On 2024-03-18, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> On 2024-03-18 9:06 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On 2024-03-18, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>> On 2024-03-18 8:36 a.m., songbird wrote:
>>>>
>>>> they used to when it was critical for every tribal member
>>>> (puns galore this morning) to be completely engaged in
>>>> defense. or to put it more bluntly, if you weren't making
>>>> enough babies you didn't have enough soldiers. for nomadic
>>>> tribes always conflicting about turf to graze their animals
>>>> (and now a lot of their ground cover is gone and they're
>>>> grazing on rocks and barely fertile alkaline subsoils) every
>>>> sperm is sacred.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> It's pretty sad that we are facing so many problems in the world that
>>> are directly or indirectly related to over population and there are
>>> still people having huge families. It is especially bad in some of the
>>> most desolate countries. It really gets me to see coverage of famine
>>> relief in arid African countries and seeing families with a dozen kids
>>> and they are all starving.
>>
>> They don't have access to birth control. If the woman tried to
>> say, "No, let's not have any more children", her man would likely
>> beat and rape her anyway.
>>
>
> Because they are Muslim and/or African?

Because quite a lot of men have been socialized to consider women
their property. Not just in Africa. Not just Muslims.

Your bigotry is showing, Dave.

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Cindy Hamilton

On 3/14/2024 1:29 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> Long gone are the days of $2.99/lb "deals" on corned beef brisket; the
> going rate this year across all local markets was $4.99/lb.  I bought
> three of them this year; two are in the freezer.  I love corned beef
> brisket and this is the only time of year I can find it.  (Sorry, the
> canned stuff simply doesn't count as corned beef in my book and no, I'm
> not going to bother to "corn" a brisket.)  I also picked up a nice head
> of cabbage.
>
> I will likely cook it on Saturday.  I do it in the crock pot/slow cooker
> with the peppercorn spice packet in a minimal amount of water; I do add
> a couple of extra dried bay leaves.  Towards the end of cooking I cut
> the cabbage into wedges and cook it on top of the beef until it's just
> fork tender.
>
> I do not cook potatoes and carrots with this.  But I did buy some
> potatoes so I could make a pan of corned beef hash with some of the
> leftover brisket.
>
> Jill

I love corned beef, not the lunchmeat though. The stuff in the cans is
only good for making breakfasts with eggs once in a long while and you
have to really cook it down a lot so it's deep red or it smells and I
assume tastes like dog food.

$4.99 at Costco as well, though I can usually find it year round I
forget about it much after the day.

I cook the cabbage separately right before serving as I don't care for
eating the slime that comes out of guessing at, and don't have room to
put it in the crock-pot too. I just dumped some of the cooking water
from the crock-pot into the pan for flavor and boiled for 7 minutes.
Both kids won't eat the cabbage no matter what I do to it.

I did use a package of the red white and purple new potatoes, though I
feel scammed as there were only two of the purple ones. My daughter
doesn't care for them though and didn't eat them. Maybe I need to try
mashing them for her as she likes mashed potatoes.

I didn't cook it Sunday, but yesterday as I was too busy in the mornings
to get it going early enough. I tried 4 hours on high one year starting
it later (which it seems are the highest rated recipies) but it was
tough and unpleasant. I did 2 hours high then 6 hours low and it came
out perfect this year.

I forgot the seasoning packet all together, but it still tasted
delicious and we barely have enough left for maybe sandwiches, about 1/3
to 1/4 of it.

My wife lamented we didn't have the good gray poupon for it (country
dijon) but really that's the only thing we ever use it on so it sits in
the fridge taking up space the rest of the year. No one else puts
mustard on it except for sandwiches either.

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-Justisaur

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On 3/16/2024 2:07 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On 2024-03-16, S Viemeister <firstname@lastname.oc.ku> wrote:
>> On 16/03/2024 17:53, Graham wrote:
>>> On 2024-03-15 1:01 p.m., Graham wrote:
>>
>>>> Sunday looks to be a good day to make orange marmalade.
>>>
>>> I should have added that I will be wearing an orange shirt and
>>> orange socks.
>>
>> I'll be wearing blue.
>> I have little tolerance for bigots, whether green or orange.
>
> I'll be wearing whatever's next in my closet. Black or gray pants,
> probably a white t-shirt, and a blue flannel shirt.

My wife and girl forgot when we went out and got a bit of joking. I
forgot too, but I inadvertently had green on, I was wearing my Alligator
Loki shirt. Someone mistook it for something Irish and I didn't correct
them that it was Marvel/Viking. I also have green eyes (dark brown hair
not red,) so I'm always prepared.

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On 2024-03-20, Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I love corned beef, not the lunchmeat though.

What's the difference? Cook corned beef, slice it thin on a slicer:
it's lunchmeat.

> I cook the cabbage separately right before serving as I don't care for
> eating the slime that comes out of guessing at, and don't have room to
> put it in the crock-pot too. I just dumped some of the cooking water
> from the crock-pot into the pan for flavor and boiled for 7 minutes.
> Both kids won't eat the cabbage no matter what I do to it.

I wouldn't eat it, either.

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Cindy Hamilton

On 3/20/2024 11:43 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On 2024-03-20, Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> I love corned beef, not the lunchmeat though.
>
> What's the difference? Cook corned beef, slice it thin on a slicer:
> it's lunchmeat.
I'm talking about the branded pre-sliced lunch meat like Hormel or
whatever. It's been a long time, I'm not sure if they still make it,
but it's more the constancy of pastrami.

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On 3/21/2024 1:22 PM, Justisaur wrote:
> On 3/20/2024 11:43 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On 2024-03-20, Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I love corned beef, not the lunchmeat though.
>>
>> What's the difference?  Cook corned beef, slice it thin on a slicer:
>> it's lunchmeat.
> I'm talking about the branded pre-sliced lunch meat like Hormel or
> whatever.   It's been a long time, I'm not sure if they still make it,
> but it's more the constancy of pastrami.
>
>
That's funny. do you know what pastrami is?

Step 1. Make corned beef

On 2024-03-21, Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On 3/20/2024 11:43 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On 2024-03-20, Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I love corned beef, not the lunchmeat though.
>>
>> What's the difference? Cook corned beef, slice it thin on a slicer:
>> it's lunchmeat.
> I'm talking about the branded pre-sliced lunch meat like Hormel or
> whatever.

That's not even food.

I'm talking about corned beef sliced at the deli.

Most grocery stores have the inferior corned round. A couple of places
here have the superior corned brisket.

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Cindy Hamilton