Today is a “”tough one” out here in the wilds of East Texas. Oh, the weather, while turning cold is OK. Our house guest /consigliere has had a good time. Even got a case settled Wednesday afternoon. Ah, the magic of MagicJack VOIP, multiple monitors, and Starlink.
Yeah, all that stuff is fine. And the Turkey I did? Why amazing, of course. Tons of leftovers though done a little earlier (and drier) than planned. Still, a damn fine meal. We hope yours went as well? All of us were stuffed and crashed by 7:30 last night.
But That Gets Us to Black Friday
Shopping Tip #1: I’ve been doing a little “free spending” already. But the spending was done mindfully. If you want, here are my “secrets of dopamine and cash flow.”
First, understand that shopping is a “hormonal event.” The brain unloads dopamine in response to “spending.” You likely already know that “Dopamine can increase the motivation to put in cognitive effort by amplifying the perceived benefits of a task relative to its costs. This can make people more willing to take on challenging tasks.”
What you may not be clear on is the science behind this. Before you go shopping today, read how science is working “Toward a Unifying Account of Dopamine’s Role in Cost-Benefit Decision Making – PMC.”
Shopping Tip #2:
Your Life, first. Shopping for it, second.
This means rather than raw impulse buying, have a good sense of your goals and (non-shopping) desires and outcomes you’re after BEFORE getting online. Try to think about where you want to be next year.
Then SCORE EVERY EXPENDITURE on how much it will move you toward your goal.
For example, when I begin to dial-back the writing for the web in 2025 (when I hit 76 next year …I mean a fellas got to retire sometime, right?), I will be buying and reselling used (tube type) ham radio equipment. That’s where the heart strings are tugging. In case no one has told you yet, people get into troubles and can land in a miserable life when they don’t “follow their heart.”
Today, for instance, I bought what’s called a “variac” for my electronics bench. This is a device that let’s you apply line voltage by manually turning up the voltage going from the wall into the radio. Helps to prevent further damage to a radio.
This has been on my shopping list for a long time. When I found one at a reasonable price (regardless of whether it’s Black Friday, or not), into the cart it went.
Shopping Tip #3 – Use Online Reviews
We get very good value for our money because of a method to spending. One of our (unstated) rules is “Don’t buy shit.” Your money is good, so get the best you can for a price.
Since other people have already posted Reviews (with stars), here’s our use of Reviews in the shopping process. I will write this in a “coding” kind of way to keep it simple:
NOTICE ITEM
- IF no product reviews (or less than 10 today) SKIP (to next item)
- IF product reviews >10 count, apply CRITERION
- IF [criterion = OK add to Cart] ELSE [SEEK new item]
- ON “none” SKIP to Next Item (or) Next Category
CRITERION (subroutine)
- #REM: 5 stars +4 Stars = Top Ratings
- #REM: 2 STARS+1 Stars = Bottom Ratings
- ADD (5 stars + 4 stars) as OK
- SUBTRACT from OK (2 stars + 1 star) as SUBTOTAL
- DIVIDE [Subtotal] by [Top Ratings] as SCORE
- IF SCORE > 75 percent, OK to buy, ELSE >Skip
- RETURN [Notice Item]
This process will remove huge amounts of grief.
ADVANCED TIP;
On Amazon, not on consider reviews which are NOT from “verfied purchasers.”
Because other sellers (and a few shitheads) can put up reviews without purchase. So when you see, for example, a bad review of one of my books, remember product reviews with 1 or 2 stars (and aren’t verified purchases”) are likely from shitheads and pricks with issues.
Reviews with A 3, or higher, at OK.
Tip #3: Throw Everything in the Cart
Enjoy the dopamine rush of doing do.
Tip #4 Be BRUTAL at Check Out
Before hitting the “Purchase now” ask yourself the hardest questions you can think of:
- “Can I afford this?”
- “Will it make my life better and simpler or harder and worse?”
- “Does this get be along On Plan to my next adventure in life?”
If you have any “NO” answers, crap-can the item and move along.
Be realistic about your goals and needs. Here’s my shopping list so far today with a note on each.
- Variac for the electronics bench
- Outside wood stove rain cap for chimney pipe.
- New meat thermometer (replaces old)
- Air fryer and liners (replaces old)
- FTA satellite receiver (replaces old)
- USB HDMI capture card (functional replacement due to migration to mini PC from desktop with an Aver-Media capture card).
See? Logical. Probably threw out 5 or 6 tools. Didn’t need them. (Hands were shaking over the DEL key…)
Did I almost buy a much bigger drone? Icom 7300 ham radio? Why, sure, of course! But do I really need them? Got two drones and a ton of ham gear. So no.
Fin-News Marches On
Financial items: STOCKS CLOSE AT 1 PM TODAY.
FUTURES are up slightly, but doesn’t seem likely to take out the highs of last week. Which means Monday could be our next leap of faith point.
BITCOIN has still not busted above $100,000 and was under $97k earlier. Failure to go higher could set up a retracement to the $75-85K region.
