Sorry I didn't answer you sooner, but my phone has been out all day, until a few minutes ago...Grrrrr ! Hoping someone else sent you the direction...or maybe you could go on Google ? I fry some bacon and pour off almost all the grease for later use...Drain the bacon on paper towels...I pour some water in the skillet and mix in enough flour to make a very thin 'gravy.'..then I add salt and pepper, sugar and white vinegar to taste.....Keep tasting till you get it right...Heat and pour over the prepared greens..crumble on the bacon...eat right away..... Mama was like most cooks in her day...just poured the hot bacon grease on the greens, and that was it....That 'wilted' it , for sure....I like my version better, and it's surely better for you, calorie wise....Hope it turns out tasting to suit you ! Jeannie T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:55:06 -0400 "Smoochie Newton" <smoochieangelpie@gmail.com> writes: > does anyone know how to make the vinegar/sugar/whatever heated > liquid that > is poured over the lettuce to make the salad?? I have been just > dying for a > wilted lettuce salad.... Oh Momma!!!..... bought myself some > Romaine > lettuce...it's all washed up and ready to go but that's as far as I > can go. > Should I use Apple Cider Vinegar or is Malt Vinegar ok?? I think > I > remember that bacon grease is the starter..... would turkey bacon > do?? > SOMEBODY HELP ME!!! > > paulette in sw fla usa.... hey, I don't get the urge to cook very > often.... > this is a miracle, a miracle I tell ya > ____________________________________________________________ Sweepstakes!!! Enter for your chance to WIN one of hundreds of daily prizes. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/JKFkuJi7UnnXWK7NAUPXUSdULVQwZqf4wSGqQ4b1zms2PrU0J6tInS/

Hello, Iwill be 86 on October 4th this year We do get on, don't we? Belle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary R Mungo" <MRMungo@Comporium.net> To: <southern-chat@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 7:41 PM Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Where is everybody??? > I gain another year in October also!!! Mine's on the 2nd... when is yours? > Mary Clyde > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Smoochie Newton" <smoochieangelpie@gmail.com> > To: <southern-chat@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 10:30 PM > Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Where is everybody??? > > > > many days I don't watch or listen to "news" at all.....at least I'm not > > the only one tuning out. Tomorrow the Supreme Court will give it's ruling > > on the gun ban in Washington D.C. This is just way to scarey for me. > > Golly gee willikers, I'm sure my ancestors that fought in the Rev.War are > > now doin' flip flops! November can't get here fast enough for me either > > except for the fact that in October I gain another year.... UGH. > > > > paulette in sw fla usa..... good rain here today, and wind, and lightening > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 10:11 PM, Mary R Mungo <MRMungo@comporium.net> > > wrote: > > > >> Belle said... > >> > I have a hard time keeping up with the news > so I can't keep up with > >> what > >> > is going on. > > >> Hey Belle... You're probably luckier than most of us who CAN hear!!! I'm > >> so > >> sick of politics... they all blast each other and then turn around, after > >> they lose, and they're best friends all of a sudden! Come on November, > >> so > >> it will be over! I don't know what we'll do if Obama gets in there... > >> that > >> man scares me! Listen to what he says OR doesn't say before you vote for > >> him! He's a smoothie, for sure! Sorry list boss! > >> MaryClyde > >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- > >> > From: "Mary R Mungo" <MRMungo@Comporium.net> > >> > To: <southern-chat@rootsweb.com> > >> > Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 5:52 PM > >> > Subject: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Where is everybody??? > >> > > >> > > >> >> I don't think I've seen anybody on here for several days... Is > >> >> everybody > >> > out > >> >> in the garden or gone on vacation? My garden is producing a few green > >> > beans > >> >> and some squash... but that's all. We don't seem to have any bees!!! > >> >> I > >> >> just simply cannot pollinate those blossoms with a paintbrush! Lol... > >> > I'll > >> >> probably end up buying vegetables from the farmer's market if I plan > >> >> to > >> > can > >> >> any and I sure would like to can as many as I can get... We're still > >> >> in > >> a > >> >> severe drought and can't water! Are any of you in the flood areas > >> >> down > >> > the > >> >> middle of our country? What about the fires in California? What is > >> this > >> >> world coming to? > >> >> MaryClyde > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> ------------------------------- > >> >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> > SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > >> the > >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > > >> > > >> > ------------------------------- > >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> > SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > >> the > >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > > >> > > >> > --- > >> > avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. > >> > Virus Database (VPS): 080531-1, 05/31/2008 > >> > Tested on: 6/25/2008 9:57:40 PM > >> > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2008 ALWIL Software. > >> > http://www.avast.com > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > >> the > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > --- > > avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. > > Virus