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Comments (13)Well! I hadn't realized that I would be defending my lack of ethics from all sides on this subject. First, I want to insist that notions on tomato moral values and truths are not absolute but are relative to the person holding them. Now that said, here was my recipe - made up yesterday, on the spot. As you can tell by its slap-dash nature, it falls far short of any kind of self-justification: 1 slice of bacon 4 Tablespoons yellow onion, chopped 2 beefsteak tomatoes, chopped 1/2 Yukon Gold potato, cooked 1/2 cup Progresso chicken broth 1/4 cup half and half black pepper Cook bacon until crisp. Pour off most of the bacon fat and saute onion until tender. Microwave tomatoes for 4 minutes at 50% power. Place in blender with potato, onion, and bacon. Add enough broth to blend ingredients. Pour contents into bowl and add remaining broth, half and half, and pepper. Microwave until thoroughly heated. Serve. Now remember, these are beefsteak tomatoes not beef steaks! I probably should have included a slice of celery root and probably beef bacon would have been preferable to pork but I have trouble finding that these days. We eat so many eggs that it is probably not wise for us to buy beef in bulk but we do. We also have it dry aged and it is remarkably tender and flavorful. I just wish that they would make some of it into bacon for us. For some reason, my cholesterol numbers are darn good. It might be because eating too much beef was such a vice for me, in earlier years. I have moderated that more than just a little. Otherwise, I might be like Mark Twain's moral pauper. She was the woman who was ill and Twain said that she would be on her feet again if she would give up swearing, drinking and smoking. Unfortunately, she didn’t swear, smoke or drink so she didn’t have anything to give up. Twain referred to her as a moral pauper having neglected her vices with none to give up. . . . I may have to give up microwaving tomatoes sometime in the future. Steve...See MoreHis/her point of view
Comments (7)This is what happens when people try to have things both ways instead of making a choice. I agree that he should've chosen the wedding, but that isn't the point. It was trying to do both that made the trouble. Some people haven't yet responded to my daughter's wedding invitation, and in a couple of cases I suspect it is because there are FOUR weddings in our community that evening and they are among the people that are invited to more than one. One couple, very good friends who are even closer with one of the other families, told us they aren't coming to our wedding but will come to one of the other weekend events. Another got lucky and didn't have to choose, because they have a family event out of town that day. Others chose our wedding. Our rabbi will have to leave after our ceremony to go perform one of the others -- they moved the time for him, so he has to! -- and then return for dinner. It will mean missing the appetizers, so his wife is still deciding what to do. :) But I know to order dinner for them. But there is one couple that I have a hunch is going to try to do something complicated -- they often do. Honestly, although we would love to have them (I mean, we invited them), I wish they would just choose one and have done. I know it is awkward to have to choose (don't blame us -- we had the date first of all of them :) !), when it gets super complex, it starts to feel less like they are doing it because both weddings mean so much to them and more like they feel all their friends will be devastated if they don't choose them. I can live with a "no." I vastly prefer what my friend above did -- say no, and ask if there is some other point in the weekend at which they could celebrate with us. What I really don't want is to get a "yes" from people, put them at a table, order food and liquor for them, and then find out that they aren't going to stay for dinner. That usually happens with someone who is sick or something at the last minute anyway, but please don't set me up for it just so you can play musical parties without deciding your schedule in advance....See MoreObama's farewell address
Comments (130)The ironic thing is that ACA was pretty much based on Heritage foundation (rightwing) think tank legislation .... like what Romney did in Massachusetts. In other words - that WAS the republican plan, and if had been called Romneycare or Trumpcare, yall would be quite happy with it. Me, I would have preferred single payer option "medicare for all" -basic barebones plan, which would allow people to supplement with their own private plans, as needed (like Medicare). So don't blame me. All I can say is that if you repubs & trumpvoters out there want to keep Medicare, social security (next up on the chopping block) then its gonna be up to YOU to make it known to your legislators and scream it from the rooftops. We on the "other side" cant do it singlehandedly - frankly we have very little political power now. So, guys - Its up to YOU. Already.... and actually for some