So...whats for dinner?
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luvmygoats - can't you just put charcoal on one side of the Weber? Put the chicken on the other side - that is how I did indirect for a charcoal grill.
DH went up to the Pentagon for work this week and before he left we commented that he would be there for 9/11. He was there in 2001, about 150 yards down the hall from the point of impact. Our next door neighbor was severely burned - spent weeks in the hospital and had PTSD, all in his office were killed but him, the other neighbor down the street the other direction died, leaving his wife and two kids. We were very lucky, but it is no coincidence that my son became a fireman while in his senior year of high school. As soon as he turned 18 he got a tattoo (against our wishes but I can't argue with the subject matter) of a Pentagon shape with the twin towers in the middle making the 11 in 9/11 with a red, white and blue fire helmet. He went to college after graduation but left after a year and became a full-time firefighter. He returned to school a couple of years ago but still works one night a week as a firefighter, and in the emergency room as an EMT.
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Somehow I got unsubscribed from this list (gasp!) I wondered where everybody was!
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Well, welcome back Nance! Glad it was a short-lived absence....:)
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Special k, that's pretty powerful stuff. It takes a special person to be a first responder.
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Getting our third meal from the Puerto Rican pork roast tonight, pulled pork sandwiches. I'll add a yellow squash casserole and cucumber salad and call it a meal.
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auntienance - everytime I see photos of my son doing his thing I am humbled by how brave he is and how willing he is to help people he doesn't know, my DH is the same way (28 years of military service) and we always tried to instill values that supported those qualities. He is the tall one in the front.
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Nancy - I had great fun surfing on the Post-Dispatch recipes. Not your usual southern cooking by any means. Found the Pernil pot roast. Sounds delish. I LUV Sofrito though not so much the Recaito. Mine is jarred
Goya brand. I have a box of the Sazon, not sure what flavor since the recipe I bought it for did not specify. I just put some Sofrito in meat for taco dip for Sunday School party tonight. DH does not attend with me; he gets the leftover pizza. Glad you have "found" your way back here. Guess you thought we were awful quiet.SpecialK - Please thank your DH and son for me. I didn't know anyone personally that was involved with 9/11 though I have a dear friend who's DH was a co-pilot for United at the time. I love volunteer fireman/women. That's our fire protection out here though they did end up staffing full time M-F 8-5 since so many volunteers now have jobs outside of immed. area.
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luvmygoats - I will pass on your thanks - this is a picture of both of them in uniform - I apologize for the picture of a picture - I don't this one digitally.
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SpecialK, obviously a job well done instilling those values. Impressive commitment and work by your son!
It reminds me of some things that Steven Feinberg said last evening, when people asked him how he could do such grueling work for so many hundreds and thousands of people(with no compensation) for such a long time. He talked about the inherent need/motivation to help others, and acknowledged that if the president, or the mayor, or whoever is in authority makes the call for you to help in this way after a tragedy, you don't even consider saying "No". He kept emphasizing how any one of us in the audience would be capable of doing the same thing, tho I'm not so sure about that. He is one amazing, empathic, accomplished man......and humble, ta boot!0 -
Great photo...thanks!
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I really hate what Tamoxifen does to my brain!!! Kenneth Feinberg is not Steven. Apologies to his mother who selected a perfectly nice name! 😔
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Luv, mine are goya as well, although I am going to make sofrito since I have most of the ingredients. I'm going to try global foods for the culantro. If I can't get it I'll have to substitute cilantro. It will be a good thing to do with all these beautiful peppers I have.
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lacey - lol! I do that stuff all the time! I know what you mean about people who do extraordinary things and think they are like the rest of us - although sometimes I think dealing with breast cancer and attempting to live well with some degree of grace might qualify us as well.
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Nancy, your garden must be quite large. Is your dh the gardener?
Special K, very handsome father and son. You're proud of them both for good reason.
Lacey, that sounds like a very interesting evening out with good food. I'm sure I would have enjoyed it.
Joyce, the picture was upright the first time I saw it, but today it was sideways. Very odd. I'm so glad Michelle is having fun with her family. She's such a fun-loving person.
DH and I are back home. We arrived home yesterday afternoon and spent much of today unloading the camper. Tomorrow morning he has an apptment with his cardio dr.'s NP.
Dinner tonight will be chicken salsa, Laurie's recipe. It was the first recipe I added to my collection after joining this thread and I've made it quite a few times always with good results. Thank you, Laurie!
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Amen sister SpecialK.
Lacey - I would be lost without Google. I can't tell you how many times I've used it today just for words or things I halfwittedly remember.
Nancy - Goya is the only brand I've seen bottled. I trust the brand and mine says made in USA. I just don't know about other bottled/canned stuff. Most things end up getting cooked so don't worry so much about e.coli or salmonella but more about what went in there in the 1st place. I don't know I've seen culantro but then prob. not looked for it. Wikipedia does mention other cultures cooking with it. Sorry none of my links will go live anymore.
