So...whats for dinner?
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Chi, I would much prefer a different potato dish, but my mother in law raised her children with sausages and mashed potatoes so that's the way dh must have it. I do rinse the kraut and add some sauteed onions. Haven't tried juniper berries, although I have some on hand. I'll have to give them a try.
Cute story Luv. Black eyed peas are much better as hoppin' john imho. That's what we will have NYD with the ham I got today.
Hey, I've seen Lou Reed AND Jimi in concert. Among many others. Does this make me a wild woman lol?
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Dinner tonight was a repeat of Christmas Eve. Last of the mac/cheese, some freshly steamed green beans, and ham. I skipped the Boston baked beans. I am too unsure of my stomach's ability to handle legumes. Tomorrow I will remove the rest of meat from the ham bone, and freeze the pieces in useable chunks. The bone of course, gets frozen so my mother can make her famous Split Pea Soup.
Our annual New Years Eve plans have been scrapped so I suspect we will do absolutely nothing special at all. When I go to Costco tomorrow to grab all my RX, I might see if they are selling something that looks particularly special.
Can't decide what breakfast should be in the morning. I knew that this would be the hardest part of this treatment protocol. Nuts, eh?
*susan*
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Bedo - well my jazz education started with Dave Brubeck & Erroll Garner. Moved to Lou Reed & Wilson Picket & Aretha Frankin & the original Ramsey Lewis, and then the flower children, oh, oh, oh. In the mean time, I did listen to the Kingston Trio & the Beach Boys - and I never gave up my love for classical music - particularly baroque. Guess I'm just weird.
Nance - I guess we're branded!!!
Luv - we crossed the country in opposite paths. Tho I was born in Evanston, IL, I was raised in Northern CA. Moved to SLC, Moved to Albuquerque. Moved to Houston. I've thought about moving back to New Mexico to retire.
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Minus - DH was in Alb. the same time I was. Of course we find that terribly funny now. They left Alb. and moved to LA. Small world. Salt Lake City - haha I was born in Utah, my DB also. What years were you in Alb? I was there from 1958-1961 and sometime a bit earlier 1955 or 56 maybe. Too lazy to get up and look up the dates in my DM's old Bible.
We too have thought of Alb. to retire. Before El Paso got so bloody (literally) I could have considered Las Cruces. I expect though we will stay around the Ft Worth area. No counting on where DD will end up. DB lives North of Dallas in Allen but he's nearing retirement too and they will no doubt move somewhere else.
Susan - DH's stomach does not awaken until about 10 am so breakfast on his days off if often early lunch for him. Maybe something not so breakfasty.
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Luv - left the San Francisco Peninsula in 1962. SLC from 1962 - 1966. Albuquerque 1966 - 1973. You were in AQ when my favorite aunt lived there. Funny, when I was getting ready to move there everyone asked me if I had my passport & visa. 'New' Mexico - LOL. Then I moved to Houston in 1973. That's where the jobs were.
Friends from AQ who have moved back said nothing's the same. They eventually moved further north to Santa Fe. I hate thinking about where I might "retire" and the sorting & tossing & getting rid of, etc.
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susan---do you have to boost your protein with the new drugs? If your tummy tolerates bread--could you do some almond butter or peanut butter on a bagel? I did a lot of nut butters when I was trying to get extra Protein. I made a smoothy with banana, peanut butter molasses, milk and 2 TBS of White Chocolate Jello Pudding to make it thicken, along with icecubes in the blender.
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Oh drat! Yet another lost long post!! Should have kept a copy....oh well.
HB, Bedo!
