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Boron Elgar <boron_elgar@hotmail.com>: May 11 10:45AM -0400

On Mon, 11 May 2020 07:54:31 -0300, Lucretia Borgia
 
>>James Barber, The Urban Peasant had a similar style. He had a very easy
>>attitude and was unfazed by errors and goof ups.
 
>That paedophile isn't worth mentioning.
 
I think you might be mixing him up with The Frugal Gourmet, Jeff
Smith.
Bruce <bruce@null.null>: May 12 09:39AM +1000

On Mon, 11 May 2020 19:27:24 -0400, Dave Smith
 
>Back to the Urban Peasant... not the diddler Urban Gourmet, I liked his
>show and his easy going attitude toward cooking. He was the source of
>one of my favourite recipes, salmon fillets wrapped with phyllo pastry.
 
I remember a recipe from the Surreal Gourmet. He wrapped a piece of
salmon in aluminium and put it in a secure spot on the engine of his
car. He then went for a drive to cook the salmon.
 
(Does this count as me posting a recipe?)
Hank Rogers <Nospam@invalid.com>: May 11 06:44PM -0500

Bruce wrote:
> salmon in aluminium and put it in a secure spot on the engine of his
> car. He then went for a drive to cook the salmon.
 
> (Does this count as me posting a recipe?)
 
I think it should! Unless you were just sniffing Dave's butt again.
Bruce <bruce@null.null>: May 12 02:09PM -0400

Lucretia Borgia wrote :
> I know someone who actually tried that
 
Yea well you called James Barber a "paedophile"
for no good reason so you're a lying cunt.
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca>: May 12 07:10PM -0400

On 2020-05-12 5:40 p.m., dsi1 wrote:
 
> My guess is that most produce don't have codes stuck on them - for
> practical reasons. The labels that are stuck on there are done by the
> wholesalers or the suppliers - not the markets.
 
I am not guessing.
 
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-plu-fruit-vegetable-sticker-1.4573302
 
 
> You also have to be skilled at identifying different fruits and
> vegetables. For instance, you should be able to tell the difference
> between an Anaheim and poblano pepper.
 
 
We are talking grocery stores. Don't expect them to have vast knowledge
of everything on their shelves. I once asked a guy in the produce
department when the Seville oranges would be coming in. He seemed a
little confused at first but then a light went off and he said oh yeah,
the really delicious ones. No. They are not really delicious. They are
closer to inedible. He obviously didn't have a clue.
Sheldon Martin <penmart01@aol.com>: May 12 12:35PM -0400

>> I remember a recipe from the Surreal Gourmet. He wrapped a piece of
>> salmon in aluminium and put it in a secure spot on the engine of his
>> car. He then went for a drive to cook the salmon.
 
You concern yourself with ingredient lists and you cook fish on
aluminum.
 
Leo <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net>: May 11 08:01PM -0700

On 2020 May 10, , Gary wrote
 
> Living very long really doesn't appeal to me much.
 
If not suicidal, you'd be amazed at how one looks forward to sunup during
the sunset years. I'd give most people that thought.
 
wop bop a loo bop, a wop bam boom. RIP
 
leo
Bruce <bruce@null.null>: May 12 02:16PM -0400

Sheldon Martin wrote:
> my wife blows too:
> https://pasteboard.co/J840Kgr.jpg
 
LOL!
Sheldon Martin <penmart01@aol.com>: May 12 12:31PM -0400

On 2020 May 10, , Gary wrote:
 
>Living very long really doesn't appeal to me much.
 
I take it you are not living a happy and productive life.
A day doesn't pass that I don't complete an enjoyable task.
Being 41ºF and sunny first thing this morning I repaired my country
mailbox post that was askew from the snow plows and I remounted my
mailbox... the board atop the post it sits on had split. Rather than
cut and attach a new board I hammered a couple of steel angles flat
and screwed them to the bottom of the board across the split, better
than new. Next I need to buy new house numbers and attach them to the
wooden post to replace the old faded plastic ones. While working by
the road some neighbors driving by stopped and complimented me on my
mowing. It rained all yesterday or I would have done more mowing... I
truly don't mind mowing, it makes me happy when I look at the result
of all my labor. Mowing from my tractor cab I'm out of the wind and
can even turn on the heat but I didn't this time, on a sunny day the
cab warms up so that I often need to open a window, it's only in
winter that I turn on the heat while plowing snow... and naturally I
turn on the radio too.
You asked to see both tractors, my wife mows too:
https://postimg.cc/gallery/Bns3rr3
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca>: May 12 09:47AM -0400

On 2020-05-12 9:08 a.m., John Kuthe wrote:
> https://stlouis.craigslist.org/roo/d/saint-louis-silvia-looking-for-420/7118225403.html
 
> How'd you like to live with these? ;-)
 
> Can you spell SCAM?
 
