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Beau Wann, Jr.
Good morning myne fyne Waltripynes. Nope, it's already nafteroon. Well no matter, happy hour has commenced ! ! ! I'm trying to do my part in this crisis so I opened up the bar earlier than "early girl" tomatoes. What does that mean? I have no clue, so if you find out, let me know.
I know where the "early girl" tomatoes came from, I was thinking about my dad and his gardens, and my dad always planted "early girls" and said they were the best....or was it "better boys"? Oh bother, what's a young man to do.
We've planted several small container gardens this year, so far nothing but the hoib rosemary will grow round heah and it's gone nuts. We have a variety of peppers, and one pimento pepper, several varieties of maters and I dont know what all, oh yeah and several mints. Last couple of years the mint here has been prolific, but last winter and the drought killed em all.
The roses have all gone nuts like they are all on steroids, and started doing that before we had the chance to prune them on valentines day. Fianlly got em pruned and fed, so they've calmed down a might, but I can tell they are a fixin to bust a loose (east texas for hittin it hard).
Now the Bluebonnet Report: The BBs had started blooming out around the first week of Feb, then the indian paint brushes followed suit. They really are prolific in the median of 290 between the river and Brenham.
If you really want to get in amongst them, go into Brenham, get off on 36, take the turnaround to head back the way you came, only pull into the 2nd parking lot driveway just after Chilis and drive along that street that runs in front of Home Depot and behind Walmart, you wont believe your eyes. I have a picture of cooper standing in the bluebonnets just at that spot...still miss him.
Things up here are a little saner as far as grocery shopping goes. Diane went to the HEB and was able to get the things we needed. Whoevers idea it was about setting a limit on the critical items, deserves a raise. I still dont like HEB! Diane said everyone was calm, and helping one and other out, even trading recipes as if this was just another shopping excursion. I say HOORAY! Cooler heads prevail!
She's tried Krogers in Cypress and that place was cleaned out. She hasnt tried Walmart or Brookshire brothers, no need. We probably have enough food to last a couple of months as well as paper good items. We're not overly frugal, but we do pracitce the "waste not want not" mantra we grew up with from out parents and grandparents.
I dont leave the hill for any reason, no since giving the germs an easy target. Our eldest had a mild case of what his doctor called the "B" flu about a week or so ago. Symptons lasted a couple of weeks. He says he is better. Dont worry, I havent actually been in the same room with him, nor even in the same county, so dont think I'll contract it over the mobyle phone.
Our other son Kevin and his wife Kellie says that both their restaurants business are doing half of what they should be this time of year. It's crawfish season youall!
There is a ranch over in Pattison, Tx just off 359 and I-10 called "HEMI-RANCH". The guy that owns it has dozens of Dodges and Plymouths with the 426 Hemi motor in them. You would not believe this place. There's a charity group called Hope House? or something like that, that puts on an event here every year as in three weeks ago.
Kevin and Kellies restaurants are one of the caterers that add flavor, if you will, to the event. They have been trying to get us to go, so we finally did...OMGoodness, the place is like the Smithsonian museum for cars and neon signs and thousands of other items. The "barn" or housing for all the above is probably several million dollars by itself.
We dont generally wander around at night off the hill, but decided to brave it this time. It was worth seeing, and the food was out of this whirld. Kevin and Kellie had "boudin balls" as one of the items you could sample. I'm gonna tell you what, those were wicked good. OMG. They are the size of large meatballs, and at the restaurant, they are 6.99 for 5, and well worth it for my money. Too bad they dont deliver!
Right now, as I type this, "I'm cleaning my oven"...nah, but I do remember that commercial for some oven cleaner, I am however making a huge pot full of beef stew/soup/etc. I put everything in it but the kitchen sink. We have an electric Pressure cooker, which is just marvelous for hurrying things along in the cooking dept, especially tougher pieces of meat ie chuck roast.
One hour makes it just fall apart. When it's done, I switch to a larger pot, way larger, and add carots, celery, onions, and pearl onions, sweet peas, baby limas, blue lake green beans, diced tomatos, mushrooms, barley and bacon and I cut up the roast in small bite size pieces and add that, of course, have I left anything out? Well, you get the drift, it makes a wonderful soup. I dont salt it till it's in my bowl. Doesnt need much at all.
You can do this with any cut of meat or kind of meat, ie chicken and even pork and turkey. Listen at me trying to give all yall distructions on how to cook, I'm sure most of yall know all about the aforementioned. Generally we ladle into storage bowls with screw on tops, the soup and freeze it. One container will feed two people. there's generally enough for more than half dozen meals.
Also as invaluable as the electric pressure cooker is, is the "food saver", or as I call it, "the air sucker outer" . I use both weekly. Boring!!!!!!!! I dont know what got me off on all that useless information "bout how white my shirts must be, and he cant be a man cause he doesnt smoke the same cigarets as me..."
A mind is a terrible think...havent I always said that? Ok gonna have to get a bowl of that heavenly elixir cause the smell is driving me crazy. Diane just woke up from a nap, and told me the "house smells like heaven"...that's always nice to hear.
Keep the sun at your six and "ride boldly ride..."
your frien and resident soup du jour, Cephus Arn Chief Magillicuty esq
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