He floats thru the trees with the greatest of ease.
That hungry young shark who ignores all the G’s.
His movements were graceful in spite of her pleas,
And my love he has swallowed away.
Hey, this is a first try, see if you can improve on it.
I’m pretty sure this picture link is a picture of it on a warmer day. It’s part of Japan Rail’s tourist train fleet (if “fleet” is the correct word) for sure, though..
A painting by Herbert A. Collins. It depicts the story of one of the many legends surrounding the tower. The U.S. “National Park Sevice” logo is a link to some of those legends.
Another LINK, again from the U.S. park service, with more on the painting itself, and a short recounting of the Kiowa legend about the tower’s origin (not the one depicted in the painting).
Well, after forgetting it last time, Cleo was soooo embarrassed….
Gotta pick up after Claude after he pushes that button, you never know what will happen!
Today’s Songs:
1. ‘Running on Empty ,’ 2. ‘Rhythm of the Rain ,’ 3. ‘Safety Dance ,’ and 4. ‘Share The Land ,’ and the ‘Cheap Thrills Cuisine’ recipe 5. ‘Corn Biscuits ‘
1. The lyrics have very little, if anything, to do with its inspiration. Jackson Browne just never filled his gas tank one week while driving between his home and the recording studio, and the title came to him.
2. What I always thought was a xylophone playing turns out to be a celesta (picture below). Way back when, I correctly identified this song as part of a C.B.C. Vancouver radio contest and won a book (it’s long gone, and I do not remember the title).
3. Written by the band’s lead singer, Ivan Doroschuk after he was tossed from a club for pogo dancing; a dance whose invention is commonly attributed to Sid Viscous of the ‘Sex Pistols’ (link to the dance and its attribution below). The video is a fun watch.
4. By the lyrics, it’s apparently about a utopian dream of everybody everywhere finally getting along with no strife whatever (lyric link below).
5. I’d leave out the cayenne pepper, and unless you’re using cobs of corn no more than two days from the field, frozen corn kernels will work every bit as well, a full cup (thaw before boiling or increase the time to 8 minutes) will be more than adequate.
The weirdest things annoy me. I kept looking for a way to find the answers to the ‘What…..in common?’ quiz nighthawks posted on Monday. I finally found them. The answers are in the box (Susan, you don’t need to check, you got them all).
1. all types of tables 2. all types of worms 3. all have trunks 4. all types of turtles 5. all types of cards 6. all types of wheels 7. all have eyes 8. all types of berries 9. all types of sticks 10. all types of apples 11. all types of beans 12. all have currents
Here’s a LINK that may be of interest to those of you whose computer, like mine, is being inundated by Temu advertisements. It leads to an article by “Time” about Temu and its business practices. (Spoiler: In my opinion Time is at best neutral, and that’s stretching its opinion upwards).
This might be quite good, but this version is impractical in the US in 2024. Dunno about elsewhere.
For one thing, hamburger in soup is problematical because of the fat content. If you use 5% fat ground beef(which our stores call 95% lean), it’s very expensive… Often 3 times the price of the cheapest, 73% lean, and twice the price of the 85% I usually buy.
Also, the lower the fat content, usually the “better”, more tender, cut before grinding… But also less flavorful. That’s why you usually buy cheap, tough cuts for soup. But if you use 73% lean for this, you’ll have to make meatballs first (with bread to absorb the fat) or chill the the soup and remove a fat layer. Or…. I would just use ground turkey.
Passata (pureed tomatoes) here that comes in cartons is imported from Italy, and also very expensive.
As written, this small pot of soup would cost well over $10. Maybe even $12. With ground turkey and a can of pureed American tomatoes, carefully shopped, maybe $3.50.
And it desperately needs basil. I wouldn’t even use thyme myself.
That’s not a soup – the pasta are cooked in the liquid.
Works nicely; I do that often using the microwave oven or my rice-cooker.
Or our tiny oven for lasagna.
But with that amount of sugo and water, I’d use 500 g of pasta at least (I presume that’s a typo in the recipe). Enough to feed a very hungry family. Or freeze a good part of the sugo without the water.
Beef with lots of tendons is best (also often low-fat), simmered with little liquid over a long time. Not ground, but minced. No need to brown it.
I agree on basil and no thyme and would add some oregano, too.