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Carole, I'm not sure if you'd consider my garden large or not. It doesn't seem like it takes up much space. I have ten 4' x 8' raised beds in which I grow 2 rows of french filet green beans, 15 tomato plants, two short rows of cucumbers, 1 zucchini and 2 yellow squash plants, 9 pepper plants in 6 varieties, potatoes and one bed of zinnias and snapdragons for cutting. Except the only cutting that got done of the zinnias was by the deer and rabbits this year. Every time they got ready to bloom, the buds got eaten. I didn't get one. The garden produces way more than we can keep up with at times (especially the beans and zukes), but I love eating from the garden, sharing with friends and being able to put up things for the winter. I'm the primary gardener, but the beans are DH's domain. He also mows between the beds, helps prepare the beds for planting and waters when needed.
Wishing your DH the best with his appt. tomorrow Carole!
I must have missed Laurie's salsa chicken (before my time I think). I'll have to do a search for it.
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Goya is a Massachusetts company. Definately made in the USA.
I think of Michelle often. So glad that she is able to get in a pool, and has made this trip. She is being very strong.
Tonight we are having grilled lamb loin chops, tortellini salad filled with garden tomatoes, and some local steamed green beans. In the past few days, I have been pickling from this book Smoke & Pickles. So far, corn and lima beans, peach with jasmine tea, and green tomato with cilantro and bacon. Haven't tasted any of them yet. They need to "rest."
Kid loves her placement at an elementary school right near Lacey. She got her first grade, and it was in fact an "A!" The pace this year is fast and furious. Long, long days to be sure, and then lots of reading at night. Weekends she is still working at the cupcake shop. I suspect she will crash around Christmas!
*susan*
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carole - thanks - I am proud of them! I have been worrying about your DH (and you!) and I am glad you are home and he will see his doc.
I just went and did a search for the salsa chicken - it sounds yummy! DH is flying home tonight from Washington, D.C. but I don't know whether or not to make dinner - he won't actually arrive home until about 8:30, and it is just the two of us. I will have to think of something easy for him if he is hungry (they may have eaten at the airport before leaving but I don't know) but I am going to eat something light before that.
Wish I could do a garden - don't have any space and it is too flaming hot in the summer!
susan - yay for your happy first grade teacher/cupcaker! I worry about my DD burning it at both ends too! Her internship does not end until January.
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To clarify, the kid is doctoral student in clinical psychology, not a teacher. She is specializing in assessment, I guess. But either way, the rest stands! She quotes a funny study and says "she works hard to be the smart rat, not that dull one."
*susan*
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susan - nice! She would not be a doctoral student if she was the "dull rat" methinks!
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You must all me so proud of your kids! They sound great!
Mine is being a total brat.
For dinner macaroni and cheese (in the microwave...shhhhh!) and spinach salad with walnuts, dried cranberries and raspberry dressing.
Michelle looks good, so glad to see her.
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for dinner open faced chicken sandwiches with gravy from the leftovers of the roast chicken the other night.
I am TIRED. Trying to decided between a play date and grocery shopping in the morning. I need to get my groove with the new routine.
Sorry I am not responding to everyone!
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Samore's at the Fairmont South Hampton Bermuda0 -
Nance same thing here. This dropped off my list.
So happy seeing the pic of Michelle enjoying herself with her family.
My friend took me out for my bday today. I had scallops with veggie kabob and my free Margarita with take home glass. Yum.
Not so good news is I will be back on abx as soon as they figure what kind. Seems my culture from my TE fix was positive. I feel fine, no fever, redness or swelling. Just the D from the abx during surgery. I got to keep my TE so its all good. Just another of my famed scenic detours. LOL0 -
moon - Happy b-day!
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Thx, specialk
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Michelle- Wanted you to know I was thinking about you. Your pictures on FB look so cute of you and your family. Your sister and you look so much a like. (((hugs))))
Happy birthday MOOn- Last year I remember you were in the hospital on your birthday? Hope you have a great day!
Deb- Looks like your having a nice time too. I love roasted marshmarshmellows.
Laurie- I meant to tell you last time I posted that your sons looked so cute on there first day of school when you posted on FB.
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Aww Monica, that's a crappy birthday present! Wishing you a speedy recovery and a fabulous birthday!
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Yeah at least im not in the hospital! Points for that!LOL
Had scallops and veggie skewer for my bday dinner last night. Yum. Also got to keep my Margarita glass. So all in all a nice day. Kids coming this weekend to celebrate.0 -
Have a great birthday celebration with your kids, Moon!
Wrote a post that would not submit a few hours ago. I promise it was appropriate!
Too annoyed to re-write it.....0
