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Gosh, we aren't doing a lot of discussing...I need to be better about this. I just got my latest Anyone else?

A personal hero of mine.

Me too! Also, when eating fries at Wendy's, I dipped them in my Frosty. Now, I must get some MW. I've taken to making our own mayo for quite some time, but now I'm hungry for it. I need a fried egg sandwich with ketchup on one side and MW on the other.

Had a zucchini get away from me already so I shredded it to make venison meatballs so I could restock the freezer. That called for spaghetti night: For Independence Day we had caveman steaks--I guess they are really called cowboy steaks. I've seen this cut on TV but never in real life. They were on sale so Ronnie bought 'em just for fun. We decided two would be too much, so one went in the freezer and he did the other on the grill. Meat was wonderful...dunno why they have to scrape the bone like that lol. First tomato from the garden! Pasta salad Made some green beans and new potatoes in the IP--threw in some Father's ham. GOOD stuff. Strawberries and angel food cake for dessert

Love ketchup on eggs and grilled cheese and I like Miracle Whip.

I don't know if it's available up there but down here there is a brand called Laughing Cow Cheese. It comes in a round box and inside are pie shaped wedges of soft, spreadable type cheese and it comes in a low fat Swiss that I like.

Already had a zucchini get away from me and become a giant so that means it's time to make venison meatballs to restock the freezer

Absolutely the same with Crazy coming in a close second. Her voice is magical to me.

Oh my gosh, this is the most wonderful thing. Your mom looks maybe 70! And you! And everyone! Lovely family!

I don't drink much liquor anymore, but this used to be my favorite. So did White Russians until one unfortunate night in a dive bar playing pool and listening to Patsy Cline on the jukebox.......😂

Salad, shrimp and fries

Ran across a real good deal on a huge ham. Would have never been able to vac pack all of it with my little old Foodsaver. It would have over heated lol. Thank you VacMaster!!!

LOVE LOVE LOVE this!!!! Happy Birthday, @liuzhou's Mama!!!!!! Can't wait for more

Ribs!

My water is always filled, but I use mine several times a week at least and I don't get vacations lol.

Fried and then pressure cooked chicken gizzards with new potatoes and squash.....and dessert Beef steaks, squash, taters and greens last night

Hi! Thank you! Although I do have some garlic planted--I've never harvested it and it grows up every spring. Heaven knows what it looks like underground lol--anyway, those are onions. Nice that your zukes are doing so well! It is an exciting time Kay, I know you're missing it, but it won't be long before next spring!! Very jealous of your apple and pecan trees! Artichoke envy.

First zucchini! We are going to have a lot of potatoes. This was only 3 plants. We have about a billion more lol.

Hot wings using some of my new hot sauce along with new potatoes (garden) and creamed peas and greens (garden)

I lied. I didn't this time, but in my defense, here is what happened: I had sent a half a loaf of the Serious Eats wheat bread over to my mother-in-law a couple days ago. She ate it all in two days lol. And, she never does this, but she emailed me yesterday around noon asking if I had any more of it and if I did, would I bring it over. I hadn't planned on baking yesterday, but how could I not make her some more? So, I dove in. This time I followed the recipe exactly (like I did the first time, but not the second time). The only difference is that I'm out of the Heirloom Warthog Hard Red Winter Wheat Berries, so I switched to Hard Red Spring Wheat Berries. The first two times I've made this, I've now learned (thanks to you good people helping me and the pictures along with the recipe) that the gluten hadn't developed enough. This time I processed it a little longer in the Cuisinart and it worked! (side note--I had to position the dough very strategically around the cuisinart--the dough always works under the blade and makes a huge mess. This time wasn't so bad, though) I knew I had success when it looked like this: This is not pouring in like it looks. It's a taffy-like texture. Very weird feeling, but it looked just like it should. After the first rise: I was able to shape it a bit LOOK LOOK LOOK!!! It rose way over the lip!!! I got so dang excited that I guess I over-proofed it sigh. After baking: Ronnie declared it the best yet. Maybe the 4th time will be the charm and it will look good as well as taste good lol.

Wow! I like the new place

Summer has officially begun!

I see what you're saying. Ok, next go-round I'll do that.

I didn't do a true autolyse....just let it rest a lot longer after adding all ingredients together. Next time I'll do just the flour and water and see if I get any different results. No, I didn't remove the bran. I like the bran in there . If I start doing pastry-like things, that's when I might want to sift it out, though.....

Oh shoot, forgot to add that--thanks! Baked in the CSO using the bread setting.