Six dogs will make history this year as the newest breeds eligible to compete at Westminster.
February 05, 2012
I've gone to my farm in Kentucky for the weekend. It's a great place to relax, do a little hard physical labor, and forget about the rest of the world. If you don't have such a place, I highly suggest you get one.
In the meantime, even if you're not into the Big Game here's something to chew on.
See you on Monday.
J. Peterman
From: SB Nation
still thinking about today...
My Super Bowl meal plan:
Some barbecue.
Some chili.
What I wish I had made plans to include:
Some red beans and cornbread.
But no use being greedy.
That can wait for another day.
the plan is for negative calories..that way, what ever you don't eat today gives you a score of things that do not put on weight,nor build bad cholesterol,so you can eat them another day,without guilt....nah...what fun would that be? You may not get another chance...GO FOR IT!!! Besides, if you are not playing in the game,real or fantasy,what else will you be able to brag/complain about tomorrow at the water cooler?
It's Super Bowl Sunday: Let the eating begin.
I like the 4 quarter constant grazing approach accommodated by various assortments of salty chips, particularly Scoops and a medley of dips- Guac, spinach artichoke, salsa, queso and the like and then there are mixed nuts. Stuffing with heavy dishes takes away my edge and beer space. Not so for Veggies in Ranch. Game Face on but...In my heart I unquestionably know that the Creator of this big cosmic production is aware of what is going on and that I should just sit back, calm down, and enjoy the game knowing that nothing matters but everything does. It's entertainment not life or death. But if I were in Indy, I would visit St Elmo's one of the best steakhouses in America sporting my duster. NE by 10 but it could go either way.
Did the term over-hyped exist before the Super Bowl or was it coined to for the occasion?
Too long to wait, too much speculation about it, too much advertising and an over-the-top half-time ceremony that takes way too much time and very often stinks.
Not sour grapes… I felt the same way last year.
The game could be okay having as it does no really hatable team and promising a lot of passing.
Giants by three.
As a Giants fan living in New England, today is not a day for casual conversation downtown for me. I would like to amaze and astound you with my incredibly clever and innovative menu for the festivities, but it just isn't that type of occasion for me. If you stop by my daughter's house however, I am sure she is serving elk meatballs with green chile dipping sauce and all kinds of goodies including a hefty serving of Bronco Humble Pie. However she WAS born in New York, New York. So nice they named it twice.
The important work of moving the football forward does not wait to be done by the Receiver,( all though, Swans charging jump catch...always impressed me...Brady swift...running...and holding on to the football with stickum...fingers...,and any Army vs Navy college game...i will be attentive.).but whose playing?....seriously, i usually promise myself to watch the last quarter...and half-time today, my girlfriend, one of the bestest friends...told me, "Ginger,,,MaDonna is singing half-time...so i shouldn't miss half -time..and the commercials ...she says are something I can not miss....but i have spared myself from over food indulgence foody taco chip parties since the age of 23...and do not see myself changing, all that i can accomplish during the seconds, minutes, and hours of gameday play, I usually get another sewing, outing to the museum, or tea at the Frick, or reading a great novel...completed...does not wait to be done by the Receiver, but by the FANS!!!! enjoy the game....Rolling Rock Beer on the HOUSE!!!
Stoney ~ Yesssssss, Giants by whatever it takes.
Food for an eclectic group with eclectic tastes: Shrimp and crab with cocktail sauce; wings, dips and chips, veggies, hummus with pita chips, a really nice cheese with olives in it (got it from Trader Joe's, I love when they feed me); I think that's it for the pre-dinner stuff. Dinner - tenderloin (also chicken for those who don't), sweet potatoes, mac and cheese for those who only eat mac and cheese (annoying group sometimes), carrot soup, broccoli, breads.
Dessert - eclairs, chocolate football cake with chocolate icing and a killer Berger Cookie pie, also fruit - an eatathon -- sorry RY
But before the big game:
A long, long, long walk.
And after the long, long, long walk and after the big game:
A long, long, long break from football.
