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CW, you can have a cup of marshmallows with some hot chocolate, haha. I just bought some hot chocolate today from the dollar store. They had boxes of Keurig cup hot chocolate, different kinds, and the weather here is creeping towards fall-like.

I just had a veal weiner and then I'm having Hungarian beef stew for dinner, thanks to my Polish coworker who likes to bring food in to me... which I always find hilarious that she likes to give me all of this food from the Polish deli, or things she makes, considering we do have plenty of food we can make at the restaurant.

I'm getting good at understanding what makes Polish food to be Polish food. You take any kind of noodle or meat in the world, and if you put with cabbage and dill, you made it Polish food. :-) If it's a sausage and you put with cabbage then that's extra-Polish, Polish food.
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I've been a very good girl all week eating low/no carbs and exercising so after my healthy stir fry I'm enjoying a banana and a cup of hot chocolate with marshmallows.
(hm, how many marshmallows do you think I can fit in a cup?)
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Dude! i’m from as south as you can get and never heard of leather britches! Excited to pop that one on my Cajun FIL who still tends a big garden at 88. Very interested in the dry over a fire technique. I could eat green beans EVERY day and never get tired of them.
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Pizza! who can resist? Plus you get all your food groups in one delicious slice!
My favorite is covered in my favorite veggie, fresh raw organic garlic and tons or organic Mediterranean oregano and basil! I thank God everyday I married an Italian, lol.
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lol I’m so with you! That’s my favorite thing to ask/ text my best friends... changing the topic from our usual ones. Also, fun to throw out in middle of a tedious conversation. Thanks for the chuckle. Btw we tried Zoë’s Kitchen tonight... it’s move week for Mom so will be sandwiches and take out for awhile.
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What a great idea cwillie,although Iv'e never heard of French toast casserole,I know it's got to be good with the ingredients you listed.
We did end up having breakfast tonight.I made fried potatoes,an ham and cheese omelet and pancakes but there weren't less dishes darnit~
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Breakfast for dinner is one of my favourites Luckylu, I especially like french toast casserole with hash browns and bacon, you can add in some fruit for a more balanced meal. Yum.
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cwillie...At our house,we always called your "Proper"dinner a 4 square dinner.A meat,green,starch,and roll.I made one last night too.Porcupine balls over white rice,a tossed salad and cornbread.
Tonight I might make breakfast for dinner,either that or soup and sandwiches...something easy with less dishes.
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CW,
We had salmon, green beans and a unique blend of mushrooms, onions, poblano chilies and cream. Yum
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Tonight I am having a proper dinner for a change: baked potato, fish and a nice blend of steamed veg.
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Are we going to wear the leather jackets & britches, or eat them?
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I would not have survived as a pioneer woman 😂😂😂
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Aha, I've found a reference to "leather britches" on the Spruce-

"Air drying green beans is a way of preserving them that dates back to pioneer times. It was especially popular in the southern United States where they were nicknamed "leather britches." It's a technique worth trying because once dried they keep indefinitely.

The flavor of the rehydrated, cooked green beans are quite good. Especially if you dry them over a fire or wood stove, they have extra dimensions of flavor compared with canned or frozen beans." (www.thespruceeats.com/how-to-air-dry-green-beans-1327543)
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Nice to have Friday night seafood, Becky

but, I’m still trying to figure out green beans and leather jackets ?
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That's good you get to have dinner with cousin, Becky, and if I were in Maine, I would want a waterfront lobster dinner. :-)

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I'm just so tired this week, it comes and goes, but it hit hard on Monday after not sleeping well and having an early doctor's appointment, and has kept going all week because try as I might, can't seem to get to sleep early.

I'm eating easy stuff this week, and indulging some cravings. (I can always eat at work but it's not often appetizing to me anymore.) On the way home last night, I asked myself "Self, what sounds good for dinner? It has to be easy and quick and tasty." Self replied "Hmmmm... what about a BLT sub from Subway?" That sounded good so I went to the Subway by my house but they were closed, not sure why. I went to small local convenience grocery and bought bacon and bread and went home and made BLTs.

They were mostly good. The artisan sourdough bread -- which was one of two bread styles at the small local store, the other being French baguette -- wasn't ideal for my BLTs, though. You'd think it would be.... but the crust was so thick and the bread was so chewy... It was like chewing on cardboard to get to the middle part where the nummy bacon, lettuce, tomato was.

I guess the point of buying ARTISAN bread isn't for sandwiches. Not sure exactly what it's for, but it's not for sandwich bread.
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Not cooking this evening. My cousin from Denver came for the funeral. She has never visited Maine before. We’re going to a waterfront restaurant for lobster.

Ran strings thru end of season green beans and hung in the barn to dry for leather jackets. Started pickle corn and beets. Finished canning a big crock of sauerkraut.

Bought two bushels of apples to make apple sauce and then apple butter. Things are getting done.
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Trader Joe’s Kung Pao chicken!
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Dinner is what's on hand, so salad greens and some chicken breakfast sausage I had left over, cut up into pieces and into my salad. It's good. :-) I'm falling asleep I'm so tired after several long days and not getting good sleep.... zzzzzzz

Greens salad with Chicken Sausage. Can't see it ever being a thing on any restaurant menu, but it should be because it's really good. nom
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Sounds wonderful, Pam
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Several of us from work who carpool/hang out together had a pot luck today. 3 sets of elderly parents and some hubs too. Mashed potatoes, fried chicken, deviled eggs, pasta and regular salad, with cake and cookies. Everyone had a great time, even the rain didn't keep us down. Now hubs is making homemade spaghetti sauce with home grown tomatoes and spicy sausage. it is wonderful!!
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Dark Cherry juice is used to treat gout.

MsMadge,
You might know of the best drive-thru tacos in L.A.?
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I had to work late and grabbed a pb&j protein box from sbux, but I'm definitely doing taco Tuesday tomorrow- oops
it's Tuesday already
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Cherry popsicles!!!! My favorite. Yum, yum.

I think I'll have one of my healthy (not healthy) meals today. Yep............:)
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We had a yucky dinner here Send... cheap ole Chicken potpies and cottage cheese, but I'm thankful we had food to eat and cherry popcicles for dessert.
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Everybody should cheer up!!!! Monday is almost over, and tomorrow is taco Tuesday, if you are so inclined.

We had our beef tacos last week, so I am defrosting chicken for tonight. We need to use up the cilantro, yellow squash, zucchini squash, and purple onion. Add brown rice-all in one huge pan.

What are you all having, or have you already eaten?
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I am in 7th heaven. For the first time I cooked red lentils in my electric pressure cooker. Mmm, mmm, good! I hope I can do the same again, - red lentils, garlic, onion, ginger, cumin, tomato paste, coconut milk, salt and pepper. A little lime would be a nice addition.
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CWillie, I have an 8 burner gas stove with two ovens, plus a built in wall oven. We also have a separate building (family refers to as the big dining room). It has a full kitchen with 6 burner stove and double ovens. PJ used to have a camp and cottages and the building was a meeting and activity room for the camp.
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Where do you cook all that Becky😮!
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Having a large family dinner this evening before grandkids are gone for the semester. I’ve been up since 5:00 baking and cooking. Lots of help from oldest granddaughters. 22 lb turkey in the oven and 6 chickens baking. PJ had to peel potatoes - 25 lbs. I think we’ll have about 40 people. Only one baby now. PJ has photos of when his grandchildren were babies. One Christmas they had 13 babies and toddlers in high chairs. No wonder it takes that many potatoes - all young men with big appetites now.
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Skipped dinner, but am making up with a grand slam late breakfast while I get my car serviced -
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