Database (VPS): 080531-1, 05/31/2008 > > Tested on: 6/25/2008 10:38:30 PM > > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2008 ALWIL Software. > > http://www.avast.com > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Back in 1970 we moved to the country in central Oregon. We had an irrigation pond just down the hill and the frogs would do their croaking every night. I was a city girl and not used to the sounds of the country. Those frogs and whatever else chimed in would keep me awake for a lot of nights. But when I left there and moved back to the city, I missed my country sounds. I had gotten used to them and they would lull me to sleep. Emma ----- Original Message ----- From: askgranny@juno.com<mailto:askgranny@juno.com> To: SOUTHERN-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:SOUTHERN-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 8:23 PM Subject: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Country Sounds.. On warm summer nights you can hear the frogs croaking in the side ditches and down in the shallow pond among the cattails...Listening to the wee peepers and the 'belly deep' croak of the bull frogs is one of my favorite memories. It seems like they all croak in their own key, making up a wonderful country chorus , with Katydids , crickets and other bugs adding courting calls in the background ...Lightning bugs flicker down in the pasture signaling to their mates hidden in the tall weeds and grass..and June bugs keep banging against the screen trying to get to the lamplight...Till the cats catch and eat them.... Jeannie T ____________________________________________________________

No cake, but my kids are coming to take me to lunch on Sunday. That's celebration enough for me. I'm hoping I can talk them into coming a little early and go to church with me. I'll have 2 of my kids and my 2 grandkids. That would thrill me more than actually taking me out to lunch. Emma ----- Original Message ----- From: Mary R Mungo<mailto:MRMungo@Comporium.net> To: southern-chat@rootsweb.com<mailto:southern-chat@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 8:38 PM Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Where is everybody??? Well Emma, I hope that you have a wonderful birthday on Monday... Don't they come around faster than they used to? Are you having a cake??? Chocolate maybe? MaryClyde ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peace Roses" <Roses4831@msn.com<mailto:Roses4831@msn.com>> To: <southern-chat@rootsweb.com<mailto:southern-chat@rootsweb.com>> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 10:52 PM Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Where is everybody??? >I think my parents have turned over so many times in their graves they >don't even know which is the correct position they should lay any more. ><grin> I'm tired of politics too and that's all there is on the talk >shows any more or maybe the ones I listen to at least. And the choice just >doesn't get any better. > Hey, I turn another year on Monday. I told a lady that I can't believe > that I'll be 77 yrs old, but yet I feel like I've lived FOREVER. But I do > feel every year of that 77. > Emma > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Smoochie Newton<mailto:smoochieangelpie@gmail.com<mailto:smoochieangelpie@gmail.com>> > To: southern-chat@rootsweb.com<mailto:southern-chat@rootsweb.com<mailto:southern-chat@rootsweb.com%3Cmailto:southern-chat@rootsweb.com>> > Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 7:30 PM > Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Where is everybody??? > > > many days I don't watch or listen to "news" at all.....at least I'm not > the only one tuning out. Tomorrow the Supreme Court will give it's > ruling > on the gun ban in Washington D.C. This is just way to scarey for me. > Golly gee willikers, I'm sure my ancestors that fought in the Rev.War > are > now doin' flip flops! November can't get here fast enough for me > either > except for the fact that in October I gain another year.... UGH. > > paulette in sw fla usa..... good rain here today, and wind, and > lightening > > > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 10:11 PM, Mary R Mungo > <MRMungo@comporium.net<mailto:MRMungo@comporium.net<mailto:MRMungo@comporium.net%3Cmailto:MRMungo@comporium.net>>> > wrote: > > > Belle said... > > > I have a hard time keeping up with the news > so I can't keep up with > > what > > > is going on. > > > Hey Belle... You're probably luckier than most of us who CAN hear!!! > I'm > > so > > sick of politics... they all blast each other and then turn around, > after > > they lose, and they're best friends all of a sudden! Come on November, > so > > it will be over! I don't know what we'll do if Obama gets in there... > that > > man scares me! Listen to what he says OR doesn't say before you vote > for > > him! He's a smoothie, for sure! Sorry list boss! > > MaryClyde > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > --- > avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. > Virus Database (VPS): 080531-1, 05/31/2008 > Tested on: 6/25/2008 11:19:45 PM > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2008 ALWIL Software. > http://www.avast.com<http://www.avast.com/> > > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