FED has a balance sheet due out at the close. Look to this for any “adjustments” because there’s a kind of Deep State tradition that agencies (and pseudos) slip things out (hoping them will not be noticed) int he frenzy of Black Friday (or around Christmas, New Years, etc.)
News, General
Pea-brain Joe and the War Party just don’t get it. Remember, Biden is the Commander of the Ukrainian divisions which are making deep strikes inside Russia. So when you read Biden criticizes Russian missile strikes on Ukraine, reaffirms US support, help yourself to a barf bag.
Meantime, there’s a betting row open on whether Vlad Putin can chill out until after January 20th: Putin Praises Donald Trump as ‘Intelligent’ and ‘Experienced’. But, he’s not in the Oval for almost two-more months, yet.
Seeing Trump and Biden trade jabs (and soon jobs) reminds me of the long history of this kinda of thing: Ancient footprints reveal two hominin species coexisting 1.5 million years ago. Why, just like D.C. today, huh?
Taiwan Tick-Tock gets louder: China urges ‘utmost caution’ by US ahead of Taiwan president’s Hawaii trip. Taiwan pres. flies Saturday morning, Taiwan time (late tonight, our time). So a weekend night move by Taiwan is possible. Good weather to if you check and this leaves my consigliere asking whether China is ready to go, or not. Windy.com, by the way, has already labeled the place “Taiwan Province.”
Say, and how about that cease-fire? Israel launches first strike on Lebanon since ceasefire after saying Hezbollah violated the truce.
And if you need another dollop of Armageddon, might we recommend: Muslims March Through the Streets of Bangladesh, Calling for the Slaughter of Hindus (Video)? That could get ugly.
News, Slop
Only a few, we expect: Amazon workers plan strike between Black Friday and Cyber Monday in major cities around the world
England is losing even more of their semi-free speech: UK is about to implement Islamic blasphemy laws. UK is now a dictatorship.
Passings: Racing pioneer ‘Motorcycle Mary’ McGee dies at 87.
At the Ranch: Magical Leftovers
By Popular Demand we re-run the “How to” article on the SST Sandwich/Hot Brown recipe that has been one of my favorites for almost 3/4’s of a century:
ATR: Spectacular Leftovers 2022
(ATR= Around The Ranch)
For almost 10-years now, we have offered the highest and best use of leftover turkey ever invented. Here’s the 9th annual turkey leftovers recipe we prize more than the old Lexus.
Originally posted as our Ode to 13 Coins’ SST Sandwich column from 2013. It has been hopelessly updated annually.
I don’t remember if Gale, the daytime bartender at the ‘Coin’s place across from the Seattle Times had retired yet, (Yes, he did in 2015, or so – g) or not…might have. Great guy and always poured me a “hard-day-for-the-editor-sized drink” back in my news-chasing days… ‘Coins was kitty-corner from the Seattle Times plant on Fairview back then. A.P. Bureau was across the street north.
First, my own contribution to “the turkey leftovers science.”
I baked the bird (2018) in a turkey bag (breast-up) as usual. But upon removing, I turned it breast down while the turkey rested (while I made gravy, etc…more wine, too, while Ure at it…).
Fall-apart moist – even Elaine said it was one of the all-time best-ever turkeys she’s ever had. Better than baked breast-down…Just 10-15 min, breast down while resting in its juices before carving…amazing! (I adjusted steam holes to the central axis end of the bag to preserve juices! Don’t want liquid gravy basics leaking out.) 10-points for food science!
Ode to 13 Coins: The SST Sandwich
No doubt the one best way to use-up whatever is left in the way of turkey is based on a “sandwich” which used to be served by 13 Coins, a 24-hour restaurant in Seattle. This served as a kind of Mecca for the broadcasters, writers, and theatrical types who made Seattle a happening place from the 1960’s, 1970’s and 80’s. Before the commies took over local government up there.
‘Coins is still one of the top 5 late night food joints in the country and with good reason: If you sit at the counter, you can watch chefs doing their flaming cooking on the big gas stoves (with a gas-fired broiler for browning) from high back bar chairs. It’s the sort of setting people can only dream of having for entertaining in the home kitchen.
It was here that the SST Sandwich was developed – at about the same time Boeing was building a mock-up of what might have been an American SuperSonic Transport to compete with the Brit-Frog Concorde. I always wondered if the selection of turkey as its main ingredient a matter of taste or deep commentary on aeronautics or economics of the aircraft…
By far, the SST is the best use of turkey ever seen – and to my palate it is almost as good as fresh roasted turkey with all the fixing’s. Anyone can make good food in an unlimited kitchen with clean up staff. When it’s me and/or Elaine and KitchenAid, it’s a different equation. It’s cheaper to hire appliances than people.
The inventor of the SST used a Béchamel sauce (white sauce) but for those of us who scored higher in the laziness department, a can of Campbell’s cream of mushroom soup (regular, not fat-free – what’s the point, right?) works almost as well as a substitute.
In the original SST, the toast points had the crust cut -off. Again, this is additional work that could be dispensed-with. An optional item if you’re trying to recapture the flavor of the original dish.
