The PUB light's ON! :D

[Chip-skiff]

Oh crap, I think I tore something. Trying to play plumber.

Ouch! Take it easy, pard. Plumbers are a damn sight cheaper than surgeons. I brought in a pot of green chile to warm up and some tortillas. Cheese, too.

G'day Paul. Sorry I was cranky last night, but listening to Nine Inch Nails brings out the worst in me. Not the absolute worst, but maybe second or third worst.

[Bobby of Tulsa]

I guess I need a keeper.

[Bobby of Tulsa]

If thats what it takes to get food and drink in here, maybe I should try it again. Not.

[Mrleft8]

This damn internet connection is driving me nutz! (er)
Hot tomato soup and open faced grilled cheese anyone?

[Bobby of Tulsa]

This damn internet connection is driving me nutz! (er)
Hot tomato soup and open faced grilled cheese anyone?

Please, and a drink also.

[Mrleft8]

Cuervo gold, and a Samuel Smith's nut brown Ale.....

[Mrleft8]

I can't even get Youtube to open up.....
Oops! Carter's up from her nap! Gotta get back to scrubbing the bathroom!
(See Paul? If you clean it once every two years or so, they don't make you tear it out and start over.... )

[Bobby of Tulsa]

Sounds good to me.

[Chip-skiff]

It's been blowing like mad (usual) and also raining. In Wyoming in January. Bloody Hell! Guess I should move to Seattle, where it snows.

I'll have a double Tyrconnell whisky, for a toast to our dear lost Sophie, with a beaker of water at the side. A bowl of peanuts (roasted, unsalted, in the shell) for my furry friend—

[jbchicoine]

I'm not much of a dog person, but that is one sweet looking pooch!

[Chip-skiff]

I'm not much of a dog person, but that is one sweet looking pooch!

A few peanuts and you've got a friend forever.

How goes the writing life?

[jbchicoine]

A few peanuts and you've got a friend forever.

How goes the writing life?

I think she and I would get along *holding out a handful of peanuts*...*wiping doggie kooties*...*patting nice doggie*
Writing is going well...Have a second novel out with a few trusted readers...getting ready to submit that one...

[Bobby of Tulsa]

Coughing up a little blood, nothing a little Herradura wont cure, and a Corona Extra please.

[seanz]

It's all part of the healing process BobbyT......or it's time for a ride in the ambulance.

Sip your drink while you decide.

[jbchicoine]

Coughing up a little blood, nothing a little Herradura wont cure, and a Corona Extra please.

Oh, Bobby...that doesn't sound good...does it hurt bad?

[Bobby of Tulsa]

No pain, other than what I strained to day.

[Glen Longino]

No pain, other than what I strained to day.

..."other than what I strained today"...

Hard head!
Here, drink this!
You'll feel better!

[Chip-skiff]

*wiping doggie kooties*

Ruby has none— very clean as dogs go, and a lady in all respects.

[Chip-skiff]

Internal bleeding is not a great thing to go to bed with. Were you coughing up blood before you did the plumbing?

Think of it this way— if your daughter was coughing up blood, would you take her to see the doc?

[jbchicoine]

Yeah, Bobby...and you did kinda promise to stick around till at least next October!

[Bobby of Tulsa]

Internal bleeding is not a great thing to go to bed with. Were you coughing up blood before you did the plumbing?

Think of it this way— if your daughter was coughing up blood, would you take her to see the doc?

My daughter, unlike her dad wants to get older. If Tequila wont fix it, so be it.

[Bobby of Tulsa]

Saturday night in the bad lands, For real.

[Mrleft8]

It's Sunday morning again. It'll be interesting to see how long the internet connection lasts.
Bobby! You still kickin'? Or have you slunk off into the underbrush?
It's damn cold! I gotta start the wood stove in the basement this morning.... Gareth picked a good time to get a delivery job in the Caribbean....
Anyone want some brunch?

