And you claim to be a Southerner? You're making Forrest Gump cry a little, LOL! ;)
Posted on 11/01/2025 5:46:00 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
Thanks! No, this is not a seasonal allergy thing or flu, but an actual cough type cold.
I felt pretty bad the first few days and it dragged on for about 10 days with me feeling better during the day but laying down and coughing a lot at night.
Nice.
If she never thawed the turkey .... does that mean the giblets were still a frozen lump inside? You can’t really get them out unless the bird is thawed!!
My bird is finally showing signs of thawing, thank goodness.
You know, I had something just like that a week or so ago. The cough mostly manifested at night. Hubby ran to get me some OTC cough medicine which I only needed for a few days. I really have attributed mine to leaf mold, because I’ve been working around the leaves a lot.
Maybe it was a virus instead? The itchy inside my ears makes me think it was allergy driven. I am prone to bronchitis, so I understand the concern. I’m glad to be on the other side of recovery though. I hope you continue to heal up, and quickly!
Oh, absolutely, never! They look perfectly awful. Gag!
She also under-bakes pies and cookies....🙄
This habit conditioned my husband, her son, to like under-baked things.
When we bake a pizza, he takes his portion off the pan, and I return the pan to the oven to get the crust done and make the cheese bake how a normal person likes it. LOL.😅
And you claim to be a Southerner? You're making Forrest Gump cry a little, LOL! ;)
I bet if you dumped the thawed filling into a strainer and rinsed it with water, the actual food chunks are maybe 3 or 4 tablespoons. All sauce. Thats another thing don’t add too much gravy. You’ll have a nice moist slice to eat, not a wet mess in a bowl to eat with a spoon.
Yes, my whole family has disowned me for this grievous error in judgment. It is the TRUE reason I have been banished to live the rest of my days North of the Mason-Dixon Line! 😆
Hubby belly laughed as I read that post to him!
My son, who loves to cook, bake, and “mix” ingredients, has teased me with his homemade cinnamon rolls/buns that he intends to make for us when he and his GF come for Christmas this year. He showed me a photo of his work a week ago. He is often experimenting in the kitchen (like his Mama).
If he was proud enough to show me a photo, then you KNOW it must’ve been amazing! Being in the kitchen is one of his MANY talents. Sometimes I can’t believe he is the same person who had stomach issues growing up. (We had to put him on a strict probiotic regimen in HS to correct all the antibiotics he had been prescribed early in his life. He was a sick kid. Not his fault, but he has triumphed over that. And look at him now! A miracle that he is so much better!)
Thank you! I will start trying to make pot pies now. I have a great pie crust recipe, and also an amazing puff pastry recipe. This will be my new project.
However, just a heads up. It took me nearly 25 years to get my MIL’s meatloaf recipe just right. I pursued it until I got a positive review from her. Now she tells me I make it better than she or any of her daughters make it (4 daughters). I’ll take that!
I love stories with happy endings.
And BIG BUGS and Okra are the reason I will never live SOUTH of the Mason-Dixon Line! :)
Too funny! Growing up we used to say that roaches would be the only thing alive after a nuclear attack, and that they’d be the ones carrying bazookas.
Yeah - and calling them a, ‘Palmetto Bug’ doesn’t fool me!
The first time I saw one was in Army Basic Training, Fort Jackson, SC. I was on KP (not being punished; we all had to do it) and the Mess Sergeant sent me into the pantry for a can of this or that - moved the can - and the thing stood on it’s hind legs and HISSED at me!
Of course, they thought it was HILARIOUS that this ‘Yankee Girl’ would be afraid of a bug - but I was scarred for LIFE!
And don’t even get me started on the enormous SIZE and weird colors of what they call ‘Grasshoppers’ down there! Yikes!
...and SNAKES! Later attending a Land Navigation class at Fort Beauregard, LA. LAND? It was mostly SWAMP! *SHUDDER*
Why, God? Just...WHY? LOL!
I’ve never called them Palmetto bugs. Who cares if they flew off a tree and into the house? They’re a menace to society!
Yes, lots of swampland in the South. Like you said, more swamp than land!
I am lucky that when I grew up, you could water ski all day and not see an alligator on a lake. Can’t do that anymore. Too many people are feeding them, so if you see one heading towards you instead of away from you, get to safety as fast as you can. These ones are coming for you, your kid, or your pet.
It wasn't exactly dry over the weekend, but it was dry enough that I was able to get most of the kitchen garden covered with a nice thick blanket of composted horse poo. I need to cover the asparagus with compost but I'm waiting for the tops to die back a little more before I cut them off.
With the tomato cages out of the way I'll be able to get back to working on the hoop house. I've collected most of the building material that I'll need to finish it up, so now it's down to get out there and get it done.
Nick shot a little buck deer yesterday morning. Mrs. Augie is rack hunting. She's seen her buck twice now but both times he's been sly enough to get past her.
Last Monday's hailstorm did some damage to the Red Menace so I get to have another round of fun with the body shop and insurance company. Yay me. lol
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