OT/MISC Quilt Squares or "What's for Sunday Dinner?" January 19th, 2020 : )

jward

passin' thru
Waves hello from in front of a blazin' wood stove, where I am curled up with a half dozen books & piles o' paperwork. As one might expect, not doin' a good job with any of them :: smile :: Hard to believe DH tried to veto a love seat in the kitchen, it's the purrfect place for multitasking!

The sun is a brilliant shaft illuminating the dust & woodsmoke vapours. The 16° weather it's putting out, though, has dampened it's real world utility. Friday too was a productivity bust, and found us here in the MO midwest iced in and facing a long list of cancellations. I really did not need the down time,
but it's been pleasant weather for catching up on laundry, appliance ckeaning & mopping. Also for experiments in the kitchen, such as goats milk caramel sauce, found below.

Dinner will be left over fried chicken, strawberries & caramel cheesecake and chai tea to chase away the chills. Yes. Just chicken. No sides.
What about everyone else? What's on your hearts, minds, and plates as we slip towards the months end--- and towards whatever path on thin ice we're skating upon as a country? I hope those so inclined to prayer will join in ferverent supplication for the wisdom, self control & safety of those meeting tomorrow in Virginia and all across our country. As always, God's will be done.

Be good to yourselves, please, and one another. It matters. You matter. We most assuredly do care! BukYbGF.gif

Cajeta

Author: Ben
Recipe type: Dessert

Prep time: 2 mins
Cook time: 2 hours
Total time: 2 hours 2 mins


Cajeta made from goat milk
Ingredients
  • 1 Gallon goat milk
  • 4 Cups sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda mixed with a bit of tepid water

Instructions
  1. Mix the milk, sugar, and vanilla in a heavy non-cast iron pot.
  2. Heat on medium to a simmer, stirring frequently.
  3. Add the baking soda *SLOWLY* while stirring.
  4. Keep heating and stirring frequently until the cajeta is the color and consistency you want.
  5. Mix with some bourbon (or something else) if you want.
  6. Pour into canning jars.
  7. Keep in refrigerator.

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SouthernBreeze

Has No Life - Lives on TB
We've been busy all week trying to clean up after the tornadoes and high winds we got last Saturday. It's hard to do clean up with it raining almost every day! Enough rain! Our ground is so soggy that the propane co. can't get into our yard to reposition our propane tank back on it's foundation, so we still have no propane. We only use it for back up heat when the wood heater is too much, though. It rained all day, yesterday, AGAIN, but sunny and cold today. It's been the strangest winter this year than I can remember!

Anyway, Cary and I both have a head cold, and don't feel up to doing much today. If he feels up to it, I'll send him down to the store for hot, homemade pizzas for our supper tonight. Our fur baby hasn't had a chance to go for his ride this week, so he'll be happy to get to go to the store with his daddy! He loves pizza, too!

Have a great and blessed week, everyone!
 

Lone_Hawk

Resident Spook
We are having ham fried rice. Something simple, filling, and using up the last of the ham we froze after Christmas dinner.

Half an onion diced.
Half a yellow bell pepper diced.
Diced up all of the leftover ham.
One package of French Onion Soup mix.

Mix ham, onion, and pepper in the large skillet.
Sprinkle soup mix over it all.
Pour a 1/4 cup of water over the soup mix.

Heat.

When ready add two cups of cooked rice and mix well.
 

jward

passin' thru
Hawk, that actually sounds pretty good to me. I'm putting it on the menu, thanks.

Breeze, pffftt. Sounds like your patience has run thin with the status quo, eh?
Hope you both are feeling better soon! ::: Sharing my tea :::
 

SouthernBreeze

Has No Life - Lives on TB
Hawk, that actually sounds pretty good to me. I'm putting it on the menu, thanks.

Breeze, pffftt. Sounds like your patience has run thin with the status quo, eh?
Hope you both are feeling better soon! ::: Sharing my tea :::

Thanks for the tea! I could use a large cup of Chai Tea Latte about now!
 

straightstreet

Life is better in flip flops
LH, your ham fried rice sounds good!
Jward, I'd definitely try goat's milk carmel sauce! Your description of your sitting area made me feel like I was right there with you. Chai tea is one of my favorites!
SB, I pray your clean up is successful quickly and y'all heal up soon!
For dinner tonight I pulled leftover rotisserie chicken off the bone. Made macarroni then stirred in the chicken, a can of cream chicken soup and 1/4 cup sour cream, topped it with shredded cheese and baked it. We're having creamed corn with it.
I'm praying for Virginia that it is peaceful. I'm praying for our President and his family. It's quite unbelievable when you step back and look at everything the Dems and deep state have done to him. I pray this whole impeachment scam exposes them all for the evil they are. Most of all, I pray everyone here has a blessed week!
 

jward

passin' thru
::: faxin the tea :::

oops. Been informed i dropped the ball, a fumble as it were, by not asking about folks "big game dishes"
yeah, and me a life long chiefs fan, by blood, if not in fact. Shame on me lol. Yes, I bowed out of the
festivities. Talk to me if our season continues. Otherwise, rah. Rah. Yawn. Go Chiefs!

for some reason, I usually made enchiladas for playoffs. Probably to justify the drink choices i preferred lol.
...what about yall? Best crowd pleasers for game day?
 

