Get up here! And bring some of that alcohol bread!

It's blizzarding today Kimmy. Couple more days of this and we could go snowmobiling. We could have some real fun, none of that pantywaste rodeo stuff. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I'm going to Fort Lauderdale in Feb with GB, so can't make SAT....YET. Maybe in the spring and then lookieoutu! We'll pick up my little brother and go ride one of those iron bulls! (get your minds out of the gutter boys, it's a legit activity down there).

>blizzarding

>snowmobiling

I think I need to google some words.

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Have I told everyone how happy I am?

NO?

Not here?

I am.

Happy...that is.

Insanely....

Joyfully....

Intensely...

HAPPY!

I've been making lots of beer with my buddies lately, and adding a few handfuls of leftover brewing grains to bread dough (all the carbs have been turned to sugar and removed by then) creates miracles.

GC

Thanks Kimmy - both for being happy, and for telling us about it.

So Gray, do you like the beer better, or the bread? Or is it not a case of "better."

Where did SLH go, I have a recipe for her. Now where did I put it?

I know it's around here somewhere..............
Maybe I left it on the counter in the kitchen?
Let me check - no it's not in my briefcase.

I hate it when I loose things.

OK, I had a recipe, but I misplaced it. I'll get back to you.

SS

You have now. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> and it looks good on you!

Gray,

I used to love Jeff Smith (The Frugal Gourmet) and have two of his cookbooks, one is "Cooking with Wine".

Only thing I ever cooked with beer was brats.

On a health kick now, so no pork.

I hear that homemade beer is very good for you. Thinking about trying to make some lactic acid wine (what the Bible refers to as new wine I am told and very low alcohol content) which is supposed to be very, very healthy for you. I'll let you know.

If only I could get my hands on some organic grapes this time of year. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Jeff Smith and Justin Wilson are personal favorites!

I don't have homemade beer. I don't have homemade bread. I don't have a garden. I don't have fresh-slaughtered meat to age and then cook for a long time.

Darn civilization. Sometimes it really gets in the way of good food.

I do have a fire in the fireplace, though, so not all has been lost to progress.

(This is the most ridiculous post I've ever written. I'm warm, well-fed, deliriously happy about my life, I'm burning bits of my Christmas tree, and I could have homemade bread before bedtime if I got my butt in gear.)

weaver:


I hope you shot 'em or somethin' first, as having screaming kids in a frying pan of hot beer doesn't sound like fun, even if they are brats! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

...boy, that was bad. I should probably not hit the "submit" button...

...but I'm a little goofy right now. Just got my abstract in with only 10 minutes 2 spare before the deadline!

OK, submit!

-ol' 2long
P.S. I can even find a King Crimson song that relates!:

"No ball bagatelle incites your children to conspire.
They slide across your frying pan and fertilize your fire!
Still, you and Jones go madder, broken bones broken ladder,
Hey Ho!"
-King Crimson, "Indoor Games"

I don't have homemade beer. I don't have homemade bread. I don't have a garden. I don't have fresh-slaughtered meat to age and then cook for a long time.

Darn civilization. Sometimes it really gets in the way of good food.

I do have a fire in the fireplace, though, so not all has been lost to progress.

A hot shower is worth a lot though - when you think about it.

SS

Not even Friday 2long, but I get in those moods too sometimes.

Not now though, not now.

How's "the boy" doing these days?

SS

You're so right, SS. And considering that it took me 20 minutes in that very thing (a hot shower) to wake up this morning, I guess I'd better either get more sleep or stay in the present day. Or both.

I'm working tonight. It's the first time I've earned my pay in weeks. They pay me, you know, to be able to put together Excel spreadsheets.

Well, okay. They pay me to calm them down when they're excited. But they think they pay me for Excel spreadsheets. It's just as well that they actually pay me to calm them down, because a high school student could do the spreadsheets.

If it works, it works.

Be glad.

I............. also like to think in the shower. Think, pray, it all works for me. The "white noise" helps me concentrate, or it keeps the world at bay so I can.

Work then, and get it done, I'm sure HoFS will be there (on the phone, if nothing else) for you when you finish.

SS

How could I have missed all the excitement? Hi Kimmy! How have you been, dahlin? I've missed you so much.

SS, you'd better not hold out on that recipe you promised. I'm likely to get a little grumpy.

Hey, gray, good to see you too.

slh

1 cup slivered Almonds
1 cup whole pecans
2 cups Planters Deluxe Mixed nuts (no peanuts) (see notes below)
10 cups popped corn (air popped, no salt or butter)


Mix the nuts and popped corn in very large mixing bowl


Combine the following in sauce pan -

1 1/2 cups Sugar
1 1/2 cups Light Karo Syrup
2 cubes real butter (1 cup)

Bring to a boil, and cook to the "soft ball" stage - about 240 deg.
Then add
2 teaspoons Vanilla

Remove from heat, stir in vanilla, and pour over popcorn nut mixture

Stir well until corn, and nuts are coated then spread on waxed paper and let cool for 2 to 3 hours.

Store in air tight container or zip loc bags to avoid excess humidity.
Eat within a week or so, because it's made with real butter, and won't keep for a long time. I think the butter is what makes it taste so good.

Nuts notes:
As far as the nuts go, I have tried many brands. Costco nuts taste like they have been bleached, and are not good in this mixture. I am sure I haven't tried them all, but I know planters nuts are good, and that they work well. Just make sure they are of good quality or it's just not the same.

You can vary the amount of nuts, and or corn to suit you. Some people like more nuts, less corn, some like more corn (especially when kids are involved, and you are trying to save money.)

Don't refrigerate, it condenses moisture on it and makes it soggy.

Don't leave it where your H can find all of it, or it will disappear, and no one else will get any.

Void where prohibited by law. Your mileage may vary.

Remember the Alamo !

SS

I always did like Seuss SLH.

SS

Yes, for you that was pretty lame. Thank gawd for the King Crimson lyrics or I would have been worried. LOL

I love your sig line btw.

make Eden here

There is a lesson in that I think.

Been thinking a lot lately about ACIM, and GB gave me a book called "there is a spiritual solution to every problem" by Wayne Dyer that I am reading right now. It's about trying to live in the higher vibrational energy of spirituality and I am really enjoying it.

It brought to mind Pep's thread about spirituality and relationships. ACIM says that relationships are the temple, not the church or the body, but relationships. I agree.

SS, you make me laugh.

Thanks so much for the recipe. And you're right. My Beloved did do a disappearing act on that last batch. I can't say I blame him! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

slh

I like Dr Suess a lot as well.

I teared up when he died. I'm pretty sure I was already fully grown and getting old when that happened.

"I wish we could do what they do in Katroo
In Katroo they really know how to say 'Happy Birthday to You!'"

-ol' 2long

LOL, 2Long. You never cease to surprise me. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> In a good way.

Weaver, JJ, have either of you set a definitive date?

We haven't set a date but it will probably be this coming summer. As soon as we can afford to take his and my DD out to Lake Tahoe was the original plan, but now I'm thinking we may just have a BBQ out back so all our friends/family can come if they want. GB has a minister friend he really wants to marry us.

Me, I'm a Tahoe kind of girl and with the exception of my little brother and DD, don't really care who all comes. In fact I am kind of hoping he will give me a wedding gift of just telling me when and where to show up. LOL