Shelby

Hi Scotty, I can't wait

I can't get the movie "Meet The Parents" out of my mind. You know, the part where Greg describes milking the cat?

You're a very good writer! I can't wait to read more!

Ditto x100000

This is just so pretty.

Not many around here in Kansas, either due to NO water anywhere. My husband got around a dozen or so. I managed to freeze a few for later use. My favorite way to eat them is wrapped in bacon, stuffed with jalapenos from the garden and grilled. YUM.

Are those fresh figs up there by the cheese???? I've never ever seen a fresh fig. Before I die, I swear I am going to find, hold and eat a fresh fig. I have a strange bucket list.

I can't tell you how many times I've done that.

Awwwww, I love Terry! I didn't know turtles would eat peaches. He's a lucky guy

I'm pea green with envy over the hand cut noodle place. Seriously, I'm droolingly jealous!

When my sister and I were kids my grandmother used to sometimes put leftover spaghetti in ice cream cones (the cake cones, not the sweet ones) for our lunch. I wouldn't do it now but it seemed pretty cool at the time. *adds cake cones to grocery list*

Rancho Gordo sounds fascinating! I can't wait to learn more about them! (Sorry. It can't be helped.) The pots we have in the store or they can be mail ordered from Bram in Sonoma when we get our next shipment. The Zarcos are a favorite but we are running low. We will get them again next harvest. I LOVE the beans we get from you. We had Avocote Negro with pork chili verde the other night and we couldn't stop eating the beans. Both my husband and I remark all the time about the difference between your beans and grocery store beans. Yours are light years better. They just burst in your mouth like pillows of bean goodness!

I've done that, too.

Right you are, and I apologize. I would still be curious to know where this pizza-dipping habit originated, as it's a new one on me. Clearly I don't hang out anywhere that it's practiced. For me it seems it started when Pizza Hut began selling hot wings along with pizza.

I can answer that one. Out here in the sticks, Pizza Hut is one of the only choices we have at work. Thus, ranch dressing helps a lot

Interesting insight, though, isn't it, into the way our world works today. Pre-internet, she probably would have just set down out there on her ranch and started making notes in her diary. A diary that likely nobody but her family ever would have seen. But now... Maybe...... But, the cynic in me says that the blog had lofty intentions from the beginning.

I swear, I have these nopales looking things growing on the edges of our field out here. Maybe I should experiment.

I have standards. The ranch must be Hidden Valley.

I was a long time reader of her blog. While I agree that a few of her recipes are good, you can also find the same type recipes in any local cookbook. Without going deep into it, I grew weary of hearing how much she hates being in the spotlight, how much she sweats due to being nervous etc. etc. If one loathes something so much, why keep doing it? Also, if you do a google on the Drummond ranch, or Ladd Drummond it is quite an eye opener regarding the dollars they receive for keeping horses and how the family acquired their land in the first place. If I didn't know all of the background that I know now, I'd wonder why so many have such strong feelings regarding her, too. That being said, it's her life and I wish her all the happiness in the world. She's just not for me. Oh, and on a side note, if you google Pioneer Woman there are a couple of sites that spoof her blog. They are kind of funny/interesting. But, then you get into the whole blog bashing thing and that gets tiresome, too.

That's exactly the same thought I was just having. Now, if I could only find some nopales.

Where's the fun in that? Whatever will we discuss if we cannot put down TV personalities we don't know? Or judge news events we don't know much about? FWIW, I've not had much success with Pioneer Woman's recipes (not even that cinnamon bun recipe people raved about), so I don't even read her blog. But if the Homesick Texan or Smitten Kitchen or Tartine Gourmande or David Lebovitz came out with shows, I'd watch even if they were on Food Network (if I got Food Network, which I don't). And if I liked them, I'd keep watching. And if I didn't, I'd stop. Amen, sistah

How about fried chicken?

Sheesh, what ever happened to making the birthday girl feel happy and special?! It's no fun to have a spat with your hubby...AND have poor wait service. I say, scrap that dinner and have a do-over. Pick a day next week and pretend like the first birthday dinner never happened.

Could you expand on that? Do you not like the crust? Just curious. Frankly, I start with the crust and work inward. (and, shamefully, I've dipped in Ranch before )

I've never gotten to have "real" Pho from a restaurant....I've always made my own. I'm dying to try the authentic stuff so I can taste the difference. One tiny thing, are you using the real rock type sugar? That sure made a difference in the taste of my Pho.