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10/25/2011 21:38 #55377

How to make vegetarian soup even better
Category: food
add meatballs and corn meal fried catfish nuggets.

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metalpeter - 10/26/11 17:24
Love it! Well not the catfish but the idea of adding meat to it......

10/24/2011 23:59 #55373

Coppa Charcuterie
Category: food
We toured the new food market that will be opening in in the old horsefeathers location.

I was excited to see a stand for Coppa. I find thin slices of salted meat so delicious but I don't eat much of them because I generally avoid nitrates. Its one of the reasons I love procuitto because its just cured with salt.

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lilho - 10/25/11 22:38
cured meats= pure bliss.

10/22/2011 18:12 #55358

Full Beard?
Category: hairy
Should I just grow a full beard? I never let the sides and bottom grow in for fear of looking homeless but I am so curious how it would look. I think the best approach might be to shave short and let it all grow out together.

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AfroJedi - 10/29/11 11:40
I myself am folically challenged in the beard realm...just don't have the genes for it.

I can, however, grow a smart looking soul-patch.
tinypliny - 10/22/11 18:32
And there. the multiple forehead furrows!
tinypliny - 10/22/11 18:31
I am going back to work. Geez.
tinypliny - 10/22/11 18:31
That picture is so guilt trippy.
metalpeter - 10/22/11 18:29
Go for the ZZ Top look or that guy on Giants who is on the taco bell ads... Or you could do the metal band thing and braid it ? I myself can't stand that middle ground so never done it....

10/22/2011 17:50 #55357

Another Giant Pumpkin
Category: holidays
We made our annual trip to the giant pumpkin farm. This year Cindy came with us. (e:terry) got a great picture of us crunched in the back. This years pumpkin weighs less as I carried it up the stairs alone. Last years was full of water, which made it heavier and ultimately lead to its early demise as it fitted from the inside.

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tinypliny - 10/22/11 17:56
Imagine how many soups can be made out on one pumpkin!
metalpeter - 10/22/11 17:56
Even though they look small those white ones look pretty cool... That thing is huge...
tinypliny - 10/22/11 17:55
I say we hack through this on party day and rescue all the seeds.

10/22/2011 17:46 #55356

The new black current plant
Category: food
To add to my collection of Berry plants, I bought a black current bush at the pumpkin farm for $4.99. I love currents and you barely see them at the market.

Also, although the loufa plant finally blossomed. I don't think its going to make it :(

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metalpeter - 10/22/11 18:10
Wonder if the ones I had are black I don't think they where I think they looked like Raisins but where more of a tan white color.....
tinypliny - 10/22/11 17:59
Currants are very much like black grapes, aren't they? How will you protect these through the winter? Do they survive on their own?
metalpeter - 10/22/11 17:54
From what I remember Currents are pretty good....