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OK CP--- Fess up! What's the secret?  Mine NEVER tastes like I think it should! 
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PERHAPS even SQUIRREL if you have written permission from Fuzzy. But that's it, people!!  You forgot cougar. We visited a friend today who had shotguns at every door of his home. I asked him if they had a lot of crime. He lives out in the boonies in this awesome house. He replied, "Nope. Cougars." Then he showed us a video on his phone from a couple of night ago where a cougar was going from window to doors trying to get in and get his house cat. The house cat was hilarious mewling and hissing and trying to "attack" the cougar. This guy is the same guy who had a men's group at his house where they slaughter 17 piglets for the feast. I have no doubt he wouldn't hesitate to add cougar to his chile.
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I have a very handsome guitar-playing teenage son!
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THAT'S IT PEOPLE!! And no, you don't put BEANS in it, either!! And I was gonna remind you---- you forgot the beans!!  Guess not,,huh???  NO BEANS, NO CORN!! 
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Adding cougar to the list since PrincessMeggy is a bona fide TEXAN and therefore, AUTHORITY on chili!
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I keep shotguns by my doors for cougars, too. And CWMI can be an honorary Texas since she has a shotgun at the back door! 
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NO BEANS, NO CORN!! Oh Good Lawd! Who puts beans and corn in their chili?!
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OK CP--- Fess up! What's the secret? Mine NEVER tastes like I think it should! Will share the recipe post my DD did on Facebook for a friend who loved it
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Sorry to hear about your wife. I sure hope she can resolve it. From my perspective, it is a quality of life issue. A stressful job affects all other areas of one's life. My DH and I had this very discussion yesterday. He is expecting a job offer next month and the top issue was "can I be happy in this position or not?" The job is in Oklahoma, btw! We've had to lawyer up because her job thinks they can just fire people for having disabilities or because a staff member might have a difference of opinion from the new middle management woman. And my wife has been there 10 years. They just fired this other nurse that had been there 16 because shje wouldn't kiss the shift managers [censored]. It's a huge mess that now the CEO of the hospital is trying to spin things so the hospital won't be sued because upper management is not paying attention to what middle and lower management is doing. For example, the CEO is now urging my wife to reapply there ASAP as she is "very rehireable". In the end, we've been advised by our lawyer (whom the hospital and board of nursing is scared of apparently) that in the end we shoudl go for the jugular in financial damages. Shoot me an email if you want more details. I don't mind sharing with you...just don't want to go airing that dirty laundry on a public forum.
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Mel, you are too funny!
KT, that sounds stressful, hope it works out...and I will have to check out your dressing recipes. I started making my own this past year and can't eat the store bought stuff anymore.
We are breaking from tradition for our Christmas dinner (ham, potatoes etc) and having a lasagna dinner. It's a pretty easy and delish recipe to make with kids (it has very good instructions with pictures and everything) if anyone ever wants to try ~ google The Pioneer Woman's Best Lasagna Ever.
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NO BEANS, NO CORN!! Oh Good Lawd! Who puts beans and corn in their chili?! No Beans?? IN CHILI???? You all are making Roadkill Stew!! Not Chili!!
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In the end, we've been advised by our lawyer (whom the hospital and board of nursing is scared of apparently) that in the end we shoudl go for the jugular in financial damages. Shoot me an email if you want more details. I don't mind sharing with you...just don't want to go airing that dirty laundry on a public forum. ugh... I hope you can get it worked out soon. Bad managers are about as bad as workplace cheaters, they are both loose cannons. I feel badly for your wife. And GUESS WHO puts corn and beans in their "chili??" 
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NO BEANS, NO CORN!! Oh Good Lawd! Who puts beans and corn in their chili?! No Beans?? IN CHILI???? You all are making Roadkill Stew!! Not Chili!! You silly leftcoasters need to stick to your TOFU and let us handle the REAL FOOD! Good grief...
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I keep shotguns by my doors for cougars, too.
I have a very handsome guitar-playing teenage son! 
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It's use turned midnight, and everyone has gone to bed except me. I have my hands in the innards of a turkey, just about to make a stock from the giblets, for the gravy later. After that I'll stuff the bird with a chestnut and fruit mix and have it ready for the oven. I've also made a Christmas pudding, mince pies and a tarte tatin. Over the various days we will be having a steamed steak pudding, lamb and seafood dishes - and no doubt turkey leftovers. The diet starts in the new year.
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Merry Christmas, Sugarcane!
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And to you in five - or is it six - hours' time! I hope to be asleep by then!
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Let's see what the menu will be like a the parent's house this year.
TURKEY(I can NEVER get enough)
Stuffing(stove top, sorry but we LOVE it, there should be about 5 boxes in the 20lb AMERICAN bird)
Homemade cranberry sauce(which I put on EVERYTHING)
Mashed potatoes
Corn(I make a nest in my taters too)
Pea salad
Carrots
green beans
Salad(cheese, romaine, tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, croutons)
Cheese tray
Asparagus
Rutabaga
Brussel sprouts(my mom is a vegetarian so there are TONNES of veggies)
and for desert, lemon meringue pie, apple strudel and fruit cake
and then on Boxing Day(Dec 26th for all YOU foreigners) it will be Christmas Part Deux at my MIL's house since WH is working and the kiddos see MIL once or twice a year now. We will have lasagna, shepherd's pie, meatballs, venison stew, mashed potatoes, corn, and egg nog.
ETA, can't believe I forgot toe Pecan pie for Boxing Day. It's in my fridge right now just calling me.
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Listen here, you yankees and foreigners! You do not have permission to do any yankee foolishness to Fuzzy Goodhue's Texas chili! If you are going to make it then stick to PROPER chili meat. I guess we have to spell this out for you silly people. ![[Linked Image from pic4ever.com]](http://www.pic4ever.com/images/hanghead.gif) Um, then I guess I probably shouldn't substitute tofu and whey curds, either?
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I'll say one thing for you northerners: that was a slick move, slapping two major 'food' holidays back-to-back! Yum - a foodie's paradise! But OH, the calories!
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