Posted on 09/28/2012 6:49:57 PM PDT by Solomon8522
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Sorry, but I no longer have the privilege of sending or replying to Freepmail. I think the answer is, I took a stand in a debate with the wrong person. The thread no longer exists.
Whether or not I’m allowed to post this, or you’re allowed to read it, is up to the discretion and largesse of the mods.
Whoa! That bites. FReepmail is usually the last thing to be removed.
Give it time. It will blow over. Even the Great and Wonderful Monkey Face has been suspended!! ;o])
Under wild game, black bear, elk, young wild pig are gourmet eats in my book. Venison I like, but if you’ve never eaten it you have to culture your palette to it, use it in “dark tasting” recipes...browned, then simmered in beer and worcestershire before making a venison stew, for example. Venison pasta sauce, I’ll make extra rich and spicy with red wine and chorizos...USED to make, I should say...haven’t been hunting since I moved aboard the boat.
To me, cottontail bunnies were just like chicken with more texture. If I wanted rabbit for dinner, in the midwest I’d go walking anywhere with my old Marlin .22, flush them and hit them on the fly. I’m pretty good at snap shooting, I’d walk in one direction until I’d gotten a couple rabbits, then head back to the road by a different route and pick up one or two more on the way. No reason to take more than I could cook; why stack them in tbe freezer when I could get them fresh at any time?
Now tbat I live aboard a sailboat I have zero guns, since I don’t hunt in Florida and it’s not legal for me to own a gun, anyway...tell that story another time. In the midwest I could care less about fishing...just don’t care for freshwater trout. But saltwater fishing is another story...when blue crabs are running, I’ll pick crabs for hours to make a crab dish. I have shrimpers docking near my boat that sell me fresh shrimp for $1 lb...giant sheepshead nibble at my boat, which are “poor man’s grouper” in my book...and the salt water trout put fresh water rainbows and brook trout to shame, delicate taste and big and fat as pigs in ths St. John’s river by Jax. Fish with line, net, thrown spear and speargun if I can get to where the water is clear. One of my favorite meals is stingray!...once you figure out the trick of brining the meat to make “fake scallops” out of it’s wings. Restaurants get in trouble because they use stingray instead of scallops and people can’t tell the difference...I’ve surprised people by making dinner and telling them halfway through the meal that they’ve been eating stingray...and then had to show them the tail to prove it!
May the mods be merciful to my post.
Actually, our neighbor greeted us with a hugh smile and the news that he fed the horse! He was so happy that he could open and shut the workshop door (Mr. Sg lubed it) and fed the horse w/o becoming breathless or collapsing. We fed the horse an apple (Gala—cored and quartered—did you know that horses choke relatively easily and that they can’t vomit which is why they get into serious trouble with digestive disorders?). He forgot to give the horse water and cover the feed barrels, so it’s a good thing we checked. His increased endurance is very, very good news. We’ll still go over to check on things, but the worry titer is definitely on the downswing. Life is good!
Do you know or recall which person was the wrong person?
I was astonished in the grocery store when I was looking for Louisiana hot sauce, that the teeny tiny bottles were two bucks and change, and the GALLON jugs right next to them, same product, were little over a dollar more.
I love the hot stuff...buy dried peppers in sacks and have a gardener friend who gives me the excess of fresh jalapenos, habaneros, and vietnamese peppers he grows from seeds brought back from his war service. I treat that produce like gold.
You’re right about brining—it improves lots of dishes.
Off to vote. See y’all l8r.
We had venison several times a year when my dad was well enough to hunt. It’s been a long time. We usually had it in a heavy wine and fruit sauce.
Fresh seafood would be nice. In Missouri, there was always catfish, but here, only three hours from the Atlantic, everything in the stores has been frozen.
Your seaside diet sounds wonderful!
Good news about your neighbor and the horse. Hope the voting goes well. I think young Bill and I will vote tomorrow morning.
I will vote on Thursday, and hopefully, get the stitches out then as well.
It’s really boring not having the use of both arms. :o|
At least you don’t have to change diapers! As wriggly as Kathleen is, it’s nearly impossible even with two hands!
Taking a shower and getting dressed with one hand is proving to be quite the challenge. I’m supposed to keep the sling on “2-3 weeks” but it really gets in the way.
I put cold packs on my eyes for a few minutes at a time during the day, but I still look like Miz Racketycoon.
Unnngh!
I’ve lost my appetite. I mean, how can I cook like this?
Your space bags are on the way.
Kewl! I love my space bags! I usually keep them in my suitcase so I know where they are.
I managed to take a shower, but it was slightly painful. Putting lotion on afterwards was REALLY painful...and I figured out why my left arm was so sore: when they put the BP cuff on it to monitor me while they yanked on my arm, they bruised it. *sheesh*
Anyway, life is good!
There’s something for pain in there, too. Shouldn’t take long, I sent it Priority.
Ah! Pain relief! I love it! Thanks!
I need to lie down now, but I will see y’all tomorrow!
I will be very happy to see you tomorrow!
I was in a great mood after voting until Mr. Sg who is in a blue funk about the possibility of electoral fraud began a discourse about how untrustworthy the whole voting machine process is. I went from visions of those poor people getting killed when they try to affect the political process and their joy when they hold up their purple fingers to thinking about SHTF scenarios. Bleeaghh. Time to read something uplifting.
Clearly, it is time for Kathleen to change her own diapers.
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