AS: Young, scrappy and hungry-Yankeevania thread

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  • Yay Sabine!
  • sabinesabine Shipmate
    I started a thread in AS about fairs (county, state, other) since fair season is happening here in the Midwest. Check it out if you love fairs.
  • Seems like the whole of California is on fire. We are about an hours drive from two new ones, much closer as the crow flies. Seems we now have a new season, Fall, Winter, Spring, and Fire. Very unnerving, not to mention hard breathing with all the smoke. I am ready to move to an island.
  • sabinesabine Shipmate
    Very worrying.
  • sabinesabine Shipmate
    Prayers for everyone in the way of flames and also for the fire fighters. Will also post on prayer thread.
  • I am ready to move to an island.
    I would suggest you avoid the Big Island of Hawaii, at least this summer.


  • Pigwidgeon wrote: »
    I would suggest you avoid the Big Island of Hawaii, at least this summer.

    I guess best to avoid the coast of Greece as well.



  • RuthRuth Shipmate
    Wildfires always make me glad I live in a thoroughly urban area, with concrete on three sides and the ocean on the fourth.
  • LydaLyda Shipmate
    Sometimes urban areas can fool you, although I'm pretty sure that you are secure where you are. But I remember the poor folks in Oakland back in '91 who lost so much in a wind driven fire.
  • Lakeport CA with concrete all around and large lake in front is evacuated just now, and Redding California is burning. But agree Ruth urban would seem safer over woodlands. May the Lord have mercy on all.
  • sabinesabine Shipmate
    Holding all in the Light (Divine, not fire)
  • Looking bad may have to leave, hopefully not until dawn when we can see. Trying to stay calm but feeling anxious.
  • LydaLyda Shipmate
    Prayers for you.
  • sabinesabine Shipmate
    @Graven Image Hoping for the best.
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    {{{Graven Image}}}
  • Made it through the night, not much sleep. I think we are okay for a day or two anyway. Fires 10 percent contained. So sad 80,000 people out of their homes in our county. We are putting up a Red
    Cross shelter helper in our guest room starting today. There are things I do not like about the Corporate Red Cross but their volunteers are a selfless hard working blessing.
  • Good news, they expect fire to be fully contained by September 1. Shelters down this morning to 500 people as some have been able to return home. This does not count people staying other places then in shelters. Smoke much less but still hanging on.
  • sabinesabine Shipmate
    @Graven Image good news.
  • sabinesabine Shipmate
    Good news. The neurologist does not think I have Parkinson's! If it's a Katharine Hepburn style tremor, perhaps I need a new, more sophisticated, wardrobe. :)
  • Amanda B ReckondwythAmanda B Reckondwyth Mystery Worship Editor
    Turtlenecks and scarves did wonders for Kate.

    Glad to hear the news. May you sail on in good health.
  • Happy Dance for you Sabine. What a relief it must be.
  • sabinesabine Shipmate
    @Graven Image Thank you.
  • Welcome news, Sabine.
  • sabinesabine Shipmate
    @Lothlorien thank you
  • Much yay!
  • sabinesabine Shipmate
    @neandergirl Thanks
  • MMMMMM Shipmate
    Good news indeed!

    MMM
  • sabinesabine Shipmate
    @MMM thanks
  • RossweisseRossweisse Hell Host, 8th Day Host
    Oh, that's good news, sabine!
  • sabinesabine Shipmate
    @Rossweisse thanks
  • Excellent, Sabine.
  • sabinesabine Shipmate
    @NicoleMR thanks
  • jedijudyjedijudy Heaven Host, 8th Day Host
    What a relief, sabine! So glad to read your good news!

    I was in NE Oregon for two weeks. Few fires there, but the ones in southern Oregon sent the smoke up to where I was staying. Some days it was thick enough to hide the mountains! (However, morning temps were between 48 and 55 degrees...a treat for a Florida girl!!)
  • sabinesabine Shipmate
    @jedijudy thanks
  • sabinesabine Shipmate
    edited August 2018
    I posted this on a Trump thread but I fear it will get lost amid the ire.

    I think it's hilarious.

    http://www.officialmikepence.com/
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    Hilarious and scary in equal measure, I'd say.

    Is he really only 59? That might be the scariest bit of all ... :worried:
  • ClimacusClimacus Shipmate
    edited August 2018
    How are you all travelling?
  • jedijudyjedijudy Heaven Host, 8th Day Host
    I'm trying to stay in the AC! It's hot and humid (air you can wear) out. If I could go to the movies every day, I would!!

  • jedijudy wrote: »
    I'm trying to stay in the AC! It's hot and humid (air you can wear) out. If I could go to the movies every day, I would!!
    I remember spending much of the day in the library in summer holidays with three young sons. They loved the library and as it was on holidays there were a lot of activities arranged. Even the local shopping centre was welcomed by them, not a place they chose to visit usually. Anything with aircon.
  • sabinesabine Shipmate
    Corn is happening in my region. I am not a good cook, but I do like to try something with seasonal ingredients a few times a year. Any suggestions for corn?
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    A stall at our farmers' market sells hydroponically grown corn-cobs, and they're so sweet you could actually eat them raw.

    I just drop them in boiling water until they're hot enough to melt the butter I'm going to spread on them, and add a sprinkle of sea salt and black pepper.

    I'm sure there are things you could do with fresh corn (salads, chowder ...) but it's so good at this time of year it would almost be a shame to mess about with it.
  • sabinesabine Shipmate
    Mmmm, you're right. There's nothing like getting all that butter on your chin!

    I was at a potluck recently and had corn bread with kernals baked it. Very good.

    Also...corn and black beans with Southwest seasonings.
  • RossweisseRossweisse Hell Host, 8th Day Host
    Steamed corn on the cob. Yes.

  • Amanda B ReckondwythAmanda B Reckondwyth Mystery Worship Editor
    A corn omelet is something you don't find on every breakfast table. Corn, onion, green pepper, cheese. Delicious.

    As for corn on the cob, I've gone back simply to boiling it. Grilling over coals, nuking in the microwave, even baking in the oven, have all had their heyday.
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    Mmmm ... adding sweetcorn to an omelette - never thought of that. I'd probably only use frozen sweetcorn for that though, and I'd have to leave it out of D's half: he loves corn on the cob, but doesn't like the loose kernels.
  • sabinesabine Shipmate
    I will be putting corn in my omlets from now on. I'm allergic to dairy, so no cheese, but itherwise Miss Amanda's recipe sounds great.
  • In my neck of the woods one fire out and the other 97 percent contained. Happy Dance Yesterday first time the air was clear of smoke in two months. It has been a long hot summer. Now if we can just have no sparks for two months and the rains come we will be good. I am going to try Miss Amanda's corn omelet Saturday, sounds yummy.
  • ClimacusClimacus Shipmate
    edited August 2018
    Best wishes for the rain and no sparks. Our fire season started early down here.

    Adding my vote to Miss Amanda's omelette (how we spell it over here :wink: ). I love corn. I used to take corn cobs to work and cook them in the microwave for an afternoon snack. Nothing like corn and butter. Mmm mmm.
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    Yea and amen re the fires. Although we're thousands of miles from the west coast, we had an air-quality alert the other day, as prevailing winds were blowing smoke our way from fires in BC; it was sufficiently high in the atmosphere that we couldn't really feel it, but it certainly added to the muggy, humid feeling in the air.

    I certainly wouldn't want to be any closer to it than I am.
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