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All these things added together equal a good day. a nice big soon to be pot of chicken & dumplings steaming on the stove a nice cold glass of beer a new knitting pattern

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It’s been forever since I’ve posted here! Nothing has changed much… I’m mostly working (all the time), and in between I’m trying to knit.  I’ll try to give you a quick run down of what’s been going on.. here go’s. So I finished my first sweater,  made a cardigan, currently working on my second sweater [...]

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So whatcha think?  Thick enough?

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One of my friends @ work told me about this wonderful wine. It was an exclusive wine that wasn’t sold @ stores …. until now. It’s so very good!!!

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a new breakfast!

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We found a new root beer!!! Darryl was so happy with it he called the company to let them know. The best thing is it’s made with pure cane sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup. It doesn’t get any better than that! Boylan Bottling Co.

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So what if it took me lawd knows how many years, but today was the day. The Menu was: Buttermilk biscuits Collard greens Fried chicken Drink: beer I made the biscuits this morning since Margaret was studying for her test (which she’ll be taking in 20 minutes). I used her big stand mixer for the [...]

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Margaret picked out all 3 for me.  She said she’d be happy if I liked at least one and fortunately I really like all 3. The Rasputin beer was very tasty.  The Korbinian was almost the same as the Rasputin, but it was less hoppy.  The Belhaven had an odd taste that I couldn’t my [...]

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This is what good bread should look like And this is what good bread should taste like

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Today I really wanted some fresh homemade bread, so I went to my old standby recipe Tassajara yeast bread. I got out all my ingredients, cookbook, mixed, kneaded, shaped, let rise, baked….. I  love bread! The mixing, the kneading, the rising, the baking, the eating. Yep, I love everything about bread. Everything except what happens [...]

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This weekend, Margaret and I were treated to a new wine suggested by a gentleman in the wine section of the liquor store. He told us that for a rice wine that if you were blind folded and given a glass that you wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between it and a regular [...]

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A couple weekends ago Darryl took me out to Tabor Hill for a little wine tasting and dinner. Our bartender was wonderful and picked out some really good wines for us to try. They had a lot more then just the regulars (Cabernet, Merlot, Chardonnay), and I actually had the opportunity to try a very [...]

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I picked this cookbook up at the library book sale for .35 cents. Darryl and I are fascinated by it. Most of the ingredients are recognizable, but there are some that I have no clue how to get my hands on.

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