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1226  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / The Sandbox / Re: What are you watching now?/Favourite Movie of the Moment on: November 28, 2016, 08:44:27 PM
2NOLA BB Fan: thanks, if your cats like foreign guests. Wink

Yes, they are "sophisticats."
Just bring some string and you'll be their BFF
 Cheesy
1227  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / The Sandbox / Re: The What Are You Reading? Thread on: November 28, 2016, 06:35:34 PM
Oh no, you told the identity of the killer!
Should have indicated "spoiler alert"
 LOL
1228  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / The Sandbox / Re: What are you watching now?/Favourite Movie of the Moment on: November 28, 2016, 05:11:07 PM
Well, not today, but tomorrow will take advantage of the bad weather to catch a bunch of good movies on the TCM TV network.
On tap: The Man Who Knew Too Much, Suspicion, Strangers on a Train, Dial M for Murder, The Big Clock
Range Rover A1 wish you could be here - to watch the movies and entertain the cats.  Smiley
1229  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Re: Old Record Parade on: November 27, 2016, 08:45:01 PM
Have been thinking lately, yes I remember the hits of the early/mid 60s, mainly the ones my sisters listened to (i.e., Lesley Gore, and later, The Beatles).
But what were MY favorites way back then?

I had three big favorites, starting at age 5 (1962)
Soldier Boy (Shirelles)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NYw83uAQig

At age 6, in 1963
he's So Fine (Chiffons)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rinz9Avvq6A

And at age 7, in 1964
My Boy Lollipop (Millie Small)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtthpER0k6s

Don't recall any particular favorite in 1965. However, in 1966 there was that song that blew my 9 year old mind:
God Only Knows
1230  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / The Sandbox / Re: So what did we all EAT today? + recipes. on: November 27, 2016, 08:32:53 PM
I'm not vegetarian (but would like to be).
One of my sisters is vegetarian. Like you, my Mom just doesn't seem to "get it." I do my best to have vegan and vegetarian options available when she visits, but Mom is basically of the opinion "why do I have to accommodate her crazy ideas?"
1231  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / The Sandbox / Re: So what did we all do today? on: November 26, 2016, 07:29:24 PM
Went with family to our place in the woods, an hour drive from my present home.
Picked up fixins from a local store, made sandwiches, had potato salad and baked beans (which contained some sausage - delicious).
My oldest sister brought a jar of Mickles Pickles, a locally made sweet pickle.
A friend then chimed in and said that these tasted great, but if you want spicy pickles, be sure to get Wickles Pickles!

There was a bit of a "nip" in the air so we got a nice fire going in the fireplace.
Don't laugh too much, Captain - it was a cold 66 degrees F (about 19C).

After great conversation and listening to some music, we had to head off, some to New Orleans, others a much longer ride back to Jacksonville, Florida.

Had thought about having a slice of leftover pie. But upon opening the door at home, I saw that BooBoo the dog had helped himself to the remains of the pie. I said Bad Dog, and he just wagged his tail, seemingly saying it's about time you got home - please play with me!

Relaxed, Mr Fuzzy the cat sitting on my left, and listened to some Dave Brubeck.
1232  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Re: The Beatles Survivor #3: A Hard Days Night on: November 25, 2016, 12:57:42 PM
You Can't do That
1233  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / The Sandbox / Re: So what did we all EAT today? + recipes. on: November 24, 2016, 07:53:43 PM
Long day but it went well.

Was able to pace myself since my sister took the responsibility for cooking the turkey. She did a wonderful job - it was very juicy.
She stuffed the turkey with apples and onions.
I made Dutch apple pie and a pecan pie. Then made stuffed mirlitons with crabmeat.
A broccoli casserole. Also made cranberry sauce.
My sister also brought a sweet potato dish.
There were 7 of us and we were thoroughly stuffed. Plenty of leftovers for the next few days.

Afterwards talked about different food cuisines. One of my nephews is in the Peace Corps in Vanuatu. He and others stationed over there celebrated Thanksgiving by eating the national dish of Vanuatu, "laplap." Taro or some other starch is made into a dough and cooked with coconut cream and some form of meat.
Then somehow the conversation then turned to "whoopie pies" which are popular in the northeastern US.

Worn out but happy.
1234  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / The Sandbox / Re: So what did we all do today? on: November 23, 2016, 08:47:06 PM
Mari, I really don't know if I can answer your question to your satisfaction. The Captain stated part of what I would have posted.
Food traditions are a way of maintaining and unifying a culture. The ingredients are usually easiest to find in that particular area, and/or a particular ethnic group or groups add aspects of their culture to make something new.
Down here the food tradition comes primarily from a combination of African, French, Spanish, and Italian; that is evolving further with the emerging importance of Vietnamese food culture.  So traditions can be tweaked over time.
People can be at each others' throats about things, but sitting down to a traditional meal of chicken and sausage gumbo, served with French bread, is a point where the factions can relax and enjoy things for at least a while.

