November 2010

How Many Days is He Off?

November 24, 2010

Vince is off four days . . in a row!  This evening has been an exercise in patience.  Some days I wonder how two people who are so opposite can make it.  I’m not saying he’s wrong and I’m right . . well, maybe I’m saying that! These are the things that have happened just [...]

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Cooking Almost Done

November 24, 2010

The turkey has been brining with a dry brine since Monday afternoon. The cornbread is made and crumbled and drying out. Celery and onions are chopped for the dressing. Giblets and neck are boiled and chopped.  Broth is set aside for the gravy. The pumpkin and buttermilk pies will be made today. Cranberry/Cherry Salad is [...]

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Snippets on Reader

November 24, 2010

One of the reasons I had originally switched to just having snippets of the blog post available on the various readers/feeds was that I was told having the full blog post resulted in more spam.  Since adding full blown feeds, I’m getting 300 to 400 spam comments per day.  It all goes into a spam [...]

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Finished Socks

November 24, 2010

Finished another pair!  Lots of knitting time with the early darkness and no garden and no canning. These are the ones that I thought had the mohair and initially, I thought they were too scratchy but after knitting them up, they don’t feel scratchy.  That’s because they don’t even have mohair in them.  Where did [...]

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Spoiled Children

November 24, 2010

Even if my boy is an adult, he’s still my boy and I aim to please. When he was a youngster and even into high school, he didn’t like onions or celery or bell pepper. When we had something like gumbo, I’d strain the liquid for his bowl so he didn’t get any onion or [...]

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Cornbread Dressing Recipe

November 23, 2010

There are no telling how many cornbread dressing recipes out there.  I think we all have our own little twist on making dressing but here’s how I make mine. Start with cornbread and make it a couple of days before you’re going to make dressing.  I use my regular cornbread recipe with the following changes: [...]

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