time.... the propaganda is kicking in to convince everyone that SS & Meidcare is broke (it isn't and wont be with a few minor tweaks) and that it needs to be phased out....Wall St., has been itching to get at those funds for a long time. No coincidience that the Trump govt has about 8 goldman sachs alumni. I liked Obama and will miss him - he has a dry humor that at times I find quite hilarious. Its sad that people claim to not like him or what he says, but then wont listen to anything he says in his own words. My sibs for instance will only listen to what Limbaugh & Hannity tell them that Obama says. They play short clips out of context to make it sound like hes saying something else besides what hes really saying. Sorry I have no respect for that type of opinion. Whether left or right, or any shade in between you need to hear what someone says, in the context of what theyre saying. Only then do you have any credibility to judge....See MoreIt can be fun to breed your own zinnias - Part 44
Comments (122)CeeKay - Alex, can you let the cuttings stay in the Klone King until the roots are really well developed (say 2 inches or so)? Absolutely. Actually, you want the roots to be pretty well growing (I waited for at least 3 different 1+ inch roots) before you try to transplant or it may not make the transition to potting soil. I lost some things, I believe because I jumped the gun. I didn't buy any, but there's also a special liquid nutrient that is offered for cloning, so the cuttings are getting fed at the same time. I mostly don't see this as necessary unless you were leaving something in the machine for months. I did buy some rooting hormone gel which is made specifically for the clone machines. I had some regular powdered stuff - RootTone, I think it was, but it was old, and when those yellow roses I mentioned just wouldn't root for me, and I was getting antsy to shut the thing down for the end of season, I bought it and that seemed to do the trick. The three cuttings had callused, and eventually probably would have rooted, but that sped them up, thankfully. My other two roses, as mentioned, only took a week to root as opposed to the several weeks the yellow rose took. As for your antique moss rose, I feel pretty confident that you could get successful green cuttings come Spring, using the Klone King or one of the other cloning machines. I can't say whether any of the other machines are any better, but I will say that if you see one with a dome, avoid it. After reading the material, I am in agreement that too much heat would be generated under it because of the heat from the water pump and being under lights. I think, reading that, was what settled me on the Klone King - intuition spoke to me. :) Use some rooting hormone from the beginning, though, to give things the extra edge. I was cocky and thought I wouldn't need it. Another blow to my gardening ego. Sigh. Oh, and there are different sizes - some have only 12 slots for cuttings, I think. I was "in the mode" at the time, and John said: "Go for it!", so I bought the one with 36 slots. Nice, but possibly unnecessary. Wish I'd been "in the mode" about 3 months earlier, though, when I first saw the thing advertised, because by the time I bought it, the price had upped about $25! We're also predicted to get first frost here in the morning. It's been a long season - longest I remember in ages. I have things I need to do outside still, but they are for after the annuals die, so I've been puttering around, twiddling my thumbs waiting. Am not anxious for winter, but am anxious for shutting the garden down for the season, so I can concentrate on other things. Alex, you mentioned a greenhouse- do you ever grow zinnias there? Lucky ZenMan having that sweet setup to grow zinnias in his basement. No, my greenhouse, which is about 8 x 18 ft up against the south side of the house, is not heated. Perennials can overwinter, and many annuals can handle the cold by the time May rolls around and outside temps aren't going into deep freeze for extended periods. As for ZM's basement setup, he'll be the first to tell you that you can have an indoor setup, too with just a shelf or two - or more - and a 4 ft utility light suspended over it. Doesn't have to be anything fancy. You don't have to have temperature controlled germination shelves (sniff), or even high intensity grow lights, etc, etc. My set up is pretty simple, though it's bigger now than it used to be. I have space for 12 flats that are about 16" x 23" and only 6" high. These will hold about 14 6-cell seed starters or 35 (more or less) styrofoam cups which I use instead of plastic pots for various reasons. You could set up a single shelf with one 4 ft light that would handle the equivalent of 2 of these flats worth of plants. That's still alot of plants. And if you wanted to grow some zinnias indoors, you could simply elevate your trays with books or boxes underneath, removing them as the plants grow taller. You getting me? Think I've talked enough. Whew. Alex...See Morepenny_sav
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