Butter the toast points? That’s up to you and your cardiologist. The sandwich was on dry toast points. 13 Coins made up for the lack of butterfat with their thumb-sized fries. Exactly 13 of them stacked in Lincoln Logs fashion.
OMG, TDF! Yellow potatoes with a spritz of Johnny’s Dock or Lawry’s seasoning salt. A very lightly spiced ketchup on the side.
Oh…and fresh Parmesan from the Pike Place Market is nice, too. But over the years I’ve used everything from Kraft “sprinkle cheese” to hand shaved aged Parmesan (plus various mixes) and I couldn’t tell much difference.
The Updated Recipe (for T2020)
You begin with a hot skillet. On the edge of smoking but not quite. Occasional beeps from the smoke detector are ignored.
Into this pan, you pour about a tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) and fire (or the electric-hellfire equivalent) until just smoking a bit.
Add one cup (roughly, per person) of freshly sliced mushrooms. Shake, toss, and worry it a bit. 4 mm wide slices.
Sauté and throw in a flammable liquid. Toss and flame. Tequila? Brandy? Whatever’s handy. Nothing too sweet. A dry white cooking wine is acceptable. Flambe it a bit. Preheating the booze makes it flame easier.
Flame longer if you have an audience; Foodery is theater. If you are cooking over gas, this part is easy. Electric? Not so much. Don’t set the kitchen afire. After 2 or 3 good flareups, the flavors peak. A clean brandy can also be used – by the Chef.
If you’ve got a range hood, like the big ones at 13 Coins, the third splash of whatever burns good (from the bar) with the oil, provides guests a photo-op, too.
Brandy was the lazy man’s choice – I could never get white wine to flame. Certainly not on an electric range. Maybe with oxy-acetylene. Outdoor BBQ side burners do swell but remember wheel it out from under the roofline. Fireballs while cooking are fun but not under flammable ceilings.
When the flames die down, (the alcohol flares off if you use high enough heat) you toss in a cup, or more, of diced turkey (per person). This has been sliced into 3/4-inch cubes.
This is all tossed around in the sizzling pan so the flavors get acquainted with one-another. Flame again (third time) if using gas. Mostly ‘cuz it’s fun. Showy and entertaining.
Next comes the Béchamel sauce, or – if doing this at home hungover and lazy – that can (11 oz.) of regular (condensed) Campbell’s cream of mushroom works fine. NOT FAT FREE!
Reduce heat to a simmer while you:
*Prepare bacon and Toast points. Two slices of each, per person.
Each serving will need a shallow (broiler safe) baking/serving dish, 3-slices for me, use a baking pan for more room. Two slices for reasonable eaters, thanks. (No point getting healthy this weekend, though.)
* Two or three…OK…FOUR! (long and lean) strips of crispy bacon are made. Pressed so they don’t shrink too much. You do have a bacon press? Microwave bacon cooker works fine. We’re eating healthy so lower sodium bacon.
Arrange as follows:
- Toast Points (crusts on, or not)
- Atop this you pour a portion of turkey, sauce, and sauteed mushrooms flambeed.
- Add cheese* and melt under broiler.
- On removal, add bacon strips lengthwise. (Originally it was two strips of incredibly long, thick bacon as an “X”.
* 1/3 cup (or so) of fresh-grated Parmesan (or you could use an Italian three-cheese mix with little difference, but the cheese should go off to salty a bit.)
Practice the finish if serving multiple guests (we’re not big on sharing this, lol): Melt the cheese well. Should have some medium browning in places.
A few tablespoons of the cheese will dribble over into the happily bubbling sauce. Right before moving to the next step. Which is?
Serve with the 13-Coins style fries (Big as your thumb.) and a glass of whatever libation suits you.
Wine pairing may be the hardest decision of the weekend. My buddy (and fellow PNW rock n roll newser) Chet Rogers favored the Chardonnay (“…with a light buttery, and a smooth oaky finish…”). Wife Elaine’s more the dry champagne type. Me? Half-gallon of Sutter Home White Zin (ice cold) and an IV bag will do.
Here on the north side of 70, I seem to be doing cranberry juice (with a splash of vodka), which works dandy, too. It’s better for the liver, the FAA, and primary care physician confessionals. “Oh yes, I drink cranberry juice now…“
A word about the fries (and why a 13-Coins visit is always on our Seattle agenda. You can’t cheat on the fries. They cannot be those wimpy little prefab wormy things like the “arches” use. Or what you buy in the frozen food section. You know the sort: mashed potatoes water-jetted from a square pastry nozzle.
A proper grown-up whole potato (Yukon Gold, very large) is whacked into coarse slices about the size of your thumb (bigger if you’re dainty, I hold my thumb up when Elaine is slicing, but stay out of range). At least 3/4’s of an inch to a full inch.
Cold rinse them several times then pat dry. A couple of hours in ice water is even better before drying. Air fryer works if you toss the raw potatoes in a few teaspoons of EVOO and sprinkle well with a seasoned salt. Johnny’s Dock – another favorite haunt. Lawry’s as a backup.
Finish the fries until a few shades darker than golden brown. They are thick – this will take time. Do this while guzzling booze and flaming things. Yee haw!
