As crazy as the "new posts" and search features are right now, I don't know if anyone will read this. Heavens, I can't even find posts I made by searching - or follow What's Cooking. I thought I would post anyway as a show of solidarity for Phil during his time of stress and frustration. He does not charge us and has managed to set up a model of a site. Sometimes the growing pains make us mumble or shake our heads, but I feel sure all will sort itself out. In the meantime send Phil some love. I would not be in his shoes right now.

BH, your chili looks great! I just posted about an off beat recipe I use. Here is the link: http://www.ozarkrevenge.com/2015/10/fall-football-chili.html?spref=fb

Scott at HLS caught some fish yesterday. Call him.

I wish I could find a translucent smoke with just a few black flecks like you used to see in the sting ray grub. In clear water like TR and Broken Bow, that color flat works. Of course, what I really want is an Elaztech version for the bait whose name will not be mentioned.

Don't we all love the difference between what they tell us -> "new, improved, streamlined, faster" and reality.

I just searched "what's cooking." Surprise. What it searched for, even when I eliminated the apostrophe, was "what/'s cooking." Couldn't change it.

Since I am stuck at home, I just did another blog post. http://www.ozarkrevenge.com/2015/10/fall-means-its-time-for-apples.html

I opened the unread stream and clicked the "Edit this stream." I changed the settings to a specific number of days (1) and changed the content shown to include replies and such. Much more manageable.

I see what is happening. You Northerners are dissing two staples of haute Southern cuisine.

What? You think Chief does?

I promised to add a "canned" recipe my mother used to fix. This is the recipe with an introduction: Hominy and Okra Gumbo Casserole Source: Joan Stainer My mother, bless her heart, chose not to cook well. She wasn’t raised with any expectation that she should, and she viewed the task as something that took time away from things she wanted to do. As a result, except on the rare occasions when her reputation was involved, everything was cooked at maximum heat and speed. The introduction of convenience foods and packaging during the 1950’s and 60’s suited her nicely. One specialty meal I remember was her Spam fried in bacon grease on a griddle with corn meal mush in a can sliced and fried beside it. She would add several rings of pineapple slices to the griddle and call this a balanced meal. Actually, it did taste good. Tastes remembered from childhood are vivid your entire life. And it did not kill me. This casserole epitomizes my mother’s cooking. It is easy, fast, contains bacon, and is constructed from packaged products. It tastes good, and it won’t kill you right away. Serves 12 Ingredients 2 cans cut okra, one drained and one not 2 cans hominy, one drained and one not 2 cans diced tomatoes with juice 1 small yellow onion, diced small 2 teaspoons sugar 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce 1 tablespoon Franks hot sauce or similar Bacon strips Method Combine the first seven ingredients in a casserole dish. Cover the mixture with bacon strips and cook at 350 for 1 hour. At this point, the dish will refrigerate for up to four days and will freeze for up to 6 months. If you prepare the dish ahead of time and chill it, you can remove bacon fat before finishing the dish. To finish the dish, set the oven rack on the second highest level and broil the top on high until the bacon crisps, around ten minutes. SALT WARNING: The packing fluids for okra, hominy, and tomatoes contain salt. Bacon contains salt. DO NOT SALT THIS DISH UNLESS YOU HAVE A SERIOUS SALT JONES.

Stir fried chicken and mushrooms, pea tendrils, and sesame noodles.

Keep at them! If you are catching walleye, but they are just a touch small, look for the break or change point on your spots. If your spot is a change point i.e. a change from gravel to rock or a treeline, then look for the little change on it like a boulder or a stellar stump or a hump or dip. The larger walleye will hang there with a kind of pride of place. More pictures!

Looks like a great soup recipe Gavin. Last night I roasted a small beast and some fingerling potatoes I bought at the Fayetteville farmers market. Today I am canning dilly beans with the incredible jade beans I found there. The beautiful wife has made bread and I am headed toward a chowder. This link tells it all. http://www.ozarkrevenge.com/2015/10/productive-weekend-in-fall.html

Darn Great fish! Wish I had caught it!

Just an encouragement. Ham, mushroom, and artichoke pizza.

I like the everything from a can concept shown above. My mother was a devotee of that method and the best food we had while growing up came from that concept. In the near future I will share one of my favorites in that group, the Someone Is Dead casserole. The wife and I have pizza dough rising tonight as I type. I made a meatless red sauce last night for pasta an set aside some for tonight's pizza. The other toppings tonight will be cheese, julienne sliced ham, sauteed mushrooms, and marinated artichoke slices. Pizza night means much around here.

My second largest walleye this last year came on a Ned rig. I always catch one or two in the Spring on a wiggle wart. I know many catch really good size fish on Feb thru April jerk baits. I have read a number of articles that praise the pink or grey road runner.

I always love to watch how parents model for their children. A few weeks ago there was a HS tourney out of Eagle Rock. Let's just say I sure am glad I don't teach any of the children of the parents I encountered that day. As for kayakers on the lake - I love to see them and I try not to wake them. The ones with green or camo craft should put up a warning flag, though.

I am not seeing the images on this post. Anyone else having that difficulty? Thank you for fixing! Good fish.

Fixed this last night. http://www.ozarkrevenge.com/2015/10/end-of-season.html

I totally approve of this! This is a great example of fishing for something worth eating with the appropriate tools.

"What a fascinating modern world we live in." That is one our favorite quotes from a good movie called Master and Commander. Seems to apply here.

Call Hook, Line, and Sinker in Rogers. Ask for Scott. Take his advice.