Posted on 11/01/2026 6:19:40 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
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And you are wise to make it "Small"!
Christmas is a pork standing rib roast or prime rib.
I use the same curing process for my garlic. The garage only has direct sunlight in the late afternoon and I keep it at the back of the garage near an air vent. (Split level house.)
Good to have a lot of garlic!
I do not have a recipe from my Aunts and Grandmother who would make this at Christmastime so I suppose I will have to try this! (I will reduce it down to perhaps 2 bottles of port instead of 5!)
St Louis Huitlacoche-Corn Smut
Meet huitlacoche, a gnarly corn fungus that's now gracing plates in the Midwest
We got soaked last night. (In more ways than one, but I’m gonna have to fight hard to not be depressed about the election results.) Anyway, the whole area looks like it averaged about 3x rain vs. the forecast. That’s actually good for the most part, but, the system being so strong looks like it also means a freeze Sat. and maybe Sunday nights. DRAT! Especially because we’re then set to warm up again, maybe until Thanksgiving. And I still have lots of slowly growing tomato fruits, lots of vulnerable flowers going strong...
Sounds like something my mom might have eaten. Her favorite part of lobster was the tomalley - green stuff - hepatopancreas. Also the bright orange spawn/eggs from females.
and whole turkeys have officially gone on sale at the grocery store. $0.78 with $25 purchase, $1.69 without. I don’t remember the last time I made it out of there for less than $40 so the $25 won’t be a problem.
Bought a new sound bar for the TV about a month ago. Finally found one decent size for <$100. Just stuck a tape measure on the old one. It’s 20” long and the tunnel PC enclosure is 20” wide.
I’ll have sound today.
Priorities!
I might have to try your sweet potato casserole recipe, but not sure yet. Only our youngest (son) and his girlfriend will be with us for Thanksgiving this year. She is mostly pescatarian/vegetarian but my son has gotten her to eat roast chicken on occasion, so we may have that instead of turkey. I’m thinking it won’t be a traditional Thanksgiving meal this year, but that’s still up for discussion. Maybe a turkey breast for those who like turkey. I love having a turkey sandwich with stuffing and homemade cranberry sauce on the day after Thanksgiving. I hope your dishes work out well for you and your mom! ;)
We had rain overnight also. Because we were out of town until yesterday, there are TONS of leaves on the ground. We will have to let things dry out before we can start working on that.
As for the soaking in the election, I plan to just stay the course and keep my head about me. I feel like we had a two year reprieve from the Democrat shenanigans, and now it will be helter-skelter going forward. It will be turbulent and I just need to accept that for what it is. I’m gonna stand my ground.
I found an electrician!!! They are here working now - will update as long as the bill for services doesn’t give me a heart attack.
So the electricians have us all straight - haven’t seen the bill yet so I’m still vertical LOL
The problem was we had a burned up neutral wire in the closet - was it a fire hazard/did we get lucky (blessed)? That would be a yes. Whoever installed the light fixture (previous owner, non-electrician) pinched the neutral wire when they installed the light fixture in the closet & eventually it shorted out.
With the electrical issues(s) fixed & the whole house fan disconnected, I called the insulation contractor. He will get us back on the schedule & call tomorrow with a date.
So now I have an electrician I can call. The crew was terrific - friendly, explained everything to me & cleaned up their mess. When I showed them the panel box in the basement, they pointed out a 4 ft snake skin hanging off the wires/pipes next to the box! Not sure when that happened - question is “where did the snake go after shedding its skin?” Probably in the basement somewhere - I don’t smell anything so it could be alive still. Mom is NOT happy, but it’s a rat snake, not poisonous so I’m not worried.
Just went on sale here in Michigan .49 cents a pound.
Thanks for the reminder! I’d better start shopping for turkey breast bargains...
So glad you got your electrical sorted out! I lived in Military Housing ‘Once Upon A Time’ and was SO excited when they remodeled the bathroom!
Of course, they cut corners and the ceiling light in the shower shorted out, starting the ROOF on fire! I was at work and a neighbor called to tell me my house was on fire!
Luckily just some smoke damage and they repaired the roof pretty quick. I also remember there being a nest of BEES in the kitchen ceiling. My then-hubs kept hearing some ‘scratching’ thinking it might be a squirrel, then poked through the ceiling and they all came pouring out!
Egads! Luckily there were two doors into the kitchen and we thought quick and got towels stuffed under both of them. The (obviously pretty useless) maintenance guy came over with a bug bomb and that took care of the problem.
Not sure if anyone here has ever ‘checked out’ of Military Housing, but the place needs to be PRISTINE before they will let you leave. They inspect you from top to bottom. If there are ‘hanger scratches’ on the bottom of the shelving above where you hang your clothes, you need to sand and or/re-paint!
I was STILL finding bees in the kitchen cupboards TWO YEARS LATER!
Sorry. I digress as usual, LOL!
Fire & bees - yikes!
I didn’t realize how stressed out I was over the whole trying to find an electrician situation until the crew was through & going down the driveway. My legs actually felt a little weak - I spent some time in the recliner recuperating.
The insulation is ‘in progress’ so what is left is mom’s shower (I need to remind the contractor we still exist) & added to mom’s ‘I want it now’ list is some sort of gate/remote operated barrier for the end of the driveway. I might have found a company for the driveway project - they say they are statewide but not sure how ‘rural’ they’ll go. I could get a gate up, but the remote operation is above my pay grade.
Does the gate/barrier have a box with a code, or a sensor or something that you operate from the house?
I had lobster precisely once. Afterward I had shrimp and had a bad reaction and have avoided pretty much all shell fish! Sadly I have had to settle for beef since that time. :)
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