On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 12:47:19 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>Janet B wrote:
>>
>> Gary wrote:
>>
>> >jmcquown wrote:
>> >> Could be a collectors item! I never had a darning egg. Mom taught me
>> >> to darn socks using a light bulb.
>> >
>> >My mom taught me to use a light bulb to light up a room at night.
>> >eheheheh Just kidding here. I'm getting ornery with all the knitted
>> >sock posts this morning.
>>
>> The conversation is nice and soothing. No bitching, carping etc
>> What are you cooking this weekend?
>
>I just took a cottage pie out of the oven for today and for a few more
>meals down the road.
>
>Here's an interesting twist that I did today. I had some leftover
>mashed potatoes (cooked and mashed with milk, butter and s&p). Not
>enough to top the pie though so I microwave-baked 4 red potatoes until
>done. These, I cut up into bite size pieces, then buttered them along
>with s&p.
>
>Well, I mixed the cut up mv-baked potatoes in with the creamy mashed
>potatoes. I sampled it before I added it to the recipe. WHOA! What
>a good combination of creamy and chunky. I'll probably make mashed
>potatoes with this combo in the future. Very good.
>
>G.
I've heard about the pair 'Necessity and Invention"
good job!
Janet US

On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 17:59:40 +0100, "Ophelia" >
wrote:


snip
>
>I've been playing with my new toy and getting used to it. It's a sous vide
>thingy and I am getting quite good with it)

Really? What tempted you to go for sous vide? What are you preparing
with it? Very interesting.
Janet US

On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 11:27:54 -0600, graham > wrote:


snip
>As it's a bit cooler, I am reviving my sourdough culture that has,
>inexplicably, almost died. My rye culture is really powerful so I'm
>using a bit to help the wheat one along.
>Then I'll bake bread. Poilne sells an incredible walnut loaf and after
>a bit of sleuthing, I have found out the percentage of walnuts so I am
>going to try and emulate it.
>Graham

I sort of semi panicked yesterday. The news stories here (Idaho) are
that we produce 30% of the US wheat and that our crops are severely
damaged due to drought. They are expecting a very limited crop. I
know our northern counties have been declared disaster areas.
Anyway, I went to Cash and Carry yesterday and picked up a 50 pound
sack of bread flour. I didn't see my favorite flour that is from the
Pacific Northwest. The sack I got is from a Tennessee mill. It was
$18 for the 50 pounds, so the price hasn't gone up yet. I'm just
hoping that although labeled bread flour it isn't lower protein to
suit Southern tastes.
Janet US

"Janet B" > wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 12:47:19 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>
>>Janet B wrote:
>>>
>>> Gary wrote:
>>>
>>> >jmcquown wrote:
>>> >> Could be a collectors item! I never had a darning egg. Mom taught
>>> >> me
>>> >> to darn socks using a light bulb.
>>> >
>>> >My mom taught me to use a light bulb to light up a room at night.
>>> >eheheheh Just kidding here. I'm getting ornery with all the knitted
>>> >sock posts this morning.
>>>
>>> The conversation is nice and soothing. No bitching, carping etc
>>> What are you cooking this weekend?
>>
>>I just took a cottage pie out of the oven for today and for a few more
>>meals down the road.
>>
>>Here's an interesting twist that I did today. I had some leftover
>>mashed potatoes (cooked and mashed with milk, butter and s&p). Not
>>enough to top the pie though so I microwave-baked 4 red potatoes until
>>done. These, I cut up into bite size pieces, then buttered them along
>>with s&p.
>>
>>Well, I mixed the cut up mv-baked potatoes in with the creamy mashed
>>potatoes. I sampled it before I added it to the recipe. WHOA! What
>>a good combination of creamy and chunky. I'll probably make mashed
>>potatoes with this combo in the future. Very good.
>>
>>G.
> I've heard about the pair 'Necessity and Invention"
> good job!

