Shelby

Did you find gunk?

Well, thank you for getting us an answer for this question. And, dang, I'm sorry you're having troubles.

Oh man, I thought we wouldn't make it. We were the VERY last stop to get fixed by Westar Energy. I ran outside when they got here --could have kissed them all. A couple of guys got in a fist fight in our yard. I was told they were blowing off steam lol. The power came on around 10 pm. I was elated.

When we were without power for 12 days after an ice storm, it was awful during the time, but in retrospect, I kinda had "fun" adapting and figuring out what I could cook etc. by candle light, using just the burners on our stove that I could light. I remember the first thing I cooked was a chicken chili. Thank goodness for wine and candles and flashlights. It sure was cold in the mornings, though, lol.

Don't leave please I don't know exactly the number but I'm sure soon you'll have unlimited posting ability.

WOW!!! What incredible work! Your basket goodies look delicious and that village! I love it! Almost makes me wish it was still the holidays and I'd make one.......I said almost......

😳 Say it ain't so

I'm super impressed that squash stayed good for that long!

Those carrot salads are SO COOL looking. I want to do this. I know all that planning and then not to be with your family was hard, but at least you had each other and your furry babies and your wonderful camper. And now you don't have to share all of your goodies. 😁

Ronnie does this all the time, but he always explains that the store was out of whatever is missing. Last time it was sugar 🤷‍♀️

Oh no! I'm so sorry.

Me too!

I have the flu something fierce so I'm not firing on all cylinders. Forgive if a dumb question. Does the milk container (not the bag) have a lid?

When I got my Vacmaster I wanted vac pack every thing in the house, now I want to smoke everything lol.

Kim, I won't do either of those any other way either. I did the BEP's for the first time (I think) in there--I added a ham hock and some tomatoes. Like you said the beans were so creamy and good!

I was recently gifted a Cameron smoker. I thought I'd give it a test run last night using some German brats that we got for Christmas. Gosh this little smoker is fun, easy and it does a great job! Put about 4t. of wood chips in the middle, put a piece of foil down, put the rack on top, place your food, slide the lid on, put it on the burner (I did mine on low because I have a gas stove and the burner I used gets really hot). In about 20 minutes smoked tomatoes and brats

It was a bummer. I love the texture.....I saved it. I think I'll mix it into some macaroni and cheese along with a sharp cheddar. Yes--I love those noodles. I'll go down here in a bit and get the brand. I get them at the asian market.

Happy New Year Everyone! I'm so glad the holidays are once again done with. I still have my decorations up and I'm enjoying them. Might leave 'em up a while longer New Year's Eve Eve I needed Chinese food--ok American type Chinese food lol. I think @liamsaunt made me hungry for it. Drunken noodles, pork belly and egg rolls Then New Year's Eve/our 20th wedding anniversary we had some wonderful seafood given to us by my mom and step dad. Started off with some cheese I've been saving for NYE. I got it at Whole Foods. Went in asking if they had Harbison. They were sold out but the cheese monger suggested this cheese as a very good substitute. It wasn't The texture was lovely But it tastes like.......nothing......very disappointing especially considering the price of $37. I served it on this great board that my sister and brother in law gave us for Christmas. That design on the front is the family brand that is/was used for cattle. Anyway, we moved on to some oysters And then some crab cakes made from some lump crab. Ronnie said they were the best crab cakes ever. Somehow I missed a picture of the seafood bisque that I also made. Yesterday, we did the usual.....I didn't want to mess up and not have the the good luck stuff, so RG black eyed peas with a Father's ham hock, greens from our garden, mashed taters and fried chicken

Kim, you did awesome! No way could I have gotten all of that done. I'm exhausted just looking at it. I'm going for a nap.

Totally

I can't believe it's already here! It's our 20 year wedding anniversary on NYE. We had such a fun wedding up in the mountains. We set off fireworks at midnight. Couldn't get away with doing that nowadays! I don't have anything set in stone....Mom and stepdad gave us some oysters and some lump crab meat that I'm eyeing.....I think I have one last bit of foie gras in the freezer.....so something using those things. Champagne is on the porch already cold --also some interesting wine. I have a chicken brining for New Year's Day. I'm going to fry that up. I froze some collard greens from the garden and have black eyed peas from RG. Might make Texas caviar with those, or maybe not. Mashed taters and gravy of course. @liamsaunt's Chinese sounds divine. Maybe I'll do something like that tonight!

Aw, thank you! It was pretty good. No, it was just one of those "look in the fridge and see what I have" type of things. I had some stale bread, some Jimmy Dean and some mushrooms and broccoli that needed to be used. I normally don't make one of those for just the two of us, but it sounded good so I did . I think we are still eating on it lol.

LOVE this book, David---"the gin punch is a pleasant innocent beverage which is potent" 😂 And the cheese spread on potato chips.

I'd put them in both the pot pie and the soup.

Never seen those boulders before. Super cool.