Don't know if I'm getting my point across. It's been a hard day and I'm very tired.

Those in the US - hope you have a Happy Thanksgiving !

1235  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / The Sandbox / Re: So what did we all do today? on: November 23, 2016, 02:10:11 AM
Hello,
I'm up just for a moment to let the dog out, then will go back to bed for a couple of hours. Then will have a long day, going early to the grocery store to get lots of things such as apples, pecans, mirlitons, coffee. Then a nurse will be coming to check my Mom. Family will be coming in later this morning - they drove in from Jacksonville, Florida, which is a little under 1000 km from here.
I will answer your query about "tradition" but will be when I have more time later on today or tonight.

It's good to know that you too believe in living to eat! :-)
1236  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / The Sandbox / Re: So what did we all do today? on: November 22, 2016, 08:16:38 PM
Curb your sarcasm. It doesn't add to discussion at hand. NOLA, this is where we disagree. Care to explain in what way food traditions are "very" important? In my view, it's funny to set the rules of what to cook during holidays. It's just food,

No, no, it's not "just food" down here in New Orleans. Tradition is so very important - Mardi Gras, visiting and placing flowers on graves on All Saints Day (November 1), and both Mardi Gras and All Saints Day are city holidays.
Food is taken very seriously here. We roll our collective eyes when people in other parts of the country try to do their impression of our cuisine.
A few months ago the Disney company posted a video for gumbo. There were gasps, guffaws, etc when it showed the dish being created. Oh my goodness, they didn't make a roux! How can you have gumbo without a roux?! (A roux is mixing flour with oil or butter, as it heats constantly stirring until it gets to the desired color, usually a medium to dark brown. The roux is the foundation by which the gumbo is built on),

As for Thanksgiving, turkey isn't necessarily the obligatory meat. Ham, chicken are also used. But there are two dishes that are definitely part of the tradition - sweet potato casserole and stuffed mirlitons (a type of squash).
Food is constantly on our minds and in our conversations (and in our guts too - most of us can stand to lose some weight!)
In other places, people eat to live. Here, we live to eat.
1237  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / The Sandbox / Re: So what did we all do today? on: November 22, 2016, 08:37:43 AM
Just different cultural perspectives.
Where I live, food traditions are VERY important.
1238  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / The Sandbox / Re: So what did we all EAT today? + recipes. on: November 22, 2016, 05:29:57 AM

Surely vegetables are an essential part of a turkey meal, otherwise it's so one-sided. At Christmas we eat swede, parsnips and Brussels sprouts as well as baked potatoes----Christmas dinner isn't Christmas dinner without 'em!

It's fun reading about what people eat in other parts of the world for holidays.
Also finding out different names for foods - didn't know what "swede" was so looked it up. Over in these parts it's known as "rutabaga".
1239  Smiley Smile Stuff / Welcome to the Smiley Smile board / Re: Welcome thread on: November 21, 2016, 10:26:50 PM
(Wrote a post - RR1 responded but then deleted her response).

Mari, you seem the adventurous sort so if you see tapioca available maybe get the smallest amount needed for a recipe.
Over here, tapioca is mainly used in sweet puddings in flavors of vanilla or chocolate. The tapioca is used to thicken the pudding. Most puddings eaten here are smooth, with cornstarch as the thickening ingredient. Tapioca has tiny beads so when you eat tapioca pudding the "mouth feel" is different. I like the tiny beads but some don't.
Tapioca can also be used to thicken sauces; if it's heated enough the little beads will burst so the sauce wouldn't be lumpy.

Well, enough of that!  Smiley
1240  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / The Sandbox / Re: So what did we all do today? on: November 20, 2016, 07:26:52 PM
Well, it's not so much that I don't care for traditions - they definitely have their place.
It's simply that with all the other things I'll be cooking on Thanksgiving, the turkey is just a big pain in the neck. After cooking it is either too dry, or parts of it are undercooked. And  it's taking up space in the refrigerator. I bought it frozen today and hope that it will be thawed out by Thursday ( it weighs 11.5 pounds - 5.22 kg). Last year I put a similar sized turkey in on Monday and it was still partially frozen on Thursday.