) We say, necessity is the mother of invention)


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"Janet B" > wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 17:59:40 +0100, "Ophelia" >
> wrote:
>
>
> snip
>>
>>I've been playing with my new toy and getting used to it. It's a sous
>>vide
>>thingy and I am getting quite good with it)
>
> Really? What tempted you to go for sous vide? What are you preparing
> with it? Very interesting.

D loves meat Very Tender. Sometimes I managed and often did not sooooo ...
I cook all my meat and fish in there and Bingo!!! One very happy hubby <g>
I tried out many things at first now I fill it up and cook a lot of the
same, and freeze them. I always cook things very rare and when I come to
use them, I finish off very fast on the griddle to brown and get the
Maillard reaction.

I have beef, pork, chicken, salmon, moose, kangaroo sitting in the freezer
just waiting to be finished off. I want to try out veg next.

The booklet wasn't very useful so I found this on line:

http://www.chefsteps.com/activities/...perature-guide

scroll down and you will find the table.



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On 25/07/2015 2:14 PM, Janet B wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 11:27:54 -0600, graham > wrote:
>
>
> snip
>> As it's a bit cooler, I am reviving my sourdough culture that has,
>> inexplicably, almost died. My rye culture is really powerful so I'm
>> using a bit to help the wheat one along.
>> Then I'll bake bread. Poilne sells an incredible walnut loaf and after
>> a bit of sleuthing, I have found out the percentage of walnuts so I am
>> going to try and emulate it.
>> Graham
>
> I sort of semi panicked yesterday. The news stories here (Idaho) are
> that we produce 30% of the US wheat and that our crops are severely
> damaged due to drought. They are expecting a very limited crop. I
> know our northern counties have been declared disaster areas.
> Anyway, I went to Cash and Carry yesterday and picked up a 50 pound
> sack of bread flour. I didn't see my favorite flour that is from the
> Pacific Northwest. The sack I got is from a Tennessee mill. It was
> $18 for the 50 pounds, so the price hasn't gone up yet. I'm just
> hoping that although labeled bread flour it isn't lower protein to
> suit Southern tastes.
> Janet US
>
There's a severe drought in parts of Alberta too and many farmers are
claiming insurance and they have whined enough for the federal govt to
defer their taxes. That announcement would normally occur much later in
the year but we are in election mode:-(
Graham

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On 7/25/2015 1:33 PM, Janet wrote:
> In article >, says...
>>
>> Janet B wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 09:43:07 +0100, "Ophelia" >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "S Viemeister" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> On 7/24/2015 8:54 PM, koko wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Do you still have the darning egg? I don't know if they exist anymore.
>>>>>>
>>>>> They're available on Amazon!
>>>>
>>>> I have a darning mushroom.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>> I have a small dried gourd that was used for that purpose by my
>>> mother. I can remember darning socks as a child.
>>
>> I've never darned a sock although I probably should. Once a sock gets
>> a hole in it, I just throw the *darned* things out in the trash. Not
>> really though...I use them for rags and ladder mitts.
>
> I reckon a sock with a hole in would make a cosy nightie for Mia.
>
> http://jcsparks.com/data/images/Pandora-sock.jpg
>
> Janet UK
>
Hey, that's cute!

Jill

On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 21:45:12 +0100, "Ophelia" >
wrote:

>
>
>"Janet B" > wrote in message
.. .
>> On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 17:59:40 +0100, "Ophelia" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> snip
>>>
>>>I've been playing with my new toy and getting used to it. It's a sous
>>>vide
>>>thingy and I am getting quite good with it)
>>
>> Really? What tempted you to go for sous vide? What are you preparing
>> with it? Very interesting.
>
>D loves meat Very Tender. Sometimes I managed and often did not sooooo ...
>I cook all my meat and fish in there and Bingo!!! One very happy hubby <g>
>I tried out many things at first now I fill it up and cook a lot of the
>same, and freeze them. I always cook things very rare and when I come to
>use them, I finish off very fast on the griddle to brown and get the
>Maillard reaction.
>
>I have beef, pork, chicken, salmon, moose, kangaroo sitting in the freezer
>just waiting to be finished off. I want to try out veg next.
>
>The booklet wasn't very useful so I found this on line:
>
> http://www.chefsteps.com/activities/...perature-guide
>
>scroll down and you will find the table.

thanks for telling me about it
sounds like you solved your problem
Janet US

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> Could be a collectors item! I never had a darning egg. Mom taught me to
> darn socks using a light bulb.

