Povey Prattle

Via Paul W

The Looming Death of Civilisation?

MEAT LOAF Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 1lb ground pork 1lb ground beef 1/2 cup of diced onion or chopped up green or red peppers. (Recipe call for half a cup, I think that it needs more) 1/2 cup bread crumbs 2 eggs 1/2 cup salsa (I like it hot!)   or ketchup. 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce 1/2 teaspoon and 1/2 teaspoon black pepper -  or to taste. 3 or 4 rashers of bacon, each cut up into 1" pieces. Mix it up.    (use your hands!)  I I don't cook mine in a loaf shaped pan, rather I mould it into shape in a  large baking dish  -  I like the eccentric shape of the finished product! Option: glaze of  1/4 cup ketchup, mixed well with 1 tablespoon light brown sugar. Bake for 1 - 1 1/4   hours, or until juices run clear. Eat.   My suggestion, the recipe does not mention this.   (also good cold the next day, in a sandwich) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

It rained heavily through the night of 26th/27th January 2016. The rain let up a bit on the morning of Jan 27th giving Penne and me enough time for her first pee/poop walk of the day, Then the rain returned, and it has been with us all day (and probably will be with us throughout tomorrow). This is unusual for S.W. Florida in January. I blame "El Nino". Others blame President Obama! Blame aside, I decided that it was a day for Meat Loaf. I used the normal ingredients:  Ground Pork, Ground Beef, Eggs, Bread Crumbs, Salt and Pepper. I did not have an onion to dice and add to the mix,  so I used some frozen and chopped up red, green and orange peppers instead, I substituted Hot Salsa  for the more usual Tomato Ketchup. The crowning glory was the addition of three rashers of good bacon,  cut up into 1" bits. "Gosh Darn" it was good. I ate it for lunch alongside sweet peas, and "oven roasted" Sweet Potato Fries. 'Twas an utter...

.... and popular conceptions thereof LIKE? Amish Women   -  how cute Amish man  -  nice hat, goes well with the beard Orthodox Jewish man.  Some modern  Hasidic, and/or  Lubavitch  etc., etc. men wear clothing and hats which date to 19th Century Poland, Lithuania etc.  It's  so very smart! Eastern Orthodox Christian Bishop.  Utterly exotic! Ethiopian Christian Monks. If they were not wearing their pectoral crosses would we view them as"suspicious"? Ethiopian Christian Bishop.  With his turban and beard -  would he be welcome in your neighbourhood? (or mine?) Episcopal Bishop (in this case the Bishop of Cuba) .   Male Anglican and Episcopal Bishops wear these pointy hats when they visit congregations to emphasize their importance.  Many of them are sweet and kind. Very few of them are extraordinarily wise.  Most of them are "bureaucrats par excellence" Too ...

Hoar Frost this  morning in Sarasota FL SEE (1)  hoarfrost  n  a  deposit  of  needle  like   ice   crystals   formed   on   the   ground   by   direct   condensation   at  temperatures   below   freezing   point.  (Free Dictionary) (2)   Psalm 147:16 (KJV)   He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALSO THIS  MORNING Reflections across the Pond  (1) Reflections across the Pond (2) Steamy pond COMFORT FOOD FOR LUNCH ON A CHILLY (FOR FLORIDA) DAY

My first cousin Chris Finch posted this photo' on Facebook today.  It was taken in about 1983, L-R Chris, now a respectable adult with two children, Aaron (a young adult), and Grace (aged 12?) Chris's Dad, Walter Charles (Wally) Finch  (now deceased). Wally's older sister Evelyn, who happens to be my Mum.  (She passed from this life in 2002). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ So Wally is my Uncle, and Evelyn is Chris's aunt, ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mum would have been 70 years of age when this photo' was taken. She was such a pretty 70 year old.  She looks so youthful. I hope to be as youthful looking when I am 70.   Whoops, I am already in my 72nd year!