I agree that it would be better slow-cooked with more flavorful meat… but you can’t just assume the authors made several big mistakes, and meant to follow your recipe for pasta, not their own for soup.
First, it’s called “Bolognese Soupwith Penne”, not “Penne with Bolognese Sauce”.
Even the illustration shows a spoonful of liquid, as if to confirm that it’s soup.
There’s 1.3 L of water, plus 500g of passata, which is very liquidy stuff, and only 100g of penne because it’s a soup that “serves 4”, not a pasta dish for “a very hungry family”.
“Minced steak” or just “mince” in the UK refers to what we in the US call ground beef, bought already ground, not chopped in your kitchen.
It’s obviously not simmered with a little liquid; it’s cooked in this recipe for only 30 minutes, which is why they’re using an expensive grade, which we agree is inappropriate.
Personally, I prefer it browned, but that’s a matter of taste or opinion.
All in all, they meant to do what they’re doing.
But don’t forget…these are often not the best recipes. On that we have also agreed, in the past.
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love those guys! Wonderful birds!
Saucy and bossy! Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!
Steller’s Jay — not another Blue Jay for once!
..
Oooo-kay.
I think I’ll stay home.
He floats thru the trees with the greatest of ease.
That hungry young shark who ignores all the G’s.
His movements were graceful in spite of her pleas,
And my love he has swallowed away.
Hey, this is a first try, see if you can improve on it.
“I Hear You Calling Me” By: Chris Austin
A LINK to an interview with the artist and more of his work (I find it a bit repetitive, but it’s all really well done).
Land shark!
..
The Official Delegation awaiting the arrival of Her Majesty.
Small, medium, and large.
Bacon? Is she bringing bacon!!!???
Must be members of the Godfather’s family.
The Dogfather and his pups?
poor Fredo—he was apart even in the photo
3 NOSES!
,,
(kof, kof, kof)
I’m pretty sure this picture link is a picture of it on a warmer day. It’s part of Japan Rail’s tourist train fleet (if “fleet” is the correct word) for sure, though..
yeah, that’s it—or reasonable facsimile thereof
I know it’s an older style train…
But it nonetheless reminds me of that great Sam Basset adventure, “Murder on the Midnight Express.”
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Below!!! Ooops, too late!
No thank you. It looks just fine from the ground.
An illustration of an old Native American legend involving el Capitan?
Yes and no.
Thats Devils Tower.
🙂
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perfect!
Run awayyyyy!!!!
A painting by Herbert A. Collins. It depicts the story of one of the many legends surrounding the tower. The U.S. “National Park Sevice” logo is a link to some of those legends.
Another LINK, again from the U.S. park service, with more on the painting itself, and a short recounting of the Kiowa legend about the tower’s origin (not the one depicted in the painting).
been there lots of times.
Did you see the alien ship?
Had no idea till I saw the after photo.
me too!
No way!
Ah, yes. Mr. Leach, I presume.
yes! Archibald.
I was rather surprised that I got him from the kid picture…
I recognized it, somehow, but couldn’t put my finger on why, so I thought I was probably wrong.
But it really was him.
Thank you Susan. I actually got this one (adult photo only). I think I’ve hit 3 or 4 of the adults. I still have a prefect score for the juveniles.
Looking at it 12 hours later, I think it’s largely , though not totally, his expression.
Looking at the boys face, I can picture the grown man…
(“Bringing Up Baby” and “Charade” respectively. Two great movies.)
Should have known the adult; did not.
Alfred E. Neuman?
Funny guess for one of the best-looking men ever in Hollywood!
,.,
NOSE!
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I’ve heard of “guarding the rim,” but this is excessive.
Yeah, I gave him my bacon-flavored shoe, and he was happy for the rest of the game…we won!!!
Part of a SERIES OF SCHOOL FOLDERS, by the Mead corporation.
ugh!
Nose
Yo, ma! Yo, Ma!
Yo Yo Ma!
I’m not sure how my mind makes these connections.
Yo Yo Ma is OK, but for talent, how about Yo Yo Man?
A nice find, thanks for posting it.
Well, after forgetting it last time, Cleo was soooo embarrassed….
Gotta pick up after Claude after he pushes that button, you never know what will happen!