I suggested picking up a turkey that was already cooked. Mom freaked out. She "rules the roost" so that's that.
Thanksgiving is our big family meal of the year. Christmas on the other hand tends to be more laid back with no regular menu.
1241  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / The Sandbox / Re: So what did we all do today? on: November 20, 2016, 04:13:59 PM
JohnK, how did you fare with the bad weather in the Netherlands. Just saw video of planes having to abort landings in Amsterdam due to high winds.

My day was a lot calmer. Made mirliton (chayote squash) bread - tastes like zucchini (courgette) bread.
Am baking a vegetarian mirliton casserole for a friend of mine. Am "winging it" as much as possible. He wanted lots of mushrooms, lots of tomatoes, and lots of cheese. To this I added onions, peppers, celery and garlic, thyme, parsley, plus bread crumbs.

Bought a turkey for Thanksgiving. Mom insists on this even though none of us except her care for it.
1242  Smiley Smile Stuff / Welcome to the Smiley Smile board / Re: Welcome thread on: November 20, 2016, 04:05:58 PM
I've eaten tapioca pudding lots of times. Have a box of it in the kitchen.
Sometimes use it as a thickener as well.

Bubble teas are popular but Ive never tried them. The little tapioca balls in the tea are larger than the tiny ones used for pudding.
1243  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Re: The Beatles Survivor #3: A Hard Days Night on: November 19, 2016, 08:08:13 PM
Would have to go with Anytime at All. Don't think it's a "downer" but musically it's not as interesting as the others.
(If it had been on the previous album I would have considered it one of the best. But AHDN is an album full of great songs, and this is a good song)
1244  Smiley Smile Stuff / Welcome to the Smiley Smile board / Re: Welcome thread on: November 19, 2016, 01:26:08 PM
Btw, NOLA, who's in your avatar? Chocolate birds with toy boy?

That's my "Mr Bill" doll. When I was working, during stressful times I'd tangle it up in the window blinds or other places to show that he was in a bit of trouble. Oh noooooooooo!!!
In my avatar, some wooden birds are about to make mincemeat of him. Very Hitchcockian.
Thought you'd like that.   Grin

Birds with boy toy! Oh my, maybe I'd better change it!
1245  Smiley Smile Stuff / Welcome to the Smiley Smile board / Re: Welcome thread on: November 19, 2016, 06:38:55 AM
You don't like horses? Neigh to that!
I've always been around horses as my oldest sister has had them since her early teens. She has 2 now, Caspian and Elan (Cas is a "rescue horse", saved from starvation. They are so funny and playful. So I love them.
Of course, you might have been around them too, which is why you don't care for them. Mucking out the barn to get rid of their business is a chore...

Anyway, John K, it is good to see him there. Envious of his BB memorabilia.
1246  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / The Sandbox / Re: Books you can't finish reading on: November 18, 2016, 03:09:39 PM
I wonder if John Lennon ever read Finnegan's Wake and was inspired by it?

Ha, I was thinking the same thing!
That last paragraph sort of reminds me of In His Own Write
1247  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Re: The Beatles Survivor #3: A Hard Days Night on: November 17, 2016, 05:10:00 PM
Would have to go with Anytime at All.
If pressed for time and can't listen to the whole album, this would be one I skip over.
1248  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / The Sandbox / Re: What are you watching now?/Favourite Movie of the Moment on: November 16, 2016, 02:03:08 PM
Have been watching a lot of documentaries lately on the TCM network.
There were some World War II documentaries on. Sat down and watched the four plus hours of The Sorrow and the Pity. Very thought provoking; what would I have done in that situation?

Tonight there will be some fun documentaries - the classic surfer movie The Endless Summer. Then later on, Woodstock, followed by Elvis: That's the Way it is.

Then, REAL early on Sunday, a non documentary but something I hadn't seen before - the Monkees' movie, Head.
1249  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / The Sandbox / Re: Books you can't finish reading on: November 16, 2016, 01:48:34 PM
Yes, Mike's book. Read up til the end of the early 90s lawsuit then stopped. Just wasn't very enjoyable. Will get to finishing it eventually.

Have actually not finished a couple of nonfiction books that I loved -  for the crazy reason that they were so good I didn't want them to end!

Another book I tried and couldn't finish was Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury. It's supposed to be a classic and I'll try it again but couldn't get into the style of writing that just kept going on and on but even though it got interesting at times I only had so much time to read and how was I ever going to be able to stop since there were no paragraphs or periods so since there didn't seem to be a stopping point I had to give up etc etc etc.

Wow John K you actually read Ulysses?! Finnegan's Wake would be way beyond my old brain's abilities.
1250  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Re: Mose Allison RIP on: November 16, 2016, 06:03:54 AM
Thanks for the link. Shows the best of both of these greats.
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