The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads!

[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Journey to the Cross-roads
The Two Towers Edition

Come on! Come in! -if you would like to have some seedcakes and a pint and relax a while. (If it is a special occasion, we still have a few bottles of the old wineyards left!)

Our first thread ( New Zealander builds Hobbit hole ) reached 4,100 posts, and we thought that was big. Our second thread (The New Hobbit Hole ) held us for over 48,000 posts, and we loved it dearly. We talked about moving to a new thread for the last 38,000 posts, but we are really slow to muster! Finally, the time has come. Tomorrow (at 12:01 am, to be precise!) The Two Towers comes out, and we start a new chapter.

[2Jedismom]

Lord what a bunch of typos!! Sorry!

[My back yard]

Hmmm, I just checked my mailbox and found a check from our president, what a guy, for 400 bucks!!! Mexico will be sure fun now. Ayiieeee, carumba!

[HairOfTheDog]

Virtual Bubblewrap

When you are done with one, click for fresh sheet.

[2Jedismom]

Ours is coming...$800! That'll pay off the fridge we had to buy a couple of weeks ago and hopefully repair my car so it doesn't leak stuff anymore and say "EEEEEEEEEE" the whole time I'm driving it! LOL

Thank you Mr. President!

[Wneighbor]

OH oh! Am I too late? YOu really needed me. I LOVE TURNIP GREENS - AND I HAVEN'T HAD ANY THIS SUMMER cause I allus got 'em from Grama. :-(

Did you cook 'em yet?

[Wneighbor]

Whoa! Going to the mailbox now! I sure could use that!

[Wneighbor]

Finally, I just half stood, then threw one leg over the side into the shallow water. Worked like a charm. Just call me 'Grace'.

I have found NO graceful way of getting out of a kayak. Even off a sit-on-top cause there is always wallowing.

[Wneighbor]

My Mama used to bake a bunch of sweet potatoes at one time; way too many for the meal. She would then take the leftover taters and slice them crossways and fry them. Now THAT'S some good eatin! I would imagine your yam sticks taste very much the same.

Gees, I alway got my sweet taters from Grama too. But boy that sounds good and homey.

[Wneighbor]

I'm thinking of cooking a hunk of salt pork with my greens...

Yes, you should do this.

And the bacon. The bacon grease needs to be cooked into the greens. If you want crunchy bacon topping then fry the bacon first in the pan you're gonna cook the greens in and then add anything for the greens to that grease.

But, it's good if you cook some onions in that bacon grease before you put the greens in.

And by all means, use salt pork or ham also. If you've got any ham, even canned ham or lunch meat ham then cube up some and let it simmer along with the greens.

And always put a little vinegar in your greens. Cuts the bitter. And makes 'em real real good.

[2Jedismom]

I'm here! Been out watering the garden.

No, I haven't made 'em yet...Probably will tomorrow.

It's 48oz of frozen turnip greens.

The boys are still swimming. It is so hot!

[2Jedismom]

So I cook the bacon in a pot, then saute the onion in the fat, then dump the salt pork and the turnips in the pot? Do I need to add more water?

[Wneighbor]

Yes and yes.

Are you makin' 'em now?

I use my big 6 qt. pan. Fry the bacon in it first.

Brown the onion in the bacon grease.

When the onion turns good and clear then I add the other meat. Okay, now, with the water - I like this a little weird, I like to get my water ready to go in but put the greens in first and give 'em a good stir in with the onion and grease. Than pour the water in pretty quick. You don't want to destroy 'em or wilt 'em to smitherenes with the hot grease but just a dab makes the grease flavor 'em better.

Then put the water in. Salt and pepper. Bring 'em to a boil. Let 'em simmer a half hour or so.... maybe a little less and add a couple of splashes of vinegar the last 5 pr 10 minutes.

Be sure and taste 'em from about halfway through the cooking time because they're one of those things that needs salt and if you wait till too late it takes a ton. Only takes a little if you get it in soon enough.

Oh, and with salt pork you will not have to worry as much about getting enough salt so that's good.

[ecurbh]

discostu has "issues"

[HairOfTheDog]

You saw that eh? Yeah - no one gonna make me cry!

[Wneighbor]

and ecurbh? does he have issues?

that was kind of a random post you know. LOL

[Wneighbor]

I somebody trying to make you cry? That's just weird.

[HairOfTheDog]

It's only appears random when you don't see the big picture!

[2Jedismom]

Ok...got it! I might even soak the salt pork a bit...it tends to make things too salty for my taste.

[ecurbh]

Sorry for the confusion, I'm referring to the Seabiscuit thread.

[Wneighbor]

the big picture is obviously on another thread!

and you two have been off alone in another area again haven't you?

away from the chaperones.