tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23068833.post616448395842534466..comments2023-11-03T01:55:16.915-07:00Comments on Aunty Belle's Front Porch: 12 Days people!! Christmas Ain't Over YetAunty Bellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13868780211706866610noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23068833.post-86522449478416779422013-01-06T17:35:39.765-08:002013-01-06T17:35:39.765-08:00The 12 days of Christmas. I used to stay in the mo...The 12 days of Christmas. I used to stay in the mode until the feast of epiphany but the mister was going on a boat trip and didnt want to come home to the tree. So we took it down, or rather I did, on New Year's Eve.. It was a very pleasant way to spend my least favorite holiday. I wisely declined to take that trip and now today my poor husband in off the boat and in a hotel nursing the flu. Glad to know your fella is doing well enough to endure the stAnk of greens soaking before they cooked down. Happy new year Aunty I wish you and uncle a healthy and happy 1984. Uh, I a mean 2013. chickoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11814762747054617499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23068833.post-30346285506677215622013-01-04T20:29:05.179-08:002013-01-04T20:29:05.179-08:00Happy new year Aunty! Glad Uncle is mending.
There...Happy new year Aunty! Glad Uncle is mending.<br />There has to be some blackeyed peas and pork of some kind at new years. Dem greens look ahhhsum.R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23068833.post-83034467354932673802013-01-04T19:03:27.449-08:002013-01-04T19:03:27.449-08:00Dearest Aunty! Merry New Year to you and Uncle. So...Dearest Aunty! Merry New Year to you and Uncle. So glad he is on the mend. Glad you are enjoying your still-up 12 days o' greens and those arising in the garden.<br /><br />While not exactly a resolution, I'd say a path I'm on is to support local food and farmers as I can. I met a bunch of farmers last year and have joined the board of our local Slow Food chapter. Lots more for me to learn, but it's all good. <br /><br />Nice to get caught up a bit with my old-time bloggy buddies. Miss ya all! xoxo, eggySharon Ruddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00598263732896925616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23068833.post-34788620034435005382013-01-04T08:10:19.827-08:002013-01-04T08:10:19.827-08:00BuzzK!
Oh no! We had a few cold days, but Christm...BuzzK!<br /><br />Oh no! We had a few cold days, but Christmas Day was warmish, and I jes' hate fer ya to have not had pretty days. Drat. <br /><br />Collard greens is one of the thangs thas' best in the hands of a cook who knows what to do--hope yore new year is a the best yet!<br /><br />Moi, reckon I need the recipe fer this menudo stuff. As fer aeroponic--now thas' woth a post, Cherie. Happy New Year!Aunty Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13868780211706866610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23068833.post-60317638408441942592013-01-04T06:53:24.207-08:002013-01-04T06:53:24.207-08:00Glad to hear all is well! I keep our tree up throu...Glad to hear all is well! I keep our tree up through Advent as well. And not just because it's less fun to take down than it was to put up :o)<br /><br />Those greens make me itchy for spring. We're experimenting with an aeroponic tower garden this year.<br /><br />The dish I must have on or around New Year's is menudo. Hey, you asked. But trust me: it's delicious!moihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07824043795171732429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23068833.post-7457254478939732092013-01-04T06:52:11.990-08:002013-01-04T06:52:11.990-08:00I just might go out and get some collard greens ju...I just might go out and get some collard greens just to see what the fuss is about. But I doubt they'll look as good as Uncle's. <br /><br />We were down in your neck of the country over Christmas week. It was really cold (although slightly warmer than back home) and everyone had that stomach virus that's going around. <br /><br />Happy New Year to you and Uncle. Buzz Killhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01443964019621130222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23068833.post-17283398740622806112013-01-04T03:33:42.877-08:002013-01-04T03:33:42.877-08:00Hey Fishy!
Happy NewYEar to all at yore Pond.
