Hominy, aka Texas Corn, how can you stand that stuff. No flavor just plenty of fiber.
“Pass the styrene, Please”
Morning all. Sunny and cool. Now that Sir J is putting away the snow-blower, we’re sure to get a storm. Have a few errands to do today in between working, how to send a boxcar on its way too - if not, I’ll get to the P.O. on Sat, Kurt. The bride and daughter are going prom dress shopping. That sounds dangerous Decided to put off big window and insulations jobs in favor of trying to fix things myself.
You have to appreceate a man who does things right.
It wasn’t my intent, but last year I did that very thing with the mower, chain saw and tree trimmer. One of those “I’ll do that tomorrow” deals that never gets done. Now none of them will start. Will have to clean the plugs and put in new gas.
By the way, It was my sons chain saw that untangled the tractor and the dead tree. He does as I say, not as I do (at least with the equipment).
Patrick
This Reb loves hominy, but that should be no surprise. Sorry Ole Timer, you can’t (or shouldn’t) have this, but my favorite way to eat hominy is to fry it in bacon drippings, add beaten eggs, salt and pepper, and serve with the bacon crumbled on top.[dinner] I am sure my Doc would say this is a no-no. My wife does say it!
I was trying to think of a smart comment about your Doc but decided I better leave it alone. [}:)]
Patrick
If you guys havn’t seen the drawing on the other thread by Berk765, it sure is worth the time for a look, really fantastic!!!
**Ole Timer…**Sounds like you have the same fatal attraction as Chief…[:D] I’m wondering if the 14 Step Toy Train Addiction Program could be beneficial here if applied in similar fashion. [(-D]
Jack
**Kurt…**hmmmmm.didn’t get it or a PM. Try again. My email is working.
Jack
Patrick,
That hominy sounds mitey fine [dinner] . We used to have it with pork chops, biscuits and milk gravey. Oink, oink ! Never have been able to duplicate some of mom’s cooking, still using that 100+ year old cast iron skillet that she got from her mother.
Man, did I ever hate to give up real cream for my coffee [:(] . However I have learned to use and like the Land-O-Lakes fat free half-n-half, kind of an oximoron, but no fat or cholesterol. Of all the things that I gave up I think the cream was the one item that helped to make a big difference in the cholesterol count. The other diet changes as well as the walking helped I’m sure but when you drink coffee from getting out of bed til going to bed this ol boy kept them dairy cows busy making sure I had cream.
RT, Thanks, look forward to your reply.
In case you missed it, I am looking to find out which series of the “searchlight cars” had the light that would rotate as the car rolled versus the light which was only movable by hand. If thay are cheap enuff might bash them into something for halloween, rotating lited monster’s heads jack-o-lanterns, etc. [:-,]
Old Timer, Oatmeal is not so bad if you doctor it up. First of all use the old fashion kind that requires cooking for 5 minutes. The instant or 1 minute oats are cut too fine and gives you more carbs which equal more fat. The old fashion kind takes longer to digest and more energy burned I guess. Anyway it’s doctor recommended. You can also dress up oatmeal by cooking some raisins with it and you can add bannana or strawberries cut up. All good stuff. I use Splenda sugar substitute to sweeten mine and non fat milk. The only bad thing I do is put some cream cheese on my whole wheat toast. At least it’s the kind with 1/3 less fat than the regular.
Grits taste good if you doctor them up but since you can’t have fried eggs, you could probably have egg beaters. They look like scrammbled eggs and don’t taste too bad. I don’t know about hominy. I think I probably had it as a kid but can’t remember. Another cereal like grits is cream of rice. It looks and taste almost the same to me.
You will get used to the new stuff in time. The alternative to keep eating the same old stuff is not good. Hope you get all the right numbers soon when you get another check up.
Good luck,.Ray
I know what you mean about duplicating Mom’s receipts. Never quite as good. I think I know why. Using my wife, who is an excelle
Good afternoon, it’s a beautiful sunny day here.
HO Thomas came Tuesday. It is a cutie, runs like a rocket as soon as it gets power but doesn’t go much faster at full throttle. The grandkids will love it.
Sir James, try using sugar free syrup in your oatmeal. It adds a nice flavor. I eat it that way most mornings in the winter.
