Last night it went down to 45 F and the forecast is for lows of 41
along with clouds and rain next week so Roslind picked the last of
the lettuce today while it was still sunny and nice out and started
harvesting and drying the herbs she couldn't easily move indoors.

She also picked and dried some raspberry bush leaves, which is now
going to get added to tea and herbal tisanes occasionally.

We have a massive amount of summer savory which is especially nice
as it is hard to find in supermarkets. Loblaws does not carry it and
the Co-Op just special orders it from a grower in Newfoundland (Mt.
Scio Farms) once a year just before Thanksgiving but I like to use
lots of it all year round, and not just put it in turkey stuffing
twice a year.

I had purchased some nice one inch thick T-Bone pork chops and was
planning to grill them this Labour Day weekend and make potato salad
to go with but it looks like rain both Sunday and Monday so plan B
is a German skillet dinner: pan fried pork chops (a quick sear and
then an oven finish to done just medium), country fried potatoes in
lard (I still have lots from the last pork shoulder we roasted) with
onion, celery, some banana peppers and of course lots of savory. The
side dishes will be chunky, spiced, stewed apples (not apple sauce)
and sauerkraut.

What's everyone else doing this holiday weekend?


Cheers

Jim


... Thou Shalt Not Skim Flavor From the Holidays

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On 09-03-22 19:53, Jim Weller <=-
spoke to All about My kitchen projects <=-

What's everyone else doing this holiday weekend?

Not too much. On labor day, they are having a buffet lunch meal. We
do not normally do the buffet meal on Sundays -- but the special Monday
one has bratwurst on the menu. For what ever reason, bratwurst are not
usually found on the restaurant evening dinner menus. So -- even though getting up in time for brunch time (1 pm) is not normal for us, we will
make the effort!

I realize that fresh strawberries are most likely out of season where
you are, but this is a good recipe for when you can get them.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05

Title: Strawberry Buckle
Categories: Tested, Dessert
Yield: 8 Servings

1/4 c Butter, softened
3/4 c Sugar
1 lg Egg, beaten
1/2 ts Vanilla
1/2 c Milk
2 c AP flour
2 ts Baking powder
1/2 ts Salt
3 c Fresh strawberries, sliced

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1/4 c Butter, softened
1/2 c Brown sugar
1/3 c AP flour
1/2 ts Cinnamon
1 ds Nutmeg

Preheat oven to 375 (convection will show 350)

Cream sugar and butter in a large bowl until light and fluffy.

Blend in eggs, vanilla and milk

In another bowl mix together the dry ingredients.

Stir the dry ingredients into the wet mixture.

Fold in strawberries.

Spread in a greased and floured 8 x 8 inch baking pan.

Cream the butter and sugar together, stir in flour and
cinnamon/nutmeg.

Sprinkle this mixture over the batter.

Bake in 375 oven (convection oven reads 350) 35 to 40 minutes or until
toothpick poked in center of buckle comes out clean.

Put on rack to cool.

Can be served warm with cream or ice cream or at room temp. Good
either way.

Nice cake - good use of fresh strawberries. Will make again.

Recipe from Food.Com. Tested 3/10/15.

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JIM WELLER wrote to ALL <=-

What's everyone else doing this holiday weekend?

We came to the woods of course. Yesterday was 37c with
the humidix so I melted until the sun went down.

Yesterday I grilled some cheap eye of round steaks and
a baked tater. That was what we were craving.

Today even though it's raining we're going to have a
friend over for cribage and I'm making a BBQ honey
garlic chicken thighs with corn on the cob, a tater
and a butter tart for desert.

Monday Andrea requested some sweet itailin sausage
and will probably finish the corn with it. So we
are getting our grilling in before we close this place
up and have 7 long months of no gril.

Shawn

... Money does bring happiness. Send some and watch me smile.

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