Delicious dinner tonight, two large blocky green peppers diced and
sauted in buddah with a dozen beaten eggs... DELICIOUS!
Half for tomorrow.

On Saturday, December 28, 2019 at 6:32:05 PM UTC-6, Sheldon wrote:
>
> Delicious dinner tonight, two large blocky green peppers diced and
> sauted in buddah with a dozen beaten eggs... DELICIOUS!
> Half for tomorrow.
>
Well, I'm about to pop! I had leftover sliced turkey, a smidge of mac &
cheese, too many mashed potatoes, green beans, and w a y too much sweet
potato casserole. There were a couple of crescent dinner rolls but I
didn't eat those as I knew they would send me over the edge.

Ham and green beans tomorrow and maybe some more mashed potatoes.

> wrote in message
...
> Delicious dinner tonight, two large blocky green peppers diced and
> sauted in buddah with a dozen beaten eggs... DELICIOUS!
> Half for tomorrow.

I don't think I'll cook. Went to Hops N' Drops with Angela and my mom
earlier. I only had part of a bowl of French Onion soup and part of a Queso
dip and chips but I'm still stuffed. My mom paid for the meal. Dang but
restaurant prices have gotten expensive. I could have made everything we
ordered at home and my OOP would probably been closer to $17 than the $70
she paid. And I would have had plenty of bread, veggies, meat and chips
left.

I'll probably just have some applesauce later. Maybe a few crackers.

On Saturday, December 28, 2019 at 7:59:19 PM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote:
> > wrote in message
> ...
> > Delicious dinner tonight, two large blocky green peppers diced and
> > sauted in buddah with a dozen beaten eggs... DELICIOUS!
> > Half for tomorrow.
>
> I don't think I'll cook. Went to Hops N' Drops with Angela and my mom
> earlier. I only had part of a bowl of French Onion soup and part of a Queso
> dip and chips but I'm still stuffed. My mom paid for the meal. Dang but
> restaurant prices have gotten expensive. I could have made everything we
> ordered at home and my OOP would probably been closer to $17 than the $70
> she paid. And I would have had plenty of bread, veggies, meat and chips
> left.
>
> I'll probably just have some applesauce later. Maybe a few crackers.

I went to Guerilla Street Food and had their Flying Pig for a late lunch/mini dinner!

John Kuthe...

On Saturday, December 28, 2019 at 7:32:05 PM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
> Delicious dinner tonight, two large blocky green peppers diced and
> sauted in buddah with a dozen beaten eggs... DELICIOUS!
> Half for tomorrow.

I had a delicious salad with leftover roast beef, dressed with
1 tsp balsamic vinegar, 1 tsp soy sauce, and 1 tbsp EVOO. I
particularly like that combination with beef.

Cindy Hamilton

On Sat, 28 Dec 2019 22:05:15 -0600, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Sat, 28 Dec 2019 19:31:55 -0500, wrote:
>
>> Delicious dinner tonight, two large blocky green peppers diced and
>> sauted in buddah with a dozen beaten eggs... DELICIOUS!
>> Half for tomorrow.
>
>Hmm.... I don't know. I'm not quite feeling it.
>
>I had shrimp pesto linguine with mixed veggies and ... Oh shit. I
>turned off the oven but never got the garlic bread out. Duh. And
>now it's dried out. That would have been good shit, too.
>
>-sw

Consider yourself fortunate to have turned off the oven before
forgetting to remove the garlic bread... dry but not a total loss,
makes tasty bread crumbs for a meat loaf/meat-a-balles, etc.

My wife's sons had two giant pumpkins ot their front entrance as
decorations. They were going to trash them but my wife said she'd
take them for deer food. Yesterday I hacked up two forty pound
pumpkins and we tossed them out in the yard. This morning most was
gone but still some for tonight. Would have been a shame to toss them
in the trash when the critters could enjoy them... we saved some seeds
for planting.