My wife and I have agreed on what for us will be the perfect Super Bowl dinner. We will find a quiet restaurant which has no television, and enjoy the food and each other's company.
ANDY Wow! Is there enough for all of us?
Food talk all day on Peterman! Yay! We don't "do" the game.....it'll probably be on, but no party associated with it. I intend to make a Brownie Pie shortly, but would have done that even if there were not big game today. Lynn, good luck finding a nice quiet restaurant.... Andy, we'll drop by--hope that's OK and bring some wine--Seriously girl...your celebration sounds like New Years and Thanksgiving combined!!
O, thank goodness, there is still life on the planet. I just went out to get milk and the roads are deserted because there is a Wales v Ireland rugby match on. If you didn't know, you'd suspect that the Star Ship Enterprise called by and beamed everybody up to another place. It's a Celtic thing, the Wales v Ireland match and the only thing on the menu is beer. (Long break in typing - Mother 'phoned) If I was hostessing the boyos round to watch the match on a screen as big as my double bed, I'd feed them cawl (Welsh soup) recipe variable - mine is leek and potato with bite size chunks of bacon, then later, Lobscowse - a cheap 'n cheerful belly warming stew. Mountains of soda bread for mopping up.
Whatever team has scored the most points by the end of the game will be declared the winner. I have not missed a prediction yet, and there have been some close ones.
Enjoy and be grateful for the bounty of today's feasts. They sound very toothsome indeed.
Hello to all Villagers! Looks like a fine day for recipes and mouth-watering descriptions of favorites! That link at top for SB Nation has some good ones!
Baby back ribs are marinating for the grilling later in the day, and I will make a skillet of creamed corn (fresh from a friend's garden), honey baked beans, salad, and corn bread with onions in it. That's for late in the day, around supper time.
Just us, no guests, tho we were invited to a friend's Super Bowl party...too far, too late, and to noisy/busy. We'd rather enjoy our own version right here. With a crowd there are those who talk over the action, so you can't hear the calls, those who argue with every play, and those who just get too much to drink and get belligerent, so I vote NO on SB parties. Been there, done that -- No thanks.
Dessert is merely homemade vanilla ice cream with chocolate syrup and creme de menthe drizzled over...a nice contrast to the heavy supper meal.
Don't care which team wins, but my fellow has picked Giants, but only by one point. The sun is out now for the first time in several days....about 45 degrees outside, and drying out from the drenching rain of last night. Went to Provino's Italian for a friend's birthday last night with the "girls," and had my favorite there, Eggplant Parmigiana with meat sauce. Life is good.
Hazel--how odd that your local "big game" coincides with the "big game"stateside! Your soup and stew sound delciously warming.
Today, is a patriotic waving day of flags & welcome home" happy rousing" receptions: Our Military soldiers have returned from Afghanistan...some were hurt, but approx. 200 enlisted returned home to their families..Back to the USA Mainland...yea..Hooray..Hazel soda bread is a favorite bread...leeks are so good for you...licorise flavor accent...i check the cold weather pattern...a little too cold and snowblanketed areas in Europe; the best way to keep warm is hot water bottle...in the covers..i wrote at the end of the evening on yesterdays' post ; it was post number 57 too....*^* cosmic... Heinz 57 and a Shih Tzu remark...since you have the time difference; i thought i let you know..it is alittle..well reveals my intrinsic nature...; Henry Clay Frick is from Ireland or Scottish..but Scottish descent...I've been called, a Tawpie.?
It's Anatomy and Physiology vs Perspectives in African American Health here today.
The half time show will feature homemade cream o leek, shallot potato and mushroom soup (
goat milk of course), a duet of freshly roasted herbed chickens , a rice pilaf and
a nice winter salad staring arugula, pears, walnuts a few blue cheese crumbles
and a homemade olive oil and lemon juice vinaigrette. For dessert, a glass of Obsidian
Ridge Cab and some Brix chocolate. There will be enough for instant replays Monday
night.
