Weekend Cafe – a Festive October morning 10/19

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  • #790777
    JerseyJoan
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    Hi everyone! AV, my first thought was lasagna. I’ve got a stew brewing in the crockpot that is starting to smell really good. I was limited to what I have, since I didn’t feel like going off the mountain, so no potatoes or celery.

    The lounge looks so festive! I’ve got to pack away my summer toys and get the fall stuff out; hubby is going to want to use the woodburner, but not till the beach towels and shells and model cars with surfboards are moved. Plus I have a few pictures on the stovepipe. Dad with some buddies with their surfboards (those boards were huge back then; dad’s is mounted in ‘the summer house’ – an outside porch added to mom’s garage), a pic of mom at the beach in the 70s, a pic of mom’s sis in the 70s, and a pic of the Jersey shore, where supposedly I’m one of the kids on a raft in the ocean.

    #790778
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    @ Kilroy…. I must say I agree with all your comments about the new “regime”…… and not because we have orange puddies !! 🙂 I dislike ‘the online’ and ‘whats going on’ segments. Feel like big brother (or NSA) is watching our every move, and making public of such. Not sure why it bugs me….I am a cranky old fart after all. Still rooting around to figure the scheme of things. A few enlightenment’s today. So a yay or nay is in holding at the moment. I guess a positive is that we still have a TDK….thanks to Thomas. 🙂

    #790779
    AV
    Participant

    Yeah, I’m thinking lasagna would be the safest choice….. yummmmmmmmmmmm stew sounds great! love the way it makes the house smell!

    LOL @ the ’70’s’ beach pics, what a fun idea for summer decor! ….. believe it or not, Mr. AV was a ’70’s’ surfer – he and his buds used to skip school to go over to the east coast (Coco) to surf (hehe)….. he had long wavvy hair (almost down to his waist – cause he could) that got ‘sun-bleached’ cause of all the surfing!……. hilarious! …… he still has a great head of hair, kinda hard to describe – I’d call it the current ‘Robert Dinero’ look….. semi-long, wavvy and silver …..

    *waves* at 12P! Good to see you!

    #790780
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    @ AV…… Take them your FAMOUS slaw…. it keeps well in the frig, and they can nibble for several days. 🙂 Maybe the slaw mixture separate,and a jar of the dressing for them to mix when ready to eat.

    #790782
    SoxsMom
    Participant

    12 paws I don’t know about Big Brother, but I thought of that book too. What I don’t like is that something I typed is now being used and affiliated with something else. The reason ads were put on was because of the money issue–that doesn’t bother me. But now specifically what I am typing is linked to another site? Would love to have some communication on that–just letting us know. Don’t know if it is a good or bad without a little information. Kilroy you could let me know what you have learned!

    #790783
    AV
    Participant

    12P, that’s actually a really good idea! I wanted to make a complete dinner, so lasagna with ‘the slaw’ as a side would work nicely 🙂 throw in some bread and it’s a meal!

    ….. see, I knew some of you would be coherent!!! LOL

    ….. I see I spelled that right (LOL)…. I think Kilroy has ‘coined/inspired’ one of my favorite new TDK words today – *idio-spelling* – us TDKers that aren’t the best spellers, but just HAVE to put our posts out there! I’m adding it to the TDK dictionary

    … Hi SM! you snuck in while I was typing – that is an excellent question! I’d like to know also.

    #790786
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    @AV….. Sorry but another idea just popped into my head….. For dessert…… KYKAT’S brownies. Made them the other day, using just one box of the Ghiradelli dark chocolate brownie mix, in an 8X8 pan….You’ve made it before, so you know the recipe (with the Symphony choc. bar between the layers. To die for…… 🙂

    #790787
    prairiecat
    Participant

    AV, here’s one I’ve gotten thumbs up on. You could moderate the spice by using mild sausage instead of hot, or even go with ground beef.

    Tomato basil penne bake

    3 cups penne pasta
    1 onion, chopped
    1 clove garlic, minced
    1 ¼ pounds hot Italian sausage, casings removed
    1 carton (18.3 ounces) tomato-basil soup
    4 cups fresh baby spinach
    ½ teaspoon salt
    1 ½ cups shredded mozzarella cheese
    1 cup shredded Asiago cheese, divided

    1. Heat oven to 375 degrees. Cook penne in a stockpot of salted boiling water according to package directions.
    2. Meanwhile, in a large skillet over medium heat, add the onion, garlic and sausage, using a spoon to crumble sausage as it cooks. Cook until sausage is cooked through, about 10 minutes. Drain; return mixture to skillet.
    3. Add the soup, spinach and salt to the skillet; lower heat to Low. Cook, stirring, until spinach begins to wilt; about 4 minutes. Remove from the heat.
    4. Drain pasta; transfer to a large bowl. Add the sausage mixture to the bowl; stir in 1 cup of the mozzarella and ½ cup of the Asiago. Transfer to a lightly greased 13-by-9-inch dish; top with remaining ½ cup each of the mozzarella and Asiago. Bake until bubbly, 20 minutes.

