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  1. #1
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    Construction Project

    ....I am in the construction business today-----I'm building a pot of beef vegetable soup

    I started with the sun this morning by browning two pieces of beef shin (with marrow bones in place) in lard in my Mother's hundred year old iron skillet

    I am currently about 80% complete----with all the herbs and spices remaining to go in. I still have a few veggies to add but I need to let things "consolidate" so I have more room in the pot.

    It should be ready by the Eagles game tomorrow night at 8:15 PM
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
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    Ha! I'm doing pretty much the same, but with chicken. It will have spices, chicken thighs, potatoes, carrots, onions, frozen green peas, frozen baby Lima beans, and frozen corn. Big drop dumplings will be added near the end. Anything else that sounds good during the build will be added, as well.

    Since I'm by myself now, I don't have the motivation to cook a good meal very often and this is my way of trying to eat a diet that is more balanced than my normal meat and potatoes. It will feed me for probably 4 days. If I get tired of it before then I will freeze the leftover for later. I do something similar with beef.
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    Yesterday I went to the grocery for my weekly trip. Fresh produce is looking up---and the prices down. I saw iceberg lettuce for $1.69---down from $6 plus

    I have learned to do my first produce pass in reverse. They have a shelf in the back---next to the door with reduced price produce. Yesterday I got a bargain on asparagus, mushrooms and bell peppers---but they had to go in the pot today---and they did

    I just finished loading the last of a head of cabbage----I have to let it wilt so I can fit it all in.

    One of the wonderful things about vegetable soup (and many others) is that you can change it----but you really can't mess it up
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
    "Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
    “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis

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    Damn! Mushrooms!

    I usually put in fresh mushrooms near the end, but I don't have any and I'm not driving to town just to get them. They can always be added later if I find myself going to town.
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    Other than the shrooms, I'm into the soup.

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    I have to say this. I have never cooked anything using lard and I doubt that I ever will. It has no appeal to me
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