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It worked!

Yep, water chestnuts.

Look--my mis is en place!

Pickle juice? Not a lot. I don't measure, just sip it out of the jar. Maybe a shot.

Here's the progress as of mid March. Told ya I was cuttin back and starting later.

I've expanded my pickling juice horizons to include juice from pickled peppers and beets.

Surplus tomatoes??? I wish! I'm coming off a decade-long tomato famine. Just like the one that sent the Irish streaming into America in the 1860s. Concerning ketchup: I will say this--I remember one of my high school buddies had an aunt that made homemade ketchup. It was outstanding. There was a noticeable taste of cinnamon in it. She also taught him, and he taught me, to drink pickle juice. That was a game changer for me. Then there was his uncle Carrol. He grew what was then known as K-weed. I never partook, but some of my classmates looked forward to the harvest. One, who is now a pastor ... well, I've already said too much. On another topic...fresh tomatoes are great, but canned tomatoes are available all year and they're consistent. Below ness utilized them to make a simple marinara with olive oil, diced onion, sliced garlic, salt, sugar, red wine, red pepper flakes and canned crushed tomatoes. Served over ho'made spaghetti (boil water, add salt, open box, drop in dried pasta, boil for a while). Dressed with freshly grated, authentic, Wisconsin Parmesan cheese.

I had it with best choice artificially flavored raspberry artificial sugar-free drink in a plastic cup, thank you. I get paid the 15th. ?

Spaghetti O's. You guys suck.

C'mon spring!

My kinda chow right there.

Eeeew. You're not supposed to eat them! ?

Ooooh. Capers in tartar sauce. Why didn't I think of that!

I can be there in 4 hours....

Yeah, brown and malty here too. I pick up a *lot* of malt in Negra. Glad I tried it side-side with a couple others. Next up is KC Bier dunkle. Then maybe a German. My guess is Negra out malts them based on memory.

Poured one right after the other and this is about a minute later. Which would you choose? Brought the one on the left up to sample and I got skunk in my nose. So, I knew it wasn't the Modelo I had the other night. Soldiered on and the flavor was ok, but Modelo wins hands down. And I kinda wanted the Newcastle to win. Dont remember skunky Newcastle before, but I know light, especially fluorescent lights are what causes it, and clear bottles don't protect as well as colored. That's why they do it. Dang. 5 left.... That was maybe ten minutes ago and the Modelo still has a nice ring of foam around the glass.

There aren't enough tots in my life.

Ehh, Dapper Dan is cheap. Four trips by the jar and you're golden.

Yeah, the pomade and Saran Wrap patches work great. Personally, I'm a Dapper Dan man. Three alternating layers and a few minutes with the blow drier and you're good for another hundred miles. Six layers if you're a canoe dragger, like you-know-who.

Well, was looking through this thread for ideas and noticed this. Guess what's queued up in the DVR tonight? From back when the knew how to create tension, rather than just spill blood.

Hah, no worries. Hope you're doing well in your new digs and have a good long weekend.

Truce? I mean, I didn't come lookin' for trouble. ?

Bump.

Hmm.