My dad used canned milk, Sego milk. Yep, he punched two holes with an ice pick, but I think he kept it in the refrigerator, not on the table. We lived in southern Calif so I'm sure it would have spoiled if it had been left out. Mama cooked with canned milk too. My husband gave me strict orders to not cook with canned milk, that he could taste it and he didn't like it. Once in a while I would use canned milk but never said anything. While he was eating, he would say "you used canned milk didn't you" and I would have to confess. He really could taste it in the gravy. And like you said, we used a lot of gravy back then. Gravy over biscuits, over fried potatoes, gravy over just about anything. I made some gravy last week and felt guilty, but sure enough, I started gaining weight, just that fast. So no more gravy for me for a while. Emma ----- Original Message ----- From: askgranny@juno.com<mailto:askgranny@juno.com> To: SOUTHERN-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:SOUTHERN-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 8:00 PM Subject: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Remember Pet milk Remember when the canned milk , called 'cream' ,was left setting out on the table winter and summer to pour into folks coffee?....I remember it had 2 little holes poked in the top with an ice pick ... Never knew of it spoiling...In later years my thrifty ex Mother in law would pour a small can of Pet milk into a quart milk bottle then fill it up with water to use in coffee...this was refrigerated between uses.... JEANNIE T

My parents raised chickens and I had to gather the eggs too. I didn't like putting my hand under the hen to get the eggs. I was always afraid she would peck me. We had a mean rooster too. Mama would even have to have a stick in her hands to fight him off at times. He finally ended up in the stew pot. They would usually buy 25 chicks at a time. When they brought them home they would keep the box in the kitchen for a few days before putting them into the incubator outside the back door. At times I thought about buying a few chickens but I knew some of the problems that Mom and Dad had and I decided I didn't want to learn that much about raising chickens so I bought mine from the meat dept. Talking about the sex of a chicken, on "Dirty Jobs" one night Mike Rowe was working in a hatchery and his job was to separate the male chicks from the female chicks. They showed him what to look for to tell the sex. I never knew that before. That was interesting. Emma ----- Original Message ----- From: Smoochie Newton<mailto:smoochieangelpie@gmail.com> To: southern-chat@rootsweb.com<mailto:southern-chat@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 8:05 PM Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Chickens... what i wouldn't give for a homegrown egg!! I never liked gathering eggs at gramma's.... she had a mean old rooster and some of those hens just didn't want their eggs gathered! Good luck with the chicks, M.C..... paulette in sw fla usa I can still feel the chikkie poo squishin' between my toes..... On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 10:56 PM, Mary R Mungo <MRMungo@comporium.net<mailto:MRMungo@comporium.net>> wrote: > Hey y'all, > Did I tell you that I got 3 little baby chickens last week? Well I did and > I'm gonna start, when they get old enough, gathering my own eggs. They are > the cutest little things! When I got them they were just a little ball of > fuzz... and now, a week later, they have feathers that reach almost to > their > tails and they even have tail feathers now. They're Rhode Island Reds and > I > hope they're all females!!! I remember, when I was a child, pretty close > to > a hunnert years ago, we raised chickens and I would love to run out and get > the egg before it even got cold... sometimes they would still be soft. I > live out in the country and have only one close neighbor... and he's my > brother, bless his heart... he's all stooped over with osteoperosis (sp?). > He's getting ready to turn 77 and I'll soon be 75. Wow! I can't believe > it... seems like only yesterday we were little tykes sneaking off with some > potatoes that we dug and a bucket and going to the branch way back in the > woods and building a fire and boiling those taters... and boy were they > good, even if we did forget to bring any salt!!! We thought we were > something... it's a wonder we didn't set the place on fire! Man, I'm wound > up tonight... Take care all... > MaryClyde >

You'd better sing pretty loud for me to hear you waaay up here. I'm in Portland Ore., about as far away from you as I could get. Emma ----- Original Message ----- From: Smoochie Newton<mailto:smoochieangelpie@gmail.com> To: southern-chat@rootsweb.com<mailto:southern-chat@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 8:01 PM Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Where is everybody??? wow, emma,,,,, you were almost a 4th of july baby!! we can't sing the birf-day song 'til monday..... paulette in sw fla usa... oh boy, oh boy,,,,, I get to sing..... better cover your earholes!! On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 10:52 PM, Peace Roses <Roses4831@msn.com<mailto:Roses4831@msn.com>> wrote: > I think my parents have turned over so many times in their graves they > don't even know which is the correct position they should lay any more. > <grin> I'm tired of politics too and that's all there is on the talk > shows any more or maybe the ones I listen to at least. And the choice just > doesn't get any better. > Hey, I turn another year on Monday. I told a lady that I can't believe > that I'll be 77 yrs old, but yet I feel like I've lived FOREVER. But I do > feel every year of that 77. > Emma > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Smoochie Newton<mailto:smoochieangelpie@gmail.com<mailto:smoochieangelpie@gmail.com>> > To: southern-chat@rootsweb.com<mailto:southern-chat@rootsweb.com<mailto:southern-chat@rootsweb.com%3Cmailto:southern-chat@rootsweb.com>> > Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 7:30 PM > Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Where is