I plead cross-eyed tiredness.
The picture link, his Deviant Art avatar, leads to a 2018 article about him with links to his Facebook page and his Deviant Art space.
Or maybe gawumpki (Cabbage leaves stuffed with ground beef, veal, or pork and rice.
Or maybe Halushki (bacon, noodles and cabbage).
Or possibly zrazas (chicken meatballs stuffed with cabbage).
Makes me want to hook up with my Polish buddy from years back and trade recipes. I’ve lost track of him, but it’s worth a try. Otherwise, I’ll have to take a vacation in Montana. {^¿^}
A huge pot full of cabbage rolls… with outer leaves that size, you could make them the size of small chickens!
Be sure to cook extra pieces and scraps of cabbage alongside them, so everybody gets some. Then carve one or two rolls to feed the family. Freeze the rest.
Make bubble and squeak, fried cabbage, and a big stir fry…
Still plenty for borscht… and sauerkraut, if you like it.
The tenderest inner leaves would still be enough to make a giant bowl of coleslaw.
Chop some to put in your tacos.
…
Three or four of those in the garden and you’ll not starve all winter, in the worst of times.
Seriously though, maybe you’ve never had the right cabbage rolls. Good ones are irresistible.
Not the bland 1950s magazine recipes baked in the oven with canned tomato soup, but Ukrainian, Polish or Jewish grandma style, filed with ground beef and simmered with tomatoes, onions, garlic and bell pepper, till they’re really tender.
But recognizing is different from naming… before I looked at the adult pic, I had to stare at her for a minute before I could come up with her name….
which is…
… Jennifer Lawrence.
Some of you may have seen her as Katniss in “The Hunger Games”, or so they tell me. I’ve never seen it.
I confess, I might not be familiar with her at all if she weren’t always popping up on YouTube, because AFAIK I haven’t seen her in any movie or tv roles.
But I since I have the attention span of an adolescent gnat, coupled with insomnia and no TV, I watch a fair number of one minute YouTube shorts,.where I sometimes see a quick clip of her on Conan or Jimmy Fallon.
Today’s Songs:
‘1. Two Tickets to Paradise,’ ‘2. Venus,’ ‘3. Vincent,’ and ‘4. Virginia,’ and the ‘Cheap Thrills Cuisine’ recipe ‘5. Cajun Rubbed Ribs.’
1. I never saw the 2012 Geico commercial ( in which the late Eddie Money plays himself as a travel agent) on television, but it’s too silly not to include as an extra below.
2. Again, the things one learns. Robbie van Leeuwen, (the guitarist / sitarist / background singer for ‘Shocking Blue’) based the song largely on ‘The Banjo Song’, sung by ‘The Big 3’ (written by Jim Rose). Mama Cass Elliot was a member of the trio. That song is extra number two below.
3. It is indeed a tribute to Vincent van Gogh by Don Mclean (still with us aged 78).
4. Only made it to 81 on the Billboard chart, but made 14 (I think / the site could use a better editor) in Canada (a Canadian singing what amounts to rockabilly).
5. I’d leave out the red pepper flakes. The grilling times seem more than a bit long to me too; don’t walk away from the grill. If you do, you’re liable to find charred ribs when you get back.
Unfortunately, a typo slipped in: it is Cooley Dickinson Hospital, not Coolie.
Not a fatal error as Tigressy’s gift was delivered on Monday.
All other mailings should get there too.
The list of ingredients is so long I put the instructions in a spoiler box.
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
“HERMITS”
These soft spicy cookies filled with raisins, dates and nuts are not likely to stay long in the cookie jar.
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla (real not artificial)
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp each ground nutmeg, allspice, and cloves
1/2 tsp salt
1-1/2 cup raisins (plump them before measuring)
1/2 cup chopped dates
1/2 cups chopped nuts
Instructions for ‘HERMITS’ recipe
• In larg bowl, cream together butter and
shortening; gradually add sugars, creaming un-
til light. Beat in eggs and vanilla. In separate
bowl, combine flour, baking powder, soda, spices
and salt; stir into creamed mixture. Stir in
raisins, dates and nuts.
• Drop batter by spoonfuls onto greased baking
sheets. Bake in 350° F oven for 8 to 10
minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on baking
sheets for a few minutes, then remove to racks
to cool completely. Makes about 50 cookies.
Notes from me:
Plump raisins by pouring boiling water over them and letting them sit for 5 minutes.
Bake on the second rack, top rack is first.
With that much sugar and fat, they’ll more than likely be done at closer to the 8 minute mark than the 10. Keep a close eye on them from 7.
.
