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The Hobbit Hole XXVII - And there are many paths to tread...
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Posted on 01/16/2006 6:56:15 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!
And there are many paths to tread
New verse:
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Upon the hearth the fire is red,
Beneath the roof there is a bed;
But not yet weary are our feet,
Still round the corner we may meet
A sudden tree or standing stone
That none have seen but we alone.
Tree and flower and leaf and grass,
Let them pass! Let them pass!
Hill and water under sky,
Pass them by! Pass them by! |
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Still round the corner there may wait
A new road or a secret gate,
And though we pass them by today,
Tomorrow we may come this way
And take the hidden paths that run
Towards the Moon or to the Sun.
Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe,
Let them go! Let them go!
Sand and stone and pool and dell,
Fare you well! Fare you well! |
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Home is behind, the world ahead,
And there are many paths to tread
Through shadows to the edge of night,
Until the stars are all alight.
Then world behind and home ahead,
We’ll wander back to home and bed.
Mist and twilight, cloud and shade,
Away shall fade! Away shall fade!
Fire and lamp, and meat and bread,
And then to bed! And then to bed! |
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To: Corin Stormhands
Dang. I got here 15 minutes too late...
5,601
posted on
02/16/2006 3:54:36 PM PST
by
RMDupree
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To: Corin Stormhands
Heh. I can get my own kudzu.
Thinking about getting a planter and trellis deal set up in TheSunroom this summer. Something that will shade/screen that room in the summer.
5,602
posted on
02/16/2006 4:05:09 PM PST
by
Overtaxed
(I'd rather go hunting with Dick Cheney than driving with ted kennedy.)
To: Overtaxed
I'm not being redundant, am I? Redundant, am I?
5,603
posted on
02/16/2006 4:06:33 PM PST
by
Overtaxed
(I'd rather go hunting with Dick Cheney than driving with ted kennedy.)
To: SuziQ; 2Jedismom
The only trouble with the tires is that some of them still have rims in 'em.
That and that the landlord said something about planting stuff in them himself...I don't know if he quite gets it yet that I really *want* to do gardening and all myself.
To: Overtaxed; Corin Stormhands
To: RosieCotton; HairOfTheDog
Collector Tins and a Bowling Ball. KEWL.
To: RosieCotton
Send him a plan saying you're puttin' in kudzu and see what he says.
5,607
posted on
02/16/2006 5:03:38 PM PST
by
JenB
To: RosieCotton; Lil'freeper; SuziQ; Peanut Gallery; LSAggie; Overtaxed; osagebowman; 2Jedismom
Say, you cookin' folk, you ...
I was in H.E.B. (regional grocery store chain) today, and I bought a cucumber. The sign above the cucumber bin suggested sauteéing cucumber slices in butter and seasoning with dill.
I never considered frying cucumbers ... I've always sliced them, layered them in a bowl with raw onion slices, and poured white vinegar over 'em. Salt, pepper, Italian seasonings, cover and refrigerate several hours, then gobble 'em down.
What do you do with cucumbers ... besides yogurt and mint?
To: Rose in RoseBear
I've had 'em served on sandwiches at parties (usually by people who think that's oh-so-refined. Personally I prefer chicken salad)
5,609
posted on
02/16/2006 5:20:03 PM PST
by
JenB
To: Rose in RoseBear
I'll sometimes use 'em like chips - with salsa or dip of some kind. Or yogurt, or with vinegar like you mentioned. Grandma used to make "fresh pickles" with cider vinegar, onions, sugar and the cukes.
And I like 'em in tabouli, but that's another thing altogether. Also like them as a sandwich with cream cheese - best if you salt 'em first so they aren't so drippy.
I've never had them cooked, I don't think. That seems odd...but it could be good!
To: Rose in RoseBear
I've only ever eaten them raw with a touch of salt or in a salad.
I've never heard of a recipe calling for frying cucumbers either. :-/
5,611
posted on
02/16/2006 5:24:11 PM PST
by
RMDupree
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To: JenB
After I let mine sit several hours in vinegar, I use the cucumbers and the onion slices on sandwiches, the way other people use pickles.
Especially good on bulk or Polish sausage sandwiches. Yum!
5,612
posted on
02/16/2006 5:25:40 PM PST
by
Rose in RoseBear
(HHD [... may have to buy another cucumber tomorrow ... my mouth is watering! ...])
To: Rose in RoseBear
Yeah, that sounds good. Now a sandwich with nothin' but cukes, that's sort of skimpy.
5,613
posted on
02/16/2006 5:28:00 PM PST
by
JenB
To: Rose in RoseBear
Hmmm...I do pretty much the same. I usually mix sliced cucumbers, fresh tomatoes, and onions, maybe some parsley and toss it with oil and vinegar dressing.
They go on salads. We also used to soak cucumber slices in a 50:50 vinegar:water solution with a dash of salt, some sugar and pepper. 'Course you could make cucumber sticks and eat 'em with dip.....or make pickles.
5,614
posted on
02/16/2006 5:29:05 PM PST
by
Overtaxed
(I'd rather go hunting with Dick Cheney than driving with ted kennedy.)
To: JenB
Yeah, but a cucumber sandwich is vey chi-chi ... eaten by the ladies who lunch.
Hmmm ... I think Guido's Tearoom, Pasta House, and Social Emporium needs to have a robusto cucumber sandwich on the menu --- a fresh-baked hoagy roll, maybe, with mayo and mustard and tomatoes and dill and cilantro and onion.
Nice veggie food. When I get my own house, I'm planting those veggies!
5,615
posted on
02/16/2006 5:35:49 PM PST
by
Rose in RoseBear
(HHD [... DEFINITELY have to buy another cucumber tomorrow! ...])
To: Rose in RoseBear
Hmm, that sounds pretty good!
5,616
posted on
02/16/2006 5:39:52 PM PST
by
JenB
To: JenB
It does, doesn't it?
Now I want one ...
5,617
posted on
02/16/2006 5:41:32 PM PST
by
Rose in RoseBear
(HHD [... looking for my Burpee catalog ... gotta buy cuke seeds ...])
To: Rose in RoseBear; RosieCotton
I love them in tabouli too, but more often than not, I make tzadtziki with em if I don't just make a cucumber-tomato salad. I guess you could cook them. I just never thought about it since I always eat them cold or pickled.
To: RMDupree
Hmm... unpickled pickles.
Evenin' folkses...
:-)
5,619
posted on
02/16/2006 5:53:30 PM PST
by
Ramius
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To: Ramius
5,620
posted on
02/16/2006 5:59:32 PM PST
by
RMDupree
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