WalknTrot

Veteran Member
Got the essentials done outside, paths, outbuilding doors and back deck steps for the dogs shoveled out. Inside, starting to shuffle papers and think about getting tax stuff together.

The leftover pork roast is diced and shredded, simmering on the stovetop for hash...the final and best resting place pig parts can go. ;)
 

Marseydoats

Veteran Member
What 'cha reading, jward? Right now I'm alternating between "Good Call' by Jase Robertson and "The Star Garden" by Nancy Turner, fiction about the Arizona Territory in 1906...
That cajeta sounds wonderful!
Southern Breeze, I'm sorry you have so much of a mess to clean up.
After most of the week being in the 70's and pouring rain, yesterday the temperature plummeted 50 degrees, and they forecasted snow, which we thankfully didn't get. One of the women I work with came in wearing shorts and a t-shirt, with no coat, and said she was cold. I had 2 coats, 2 jackets, my rain coat and boots in the truck in case I got stranded.
Spaghetti for dinner, hoping for some left overs. Supposed to be sunny all week and we sure need it to dry out.
Hope everyone has a nice, productive week!
 

TerriHaute

Hoosier Gardener
The warmest it's been today is 13 degrees so we are staying hunkered down in front of the fireplace and watching the TN vs KC football game. Dinner tonight is Kahlua pork and cabbage cooked in the Instant Pot.
 

jward

passin' thru
WTG walkntrot! I admire your energy, would not want to tackle path clearing in a MN winter!

I see you and Fairbanks both joined the pork trend today...sounds like great choices!

ETA i see Terri is on the pork wagon too...i see some BBQ in my future, y'all have got to be onto something! :D
( Go Chiefs lol )
 

jward

passin' thru
Lol Marseydoats, that image of your coworker made me laugh for real!

Your reading multiples is a thing we share, tho nothin fun here at the moment:

--Hands on Agronomy Kinsey & Walter
-The Professional Manual
Synthesis & Counseling Tyl
-I can't get over it: A Handbook for trauma survivors Dr. Matsakis


...thats what I should be focusing on, at least, lol...more time readin emails and twitter, though.

Hope the bad weather keeps dodging you, and that the sunshine is there to stay!
 
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ReneeT

Veteran Member
I woke up a couple of hours ago - in time to fill the birdfeeders before it got dark. It warmed up to 4*F outside but the wind chill is still -6*F. Hubby fixed supper tonight - taco salads; it was pretty good. Trouble is, now that my belly is full, I'm ready to go back to bed lol!
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Having trouble with the skin on my thumbs cracking open - got bag balm on them, with Nytril gloves on top to help it soak in. So if my typing is off, now you know why! (Always good to have a reasonable excuse lol!)
 

jward

passin' thru
Sundays & full tummies insist on a lil shut eye, don't they? I may be dozing right here, right now, in front of the fire myself...but shhsh, don't tell one lol.

Bagbalms' the best I know of, so hopefully you'll be feeling better and all healed soon....n if hubby has to cook, well, taco salads sound like a win win!
 

AlfaMan

Has No Life - Lives on TB
Weather today has been cold but crisp and sunny, in the high 30's . Today we went to church, and after that I met up with my best bud. We don't see each other a lot but today we had to get his mother's car back from the shop back home. Her birthday is tomorrow, she's 79 and suffering from Parkinson's disease. She doesn't drive anymore so the car went into the garage and I got it set up for long term storage.

After the car got home, we went and grabbed lunch at Logan's. 16 ounce Ribeye steaks, medium rare, salad, baked sweet potato with lots of butter (no cinnamon! That's un-Southern!) And sweet iced tea (which I'm paying for with high sugar levels tonight). We get together and chat like two old ladies when we do lunch, two friends with no secrets chatting like two songbirds. True friends are those you would kill for, or would die for. He's my true friend. He also told me to call him if I get in trouble, he didn't like my idea of going to the rally in Richmond tomorrow but did promise to come bail me out if things got weird. He would have gone with me but had to work. But he's got my back.
Did some shopping afterwards and got a haircut/beard trim. Got the paint and a paint gun to help fix the bumper on his new car (someone scraped it in a parking lot) going to do that in the next week or two.
Came home, the missus and Astor had stuffed shells for dinner. Both were sleeping on the couch as I came in.Astor was on his back with his paws in the air snoring so I'd say their dinner was pretty good. All in all, a good day.