Mine taught me to put them in the rag drawer and buy new socks.

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> On 7/24/2015 8:54 PM, koko wrote:
>> > On Fri, 24 Jul 2015 10:56:04 -0600, graham > wrote:
>> >
>> >> On 24/07/2015 7:07 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> >>> On Friday, July 24, 2015 at 8:32:22 AM UTC-4, Xeno wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> We have a sewing machine here but last time I used it I broke it.
>> >>>> I've
>> >>>> been banned! Given my sewing ability, this is not a bad thing.
>> >>>
>> >>> It's a power tool! Any man should be able to use
>> >>> a sewing machine (and any woman, too).
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Cindy Hamilton
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >> My mother and her sisters taught me to sew (and even darn socks!) so I
>> >> tackle minor repairs by hand. However, I would use a sewing machine
>> >> much, much more infrequently than my other power tools so I haven't
>> >> bought one.
>> >> Graham
>> >
>> > Do you still have the darning egg? I don't know if they exist anymore.
>> > koko
>> >
>> Could be a collectors item! I never had a darning egg. Mom taught me
>> to darn socks using a light bulb.
>
> My mom taught me to use a light bulb to light up a room at night.
> eheheheh Just kidding here. I'm getting ornery with all the knitted
> sock posts this morning.

We saved our burned out bulbs and made paper mache maracas out of them.

"Janet B" > wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 21:45:12 +0100, "Ophelia" >
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>"Janet B" > wrote in message
. ..
>>> On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 17:59:40 +0100, "Ophelia" >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> snip
>>>>
>>>>I've been playing with my new toy and getting used to it. It's a sous
>>>>vide
>>>>thingy and I am getting quite good with it)
>>>
>>> Really? What tempted you to go for sous vide? What are you preparing
>>> with it? Very interesting.
>>
>>D loves meat Very Tender. Sometimes I managed and often did not sooooo
>>...
>>I cook all my meat and fish in there and Bingo!!! One very happy hubby
>><g>
>>I tried out many things at first now I fill it up and cook a lot of the
>>same, and freeze them. I always cook things very rare and when I come to
>>use them, I finish off very fast on the griddle to brown and get the
>>Maillard reaction.
>>
>>I have beef, pork, chicken, salmon, moose, kangaroo sitting in the freezer
>>just waiting to be finished off. I want to try out veg next.
>>
>>The booklet wasn't very useful so I found this on line:
>>
>> http://www.chefsteps.com/activities/...perature-guide
>>
>>scroll down and you will find the table.
>
> thanks for telling me about it
> sounds like you solved your problem


It wasn't actually MY problem. I never thought my meat tough and he
complained about all meat we had out, restaurants etc. so it wasn't just
mine

Incidentally it makes really tough joints/roasts very tender)


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Janet wrote:
>
> I reckon a sock with a hole in would make a cosy nightie for Mia.
> http://jcsparks.com/data/images/Pandora-sock.jpg
>
Cute picture. Yeah, ferrets love to burrow into confined covered
places.
Here's 2 pics that I sent long ago. These are old worn out sweatshirts
that I wear in the house just to stay warm during the winter. Mia
loves to sleep in the sleeves of them while I sit at the computer.
These pics were taken after she woke up and "came out for air."

http://i59.tinypic.com/r2td1c.jpg

I've been quilting on a Janome 6500 for ten years now, it's a great computerized machine with a few bells and whistles. Janome is a very well known and respected brand in the sewing community. I never really thought about making light blocking bags for storing veggies, but I could whip that up in just a few minutes, as I have a room full of fabric.

