Hellos,<\/p>\n
Spring is springing here. 70s and greening up nicely. I washed and
waxed the white one (obligatory photo attached) to the beautiful
tweeting of red robins. Real robins this time <grin>.<\/p>\n
From what I have heard, it sounds like most (all?) of you bought my
April 1st red robin story. To be fair, I should have added a few more
bird antics to give you guys a more of a chance to see through it.
Something like ‘then the robin hopped over to the fridge and made
himself PB&W sandwich’. I suspect robins like worms better then jelly,
but since they are a close relative to the squirrel (both belonging to
the those-that-live-outsidess genus), I’m sure they like peanut butter.<\/p>\n
I’ve re-discovered my wok recently. I’ve been cooking just about
anything that fits in it, and it is a big wok. My email friend Helen
(you Maui-ans might remember her as the one who’s email you caught me
reading) has turned me on to a bunch of new food groups:<\/p>\n
Olive Oil. More specifically, Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO), which
can be use in just about anything, including I suspect, Zach’s high end
racing engines. My wok especially likes EVOO.<\/p>\n
Irish Oatmeal. Grandpa Tate would be proud. McCanns cooks in minutes.<\/p>\n
Forbidden rice. A black rice that used to be reserved for Chinese
Emperors. The Greeks banned because it they thought it was powerful
and feared it would aid their enemies in battle.<\/p>\n
Yellow squash. Not at all like Orange squash which I suspect is
still yucky, although Helen is trying to convince me otherwise, even
though I have explained that my Mom has already tried, unsuccessfully,
to disguise Orange squash in various recipes. Yellow squash, though,
is not at all nasty. Pleasant even.<\/p>\n
Kohlrabi. This veggy comes with 2-3″ root bulbs, attached to massive
green leafs. When handed to a grocery cashier, be prepared for a
puzzled, maybe even scared, look. And it helps to remember the name
Kohlrabi, so they can look up the price, or otherwise, they will
continue looking at it, at a full arms length distance, hoping and
fearing it will spring to life and announce its name. Like most
veggies, the root can be boiled, baked, or sliced and wok-ed.<\/p>\n
Still on the hunt for Helen recommended Fennel. I’ve printed out
addresses of all the grocery stores and town and am visiting them a few
at a time to see whats for cooking. I found a food coop the other day
with a back room labeled ‘bulk’ which was full of all kinds of unknown,
but likely edible, food things.<\/p>\n
I registered http:\/\/brucewinter.net last week. The price for domain
names is now down to $8 per year, so figured why not. Usually more if
you want to actually do anything with them, like host web pages, but I
signed up for a free beta service from google.<\/p>\n
Zack hosted a driveway barbeque last night. A few pics attached. He
and Jessy took a borrowed motorcycle for a spin. That pickup is one
Derek picked up for $25. They cranked up the music, filled the back
with bodies, and swayed it back and forth to the beat of the music. A 3
meg video here:<\/p>\n
http:\/\/brucewinter.net\/06_04_derek_truck_dance.avi<\/p>\n
Also posted a video from the jelly jet jars I wrote about last month:<\/p>\n
http:\/\/brucewinter.net\/06_03_jelly_jet_jar.avi<\/p>\n
Later gaters.<\/p>\n
Bruce<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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