The beaver is a proud and noble animal
Notes from a bemused canuck
If your local Dairy Queen is closed from September through May,
You may live in Canada .
If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance and they don’t work there, You may live in Canada ..
If you’ve worn shorts and a parka at the same time,
You may live in Canada .
If you’ve had a lengthy telephone conversation With someone who dialed a wrong number, You may live in Canada .
Comment if you have any more :)
From a 6.5 pound pork shoilder that slow cooked for 7 hours, only dregs remain. The bbq sauce was a bit of improv work, but it turned out very nice.
Could this be the inspiration for my next tattoo? I think it might be :)
8 thick slices of white bread cut into small pieces
Milk for soaking
1kg of lean pork mince
2 medium onions, chopped
1 tbsp dried sage, chopped
1 tsp dried rosemary, chopped
1 tsp dried thyme, chopped
Salt and pepper
1. Soak cubed bread in enough milk to cover.
2. When soft, squeeze out excess moisture.
3. Mix the bread, pork, onion, herbs, salt, and pepper.
4. Push into a loaf tin , pressing down firmly and evenly.
5. Place the loaf tin in a roasting tin filled with freshly boiled water
6. Cover with foil, place the roasting tin in a preheated 175degC oven bake 2 hours.
This afternoon, Bean’s dinner consisted of raw Brussels sprouts, chocolate rolls, custard, a banana, a roast potato and a packet of crisps. I love my bean.
Hehe, Henry the snake is still around. That thing is older than the Bean.
Me to Katy: You know I expect to get lucky with all the awesomeness I’ve displayed today
Mel: Just keep the noise down.
Katy and I invited the office bunch on Saturday for an informal xmas potluck. We discovered that 17 adults and 4 kids is pretty much the maximum that the house can fit, when the halls are fully decked. I hope that people had a good time. I know that there was plenty of food and booze, so that’s always a good place to start ;)
All pictures, and more are here: http://www.flubu.com/various_pics/xmas_2012/
Ahead of December 21, which marks the conclusion of the 5,125-year “Long Count” Mayan calendar, panic buying of candles and essentials has been reported in China and Russia, along with an explosion in sales of survival shelters in America. In France believers were preparing to converge on a mountain where they believe aliens will rescue them. Doomsday scenarios suggest that the date marks the end of the world or a similar catastrophe. They include the arrival of the next solar maximum, an interaction between Earth and the black hole at the center of the galaxy,or Earth’s collision with a planet called Nibiru.