Hope everyone has a great week!
 

Dozdoats

On TB every waking moment
SB, sorry about the storm damage down your way. Had to drive around someone's roof to get to town this AM here in NW NC, 'twas windy last night. Try some Traditional Medicinals Throat Coat tea if you haven't ever used it before, they have several 'flavors.' The slippery elm helped mom's throat a lot, the gypsy cold care is wonderful.

Cold here despite the sunshine, felt like comfort food so I cheated today. Browned two pounds of ground round with a big sweet onion and a couple of sticks of fresh celery and some fresh garlic. Some chili powder, oregano, black pepper, a dash of worcestershire, four cups of veggie broth, two packages of mixed frozen veggies and two cups of Jasmin rice. Won't have to cook for a couple of days :D
 

momma_soapmaker

Disgusted
Got a roast in the Instant Pot with baby carrots and potatoes. Sprinkled a packet of onion soup mix over the top and 2 cups beef broth.

Smells divine!
 

mzkitty

I give up.
SB, sorry about the storm damage down your way. Had to drive around someone's roof to get to town this AM here in NW NC, 'twas windy last night. Try some Traditional Medicinals Throat Coat tea if you haven't ever used it before, they have several 'flavors.' The slippery elm helped mom's throat a lot, the gypsy cold care is wonderful.

Cold here despite the sunshine, felt like comfort food so I cheated today. Browned two pounds of ground round with a big sweet onion and a couple of sticks of fresh celery and some fresh garlic. Some chili powder, oregano, black pepper, a dash of worcestershire, four cups of veggie broth, two packages of mixed frozen veggies and two cups of Jasmin rice. Won't have to cook for a couple of days :D

I love that recipe, DD. I make something quite similar. Fun to experiment.

Hope everybody is OK this week. I'm in a "worrying" spell again, so I worry about the whole world. :lol:
We got our furniture delivered, and while it's not much, we have it at long last. Son loves his new recliner couch he got on sale. It looks like a medium suede brown, but it's not suede. I picked three different pillows to accent it -- one a grayish plaid/check; one a smallish rectangular in salmon; and the third a buff/whitey it looks like a knit design or something. They look cute on the couch. The coffee table ended up being too big for the room, but is great as his TV stand out of the way, which is good because we couldn't find the proper size TV stand. Surprise, eh?

We had smoked sausages on hot dog rolls with oven steak fries and a salad. I toyed with the idea of making Krusteaz lemon bars but got too lazy for today. I try.

Oh wait. Here's the couch. He sent a pic to one of his friends yesterday:couch 2.PNG
 
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jward

passin' thru
Mzkitty, love the new place, and furniture, although I love your ld hood, too. It looks like a great walkable neighborhood that I would be happy in....and no worrying, lady. Grab a cup of tea, relax, and remember nothing's ever as bad as it might be : )
 

jward

passin' thru
Doz, that sounds really good, and I see a pot of it on the woodstove within the week...or at least by next blizzard!

Those roasts, steaks and loaves of bread sound pretty good too!
 

mzkitty

I give up.
Mzkitty, love the new place, and furniture, although I love your ld hood, too. It looks like a great walkable neighborhood that I would be happy in....and no worrying, lady. Grab a cup of tea, relax, and remember nothing's ever as bad as it might be : )

It always was the best little neighborhood in the city. I hope it stays that way.

:)
 

Esto Perpetua

Veteran Member
Chicken Adobo, Lumpia and oven cooked rice. Finally feel good enough to can so roast is in the pressure cooker.

Hope everyone is well and has a safe productive week.

Hope Virginia doesn't melt down.
 

AlaskaSue

North to the Future
JWard wrote, ‘by not asking about folks "big game dishes"’....and I immediately thought to post my recipe for Amber-marinated grilled moose steaks. THEN I realized you meant game-day dishes, lol. Must be super bowl comin up or something? ;).

This was my final weekend before I finally head back North...it’s been colder there than here by 100 degrees and more this past week. Hit 90 here while -14 at home. Yow, bring on the long-handles and cozy sweaters!! And that’s after things had warmed some. Sister in North Pole saw 50 below at her home.

Just homemade tacos for Sunday supper, with all the fixins...I’ll sure miss my kiddos big time, but ready for home too. It’s been a very hectic few months here, with a lot happening - but some really fun visiting too.

