What's for Dinner #424, Fall/Winter 2025
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Comments (97)No interesting cooking for people over here, but I’ve been cooking tasty food for dogs :-) We’re in Berkeley taking care of our friends’ very elderly and reportedly on his last legs little dog. I am, of course, determined that he will not expire on my watch, and when he eats enthusiastically I feel better. So, what to feed him? The base is a tasty homemade chicken stock, made from a roasted chicken, carrots, celery, onion - just like you’d make a chicken stock for yourself. We cook a batch of rice with that stock. Other chicken is browned then simmered, and minced up. His kibble is soaked in more stock. Then some more cooked chicken and carrots get pureed with stock into a sort of gravy-paste. Rice, kibble, and gravy are mixed, then briefly warmed in the microwave. Finally, crisp bacon is crumbled on top. I am pleased to say that Elderly Dog positively gobbles his food, cleaning his bowl reliably enough that I can give him his pills crushed in the food. I’d happily eat it myself, actually, except that there’s no salt or spice. Well, I don’t really like kibble. All the fixings are in stored in Tupperware so feeding doesn’t take long....See MoreWhat's for Dinner #413 Fall/Winter/holidays 2024
Comments (106)Jasdip, I knew we were alike, LOL, although I'm past the dancing in public stage I think! Oh, the mashed potatoes look delicious too. Neely, the tart looks very interesting, I would not have thought to mix pineapple and apple but it sounds good PM, I didn't make turkey spaghetti, but I did make peanut butter chicken: Also nicely medium burgers one day along with some baked beans: I roasted a sirloin tip very rare, and had it with white sweet potatoes and some diced golden beets. Sorry Neely, it seems that I ate all the red ones first and all that are left are these. We made sandwiches a couple of days later with horseradish mayo and some sweet and sour cole slaw: The two monsters really enjoyed the rare beef too, begging for bites. Elery's cat promptly took a nap on his lap: Mine took a nap in a spare box. He sleeps in them until they collapse and then we have to find him a new one. THat's not always easy, he weighs 27 pounds! Last night we had bean soup and tonight we had enchiladas and I didn't remember to take a picture of either one. Maybe tomorrow night, when we have leftovers, LOL. Annie...See MoreWinter Damage of winter 2024-2025.
Comments (170)It's beginning to look like if I hadn't bought the backup Nordmann, I would only have bad news to report, although the first tree that reacted so badly to its planting isn't brown and dead yet. A month after planting, I wondered if I didn't have too much sunshade, after all. I had things so it was only getting the filtered sun that came in through the burlap and thought maybe it was time to give it some unfiltered sun. So, I took off the top burlap and part of the lower burlap, so it at least got a couple hours of direct sun during the day, and an hour or so before sundown. I figured being it already was getting some sun; it should be UV acclimated. Plus, it was mostly cloudy the next day with some rain showers, so should be as good as it gets for timing, right? The day following was mostly sunny. I think that the bottom branches were already looking like they might be browning even before I took some of the shade away. But following the sunny day, a couple branches at the bottom were definitely brown. And the new growth that went limp a couple of weeks ago were still limp with no sign of straightening up. The only difference I can see from earlier, is the new growth, in spots is acting like the needles are attempting to spread apart even though they're just hanging there. Could be signs of life. I thought I'd see more improvement after a whole month, but this tree has me baffled. Now for the good news. ;-) The #2 replacement that I up potted, has steadily grown the last almost 2 weeks. Here's a comparison picture, just over 12 days: The tentative plan for now, after a lot of consideration, is to just leave original #1 tree, right where it is. If it lives, fine, if not nbd (It's way back in the SE corner of the yard). Which brings up, the rest of the story. ;-) (In a way, more bad news, but with a silver lining). :^) As mentioned earlier, I'm running out of room for more plantings and the one tree I always considered for removal, got the nod immediately, when I mentioned it to DW. :-0 This tree (commonly called a 'swamp maple' in other parts of the country), has been a bit disappointing (almost embarrassing) in its performance. Even with supplemental watering and fertilizer, it just can't take those summer dry spells, without me constantly keeping the soil moist, in an ever-expanding circle to cover the root zone of this tree. So, without the consistently moist soil, required for it to flourish, it just has to go. Acer rubrum: I thought maybe a root problem was the reason for its stunted growth, almost 9 seasons in the ground. But the roots looked pretty good. There was a tell-tale sign of the beginnings of heart rot (the dark spot at the center of the stump). I had to chop a few of the roots on one side to get it to tilt/go when I pulled to keep the wheels from spinning, but the area got pretty clear of roots overall and the ones that are left are a foot or so out from center so nbd. Which brings me to the conclusion of this post and how things can work in concession to produce the proverbial 'Silver Lining'. ;-) With the Acer rubrum gone (I have a better of the same in the front yard). I now have a semi protected, large open area for the #2 Nordmann transplant! Where I can see it from the house! And this Fir is somewhat drought tolerant and can bear dry spells once established. :-) What can I say? Except I'll need to wait until late summer before planting. And as an aside, I was considering this spot for the Serbian spruce (far right in picture). It's a little close to my Tsuga c. right now but the form of the P. omorika is supposed to be on the narrow side, so it should be fine there for at least the next 20 years or so. :-) ///...See MoreWhat's for Dinner #419 Spring 2025
Comments (105)Congratulations, annie! Yes Neely, now that you can post again, please show us more! On Sleeve’s dream - I was a rather casual student, and actually did that. Three times. In high school, I told my dad I was bored by some of my classes, he said I didn’t have to go, so I didn’t, and finally the school ordered me “suspended until he returns to class”. This was in my junior year. I dropped out of high school and started college. In my last quarter in college, I signed up for some class, got bored, stopped attending, missed the midterm, missed the final, got an F. Didn’t care, had been accepted to grad school already. Much later, in B school, I absolutely hated the “Organizational Behavior” class, and stopped attending after the midterm. I showed up for the final to see if I could pass by just making stuff up. I got a ”C” so at least I didn’t have to repeat the class. Ah for the days when you could just piss off and there were no consequences!...See More- 17 days ago
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