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FauxPas, those strawberries are so red and pretty! Lettuce wraps, spring rolls and a rice noodle salad last night. Noodle salad recipe from Smitten Kitchen . I don't think I used enough oil...and I didn't have sesame seed oil so I used plain olive, but this was good. The sauce/dressing was a hit. Cukes were nice and cool against the heat. I used a lot of Siracha --more than what she called for.

Oh that jam is so pretty!!!! And the 'maters are too I think you could roast them in regular oven for sure.

I enjoy roasting them myself. It's therapeutic Mine from mail order keep a good week and a half but then I have to get on the stick and get them processed and frozen. Do they cost more if they roast them for you?

Great ribs, Norm! Anna, I'm hungry for stroganoff now. Very cool, Baselerd. Spaghetti red last night. Made a huge pot of venison chili to freeze. Used up a few tomatoes and peppers

I second a vote for reading FatGuy's thread for PJ. He had some great ideas. You could make and freeze a batch of breakfast burritos. Cut them in half and freeze if he's not able to eat a whole one. Same with breakfast sandwiches. Heat 'em up in a toaster oven or microwave while getting him ready. When I was a kid I loved those individual string cheese things.

Ah, yes. Matilda speaks fondly of her cousins up north . That must be it. I'll posthumously name him Martin. I hope the death occurred after the mating at least......... They really do eat a lot of bugs. I hope they stay thru the remainder of gardening season.

I'm in the lurker club, too. I swear this one wasn't there yesterday. Can't see the tape measure but it's about 14". Hello bread or zoodles lol. Pickage today: The farmers only did a test cut of the corn last week. It's still not dry enough for harvesting. However, there were some ears left on the ground so I gathered them up this morning. The birds love these in the winter. Matilda is still eating and growing. She added to her web. It's HUGE now. I named the second spider Madison. We had a third one....small, wee spider, she was. She had a cool web going. I couldn't find her a couple days ago. I figured she was out hunting. Then, I made it over to Madison's web....she was eating the third spider. Yes. Madison is a cannibal.

Sounds like you'll fit right in

How did I miss this topic for so long???? Thank you, Liuzhou, for all of your work here. I LOVED reading through this. So many exotic sounding dishes.

I've bought them before. Handy when I used to work. Good snack at work. I also bought them for a trip which included a hospital stay for a loved one. Super handy to snack on while waiting overnight. I thought they tasted just fine.

I only pound when I need to get out some built up aggression.

Turkey sandwiches and fries

I see some marbling and they look delicious!

Gorgeous! This might put me over the edge on being brave and getting a pressure canner.

A friend of ours gave us this electric smoker. It's pretty handy Inside pic My folks gave us these wonderful Colorado trout....seriously the best eating. Ronnie thawed them out and did a salt brine..not a long time, just a few hours. Into the smoker they go.... All done Salads Alfredo sauce of sorts with hatch chile, onion, tomato and smoked trout. Very good. Dessert....peach cobbler with ice cream...Ronnie loved it. My dessert Baileys on ice I can't thank you all enough for your comments and for reading. This is our life. I'm gonna drink my Baileys and hit the sack....another day of canning tomorrow

Oh I would LOVE to have Matilda in my window. You are not alone, that would entertain me all day long.....put us together and we'd be the cheapest dates ever. Something bad happened today. I got a case of the lazies. I didn't can.....I will do it tomorrow for sure. I did dry some cherry 'maters--or rather grape 'maters Before the oven. About 3 1/2 hours at 225 degrees. Sprinkled with sea salt, pepper and drizzled olive oil. After We snack heavily on them while they are cooling off. Super good. I froze a bag of peaches for a pie later.....put some in a container for us over ice cream and saved the juice for a batch of jelly (GOD help me on that) Also made a peach "cobbler". It's more like peach cake to me. It's good. One of the only recipes I use from a popular blogger who I shall not name except for the initials of PW. I have not had good luck with a lot of her stuff. Especially a Thanksgiving turkey recipe.....I won't say more except to tell you that it ended in a word that rhymes with zizaster.