1. ‘Running on Empty ,’ 2. ‘Rhythm of the Rain ,’ 3. ‘Safety Dance ,’ and 4. ‘Share The Land ,’ and the ‘Cheap Thrills Cuisine’ recipe 5. ‘Corn Biscuits ‘
1. The lyrics have very little, if anything, to do with its inspiration. Jackson Browne just never filled his gas tank one week while driving between his home and the recording studio, and the title came to him.
2. What I always thought was a xylophone playing turns out to be a celesta (picture below). Way back when, I correctly identified this song as part of a C.B.C. Vancouver radio contest and won a book (it’s long gone, and I do not remember the title).
3. Written by the band’s lead singer, Ivan Doroschuk after he was tossed from a club for pogo dancing; a dance whose invention is commonly attributed to Sid Viscous of the ‘Sex Pistols’ (link to the dance and its attribution below). The video is a fun watch.
4. By the lyrics, it’s apparently about a utopian dream of everybody everywhere finally getting along with no strife whatever (lyric link below).
5. I’d leave out the cayenne pepper, and unless you’re using cobs of corn no more than two days from the field, frozen corn kernels will work every bit as well, a full cup (thaw before boiling or increase the time to 8 minutes) will be more than adequate.
POGO DANCE LINK
“SHARE THE LAND” LYRICS
1. all types of tables 2. all types of worms 3. all have trunks 4. all types of turtles 5. all types of cards 6. all types of wheels 7. all have eyes 8. all types of berries 9. all types of sticks 10. all types of apples 11. all types of beans 12. all have currents
Here’s a LINK that may be of interest to those of you whose computer, like mine, is being inundated by Temu advertisements. It leads to an article by “Time” about Temu and its business practices. (Spoiler: In my opinion Time is at best neutral, and that’s stretching its opinion upwards).
Thanks!
From today’s London “Daily Mail”
This sounds good ! !
“Steak mince” is lean ground beef (hamburger in other words).
This might be quite good, but this version is impractical in the US in 2024. Dunno about elsewhere.
For one thing, hamburger in soup is problematical because of the fat content. If you use 5% fat ground beef(which our stores call 95% lean), it’s very expensive… Often 3 times the price of the cheapest, 73% lean, and twice the price of the 85% I usually buy.
Also, the lower the fat content, usually the “better”, more tender, cut before grinding… But also less flavorful. That’s why you usually buy cheap, tough cuts for soup. But if you use 73% lean for this, you’ll have to make meatballs first (with bread to absorb the fat) or chill the the soup and remove a fat layer. Or…. I would just use ground turkey.
Passata (pureed tomatoes) here that comes in cartons is imported from Italy, and also very expensive.
As written, this small pot of soup would cost well over $10. Maybe even $12. With ground turkey and a can of pureed American tomatoes, carefully shopped, maybe $3.50.
And it desperately needs basil. I wouldn’t even use thyme myself.
That’s not a soup – the pasta are cooked in the liquid.
Works nicely; I do that often using the microwave oven or my rice-cooker.
Or our tiny oven for lasagna.
But with that amount of sugo and water, I’d use 500 g of pasta at least (I presume that’s a typo in the recipe). Enough to feed a very hungry family. Or freeze a good part of the sugo without the water.
Beef with lots of tendons is best (also often low-fat), simmered with little liquid over a long time. Not ground, but minced. No need to brown it.
I agree on basil and no thyme and would add some oregano, too.
I agree that it would be better slow-cooked with more flavorful meat… but you can’t just assume the authors made several big mistakes, and meant to follow your recipe for pasta, not their own for soup.
First, it’s called “Bolognese Soup with Penne”, not “Penne with Bolognese Sauce”.
Even the illustration shows a spoonful of liquid, as if to confirm that it’s soup.
There’s 1.3 L of water, plus 500g of passata, which is very liquidy stuff, and only 100g of penne because it’s a soup that “serves 4”, not a pasta dish for “a very hungry family”.
“Minced steak” or just “mince” in the UK refers to what we in the US call ground beef, bought already ground, not chopped in your kitchen.
It’s obviously not simmered with a little liquid; it’s cooked in this recipe for only 30 minutes, which is why they’re using an expensive grade, which we agree is inappropriate.
Personally, I prefer it browned, but that’s a matter of taste or opinion.
All in all, they meant to do what they’re doing.
But don’t forget…these are often not the best recipes. On that we have also agreed, in the past.