We toss ’em in the air fryer nowadays. I’m sure the Biden Administration will outlaw anything deep-fried, shortly. Dems want to spoil everyone else’s fun but their own.
It’s a sacrilege to do so, but I will ask for ketchup and the staff doesn’t (usually) seem too offended by my epicurean gaffes.
No, I don’t get any spiffs or deals for my semi-annual review of the SST. The SST may not even be on the 13 Coins menu, but we assume you know about “secret menus” – the good stuff is for long-term customers. You need to know to ask.
It wasn’t on the menu last time we were in Seattle. But the kitchen was able to make one though I don’t know if they still can. (Reports welcome on this point.) Ask for the SST off the ‘secret menu.’
Is It the Best “Sandwich” Ever?
Weather at this time of the year in the Northwest is usually crappy: Gray, cold, and rainy more often than not. Which may have something to do with why Seattle has some really great places to eat.
Other cities do, as well, but even San Francisco (last time we were there) seems to have gone “touristy” and “institutional/commercial” even at Ghirardelli and the wharf, last time through. I keep thinking about going back to see if anything’s as good as the food at Bertolucci’s in South San Francisco. Color me skeptical. Bertolucci’s was fab.
The main thing about great restaurants is they were usually started (or perfected) by great restauranteurs. Families who somehow got the balance between hospitality, beverage, taste, performance, and consistency. For me, the Ward family’s (13 Coins and el Gaucho back in the day), (Victor) Rossellini’s, and Ivar Haglund’s seafood joints -Ivar’s – were the family names in Seattle. Lemonsakis and Gasperetti joints (Latitude 48 and the Roma Cafe, were top-flight too…there were lots of good hangouts. Ruby Chow’s before she got into politics.
Every city has such places.…it takes a little looking around to scout them out. Most people don’t focus on the search…too much hurry, too little time, yada, yada. But like investing in a great partner, or stocks, finding a great restaurateur’s prize is the GI tract equivalent of finding Apple or Microsoft stock before their IPOs..
Along the way, be sure and ask questions and steal cooking ideas you can bring home, too. Like this recipe. You never know when you’ll have some leftovers that can be turned into real treats.
Or have to write a column about turkey leftovers that’s not plain stupid.
Award-winning chef daughter says I got the genealogy of the SST wrong. It’s taught to young cheffettes as based on the “Hot Brown” and is popular ‘back east.’ (Remember, even Spokane is ‘back east’ from Seattle.)
Sure enough, you can find a damn-fine Hot Brown at (where else?) the Brown Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky. Hell of a lot shorter-drive for us than Seattle. 874 miles vs. 1,900. But fewer Indian Casinos along the way – which we enjoy, too. Choices, huh?
The Hot Brown looks almost like the SST, but with fewer aircraft fasteners and a cheese-change. I still think White Zin will fuel either nicely. Maybe with a Kentucky local beverage or three as the warm-up.
A Thanksgiving (2014) Gift from Reader John K
Want some money? Free? The real deal here. I didn’t have time yesterday to ask his permission to use his name (again), but a reader of ours, John, a wealth manager up in Nashville, who sent me a dandy email that could be worth your time to read: (Pay attention Andy!)
Hello George,
To assist you in helping others and so you and your family may also find new wealth, enter your last name and or company name in the following Search engines to see unclaimed property. I conduct searches in support of Estate settlements, but you do not have to be dead to have unclaimed property. I have helped others find property of deceased relatives and forgotten security deposits from college. If you can provide proof of your name connected to the address (if it shows one), wa la, you’re in the money/property.
If the person is deceased, letters Testamentary, would also be required. Be aware the states often misspell names, so be on the lookout for property under similar spellings. If you can see the address, that usually helps verify the connection. If a person is deceased or you can’t remember all your past addresses, run a free credit report which shows all prior addresses (living and deceased people).
The first site seems more effective, and the second site is quicker, but less accurate.
MissingMoney.com | Search for Unclaimed Property
Best of luck!
Happy thanksgiving!
John
And so, with that, off to the kitchen where three eggs, a slab of ham, and a little cheese cake to balance out all the protein awaits.
Have a grand by Deluxe day and write when you get rich,
George@Ure.net
Moving to the new ranch house has given us the best gift of all. This is our first Thanksgiving where everyone, 22 kids, spouses, grandkids, and a cousin of mine, sat around the same table in the same room at the same time.
The best part of all was when my youngest granddaughter (2 years old) came over and climbed up on my lap to play “make funny faces”. Watching her laugh after each funny face then saying “I love you Papa” before climbing down and running off to play is indescribable. Top it off with Diana taking my breath away every time she comes into the room. Doesn’t get any better than this.
Stay safe. 73
Where’s the ‘Like’ button when you need it?
AMEN…
Jim in MO ““I love you Papa” before climbing down and running off to play is indescribable.” I call that a tangible intangible. It’s like trying to describe a hug from a child. It is truly one of lifes special momemts. Remember: Memorys are pictures we take with our heart!