Bob and the Kalmbach IT folks must be in a top secret meeting trying to figure out how to blunt the momentum of this Pot thread. 66 posts in about 24 hours. [banghead]
Love all of the “foods we need to avoid” discussions. Sad to say I had to make some dietary alterations myself. These doctors are great at telling you what to avoid, but their alternatives are lousy in too many instances. I agree with Doug’s observation about cream in the coffee. Some friends of mine follow a strict diet Monday thru Friday and reward themselves on the weekends so they don’t feel deprived and then fall off the wagon. Deprivation is probably the #1 cause of people disgarding their well intended diets. Two of them have MODEST weekly weight targets where the reward only comes with achievemnt. Others actually watch what they eat all 7 days, knowing full well that they have earned an occasional splurge when they want to. [dinner]
Finally partly sunny here after quite a few days of light rain and temps crawling into the 50s. Lawn is greening up. Tulips and dafodils about 9 inches tall but no flowers yet. Rain on and off the next few days, so fertilizer should wash into the lawn nicely. I’ve got a whole host of things in the lawn I need to either eradicate or prevent this year.
**DougM…**check the Scotts website for grub control advice. I think you have suffered a case of premature application [:O]. It happens to you younger guys sometimes. [:D] Think the grub control stuff works for 3 months, and around June 21 would have been better. The intent of the product is to whack the white worm suckers as the grubworms become active and right before they start to emerge from the ground. Crabgrass
Jack: Sent a message to both. If it didn’t work, my email is in my profile.
Doug: Thanks!
Bought wiffle ball and bat today, spent the am at the park with the girls. Off for some checkers, and baseball!
Kurt
Rock Island I don’t have a dog but do have cats so it might have been cat litter and picking up like 2 bags at once which is 25 LBS each and just twisted wrong but doing fine and after tripping at auction with bird bath top I’m fine there to. train room yes but it still will be a slow step by step prodject and slowly get items like paint ect ect as normally don’t have a lot of extra $$ each two weeks I get paid. But things are working out slowely.
Dougdagrump sent you email thru forum. about spot light car from expansion packs.
not to much else going on will talk later.
Jack, looks like I do need the Scotts reminder. Rats. This gown joins countless others… at least this is the last one. Trains are so much more ‘affordable’ - I was thinking … the only place I’ve ever had grits or hominey was a Denny’s in South Carolina. They were separately quite a culinary experience, not soon to be repeated.
Jack, I like your idea. Unfortunately, I don’t think they allow the cell phones in the buildings at York. good thought though.
Rain, need it, but we have too much of it in too little time. They have started closing some schools down as roads are washed out. My son’s school may be closed tomorrow. Speaking of my son, they called me a little while ago, he got “Student of the Month” at his school. I am proud of the little guy.
Jon, looks like I’ll be playing “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” tonight as we got a 4/4 Violin in for the bride and I to practice along with the kids. It is fun, but I may try the Chief’s patience with my lessons at York.
Regarding tractors…be careful. One of my friends who is a orthopedic surgeon was working on his tractor trying to push over a old dead tree. One of the branches was jammed in the front axle and when he went down to clear the jam, another branch that he didn’t notice was attached to the one he was moving hit the shifter and the tractor rolled forward, pinning him between the tractor and the tree. It was a Ford 8N. He was alone and got lucky in that he was able to pull a long stick and push back and get it in neutral…very humbling moment.
Well, I’m heading out of here. I was able to get the home system partially on line. The network router still needs to be figured out, but the main computor is hard-lined and running. I will try to get the router up tonight. On the way home, I will drop off that Polar Express Tender that I fixed for one of the guys. He is going to Florida for the week, and I don’t want it to get lost or damaged at my house.
God Bless,
Dennis
Congrats on your son, Dennis.
Hey Laz, can’t believe the Bears got a quarterback.
Dennis,
Tractors are normally a lot of fun but at the same time they can be very humbling. As a kid I used my grandfathers Farmall Cub for all the farm chores, including mowing. It had a cicle bar cutter, maybe a 5 or 6 ft swath, that was mounted on the side. Being a smug and cocky kid and not paying as much attention as I should have the mower bar just got a tad to close to a tree. I learned the hard way how fast a tractor can make a 90* right turn. [:O] [
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Congrats to the son ! [tup]
Ok I’m back…All caught up on the pot!
Old Timer: Glad they caught these issues while you were upright! I actually like oatmeal. Not grits. Never had Hominy.
Doug: Just smile, say you look stunning, and finish cleaning your guns on the kitchen table as her date arrives. Make sure her date understands dinner is at nice steak restaurant, as shapperone Fife (who opens jacket as he introduces himself to emphasize sholder holster) appreciates good food.
SJ: Good idea to fog the cylinders before storage! I didn’t do that this year.
Dennis: Congratulations to your son!
Kurt
Good luck tonight Dennis with your debut on violin, Twinkle is one of my favorites–right next to Hot Cross Buns. Would sure like to see a video of the performance posted right here [:)] Thanks for supporting your kids with your modeling for the arts, you’ll never be sorry. A+ !
I just got home from working with inner city kids, UFF DA. I do need a drink but I’m still glad I did it. There’s a special place in Heaven for those teachers that do that duty every day.