dear sweet old Lu studying sleep

[franksolich]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/115723612

Oh my.

Lucinda (16,587 posts)    Sat Mar 16, 2013, 10:48 PM

What's for Dinner ~ Sunday March 17th

Will be something quick and easy for us. I have my overnight sleep study Sunday into Monday am.

You?

ZombieHorde (22,986 posts)    Sat Mar 16, 2013, 10:58 PM

1. Tonight I had a tortilla with cream cheese spread on it, followed by hummus, and then stuffed with chicken, spinach, red bell peppers, red onion, sprouts, and carrots.
 
Very y***y. I had two of them, and now I am stuffed.

^^^despite rumors saying the contrary, not one of franksolich's moles.

Manifestor_of_Light (15,805 posts)    Sat Mar 16, 2013, 11:11 PM

2. Meat Loaf w onions.

2 lbs. good ground beef (I use 93% lean)
one envelope meat loaf seasoning mix
2 eggs
1/4 cup bread crumbs
1/4 cup milk
seasoning (I use sea salt, ground black pepper, parsley, garlic)
1/2 cup of onions sautéed in butter.

Mix together and bake as directed in loaf pan.

I do NOT put any tomatoes on mine b/c I am allergic to them.

The sautéed onions give it a good flavor. Y*m!!!

fizzgig (17,180 posts)    Sun Mar 17, 2013, 12:48 PM

3. brisket with t****s and cabbage

no corned beef left when i went to the store last night, so i put it in a brine with pickling spices before bed. it was an impromptu decision, we'll see how it ends up.

^^^the stout, matronly, primitive.

yellerpup (10,784 posts)    Sun Mar 17, 2013, 02:08 PM

4. Cooked the corned beef dinner last night and made excellent corned beef hash this morning with most of the leftovers, potatoes and carrots but not cabbage. Added a small sauteed onion, mustard, sriracha, and Worchestershire sauce and finished with fresh chopped Italian parsley and tiny dice of red onion. Served with poached eggs and toasted whole grain bread. A grapefruit half went very well with it. Now, I have a couple of pounds of granola cooling and am feeling kind of cooked out for today. Dinner? Dunno, but I hope we go out!

cbayer (118,924 posts)    Sun Mar 17, 2013, 02:23 PM

5. Having a bit of a family reunion here and I have been asked to make cheese fondue.

No problem!

Good luck with your sleep study. CPAP has changed my husband's life.

livetohike (14,535 posts)    Sun Mar 17, 2013, 02:48 PM

6. Colcannon, glazed carrots and a fruit salad

Members (actually, only two of them) have been clamoring about the upcoming story, "dear sweet old Lu meets franksolich;" not to worry, it's coming.

However, I'm doing this one differently, and some things need cleared up in order to be credible.

I've never been in the mountains and forests of far-western Virginia, far-eastern Kentucky, far-eastern Tennessee, and the western third of North Carolina.

Do they have bears and snakes down over there?  Does it get pretty misty, pretty foggy, at times?

[GOBUCKS]

Do they have bears and snakes down over there?

Snakes? Even in church.

Does it get pretty misty, pretty foggy, at times?

It's how the Smoky Mountains got their name.

Also, Flatt & Scruggs's band, the "Foggy Mounain Boys".

[franksolich]

Snakes? Even in church.

It's how the Smoky Mountains got their name.

Also, Flatt & Scruggs's band, the "Foggy Mounain Boys".

I kinda remember these things from old tourist brochures and National Geographic magazines, and suppose I could google these things, but I don't put a whole lot of time and trouble into these stories.

I'm guessing mountains, trees, a sort of a blue mist or fog; but I don't imagine it's moonshine country--that seems to me it'd be further north and west of where dear sweet old Lu and bewhiskered Bill with the faded overalls live.  Also, I suppose lumbering's a big deal there, as I got bewhiskered Bill working at the sawmill.

As for the wildlife, I know next to nothing; I'd figured maybe it was like Connecticut or Maryland, all paved over and lawned over, so not even a mouse can be found.  But then I figured no, it's red territory, so there has to be some real nature down over there.

However, I don't imagine they have cockroaches there, and so left them out of the story.

Dear old sweet Lu's bewhiskered Bill is definitely a different sort of critter from the hippywife primitive Mrs. Alfred Packer's hippyhubby Wild Bill; about as different as day is from night.

[Dori]

Members (actually, only two of them) have been clamoring about the upcoming story, "dear sweet old Lu meets franksolich;" not to worry, it's coming.

