CoTT 2 House of Cards

[Valkyrie]

Oh @dughlas...     

[dughlas]

10 hours ago, Marty said:

Hope the three of you enjoy your trip. And stay safe out there.  

We had a lovely time of it thank you. Very few folks out and about. Christmas decorations were up in some areas and putting done in others so we had a bit of early holiday cheer.

[dughlas]

7 hours ago, Marty said:

To continue our discussion as to whether stews are a type of soup or not, and the following question from @dughlas:

I've just looked at the cookbook I normally use, admittedly one printed in England perhaps 50 years or more back, and that one has a separate chapter for Soups, and lists stews under the Meats chapter.

The very first sentence in the chapter for soups states: "Soup is of great value in a diet both as an appetiser, and also as a stimulant to prepare the digestion for the more solid foods which follow." It then goes on to classify the different types of soup into three categories:

1. Clear Soup (or Consommé)
2. Purées and Thickened Soups (usually by sieving the solid contents, and reheating with milk or water mixed with a small quantity of flour, sago, or corn flour*)
3. Broths (made with meat and vegetables, and thickened by the addition of barley or rice, and not sieved).

In the introduction to the chapter on meats it states that stewing is often suitable for rabbits, poultry and cheaper cuts of meat. It also suggests that stews should never be boiled, but should be simmered, either in a pan or in the oven.

(* I understand corn flour is called corn starch on the other side of The Pond from me.)

I suspect this is another case of a common language spoken in two very different ways. BTW, sago is derived from the sago palm and often referred to as Florida arrowroot.

[dughlas]

7 hours ago, Headstall said:

I like dipping grilled cheese in tomato soup. Takes me back to earlier years.   Hey, bro.  

I had a friend who liked to cook hotdogs in his tomato soup 🤢 I am not fond of either boiled hot dogs or tomato soup.

[dughlas]

7 hours ago, Marty said:

My source suggested 5' 6.5"

But what's half an inch between friends?

 

In this case ... thick socks.

[dughlas]

7 hours ago, Drew Espinosa said:

A fellow Texan!  Hello Sherye, welcome to GA!

Does she know she's one of your subjects?

[dughlas]

7 hours ago, Drew Espinosa said:

Hello Marty!  And we've already established that I'm an angel.  

Keep telling yourself that and someone will believe you ... you.

[dughlas]

7 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

Maybe that's a fallen Angel

That's not Texy.

[Valkyrie]

6 minutes ago, dughlas said:

I had a friend who liked to cook hotdogs in his tomato soup 🤢 I am not fond of either boiled hot dogs or tomato soup.

Sounds like Spaghetti-Os    

[dughlas]

47 minutes ago, Valkyrie said:

Oh @dughlas...     

Damn ... the secrets out ... they're born fully kilted.

[Valkyrie]

So I found out today my work is closing down again, because my area is now in a designated "orange" zone.  So it looks like I won't be brought back anytime soon.   At this rate, I just hope I can return before my unemployment runs out.    

[Drew Espinosa]

1 hour ago, dughlas said:

Does she know she's one of your subjects?

Does it matter?   

1 hour ago, dughlas said:

Keep telling yourself that and someone will believe you ... you.

Whatever.  

[Sherye Story Reader]

1 minute ago, Drew Espinosa said:

Does it matter?   

Whatever.  

You are sweet! Ignore them cause they just love picking on you cause you are young. I will protect you! 

[Albert1434]

 

[Sherye Story Reader]

8 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

 

I love this song! Have not heard it in a long time! I love the way the world came together in peace to make music. I wish everyone would!

[Albert1434]

Yep Me to

[Albert1434]

Go to page 1891 there is one i think you might like

[Sherye Story Reader]

I went and took a shower and put on clean night clothes and told my border collie, let's go, which was the wrong thing to say. She thought we were going somewhere. lol 

[Sherye Story Reader]

Good night you sweet people! 

[Drew Espinosa]

10 hours ago, Sherye said:

You are sweet! Ignore them cause they just love picking on you cause you are young. I will protect you! 

Aww! Thanks Sherye!

[Drew Espinosa]

Morning y'all!  

[Marty]

2 minutes ago, Drew Espinosa said:

Morning y'all!  

Morning, young Drew!

[dughlas]

10 hours ago, Sherye said:

You are sweet! Ignore them cause they just love picking on you cause you are young. I will protect you! 

We tease him because he's our adorkable youngster, yes Texy you're always gonna be the "youngster" just as my nearly 40 yearold son is my kid.

[dughlas]

9 minutes ago, Drew Espinosa said:

Morning y'all!  

Mornin' Texy.

[dughlas]

G'day y'all. Another bright chilly morning, 41/5°, feels a bit like winter here.