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Carole, Enjoy your last meal of the year at Clancy's and have a safe trip back to LA.

Eric, I have an old wire basket popcorn popper meant to be used over a campfire which also works over a gas stove flame. The benefit is that popped corn can be removed so it doesn't burn waiting for the slow-poke kernels.

Wally, I’m sorry that your DH has to go back to the oral surgeon.

Dinner tonight was Angus strip steak (on sale!), cauliflower and scalloped potatoes.

Eric - you did indeed marry well 😊

Last night was ham and beans with cornbread, the leftovers of which we finished off for lunch. Always a favorite. Tonight is a taco casserole.

We too are very much in need of rain.

I will have try that recipe..probably with chicken….Sharon far prefers chicken over pork and I'm "whichever".

Later today I will get to test out the oven by baking sourdough bread.

I have my grandfather's old popcorn popping pan but couldn't use it on the glass top electric stove because the bottom of the pan wasn't flat. Gas stoves have no problems with the pan, so I can start using it again. For the cost of a box of microwave popcorn bags, I can get 2 pounds of popcorn kernels, which makes a lot of popcorn.

So far no "mouse in the house" problems. I don't know if it's the dogs or the house is new enough that it's still sealed tightly enough to prevent the mice from entering. The local electric company found out that a USA dime sized hole was too large to exclude mice entry.

It was "supposed" to rain yesterday and be clear to day, but it looks like the opposite is happening. clear yesterday and rain today. Hopefully no more rain falls on Globe, Miami or Claypool, AZ for awhile. Flash flooding there has killed three.

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Maggie, I agree with Minus. Very interesting dish. Thanks for the recipe.

DH cooked the ribeye perfectly on the grill. I made a Kraft's mac and cheese. The last home-cooked meal of summer, 2025, in the 5th wheel camper. We'll eat at Clancy's tonight.

Carole, It’s meant to be made with pork but that now gives DH migraines so I just substitute chicken. Either tastes good.

1 lb pork loin cut in pieces; 1 cup chopped onion; 2 apples peeled, cored, thinly sliced; 1 16 oz can berry cranberry sauce; 2 tsp oil or margarine; 1/2 tsp thyme; 1/4 tsp pepper; 1/4 tsp salt; 1 TBSP Worcestershire sauce; 1 TBSP apple cider vinegar; 1/2 -1 TBSP brown sugar

1. Sprinkle pork with salt, pepper and thyme. Sauté in oil until color change. Add onions and sauté a couple of minutes. 2. Add cranberry sauce, Worcestershire sauce, vinegar, brown sugar and apples. Stir to mix well and bring to a boil. 3. Reduce heat, cover and simmer 40 min for pork or 20 min for chicken. 4. Serve over cooked noodles or mashed potatoes.

Eric, The mess will be worth it when you cook good meals with the tomatoes this winter.

Wally, I’m glad you had a Mexican meal even though the food truck was closed.

Dinner tonight was Tuscan Garlic Shrimp on casarecce.