Y’all have a happy week!
 
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Marseydoats

Veteran Member
Lol Marseydoats, that image of your coworker made me laugh for real!

Your readng multiples is a thing we share, tho nothin fhn here at the moment:
--Hands on Agronomy Kinsey & Walter
-The Professional Manual
Synthesis & Counseling Tyl
-I can't get over it: A Handbook for trauma survivors Dr. Matsakis

...thats what I should be focusing on, at least, lol...more time readin emails and twitter.

Hope the bad weather keeps dodging you, and that the sunshine is there to stay!

Reminds me of college! I really should get productive and read some gardening books to refresh my memory.
 

Marseydoats

Veteran Member
I woke up a couple of hours ago - in time to fill the birdfeeders before it got dark. It warmed up to 4*F outside but the wind chill is still -6*F. Hubby fixed supper tonight - taco salads; it was pretty good. Trouble is, now that my belly is full, I'm ready to go back to bed lol!
g
Having trouble with the skin on my thumbs cracking open - got bag balm on them, with Nytril gloves on top to help it soak in. So if my typing is off, now you know why! (Always good to have a reasonable excuse lol!)

If the Bag balm doesn't heal you up, try some Sween cream. It's the only thing that works for me anymore.
 

jward

passin' thru
JWard wrote, ‘by not asking about folks "big game dishes"’....and I immediately thought to post my recipe for Amber-marinated grilled moose steaks. THEN I realized you meant game-day dishes, lol. Must be super bowl comin up or something? ;).

This was my final weekend before I finally head back North...it’s been colder there than here by 100 degrees and more this past week. Hit 90 here while -14 at home. Yow, bring on the long-handles and cozy sweaters!! And that’s after things had warmed some. Sister in North Pole saw 50 at her home.

Just homemade tacos for Sunday supper, with all the fixins...I’ll sure miss my kiddos big time, but ready for home too. It’s been a very hectic few months here, with a lot happening - but some really fun visiting too.

Y’all have a happy week!

Too funny, lady, thanks for that laugh! Although, I have never had moose or bear, and I really do need to expand my repertoire!
I hope you have a safe trip home, and it's not too much of a culture shock...! And yeah. Superbowl time, goo chiefs, rah rah lol.

Oh...and, btw, do you have a moose steak recipe you can share?! I can honestly say I don't have a single one lol.
 
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jward

passin' thru
Hermit, that sounds like the perfect meal for a chilly weeks end, and I think I am going to borrow your menu for one of our cold wintery days!
 

jward

passin' thru
Reminds me of college! I really should get productive and read some gardening books to refresh my memory.

I tell people all the time that I have had a rigorous college education, and I have also had to become self taught on every aspect of farming and animal husbandry, literally from the ground up. There's been no comparison; the knowledge bases the avg farmer has tucked away takes a life time to acquire and quite literally encompasses A-Z... I'm never going to catch up!
 

jward

passin' thru
Aw Tire, that doesn't sound too appetizing. I thought you were going to meet with a boardie on your unexpected layover.
 

AlaskaSue

North to the Future
Too funny, lady, thanks for that laugh! Although, I have never had moose or bear, and I really do need to expand my repertoire!
I hope you have a safe trip home, and it's not too much of a culture shock...! And yeah. Superbowl time, goo chiefs, rah rah lol.

Oh...and, btw, do you have a moose steak recipe you can share?! I can honestly say I don't have a single one lol.

But of course! Alaska Amber is among my favorites but not sure if you can get it at your location...and moose of course. Or use a lean beef steak such as Sirloin. Moose is pretty lean and I like (it if it’s been field-dressed correctly of course).

GRILLED MOOSE STEAK:
Whisk together:
1 bottle Alaskan Amber Beer
1/4 C soy sauce (more or less)
2 T Dijon
1-2 T Worcestershire
1 T ground black pepper
1 T salt
A dash of good hot sauce

Pour into your marinade dish or a big ziploc, then:
Add 3 or 4 10-12 oz moose steaks
Seal with as little air as you can, refrigerate for 2 days, turning it over occasionally.
Heat and lightly oil your outdoor grill on high. Remove steaks from marinade and shake off the excess (toss the marinade). Grill until slightly firm, hot and light pink in center (just about 6 or 7 min per side). Don’t forget to let steaks rest 4 or 5 minutes before serving.

Not as popular as my moose stew, but a nice treat to grill mid-winter!
 

jward

passin' thru
Darn it, most of the Alaskan folks I knew are no longer with us...but I still have liquor industry connections--- now all i need is a moosie! I'm on it! Thanks :D
 
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