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almost everything that can be grown has been used to make alcohol or fermented as food for animals.

also @digitS' it is good to remember that wine has often a good byproduct in vinegar which is a good preservative and cleaner. any crop that has more than one use is valueable. grape seed oil is also useful as are grape leaves... raisins, fresh eating grapes.

it has been a long time since i last enjoyed a good dark beer. after my old friend passed away i no longer had my once in a while beer and bratwurst (and saurkraut!) buddy to visit a few times a year.

roasted carrots are really yummy. :)

think of all the weeding we'd not be doing if they'd just stuck to hunting and gathering...

it sounded like the same place you described and was the same place as the other video posted.

me either. Dr. digitS' needs something other than a Whyte font there...

haha, i'm up and then going to try to get a nap in while i can...

i've usually had reasonable results from growing them but like many other larger beans they don't really like it here when it gets hot out here and if i don't keep enough water on them or they get too much rain all at once the pods will not fill well developed beans. i normally grow a few...

thank you! i don't even need to bring it up since it is etched in my brain. :) i will be falling asleep with its goings on.

wow! @heirloomgal so nice to see! :)

haha, when i get a chance i'll include some in a pic so you see what they look like (not purty).

here are some beans from today's shelling out. i love the color of these but you can't really see it very well in this picture, there's some green and blue in that gray... the white beans with the pattern were added for some contrast, but also because they're interesting too. i did plant...

Mom made some chicken-a-la-king some weeks ago and we froze some of it because as usual she makes enough to feed an army and so today we pulled a quart out of the freezer to use. after thawing it a bit i tried a few bites right from the container (still cold and somewhat frozen and crunchy ice...

i'm not sure who "your" is referencing...

plus of course in these budget conscious times we can either skip or include eggs if we want. :)

brown sugar, butter and bread could be the basis of much of my life if tomatoes hadn't invaded... it probably would not be a particularly healthy life but hey, put some pistachios or pecans on it and call it good. :) oh, and some cream too. nutmeg, cinamon, allspice, pick what you like and...

anyone sell anything called Hydra or Cerberus? :)

daikon radish last night, not sure i will get any more but they are out there if i do want them for something fresh. last night i had one and made small slices of it and put it on crackers with some hot sauce - about a half dozen slices was hot enough for me. the rest of it i peeled which...

yes, it helps to write the title and artist down so we can go find a locally available version. :) not that i have a chance to do this anytime soon, i'm down for watching tv tonight for a change.