Hi to all who were erased
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or all you Jazz lovers, ever heard of Paramount Records? Recorded in Grafton WI and records made here in Port Washington.. in the 20s and 30s. Lots of the great Jazz singers and musicians recorded on that label. Just thought I'd toss that in the mix at he table. LOL
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Another eclectic here. Besides being a folkie (my dad raised me on Weavers, Tarriers, Marais & Miranda, Burl Ives, and Theo Bikel records), I’ve also loved classical since toddlerhood. (My dad’s collection was truly diverse: I remember being soothed to sleep with not just the “Sleeping Beauty” waltz but also the vocal version of the Nutcracker Suite, recorded by Fred Waring & his Pennsylvanians). Loved show tunes too--I used to listen to “Curtain Time” on WOR on the weekends--it played songs from all the B’way shows, whether classic, current hits, or obscure washouts. Wasn’t really enthused about rock until the trifecta of the Beach Boys, British Invasion and Motown hit all at once when I was in jr. high. I became a rock radio geek--listening at night to distant AM stations on my transistor radio with a single earphone. In Brooklyn, because of the ion layer thinning at night, we could get signal from Boston, Detroit, Buffalo, Cleveland, Philly, DC, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and on a very clear night, Chicago. (Of course, there was Del Rio, TX--that signal was so strong you could get it in Canada).The night of the Blackout of ’65, I listened as station after station, going westward, fell like dominoes, until all I could get was WLS in Chicago!
I didn’t go to Woodstock (I was 18, not driving yet, still living at home and commuting to college, and my parents said no--so that was that). But I did get to see Hendrix, the Who, Jefferson Airplane, CSNY, Santana, CCR, John Sebastian (solo & with the Lovin’ Spoonful)...and I even got to meet Janis Joplin. Dylan, Donovan, Melanie (took a master class from her a couple of years ago), Richie Havens, Steve Goodman, Tom Paxton, Judy Collins & Joni Mitchell several times over 30 years. Arlo Guthrie (during the “Alice’s Restaurant” era, with Pete Seeger in the ‘80s, at Farm Aid 2005, and a couple of years ago). Much more recently, Springsteen (lost count of how many times), Warren Zevon (RIP), Pearl Jam, Lou Reed, Blondie, U2, REM, Wilco, Neil Young, Foo Fighters, Steve Earle (took a songwriting course from him too)....
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We could have gone to Woodstock. We were newly married and traveling, towing a bright blue teardrop camper with a bright red TR 4. Most of the time the top on the TR was down. The alternative destination was a Can Am car race in Limerock, Conn. We went there instead. Have always been a little sorry and a little glad that we skipped Woodstock. At that time we were fans of most of the musicians who performed there. Still are fans! We listen mostly to "classic" rock.
Snoozed in bed until 8:30 with the sound of pouring rain encouraging me to enjoy being lazy. Am thinking about using a beef pot roast in the freezer to make beef veggie soup.
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Oh Sandy - how much fun it would be to discuss each performer & add some more. We used to dance around the living room to Hall of the Mountain King and pretend we were trolls as very young children. After classical, folk music was my first love too. Joan Baez went to my hi school & once upon a time I was very good at 'Silver Dagger'. Did anyone else listen to Wolf Man Jack on the skip in the middle of the night?
Sorry to miss your post Lacey. They are always so much fun.
Going out to meet a friend for New Mexico green chili enchiladas for lunch. AND a margarita. Or maybe two if I get my errands run first.
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minus - I grew up in L.A. and listened to Wolf Man Jack on KRLA.
Also went to many concerts at the Forum in Inglewood in the early 70's - Eric Clapton, Elton John, Rod Stewart, Santana with Keith Moon from The Who. Was fortunate to live close to the more intimate venue, The Troubadour - in West Hollywood, saw Average White Band and Dave Mason several times. There was a recent new show called The Seventies on CNN and the segment about music profiled the Troubadour, brought back great memories. The year I graduated from high school (1974) I saw The Grateful Dead in Santa Barbara - seems like forever ago! Also saw CSN, no Young - but I was a big fan of his, and also saw Marshall Tucker, The Doobie Brothers, Chicago, Earth, Wind & Fire, Hall & Oates, Seals & Crofts, and saw George Benson on my 21st birthday! About 10 years ago I saw the Rolling Stones - everyone in the audience at the MCI Center in D.C. had gray hair (as did the Stones, lol!)
Thanks for the musical discussion and that trip down memory lane!
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The commencement speakers at DS’ 2008 graduation from Columbia College Chicago (Performing Arts Div.) were Maurice White and Earth, Wind & Fire--the most fun commencement I’ve ever attended!
