My car stinks . . . of green beans. I have a rather simple green bean recipe of which I am very fond. It is easy to prepare and cooks quickly in a slow cooker, making it perfect to take to potlucks. My fellowship group was meeting after second service yesterday and I was happy to bring my green beans. I prepped them in the morning, in the slow cooker, and headed off to church with them in the car planning to have them cook while I was teaching Sunday School and then attend services. That part of the plan worked out fine. It is what happened on the drive to church that causes my car to stink. Knowing that we would have somewhere between 12 and 15 people at lunch, and realizing that I wanted leftovers for this week, I tripled the recipe. Hmmm. I have a large Crockpot, but three times the amount was a bit much for the container. It was rather full. I carefully placed it in the car and thought, okay, I can do this. And I was fine, until I had to stop at a red light on an incline. When I started up again, green bean juice came out of the slow cooker. I did my best to clean, but the car smells. Any suggestions on how to get that out?
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January 08, 2008
Chicken scratches
Lindy did something out of the ordinary for our household, and did it more than once. I had some tasty leftover chicken bites and I put one on the top of her food for a little treat. I do this randomly, add a little safe people food to her dish, and give her something special. She enjoys it. This time she enjoyed it a bit too much. She grabbed her bite and took off for another room to eat it, just in case I might change my mind. Then she came back and scratched the food out of her bowl looking for another piece. I had dog food all over the floor. ?!?!? She has never done that before. I got curious, cleaned up, and tried again. She grabbed the treat, took off running, inhaled it, then came back and scratched away again, making another mess. I decided to stop the treats in her bowl so that she doesn't train me into rewarding her messes! So odd.
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January 01, 2008
Liquor Laws
I did a lot of my growing up in California but have lived in Tennessee for the past (almost) six years. I knew that liquor laws were different here in TN, but had not realized how accustomed I was to them until I went home for Christmas and we went in the drug store. Walking in to Long's drugs I had forgotten that alcohol could be sold right there in a drug store. Not just wine or beer, but all sorts of hard alcohol as well. Contrast that with the laws here (and I know I'll get some of this wrong) where beer and wine/alcohol can't be sold in the same store. You can buy beer in the grocery store, but not until 10 am on Sundays and it used to be not until noon until the Titans came to town. As for the wine and hard stuff, you have to go to an actual liquor store for that and they are closed on Sundays. It was just so odd to see all that stuff for sale . . . in a drug store.
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