It Pains me to say this but.. Go Giants..
Is it a bad thing that I am MORE excited about tonites Episode of Downton Abbey, than this game or the halftime show?
I was going to wtch ot for the commercials, but it seems all the fuun ones have been leaked on every TV news/tabloid show & all over the web. I have tried avoid seeing them,but I am very disapointed with the premarketing of them & I out of spite I REFUSE now to watch & give them any ratings share for it.
A bright spot for this week for me is that I have a Job Interview with a TV Station in Madison on Thursday! I am Quite Excited, Nervous, & Scared...
Dear Violet Rose~ I have a lovely hot water bottle with a pretend fur cover and a matronly Burmese cat who in her day won boxfuls of prizes at the cat equivalent of the Westminster Dog Show. She's beautiful, but these days, more impotantly, warm. Her, me, the hotty, duvet - bliss.
Rings~ Good luck!
Good luck to you Rings?
Go Rings! Go Downton Go Bates! Do not let that bitch deprive you of your happiness! Lead a cheer-Two pence four pence six pence a pound Sterling!
Pay attention, Mr Lake, I was talking to Rings about a forthcoming job interview. x
Violet Rose ~ This is important and that's
why I am speaking boldly. In the past, when it was brewed in the glass
lined tanks of OLD LATROBE, Rolling Rock was my beer of choice. Now that
it is brewed in New Jersey, I am not as fond of it as I was. It tastes like
Budweiser. I know that the majority of American beer drinkers think that BUD is
how a beer should taste, but I am not one of them and I am sorely distressed
that Rolling Rock is not what it used to be. They can't tell me that the water
and the tanks do not impart flavor to the beer. That's like saying the skillet
and the oil aren't contributory to the flavor of the meal. Balderdash! I just
don't buy it and Syd refuses to drink it. Please petition the
Pennsylvania legislature to bring Rolling Rock back to Latrobe where it belongs.
I will support this movement in future posts and will also check back with you
on your progress. Pats by 33.
Paolos, Just read, How exciting, yes, they are still brewing at the Rolling Rock plant,in Latrobe, but not bottling ......you can buy by the Barrel, 31 1/2 gallons..or less .....kidding on content of liquid....wholesale, who says, you can't...? Give them a call....I red up more about it...too...I think 150 people still work there ....my cousin was a brewmaster, there.... now making home made red wine...via of telephone...just call...who would turn away a buck, these days!..
Thanks Hazel, TT & Peter Lake - I am hoping this is the 1 that is MINE!!!!
TT- oh that woman made me SO Angry last week - I was ready to jump into the TV & give punch her....Mr. Bates is WAY too kind to her.
See there will be more drama on Downton Abbey tonite, than I think in this Football game. altho the Patriots cut a guy yesterday, umm Really? just for that they derserve Karma to come back to them today & lose.
Hazel - I know you have already seen season 2 which is now airing here in the U.S. I try so hard not to ask you for spoilers all week long. Can you tell me is there going to be a season 3.
Hazel Leese...how adorable.your Burmese cat must be......cats=comfort=meow=alot of cozy kittens out there....purrrrr.....Heed this warning..... never sing ...never ever...do this deed ....no matter how lovely you sing....Never sing into a cats or kittens ear,... no matter how lovely you are...you'll get a swat and a new earlobe pierced......!!!!! It happened to me..it was ouchy a claw attack!!!!..love or not..... ***** When I was younger, and the neighbor when on vocation, I use to care for their cat, Siamon, the cat, ...of coarse Siamese Cat...his tail was at an angle...the tip...45 degrees..looked awkwardly broken.....and I was told...by the owner.... that this specific species of blue eyed heaven gazing.....creature, was a cat that carries..... her one-horse masters' rings on her Siamese tail.. decendant of royal masters..to bat....! !! I used to put my Pink Argentine Rhodochrosite Silver Ring on Siamons' black tail and she walk with a waggle ...curling smart look...it stayed on ...I saw the movie Puss 'n' Boots....wonderful...loved it . too... Rings90 good luck with your television station interview...love your Russian Pics..when I was there, out in the country farm setting...sitting on grey pokey fence... they asked me, Is it that bad in America..?..too....each his own....it is kind of hard to describe Russia..any stories today about this beautiful country..or America...?