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I'm one of these types that can go from Lawrence Welk to the Scorpions.....as long as it's not loud. I hate all types of loud music.
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Hubby went crabbing today and decided to fish a little as well, so I've spent the day sewing (mostly), and browsing a little. I decided that I've had too much trouble with Edge, so have reverted back to Chrome. Used to like Firefox, but haven't used it for quite awhile now. If Chrome misbehaves, then I might give it another go. We had so many things we needed, that we overspent a bit the last couple weeks, but now have a new mattress and hubby has a new chair. Our backs have been giving us fits, so we also indulged in a massage table and heating pad and a handheld vibrator thing along with it. I might have to break down a get a chair as well, but it's going to have to hold off for at least six months while we recover a bit.
For lunch yesterday we finished off the vegetable soup I made from the remains of the Christmas prime rib, so today I boiled a chicken and will soon make chicken leek soup. I used to make noodle soup, but had to wean myself from wheat, as I found that it gives me asthma
soooo, haven't had any wheat for three months now and my lungs are ever so much happier. On occasion I'll make noodle soup with rice noodles, but I have to admit that they simply aren't as satisfying (probably cuz I'm not allergic to rice.... 
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I lived approx. 1/2 hr south of Woodstock, but was only 11 yrs old at the time. I remember my best friend and I discussing hitchhiking to the event as our parents would, of course, not let us go. She had older brothers that went and we just couldn't fathom why our parents wouldn't let us go too. Still a rocker, and a bit of a rebel, to this day! Ha ha
Last night did a salad...really need some cleansing after all that holiday food. Did some chicken on the side for DH. Tonight was gonna throw some burgers on the grill, but not feeling it. I am a morning/noon eater and usually not hungry during the evening. Never understood that eveing snacking thing that soo many people complain about. Maybe it would be different if I was working a full day. Only working 4hrs every morning VERY early...out of the house by 6am.
Oh and yes we can still use the grill....still no snow here in upstate NY. 50 degrees today May get some snow this weekend.
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Love your story Luv, AND you must have greens (for money) AND have your first visitor to step over your doorstep be a man on New Years Day. We did this once and our neighbor was so proud, we barely knew him but he made such a production out of it. It was cute. We will be making black eyed peas Our rosemary bush always died in the winter but came back
Auntie You are only a wild woman if you have walked on the wild side
Ha Minus, you're funny, used to hang out at the Brubeck house, as his son was "cute" and also a musician
OK Chi you are officially a wild woman lol and you too Carol and you too Special
And yes Carberry, I used to hitch hike. I once went from Ma to Saratoga NY by myself to see the horse races and meet friends (I was a very classy hitchhiker) and was fingerprinted and arrested for "disturbing the peace" The only person I was disturbing was the officer who arrested me. My Mom bailed me out. I still have to explain it whenever I am fingerprinted for a job.
Anyway now that I've embarrassed myself...
For Dinner mushroom and barley soup and crusty bread.
Susan I hope your tummy is holding up and your hands and feet too.
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up here the lucky new years food is herring. Not gonna do it. But our family had the polish tradition of opzatki. Oh- pwat-kee. Wafers of water and flour pressed in a special form and baked. Most like a Catholic communion host. You each offer your square and the other person breaks off pieces and he wishes you things like, health, happiness, wealth, etc. You then pick off their cracker. Of course as children the fun was in trying to break off as much as possible so you ended up with e biggest pile of the flavor less wafers. LOL
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Gumby, you might try soba noodles, they're buckwheat but not related to wheat at all. Very satisfying.
When I was a kid of 12 or so, I was introduced to folk music. Loved it and listened to it lots. Also Dave Brubeck and of course, Motown.
But once the Beatles arrived on the scene, it was pretty much rock and roll for me. I've spent a fortune over the years on concerts on more bands than I can list. If they came through st. Louis or were playing in a city I was visiting, I was there. I've seen the Grateful Dead more times than I can count (although I wasn't officially a Deadhead) including in small venues. I couldn't do it now, I hate crowds. It wasn't exclusively rock and roll mind you. My taste became more eclectic with age and that is where I stand musically today. I think the ipod is a marvelous invention.