Amen to that…
HoHoHo, we got snow …
It spat flakes before we left to travel over the river and through the woods (to my elderly sister’s assisted living facility). That same dribble continued all day and … overnight Ole Man Winter arrived.
This morning there was an inch of fresh fallen on the ground and more on the (chill, 25F) air. Every now and then we fall under the plume trailing off Great Lake Michigan and it’s a white out (mile distant far side of the lake phases in and out). Tis the season.
Two weeks from today, or sooner, I will wake at the MN home of E2, my DIL and E3 (my first Grandling). So, though retailers are doing their best to drag in foot traffic, I’m done. The list built over months is complete (though someone needs to get wrapping). I used to save color funny papers to wrap but the local rag won’t deliver here so?
Today I’ll finish moving “no freeze” stuff from the BoatHouse to attached garage and … nuthin? Maybe I’ll run the leaf blower to remove snow and cover the woodpile? Or putter at the fireplace? Or not. Mrs. E wants me to light the exterior flood array (6 waterproof color managed by a remote) though I’m not sure why? All TBD.
If you are cyber shopping, and it’s not for others, why? If so it should be stuff you actually need. Or, so sez Scrooge me. Fair enough many listen to the Siren’s song. Just be frugal if gifting to yourself.
Always, Egor
ps – Bear-on-the-boat: so, how is the Scotch?
My list…….
everyone has at least 10 things that they are grateful for….
its good to reflect each day on your ten things….
1. a loving wife.
2. a wonderful family.. ( I am the luckiest grandpa alive..)
3. a gracious and loving heavenly father
4. The best friends in the world ( I’d be lost without all of you here.. wonderful friends G..and Bob.. Ray ,dlynn,jc, all of you..you guys all rock my world)
5.a warm house
6. good food
7. grandpa projects
8. good books
9. a great little town
10. and a beautiful morning..
seriously what more could a man want…
happy Friday my friends..stay positive and enjoy this beautiful day…
“stay positive and enjoy this beautiful day…”
Yes, because we got a potential 113 day coming.
“As of 3:00 PM eastern US time today, Friday, 29 November 2024, there are 24 hours remaining in the NOTAM issued by Russia over their Kapustin Yar missile launch facility, presumably for Russia’s retaliation attack upon Ukraine.”
https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/world-news/24-hours-remaining-in-russian-notam-for-ukraine-missile-attack
G.A. STEWART: After I published my first book, The Age of Desolation in 2010, I made a discovery when I sensed that the Fukushima earthquake and nuclear disaster on March 11th, 2011 might have connections to the Madrid Train Bombing on March 11th, 2004. So, I began to research the history of events on that day just as I did for the history of April 20th, which appears in Nostradamus Quatrain I-42.
It would take me almost three more years to put all the pieces in place regarding dates with the number combination 1-1-3.
https://theageofdesolation.com/nostradamus/2021/01/13/113/
Today 11/30 (113)
“The NOTAM, shown above, was issued on 11-26 and took effect on 11-27 until today, 11-30 at 2000 hrs, which converts to 3:00 PM, eastern US time.”
https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/world-news/6-hours-remaining
Yes, there are only 30 days in November, but let’s “think outside the box.”
November 31st
“On a day that doesn’t exist…
… the impossible can occur.”
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1344745/mediaviewer/rm2817792256/?ref_=tt_ov_i
I probably won’t buy anything today. Most possessions wind-up in the basement decaying into worthlessness. Mene has a 7% off code but I’ve seen chain snatching videos on YT. If someone snatches a chain they’ll have their back turned to the victim making a shot in the thief’s back a manslaughter charge. Happy Black Friday!
That Leftist(?) rag, Drudge posted a link yesterday impacting Five Eyes south:
A social media ban for under-16s passes the Australian Senate and will soon be a world-first law
“The law will make platforms including TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X and Instagram liable for fines of up to 50 million Australian dollars ($33 million) for systemic failures to prevent children younger than 16 from holding accounts.”
Capturing today this clearly means the kids have taken the reins of the Internet & run amuck! Parents can’t control their kids and .gov has too.
So now that there’s going to be a prevention law there will have to be a method of proof similar to buying alcohol, as example. ‘prove you aren’t under age’ to join FB. The only proof for buying alcohol is a .gov issued ID.
A .gov Internet ID is on the horizon. Once Five Eyes south goes ID the remaining four eyes will follow – it’s for the children.
George predicted the “license to go online” concept several years ago.
It appears now is the time.
Yep. The ID will probably be voluntary at first, while .gov deploys and Internet users adapt to the system.
Later in order to participate in society Australians will need the ID. The old false choice routine. Australians don’t need e-sign, e-mail, online documents and ordering systems because the old way is still available.
(“Want some money? Free? The real deal here. “)
lol lol… its true to.. after my mother had been in a nursing home several years.. my sister called.. what happened to all moms money?
sis she was in the nursing home for how many years..A few thousand was kept in an account for essentials.. put my name in there and it shows there’s money.. but you go to draw it out.. it goes to the government..so it sits..
the same with capital credits and the co-op ..
