Sunday morning

It's Sunday evening for me and I've spent the day doing chores. : ( Still the house is clean (well cleaner than it was anyway), the clothes washed and we have enough vegetable soup to see us through six meals. I've managed to get some fleece carded and I've done some dyeing.

Have a good day!

VP

I always LOVED veggie soup; just wish I could convert Harri! He insists that soup is not *real* food and won't eat it. :-(

Erin

I have to say I've never been a fan of watery soups (or versions that come in a packet). I make mine chunky and hearty - there is drinking- soup and meal-soup - I'm very much a fan of the meal variety myself. Add to it some fresh bread rolls or flat bread and I can't think of a nicer meal when the weather is less than clement.

VP

Good morning. It is still early here - 6:47am. I am just up and DH is still asleep. He will get up soon as he has choir at 8:30. We have a quiet day ahead. I have some paperwork to do for our local watershed organization and I will probably watch a Mariners game on tv while I knit a bit.

We are soup eaters here. I often make a very hearty lentil soup. It has brown rice, lentils, tomatoes, carrots, onions and usually chicken stock. Sometimes I use a veggie stock if I am expecting to feed someone who doesn't do meats. We usually have some of that and some chicken and rice soup in the freezer - I make a big pot and then freeze in portions for two. The lentil soup is a meal when you add some toast or something similar.

Judy

Hi all , Good morning. Hubby was not a soup eater until I started serving sandwiches with it at dinner time. I myself, love soup, but do not like stews. I have a pot raost out for todays dinner and I am about to snuggle down to watch a movie while working on an angel baby afghan for a friend at work. She is due in October and I hope to have a complete layette done for her. Hope you allhave a great Sunday. Coggie

Kandace slept over last night, and we went to church this morning, and then out for lunch. Now she is about to get into the tub while I clean the spare room. Then I will study for the rest of the day. The weather here is absolutely gorgeous, so we may go for a walk a bit later.

Higs, Katherine

Erin spun a FINE 'yarn':

Erin. . . Gooo-oood morning! My mood doesn't match the weather here in middle Tennessee, I'm in a good mood although the weather is... politely stated, crappy. I finished and filed taxes Friday evening, cleaned up some PC 'junque' Saturday, and IF the weather warms and dries enough, DH and I have to install a window this afternoon. Yesterday I placed an online order for more laceweight yarn, to make a couple of capes from "Knitting Essentials" (reprint of an *early* 1900's Butterick knitting book) and this morning I did a little knitting on one of the faroese shawls I'm working on. I also spent a little time with the yarn-umbrella and ball-winder. (I always end up re-winding from the ball-winder, I dunno why!) On the second pot of kaffe`, it's now almost 11AM here, I slept in till 7am this morning, what a slacker! LOL Have a great rest of the day, Hugs, Noreen

I have put everything to the side and working on afghans for the homeless in the Rockford, IL area. Our local group has picked that as the present project.

Hugs & God bless, Dennis & Gail

Why is it that those of us sho do eat meats provide meatless meals for veggies but they don't provide meat for us?

Mary

The act of eating meat is usually offensive to a vegeterian, the act of eating vegetables is rarely offensive to a carnivore.

VP

Probably that should read "omnivore" instead of "carnivore".

Cause they don't think you need meat. And the fact that you cook veggie for them, means that in your heart of hearts, you know that people do not really need meat either.

However, for most people, food is their most deeply rooted habit.

For example, my wife really wants both meat and rice. So, I cook them for her. Personally, there have been years when I did not eat meat, so I know one can live very well without eating meat, but taking meat from my wife would make her so grumpy, that I would not even consider trying, except in the most dire emergency. I know she does not need it, but she sure wants it.

Me? I need my pizza. Veggie? OK! Low fat? OK!, Whole Wheat? OK! No cheese? OK! Still, I want my pizza every so often. If you want me to be happy, bring me pizza and red wine every so often. Everyone has their food habits!

Aaron

We have a veggie daughter in law, she doesn't find meat eating offensive, doesn't even know why she doesn't eat meat and doesn't mind her children eating meat. But I always have to provide a special dish for her and she never does for us. I can't understand it.

Mary

We don't need chocolate either. Or cabbage. Or knitting.

Mary

Or, anchovies pizza!

Whoops! It is a warm and sunny day, so the kitchen is a bit warmer, that it has been, and my bread is about ready to bake. I am going to grab a bit of that dough and have an anchovies pizza for lunch!

Sorry for all you folks with less than perfect weather today. But, we are going to pay for this fine weather when run out of water in August. The Dutch iris are going wild! And. yesterday there might have been 4 or 5 stalks of bearded iris blooming, but today there are 40 or 50. The perfume coming in my office window is wonderful. You can tell I am not working. I think I have spring fever.

Aaron

Maybe her dislike of eating meat also extends to cooking it? People are weird about food and have some very strange habits related to it, the reasons why people do or don't eat/like things are incredibly varied in my experience and often seem to illogical to me. But I'm sure I have habits and preferences that seem odd to others too.

VP

Cabbage yes. But chocolate and knitting - that's just crazy talk! :)

VP

I wish I was as successful with a rod :-)

Mary

Listen to me! Do NOT talk about taxes! I did ours today, and we have to pay in over 2k. I am not a happy camper.

Higs, Katherine