Today, I spatchcocked a chicken. I made a very nice chicken stock from spare parts in the pressure cooker which I then used to make dumplings. So dinner was roasted chicken, dumplings and tiny green beans sauteed in butter and garlic.I have no idea why there are two different types of fonts in this post. Weird.0 -
Moon, that wafer tradition description is hilarious. I would have loved it as a female child purely to be able to touch a "host-like" cracker, which was off-limits for my gender.
Also enjoying reading the music memories.... I grew up listening to my father's big band music LPs and my aunt's favorite operas, followed by playing the classics on piano. By the time I was 13, I entered my teeny bopper rock 'n roll phase....greatly influenced by the fact that I lived near Philly and Dick Clark's original AMERICAN BANDSTAND. I even appeared on it once....a teeny bopper's dream! Folk music dominated my interests in college and was lucky to see some of my favorite artists performing at ND (Kingston Trio, Judy Collins, Joni Mitchell, etc.). During my very early professional years, we all loved Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, and Marijuana, in that order, and I maintained my relationship with the first three. DH is the least musical person I know, yet he loves opera and plays everything from 50's 60's R 'n R to Bongra for his DJ gigs. We were lucky/happy that during DS1's and DDIL's residencies and fellowships they lived right next to Lincoln Center, so we logged in a lot of opera hours then. Ahhhh music! And guess I'd consider my interests to be eclectic.
It was also fun to read the reminiscing about the late night far away radio station receptions, Chi. That was always magical to me and comforting to hear the east coast stations when I was in South Bend. Did come to love WLS there, tho.
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I was going to say "what's Bongra"? but I've learned to try to google things before i ask dumb questions so I know it's a "who". The YouTube I watched is not my cup of tea. Maybe there are others I should hear. But I do like Reggae.
New Mexico green chili enchiladas for lunch were wonderful. As was the FULL basket of chips that we managed to eat w/hot sauces & with our TWO margaritas before we even ordered. No dinner for me again tonight.
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Minus, that lunch/dinner sounds good to me....especially the chips/sauce and margaritas.
Oh, and Minus, I spelled bhangra incorrectly.....hahaha. I wondered about the "who"aspect. So I googled it too. Yikes! I should have known that it wasn't bong ra!
It is Punjabi Bhangra that he needed to collect andplay at some Indian parties. The men dance to that music. It is not something that I enjoy listening to....obviously DH is way more flexible.
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Coming through loud & clear, Lacey!
Chickened out for dinner tonight. Because it was well past noon when I was told to start taking my Medrol (the two tabs “before” breakfast), my meal schedule was subject to some, uh, “creative rearrangement.” As “lunch,” I counted the pint of matzo ball soup I slurped at 4:30 at the deli/pharmacy, and took my after-lunch pill upon returning home. I was craving some NY-style pizza, so when it arrived, I had a couple of slices and a salad about 9pm, with my after-dinner pill as dessert. Now I need to wait a decent interval before bedtime, when I must take two pills.
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Ahh, the AM radio. It's too bad that most all of the modern electronics causes interference to radios...when we're out tent camping or backpacking, I include a tiny AM-short wave radio and a 100 feet hair thin (light weight) spool of wire for an antenna so I can listen to the radio..
Growing up in the rural Southern California desert, the nearest kid anywhere near my age was 3/4 mile away and at age six or seven, 3/4 of a mile may as well have been on another planet. So, once I was done with school, I was on my own for things to do and at 7 or so, I "commandeered" the old Zenith AM radio when mom and dad bought a new AM/FM radio. I remember looking in the back and seeing the glowing tubes.
At night, I could listen to stations all over the western US and discovered that if I touched my finger to the ANT or GND terminal on the back of the radio, the signals got stronger. I asked my grandfather about this and he told me about antennas..and he and dad put up a simple outside antenna for me.
