it’s always been a hard old world……when I was a child watching wildlife episodes on Disney , I was always on the side of the poor little rabbit or rodent that is unmercifully hunted by predators. The predator was evil , the bunny was innocence and goodness.
Consequently, the cute bunny almost always evaded capture and consumption—
and the evil bobcat or cougar or wolf just went hungry.
But later, when my niece and nephew were small, and Disney had gotten flack for fake stuff like the lemmings film, wildlife programs got more realistic…
They couldn’t let my niece watch cos the baby gazelle would get eaten by the lion on camera.
I had to go back three times to see it (I like the ship better☺). The gap between the bottom front mainsail and the next higher sail is it’s left eye. The two outrigger sails on the second set of sails are the ears. The normal black nose is missing, but it would be where that narrow, semi-tubular sail meets the bowsprit.
Totally agree, except I don’t want to see snow any time at all. I get so tired of seeing white! Spring and summer and autumn colors are much prettier. I know, people say snow is pretty, but it is all the same color ~ except the dirty snow they plow and pile up….ugly!!
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The Elusive Butterfly song always struck me as a creepy peeper song. But now with drones, it is even more creepy.
I can only drive so far without stopping.
My whole family used to joke that we knew every rest room in every store or public building wherever we lived.
There was a gas station I used to stop at every few months on a certain trip, a few years ago, because I knew right where it was, and it was easy.
They had bigger and bigger things attached to the rest room key.
The first thing I remember was lightweight but bulky… Somebody had made it from an empty coke can, wrapped with yarn. (Yes it was weird.)
Then they had a paddle… I think a ping pong one.
Eventually it was a smallish baseball bat! Maybe Little League size.
…
Even worse, one time when the ladies’ room was out of order they let me use the men’s..
That key had a broken torque wrench on it that I could barely carry.
From: ; The Canadian Living COOKBOOK
By Carol Ferguson and the food writers of Canadian Living Magazine
Published by Random House of Canada
1265 Aerowood Drive
Mississauga, Ontario Canada
L4W 1B9
ISBN 0-394-22017-X
“Pesto (Basil Sauce)”
Make batches of pesto when fresh basil is plen- tiful in late summer. To freeze, omit the cheese; add it just before serving.
2 cups packed fresh basil leaves
1/2 cup olive oil
1/4 cup pine nuts
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
2 tbsp freshly grated Romano cheese
• In food processor or blender, combine basil,
oil, pine nuts, garlic and salt. Process or blend on
high speed until mixture forms a paste. Transfer
to bowl and stir in cheeses.
• Alternatively, use mortar and pestle to pound
basil, pine nuts, garlic and salt to a paste. Add oil
a little at a time using pestle to work mixture
until it is the consistency of creamed butter. Stir
in cheeses.
• Store covered in refrigerator for up to a week.
Makes about 1 1/4 cups.
An article from the Wednesday, June 30, 1993 – Santa Cruz Sentinel about Cheap Thrills Cuisine (I had forgotten its origins were Canadian).
I use more cheese, but beyond a certain point, all the proportions come down to a matter of taste.
I realize that it’s also from a Canadian cookbook, but it seems a more modern one, or at least one that actually checked with a reliable source, instead of making it up or substituting for authentic ingredients.
…
Which reminds me… Nobody cares about the address of the publisher, or even the ISBN number when reading a recipe… Honestly, do you?
The date would be more useful, because some cooking times, for instance, for meat, and even the availability of ingredients do change over time.
…
As for “Cheap Thrills” …. Wow, I’d never have guessed the recipe author is a trained chef, not even for an apartment complex, or that he might be Italian.
So many of his recipes seem made up without any actual cooking or tasting… and to think an Italian made up that last pesto is shocking!
…
I knew it was Canadian or British, not American, by the use of imperial or metric measurements, and of ingredients we can’t get here, or that have different names in the US.
Different bacon, different kinds of sugar and cheese, etc.
The other day there was one for something grilled, but in the US we call that method broiling.
Grilling here sometimes means cooked on a griddle, like a grilled cheese sandwich, or more usually, over open flames, eg on a charcoal or gas grill.
.
,
WTH was THAT?! 😀
Nooo!
Bad guys aren’t allowed to win!
it’s always been a hard old world……when I was a child watching wildlife episodes on Disney , I was always on the side of the poor little rabbit or rodent that is unmercifully hunted by predators. The predator was evil , the bunny was innocence and goodness.
Consequently, the cute bunny almost always evaded capture and consumption—
and the evil bobcat or cougar or wolf just went hungry.
But later, when my niece and nephew were small, and Disney had gotten flack for fake stuff like the lemmings film, wildlife programs got more realistic…
They couldn’t let my niece watch cos the baby gazelle would get eaten by the lion on camera.
I hate that!
B.C. – Before Cleo and Super-Basset.
“Tyrannosaurs are Bullies ” By: Jon Davies under his SovanJedi avatar (Published: Sep 4, 2022)
You can find him on DeviantArt.
.
Like!
I saw a huge puppy dog face when I looked at the billowing sails …
Some might say it’s a cat, but the down-pointed ears make it canine to me… A bit like Bimbo, or maybe Bonzo Pup.
Now I can’t unsee it.
I see that
me, too!
“Uncharted Waters ” By: Montague Dawson
It took me a moment, but I see the puppy, too.
Well, I’m seasick. Mission accomplished.
No puppy here.
It’s still majestic.
I had to go back three times to see it (I like the ship better☺). The gap between the bottom front mainsail and the next higher sail is it’s left eye. The two outrigger sails on the second set of sails are the ears. The normal black nose is missing, but it would be where that narrow, semi-tubular sail meets the bowsprit.
