Chicken and Ham pie.
Posted on 01/03/2013 6:36:29 PM PST by BenLurkin
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev’s off-air comments that Russian Presidents are given a secret file about extraterrestrials living among us created much media interest. Most news reports claimed that Medvedev was simply joking. His apparent reference to the Men In Black movie as a source of information on a super secret agency that monitors extraterrestrials on Earth was commonly cited as key evidence that he was in fact joking. The reasoning is that no political leader would refer reporters to a comedy to clarify national policy. It has now emerged that Medvedev was not referring to the Men in Black comedy after all, but to a recent Russian television documentary titled “Men in Black” that reveals many details about an extensive cover up of extraterrestrial life visiting Earth.
However, a more accurate translation of what Medvedev actually said about the Men in Black phenomenon was: “You can receive more detailed information having watched the documentary film of the same name.” So Medvedev was referring to a Russian “documentary film” titled Men in Black, not the Hollywood blockbuster by the same name...
Russian Men In Black (MIB) documentary, a number of prominent UFO cases in Russia and the USA are discussed. The Roswell UFO crash is covered, along with a number of extraterrestrial abduction cases, and UFOs disabling nuclear weapons facilities. The documentary examines testimony that extraterrestrial bases have been established on Earth, and that some are in restricted US military areas with the full knowledge of the Pentagon. The documentary even goes on to seriously discuss President Eisenhower’s alleged meeting with extraterrestrials, where agreements were reached with some of the visitors giving them permission to take some of the Earth’s resources in exchange for advanced technology...
(Excerpt) Read more at exopolitics.org ...
Actually, I’m not crazy about Putumelo or Ditso Ditso. They are arrogant and rude to Mma Ramotswe.
You’re probably too perfectionistic to use Peg Bracken’s recipe. The ruling philosophy throughout my personal life has been, “A half-***** job is better than no job at all.” Perfection takes too long.
If any food production is too much bother, I’ll just have toast.
I haven’t had any toast since October. Maybe I’ll have some for Mardi Gras.
“Then what is a quel”
It is indeed Del, it is indeed! LOL.
“Pie crust is a minion of Satan.”
Some of the best fortifications of WW2 were made from Mrs Miggen’s pie crusts.
“We haven’t bought soap since 1999.”
What mixture are you using,Tol? Just curious.
I used to love to bake, and I’m a fairly good cook, but the older I get the more difficult it is for me to stand and fuss over anything; the spinal arthritis makes cooking a chore, and dishes have to wait. (Arthritis is also the reason I hate to shop.)
So when it comes to pies, I get the prepared dough, usually a can of filling, and the rolls and bread are Rhode’s Frozen. And I make no apologies!
I’d rather have pretzels than pie.
Chicken and Ham pie.
OooohhhhYUMMY! A little honey-mustard sauce would make that wonderful!
Not really ... I’m more of a soup person than a pie person.
DP, Tom, and Elen are home from camp. Laundry marathon to follow.
Honey mustard sauce....
Hmmm.
Not tried that...yet.
How is the Sun’s Greatest Fan today?
Here is the recipe for a typical batch of soap. Not listed are the scent(s) added. This batch was scented with orange essential oil.
To make soap, the oils and fats are heated until they melt, then cooled to under 100 degrees F. The water (always first into the mixing pot) and then the lye are mixed and also similarly cooled (the dissolving lye generates a lot of heat - be careful). The liquid fats and the dissolved lye are mixed together and poured into mold(s) when the mixture starts to thicken.
Batch #214 Date: August 21, 2012
Castor Oil 2
Almond Oil 6
Sesame Oil 6
Coconut Oil 16
Mango Butter 8
Shea Butter 8
Olive Oil 10
Lye 7.72
Lye Discount 7.0%
Water 20
All fat and lye weights are in avoirdupois ounces.
The water is in liquid ounces.
Castor oil makes lather.
Coconut oil makes suds.
The rest of the oils are good for the skin.