    #790788
    AV
    Participant

    …. and now my dinner is complete…… THANKS 12P! ….. starts making grocery list …..

    oooohhhhh PC, that looks really good, and along the same lines/tastes! …… might be easier than lasagna! ……. hard choice now 🙂

    #790790
    prairiecat
    Participant

    ooooh, brownies -please share recipe? Pretty please? With shaved chocolate on top?

    #790791
    JerseyJoan
    Moderator

    Or Kykat’s maw-maw cookies! Hmmm, I might make them, now that I’m thinking of it…

    #790793
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    SM, all I know is what I learned by doing a Web search for the name of the company that came up when I moused over the link. That quote I posted comes from an announcement about their product launch, and that’s all I know.

    #790794
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    PC, that penne bake looks yummy.

    #790796
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    To celebrate having our Favorites back, I’m reposting this http://cuteoverload.com/2013/07/25/japan-will-not-let-up/

    Turn up your speakers (but don’t yell at me if it gets stuck in your head 🙂 )

    #790798
    AZDEBRA 5/27 & crew
    Participant

    Good morning, Arizona. Here’s Mark Capurso’s entry in the Arizona Highways Online Photography Contest. View more and enter your images at http://www.arizonahighways.com.

    https://scontent-a-lax.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/1374035_10151637994481852_1795122654_n.jpg

    #790799
    AZDEBRA 5/27 & crew
    Participant

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jGbtIdOZ-M

    Parrot Caught Singing Let the Bodies Hit the Floor

    Lol!!

    #790801
    katzenjammer
    Participant

    From where I am it’s Good Evening all (7:12 pm). See that the café was bustling and hope that the kitties were not overwoked LOL. Can the barrista orangie please brew me up a latte, strong and sweet! Better! I too have noticed that by inadvertently typing certain words one gets magically transported to “online shopping land” :-(! In my case I innocently noted that today’s kit featured in front of an awesome background and hey presto! there was a link (which I “had” to click on and suddenly I was on Amazon, some photo supplies site. Strange – very. Well hope that you all had a great Caturday. Here the weather is getting chillier by the minute, the brief Autumn leaves panoply is going, leaving in its wake bare trees, Winter will be here sooner rather than later. Soon we get to change the time and lose an hour which theoretically we “get back” come Spring, But this means that when I go out real early in the am the moon is still out, few others are, except for kitties returning from their nighttime prowls. Later all!

    #790802
    katzenjammer
    Participant

    Oh and … I am finding that while the “math question” has finally disappeared, it would seem that when I post a longer message and try to submit I am snatched out of the site and put through the more difficult “decipher the letters” log-in process. Not all that much fun!

    #790804
    Moonshadow_NZ
    Moderator

    Good afternoon Littermates, it’s a smashing Sunday here, hot sunny day with a light wind that helps take some of the heat away. I’ve been busy transplanting and filling hanging baskets for summer beauty. It got off to a bad start when I found the potting soil was for bulbs so a quick trip to the garden centre and a couple of unplanned purchases later I was up to my wrists in soil and water. Baskets are all sitting deep in water for a good start.
    Wow, the full moon was bright last night and kept my sleep to a shallow level. 🙁
    Ron, on the glucosamine, my Dr said take it for a month and if you don’t notice any benefits then stop it and don’t waste your money. Not everyone gets benefits from it but it’s worth trying so you keep taking it if you find it helps.
    PM, I’m sure your choice of music was better and Happy Anniversary. I’m trying to remember what I walked down the aisle to, possibly Handels trumpet voluntary. It was so long ago though. I do know I really wanted toccata & fuge in D minor by JS Bach but my organist and then boss reckoned he couldn’t pull it off. Yeah, I have some ‘different’ tastes when it comes to music.
    Love ‘idio-spell’.

    #790810
    katzenjammer
    Participant

    Thanks Kilroy! Well my own fault I averted your warning and it’s cute – very – but how to reconfigure that tune now sticking in my head? Perhaps some 80s hits on Galaxie turned up real loud will do the trick :-).

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