Denise in NH

On 7/26/2015 9:09 AM, Gary wrote:
> Janet wrote:
>>
>> I reckon a sock with a hole in would make a cosy nightie for Mia.
>> http://jcsparks.com/data/images/Pandora-sock.jpg
>>
> Cute picture. Yeah, ferrets love to burrow into confined covered
> places.
> Here's 2 pics that I sent long ago. These are old worn out sweatshirts
> that I wear in the house just to stay warm during the winter. Mia
> loves to sleep in the sleeves of them while I sit at the computer.
> These pics were taken after she woke up and "came out for air."
>
> http://i59.tinypic.com/r2td1c.jpg
>
Cute!

Jill

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Janet wrote:
>>
>> I reckon a sock with a hole in would make a cosy nightie for Mia.
>> http://jcsparks.com/data/images/Pandora-sock.jpg
>>
> Cute picture. Yeah, ferrets love to burrow into confined covered
> places.
> Here's 2 pics that I sent long ago. These are old worn out sweatshirts
> that I wear in the house just to stay warm during the winter. Mia
> loves to sleep in the sleeves of them while I sit at the computer.
> These pics were taken after she woke up and "came out for air."
>
> http://i59.tinypic.com/r2td1c.jpg

LOL that wee soul is just so cute!!

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wrote:
>
> Gary wrote:
>
> >Janet wrote:
> >>
> >> I reckon a sock with a hole in would make a cosy nightie for Mia.
> >> http://jcsparks.com/data/images/Pandora-sock.jpg
> >>
> >Cute picture. Yeah, ferrets love to burrow into confined covered
> >places.
> >Here's 2 pics that I sent long ago. These are old worn out sweatshirts
> >that I wear in the house just to stay warm during the winter. Mia
> >loves to sleep in the sleeves of them while I sit at the computer.
> >These pics were taken after she woke up and "came out for air."
> >
> > http://i59.tinypic.com/r2td1c.jpg
>
> Cute, she knows she can nap and you can't escape without her

She sticks right by me constantly now. Guess I'm her safety zone. She
still loves sitting on my arm at the computer and once in the bedroom,
she always wants body contact during the night, even if it's just her
foot touching me. Spoiled little rat! heheh

On 7/26/2015 2:28 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Could be a collectors item! I never had a darning egg. Mom taught me
>> to darn socks using a light bulb.
>
> Mine taught me to put them in the rag drawer and buy new socks.

Crew socks are good for cleaning and polishing furniture or the car.
Put it over your hand and get started.

I've been buying the identical socks for years so no matching when they
come out of the dryer, just stack them in the sock drawer.

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1) “Many of you are well enough off that the tax cuts may have helped
you. We're saying that for America to get back on track, we're probably
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things away from you on behalf of the common good.” – Hillary Clinton

2) “Don’t let anybody tell you that it’s corporations and businesses
that create jobs.” -- Hillary Clinton

3) “You know, we can’t keep talking about our dependence on foreign oil
and the need to deal with global warming and the challenge that it poses
to our climate and to God’s creation and just let business as usual go
on, and that means something has to be taken away from some people.” –
Hillary Clinton

4) “I can’t worry about every undercapitalized business” — Hillary
Clinton testifying before Congress on the effects of Nationalized Health
Care.

5) “Yes, we've cut the maternal mortality rate in half, but far too many
women are still denied critical access to reproductive health care and
safe childbirth, and laws don't count for much if they're not enforced.
Rights have to exist in practice — not just on paper. Laws have to be
backed up with resources and political will. And deep-seated cultural
codes, religious beliefs and structural biases have to be changed.” –
Hillary Clinton

6) "We are at a stage in history in which remolding society is one of
the great challenges facing all of us in the West." -- Hillary Clinton
per Barbara Olson's Hell to Pay: The Unfolding Story of Hillary Rodham
Clinton

7) "There are rich people everywhere. And yet they do not contribute to
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schools, in public hospitals, in other kinds of development internally."
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8) "No. We just can't trust the American people to make those types of
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10) "I also believe that every new handgun sale or transfer should be
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anywhere at any time. And I don’t believe that is in the best interest
of the vast majority of people." -- Hillary Clinton

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had no money when we got there and we struggled to piece together the
resources for mortgages, for houses, for Chelsea's education. It was not
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Clinton makes up a ridiculous, untrue story about her trip to Bosnia.

