Sunday, November 21, 2010

Stuff

The kitchen is still total chaos and the woodstove cooking continues apace: Italian sausage, peppers, onions, tomatoes, and broken-up spaghetti simmering at this very moment.

Yesterday I walked out the front door, stepped on a chipmunk head, and then saw that whatever cat had eaten the chipmunk had thrown up the rest of it on the arm of the Adirondack chair outside the door. Nice. Thanks a lot, cat, you disgusting animal.

The hammock has been put away for the season, the leaves have been raked off the front porch, and various other battening-down-the-hatches-for-winter chores have been done.

A. finally put a new toilet seat on the toilet. The old one had been cracked for about five months. The fact that we put up with that for so long is a testament to our ability to bear mild discomfort. Also a testament to the fact that we have about a million other things to do that take precedence over replacing a cracked toilet seat.

Like eating lunch, which I still have not done and am now going to go do. Better-organized post (marginally, anyway) coming tomorrow . . .

7 comments:

  1. I totally love the random "walked out the door and stepped on a chipmunk head" type updates. They make me giggle.

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  2. I figured you were butchering deer this morning with the later than usual post. Beth

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  3. Drop dumplings are good on top of any stew or soup...
    1 1/4 c. flour
    2 3/4 tsp. baking powder
    1/2 tsp. salt
    1/2 c. milk
    1 egg , beaten
    Mix dry and wet ingredients seperately. Add to each other. Mix just until moistened. Drop by spoonsful onto boiling stew,dipping spoon into stew to make dumplings release easier. Cook 12 minutes , covered. Don't peek.
    I know you said they don't eat bread , but if they are eating spaghetti, I would think they could eat these.
    We are just now seeing a resurgence in our chipmunk population. Seems they died out around here for years. Beth

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  4. Beth: Believe it or not, there is such a thing as gluten-free pasta. Multi-grain pasta in small amounts is okay for them, but dumplings have way too much wheat flour.

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  5. That's good ...the gluten free pasta. I guess some person who had the intolerance decided ,by golly, they wanted some pasta. And for Cubbies sake ,I hope he doesn't have this intolerance. Beth

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  6. I guess , too, there are always beans or rice to add to things instead of noodles.

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