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What's with nuns and male names?

I think there's a link between subject matter and ads too. Let's see if prom dresses show up now. Prom dresses, I say! Anybody know where I can buy a prom dress in a large?

Best joke I heard was Kapernick said he would stand up if she would just stop singing.

I love pickles, and I love Tzatziki. But I can’t handle raw cucumbers. Go figger. I’m liking the Greek ideas being tossed around here lately. I may have to do some “stick-a-bobs” 😄soon. That’s what ness 2.3 used to call them. Been too much eating out lately and too boring to post when I have cooked.

You start indoors or out? edit: oh, outdoors is likely where it’s too wet 😄

Got the tomatoes and about half the lettuce started yesterday. On heat mats upstairs for now.

What the heck is wrong with you guys????

Simple goodness right there.

The guide I used there retired a couple years back. Too bad because he was outstanding. I’d give Kirk’s fly shop a call for suggestions. Other shops there are Estes Angler or Scott’s.

I sorta changed my opinion about the Super Bowl. I mean, Brady is probably the greatest of all time, dang it. I did watch it, but I found myself automatically rooting for the Eagles — because I love an underdog. And the story of Foles is hard to top. Played a great game and is a quality man too. Did anybody else see the shot of Gisele toward the end of the game where she was looking down at her wedding ring and kinda fiddling with it? It looked like she was thinking about pulling it off 😄

I’m dying to know the answer to that! 😄

Building rods is a pretty fun thing to do. Not a great deal of skill or equipment needed to do a respectable job. And, like a lot of other crafts, you can take it farther and fancier if you like. First couple rods I did like Al and Gavin said, with cutout boxes and thread running through a book. It is absolutely fine. I built something out of some scrap oak with adjustable length and spring tensioned spool holders, but I really don’t like the thread setup and did it the old way last time. I’ve got a Winston 2-weight blank with a really sweet reel seat sitting on it gathering dust right now. Need to pick it back up. Good luck.

We have a similar china pattern at the office:

Whew. Ok, but the boat. Buy 2 if you want. Wait...who’s buying the boat?

I like parsnips pretty well. I will confess they were overdone in my meal the other night. They cook faster than carrots. Gotta remember that. Anybody got any tried and true low-cal recipe ideas for butternut squash? I’ve got one sitting on the counter gathering dust. I’m sure I could do it with butter and brown sugar, or fry it in butter, or make a creamy soup, but.... Last time I roasted it with just a little s&p, but I’d like to get a little more flavor going.

Well, that begs a question—what happened the other 2% of the times?

Rutabaga too.

Welp, I’m listening. I didn’t have any Cheetos 😄

Pretty standard process. Shanks browned in Dutch oven then set aside. Followed with onion, parsnip, carrot for a few minutes then tomato paste until slightly browned. Red wine, consommé to deglaze and off to the oven for a few hours. Made some mashed taters to go along with it.

Will do!

Looks good. Gonna braise a couple beef shanks myself tomorrow.

Here’s Ruby trying to digest lobster shells:

I can see it without pimientos but I really like it with.

Here's the list of what's going on at ness farm: Vegetables Asparagus: Jersey Supreme (2011) Bean: Dragon Tongue, Kentucky Wonder bush Beet: Cylindra Lettuce: Bunte Forellenschluss, Forellenschluss, Red Salad Bowl, Slo Bolt, Webb’s Wonderful, Yugoslavian Red Radish: Early Scarlet Globe, French Breakfast Tomato: Brandywine, Celebrity, Cherokee Purple, Sun Gold Fruits Black Raspberry: Jewell (2011) Currant: Red Rovado (2015) Gooseberry: Hinnomaki Red (2009), Tixia (2015) Herbs Horseradish — Billethead (2016)

The dang ignore user thing is busted!