everybody??? > > > many days I don't watch or listen to "news" at all.....at least I'm not > the only one tuning out. Tomorrow the Supreme Court will give it's ruling > on the gun ban in Washington D.C. This is just way to scarey for me. > Golly gee willikers, I'm sure my ancestors that fought in the Rev.War are > now doin' flip flops! November can't get here fast enough for me either > except for the fact that in October I gain another year.... UGH. > > paulette in sw fla usa..... good rain here today, and wind, and lightening > > > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 10:11 PM, Mary R Mungo <MRMungo@comporium.net<mailto:MRMungo@comporium.net> > <mailto:MRMungo@comporium.net<mailto:MRMungo@comporium.net>>> > wrote: > > > Belle said... > > > I have a hard time keeping up with the news > so I can't keep up with > > what > > > is going on. > > > Hey Belle... You're probably luckier than most of us who CAN hear!!! > I'm > > so > > sick of politics... they all blast each other and then turn around, > after > > they lose, and they're best friends all of a sudden! Come on November, > so > > it will be over! I don't know what we'll do if Obama gets in there... > that > > man scares me! Listen to what he says OR doesn't say before you vote > for > > him! He's a smoothie, for sure! Sorry list boss! > > MaryClyde > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

It's been so many years since I've made wilted lettuce I knew I didn't dare answer you. I never liked mine anyhow. My mother and MIL both made good wilted lettuce. I may try your version. Since it's just me, if it doesn't turn out good no one will know about it.<grin> I've never seen anyone put flour in the grease so this is a new version for me. Emma ----- Original Message ----- From: askgranny@juno.com<mailto:askgranny@juno.com> To: southern-chat@rootsweb.com<mailto:southern-chat@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 7:51 PM Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] wilted lettuce salad Sorry I didn't answer you sooner, but my phone has been out all day, until a few minutes ago...Grrrrr ! Hoping someone else sent you the direction...or maybe you could go on Google ? I fry some bacon and pour off almost all the grease for later use...Drain the bacon on paper towels...I pour some water in the skillet and mix in enough flour to make a very thin 'gravy.'..then I add salt and pepper, sugar and white vinegar to taste.....Keep tasting till you get it right...Heat and pour over the prepared greens..crumble on the bacon...eat right away..... Mama was like most cooks in her day...just poured the hot bacon grease on the greens, and that was it....That 'wilted' it , for sure....I like my version better, and it's surely better for you, calorie wise....Hope it turns out tasting to suit you ! Jeannie T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I think my parents have turned over so many times in their graves they don't even know which is the correct position they should lay any more. <grin> I'm tired of politics too and that's all there is on the talk shows any more or maybe the ones I listen to at least. And the choice just doesn't get any better. Hey, I turn another year on Monday. I told a lady that I can't believe that I'll be 77 yrs old, but yet I feel like I've lived FOREVER. But I do feel every year of that 77. Emma ----- Original Message ----- From: Smoochie Newton<mailto:smoochieangelpie@gmail.com> To: southern-chat@rootsweb.com<mailto:southern-chat@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 7:30 PM Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Where is everybody??? many days I don't watch or listen to "news" at all.....at least I'm not the only one tuning out. Tomorrow the Supreme Court will give it's ruling on the gun ban in Washington D.C. This is just way to scarey for me. Golly gee willikers, I'm sure my ancestors that fought in the Rev.War are now doin' flip flops! November can't get here fast enough for me either except for the fact that in October I gain another year.... UGH. paulette in sw fla usa..... good rain here today, and wind, and lightening On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 10:11 PM, Mary R Mungo <MRMungo@comporium.net<mailto:MRMungo@comporium.net>> wrote: > Belle said... > > I have a hard time keeping up with the news > so I can't keep up with > what > > is going on. > > Hey Belle... You're probably luckier than most of us who CAN hear!!! I'm > so > sick of politics... they all blast each other and then turn around, after > they lose, and they're best friends all of a sudden! Come on November, so > it will be over! I don't know what we'll do if Obama gets in there... that > man scares me! Listen to what he says OR doesn't say before you vote for > him! He's a smoothie, for sure! Sorry list boss! > MaryClyde >

well today the Supreme Court ruled that a child r**ist can not be executed. Tomorrow we will hear their decision on gun control. Let's hope we're not going to loose our right to bear arms.... oh me oh my. Recently I saw a man with a t-shirt that said: I am an angry white person clinging to my guns and my God. Apparently he didn't like the statement made by Obama claiming this of white conservatives. Just let me sneak this in too (in case someone hasn't heard the statement)...... Obama justifies his vote FOR partial-birth abortion by saying that it would go against the bible to vote against it.... HUH??? His reasoning is that everyone doesn't interpret the bible in the same way so to fvote against this would be unbiblical. when someone figgers out what he meant, let me know - I'm stymied. paulette in sw fla usa..... I am pourin' cement in my ears cuz i just can't stand to hear one more word.....