On 2019-12-29 9:52 a.m., wrote:
>

> My wife's sons had two giant pumpkins ot their front entrance as
> decorations. They were going to trash them but my wife said she'd
> take them for deer food. Yesterday I hacked up two forty pound
> pumpkins and we tossed them out in the yard. This morning most was
> gone but still some for tonight. Would have been a shame to toss them
> in the trash when the critters could enjoy them... we saved some seeds
> for planting.

My wife likes to put pumpkins on the porch for Thanksgiving decorations.
Bear in mind that our Thanksgiving is around mid October. They freeze
and thaw a few times before they are removed. Some of them have turned
pretty mushy by that time so we stopped using the really big ones. They
are too hard to deal with when they go soft. I take them around to the
other side and drop them along the edge of our property and the critters
get to eat them there. Occasionally a pumpkin plant will appear the next
year.


My wife also likes to use small gourds for interior decorating. Years
ago we started tossing them into the composter when the decorations
changed, and every year we get gourds growing there so we never have to
buy new ones.

>

On Sun, 29 Dec 2019 Dave Smith wrote:
>On 2019-12-29 wrote:
>
>> My wife's sons had two giant pumpkins ot their front entrance as
>> decorations. They were going to trash them but my wife said she'd
>> take them for deer food. Yesterday I hacked up two forty pound
>> pumpkins and we tossed them out in the yard. This morning most was
>> gone but still some for tonight. Would have been a shame to toss them
>> in the trash when the critters could enjoy them... we saved some seeds
>> for planting.

Since my wife spends Christmas with her sons and grands these were
Lung Guyland punkins... they hadn't had a hard frost yet so these were
in great condition. In fact they were difficult to cut up even with
my 12" carbon steel chef's knife. Iwas considering pies for a minute
but we can buy pies a lot easier. I always have a relaxing *quiet*
Christmas cat sitting. When the grands were small they wold visit for
a couple of days but now they are teens and get bored here, plus they
are noisy and messy.

>My wife likes to put pumpkins on the porch for Thanksgiving decorations.
> Bear in mind that our Thanksgiving is around mid October. They freeze
>and thaw a few times before they are removed. Some of them have turned
>pretty mushy by that time so we stopped using the really big ones. They
>are too hard to deal with when they go soft. I take them around to the
>other side and drop them along the edge of our property and the critters
>get to eat them there. Occasionally a pumpkin plant will appear the next
>year.
>
>
>My wife also likes to use small gourds for interior decorating. Years
>ago we started tossing them into the composter when the decorations
>changed, and every year we get gourds growing there so we never have to
>buy new ones.
>
>>

On 2019-12-29 11:18 a.m., wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Dec 2019 Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2019-12-29 wrote:
>>
>>> My wife's sons had two giant pumpkins ot their front entrance as
>>> decorations. They were going to trash them but my wife said she'd
>>> take them for deer food. Yesterday I hacked up two forty pound
>>> pumpkins and we tossed them out in the yard. This morning most was
>>> gone but still some for tonight. Would have been a shame to toss them
>>> in the trash when the critters could enjoy them... we saved some seeds
>>> for planting.
>
> Since my wife spends Christmas with her sons and grands these were
> Lung Guyland punkins... they hadn't had a hard frost yet so these were
> in great condition. In fact they were difficult to cut up even with
> my 12" carbon steel chef's knife. Iwas considering pies for a minute
> but we can buy pies a lot easier. I always have a relaxing *quiet*
> Christmas cat sitting. When the grands were small they wold visit for
> a couple of days but now they are teens and get bored here, plus they
> are noisy and messy.

I wouldn't bother making pumpkin pie from scratch again. I did it
once. I cleaned out the pumpkin, cut it into chunks, baked it scraped
the flesh and put it in the food processor to puree. It tasted good but
still had a stringy texture. I didn't mind but my wife was turned off by
the texture. It is so much easier to open a can and avoid the complaints.