[Mrleft8]

Scottish oatmeal, with Devon cream, and honey.
Fried eggs.
Scrambled eggs with chives.
Spinach, cheese & mushroom quiche.
Egg souffle, with black truffles.
Buckwheat pancakes, with butter and pure Vermont Maple syrup.
French toast, with strawberry jam.
Escargot.
Fried mashed potatoes.
Fresh baby green beans, with slivered almonds.
Tomato, and cucumber salad.
Cheese macaroni.
Chicken and dumplings.
Stuffed roast red tomatoes.
Artichokes with lemon butter.
Brace of Quail stuffed with wild rice, and morel mushrooms.
Rolled pork roast stuffed with prunes and seasoned apple bread.
Wood oven roast beef, with pan seared potatoes and carrots.
Salmon steaks.
Steamed Mussels.
Oysters Rockefeller.
Clams casino.
Never frozen St. Augustine shrimp.
Lobster roll.
Bacon.
Breakfast sausage links.
Hawaiian ham.
Swedish meatballs.
English muffins.
Texas toast.
Rye toast.
Croissants.
Bow ties.
Bear claws.
Raspberry torte.
Almond coffee cake.
Bially.
Blintz.
Bagels.
Pretzels.
Chocolate cream pie.
Blueberry pie.
Apple pie.
Tequila sunrise.
Bloody Mary.
Champagne cocktail.
Mimosa.
Snake bite.
Fresh squoze orange juice
Hot coffee.
Hot cocoa.
Hot tea.
Iced tea.
Ice cold whole milk.
Beer.

[Bobby of Tulsa]

As my old aunt would say. Still kickin, but not very high. French toast and a cup of coffee sounds good.

[Canoez]

That's an awful long brunch list ya got there.

Bow ties?

[Mrleft8]

Bow tie Danish..... They're flaky pastry dough with sugar lace glazing. Sometimes they have marzipan filling, or raspberry jam.... Seriously yummy..... Especially when served by your grandmother on a snowy winter morning while you're still in your footy pajamas... It helps if grandpa scowls while spooning into his grapefruit, as a squirt gets him expertly in the eye....

[Mrleft8]

[Canoez]

Bow tie Danish..... They're flaky pastry dough with sugar lace glazing. Sometimes they have marzipan filling, or raspberry jam.... Seriously yummy..... Especially when served by your grandmother on a snowy winter morning while you're still in your footy pajamas... It helps if grandpa scowls while spooning into his grapefruit, as a squirt gets him expertly in the eye....

Seem to be some pretty strong memories associated with those pastries.

[Bobby of Tulsa]

..."other than what I strained today"...

Hard head!
Here, drink this!
You'll feel better!

Ok, I think maybe that helped.

[Chip-skiff]

Seem to be some pretty strong memories associated with those pastries.

Like Proust and the madeleine.

G'day, all. Looks like Lefty has launched The Brunch of Mass Destruction. A carpet bombing with calories. I'll have the usual Long Black.

Trying to decide whether to work on the solar hot air collector or stay in the house. Cold and windy today and the shop will be coolish: about 45°F. On sunny days I can blow excess heat in from the greenhouse and get it warm enough for painting and gluing. Wonder what the setting temp is for silicone caulk?

[jbchicoine]

I think I must be late for brunch...So it's going to have to be a cuppa coffee or a nap...

[Peerie Maa]

Hi JB.
Thinking dinner here, shoulder of lamb, roast tatties, mushrooms and mixed veg. Xmas pud and brandy butter to follow.

[Chip-skiff]

Xmas pud and brandy butter.

One fears to ask. . .

[jbchicoine]

I think I asked about the Xmas pud once, but I can't remember if it appealed to me...

[Peerie Maa]

I think I asked about the Xmas pud once, but I can't remember if it appealed to me...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/ri...aspudding_8935

Brandy butter: Dice 180g butter and add an equal weight of soft brown sugar. Beat until soft. Stir in 3 tbsp of brandy. Add 50g of ground almonds if you wish. Cover and keep in the fridge for up to a week. Serves 10-12.

[Mrleft8]

Sounds like it has potential......