Yes.... $140,000 roof repair.
Alex <Xela777@gmail.com>: May 12 07:10PM -0400

John Kuthe wrote:
 
> How'd you like to live with these? ;-)
 
> Can you spell SCAM?
 
> John Kuthe...
 
You posted that before.  You must be obsessed...
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca>: May 11 07:34PM -0400

On 2020-05-11 7:08 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
 
> But yes, raccoons have torn down many a feeder so when I saw that bandit
> I brought the feeder inside.  Now I'm only feeding the hummingbirds. And
> keeping water in the bird bath. :)
 
I used to hang couple bird feeders out for the birds to help them out
during the winter. They repaid my by hanging around and shitting on the
laundry when I hung it outside to dry. The easiest solution was to stop
feeding them.
jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>: May 12 08:26AM -0400

On 5/12/2020 5:19 AM, Janet wrote:
>> the chains disappeared. The raccoons stole them.
 
> They need more chains in their den, for tying up cats.
 
> Janet UK
 
I pictured little hoodlums (think 'West Side Story') carrying chains. ;)
 
Jill
jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>: May 12 11:42AM -0400

On 5/12/2020 10:23 AM, Gary wrote:
>> don't care how many times you chase them.
 
> Same with squirrels - birdfeeder bandits and no matter what
> you do, they keep trying and most times will eventually win.
 
The Brome squirrel buster feeder has them beat. :)
 
Jill
jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>: May 12 11:46AM -0400

On 5/12/2020 10:21 AM, Silvar Beitel wrote:
>> any critter that needs it. :)
 
>> Jill
 
> Is that a young one? He looks kind of skinny in that picture, although I suppose that could be because it's early in the season. (I was going to say coming out of hibernation, but they don't really hibernate, although they do hunker down in cold weather and wait it out sometimes. Probably not in your area/climate, though.)
 
I have no idea about it's age. It's been pretty cool here in southern
SC which is fantastic. Usually it's humid and I have to run the AC by
now. Not so far this year. :)
 
> A (black) bear visited us the other day. That's *our* signal to take the bird feeders in, since he took them *down* for us. :-)
 
No bears on the sea islands, thank goodness!
 
> I gotta get a critter cam one of these days.
 
That would be fun!
 
Jill
graham <g.stereo@shaw.ca>: May 12 09:51AM -0600

On 2020-05-12 9:46 a.m., S Viemeister wrote:
> the booster cr@p. Went straight in the bin! I use use an extra rinse at
> the end of each wash cycle to try to get _rid_ of the smell - why would
> I pay good money to make it worse?
 
Sometimes all the dish and laundry detergents in the SM are scented. I
don't want "fresh-air" scent in my laundry or lemon in my DW.
U.S. Janet B. <JB@nospam.com>: May 12 09:48AM -0600

>> don't care how many times you chase them.
 
>Same with squirrels - birdfeeder bandits and no matter what
>you do, they keep trying and most times will eventually win.
 
I'd forgotten about them and bird feeders. It's been years since we
removed our seed feeders.
Janet US
jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>: May 12 11:57AM -0400

On 5/12/2020 11:46 AM, S Viemeister wrote:
> the booster cr@p. Went straight in the bin! I use use an extra rinse at
> the end of each wash cycle to try to get _rid_ of the smell - why would
> I pay good money to make it worse?
 
I really don't understand it. I see ads on television for scent
boosters. Okay, are your (not you, Sheila) clothes *that* soiled? Does
your washing machine and detergent not wash clothes sufficiently? I
don't get it.
 
Jill
Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca>: May 12 09:46AM -0400

On 2020-05-12 7:54 a.m., Lucretia Borgia wrote:
> in the condo and I do miss that. I don't understand people who put
> all these 'perfumed' sheets in the dryers, they don't seem to realise
> they are going to bed with all sorts of nasty chemicals!
 