I’ve found two sites that claim to have the artist’s name, but there’s no way the signature matches.
Do they say it’s the same name?
Yes, they do, but as I said that signature does not resolve to Norman Soo.
Yes it does.
You just needed to take the next step: googling “Norman Soo”, to check.
His other work, some similar, some not, is signed like that too, sometimes spelling it out, but mostly like this.
That top line says “NSoo”.
Below that, as on his other work, is a month and year…
Hard to make out the month but I think it’s June, 2014.
So you found it … but you gave up on it too soon!
I plead cross-eyed tiredness.
The picture link, his Deviant Art avatar, leads to a 2018 article about him with links to his Facebook page and his Deviant Art space.
I thought that looked like a date.
Blip.
Bleep?
Not enough stool softener?
NOSE!
..
I will bet the big guy is a total pussycat.
But doesn’t know how to use a sandbox. {^¿^}
(I’d still love him).
My older brother’s Great Dane would back up to a couch or chair and sit down and leave both front feet on the floor.
Well, of course. when you have 4 legs. Those cushy couches are waaaay too unstable. Built for those 2-legged food providers!
I have seen other danes do the same thing.
You WILL go for a walk with me! Bring a BIG bag!
First dates tend to be awkward.
LOL
NOSE!
I will bet the big guy is a total pussycat. 😉
When he’s very well fed and you aren’t running around like you’re a fun game to catch. Ooooops! Sorry about that!
Cat yes…. the other part maybe not so much.
NOSE!
Wisdom, Montana-1942
One store for groceries, fresh meat, and clothing.
A bigger store just for liquor.
they have their priorities out there on the wide-open prairie of the 1940s
Wisdom.
that’s how we get so smart, living so close to wisdom…..
…
That is going to make one seriously large bowl of slaw.
Or maybe gawumpki (Cabbage leaves stuffed with ground beef, veal, or pork and rice.
Or maybe Halushki (bacon, noodles and cabbage).
Or possibly zrazas (chicken meatballs stuffed with cabbage).
Makes me want to hook up with my Polish buddy from years back and trade recipes. I’ve lost track of him, but it’s worth a try. Otherwise, I’ll have to take a vacation in Montana. {^¿^}
Pickling it whole could take a while.
https://www.bylena.com/recipe/924/Fermented-Whole-Cabbage-Heads/
Alaska, Canada or very northern Europe.
That cabbage looks way overdue.
Triplets at least.
Actually, there’s enough there to do it all!
A huge pot full of cabbage rolls… with outer leaves that size, you could make them the size of small chickens!
Be sure to cook extra pieces and scraps of cabbage alongside them, so everybody gets some. Then carve one or two rolls to feed the family. Freeze the rest.
Make bubble and squeak, fried cabbage, and a big stir fry…
Still plenty for borscht… and sauerkraut, if you like it.
The tenderest inner leaves would still be enough to make a giant bowl of coleslaw.
Chop some to put in your tacos.
…
Three or four of those in the garden and you’ll not starve all winter, in the worst of times.
She probably feels pretty secure
“Family’s coming over. Let’s get some more of those guys.”
Kraut is all you could make with that, that I would eat. I can eat a lot of sour kraut, but that head could make enough for the rest of my life.
The only one I don’t eat!
Somehow reminds me of Jack Sprat.
Seriously though, maybe you’ve never had the right cabbage rolls. Good ones are irresistible.
Not the bland 1950s magazine recipes baked in the oven with canned tomato soup, but Ukrainian, Polish or Jewish grandma style, filed with ground beef and simmered with tomatoes, onions, garlic and bell pepper, till they’re really tender.
Nope and nope.
My guess.
I think I’m wrong, but now I have even less of an idea who it is.
I thought that for a moment too.
I recognized her kid pic and her adult one…
Looks like she’s always had the same face.
But recognizing is different from naming… before I looked at the adult pic, I had to stare at her for a minute before I could come up with her name….
… Jennifer Lawrence.
Some of you may have seen her as Katniss in “The Hunger Games”, or so they tell me. I’ve never seen it.
I confess, I might not be familiar with her at all if she weren’t always popping up on YouTube, because AFAIK I haven’t seen her in any movie or tv roles.
But I since I have the attention span of an adolescent gnat, coupled with insomnia and no TV, I watch a fair number of one minute YouTube shorts,.where I sometimes see a quick clip of her on Conan or Jimmy Fallon.
i still don’t know her.
Neither do I. Or care…
Today I googled her, out of curiosity…
She’s 33. Apparently for a few busy years in her 20s, she was the highest paid actress in the WORLD.
I did recognize her but I had no idea she was that famous.
Then again, I never saw Hunger Games.