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show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and
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Congress of both parties who have gone to Syria in recent months have
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On Sun, 26 Jul 2015 09:09:12 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>Janet wrote:
>>
>> I reckon a sock with a hole in would make a cosy nightie for Mia.
>> http://jcsparks.com/data/images/Pandora-sock.jpg
>>
>Cute picture. Yeah, ferrets love to burrow into confined covered
>places.
>Here's 2 pics that I sent long ago. These are old worn out sweatshirts
>that I wear in the house just to stay warm during the winter. Mia
>loves to sleep in the sleeves of them while I sit at the computer.
>These pics were taken after she woke up and "came out for air."
>
> http://i59.tinypic.com/r2td1c.jpg

Awww that is too stinkin' cute

koko

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On Monday, July 27, 2015 at 8:41:36 PM UTC-5, koko wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Jul 2015 09:09:12 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>
> >Janet wrote:
> >>
> >> I reckon a sock with a hole in would make a cosy nightie for Mia.
> >> http://jcsparks.com/data/images/Pandora-sock.jpg
> >>
> >Cute picture. Yeah, ferrets love to burrow into confined covered
> >places.
> >Here's 2 pics that I sent long ago. These are old worn out sweatshirts
> >that I wear in the house just to stay warm during the winter. Mia
> >loves to sleep in the sleeves of them while I sit at the computer.
> >These pics were taken after she woke up and "came out for air."
> >
> > http://i59.tinypic.com/r2td1c.jpg
>
> Awww that is too stinkin' cute

Very accurate. Ferrets are cute, and they stink.
>
> koko
>
--Bryan

On 7/26/2015 11:25 PM, wrote:
As Jeb Bush prepares for his imminent presidential campaign, the
American people must keep in mind just who this man is and the crimes he
committed rigging the 2000 presidential election, which put his brother
George W. in the Oval Office, set us on the road to the Iraq War, the
Great Recession, destroyed America’s standing in the world, altered
American history forever.

Jeb Bush just so happened to be the Governor of Florida during that
election, and as you may recall, the Florida vote was so close that
recounts were requested and eventually declared his brother the winner.
Katherine Harris, Jeb’s secretary of state and the co-chair of the
George W. campaign, organized the election system that somehow ended up
losing or spoiling the ballots of hundreds of thousands of
African-American voters, who just so coincidentally tend to vote
Democratic. During the recount period, it is documented that the
Governor’s office made 95 calls to the Bush campaign- calls which Jeb
somehow “cannot remember” the reason for. That answer is unacceptable
for allegations of such importance. Why can’t you remember, Jeb?

On 7/24/2015 8:31 AM, graham wrote:
Fourteen hundred years ago Islam gave women rights; rights that could
not have been imagined by European counterparts. Bold words! Words
that have been spoken repeatedly, especially in the last two or three
decades by Muslim converts, and Islamic writers, academics and educators
across the globe. Women’s rights, responsibilities, and choices have
been the subject of books, articles, essays, and lectures. Sadly
however, convincing the world that Muslim women are not oppressed by
Islam is a message that is just not getting through. Media headlines
scream oppression and the words Muslim, women, and oppression seem to
have become inextricably linked.

No matter what Muslim women do or say to try to convince the world
otherwise, words like hijab, burka, polygamy, and Sharia seem to do
little but convince people that Islam oppresses women. Even educated,
articulate women fulfilling the modest conditions of hijab can do little
to dispel the myths. Women who conduct themselves with decorum and
grace and function effortlessly in the modern world have their
achievements and successes celebrated. However, if a woman wears a
scarf, covers her hair or puts her religion above worldly pursuits she
is immediately labelled oppressed. One wonders if this is the case for
women of other religious persuasions.