I was in heaven. My favorite station was KSL, from Salt Lake City. At 9pm, they started a radio theater show...Inner Sanctum, I think..... At 10pm the Herb Jepko show started, but I was usually too tired to listen much. That show was the radio equivalent of this thread.
At age 9 or so, my folks bought me a battery powred AM/shortwave radio and I would take it to school and during recess, I (and a bunch of othr kids, plus some teachers) would listen to the Apollo space missions. The interest in short wave radio got me interested in ham radio, and I got my ham radio license. This fueled my interested in electronics, which shaped my engineering career. At age 14, I got my commercial radio licenses so I legally could work on 2 way radios, radio station transmitters and TV station transmitters....$10.50 per hour in 1976 as a 15 year old high school sophomore..which helped finance my college tuition.....
So...I have quite a fondness of AM radio...:-)
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GG, we need a new mattress, too. Consumer's Report recommends the Original Mattress Factory mattresses, but there isn't a store close enough for us to go and check out the mattresses. I'm thinking about ordering one but I need to figure out a way to get rid of the old one. The mark-up in the stores is very high. Then you're supposed to get a new one every eight years! Lucky you to have a good fisherman dh. What a treat it would be to have so much fresh fish.
Moon, I love that tradition with the crackers! I've never heard of anything like that.
Eric, I enjoyed your am radio background.
Nance, hard to believe that a stretch of I-55 is closed because of the high water. Glad you're on high ground. Hate to see those pictures of people's houses and businesses flooded. What a mess.
Minus, the lunch and margaritas sound good to me.
The beef veggie noodle soup (huge pot) I made yesterday is probably the best I've ever made or tasted. Instead of sharing with my mother, I plan to make her some similar soup today. Hope I don't pass along my crud germs. I started sneezing and blowing yesterday and things developed from there. My head feels three times its normal size.
New Year's Day food tradition here is the cabbage and black-eyed peas, though not cooked together. DH will cook the peas tomorrow with smoked sausage. Served with rice. The cabbage may be cole slaw unless I weaken and buy a corned beef. Then the cabbage will be cooked with the corned beef along with potatoes, carrots and onions. I DO NOT need to eat salty corned beef so I'm hoping to summon some will power at the supermarket when I go to buy the items on my mother's grocery list today. I gave dh a chance to prop up my will power and he was sadly lacking.
I did throw a whole box of home-made fruit cake cookies in the garbage rather than eat them.
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I also enjoyed learning about your origins and talent with radios, Eric. My Dad was originally an electrical engineer, so I appreciate such interests. His work bench was always so interesting....with everything carefully labeled.
Carole, maybe your head feels so large because it is filled with virtue! I was impressed that you threw out those cookies.....unless you are one of those folks who hates fruitcake based items. I actually appreciate a well made fruitcake....just love those fruits and nuts together. But seriously, I hope you dismiss the crud soon!
Tonight we decided to stay home and make a nice (read decadent) meal. So while I do not have the whole thing yet worked out, (at this hour!) so far, I am making a French shallot soup and a lobster/shrimp fra diavlo with a red lettuce salad and a cherry pie for dessert that I impulsively picked up at Volantes yesterday and is the best cherry pie I have ever tasted (except, I bet, for one that would come from Nance's kitchen!). I also practically mortgaged the house to buy it! Volantes has so many delightful baked goods, but they are so expensive.
I hope you all enjoy your New Year's Eve and Day!
I thought of you, Moon, and the pickled herring good luck tradition, as the meteorologist on the Today show this morning shared that her family always ate that on Jan 1st. I suspect that she never ate it with them since she almost became ill before our eyes as she tried some on air (or cable) this morning. Obviously an acquired taste! I'd stick with the little "faux hosts"!
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New Years Eve--frying oysters with my dad---Expensive they were----$50 plus change for 2 1/2 dozen counts--which are the big ones. Caregiver called me at 8:10 couldn't get him to answer the phone or come to the door. I flew over there without make up or combing my hair. He was in the kitchen, both hearing aids dead as a doornail. Alarm clock still going off in bedroom, etc. My heart almost stopped before I got to his house. Some glazing on the roads and salt trucks were out. But I salted down his side walk before we left, just in case and we made it to East Peoria and back. no accumulation. Just pray the oysters turn out well---he was not pleased that I had him wait in the car at the Seafood shop---full of people, narrow aisles and him on a walker and unable to hold his head up to see where he is going. I knew it was a recipe for a disaster, but thought the car ride would be good for him. Wish I had just picked them up and not said anything to him about going along. but hey, never look back.