On Sun, 29 Dec 2019 11:50:38 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2019-12-29 11:18 a.m., wrote:
>> On Sun, 29 Dec 2019 Dave Smith wrote:
>>> On 2019-12-29 wrote:
>>>
>>>> My wife's sons had two giant pumpkins ot their front entrance as
>>>> decorations. They were going to trash them but my wife said she'd
>>>> take them for deer food. Yesterday I hacked up two forty pound
>>>> pumpkins and we tossed them out in the yard. This morning most was
>>>> gone but still some for tonight. Would have been a shame to toss them
>>>> in the trash when the critters could enjoy them... we saved some seeds
>>>> for planting.
>>
>> Since my wife spends Christmas with her sons and grands these were
>> Lung Guyland punkins... they hadn't had a hard frost yet so these were
>> in great condition. In fact they were difficult to cut up even with
>> my 12" carbon steel chef's knife. Iwas considering pies for a minute
>> but we can buy pies a lot easier. I always have a relaxing *quiet*
>> Christmas cat sitting. When the grands were small they wold visit for
>> a couple of days but now they are teens and get bored here, plus they
>> are noisy and messy.
>
> I wouldn't bother making pumpkin pie from scratch again. I did it
>once. I cleaned out the pumpkin, cut it into chunks, baked it scraped
>the flesh and put it in the food processor to puree. It tasted good but
>still had a stringy texture. I didn't mind but my wife was turned off by
>the texture. It is so much easier to open a can and avoid the complaints.

Canned pumpkin is excellent, it's actually butternut squash,

Sheldon laid this down on his screen :
> Since my wife spends Christmas with her sons and grands these were
> Lung Guyland punkins...
>

https://imgur.com/a/BTxhlbh

On 12/29/19 9:18 AM, wrote:
> Since my wife spends Christmas with her sons and grands these were
> Lung Guyland punkins... they hadn't had a hard frost yet so these were
> in great condition. In fact they were difficult to cut up even with
> my 12" carbon steel chef's knife. Iwas considering pies for a minute
> but we can buy pies a lot easier.

You would be better off buying a can of pumpkin. Jack-o-lantern pie sucks.

On Sun, 29 Dec 2019 10:51:00 -0700, jay > wrote:

>On 12/29/19 9:18 AM, wrote:
>> Since my wife spends Christmas with her sons and grands these were
>> Lung Guyland punkins... they hadn't had a hard frost yet so these were
>> in great condition. In fact they were difficult to cut up even with
>> my 12" carbon steel chef's knife. Iwas considering pies for a minute
>> but we can buy pies a lot easier.
>
>You would be better off buying a can of pumpkin. Jack-o-lantern pie sucks.

That's because canned punkin is actually butternut squash.

On Sun, 29 Dec 2019 10:30:47 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2019-12-29 9:52 a.m., wrote:
>>
>
>> My wife's sons had two giant pumpkins ot their front entrance as
>> decorations. They were going to trash them but my wife said she'd
>> take them for deer food. Yesterday I hacked up two forty pound
>> pumpkins and we tossed them out in the yard. This morning most was
>> gone but still some for tonight. Would have been a shame to toss them
>> in the trash when the critters could enjoy them... we saved some seeds
>> for planting.
>
>My wife likes to put pumpkins on the porch for Thanksgiving decorations.
> Bear in mind that our Thanksgiving is around mid October. They freeze
>and thaw a few times before they are removed. Some of them have turned
>pretty mushy by that time so we stopped using the really big ones. They
>are too hard to deal with when they go soft. I take them around to the
>other side and drop them along the edge of our property and the critters
>get to eat them there. Occasionally a pumpkin plant will appear the next
>year.
>
>
>My wife also likes to use small gourds for interior decorating. Years
>ago we started tossing them into the composter when the decorations
>changed, and every year we get gourds growing there so we never have to
>buy new ones.
>
Those volunteer squash are better than anything I tried to grow. They
did very well on the compost pile
Janet US