Stellllllllllllllla....hey you!! I figger humans are a virus to this planet. We have set about destroying the entire earth just like those pesky white flies do to a Night Blooming Jasmine..... the entire plant can be devastated in only one night..... and we're certainly in the dark night of our existence here on planet earth. Just remember that not everyone believes in a higher power so these fokes are out searching for someplace to go when they turn earth into a cinder. I don't think they can get their missions accomplished fast enough though. Too bad for them......I intend to be in a better place.... paulette in sw fla usa when i die, hallelujah bye and bye, I'll fly away.... wheeeeeeeeeeee On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 10:53 AM, Stella Roper <busmar1852@webtv.net> wrote: > Hello, I am still kicking but inside!!! It was 81 at 6:30 this > AM...they say 30% chance of a thunderstorm today...sure hope we get it. > Who would think we have to hope for a thunderstorm??/ But the hail that > is falling this year is really something. I think there has been more > already this year than I saw in my whole life in the country. I may be > called "crazy' by all these crazies that are running things but I think > all this space exploration that has zoomed through to outer space and > back so much with all the radioactive material...the gases etc. I heard > them say the other day, when the shuttle has to sit , an hour or so, > before anyone disembarks or anyone goes near it...for any gasses to > escape...escape to where??? In to our atmosphere!!! and if there are > holes in the ozone....who is making them? All the pollution flying > around in orbit would shock us if we could see it, I am sure. > Oh well...it is just that we lived a lot of centuries...just reading how > the earth was prepared for human life...(in Genesis) why can't > we let Him be in charge if another planet is needed, he will know > before we do, to provide it, I think we need to concentrate on what is > happening on this one, first, But back when I was a kid...we lived in > the sun, all day...now it is very harmful, even for a few minutes...Who > opened up all those screens? Man's pollution,. > I hope all who need rain on your gardens, gets it. I heard where 7 > inches fell where it was not needed last night. More water problems for > those poor people living close to the Mississippi (some not so close) > Ya'll stay cool, ya hear? Stella > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

does anyone know how to make the vinegar/sugar/whatever heated liquid that is poured over the lettuce to make the salad?? I have been just dying for a wilted lettuce salad.... Oh Momma!!!..... bought myself some Romaine lettuce...it's all washed up and ready to go but that's as far as I can go. Should I use Apple Cider Vinegar or is Malt Vinegar ok?? I think I remember that bacon grease is the starter..... would turkey bacon do?? SOMEBODY HELP ME!!! paulette in sw fla usa.... hey, I don't get the urge to cook very often.... this is a miracle, a miracle I tell ya

Hello, I am still kicking but inside!!! It was 81 at 6:30 this AM...they say 30% chance of a thunderstorm today...sure hope we get it. Who would think we have to hope for a thunderstorm??/ But the hail that is falling this year is really something. I think there has been more already this year than I saw in my whole life in the country. I may be called "crazy' by all these crazies that are running things but I think all this space exploration that has zoomed through to outer space and back so much with all the radioactive material...the gases etc. I heard them say the other day, when the shuttle has to sit , an hour or so, before anyone disembarks or anyone goes near it...for any gasses to escape...escape to where??? In to our atmosphere!!! and if there are holes in the ozone....who is making them? All the pollution flying around in orbit would shock us if we could see it, I am sure. Oh well...it is just that we lived a lot of centuries...just reading how the earth was prepared for human life...(in Genesis) why can't we let Him be in charge if another planet is needed, he will know before we do, to provide it, I think we need to concentrate on what is happening on this one, first, But back when I was a kid...we lived in the sun, all day...now it is very harmful, even for a few minutes...Who opened up all those screens? Man's pollution,. I hope all who need rain on your gardens, gets it. I heard where 7 inches fell where it was not needed last night. More water problems for those poor people living close to the Mississippi (some not so close) Ya'll stay cool, ya hear? Stella