We are just having oysters and baked potatoes with sour cream. And some Bubbly.. ok, I am having bubblie and he is having iced tea. ..Yesterday He really wanted French fries with them and I told him we had to use up the sour cream. Frankly It would just be too much hot oil in the kitchen with him and his walker trying to help.... Today I asked him what we wanted to have with them and he said he wanted a baked potato......and nothing else....I think a salad would be nice, but we don't agree on lettuces either.... Man I sound like a crab...sorry.I wish you all a wonderful happy and blessed new year.
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Red, I'm laughing because I most definitely feel your pain. I was trying to talk to my dad this morning on the phone and quite literally yelling at the top of my lungs and he still couldn't hear me. He has a new phone in his bedroom and apparently we didn't adjust the volume on that one. He doesn't wear a hearing aid, unfortunately, but we bought these particular phones because the ear volume part was adjustable. Finally he went to the living room phone and called me back. When we go to dad's apartment, I have to call him on my cell phone to tell him to go into the kitchen so I can call him on the door intercom phone so that he can push the button to let us in. If I call him on the intercom directly, he can't hear it ringing. I have a key to his apartment, but they won't give anyone but residents and emergency personnel access to the outer doors. Which I guess is a good thing for security, but makes it difficult for us sometimes. Fortunately, most of the other residents know who I am and if they see me waiting for him to answer they'll buzz me in, even though they're not supposed to. It's exhausting. When I was talking to him, he was waiting for his housekeeper to take him grocery shopping. I said a prayer for her.
Eric, that is so interesting about your AM radio history. Who knew where that radio love would lead?
Carole -- I wish I could send you a gallon of this chicken soup. Half of the dumplings that I made disintegrated into the stock (why they sometimes do that I cannot figure out), so last night we ate the ones that remained and today I added some pappardelle from the freezer for chicken noodle soup. I wish I had my grandmothers here to ask for dumpling advice. They were pros.
Monica - count me among those who had never heard of that tradition. How fun!
Lacey - what time is dinner? I'm on my way.
Actually tonight I'm having a bunch of my favorite things: jumbo shrimp, two Maine lobster tails, and the pressure cooked artichokes with lemon butter and sour cream. DH is having steak and potato. Nothing green for him.
Finally today we have sunshine. Missouri is underwater. It's very devastating. I have an uncle who is cut off by water and I haven't heard from him yet. It will be quite some time before this mess is cleaned up and affected folks get their lives back in order, if they ever do. Places have flooded that have never flooded before. Awful.
But on a cheerier note - Happy New Year my friends!! I'll be tucked at home drinking my bubbly (actually a Belgian lambic) and watching movies. You couldn't pay me enough money to be in Times Square tonight. Stay safe!
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Hardly a crab as you try your hardest to cater to your Dad's needs, Red. So sorry that you had to start your day with that scare. Enjoy your oysters! DH had a similar experience with crowds at the fish store this afternoon, but did not have to deal with any complaints when he re-entered his car. Is fish good luck on NYE? I always connect fish with the Christmas Eve Italian celebration.
My shallots are in the oven caramelizing. We went on a search for brandy in various cabinets that hold hard liquor and liqueurs that are decades old. I found a Rothschild Napoleon Extra Fine Brandy that DH decides he would prefer to drink...so another bottle labeled Armenian Brandy will go into the soup.
Nance, I keep thinking of you and hope that you, DH, and your dad and family/neighbors are escaping the terrible scenes being broadcast in the news. Heartbreaking situation for so many families.....
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Nance, we cross posted....we are having similar meals...and I am tantalized by the idea of artichokes as a side! Yum. Enjoy it to the fullest!
Happy, Healthy (!) New Year all!
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