[jbchicoine]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/ri...aspudding_8935

Brandy butter: Dice 180g butter and add an equal weight of soft brown sugar. Beat until soft. Stir in 3 tbsp of brandy. Add 50g of ground almonds if you wish. Cover and keep in the fridge for up to a week. Serves 10-12.

count me in on that!

[Nanoose]

What I wanna know is what makes Scottish oatmeal Scottish, eh?

Football's on.....don't have much heart for it now that our beloved Packer's have packed it in.
Who ya'll cheering for today?

[Nanoose]

Hi JB.
..Xmas pud and brandy butter to follow.

Christmas pudding with hard sauce here in Canuckistan. The good stuff has rum in the hard sauce, and the pudding is soaked for months in whatever brandy, rum or what have you turns 'yer crank.
Sounds yummy, PeeMa...I may have to cook that roast and all the trimmings for dinner.

[Mrleft8]

What I wanna know is what makes Scottish oatmeal Scottish, eh?

Football's on.....don't have much heart for it now that our beloved Packer's have packed it in.
Who ya'll cheering for today?

The kilt.

[Peerie Maa]

Christmas pudding with hard sauce here in Canuckistan. The good stuff has rum in the hard sauce, and the pudding is soaked for months in whatever brandy, rum or what have you turns 'yer crank.
Sounds yummy, PeeMa...I may have to cook that roast and all the trimmings for dinner.

Rum, brandy, whatever rocks your boat Whiskey maybe, but not gin or vodka

[Peerie Maa]

What I wanna know is what makes Scottish oatmeal Scottish, eh?

Scottish weather is so driech that only oats and barley will ripen, so they had to exist on parrich. Then the Diaspora used it to reinforce their Scottishness. Over here we talk of porridge oats 'cos the only other use for the stuff is horse provender.

[Mrleft8]

No wonder English horses are so chubby.....

Carter cooked up some pork tenderloin medallions with a lemon zest garlic glaze that was superb tonight. I shall add this to the PUB menu board..... Served with steamed broccoli, and white rice cooked in chicken stock..... 70% Cocoa Dark Grenada chocolate with cocoa pod crunchies for desert...... Heaven..... I'm in heaven.....
Unfortunately (Or fortunately, depending on how you look at it) I have to go to the hospital tomorrow morning to have more holes poked in me....
Anything to cure this damn mystery ailment...... At this point I really don't care if they call it Lyme disease, or Fred..... Just fix it!

[Chip-skiff]

Heaven..... I'm in heaven...

You and Carter, immortalized on film.

[Mrleft8]

That wouldn't be so scary if I haven't been watching Carter's sister (One of the most uncoordinated people I've ever met in my life, but very sweet) taking tap danceing lessons for the last 5-6 years...
A balmy 35f and spitting rain...
Chicken pot pie, with biscuits and butter.
Beef pot roast with corn bread, and steamed broccoli.
Spicy Thai beer battered shrimp, with sweet-N-hot pepper dip.
Special on tap: Narragansett Porter.

[Mrleft8]

May I just say how much I love the US health care system?.....
Bobby.... Grab me up a cold beer, and a bowl of popcorn please.... I need to get in some couch time....
Damned idiots didn't even know what I was doing there, when I got there, then the second half of the procedure wasn't scheduled, then they stuck me in a basement room for 2 hours while they figured out why I was there, and then they called Carter's office (70 miles away) to arrange for a delivery of meds that are supposed to be delivered here at home.....
Let's see how we can put the patient at ease..... Amazingly my BP was only 125/73.... I would have expected much higher considering that I was just about as calm as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs.....

[Bobby of Tulsa]

Beer and popcorn, need anything else? The doctors down here would have done two or three procedures on you in that length of time. Whether you needed it or not.

[Mrleft8]

Chicken and dmplings would be nice..... And a load of fire wood.... Just 5-6 splits....

[Bobby of Tulsa]

Chicken and dmplings would be nice..... And a load of fire wood.... Just 5-6 splits....

Chicken and dumplings I can do, probably the best you ever et. Larry will have to do the fire wood.