However, I'm doing this one differently, and some things need cleared up in order to be credible.

I've never been in the mountains and forests of far-western Virginia, far-eastern Kentucky, far-eastern Tennessee, and the western third of North Carolina.

Do they have bears and snakes down over there?  Does it get pretty misty, pretty foggy, at times?

Is she going to be a Hatfield or a McCoy? 

[franksolich]

Is she going to be a Hatfield or a McCoy? 

I think that's more "Kentucky" than where dear old sweet Lu lives.

However, despite my attempts to write something credible, at the same time it's important to deliberately insert a mistake here and there, such as I did in the series on the Packer clan, making a Norman cathedral the predominant feature of the skyline of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

I have a reputation to uphold.

More lurking primitives than decent and civilized people read these stories--the last one, about the cbayer primitive, was a big hit among lurkers--and franksolich of course has a reputation among the primitives as being dumber than a rock.

I rather enjoy havng that reputation (among the primitives); it makes my job easier.

I'm at the moment undecided whether to have snow-shrouded eucalyptus trees in dear old sweet Lu's front yard, or tulips in front of the sawmill where bewhiskered Bill works.

A deliberate little mistake here or there, to make the primitives think I'm dumber than a rock.

[I_B_Perky]

However, I'm doing this one differently, and some things need cleared up in order to be credible.

I've never been in the mountains and forests of far-western Virginia, far-eastern Kentucky, far-eastern Tennessee, and the western third of North Carolina.

Do they have bears and snakes down over there?  Does it get pretty misty, pretty foggy, at times?

Well Frank, I can't speak to Tennessee and NC... but WV, Kentucky and Virgina got bears and snakes and it does get foggy. Real foggy at times. I live up Charleston way and I've seen fog so dense you couldn't see past the front of your car. Diesel Driver has driven thru all these parts, he can tell you. Gobucks said he lived here although he never said where. Might have been up in the northern part. You'll have to ask him. It gets real foggy up there too. And they got bears and snakes. 

Hope this helps.   

[Big Dog]

ZombieHorde (22,986 posts)    Sat Mar 16, 2013, 10:58 PM

1. Tonight I had a tortilla with cream cheese spread on it, followed by hummus, and then stuffed with chicken, spinach, red bell peppers, red onion, sprouts, and carrots.

That must be a tortilla the size of a sleeping bag.

DUmmy really had a bag of Doritos, some toenail clippings, and a half-can of flat Pepsi that was sitting on the coffee table.

[franksolich]

That must be a tortilla the size of a sleeping bag.

DUmmy really had a bag of Doritos, some toenail clippings, and a half-can of flat Pepsi that was sitting on the coffee table.

In soil science, humus (coined 1790–1800; < Latin: earth, ground) refers to any organic matter that has reached a point of stability, where it will break down no further and might, if conditions do not change, remain as it is for centuries, if not millennia. Humus significantly influences the texture of soil and contributes to moisture and nutrient retention.
 
In agriculture, humus is sometimes also used to describe mature , or natural compost extracted from a forest or other spontaneous source for use to amend soil. It is also used to describe a topsoil horizon that contains organic matter (humus type, humus form, humus profile).

Every spring, I see 20- and 40-pound bags of this stuff stacked on pallets outside of greenhouses and nurseries.

I thought one used it in gardening; I had no idea one eats it too.

[Big Dog]

Every spring, I see 20- and 40-pound bags of this stuff stacked on pallets outside of greenhouses and nurseries.

I thought one used it in gardening; I had no idea one eats it too.

  They are DUmmies, so it wouldn't surprise me at all.

I like hummus with red pepper. If I am at a Middle Eastern cafe, I'll have some. But a Taco Gordo concoction of cream cheese, hummus, chicken, vegetables, and bean sprouts? What a revolting idea.

[AprilRazz]

Coach I can tell you the areas of Maryland and Virginia where most decent people live has lots of woods and fields as well as farmland. I have seen bears and snakes aplenty out there.

I have even seen a black bear try to cross a large interstate in the middle of afternoon rush hour.

[Carl]

ZombieHorde (22,986 posts)    Sat Mar 16, 2013, 10:58 PM

1. Tonight I had a tortilla with cream cheese spread on it, followed by hummus, and then stuffed with chicken, spinach, red bell peppers, red onion, sprouts, and carrots.
 
Very y***y. I had two of them, and now I am stuffed.

Figting to keep myself from puking now.

[Karin]

...red onion, sprouts, and carrots.

Do you know how common it is to get severe food poisoning from sprouts?  So, things may be looking up.