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I probably should have spent a little more time outside today than I did. I got off to a late start and did our usual saturday cleaning albeit with a significant lack of gusto. I wasted a trip out to see someone who I thought would be at the ambulance building but both units were out on call.
When I got home I decided to pull out my chainsaw and cut up two large broken branches that came down this winter. They were both 5" in dia and probably errr... 16' long. Ordinarily, I would just throw them on the springtime cleanup bonfire, but with wood at $250/cord I keep most everything that is burnable now. The saw ran great which is always nice, especially since I was using gas from last fall. The problem was that it wasn't enough gas and I ran out when the job was 2/3 done. Arg.
So I came in and cleaned up and started cooking the most scatterbrained soup/stew/chili ever. Basically, I've boiled anything left in the house that even vaguely resembles a bean. I even threw in some wild rice, just cuz. Seriously, there are about 8 different beans in there, one I can't even identify (looks like a lentil but it's brown). Then for the spices. Hmm, we seem short in that dept. Here's some soup starter, bullion cubes (beef), Mrs. Dash, salt, pepper (lots), cumin, chili powder, curry powder, a white onion, two cans of crushed tomato, a can of paste, a yellow onion, Tabasco, and worcershire sauce (sp?). I *almost* put in the last cup of leftover coffee, it adds richness to some soups, I've done it before and it's good :) Finally, I put in about 2lbs of chopped leftover beef (chuck roast I think).
The last step in this recipe is my usual "cook till done", which probably will be another 2 hours.
In non-food news....I apparently need to get a red passport.....
When I got home I decided to pull out my chainsaw and cut up two large broken branches that came down this winter. They were both 5" in dia and probably errr... 16' long. Ordinarily, I would just throw them on the springtime cleanup bonfire, but with wood at $250/cord I keep most everything that is burnable now. The saw ran great which is always nice, especially since I was using gas from last fall. The problem was that it wasn't enough gas and I ran out when the job was 2/3 done. Arg.
So I came in and cleaned up and started cooking the most scatterbrained soup/stew/chili ever. Basically, I've boiled anything left in the house that even vaguely resembles a bean. I even threw in some wild rice, just cuz. Seriously, there are about 8 different beans in there, one I can't even identify (looks like a lentil but it's brown). Then for the spices. Hmm, we seem short in that dept. Here's some soup starter, bullion cubes (beef), Mrs. Dash, salt, pepper (lots), cumin, chili powder, curry powder, a white onion, two cans of crushed tomato, a can of paste, a yellow onion, Tabasco, and worcershire sauce (sp?). I *almost* put in the last cup of leftover coffee, it adds richness to some soups, I've done it before and it's good :) Finally, I put in about 2lbs of chopped leftover beef (chuck roast I think).
The last step in this recipe is my usual "cook till done", which probably will be another 2 hours.
In non-food news....I apparently need to get a red passport.....