It is quite cool here this morning, but the sun is out and there is a
nice breeze. There is a load of laundry that will be going out on the
line as soon as the washing machine stops.
jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>: May 12 07:15PM -0400


>> Cindy Hamilton
 
> I know LOTS of folks do that, but I'd get tired of looking at the same
> pattern or colored sheets daily. Eh, that's just me.
 
I don't know about Cindy but I don't care about different colored
sheets. I just want them to be soft, not stiff. I don't use that
fabric softener or scented in wash stuff. I don't spend much time
looking at my sheets. All I do is sleep on them. :)
 
Jill
S Viemeister <firstname@lastname.oc.ku>: May 13 08:09AM +0100


> Do you use the perfume and dye-free detergents?
 
> When I use regular detergent it triggers a finger always in my waistband
> scratching. No where else, just the waistband.
 
Generally (but they still smell).
Unfortunately, the only non-bio detergent I've been able to get hold of
recently, is scented. They _claim_ it's lavender, which I wouldn't mind
if it were real lavender - but it isn't, hence the extra rinse.
U.S. Janet B. <JB@nospam.com>: May 12 12:16PM -0600

On Tue, 12 May 2020 14:22:59 -0300, Lucretia Borgia
 
>>Same with squirrels - birdfeeder bandits and no matter what
>>you do, they keep trying and most times will eventually win.
 
>It's easier to just accept they need something too.
snip
 
Oh yeah? I planted hyacinth bulbs in large pots on the deck -- those
bulbs ain't cheap. All winter I battled the squirrels. I had
netting, chicken wire , pepper flakes. They never ate the bulbs. They
just moved them around. Now that the bulbs have foliage and have
bloomed, the squirrels are still at it. Next I will try up-side-down
mouse traps. Last call!
Janet US
Bruce <bruce@null.null>: May 12 03:53AM +1000

>Look up the ingredients of "Carolina Pride" hot breakfast
>sausage.
 
>I used to buy that but current grocery store doesn't sell it.
 
Here's a good example. I don't see the exact "hot breakfast sausage"
right away, so I'll pick the nearest thing, Carolina Pride Mild, Pork
Sausage. That may or may not be the wrong thing, but I'm not
pretending it's "hot breakfast sausage". It's mild pork sausage.
 
Carolina Pride Mild, Pork Sausage
"pork, water, salt, spices, sugar, propyl gallate, citric acid, bht."
Sheldon Martin <penmart01@aol.com>: May 12 01:52PM -0400

>good at the time. Or go out to eat. Or even just eat some
>lousy peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Once eaten, it
>removes the hunger factor.
 
Since I do all the cooking I sometimes ask my wife what she'd like for
dinner... her stock answer is "Your choice". Some days I don't feel
like cooking so it's good that she likes garden salads with quartered
hard cooked eggs so that's easy. And we both like sliced hard cooked
egg sandwhiches with lettuce and tomatoes. Whenever I prepare boiled
hard cooked eggs I cook the entire dozen, they all get eaten in two
days. And won't be long our garden will be in so all summer we'll eat
lots of garden salads. This is going to be the year for heirloom
tomatoes, we ordered lots of different seeds that are already in peat
pots and growing.
U.S. Janet B. <JB@nospam.com>: May 12 12:08PM -0600

On Tue, 12 May 2020 13:52:16 -0400, Sheldon Martin <penmart01@aol.com>
wrote:
 
>lots of garden salads. This is going to be the year for heirloom
>tomatoes, we ordered lots of different seeds that are already in peat
>pots and growing.
 
What heirloom seeds did you order? Did you get different colors ? I
really like the Black Krim. I had grown Black Krim and Cherokee
Purple for a couple of years and decided I liked the Black Krim the
best.
I also order 4 or 5 different heirloom seeds. I planted my seeds in
mid-February and they are now shoulder high. I put them in the ground
3 days ago. I looked ahead on our weather and I think I am o.k. But,
now they are in the ground surrounded by tomato cages, I can cover
them if weather goes bad.
My pepper plants are a foot tall but I will be more cautious with them
as they really do not like a hint of cold. My cucumbers have just put
out their first true leaves. Parsley seedlings not doing so good this
year but the cilantro is bunching up. I'll direct plant basil seeds
June 1. I haven't readied the bush bean bed yet as those seeds really
like 60F and above soil (also true for corn seeds.) I have to do a
little bit at a time these days as my back gets annoyed with me. I'm
looking forward to garden veggies :)
Janet US
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