I worked to make this day special for Nolan, though he had opted not to celebrate until Mike was home. He got a call from Mike AND the girls....and cards and letters too...so he was a happy camper. Mom, all those quarters! LOL Those were a highlight as well.
I did my first "park and grab" - free cycle. Jen and others have been talking about this for years. They get all sorts of neat things on freecycle. I checked and we have a group HERE....I signed up. OK - so you have to understand that Jen gets REALLY neat things and gives away pianos!!! on freecycle. I've been watching and have seen monitors, tvs, exercise bikes, goats, kittens, clothes etc come and go... but TODAY something came that I needed enough to make me try for my first freecycle transaction. THREE BAGS OF WALMART BAGS! ::snort:: Josiah and I had lots of laughs over this as we went to find this house. Of all the fancy things that come and I go - I got walmart bags. BUT I needed them for produce co-op. I have none and I don't want to buy any for tomorrow. LOL It WAS funny that the lady told us she lived in the back YARD of this house....and so the comments flew....but I got my bags. Maybe a milk cow next. LOL
We finished up some Israel stuff today. The one book had a photo of Cholent and it intrigued me enough to look for a recipe. I chose the one I posted below because I liked the story that came with the recipe. LOL I am looking and seeing that some add tomatoes and honey....anyone every made this before? Steph - isn't your dh Jewish? Dorothy? You do Shabbat and have studied this....
I mailed off a package to the girls and paperwork to NARHS for the boys. I had a blast writing up course descriptions for Jamin after I got into it. I'm tailoring his course load more to what HE wants to do than the traditional line of study - always being sure he has plenty of the "right" credits to graduate. LOL He IS doing Alg 2 and such...but he's also doing weight lifting and writing to publish and the culinary arts....anyway - it was much easier than I thought it would be and is in the mail. I hope to have the 1st half of the year's work off to NARHS by Monday for Josiah. Our portfolios aren't due until August but since he is graduating and will want a diploma, they say to send in 1/2 the work right away.
Worked on the newsletter for co-op and had to make another order sheets as our member list outgrew the first one....it was a paperwork day. I also had to go to the bank and cash checks for produce tomorrow.
AND it went from 81* yesterday to 39* today....same time...same bank reader.
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What a productive day! Glad it all went well.
You are inspiring me with all the paperwork you are getting done and I've managed to get a few things off my plate in the last few days.
Hi DeEtta,
Jamie is vegetarian and we don't eat any red meat, so cholent isn't for us, really.
However, it is a traditional eastern european Jewish Shabbat dish, as it can cook all day!
My friend Kathryn has a family cholent recipe (and some cultural notes)on her blog here: http://bookwormscookbook.blogspot.com/search/label/Jewish%20recipes
Her dh is an Ashkenazi Jew.
It might be nice to compare the recipes.
Dorothy
Hmmm....I wonder if you'd have to have meat in it??? Couldn't you add more beans, mushrooms or even tofu (though I don't tofu)?
As soon as I read your post I thought that I should call my MIL. But, I decided out of curiosity to ask my husband. I was right. He has no clue and told me to call his mom. lol Wikipedia mentions it being traditional in Orthodox homes, which is probably why it didn't show up in my dh's - his mom was raised conservative but married his orthodox father, so they had an interesting blend of tradition in their house. My SIL is an Ashkenazi Jew who's brother is married to a wonderful Israeli woman, so I'll email all of them for recipes. :) There is even a chance if one comes from my SIL that it will be made with organic ingredients. lol I'll let you know what I can find.
Oh - and congrats on the freecyle! We've gotten some head shakers before, but I've also picked up a few really great things. :) Welcome to the club. lol
Freecycle sounds interesting... I should see if there is one here.
I'm up to my ears in paperwork, too. I suppose I could blog that and then people will know why I've not had much time to blog again (LOL).
Sis: Your day sounded interesting. What time does Josiah work today. Dad wants to call AND SO DO I. :)
That Freecycle thing sounds like something I might like. I really want to get rid of this piano etc.
RAIN!! Goodness people in your area will be having colds with such crazy changes in temp.
l/p
SIS: Forgot to mention the tint of her hair. I love the red's! Those foto's with the outfit sure do show that she has redish hair. :) :)
DeEtta,
I've never had much success with slow-cooking dishes which are vegetarian (except Boston Baked beans!) Vegies are usually better off cooked quickly.
I do lots of bean dishes but don't like to cook them too long because they also have high-veg content which would turn to mush.
Not much of a tofu fan but I would imagine it wouldn't cope with being cooked all day.
Meat is the ideal candidate for slow-cooking and the vegies cooked with it become infused with the meat flavour.
So, how did the cholent turn out?
Good luck on that piano! I TRIED to give one away on Freecycle and ended up selling it on Craigslist. Although a lady on the Houston Freecycle gave her piano (similiar description to mine) away easily.
I actually was never a tofu love either but Lisa's mom makes the best meals with tofu. I am quite surprised how good it tastes.
D - Got some info on Cholent from my MIL. If you want another recipe let me know! The boiling salt water sounds, um, interesting :) - "As far as cholent is concerned, I don't know too much about it. I't is something that was traditionally made in orthodox families. Orthodox people do not turn on the oven or even a light, T.V. etc on the sabbath. Cholent was something they could make on Friday and leave in the oven on a very low temperature overnite to cook. I just looked in a receipe book that I have and it says "Cholent is a meat, bean(lima), and potato casserole which is placed in the oven on Friday, before sundown and left untouched until dinnertime on Saturday." It's kind of like a pot roast but the trick is to add salted boiling water to cover everything, cover it tightly, and bake overnite at the very lowest temperature. If your friend wants this receipe I'll be glad to send it. I've never made it however, and neither did my mother. "
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