Victor Should Write a Book

Great story, Louise! Reminds me of Dead End, where Bogey was throwing them knife. Too bad about the dock - must be full of memories.

Last year a collegue from our company in China visited and when we asked her about what was said to encourage her to eat her food - she said that her Mom told her about the starving kids in America! Guess Mothers are the same world over!

That's funny, Cat.

I always considered that making a child eat sauerkraut was child abuse.

I like sauerkraut!

Me too! But not when I was a kid.

Check out the Northeast Forum for a couple of new threads - it's a big birthday day!! Eleanor

I always loved sauerkraut. My younger son, who is an otherwise horrible eater, likes broccoli and asparagus!

http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/210/

SAUERKRAUT! Everybody!

DonnieBrook: I have mumblypeg scars too on my shins.

I had 5 brothers and I don't know how they convinced me to let them throw knives at me.

I still remember the one though where they said, Hey Gloria! We'll give you 5c if you put your hand in this hole and see what's in there.
Naturally my scientific curiosity got the best of me, and I put my hand in the hole where it was immediately sprayed by a skunk.

I have tried making sauerkraut twice now and I just make mold. Sigh. Maybe the third time will be the charm.

My brother and I convinced my sister to touch the model train tracks with her tongue!! Of course, this was after he convinced me to do it.

Oh Yeah! I remember that one. Only at our place it was the frozen pump handle. Ow Ow.

Victor - Is it about time for Volume II of your book?

Haven't even started the preface of the dedication yet!

I would think it would be dedicated, at least in part, to the NE forum.

Of course!

i like sauerkraut on bratwurst. my parents used to eat it on mashed potatoes, though. ick.

I guess it's not bad, if you like salted grass.

Yankee Cat:

The special sauerkraut crocks mentioned on Dr. Weil have an air seal so mold does not form. The old fashioned way, though, requires frequent scum skimming.

Scum skimming. Interesting.

I'm not a good scum skimmer - so maybe I'd better invest in a non-scum crock.

One of my favorite cookbooks is _The Joy of Pickling_. The author, Linda Ziedrich, has a clever alternative to using a weighted plate on top of a crock of fermenting pickles.... she fills a gallon freezer bag with brine (not just water, so in case of leaks the brine in the crock is not diluted) and places it on top of the pickles. They are weighted down, and the top of the crock is sealed. Then you can just lift off the bag and rinse it off regularly -- easier than trying to skim scum from the surface. I'd have to check to be sure, but I think she does much the same in her sauerkraut recipe.

That's strangely similar to the procedure we Italians use for 'unfriendlies'.

Re: back up the thread a bit on male quilters.

I would nominate fiber artist Kaffe Fassett to the top of the list.

http://www.kaffefassett.com/biography.htm

Critter - I tried that but didn't understand about washing the bag off! No wonder I grew such a forest of mold! Maybe the third time will be the charm for my sauerkraut.

How are Blake and Eliot doing? Haven't seen any pictures in awhile.

Hi critter! How are the containers?

My 8 year old son just took The Joy of Pickling out of the library. Having never heard of it I was surprised to see it again here. (His teacher told them that anyone who found the word gherkin in print could go to lunch early)

Dave, start paging through that book, and you'll never look at produce the same way again... and good for your son!! LOL

Eliot is much bigger, of course, and still pure mischief. He's determined to take Blake down in true studio wrestling fashion, but since Blake still has about 5 pounds on him and a pretty good height advantage, it's not happening any time soon.

Here they are between bouts. 2 cats, 2 laps, you'd think the solution would be obvious... but no, it seems that DH has the prime lap, so they jockey for position.

Cute cats Jill. We'll be getting two kittens soon to keep our Crash company.

Excellent! He'll have fun watching them, and they can wear each other out and not bug him too much... :-)

My two don't socialize much. Both were "adopted". One w/o claws is a house cat. The other goes out and thinks the first is a wimp.

I'm not a believer in letting cats out - for a number of reasons.

Romeo goes out in the fenced in dog pen with supervision as he has scaled the fence before. We have dubbed him:
"Prince Romeo Houdini"

Cute. Reminds me of my Crash, though you can't really judge from this photo.

here are our no longer feral cats.
still no names.
herself in an interesting position on Eric's office chair.
she is always in "interesting" positions - she is a fur-covered self-propelled slinky.

and a lovely headshot of my former garden supervisor...
filled out nicely from the bony fellow he used to be...

I have a feral male cat who is hiding from the dogs in the house somewhere. He looks just like Romeo, Pixie.

I named him "Escort" hoping he would hang around. He came here about the time Oscar the hospice cat became famous. Not sure about that cat.

Beautiful cats, Amy. Love the crossed paws!

I like the name Escort, very unique and fitting.
Amy those are some very pretty kitties you have there!
Victor, I love Crash's eyes!

Lovely cats, everyone! Amy - you must feel really good at how happy your non-feral cats are looking these days! They are both quite handsome!!

thank you!
she is remarkably beautiful (why i fell in love when she was still living in the woods) and the cutest little witch of a cat - unable to be captured in a mere photograph - however, i am convinced that cuteness is a survival trait, 'cause if she wasn't so cute, she wouldn't be surviving!
i swear, i was not intending to adopt cats.