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[John G.]

Five!

[George]

I just googled "Middletown Ohio Liberty hotdog" and I found this chili recipe, supposedly from the Liberty's chef:

In a large heavy pot over medium heat add the following:
1 tablespoon oil
2 large onions finely chopped
¼ cup chili powder…1 tablespoon if kiddies are eating
1 tablespoon paprika
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon ground cumin
¼ teaspoon ground allspice
¼ teaspoon ground cloves
¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
Cook about 5 minutes until you can smell the spices and onions are soft

Add
2 lbs of ground beef…double grind
Cook slowly until meat is not pink but not browned breaking up the meat to a fine mixture. You can use a potato masher if needed.
Cook about 10 to 15 minutes
Add:
1 15 oz can tomato sauce
1 1/2 to 2 cups of good beef broth
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
1 oz square unsweetened chocolate
2 bay leaves
1 can pinto chili beans**
1 tablespoon molasses or 1 heaping tablespoon dark brown sugar
Salt and pepper to taste
Simmer for about two hours then remove bay leaves.

This sounds great Larry, but to what do the two asterisks after the "1 can pinto chili beans**" refer?

[George]

Test vibes for MR BK today....

~~~DITTO!!~~~

[bk]

I'm up, I'm up - eight and a half hours of sleep.

[bk]

Doug is the most obstinate, hard-headed dope about learning new stuff - he thinks he'll just wait for some forum he posted to to maybe give him a workaround for his ten year old software. He does all his designing in Dreamweaver - so, from now on the Kritzerland site is a dead issue because he refuses to join the 21st century? Not to mention his other projects. I may have him just set up a one-off order page for this book because I'm not waiting for him to figure this all out.

[bk]

Meanwhile, three people have ordered the book. I do hope others will follow.

[George]

I love a good hot dog, but I rarely go out of my way for them, except at Costco. They are unbeatable at the price. I love ‘em with mustard, relish and onions when available. They used to offer sauerkraut, but no more.

Nathan’s and Gray’s Papaya Dog in the city. A dog with tomato and onions sauce at Shea Stadium. A loaded Chicago dog.

Definitely love the Costco hot dog! 

[George]

I miss the Polish dog that they used to serve too (and my mom loved their combo pizza that is also no more), but I get the hot dog every so often.  It's close enough that I can go just for that.

[George]

So, this morning, for my MONDAY kind of fun, I went outside and started up one of the chainsaws and cut back the part of a fallen tree that was part way across the driveway.

Last night's storm was horrible, and the following winds are still with us. This part of the world has become Wind Central, and we do not like it one bit. We here in this area have PTSD from the microburst (with embedded twisters) of 2018 that did such horrible damage. And since then, it seems like whenever storms kick up, winds are routinely more of a threat than they ever used to be. Anyhoo, this particular winter storm had everything:  snow, sleet, freezing rain, rain, winds gusting up to 50 mph and more, and there are limbs down and trees down everywhere. I hope we have no more than this single one.

Oh, my goodness!

[George]

~~~Stay Safe and Warm Vibes for ChasSmith!!~~~

[George]

I love that $1.50 Costco hot dog and soda deal, too, but I've only gotten it a couple of times since they stopped having onions. I keep meaning to complain about that, but usually when I'm in there I just want to make my purchase and get out, and I haven't gotten around to it.

The Costcos around here have little takeaway cups with onions.  Although you don't get a lot of onions, you actually get enough...and you can grab a couple of the cups to be used in other dishes at home later.

[George]

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Very nice

Thanks, Jane.

[John G.]

The casual homophobia in this version of The Front Page hasn't aged well. Wilder's insistence that the actors not talk over the top of each other was outdated and topped by His Girl Friday years before.

But the cast is great. Every minor character from Susan Sarandon to Charles Durning is perfectly cast. Austin Pendleton, David Wayne, Harold Gould, Vincent Gardenia, Herb Edelman and Carol Burnett all joyful.

[George]

Wait a minute. How many people in this jernt have covid now? Is this 2021, or what?

Everybody get better!

Not I!  I just got the shot a couple of weeks ago.

[Freddie]

Sorry about that, Elmore. I share similar stories of all the shows I missed due to bedtimes and a misunderstanding mother.

One missed show that I remember was at age 10, and my parents had heard that "All In the Family" needed parental supervision for pre-teens, because there were issues like bigotry that might need parental guidance for youngsters.  But they had to be out the night "All In the Family" debuted.  They told my brother who was then 16 not to let me watch the show and he took the instruction seriously.  By the following week, the family was watching "All In the Family" together. 

Ironically (I think it's an irony), as the series went on, Archie Bunker became more lovable.  But when we saw that first episode, I think my folks were glad they didn't let me at 10 watch that episode without them in the room.

[Jane]

Wait a minute. How many people in this jernt have covid now? Is this 2021, or what?

Everybody get better!

Not I!  I just got the shot a couple of weeks ago.

How long was it between your two vaccinations?