Got it now!
I love seascapes, this is beautiful.
Hope I didn’t ruin it for anybody! 😁
.
BUNNY! 😀
Or, a Grey Hare.
I’m lighter of a grey myself.
“Hey, you got any more of those carrots?”
,
Pretty, but I want to see warm pictures, not ice and snow!
Not that we have snow here, but we had huge hail on Friday, and a lot of nights below freezing.
Thin insulation and drafty windows that can’t be sealed, because of course “it never gets cold here.”
…
When I’m cold, I want to see warm sunny climates, cozy fireplaces, bowls of hot soup.
Show me snow in August. LOL 😆
Here you go:
Thank you!!
What’s the title of that photo? “Tough choice”?
ditto!!!
Totally agree, except I don’t want to see snow any time at all. I get so tired of seeing white! Spring and summer and autumn colors are much prettier. I know, people say snow is pretty, but it is all the same color ~ except the dirty snow they plow and pile up….ugly!!
The Elusive Butterfly song always struck me as a creepy peeper song. But now with drones, it is even more creepy.
Btw… I just answered you about basil on yesterday’s.
Got it, And I answered your request for a warm scene just above.
Thank you… I already did, above… but thanks again.
I’ll just go have a little nap on the warm sand.
This strip cracked me up…
I can only drive so far without stopping.
My whole family used to joke that we knew every rest room in every store or public building wherever we lived.
There was a gas station I used to stop at every few months on a certain trip, a few years ago, because I knew right where it was, and it was easy.
They had bigger and bigger things attached to the rest room key.
The first thing I remember was lightweight but bulky… Somebody had made it from an empty coke can, wrapped with yarn. (Yes it was weird.)
Then they had a paddle… I think a ping pong one.
Eventually it was a smallish baseball bat! Maybe Little League size.
…
Even worse, one time when the ladies’ room was out of order they let me use the men’s..
That key had a broken torque wrench on it that I could barely carry.
I feel you Claude!
I’m surprised Dean is allowed at the zoo.
Did he convince them he’s a hippopotamus?
He didn’t really seem too interested. They tried to ignore him.
Could be worse…
I figured you’d post this. I was going to if you hadn’t. LOL. Thanks
,,
Thank you for letting me know. I’ve read Hagar since it first appeared in my parents paper.
Family affairs:
Chris had taken over for his father, Dik Browne, who created Hagar in the 70’s, and died in 1989.
Chris and his brother also took over “Hi and Lois,” which had been done by Dik with Mort Walker.
I didn’t realize for years that “Hi and Lois” was a spinoff strip…. Lois was the sister of Mort’s Beetle Bailey.
This is why I come here: the educational content.
From yesterday.
Pine nuts. 🙂 🙂
From: ;
The Canadian Living COOKBOOK
By Carol Ferguson and the food writers of Canadian Living Magazine
Published by Random House of Canada
1265 Aerowood Drive
Mississauga, Ontario Canada
L4W 1B9
ISBN 0-394-22017-X
“Pesto (Basil Sauce)”
Make batches of pesto when fresh basil is plen-
tiful in late summer. To freeze, omit the cheese;
add it just before serving.
2 cups packed fresh basil leaves
1/2 cup olive oil
1/4 cup pine nuts
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
2 tbsp freshly grated Romano cheese
• In food processor or blender, combine basil,
oil, pine nuts, garlic and salt. Process or blend on
high speed until mixture forms a paste. Transfer
to bowl and stir in cheeses.
• Alternatively, use mortar and pestle to pound
basil, pine nuts, garlic and salt to a paste. Add oil
a little at a time using pestle to work mixture
until it is the consistency of creamed butter. Stir
in cheeses.
• Store covered in refrigerator for up to a week.
Makes about 1 1/4 cups.
Much better pesto recipe!
I use more cheese, but beyond a certain point, all the proportions come down to a matter of taste.
I realize that it’s also from a Canadian cookbook, but it seems a more modern one, or at least one that actually checked with a reliable source, instead of making it up or substituting for authentic ingredients.
…
Which reminds me… Nobody cares about the address of the publisher, or even the ISBN number when reading a recipe… Honestly, do you?
The date would be more useful, because some cooking times, for instance, for meat, and even the availability of ingredients do change over time.
…
As for “Cheap Thrills” …. Wow, I’d never have guessed the recipe author is a trained chef, not even for an apartment complex, or that he might be Italian.
So many of his recipes seem made up without any actual cooking or tasting… and to think an Italian made up that last pesto is shocking!
…
I knew it was Canadian or British, not American, by the use of imperial or metric measurements, and of ingredients we can’t get here, or that have different names in the US.
Different bacon, different kinds of sugar and cheese, etc.
The other day there was one for something grilled, but in the US we call that method broiling.
Grilling here sometimes means cooked on a griddle, like a grilled cheese sandwich, or more usually, over open flames, eg on a charcoal or gas grill.
My name is Nobody then.
It’s a matter of courtesy to name the source.
Wow. Um, sorry, Tigressy, but I have no idea what you’re talking about.
I have no “source”, and I don’t have a clue about what statement you think I need one for.
My goodness.
If you’re referring to my use of the word “nobody”, i was merely conjecturing that “nobody” cares about those things, because I don’t.
I don’t remember you or anybody actually saying you did, or anything else about it.
I’m quite a bit older than you; I can’t possibly remember everything everybody says here.
If this strange accusation is because you do care about the address of the cookbook publisher, please just say so.
loved dean’s visit to the zoo! funny titles.
as for Claude’s road trip? hilarious!