Let's have a fun dress discussion
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Comments (19)As I said in the other discussion: I do substitute compost for some or all of the peat when using the mix in fabric Smart Pots that are on bare ground. The earth acts like a giant wick so the pot is more like a mini raised bed, and there is no perched water table. The roots actually grow through the bottom of the pot into the ground. When making 5-1-1 for regular containers, I don't use compost or manure because the fine material can make the mix too water retentive. In any case, I don't count on the compost to meet the nutrient needs of the plants in a container. I use mostly chemical fertilizers in both situations. When growing in a regular raised bed or directly in the ground, I prefer organic fertilizers and amendments....See MoreIm bored! Lets have some fun
Comments (53)Sure, I'll play along. Fruit= Raspberries or Apricots (I can't decide) Veggie= Carrots Main Dish or Meat= Oysters or Lobster (again, I can't decide) Side Dish= DH's barbeque beans Dessert= Cheesecake Drink= (alcoholic or non) Ice cold Corona with lime on a hot summer day Spice= Cinnamon Cookie= Kifli (Hungarian cookies with walnut or apricot filling) Breakfast= Breakfast burrito with eggs, cheese, chorizo and tons of Annie's Salsa Snack= Tortilla chips with tons of Annie's Salsa Summer Meal= Tomato, Onion and Cucumber Salad Kitchen Utensil= Microplane graters Method of Cooking= Grilling Pan/Pot= An ancient Club aluminum pot - it's always in the sink needing to be washed LOL Knife= Kyocera ceramic chef's knife Restaurant= Don't have one - we never go out to eat :-)...See MoreLet's discuss pasta sauce.
Comments (28)I was always intrigued by vintage cookbooks that used chicken livers in Italian meat sauces. A few years ago, I found another one in the book In Tuscany by France's Mayes, tried it, and really liked it. (Bracketed comments are mine.) FIORELLA'S RAGU DI FUNGHI PORCINI This recipe begins with odori, the earthy mix of root vegetables and parsleythat is at the heart of many Tuscan dishes. Serves 6 to 8 Odori: 1 carrot, minced 1 celery stalk, minced 1 onion, minced A handful of parsley, chopped 1 clove garlic, minced 2 Tbs. EV olive oil 2 Italian sausages, casings removed [14 oz.] 3/4 pound ground veal 2 chicken livers, cut in small pieces Salt Pinch of red pepper 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 cup red wine [I used chianti] 1 ounce dried porcini mushrooms 1 Tbs. tomato paste 6 to 7 fresh chopped tomatoes or one 28-ounce can tomatoes Sauté the odori ingredients in the olive oil [medium heat] to make the odori. Add the sausage, veal, liver, salt, red pepper and garlic. Sauté until brown, [medium-high heat] stirring often. When the mixture begins to stick to the pan, add the wine and stir [occasionally] until it evaporates. Meanwhile, put the dried mushrooms in hot water for 10 minutes. Remove them from the water [straining and reserving it], chop, and add them to the meat, stirring well. Add the tomato paste and the tomatoes. When the sauce has come to a boil, add the water from the dried mushrooms, well filtered. Simmer slowly for about 40 minutes. Serve with fresh-cooked, al dente tagliatelle or fettuccine. [I used fettuccini but would also be good on mafalda. It's too chunky for thin pasta like spaghetti.] I make different sauces depending on the time of year. In summer, my favorite is based on fresh tomatoes. In winter, I often use creamed vegetable soups with less liquid added as a sauce, especially roasted garlic soup. In springtime, we eat a lot of veal and I often make a sauce based on Veal Marengo....See MoreLet's discuss Echinaceas!
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amylou321
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last yearI think anything goes, including Marilyn monroe, and everything Amy Lou describes! I just know I don't want to look matronly, I don't think I can do a tea length dress which I love (too short it would cut me off at the wrong place), and that's about as far as I'm getting.
Heck, I keep looking at this dress and I know it's not right at all! Wrong fabric for winter, not really all that long, but it sure would cover up a multitude of sins.
Slap on a bunch of jewels and a jacket of some sort and I'm there.
rob333 (zone 7b)
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Here are a couple of one shoulder dresses that are a bit more....well glamorous I guess. I do not know about the slit but no one really juts their leg out like that to call attention to it anyway.
rob333 (zone 7b)
last yearNice!
How do you know I don't leg jut? 🤣
I forgot to mention, there's also dinner and dancing. So what about a Christmas-y dancing dress? I didn't think about trying to dance in a long dress. Hmm
amylou321
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I would wear this, even though its not pink! Christmas red is perfect for a December wedding!
rob333 (zone 7b)
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Well you asked for it. ( I own this dress. I wear it to work. I have never tried to dance in it but it would probably look great mid-twirl. Especially with the bright red petticoat I wear underneath it)
Too Christmassy???? 😂maifleur03
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Annie Deighnaugh
last yearI think glam, I think shiny fabrics and feathers.
I think Bette Davis...they did a lot of low back back then...
Or I think of Nora Charles/Myrna Loy
Or maybe those fab gowns by Edith Head. Something in ice blue with feathers? But if you are going up against drag queens, that's quite a challenge!
carolb_w_fl_coastal_9b
last yearlast modified: last yearGinger Rogers had some fabulous gowns - I believe she designed a number of them herself...
P.S. I posted this before rob's post showed up for me. My apologies, since I see the green gown now - and it looks fab 😀
sephia_wa
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last yearWell since you asked...
I also bought these.
(Loved the feather boa suggestion, but I just couldn't find any for sale)
And these I already owned
Or I may buy something else.
eld6161
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happy2b…gw
last yearlast modified: last yearrob333 (zone 7b)
last yearlast modified: last yearBut we haven't even talked about the hair?! Or makeup
Kidding.
I have often worn my hair Lauren Bacall style and I'm betting that's what I'll do again. Or not.
We can keep going... heh.
ETA: I was joking around with kiddo this morning and I asked if this was too much. Seriously JOKING!
nicole___
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beesneeds
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last yearI could never go that big.
If I were to do anything like that, it'd be more Holly Golightly.
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summersrhythm_z6a
last yearrob333 (zone 7b)
last yearLike this summer? This is what I ended up getting. It cost as much as the dress did.
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