I’m online a lot…. But i don’t have a TV, much less cable, and haven’t been to a movie since Covid started.
Oh well.
I did see the first of the movies, but neither the name or the face stuck with me.
,.
“Frigid Mood” By: Janet Hanofee
Looks like the bear owed Jabba some money.
Nice impasto work, but I don’t think I’d want it on my wall.
Or at least, not in the bedroom or the hallway, when I have to get up in the night.
NOSE!
‘1. Two Tickets to Paradise,’ ‘2. Venus,’ ‘3. Vincent,’ and ‘4. Virginia,’ and the ‘Cheap Thrills Cuisine’ recipe ‘5. Cajun Rubbed Ribs.’
1. I never saw the 2012 Geico commercial ( in which the late Eddie Money plays himself as a travel agent) on television, but it’s too silly not to include as an extra below.
2. Again, the things one learns. Robbie van Leeuwen, (the guitarist / sitarist / background singer for ‘Shocking Blue’) based the song largely on ‘The Banjo Song’, sung by ‘The Big 3’ (written by Jim Rose). Mama Cass Elliot was a member of the trio. That song is extra number two below.
3. It is indeed a tribute to Vincent van Gogh by Don Mclean (still with us aged 78).
4. Only made it to 81 on the Billboard chart, but made 14 (I think / the site could use a better editor) in Canada (a Canadian singing what amounts to rockabilly).
5. I’d leave out the red pepper flakes. The grilling times seem more than a bit long to me too; don’t walk away from the grill. If you do, you’re liable to find charred ribs when you get back.
Don McLaen’s Vincent is a beautiful tribute.
TMI, Claude.
That’s what I’ve just said over at Ballard Street.
I could tell you stories. But, i can’t. HIPAA regulations.
(Sort of) fun times, right???
Princess Leia, yeah. I can see her being a Disney Princess.
But this guy?
I’ll vote for him!
Dr. Frankenfurter for Disney Princess!
What’s the latest on Stelbel?
Not much changed, if you’ve read the last few posts about her.
In the hospital… still having trouble speaking, eating, etc.
Nighthawks posted the address a few days ago for those who want to send a card.
I’ll never stop hoping that she’ll soon be ok… but right now it’s still looking like a long, slow climb.
She was happy to hear that everyone here was thinking about her.
A LINK BACK TO NOVEMBER 8, when
posted StelBel’s hospital address.
Unfortunately, a typo slipped in: it is Cooley Dickinson Hospital, not Coolie.
Not a fatal error as Tigressy’s gift was delivered on Monday.
All other mailings should get there too.
Yeah, the name was read to me on the phone and I didn’t check.
I thought it was unusual to have a hospital named after a Chinese worker.
Or Rob Petrie’s producer
If that’s what it does to porcelain… imagine taking it internally.
Good thing Claude didn’t read the instructions very carefully.
Amanda the Great (yesterday):
No one does eye rolls better than little girls.
lemon bundt cake
That looks good.
.
The list of ingredients is so long I put the instructions in a spoiler box.
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
“HERMITS”
These soft spicy cookies filled with raisins, dates and nuts are not likely to stay long in the cookie jar.
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla (real not artificial)
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp each ground nutmeg, allspice, and cloves
1/2 tsp salt
1-1/2 cup raisins (plump them before measuring)
1/2 cup chopped dates
1/2 cups chopped nuts
• In larg bowl, cream together butter and
shortening; gradually add sugars, creaming un-
til light. Beat in eggs and vanilla. In separate
bowl, combine flour, baking powder, soda, spices
and salt; stir into creamed mixture. Stir in
raisins, dates and nuts.
• Drop batter by spoonfuls onto greased baking
sheets. Bake in 350° F oven for 8 to 10
minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on baking
sheets for a few minutes, then remove to racks
to cool completely. Makes about 50 cookies.
Notes from me:
Plump raisins by pouring boiling water over them and letting them sit for 5 minutes.
Bake on the second rack, top rack is first.
With that much sugar and fat, they’ll more than likely be done at closer to the 8 minute mark than the 10. Keep a close eye on them from 7.
since MMM took over the kitchen, the refrig. is always clean!
That fridge is almost empty!
The model is not very convincingly dismayed.
Never have heard of spicy hermit cookies, but I’m gonna guess they involve raisins and cinnamon.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-67376814
Oh yeah – a new love letter from our landlord (barf).
We need some hugs – threatened to loose our home…
,,.,
HUGS!!!!
(( ))
♥♥♥♥
Zen hugs.
Hugs!
agreed!
where does it say claude always ACTS smart?
Definitely too much stool softener.