House of Roses

Meat Haul for August

While I’m enjoying the meat from the new farm, I’m missing all the lamb we used to get from Stillman’s. I’m also a tad bit tired of beef. I think I prefer pork and lamb. And I think I have more uses for non-ground meat. Ah, well.

But anyway, here’s the haul:

1. 1.5 lb beef top round steak
2. 1.5 lb fresh ham steak
3. 1 lb ground beef x 2
4. 3/4 lb ground pork
5. 1 lb hamburger patties (4 patties)
6. 1 lb beef chuck steak
7. 1 lb lamb sausage
8. 2 lb chicken breast

I am still at a loss, however, one how to cook fresh ham steak. It’s got a really different flavor which I haven’t managed to complement well yet.

The chicken breasts, I think, will become shoyu chicken. Yum.

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Poor Peppers

Last weekend I found that too many of my peppers had these soft, brown spots:

Talking to my dad, I learned that they are what happens when pepper mold attacks your plants. The mold’s a result of too much moisture, which the peppers have had, between all our thunderstorms and my not-so-careful watering methods.

So, I made up some anti-mold spray and went to bathe the peppers.

Combine the following with one gallon of water:

1. 1 Tablespoon baking soda
2. 1 Teaspoon dish soap
3. 1 Teaspoon vegetable oil

(I think soap is what saves us from bugs.)

After a few days of washing the (remaining) peppers, watering more carefully, and shaking the peppers to remove extra moisture after the rains, they seem to be looking better.

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City PSA

To the folks across the street, diagonally:

It’s pretty damn discourteous to park your honkin’ huge car smack dab in the middle of a 2-car long space.

I’m not even sure SmartCars could fit on either side of your car. And I know you folks have lived in the city for a long time; why is it that you’re so unneighborly, uncharitable?

Or is it just that you’re not smart enough to think about other folks? But haven’t you lived here long enough to know that you have to be kind to your neighbors?

As soon as I can figure out some way to ask you to park smartly, I will. At the moment though, having spent so many years listening to you scream at your children and your spouses, I think I’ll wait until I’m fast enough that you won’t deck me.

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