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    "Fuses, Primers, and Charges"

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    So, on the news just now, the newscaster announced that the president has "once again sidestepped Congress and approved another emergency arms sale to Israel.  This sale included [$148 million worth of] ancillary items such as fuses, primers, and charges...."

     

    Dang... that's gotta be a lot o' primers~!  :huh:  :o

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    Of Viands and Victuals

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    Ooo... Pumpkin!  :P

     

    Here's a favorite for cold, winter evenings.  I'll prepare it as either a meal in its own right, or to serve before a main course.  I've had to limit people to one small bowl when served before a main course; there's a temptation to fill up on the soup!  ^_^

     

     

    PUMPKIN SOUP

    6 cups chicken stock

    1 1/2 teaspoons salt  (I forgot the salt once… nobody seemed to notice)

    4 cups pumpkin puree (cooked pumpkin. Baked, steamed, nuked ~ it’s all good.  Canned as a last resort, but it'll work.  Make sure it's really pumpkin!)

    1 teaspoon chopped fresh parsley

    1 cup chopped onion

    1 chopped shallot

    1/2 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme

    1+ clove garlic, minced  (I usually use about the equivalent of 2 and a bit more…)

    5 whole black peppercorns

    1/2 cup heavy whipping cream  (Oops… I used a bit over a cup – Darn! And Yum!!)

     

    Directions

    Heat stock, salt, pumpkin, onion, shallot, thyme, garlic, and peppercorns. Oh heck… put it all in the pot except the cream. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer for 30 minutes uncovered.

     

    Puree the soup in small batches (1 cup at a time) using a food processor or blender. Or do like I did and do it all in the pot using an immersion blender – MUCH easier!!

     

    Bring to a boil again. Reduce heat to low, and simmer for another 30 minutes, uncovered. Stir in heavy cream. Pour into soup bowls and garnish with fresh parsley. (I sometimes don’t bother with the foliage)

     

    I gots one o' these to make it in or serve it out of....  :lol:

     

     

     

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    Of Viands and Victuals

    in SASS Wire Saloon

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    Hard Sauce Topping for that bread pudding:

     

     

    1 cup whiskey

    1 pound butter

    2 cups white sugar

    (Reduce volumes for smaller batches)

     

    In a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine whiskey, 1 pound butter and 2 cups sugar. Cook and stir until sugar dissolves and sauce is smooth. Remove from heat and serve hot over the bread pudding.   ;)

     

     

     

     

     

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    New Gun Laws starting January 1st in California

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    1 hour ago, Subdeacon Joe said:

    A judge has put a stay on the "sensitive places" portion of that law, and the rest is being contested in court.

     

    Of course, Newsom and Bonta are appealing the stay.  It will go to the 9th, the 3 judge panel will uphold the stay, Bonta will ask for an en banc, which will be granted, and that hand picked "random" 11 judge panel will side with the State.

     

    That's in the play book.  <_<

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    Talk about chutzpah!

    in SASS Wire Saloon

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    39 minutes ago, Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 said:

     

    We have a somewhat similar situation in Canada. "Immigrants" arrive,immediately have children, whose birth is covered by our heath insurance at N/C, then return to whatever **** hole they came from, until they need help again, then return here.

    If trouble breaks out in their **** hole, they make a great fuss that they be rescued, because they are Canadian residents or citizens. But many have not lived in Canada for many years.

    This little bit of information was told to me by a lady from another country, who was outraged by those of her former country, who were doing precisely that.

     

     

    Just curious, CLK, but what country are most of your invaders influx coming from?  :huh:

    Is there anything that hurts worse

    in SASS Wire Saloon

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    Warning of graphic description ~ if of a sensitive nature read no further!

     

    As delicately as I can describe it... my first experience was while standing at the "facility" in the men's room at work.  Suddenly, it was as if the devil himself had thrown a "bolwing ball hold" on me with a huge, red-hot iron hand and gripped with all his might.  I thought the top of my head was going to lift off, and seriously thought I was going to stroke out and that my last conscious experience on this Earth would be hitting the linoleum.  

     

    Fortunately, *ahem*, it did pass.  

     

    I have also learned that the ER staff takes 'em seriously.  I have also learned that morphine has interesting effects.  Did you know that some music has colors and some scents actually have patterns, like plaid and paisley~?  :rolleyes:

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    Is there anything that hurts worse

    in SASS Wire Saloon

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    12 minutes ago, Creeker, SASS #43022 said:

    Yup, that's always the comeback from the ladies.

    Kidney stones?  Ha!  You aint felt nothing until you've pushed a human out of your happy spot.

     

    But heres the thing - a while after a woman has given birth; a few months, a year or two - they will start talking about doing it again.

    You aint never going to find a man on the planet that would ever voluntarily do kidney stones again.

     

    Here's the thing:  I know a few women who have done both.  And to a person, they've all told me that they'd FAR rather deliver another child than experience 'stones again.  AND they all have said "Oh!  And it's gotta be MUCH worse for you men!"  

     

    Hm.  I just remembered something... we used to have a participant here in the Saloon (ACS) with the alias "Kid Kneestone."  Haven't seen 'im in years ~ I truly hope he didn't succumb!  :huh:

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    Ba-Dump Tissssh - Memes

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    Back in 1959, a cement truck crashed near Winganon, Oklahoma. By the time a tow truck arrived to haul it away, all of the cement had hardened inside the mixer, making it too problematic to move - so they just left it there. The locals have since repainted it to look like a NASA space capsule.

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