[Jane]

Sorry about that, Elmore. I share similar stories of all the shows I missed due to bedtimes and a misunderstanding mother.

One missed show that I remember was at age 10, and my parents had heard that "All In the Family" needed parental supervision for pre-teens, because there were issues like bigotry that might need parental guidance for youngsters.  But they had to be out the night "All In the Family" debuted.  They told my brother who was then 16 not to let me watch the show and he took the instruction seriously.  By the following week, the family was watching "All In the Family" together. 

Ironically (I think it's an irony), as the series went on, Archie Bunker became more lovable.  But when we saw that first episode, I think my folks were glad they didn't let me at 10 watch that episode without them in the room.

They were probably right.

[Freddie]

More test vibes for BK!

[elmore3003]

I just googled "Middletown Ohio Liberty hotdog" and I found this chili recipe, supposedly from the Liberty's chef:

In a large heavy pot over medium heat add the following:
1 tablespoon oil
2 large onions finely chopped
¼ cup chili powder…1 tablespoon if kiddies are eating
1 tablespoon paprika
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon ground cumin
¼ teaspoon ground allspice
¼ teaspoon ground cloves
¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
Cook about 5 minutes until you can smell the spices and onions are soft

Add
2 lbs of ground beef…double grind
Cook slowly until meat is not pink but not browned breaking up the meat to a fine mixture. You can use a potato masher if needed.
Cook about 10 to 15 minutes
Add:
1 15 oz can tomato sauce
1 1/2 to 2 cups of good beef broth
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
1 oz square unsweetened chocolate
2 bay leaves
1 can pinto chili beans**
1 tablespoon molasses or 1 heaping tablespoon dark brown sugar
Salt and pepper to taste
Simmer for about two hours then remove bay leaves.

This sounds great Larry, but to what do the two asterisks after the "1 can pinto chili beans**" refer?

There was no explanation in the original post. I'm guessing it means "opt5ional" since I do not remember beans in the chili on the Liberty hot dogs.

[George]

Wait a minute. How many people in this jernt have covid now? Is this 2021, or what?

Everybody get better!

If everyone getting Covid is a trend, maybe I can push my "That Ain't Containment" series of videos again!


"It's Gonna Take a Lotta Gloves" - a parody public service announcement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P92NrXCxMBw

Funny!!

[George]

And the title song "That Ain't Containment" tune of "That's Entertainment"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuSeE_KIcVc

[George]

And now for something completely different...and not in a good way:

Amazon are changing the way you own your Kindle books - you have 10 days to react

Wow.  I hope this doesn't mean I will have a problem the next time I download one onto my Kindle ap on my Samsung tablet.

I would assume not.  It looks like if you want to download via USB cable, which is what I do.

[George]

And now for something completely different...and not in a good way:

Amazon are changing the way you own your Kindle books - you have 10 days to react

Thanks for pointing that out, George! 

You're welcome, Freddie.

[Freddie]

Doug is the most obstinate, hard-headed dope about learning new stuff - he thinks he'll just wait for some forum he posted to to maybe give him a workaround for his ten year old software. He does all his designing in Dreamweaver - so, from now on the Kritzerland site is a dead issue because he refuses to join the 21st century? Not to mention his other projects. I may have him just set up a one-off order page for this book because I'm not waiting for him to figure this all out.

A one-off order page sounds like a fine solution.

[Freddie]

Wait a minute. How many people in this jernt have covid now? Is this 2021, or what?

Everybody get better!

If everyone getting Covid is a trend, maybe I can push my "That Ain't Containment" series of videos again!


"It's Gonna Take a Lotta Gloves" - a parody public service announcement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P92NrXCxMBw

Funny!!

Thanks so much, George!

[Freddie]

And the title song "That Ain't Containment" tune of "That's Entertainment"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuSeE_KIcVc

And many thanks again, George!

[Freddie]

Sorry about that, Elmore. I share similar stories of all the shows I missed due to bedtimes and a misunderstanding mother.

One missed show that I remember was at age 10, and my parents had heard that "All In the Family" needed parental supervision for pre-teens, because there were issues like bigotry that might need parental guidance for youngsters.  But they had to be out the night "All In the Family" debuted.  They told my brother who was then 16 not to let me watch the show and he took the instruction seriously.  By the following week, the family was watching "All In the Family" together. 

Ironically (I think it's an irony), as the series went on, Archie Bunker became more lovable.  But when we saw that first episode, I think my folks were glad they didn't let me at 10 watch that episode without them in the room.

They were probably right.

After Archie Bunker became more lovable in later seasons, it was strange in reruns seeing how repugnant the character's bigotry had been in the first several episodes.

[Freddie]

Of course, one of the toughest things to explain to impressionable kids in 1970s sitcom TV was how this Bruce Kimmel guy kept getting cast as the nerd who never got the girl.

[John G.]

My news feed had this in it, Laura. Had to think of you.

https://www.today.com/today/amp/recipes/tdrp297725

[John G.]

Onward!