(“chef daughter says I got the genealogy of the SST wrong. It’s taught to young cheffettes as based on the “Hot Brown” and is popular ‘back east.’”)
we call that a hot turkey sandwich.. with sausage or hamburger its S.O.S…. with chicken its chicken ala king.. ( peppers and vegetables )
food.. I do love to cook… Italian cooking well.. they were..oh heck I love all the different nationalities cooking not just Italian ..lol
you do realize food family friend and faith are the few things in life that have any true meaning.. Crap comes and goes..the hospital government doctors and undertakes take it all at the end..
I put no value in an item that new car will be a rust bucket one day.. your crap will break down and need replacing.. but the smile on a child’s face.. a look from someone in dire stress that gets a hand up when everything else fails.. a drink of water that won’t kill them..these are the things that count in my life…
no one in this household of ours gets irritated at an ..oops..
a oops happens to everyone and doesn’t need to be enlightened on..the one the oops happened to is already kicking himself over its happening.
as Jesus said..Love your heavenly father with all your heart and do u to others..
let your light shine…
“but the smile on a child’s face..”
Keith Richards says…
https://youtu.be/N22wCHUA–s?si=sQf50nwnEYLg36SZ
I found unclaimed money. Not tons, but probably from an insurance thing. I wear orthotics in my shoes. My insurance didn’t want to pay for them. A year later I had all 5 metarsal joints removed and bones fused in left foot. (Awful enough surgery I never did the other foot. Totally drugged out for almost 2 weeks, and highly drugged for months). I guess someone at the insurance office decided that I really did need those orthotics.
Now my insurance doesn’t pay for any orthotics or splints. Insurance isn’t as good as it was 20 years ago.
Holy Cow, Eleanor! I thought my feet were bad, but yours gets the prize. I have metal plates and many screws in both feet to correct a botched surgery that was done in 1970 for bunions and hammer toes. Right foot still not great. I am very sorry for the great pain you had to experience.
Thanks. I couldnt weight bear on the foot for over a year and sort of hopped to walk pre surgery. A year after surgery I had to have nuts and bolts removed because they were trying to pop out of my skin. Another awful surgery but no where near the first one.
Any surgery involving bones and nuts and bolts is painful. I’m sorry you had to have yours done.
Found out last night that while I was away on my little adventure my small town had it’s first armed robbery in over thirty years. A rather rough looking dude held-up a local gas station. Got away with just over $200 – as the station had just changed shifts and thus the cash register had been changed-out. Not much in it.
No weapon was presented, but he pretended to have a pistol in his coat pocket. Left the station and ran down the street. As of last night, he still hasn’t been caught – though they have a couple very good images of him from the security cameras. Looked desperate and homeless to me.
Hope this isn’t the start of “Things to Come”.
Boy.. obviously the clerk at the station didn’t do the drop.. we never kept that much in the till..
thinking about that..some ass stole 200.. barely a tank of gas and a trip to McDonald’s.. he when caught threw his life away for nothing except a big mac meal.. what a waste.. what a loss..
Thanks, I’m hungry now.
Regarding turkey leftovers, my mother used to make a soup with the carcass, incredibly delicious.
I still do that. My family loves it. Actually canned some turkey and turkey broth this year so we can enjoy turkey soup year-round.
I have a very similar – After the Feast – turkey sandwich.
Two pieces of 12 grain & seed, whole wheat bread – toasted / crust trimmed away. [ we bake our own.]
Thin layer of cream cheese spread on one piece of toast – cranberry sauce on the other piece
Lay four inch long stripes of turkey on the cream cheese – packed in – no gaps – lots of turkey. Turkey has been sauteed in olive oil until nice and hot.
Cover the turkey with: Mushrooms and onions – both thinly sliced and sauteed in garlic and butter until “caramelized”.
Grind fresh black pepper over the mushrooms and onions – to suit.
Lay four thick sliced stripes of bacon – extra crisp – across the mushrooms and onions.
Lay the cranberry covered piece of toast over it and cut diagonally – two triangles.
Consume at will
Jeremiah 17:9 – “the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?”
Following your heart can sometimes be a trap. Following Jesus is never empty.
We would be better off seeking His council with life altering decisions.
Blessings
Seeking a make believe entity..for council in Life altering decisions ?!
Im still waiting on the Great Pumpkin…any day now.
Charlie – https://youtu.be/T1lc4rqh7ZU?si=kKPyEe15z3chC7md
Sometimes the soul can see what the eyes can’t.
Amen..
I have seen to many instances that prove to me the existence
As if you could identify your Soul, its location and describe it in any detail. ahahahhahaha thats a joke.
You and all the other elohim worship cultist here are Full of Scheisse..aka faith.
Nor one single act of Energy Working can be shown/demonstrated/displayed – simply do not have It, let alone understand how it works. Nothing in Health improvement, longevity, mental engagement, mental strengthening, clarity..Nothing .
The entire judeo/christian religious experience based on FEAR,Guilt and Pain.
Forgiveness of WHAT ? Sin ?
No such thing in the Universe, (think about that concept). It was made up by Ure controllers.