On Sunday, December 29, 2019 at 12:32:39 PM UTC-6, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Dec 2019 10:30:47 -0500, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
> >On 2019-12-29 9:52 a.m., wrote:
> >>
> >
> >> My wife's sons had two giant pumpkins ot their front entrance as
> >> decorations. They were going to trash them but my wife said she'd
> >> take them for deer food. Yesterday I hacked up two forty pound
> >> pumpkins and we tossed them out in the yard. This morning most was
> >> gone but still some for tonight. Would have been a shame to toss them
> >> in the trash when the critters could enjoy them... we saved some seeds
> >> for planting.
> >
> >My wife likes to put pumpkins on the porch for Thanksgiving decorations.
> > Bear in mind that our Thanksgiving is around mid October. They freeze
> >and thaw a few times before they are removed. Some of them have turned
> >pretty mushy by that time so we stopped using the really big ones. They
> >are too hard to deal with when they go soft. I take them around to the
> >other side and drop them along the edge of our property and the critters
> >get to eat them there. Occasionally a pumpkin plant will appear the next
> >year.
> >
> >
> >My wife also likes to use small gourds for interior decorating. Years
> >ago we started tossing them into the composter when the decorations
> >changed, and every year we get gourds growing there so we never have to
> >buy new ones.
> >
> Those volunteer squash are better than anything I tried to grow. They
> did very well on the compost pile
> Janet US

Mother Gaia is most gracious at times. I had a volunteer cantaloupe this Summer in my front garden beds, and one grew right on a stack of paver stones I keep out front on the brickwork around the front garden beds. And like you both say, it's from the cantaloupe seeds I put In the compost!

Thanks Mother Gaia! :-)

John Kuthe...

Sqwertz wrote:

> On Sat, 28 Dec 2019 19:31:55 -0500, wrote:
>
> > Delicious dinner tonight, two large blocky green peppers diced and
> > sauted in buddah with a dozen beaten eggs... DELICIOUS!
> > Half for tomorrow.
>
> Hmm.... I don't know. I'm not quite feeling it.
>
> I had shrimp pesto linguine with mixed veggies and ... Oh shit. I
> turned off the oven but never got the garlic bread out. Duh. And
> now it's dried out. That would have been good shit, too.
>
> -sw

You can probably fix the bread. Wrap loosely in a damp paper towel and
nuke at 15 second bursts.

On Sat, 28 Dec 2019 22:05:15 -0600, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Sat, 28 Dec 2019 19:31:55 -0500, wrote:
>
>> Delicious dinner tonight, two large blocky green peppers diced and
>> sauted in buddah with a dozen beaten eggs... DELICIOUS!
>> Half for tomorrow.
>
>Hmm.... I don't know. I'm not quite feeling it.
>
>I had shrimp pesto linguine with mixed veggies and ... Oh shit. I
>turned off the oven but never got the garlic bread out. Duh. And
>now it's dried out. That would have been good shit, too.
>
>-sw

where I grew up, we had special rolls called semmel. You needed to
eat them that day because they dried out very easily. My mother would
put the day old rolls in a paper bag, roll down the top of the bag,
wet the bag and put the bag in the oven for some minutes. Maybe 5 or
so, until the bag is dry. The rolls were always restored to original
texture by this method. I still use this method when I have day old
French bread or Kaiser rolls etc.
It's something to thing about with your bread.
Janet US

U.S. Janet B. wrote:

> On Sat, 28 Dec 2019 22:05:15 -0600, Sqwertz >
> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 28 Dec 2019 19:31:55 -0500, wrote:
> >
> >> Delicious dinner tonight, two large blocky green peppers diced and
> >> sauted in buddah with a dozen beaten eggs... DELICIOUS!
> >> Half for tomorrow.
> >
> > Hmm.... I don't know. I'm not quite feeling it.
> >
> > I had shrimp pesto linguine with mixed veggies and ... Oh shit. I
> > turned off the oven but never got the garlic bread out. Duh. And
> > now it's dried out. That would have been good shit, too.
> >
> > -sw
>
> where I grew up, we had special rolls called semmel. You needed to
> eat them that day because they dried out very easily. My mother would
> put the day old rolls in a paper bag, roll down the top of the bag,
> wet the bag and put the bag in the oven for some minutes. Maybe 5 or
> so, until the bag is dry. The rolls were always restored to original
> texture by this method. I still use this method when I have day old
> French bread or Kaiser rolls etc.
> It's something to thing about with your bread.
> Janet US

It works. I need to get a bread keeper here so I can tuck it away
without drying out.