Paolos and
We got out of the Biz just as Coors was sold to Miller who is now SABMiller and Bud wasVR
sold to InBev( who owns the Rolling Rock brands.)
For about 2 years before we cashed in our chips, we would not know who owned the brands we sold, almost on a month to month basis due to mergers, buy outs and consolidations. Our family business,
One has to be a home brewer or drink micros or beers like Sam Adams or Yuengling to drink "American" these days.established in 1946 was a part of the Golden Age of American Brewing; the old (German
by decent) beer barons were fierce competitors but treated their wholesalers like family and were a great and honorable bunch to work with. That era in American business and industry is gone, never to be seen again I fear.
Even Shiner is owned by Gambrinus.
Downtown Pittsburgh you pay $250 dollars and pick your recipe and brew what you want ; they bottle on site..at the premises..cool story..about Golden Age of American Brewing....Blue. I am putting on the football game...
I'll keep my Golden Monkey for myself.
OK, village lets' huddle in.....Hip to hip.... I have two commercials to add into todays Super bowl Excitement....oops the game is not till 7:00 pm...back to the Hot News Off The Press:
First, the college kids are gameing today...intensive Super Pro-Computer-Game Events; my son had an audience of 160,000 people watching his game skills on his Frankinstein Computer...he made it into the finals then exclusive 2000 people watched...i guess they have to payin.$$$to watch the gamers....money involved secret lock out party..coolbeans the college kids say...better than our raquet ball days..meet you at the court and I bat the ball in your eye, deal..and he is then team up with other gamers from all over the World....and this is Global Warming and Global Economy....making friends on the internet...changing the complexity of the game board...for a freedom of speech/movement..etc.... My son's team just won minutes ago... the Super Bowl of all-time Gaming!!!!!!!!Here's the link..check for yourself it will be locked but any computer locksmith knows the gaming rules: i tried but it is locked because i am not a gamer.. d22-zone.com and check out the pro-gamers...this is what the new generations into....Next,two days ago... ******I made a facebook page, to help sale my books: it is called Pekitea and you have to hit/click the yellow box for my Wix facebook site you donot have to friend or anything...then i will later put it connected to paypal and all the other necessities..I learned how to make a Wix webpage and facebook page..i have yet to finish up the process to completion but check it if you would like...and message me on the site..any suggestions..just learning..just beginning..to see if i can sell things..etc...Enjoy the Football Game...tonite
In tonight's head-to-head matchup between Downton Abbey and the Super Bowl, wonder which one will come out on top among the Villagers?
are there buffet tables set up to watch Abbey? must you eat with extended pinky finger? you could put an eYe out that way.....
I'll do one better, I'll message you here and now; even Mr. Peterman doesn't push his wares here......
I apologize,
that was a bit harsh.
chef Deb ~ Of course, there's always enough for my friends
Paolos ~ Of course you're right; water makes a difference, it all makes a difference and so, yes, the beer will taste differently.
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Haze & Rings, that was supposed to be an ! Instead of a ?...after my good luck to you ...... he says with a knowing nod and wink of the eye.
The entire village of th EyE is rooting for ya Rings.
Peter Lake~ All typos are forgiven. Eeeek! next programme on this channel is The Superbowl. I might end up watching Animal Cops Houston.
Miss Blue not harsh and not the first time from that source.
RINGS - You Go! Good luck!!!
VIOLET ROSE:
Guess I'll have to drop by. I love scotch but don't think I could follow that recipe.
It sounds so yummy.
I want some now.
What do you mean by butterscotch?
Miss Blue----Salut! Cheers! I like what you say. I hope your dinner was as delicious as it sounded and your cab a wine worthy of savoring with your chocolate. I don't know how you do it...you are one extraordinarily busy woman these days and yet you pull off amazing food and insightful posts.