Stand to this day with the challenge – any holy man or Women(priest/rabbi/nun,ect) – Display of Internal Force/Energy/Power..make Flower Bud bloom, make a Tree bend in Ure honor, any FUCKING thing.
When I encounter a priest wearing a collar in public its always the same – they end up flushed and visibly sweating before my very eyes. Do they know I consciously send beams of “lotus light” from my Eyes? No they just are made to feel VERY uncomfortable.
Their is a Spiritual War going on right now “out there”, and you abrahamics’ seem to be in the dark.
They got NOTHING but pain and suffering.
Keep on praying – it has never worked before, never going to work, at least not as long as peeps keep doing it the way montheistics taught/teach it.
Virtue is the Foundation – Christians missed the starting gun . ahahahahahahahah
No worries – once the massive ships show up this year – judeo/christian relgions, and all other montheists, jesusmaryjoe all go POOF!
“As if you could identify your Soul, its location and describe it in any detail. ahahahhahaha thats a joke.”
I would suggest you back and read the post from Jim in MO today. That to me is “soul.”
“Nor one single act of Energy Working can be shown/demonstrated/displayed – simply do not have It, let alone understand how it works.”
I can agree with not understanding how it works but Jim’s post “demonstrates” it well.
“When I encounter a priest wearing a collar in public it’s always the same – they end up flushed and visibly sweating before my very eyes.”
I am sure you have met some of the bad ones who should sweat and be flushed for all the “unspeakable damage they did to children in their care. Sadly, they have a lot of company with others in “high” places with or without a collar.
“Their is a Spiritual War going on right now “out there”,”
You are absolutely right but it has nothing to do with religion, Christianity or otherwise. The truth is that the world is divided into good and evil and I have seen both in every corner of the world including “religious” countries. I have met people who had no reason to be good and kind but they are.
“Keep on praying – it has never worked before, never going to work”
I thought the same thing until I tried it. It never brought me any more material goods but it did help me find a purpose in life.
A good read among many others is George’s book “Packing to Die.” We all reach the end point and “the soul” is the only thing we can take with us when we go.
But we can pack with love, memories, how skills were done, all those fine views and moments of grace – lot of stuff to remember to pack. Plus remembering that you’re on the good side and are entitled to call in higher power when needed, so yeah lots to pack, remember, and be thankful for.
Spending Day Frenzy – with proceeds from Annual Turkey Day Parlay!
Annual tradition of the BCNs’ ..once We started having kids , my gambling ways came to an end so as to maintain peace in busy growing household. Better half allowed me 1 Bet on Football game per year..so I naturally chose one Bet with 2 legs (2 bets in one, 2nd bet determined by outcome of 1st bet). Back in those days, 90’s, there were only 2 Games on Thanksgiving Day – Boys at home, and Packers at home.
This Thanksgiving went with Da Bears getting +9.5 pts in 1st game/leg of Parlay, and Packers minus -3.5 points in late game. Posted the picks on Family text line at 10:30 AM, to much derision from family peanut gallery..bunch of hard core smart asses that crew..
Daddys’ FanDuel acct is Faaat this AM, so big Withdraw of Cash straight to Cking Acct..If ya dont Bank Ure winnings, do you really win? Me thinks NOT!
Color BCN winning & grinning this holiday season.
* Got Ure L Reuteri and L Gasseri Yogurts growing..in light of the pending nuclear conflagration coming to a montheistic hotspot near youse soonly?
You’ll like this:
“Eda’s Freets”
One LARGE ‘long-ish’ Idaho baker.
Cut in half on the narrow waist.
Put one flat bottom half (after the cut)
on cutting bord, and using a large,
dangerous chef knife, cutting DOWN,
make 6 or 8 wedges –keep skin on.
Repeat with other half. You now have
12 to 16 skin-on wedges, total.
Take a refrigertor box with lid, like
a ‘Tupperre box,’ and put in one cup
of olive oil. OLIVE OIL — NOT CRAPPE!
Spice like crazy. Tumeric, Red Pepper,
black Pepper, Oregno. Others that seem
worthy–Induge yoursekf. Over-do, since
most will drip off later
Put in tater wedges, and tumble box
to thoroughly coat the wedges with
spiced oil.
Put some baker’s parchment paper
on a cookie sheet pan.
Place oiled wedges on parchment, skin
side down. Bake at 350 for 30 min,’or
until wedges begin to brown on edges.
How brown is Chef’s Choice. “Pretty
Brown” works pretty well.
Serve in paper-towel-lined bowl for
some drainage, along with a ramakin
dish with ketchup or other dippage.
(Also, the bowl conserves heat.)
You’ll never go back.
Just, please, call ’em “Eda’s Freets”
in memoriam to the inventor.
73
that sounds great. at the station they have wedges.. great with honey mustard dip..
Every Thanksgiving – just before I start the kitchen-work for “The Feast”.., I stand at the kitchen window, sipping a small bourbon. I don’t really look at anything – just ‘looking out the window’, into the darkness of the yard and go over in my head all the things I am grateful for. Thankful for. This year “the list” seemed a lot like last years – which I guess is a good thing – not much has changed around here – which I personally like.
