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Yes. But you knew that 😄

Just ground beef

Don’t be disrespecting Grandma Vi’s creamed peas!! So, growing up there were three kids. My baby brother was a constant source of amusement for my sister and I. He had a unique way of pronouncing things that we still laugh about. Tonight we did ‘meef oaf’. Ho’made mashed taters. And tucked up in there so they can’t be picked on are Grandma Vi’s creamed peas.

Did you just use the term ‘cube’???😄 We've been over this!

Creamed on the menu tonight. You've been warned!

I'm kinda weird* about green peppers. I can't stand to eat them raw, can tolerate them if they're cooked to soft soft (like in gumbo) but love the insides of a stuffed green pepper. The less green they are, the more I can tolerate them. Roasted red peppers are a good thing. And, I love chilies. I'll often substitute a poblano in cajun/creole dishes. I just thought you guys would want to know where I stand *Don't go for the easy joke. Use some imagination!

Looking good, @BilletHead We usually grow one or all of these: rosemary, sage, oregano, marjoram, thyme, parsley and basil in pots each year. Kinda like the low maintenance of the pots, but they need to be refilled and replanted every year.

Woke up thinking about grits. 😄 So instant grits, ham, American cheese with English muffin, clotted cream and strawberry preserves.

State AGs looking to grab the spotlight. Sovereign Immunity — I suspect this will go nowhere.

I told you @Gavin's not a worthless POS!

This goofy weather and goofy virus have things a little messed up. Maters, peppers, lettuce and ground cherries are more than ready to go into the garden. But after last-years fiasco with rabbits, I'm putting up some fencing first. Ordered it all from Ace Hardware but its taking them a week to get it ready for pickup. Then there's the squirrels. They've been digging like crazy in my beds. Planted peas, Swiss chard and radishes a couple weekends ago. Think the squirrels may have dug up the peas though. I'm working on that problem:

My daily zero-calorie multivitamin keeps me rutabaga free! I actually like them in stews, and will eat turnips occasionally. They haven't earned a spot in my compact garden though.

No sugar and doesn’t pour for starters. Not trying to sell anybody on this, just sharing something I though might be interesting.

I don’t think so. This is 50% or more fat and not a cheese.

See spot run!

I just don’t want a lot of steak, neither does wifey. I’m a sides guy. Works good for us.

So I did the other t-bone tonight. Used standard Kingsford charcoal plus deposit slips from a pack of Deluxe standard yellow checks. I think they burn hotter than the blue. Caved into the pressure here and did baked Russet potatoes. Dressed with a little Devonshire cream. Frozen corn. Delicious. (We split the steak 4 ways). 49% each for Kathy and I. 2% for Ruby and Maxwell 😄😄

Except here in the US? If there’s a similar traditional or regional equivalent of a spread for bread or biscuits I’m not aware of it.

I’ll say this, the pandemic has reached into places I never thought were at risk. Like document shredding. I never had to worry before, but now I have to improvise. This burns hot enough to obscure our account numbers and also puts a nice char on a steak. Hope the St. Louis charcoal snobs approve!😄

I've already got a bit of that going on. I thought it was my age

That's my recollection of it too -- slightly sweet. Didn't pick that up in my homemade, and was considering adding just a touch of sugar in the next batch. But I don't want to break any British rules or what not, harrumph!

So, having read a little on this since then, and seeing something historic unfolding, I'll comment. Of course the oil situation has been messy for a few months now, starting with OPEC and Russia dumping oil into the market. Demand is also lower recently due to the economic slowdown caused by the virus. But today's collapse is very interesting and very different. There's more than one price for oil out there. The most closely followed price for oil is the West Texas Intermediate crude future traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The current futures contract expires tomorrow and traders have to settle up -- money versus crude -- to be delivered in May. But guess what? There is a huge shortage of storage capacity for oil right now (oil glut, lack of demand), so traders are bailing out of the May contract so they don't have to take delivery of crude they can't store. Price for May crude right now? -$3.34. Yup, negative. I've never seen anything like this. BTW, the June contract is trading at $21.80. The textbooks tell us the difference between a commodity price in month one and month two is the cost to store the commodity for a month. Not the first time the textbooks have let me down. Gonna be interesting to see how this plays out. edit to add: Now it's at -$6.69 edit to add: Now it's at -$37.59 at 1:39. This isn't sposta happen

Well, if you get the itch for something different or want to reminisce a bit, it couldn't be easier to do. I'm letting some warm up to room temperature -- I remember it being creamier and easier to spread.

I'm cautious about drawing conclusions that I don't have specific knowledge or understanding of. I admit it's a flaw of mine

Don't think the damage will be restricted to smaller companies. And this will likely cause collateral damage in companies in the supply chain, banks, etc.