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November 19, 2008

Coming Back to the Homestead

Well, it's been a very very very long time since I have made a posting on here. But, I hope to get back in the swing of things and create a daily posting from now on. I really like the community of people here and I hope to generate more friends to share the daily musings going on in my nick-of-the-woods.

Like everyone else, I am getting ready for the great Thanksgiving Feast! Yumm! I don't know about you but I like to cook. So, I'm getting the menu ready, making a shopping list, and making early preparations for a wonderful time with my family.

Thanksgiving Menu

Turkey

Cornbread Dressing

Gravy

Au gratin potatoes

Green bean casserole

Corn

Garlic cheese biscuits

Pecan pie

Tea

Coffee

Psalm 111

Praise the Lord.
I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in the congregation.
Great are the works of the Lord, studied by all who have pleasure in them.
Full of honor and majesty is his work, and his righteousness endures for ever.
He has caused his wonderful works to be remembered; the Lord is gracious and merciful.
He provides food for those who fear him; he is ever mindful of his covenant.
He has shown his people the power of his works, in giving them the heritage of the nations.
The works of his hands are faithful and just; all his precepts are trustworthy,
they are established for ever and ever, to be performed with faithfulness and uprightness.
He sent redemption to his people; he has commanded his covenant for ever. Holy and terrible is his name!
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
a good understanding have all those who practice it. His praise endures for ever!

Omnivore's 100 list of things eaten (or not eaten!)

Here’s what I want you to do:
1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Mark any items that you would never consider eating.
4) Optional extra: Post a comment here with the link to your blog with you answers, I would love to see what’s bolded on your list and post a comment at www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results (so far there are over 1170 comments)

The Omnivore’s Hundred:
1. Venison - almost every year my dad gets a deer for us
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos Rancheros - very popular in Colombia, love love love them!
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile - does alligator count? I think so
6. Black pudding - they have this in Colombia - NO THANKS!
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht - my mom made a big pot of this once, sadly it all went down the toilet, none of us liked it. I should try it again.
10. Baba ghanoush.
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi -
15. Hot dog from a street cart -

16. Epoisses -

17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes (just a taste...)
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream - I prefer vanilla bean.
21. Heirloom tomatoes - are there any other kind you’d want to eat?
22. Fresh wild berries - oh yes, remember these?
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans - any kind of beans are good with me, particularly frijoles antioquenos, YUM!
25. Brawn or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper - no but I would like to
27. Dulce de leche - ooooo yeah, it’s called arequipe in Colombia.
28. Oysters - yes, they tasted like sand!
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas - l
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi -
34. Sauerkraut - my dad makes the best on New Year’s Day!
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar -
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat - no, but I would love too
42. Whole insects - MMMM, fried ants, ate these when I was a kid in Colombia, we caught them ourselves and fried them up.
43. Phaal -
44. Goat’s milk -
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more -

46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel -
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut -

50. Sea urchin - see eel.
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer - LOVE IT
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal - when I was young ... no longer!!!!
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini - shaken or stirred?
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine -
60. Carob chips - yep but I prefer 60% dark chocolate chips
61. S’mores - of course
62. Sweetbreads - of course, who hasn’t. My fave is a roscon, a sweet bread filled with guava.
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst -
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs - yep, taste like chicken
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake -

68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain - yes, both ripe and green, one of my favorite foods!

70. Chitterlings, or andouillette - no thanks
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini - caviar, delicious.
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost -
75. Roadkill -
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie -
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong -
80. Bellini
81. Tom Yum
82. Eggs Benedict -
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant
85. Kobe beef - nope, I prefer mine local
86. Hare - yep dad hunted these as well.
87. Goulash - yum!
88. Flowers -
89. Horse - not that I know of, but do we really know what is in hot dogs?
90. Criollo chocolate -
91. Spam -

92. Soft shell crab - My first taste fresh on an island in the carribean was best - never tasted so good since...
93. Rose harissa -

94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano -
96. Bagel and lox - bagel and anything is good
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake

****Update On Morley****

Please check out Forward To The Past for previous post.  The note below is from Morley's wife Esther and this couple & their family still need your prayers please - but it would be so good if this wasn't cancer but just inflammation:  The note below was posted from Esther yesterday.

Thank you for praying :)

"Update on Morley

I am so tired right now I can hardly keep my eyes open, so I'm off to bed after I post this.

Morley had a biopsy done this morning. The doctor put him under so she could get a 'big chunk' as she said. And she told me, IT MAY NOT BE CANCER! We won't know for sure till we get the test results back, in another week or two, but she said it looks like it's just inflamation. I'm trying not to get my hopes up too high, because I know it could still come back as positive, but, I am praising God for even this hope!

She kept Morley in overnight, so I'll have to go back tomorrow and bring him home. I was at the hospital with him all day and part of the night.

It has been hard this past two weeks. But God has been with us and I know the prayers of everybody have helped.