I think they should make the Thermapens read-out flip around like a smart phone does so that no matter which way you're holding it the numbers are right-side up.

They left me alone this morning. Guess I wasn't sweet enough.

Farmers are here. Corn harvest has begun! When they are finished I take my big baskets out and collect the corn that doesn't make it in the hopper. I can usually find a lot of corn still on the cob that I put out for the birds to eat all winter. Plus it makes good fall decor. I also go an cut some of the dried corn stalks that I use for decor on the porches.

Awesome. Thank you so much for taking time to do this. I will be making these.

He does. If we have a whole lot to clean, I help. I like cleaning fish. I like cutting up venison. I've long said that I was a butcher in some past life lol. I'll try to remember next time we catch some to take pics of the cleaning process. I keep "used" oil for quite some time. If I've fried 'taters , I'll save that and use it for eggplant and then save it again. Fish oil....I don't keep, although I wouldn't fault those that did. I would if I fried a lot of fish. You're a smart woman. Well, it's Monday. Not the most favorite day of the week for some of you I'm sure. Hang in there...it'll be Tuesday soon It's a nice, cool, cloudy morning so after we picked the garden we decided to go down to our river and fish for a bit. No luck, but it was nice sitting there watching the grass frogs, squirrels, ducks and other assorted critters run around. Flower for today....not a garden flower, but I love these. I think they are Morning Glory?? They wind around my back porch. Gardenage : What's better than cold pizza for breakfast Dishes to be done.....cherry 'maters to dry.....'maters to can.....I'll be back in a bit

I hope ya'll are having a good evening Ronnie's catch today at the lake: Four catfish on the left, two drum on the right. Lots of people don't keep Drum and consider it a "trash fish" but it's good. Nice white meat. I can't pass up fresh fish so I'll fry some up for dinner on Tuesday. We decided on pizza for tonight so I made dough and let it rise for about an hour. I always make at least a double batch and freeze some so that it's easy next time. We like a 3 cheese pizza....shredded cheddar, parmesan and mozz. I roasted a couple of Hatch chiles, diced some onion, sliced some black olives and threw some pepperoni on. I turn the oven on with my pizza stone in like 3 hours before I do pizza at 550 degrees. That's as high as it gets, but it does get hotter with the stone in there. All done I wanted some eggplant so I do a "light" version of eggplant parm. Fry them briefly in oil and layer them with sauce and a bit of cheese. Bake in the Breville oven for about 30 mins at 350 degrees. I neglected to take a pic of the pizza on the plate with the eggplant parm..sorry. It sure was good I'm off to bed. Last day tomorrow, I hope you guys will hang in with me Sweet dreams, ya'll

If I lived close to you I'd buy every last one. Can't you sell them to someone around there? Around here if someone puts a sign in their yard that says "EGGS $2.00/Dozen" people come from far and wide to buy them.

COOL! Thank you!

Ok, sounds good. I'll try I'll miss Matilda when she's gone. I still haven't forgotten about that tomato skin salt....I just was too busy to mess with it yesterday, but it will happen. Ronnie has wanted me to make pickled eggs for a looooooong time. I've had one that was store bought. I really didn't like it. Strong vinegar taste and....rubbery. Maybe I'll like these better? I've been saving some eggs from my girl down the road so that they wouldn't be so fresh and hard to peel. They were still hard to peel I find shelling peas relaxing. I find shelling eggs to be an activity that makes me want to hurl the eggs out the window. I hard boiled them a couple of days ago. One part cider vinegar to four parts water, salt, fresh dill, Thai peppers, chopped onion and garlic and two teaspoons of pickling spice. I guess we'll wait a few weeks before tasting....should be ready just in time for teal and dove hunting. God help whoever hunts with Ronnie after he eats those