Don't be Blue, Miss. There is a time and place, and this ain't either of them. You did very well pointing out that pushing ones wares just isn't part of the fabric of the EyE. Free speech for everyone here!
Meanwhile, back in Indianapolis, four field goals and no TDs..... Bummer dudes and dudettes....
O bovver~ sofa snoozing. Woke up for long enough to say Nos da, dear people. x
well..........we have NOT turned the game on...spent the afternoon watching fave DVDs, then dinner, reading and soon to bed!
Peter Lake... I am trying so hard, in this time of my life, to help other people learn and many people are making money with the xyng line sales.so those that are unemployed, single parent moms, or people disable can learn and get into this business......also many people at any age can start up a store..on facebook or a wix site..I went to many seminiars and they say, if your in business, its imperative to get on the social networks, like Facebook, I have had a clothing interest in Petermans catalog for a long time...victorian clothing enthusiast....When I was a child, my dream was to sew every child their own special dress...so that everyone in my elementary classroom had one, too..becasue I was well aware of poverty even at that age.....so, today I teach sewing to children..I recall if I could not take my sewing machine on my family's ski trip ...I stomped out of the house with sewing bag and machine and hid on the side of the house..and until my family agreed I could sew..with my own machine...funny thing......i am showing people they can too...21st century YOU CAN TOO! i am a educator well aware of how important everyone is a part of the fabric...computer literacy has taken great leaps, just maybe four days ago, i started using Wikipedia...so this posting newsy letter has enhanced my computer abilities, I also increased my vocabuary. I will be more polite and caring not to talke about topics that smart out the others..... but here on the Eye I have not seen not one person who did not advertise who they were.or their wares from their frontal lobes....sure we are going into a kick or so...a quirk...************I have not been back in awhile..not just freeform writing but social networking for me is still in the beginning stages...i feel like an Old Fashion...OOlogist, who goes constantly bird watching in nature...finds more joy and more easily adapts to the outdoor woods....then gossip talk on the computer screen..then next thing, as it goes, you lose touch and lose pace with the one touch remote...world...and with computer reality....some people do not like the way you think or write........I have a family home in the mountains...this posting routine is just a practice rehearsal for me...........********************************* ***************************************************************************Let me leave you with these few words...*********************************************************************VOGUE, I am too, VOGUE for some and I got the golden honey right here in my heart...so to finalize this post,,,,I leave you with this note:It's a small nugget of wisdom that's worth sharing: "If your notion of a personal God leads you to denigrate other people or to run other people down or condemn other beliefs, then just question it a moment and ask yourself if you're really listening to your god or to yourself." Isn't the wonderful?..It is. As is he....Some people in this village don't even give a new person a chance. and all the true colors come out in the wash.....i am not in competition and i just want to fit in...so i may not write and express myself so literatally the greatest, but I am not competing for a Gold Medal...am just luxuriated...so village keep up the good wontinue to be yourselves....so to the village, I am too Vogue for you....babe.... maybe just sometimes....peekaboo to you...you all fun and dandy...see you at the Clubhouse...this is a note from a Sophistic Thinker...even when its freeform...
Was'nt Madonna wonderful at Halftime! Peace Out!
Tommy ~ St. Elmo’s Fire.
It’s the cocktail sauce for the jumbo shrimp. You should wear the authentic fireman’s coat (no.
3499). Save the duster for Kansas City.
What a game!
I caught Syd trying to post this last night, he said he was
just calling for Floyd. Turn the volume wayyy down.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQVwW6hjLo8
Stoney! You were so close.
I'm sure it won't be surprised to learn that after learning Tom Brady did an Ugg boot shoot, I rooted for the Giants.
STONEY!!! You called it!!!
Violet, I suppose that was a bit shallow of me and you are certainly entitled to write about whatever you wish. My opinion of what you say just doesn't matter anyway so I' ll refrain from reading and commenting on it. I just don't get it which, I am sure, is my loss.