Question, comments, and my experiments

Hi from Down Under,
I'm trying to grow Stevia for the first time this summer, and I can't seem to get the seeds to germinate. Is there any trick to it, do you know, or am I better to try and find a plant at the nursery?
Rachel L from NZ

I did not have success at growing from seed though it was my first try from seed. I did get a sprout but it didn't make it after that. I may have over watered I don't know. They do say that it is hard to grow from seed. What I did is got the plant and grew from the cuttings. I have three new plants from cuttings I could have made a lot more. I put the cuttings in straight permilite till it rooted (saw new leaves grow) and then put them in soil and a little bigger pots.

Hope that helps

huh... I wonder.... a lot to be able to sell.... but what about just for family/homestead use? Thanks for the idea... I think I will look into this as a supplement to honey.

Thank you for your comments and questions. This is my goal to supplement our sugar or sweetner intake with stevia. I am selling and using stevia green powder that you can cook with.

I will be expermenting on ways to use it and the taste. I will try and keep you all up to date on things I try what works and what doesn't.

limeaid with stevia

Right now I am drinking limeaid with stevia. I started to drink just a glass of water with a lime then thought I'd try adding one of my stevia tea bags to it. Not bad though I may try putting the stevia bag in a little bit of hot water and then try adding it to cold glass of lemon water. Kind of like you do with ice tea. I will let you know how that goes

Cinnamon Apple Oatmeal

I tryed the recipe below and it tasted good. I used soy milk next time I will use regular milk to see what it taste like.

Cabin Roof On!!

Psalm 30: 11-12

Garhett

Dear Garhett,

Thank you for the comments! We enjoyed them so much!

What’s your grade for writing class? How did your Sabbath paper turn out? I need to start working on my assignment, too.

We really wish you could have come with us, as well. The experience here is worth it! Sometimes we wish for a few comforts of home or for food.  Mrs. Kirby broke out her hidden stash tonight for supper; Top Ramen and seaweed to go with rice.  We really enjoyed that! Oh, I forgot to mention the peanut M & Ms we had for desert. Mmmmm….

Today we painted the church some more today. The job sounds pretty good but using the worst brushes in the world and the grossest paint I can imagine, I had to sing, “Oh Rejoice in the Lord, He makes no mistakes” to keep me cheerful. Then after putting on a clean outfit and washing the one I had worn for a few days, I started to paint in the primer which works a lot better than the paint for the windows, but then it happened!!! I sat on a little puddle of that sticky window paint. My clean skirt has brown splotches on it that won’t clean off. My legs, even after my bucket shower and scrubbing with a bristle brush, I still have the stain that stick to my pants. Dad says I have to wash with gasoline tomorrow.

All in all we are doing great and the little problems we have only make us stronger and gives us memories to laugh about later! Most of all they remind us that heaven is our final home.  I really look forward to that every day!

Give your family and my good ol’ bunny, Chip my love. We will see you soon.

Vanessa

Ps. I was only joking about meeting at the Airport with Pizza, but the guys wouldn’t turn you down for an evening of pizza and games when they get back.  We will be back the 15th...And yes, we will do what we can for the Xmas program. We don’t have much time and feel very out of practice. Brianna is the only one who practices every day…. She brought a violin… AF

~Bible Study Today~

Well Im sitting here as John is haveing his Bible class on the phone....And the snow is on it's way they say lookes like we might get alot this afternoon and over the night hours as well...So we will just have too wate and see what we get and if anything stays on the ground. Kinda hope alittle stay's on the ground it will look so preatty, well as long as the roads stay safe, I know some of the areas around us have allready got alot of snow so it's probly moveing our way. The boy's are laying down right now and I have finally figured out why Jack has been sick the past couple of day's....a new tooth has come in, you know I have had the best of luck with teething kids, neather of them have really screamed when they were comeing in mostly got the scoot's and fevers but thats about it, so teething in our house has been very easy too get threw, I used too sit with John and listion to his bible study but that phone broke so now he has to use are other phone so I cant listion in but that's ok, John likes too share with me after he's done so that is so nice too, I am getting abit sad though...I bought John a new Bible for Christmas and it still has not come in so I dont know what Im gonna do, that's the only thing I could afford too get him, it should of been in a couple weeks ago, I have contacted the seller and they havent responded too me yet...so Im getting worried, Well theres a few day's left in this week so hopefully it will come befor months end, I got him the one that he really wanted and I only paid a couple dollers but still, I hope it dose come in....Well as I am typeing right now the snow has started its lightly.....Kinda preatty :)  I got two new headcoverings today, I got them free they are ever so preatty....I can not wate too wear them, I mostly wear them at home right now, I get alittle scared too in public yet becuse I know how easy people are judgemental in this world and I know it really shouldent matter what other people think becuse you do this for the Lord......I guess I just have too shake off some old habits yet of careing what other people think, I got a white and navy long one's, I have a black one that looks just like them too, I really like my mesh ones the most at home becuse I put them on and forget they are there and have went out of the house with them on...he he, And Jack dosnt grab at them eather, that little one always has busy hands thats for sure!

Well I hope everyone is doing good and Im sending great blessings to you and your's, if you ever need a ear just drop me a note and I will get back too you as soon as I can, I know this time of year many people get down includeing myself so if you are please write me so I can pray for you to help you get threw your time of need.

~Ruth