Seems there are quite a few people that don’t have much to be Thankful for this year – which is pretty damn sad to me. “The Mrs.” and I, two days before Thanksgiving, took four large bags of food and a 16lb turkey to a family that I know is in a bad way.[three kids-just one job between them.] I also included a colorful Chinese envelope with $500, tucked down inside one of the bags. I am thankful that I could do that.
I hope that One-&-All here had a very good year and a great Thanksgiving. You did remember to give thanks – didn’t you ?
dLynn: well done. People shouldn’t be hungry when private direct charity can salvage the situ in desperate times. I have always believed in and done direct donations (the whole gets eaten, consumed vs draw down from the NGOs).
We used to benefit the local military with help from Mrs. Sargent Major. Then lost that relationship so of late benefit the local Sheriff’s Patrol. I’m due to run over cases of hand warmer packets and glow sticks for their winter kit.
We can’t fix everything but we can make life better.
Egor
What’s always surprised me..is just how much we have that we take for granted in life.. the simplest of items to..
when we feel stressed its nice to stop and reflect on the fact that there is always someone with it worse off..to lend a hand up to someone is a blessing and always warms my heart when I see that look on someone’s face that tells me I did the right thing….
my best and worst year Will be with me the rest of my life..people usually put on a public Face keeping The torrents of their struggles below the surface..
Amen.. that’s absolutely wonderful.. really makes my day when you it it right you can see it.. god bless
It seems the Harris is out for now and B-21 procurement to support a Biden second term is out also. It seems Trump is in but doesn’t need NATO mad at him at this time so some measure of peacekeeping in the Urkraine will take place. It seems Russia used to own Ukraine up to the river that runs through Kiev. Likely some sort of deal will ensue to keep NATO together and let them sort of long term plans. Everyone thinks nucs but all loose, most of all the global winter all year around; or nuclear winter and no russia wheat..no Chinese russian oil, no stolen Europe russian oil, no Saudi imports of low weight oil to produce heavy oil.
I should bake a loaf of bread today..
we still have a loaf left..maybe some bread bowls..
Loob – dont say BCN never gave youse nothing, honey.
Cant help those that refuse to help themselves, so instead I want to share a recipe with youse all that I got from another baker via my Luvele superfood maker community..Lemon Blueberry yogurt Cake -https://ctrk.klclick.com/l/01JDYRHHQQ6E18VPP1EVCJ33PY_5
Shut the front door people, this one is delish !
Thanks for that BCN .it looks absolutely delicious
According to the – Freedom in the 50 States – annual report, the ten states with the lowest personal freedom are: Texas, Idaho, Wyoming, Kentucky, South Carolina, Mississippi, Arkansas, Delaware, Alabama and Tennessee. With the sole exception of Delaware all of these are Republican dominated. [ I thought that Arkansas was Democrat territory.]
By contrast the states with the most individual freedom, are listed as Nevada, Arizona, Maine, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Vermont, Montana, Missouri, Massachusetts and West Virginia. Of these, six have Republican governors against four which are led by Democrats.
This listing is based on 24 different criteria – from gun rights and freedom of speech to asset confiscation and banking regulations. Schools, licensing, property rights, even taxes were considered in the mix.
Texas is ranked 50th in the country. [ The worst ] while Washington State, my homeland, is ranked 13th [ not too bad ] .
Personally – I would take this ‘report’ with a full teaspoon of salt. Some of the choices just doesn’t seem right to me.
dLynn: The Texas 50th ranking only applies to their personal freedom ranking, and I would tend to agree that Texas is in the bottom of the barrel. The Pacific states and NY are at the bottom of the barrel for Overall freedom.
https://www.freedominthe50states.org/personal
Texas did finally deregulate knives and clubs a few years back, and did away with local regulations. Before that, getting caught in public with a Chef’s knife or a tomahawk was a second degree felony.
Texas does have a high degree of freedom for coyotes, vigilantes, and robber barons, but that doesn’t go under the personal freedom category.
I think I would take that with a bucket or bag of salt.. just in reflecting on property taxes..
I bought some Jerusalem Artichokes to plant. Supposedly they were the survival food in Europe during the first world War. They grow 6 feet tall and produce beautiful flowers. The Artichokes can stay in the ground all winter or until needed. Seems like a win win.
George, I thought you were buying shovels.
dont forget the bags of Lime..gonna need least 10 bags per Tango.
Note: Lime dont work on Grays very well at all. Gotz to burn em..quick like. Make a Deer pit smell like Roses..jss
great plant, grows tall enough to be a border. the tubers are chocked full of inulin which makes them a good substitute for potatoes for folks who have to watch their blood sugar. high in starch so dried tubers can be made into flour for pasta and such. best of all they are a beautiful perenial.
Flour. That’s good information. Thank you. I’ve had bad luck with trees/bushes/vegetables in this yard. I like the idea of perennials so I am trying new things. I appreciate your comment.
Yo E,
check Ure soil PH levels – local county extension ofc will provide that svc..they should, otherwise cheap DIY meters avail on the zon as well. Good Lucks..