T...Hey Fishy!<br /><br />Happy NewYEar to all at yore Pond. <br /><br />The Franken Food thang is best reason to develop an urban garden--seems stuff is suddenly more Franken than food! Can I come fer some sling shot lessons?<br /><br /><br />Foamy!<br /><br />Happy New Year Mississippi lady! I'll be pleased to have a plate of yore hoppin' john! Wow, yore trees an lights are up? Heh--youse a true blue. Thanky fer well wishes fer Uncle. <br /><br />Doom!!<br /><br />HEy hey, you. Nope, cain't keep an Uncle Aloysius doawn, er, that is, out of his greens. He is jes' smitten wif' his new green thumb. <br /><br />Yes, let's us'uns git back to that ole way of "keeping Christmas"--the whole set up now is to rev people up into pre-Christmas buyin' frenzy so merchants can make their year end goals--it doan have much to do wif' CHRISTmas, do it? An' I like cabbage too. <br /><br /><br />Aunty Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13868780211706866610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23068833.post-24051740170293552272013-01-03T16:54:36.336-08:002013-01-03T16:54:36.336-08:00You know, about the French way of doing things... ...You know, about the French way of doing things... I think, somehow, that is the right way. While a 'middling' Christian, and now Catholic for some years, I am weak on some knowings. I've heard of this, just never as an adult to could contemplate practicing it. And I hadn't been reminded lately, so simply hadn't thought of it.<br /><br />Oh, good to hear health is returning. Can't keep a good man down, or out of his greens it seems. Of course, that is a good thing. It is a man with a plan who will come back, quicker, and maybe with a spring in his step.<br /><br />As for new years cuisine? When I remember and am fit and it all works, corned beef and cabbage. My mother held it as strict tradition that cabbage, at least, had to be eaten. Something about coin in the pocket through the year, or some such. Now, cabbage is a new to me delicacy, so I remember having to take a bite to please her weary from tending me soul. I actually love cabbage, now. Gah! She ended up pwning me with her will! Doomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04392444624210801173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23068833.post-47914843302019802872013-01-03T14:25:45.688-08:002013-01-03T14:25:45.688-08:00Almost forgot!
Happy New Year to you and your clan...Almost forgot!<br />Happy New Year to you and your clan!darkfoamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14394546886035933252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23068833.post-84110074331280543492013-01-03T14:25:10.911-08:002013-01-03T14:25:10.911-08:00glad to hear uncle is doing well!
let me see .. wh...glad to hear uncle is doing well!<br />let me see .. what would have i brought for a hoedown. why hoppin' john, of course.<br /><br />oh, and btw ... our christmas lights are still lit outside and inside, plus the tree is still up. of course,<br />we only put up our on the 3rd advent weekend.darkfoamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14394546886035933252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23068833.post-62426848574759418432013-01-03T10:44:31.102-08:002013-01-03T10:44:31.102-08:00Charmin post Aunty!
It sure is a fine thing to rea...Charmin post Aunty!<br />It sure is a fine thing to read Uncle is headed back toward full speed. Clearly, whatever the medico troubles were, they did not interfere with his vegetable growing. Those were some glorious looking collards! All dewy and shining in the morning light. If they tasted as good as they looked then your year is surely off to a great start.<br /><br />I've been telling folks my resolution is to "sleep more and stress less". I do plan to do this :-)<br /><br />I also plan to actually try the different garden techniques this year: vertical gardening, bucket gardening, bag gardening, straw bale gardening and then of course,<br />seed saving, composting and, I need to go take the extension classes on canning. Such a weird term because I am pretty sure we will be using glass mason jars not cans. <br /><br />Whatever we call this process, I will learn these things because the FrankenFoods are just about all you can buy now. Like many others, I think America's poisoned food sources are killing us.<br /><br />Blowfish has a resolution for me too: "weapons proficiency". Just wait til he finds out I can take him down with a sling shot before <br />he can get unholstered! Make that <br />"could" since I have not shot be-bees from a sling in quite a few decades. I am counting on muscle memory and glasses to help me prevail! The nice thing about sling shots is all the practicing does not make loud noises in your ear.<br /><br />Sorry about them Gators Aunty, they just could not find their game. Happy New Year and Godspeed to you, Uncle and the rest of the clan.fishyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15169980377922293950noreply@blogger.com