

    I'll be trying it in a prime rib roast tomorrow
    That was our Christmas dinner with yorkshire pudding
  • Alinouveau2
    Alinouveau2 Posts: 6,421 Member
    cowsfan12 wrote: »
    Setting up my Meater and baking the first two layers of my cake

    The Meater was a game changer in my bbq ventures

    I'll be trying it in a prime rib roast tomorrow
    That was our Christmas dinner with yorkshire pudding

    It's always a good dinner. I make it a lot.
  • Alinouveau2
    Alinouveau2 Posts: 6,421 Member
    Watching the basket game
  • itchmyTwitch
    itchmyTwitch Posts: 4,019 Member
    cowsfan12 wrote: »
    Setting up my Meater and baking the first two layers of my cake

    The Meater was a game changer in my bbq ventures

    I'll be trying it in a prime rib roast tomorrow
    That was our Christmas dinner with yorkshire pudding

    It's always a good dinner. I make it a lot.

    It’s not my favorite, but some people in my family were feeling nostalgic.
  • Alinouveau2
    Alinouveau2 Posts: 6,421 Member
    cowsfan12 wrote: »
    Setting up my Meater and baking the first two layers of my cake

    The Meater was a game changer in my bbq ventures

    I'll be trying it in a prime rib roast tomorrow
    That was our Christmas dinner with yorkshire pudding

    It's always a good dinner. I make it a lot.

    It’s not my favorite, but some people in my family were feeling nostalgic.

    My family is if British descent...beef and Yorkshire pudding is in our blood 😂🤣
  • itchmyTwitch
    itchmyTwitch Posts: 4,019 Member
    edited December 2023
    cowsfan12 wrote: »
    Setting up my Meater and baking the first two layers of my cake

    The Meater was a game changer in my bbq ventures

    I'll be trying it in a prime rib roast tomorrow
    That was our Christmas dinner with yorkshire pudding

    It's always a good dinner. I make it a lot.

    It’s not my favorite, but some people in my family were feeling nostalgic.

    My family is if British descent...beef and Yorkshire pudding is in our blood 😂🤣
    Some of my family through marriage are of British (&irish) descent but they emigrated through Canada 😅
  • Alinouveau2
    Alinouveau2 Posts: 6,421 Member
    cowsfan12 wrote: »
    Setting up my Meater and baking the first two layers of my cake

    The Meater was a game changer in my bbq ventures

    I'll be trying it in a prime rib roast tomorrow
    That was our Christmas dinner with yorkshire pudding

    It's always a good dinner. I make it a lot.

    It’s not my favorite, but some people in my family were feeling nostalgic.

    My family is if British descent...beef and Yorkshire pudding is in our blood 😂🤣
    Some of my family through marriage are of British (&irish) descent but they emigrated through Canada 😅

    My paternal grandparents were from Yorkshire. Grandpa came to Canada as a baby, grandma as a teen cause her family was fleeing an abusive father.
  • itchmyTwitch
    itchmyTwitch Posts: 4,019 Member
    cowsfan12 wrote: »
    Setting up my Meater and baking the first two layers of my cake

    The Meater was a game changer in my bbq ventures

    I'll be trying it in a prime rib roast tomorrow
    That was our Christmas dinner with yorkshire pudding

    It's always a good dinner. I make it a lot.

    It’s not my favorite, but some people in my family were feeling nostalgic.

    My family is if British descent...beef and Yorkshire pudding is in our blood 😂🤣
    Some of my family through marriage are of British (&irish) descent but they emigrated through Canada 😅

    My paternal grandparents were from Yorkshire. Grandpa came to Canada as a baby, grandma as a teen cause her family was fleeing an abusive father.
    Write it all down. Usually by the third generation people can’t remember. So a few people can tell you their great grandmothers maiden name.
  • Alinouveau2
    Alinouveau2 Posts: 6,421 Member
    cowsfan12 wrote: »
    Setting up my Meater and baking the first two layers of my cake

    The Meater was a game changer in my bbq ventures

    I'll be trying it in a prime rib roast tomorrow
    That was our Christmas dinner with yorkshire pudding

    It's always a good dinner. I make it a lot.

    It’s not my favorite, but some people in my family were feeling nostalgic.

    My family is if British descent...beef and Yorkshire pudding is in our blood 😂🤣
    Some of my family through marriage are of British (&irish) descent but they emigrated through Canada 😅

    My paternal grandparents were from Yorkshire. Grandpa came to Canada as a baby, grandma as a teen cause her family was fleeing an abusive father.
    Write it all down. Usually by the third generation people can’t remember. So a few people can tell you their great grandmothers maiden name.

    Both my grandmother's had interesting stories.
    My boy will inherit my maternal one's scrapbook of her running career so her legacy will always live on
  • ClownsScareMe
    ClownsScareMe Posts: 23 Member
    watching Frasier