Bending over seems to be a thing of the past for lots of us'ns..... my neighbor bought a fridge with the freezer on the bottom so she could sit in her rolling chair and get stuff out of the fridge part without having to bend over......do ya think that's why we're now seeing so many of the fridges with the freezer on the bottom? paulette in sw fla usa well, for one thing - we likely won't have to worry about opening the fridge and bending over cuz we're not going to be able to afford any food to put inside!!! On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 11:20 PM, <askgranny@juno.com> wrote: > My sister over in the MO boot heel says they don't have hardly any bees > either..>Even the carpenter bees...look like bumblers and drill holes in > rafters, etc.. are missing...No honeybees, few bumblers......We are still > getting mostly shriveling squash, as they aren't being pollinated.....We > pick them as soon as they bloom....Bean blooms are falling off because of > the heat OR not being pollinated.....Theres a clover patch at one end of > the garden and we saw 5 or 6 honey bees there yesterday morning...all at > one time.......Don't know why they couldn't fly a few yards further and > pollinate our squash..I told hubby to tap the cornstalks gently to > pollinate the silks...Each silk must be pollinated or you get skips in > the corn cobs 'rows'....I also told him if a cornstalk shows no sign of > an ear and is tasseling, we might just as well take it out...If an ear > comes on later and the tassel has already shed all it's pollen...it's a > lost cause...Am I right ? Theres a tall Abelia hedge in front of the > house and plenty of insects are visiting it...but mostly bumble bee > types, and those hummingbird moths, I think they're called...Look like a > cross between a bumble bee and a humming bird...... > > We harvested most of the little white multiplying onions and set up 3 > large tomato cages the neighbor gave us...Planted Half runner pole beans > on one and cucumbers on the other..>Didn't bother to check days to > harvest, so .....Had plenty of seed...open spaces, so ventured it...We > will probably never grow bush beans again....Neither of us should bend > over a lot......Jeannie T > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~ > On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:52:38 -0400 "Mary R Mungo" <MRMungo@Comporium.net> > writes: > > I don't think I've seen anybody on here for several days... Is > > everybody out > > in the garden or gone on vacation? > ____________________________________________________________ > Daily Instant Win Prizes! > Enter for your chance to WIN one of hundreds of daily prizes. > > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/JKFkuJi7VJ8AUpX26Q6DUh0hcG9XZQCAoTQh68RvWu8F0z5FQcZ8Ms/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Holey Moley!! you sure are getting a taste of SW Fla weather - stinko! My attempt at staying less that smoldering is to carry a small squirt bottle and a wash cloth..... squirt squirt swipe....squirt squirt swipe. Although I did burn my hand on the steering wheel yesterday. paulette in sw fla usa this may be hell and y'all forgot to tell me!!! On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 10:37 PM, Peace Roses <Roses4831@msn.com> wrote: > I think someone's are going to be in a heap of BIG trouble come this > weekend. We could hit 100 on Sunday. That is waaaaay too hot for me and > especially up here in the cool (? > northwest. You're suppose to keep your hot weather down south where it's > suppose to be hot. You may have to come pick up this shriveled up body of > mine after the weekend. > Emma in Ore > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Smoochie Newton<mailto:smoochieangelpie@gmail.com> > To: southern-chat@rootsweb.com<mailto:southern-chat@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 7:06 PM > Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Where is everybody??? > > > Hellloooooooo mary clyde..... I'm still down here in the sweltering > heat.... whew, it's hot. My heat resistant maters are doing ok so far. > > paulette in sw fla usa..... haven't seen any bees down here lately > either....... > > On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 8:52 PM, Mary R Mungo <MRMungo@comporium.net > <mailto:MRMungo@comporium.net>> wrote: > > > I don't think I've seen anybody on here for several days... Is everybody > > out > > in the garden or gone on vacation? > MaryClyde > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

let me tell ya,,,,, if we could find somewhere to go we'd be gone!! The humidity is a killer diller, let me tell you. I saw yesterday it was a wonderful 76 degrees in Chicagoland - made me homesick, fer shure. Lots of times I long for a taste, a morsel, of COLD air. Was talking to a neighbor (new to SW Fla) about the hurricanes...he said he would just leave if we have a threat but the problem there is that ya just can't tell which way those storms are gonna go!! Have known people that evacuated, the storm turned, and they ended up worse off than if they had stayed. From the sound of things - no one is safe from Mother Nature no matter where they live. Hope your friends are having a better time in KY - what a beautiful area they live in now. paulette in sw fla usa workin' up a good sweat just tappin' on the pc..... On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 2:19 AM, Belle Shepherd <belleshep@cox.net> wrote: > Smootchie, > We have the heat too but not the humidity. That makes it bearable. > My friends who had lived on their yacht for several