Note: Always use the most accurate scale you can afford. I paid $180 for my triple-beam balance, and no one has ever been burned by my soap.
Plus I test it on my own hands before giving it away.
The Powderscales-deluxe-plus will probably cause a visit from the drug squad. (Joke).
We used scales like that when we used to load our own Ammo.
A project for next week. :D
Anyone else considering making their own homemade lye soap should probably follow the advice given decades ago in The Mother Earth News, and wear rubber gloves when washing their hands.
With this formula, TOL, you could have been the Bill Gates of the Roman Empire! You could have even founded a soap company called Micro Soft.
Of course, you can buy a countertop device to heat the water to temperature for $350 (called a "water oven") (damn!), but there are other ways. They make an electronic thermometer you can put in a crock pot that will keep the temperature within 1/2 degree F for a heckuvalot less than $350. You plug it in the wall, then you plug the crock-pot into it. Right now, I'm using my glass-top stove and a candy thermometer to hold the temp. A crock-pot set to low is too hot, unless you like very well-done.
| Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face, Great chieftain o' the puddin-race! Aboon them a' ye tak your place, Painch, tripe, or thairm: Weel are ye wordy o' a grace As lang's my arm. | (sonsie = jolly/cheerful) (aboon = above) (painch = paunch/stomach, thairm = intestine) |
| The groaning trencher there ye fill, Your hurdies like a distant hill, Your pin wad help to mend a mill In time o' need, While thro' your pores the dews distil Like amber bead. | (hurdies = buttocks) |
| His knife see rustic Labour dicht, An' cut you up wi' ready slicht, Trenching your gushing entrails bricht, Like ony ditch; And then, O what a glorious sicht, Warm-reekin, rich! | (dicht = wipe, here with the idea of sharpening) (slicht = skill) (reeking = steaming) |
| Then, horn for horn, they stretch an' strive: Deil tak the hindmaist! on they drive, Till a' their weel-swall'd kytes belyve, Are bent like drums; Then auld Guidman, maist like to rive, "Bethankit" hums. | (deil = devil) (swall'd = swollen, kytes = bellies, belyve = soon) (bent like = tight as) (auld Guidman = the man of the house, rive = tear, i.e. burst) |
| Is there that o're his French ragout Or olio that wad staw a sow, Or fricassee wad mak her spew Wi' perfect scunner, Looks down wi' sneering, scornfu' view On sic a dinner? | (olio = stew, from Spanish olla'/stew pot, staw = make sick) (scunner = disgust) |
| Poor devil! see him ower his trash, As feckless as a wither'd rash, His spindle shank, a guid whip-lash, His nieve a nit; Thro' bloody flood or field to dash, O how unfit! | (nieve = fist, nit = louse's egg, i.e. tiny) |
| But mark the Rustic, haggis fed, The trembling earth resounds his tread. Clap in his wallie nieve a blade, He'll mak it whistle; An' legs an' arms, an' heads will sned, Like taps o' thristle. | (wallie = mighty, nieve = fist) (sned = cut off) (thristle = thistle) |
| Ye Pow'rs wha mak mankind your care, And dish them out their bill o' fare, Auld Scotland wants nae skinkin ware That jaups in luggies; But, if ye wish her gratefu' prayer, Gie her a haggis! | (skinkin ware = watery soup) (jaups = slops about, luggies = two-"eared" (handled) continental bowls) |
Suffering under cloudy skies and just barely 50 degrees.
It was 40 when I awoke at 0600, then it dropped down to 37 for three hours before it went back up. I’ve been cold for two days, and right now, I’m going to go to bed.
A few minutes ago, I went in and turned on the electric mattress pad, and the bed should be toasty right about now. So I’ll grab my Kindle and snuggle down.
The Stig is huddled in his corner again, so he won’t care if he’s covered.
Night, all....
Goodnight ‘Face.
G.B. See you tomorrow. :)
Robert Burns,
Ode to a Haggis.
“Ode to Haggis”
*kof-kof*
Ta.
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