Happy Thanksgiving!
Posted on 11/01/2025 5:46:00 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!
Happy Thanksgiving FReepers!
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!
Saw two more blossoms on the indoor tomato plant this morning, in addition to what was already there a couple of days ago. Can’t believe my luck. One blossom does look “shriveled”, though, and I can’t tell if it’s getting ready to drop off dead, or if it’s going to become a fruit.
I also can’t believe I’ve turned so fast from a big ugly Neanderthal into someone who tends to tomato plants with all the care of Florence Nightingale. Heh. :-)
Leftover turkey sandwich....with bacon.
The happiest of Happy Thanksgiving to all the Freepers who make everyday worth giving thanks for. I’m thankful for each and every one of you.
HOMEMADE HOT CHOCOLATE / rich, thick and amazingly chocolaty
Has that foamy, thick, sweetness everyone loves.
ING Chocolate paste: 1 tb cocoa powder 2 tb sugar 2 tb water. Add cup milk, bit of vanilla.
Paste Heat cocoa, sugar, and water on low, stir to prevent sticking 1-2 min.
Add milk and vanilla. Mix/heat to desired temp. Serve hot w/ whipt cream topping.
Chef tips: add 1-2 tsp chocolate syrup, French vanilla creamer. Adjust sugar; add dash of cinnamon.
Now I NEED a Pumpkin Pie hat! For me, OR the dog, LOL! :)
why not get TWO? 🥧🥧
Plants will do that to a person! :)
Here’s an Author you might like to read this winter. I love her books! Amy Stewart.
https://www.amystewart.com/books/
My fave was ‘Flower Confidential.’
LOL! Make sure you post about how you use up the leftovers! :)
That’s because it a lamb leg.
..........looks mighty good.....tasted even better......
Tell me about it. I went from “an 8-12 lb turkey is just too much” to getting a 10 lb leg. Use up leftovers? Heat and eat.
Extenuating circumstances however made a short trip into a long one so once I got to the grocery store, I wasn’t leaving without a leg. Even had to hail the meat dept guy to ask if they had them because there were none in the display case. He went up front and grabbed a box of them that has showed up an hour earlier and started yanking out these huge legs. Still, I wasn’t leaving without a leg.
They were priced at $6.99 but he knocked a buck off because “I’m never gonna move these”. Yeah, 10 lbs at $5-6/lb is $50-60 compared to a $15-20 turkey.
Little tricky to carve cross-grain but OMG, tender and yummy.
Single bone - easy to separate meat and put into containers, some to be frozen. I’ve got foil I used to cover the leg as it rested. I can wrap that bone in it and freeze it as well until I figure out what to do with it. A hack saw style bone saw is pretty cheap. Lamb/Mutton stock.
I’ll be looking at these meat goats in a new way.
Time for another helping.
“Winter Storm BEAU is coming on Saturday, just a few days after Winter Storm Aurora...”
Well, we’re screwed, LOL! Actually, this is ALL THE WAY across the state from us; we’re in the SW corner of WI - nearer the Mighty Mississippi than big old Lake Michigan. Haven’t read ALL the reports, so WE may get this first, then it moves EAST and with the lake effect snow, it could end up being a WHOPPER for dem over der, Ya Hey! ;) (We DO sport an amusing accent up here...)
“(WLUK) — Our second named winter storm is coming this weekend, just a few days after our first named winter storm of the season.
Winter Storm BEAU will drop 4-7 inches of snow across much of Northeast Wisconsin Saturday with the majority of it coming in the evening and through the overnight.
A Winter Storm Watch is in place for most of the area Saturday.
There will be some higher amounts, possibly between 7 and 10 inches in the southern Lakeshore counties and far southern parts of the area. Specifically in Manitowoc, Kewaunee, Sheboygan, and Fond du Lac counties. The relatively warm waters of Lake Michigan will enhance the snowfall in these locations and lead to higher snow totals.
The snow begins Saturday morning in the southern parts of the area and spreads northward midday Saturday.”
P.S. STOP NAMING SNOWSTORMS! Just. Stop. Yeesh!
Thanks. What I really like is making that strudel with farmers fresh cheese mixed with eggs, sugar, a little lemon. But apple sounded better to them.
Lamb and cabbage soup is a great way to use up lamb leftovers. Set any meat aside, start with a quart of beef broth, cook the bone in it a long time, remove, add some thin sliced sweet onion, chopped in chunky pieces green cabbage. When tender, add whatever lamb you want cut into spoonable pieces. Serve.
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