To paraphrase a quote from one of my favorite movie, ma'am, I shall not inflict my opinions upon you any further.
Fitting in here is pretty easy.....like a puzzle piece....each has it's own shape that will connect with some but not everyone....but it still makes a nice picture when it comes together.
It was a good halftime show.
Yes, B you are too harsh...so you second apology is not accepted; I ignore the first one.Hope you read my latest post. too. I am not in competition with you...at all...FINIS !!!
Actually, we did find a nice quiet restaurant. We are both introverts, so we never like loud, noisy restaurants. We have a circuit of places we go to, mostly ethnic and frequently inexpensive. Our choice tonight was an Afghan place in Falls Church that has been around for at least 30 years. Great food, quiet atmosphere, and good conversation. Isn't that what dinner is all about?
Oh yes, one criterion for our restaurant was that there be no television. I find their presence in a restaurant obnoxious. And if there are two or more, that means the place is hell.
Korthal,....Oh Butterscotch!!!! Korthal,...did you ever have Pineapple Brandy and cool whip together then put over a flame , but the secret ingredient was brown sugar...first dip a chunk of Pineapple into the brandy........ then dip into the brown sugar...... then carmelize it over a flame....... then dip into the whip cream...it is super yummy....I am making a second batch of Loyal Scotch Desire..tonite...going snow skiing tomorrow..everyone is staying way pass midnight gaming...Goodnite.....Oh yea, a Tawpie, is a giddy Scot girl...Who won the game? Wake me up from a this slumber...winter nite...going skiing...you whoo.... going to swoosh downhill the mighty Alpine Slopes...going skiing you whoo...good nite...check my new facebook page Pekitea....
MissIve
a breath of fresh air ...
MissIve ~
I hear you baby… if you have not seen the video of him responding to music (carnivále), don't look for it.
Most guys would rather be video taped on the floor in a pool of their own vomit than to be seen dancing like that.
So nice to see your words again… got any more?
Chef Deb ~
I tried. It was a nice game.
Stoney......nice to see Eli get his props. He's a cool customer when it counts.
Peter Lake....I behaved with coyness....That is all.....I should not have put your name in lead of that long last post..this is awkward... that you just responded too....forgive me...I was needed your wisdom that is all the post was not directed at you..maybe, I just felt safer with leading your name in the forefront of that post, since you are a monitor of sorts...please forgive me, again I do not want you to feel abashed..you so bravely responded...oh no, I truly want your opinion....especially, I will probably not allow myself forgiveness from lacking a mere consciousness of fit reason. Coy..Yes, I was coy.alittle eccentric..and just was giving a little lash out....i just felt that maybe, certain people, who are to quick to the draw..with it being too personal in this opinion post method...this is more difficult.to try to explain....then it probably should be. Include oneself emersed in the center of a group...one gives a yoddle to the other in support..as well as they should..; I am new...and need to wade in the water a little longer before diving in too deep with my talkative information. I finding out that I am seriously taking all this opionion stuff to heart like a drama..I may not be a candidate for this debate group...my mind whirls too much...so now I will take one week off...and plan a better presentation on linear thinking..when I arrive back onboard..Auf Vidershen! Thank you Peter Lake you are quite a wonderful Thinker and Writer.... I bid you adieu!
V R, Not to worry. Just remember that real boats rock. All of us here step in it occasionally, I lost count of the times I loosed an arrow that I couldn't call back.
Just an FYI , Miss Blue is a great source for honest and helpful feedback and brings a lot to the party on many levels. Most of us do in our own way.
Peace out.....
I went to the local water-front bar to collect my 'booty' from the 'square' card..(of course, 1/2 the proceeds to an injured fellow with more bills than insurance) I DID in fact make a good choice of random squares...hahaha...and I partook of a few Guiness pints, and some pulled pork buffet, but the down side- - - and some, if all here, may know, that every time the crowd shouted"ELI", I whipped around to see, and now I have a sore neck...hahahaha
ELI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfW41eKUkKE