years at Merritt Island > said they couldn't handle anyy more storms , so they sold and bought a > home > in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Acouple of years ago they had onsiderable > problems with the hurricane, they were found floating around in one of > their > small boats. > I hope you don't have any problems with the storms this season. They can > certainly be scary and cause a lot of problems. > Regards, > Belle > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Smoochie Newton" <smoochieangelpie@gmail.com> > To: <southern-chat@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 7:06 PM > Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Where is everybody??? > > > > Hellloooooooo mary clyde..... I'm still down here in the sweltering > > heat.... whew, it's hot. My heat resistant maters are doing ok so far. > > I sure could go for a batch of homegrown beans.... of any sort. Dad has > > pole beans up in NW Indiana. Just about have him convinced to send me a > > couple of green onions before they are all gone. Right now, we're all > > placing our bets on a date for the first named hurricane - coffee and > > doughnut is the prize. My sister and I both picked the same date - > > unknown to the other..... ain't that weird??!! > > > > paulette in sw fla usa..... haven't seen any bees down here lately > > either....... > > bedtime for me.... >..< > > > > On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 8:52 PM, Mary R Mungo <MRMungo@comporium.net> > wrote: > > > > > I don't think I've seen anybody on here for several days... Is > everybody > > > out > > > in the garden or gone on vacation? My garden is producing a few green > > > beans > > > and some squash... but that's all. We don't seem to have any bees!!! > I > > > just simply cannot pollinate those blossoms with a paintbrush! Lol... > I'll > > > probably end up buying vegetables from the farmer's market if I plan to > can > > > any and I sure would like to can as many as I can get... We're still in > a > > > severe drought and can't water! Are any of you in the flood areas down > the > > > middle of our country? What about the fires in California? What is > this > > > world coming to? > > > MaryClyde > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Mornin' Belle and all..... I hope and pray you're around for a long time to come, belle. Appears we're all up the same creek. Seems things are the same all over the U.S. and is there any light at the end of the tunnel ? I think NOT...doubtful we will live to see it. I am also concerned about my chittlin' - how will he survive in his old age - if he even has an old age! If I were a young person starting out today, I would find myself a place out in the boonies and become self-sufficient - whatever it would take. paulette in sw fla usa sometimes I just feel doomed,,,,,,, doomed, I tell ya On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 12:44 AM, Belle Shepherd <belleshep@cox.net> wrote: > > > Hello, > Many things in this Las Vegas Valley area are way overpriced, especially > the homes,condos, etc. The developers have a problem in supplyin g gas, > power and especially water to the folks. They should not allow any more > homes to be built until they can solve the water problem. > Our home would be valued at about $65,000 to $75,000 in normal times, say > the 1960's but it is in the much overvalued bracket of the $250,000 and > more. We did lots of upgrades on appliances, carpet,electrical wiring, > cable, plumbling fixtures, etc. Gas log fireplace,automatic irrigation > system which is worth the cost. > As for cost of groceries, etc. everything has to be trucked in so one can > expect to pay more for food, supplies, etc. > We have been able to cover everything so far but I don't know what may > happen if things continue to rise. One thinks they are in good shape with > Social Security, pension, savings and good health Insurance, then the costs > go up and up and up. > I no longer drive so I don't have the cost of the upkeep of a vehicle. > I probably won't be around much longer but I am concerned about > my daughter being able to keep things going. I have insurance but that will > go just so far. > The only sure way to stop the rise in price of an article is for enouh > people would stop buying it and NO SALES soon gets the atention of the > merchants and distributors > Best to you all. > > > Belle > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Smootchie, We have the heat too but not the humidity. That makes it bearable. My friends who had lived on their yacht for several years at Merritt Island said they couldn't handle anyy more storms , so they sold and bought a home in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Acouple of years ago they had onsiderable problems with the hurricane, they were found floating around in one of their small boats. I hope you don't have any problems with the storms this season. They can certainly be scary and cause a lot of problems. Regards, Belle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Smoochie Newton" <smoochieangelpie@gmail.com> To: <southern-chat@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 7:06 PM Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Where is everybody??? > Hellloooooooo mary clyde..... I'm still down here in the sweltering > heat.... whew, it's hot. My heat resistant maters are doing ok so far. > I sure could go for a batch of homegrown beans.... of any sort. Dad has > pole beans up in NW Indiana. Just about have him convinced to send me a > couple of green onions before they are all gone. Right now, we're all > placing our bets on a date for the first named hurricane - coffee and > doughnut is the prize. My sister and I both picked the same date - > unknown to the other..... ain't that weird??!! > > paulette in sw fla usa..... haven't seen any bees down here lately > either....... > bedtime for me.... >..< > > On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 8:52 PM, Mary R Mungo <MRMungo@comporium.net> wrote: > > > I don't think I've seen anybody on here for several days... Is everybody > > out > > in the garden or gone on vacation? My garden is producing a few green > > beans > > and some squash... but that's all. We don't seem to have any bees!!! I > > just simply cannot pollinate those blossoms with a paintbrush! Lol... I'll > > probably end up buying vegetables from the farmer's market if I plan to can > > any and I sure would like to can as many as I can get... We're still in a > > severe drought and can't water! Are any of you in the flood areas down the > > middle of our country? What about the fires in California? What is this > > world coming to? > > MaryClyde > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

My sister over in the MO boot heel says they don't have hardly any bees either..>Even the carpenter bees...look like bumblers and drill holes in rafters, etc.. are missing...No honeybees, few bumblers......We are still getting mostly shriveling squash, as they aren't being pollinated.....We pick them as soon as they bloom....Bean blooms are falling off because of the heat OR not being pollinated.....Theres a clover patch at one end of the garden and we saw 5 or 6 honey bees there yesterday morning...all at one time.......Don't know why they couldn't fly a few yards further and pollinate our squash..I told hubby to tap the cornstalks gently to pollinate the silks...Each silk must be pollinated or you get skips in the corn cobs 'rows'....I also told him if a cornstalk shows no sign of an ear and is tasseling, we might just as well take it out...If an ear comes on later and the tassel has already shed all it's pollen...it's a lost cause...Am I right ? Theres a tall Abelia hedge in front of the house and plenty of insects are visiting it...but mostly bumble bee types, and those hummingbird moths, I think they're called...Look like a cross between a bumble bee and a humming bird...... We harvested most of the little white multiplying onions and set up 3 large tomato cages the neighbor gave us...Planted Half runner pole beans on one and cucumbers on the other..>Didn't bother to check days to harvest, so .....Had plenty of seed...open spaces, so ventured it...We will probably never grow bush beans again....Neither of us should bend over a lot......Jeannie T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:52:38 -0400 "Mary R Mungo" <MRMungo@Comporium.net> writes: > I don't think I've seen anybody on here for several days... Is > everybody out > in the garden or gone on vacation? ____________________________________________________________ Daily Instant Win Prizes! Enter for your chance to WIN one of hundreds of daily prizes. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/JKFkuJi7VJ8AUpX26Q6DUh0hcG9XZQCAoTQh68RvWu8F0z5FQcZ8Ms/

Hellloooooooo mary clyde..... I'm still down here in the sweltering heat.... whew, it's hot. My heat resistant maters are doing ok so far. I sure could go for a batch of homegrown beans.... of any sort. Dad has pole beans up in NW Indiana. Just about have him convinced to send me a couple of green onions before they are all gone. Right now, we're all placing our bets on a date for the first named hurricane - coffee and doughnut is the prize. My sister and I both picked the same date - unknown to the other..... ain't that weird??!! paulette in sw fla usa..... haven't seen any bees down here lately either....... bedtime for me.... >..< On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 8:52 PM, Mary R Mungo <MRMungo@comporium.net> wrote: > I don't think I've seen anybody on here for several days... Is everybody > out > in the garden or gone on vacation? My garden is producing a few green > beans > and some squash... but that's all. We don't seem to have any bees!!! I > just simply cannot pollinate those blossoms with a paintbrush! Lol... I'll > probably end up buying vegetables from the farmer's market if I plan to can > any and I sure would like to can as many as I can get... We're still in a > severe drought and can't water! Are any of you in the flood areas down the > middle of our country? What about the fires in California? What is this > world coming to? > MaryClyde > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >