I’m getting in the mood to cook some hearty cool-weather fare myself. Beef Burgundy sounds about right. I think this strip from 2011 tells a simple truth, at least when I’m in the kitchen. Despite washing bowls and utensils as I go, the culinary detritus eventually gets ahead of me, even with those classic “one-pot” dishes that I love so much. Boeuf Bourguignon, in the French, is beef simmered in wine, of course. The great Julia Child’s recipe is a go-to standard for this dish, and it reminds me of one of my favorite quotes from Julia: “I often cook with wine; sometimes, I even pour it in the food I’m cooking.”
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218 responses to “Behind the Scenes”
It seems obvious that the harp twins wore more undergarments with their white outfits than did Princess Leia.
Debbe 😉 As Mood music…yeah, this one fits the bill.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J759HLTrMaM
Debbe 😉 And since that was a short one…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h81Ojd3d2rY
Debbe 😉 And why not one more?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN3GbF9Bx6E
Debbe 😉 I had to meet another ISP tech at home this afternoon, but it turned out he was no more successful than the first one in solving my InterWebNet connection problem. The service been increasingly sucky this evening.
Perhaps they should send “Lily” to check it out. She’s cute. And busty. And even if she couldn’t fix my DSL connection problem either, she could probably take my mind off of it.
http://santa.marketmenot.com/att-new-iphone-zero-down-commercial/att-new-iphone-zero-down-ss-04.jpg
A third cockatiel egg was deposited inside the cage this afternoon. Mirabile dictu et visu!
Really need to finish packing but I have to see how all are doing as the Village shuts down. It’s time to leave, I need somewhere with terrible food I can turn my nose up at since I obviously packed neither my sales resistance or my will power. And I need my anti-inflammatory meds for the joints, they are all killing me. I have walked a lot here.
My last purchase was some rare raw woods to ship to my son in law, I love that he likes to make sawdust and shavings.
Good morning Villagers….
So many links, so little time….Mark, that was quite a costume ‘Nash the Slash’ was wearing, one would think the tassels would be bothersome. Thank you.
GR 😉 love California Dreaming….it’s my ear worm for the day, my Miss Prissies are in for a treat while I walk the aisles 🙂
Cxp, I read your comment from the day before…poor parakeet. I have at least one or two hens in with my roosters….don’t want to overcrowd the cage as the roosters get so big. Brought George the rooster into the packing room the other day and let him strut his stuff.
Well, ‘Skittles’ nasty mouth cut his hours. He only works weekends now. I’m working with him on Sunday. We’ll see if I get an apology….you just don’t tell your supervisor to “shut the ___ up”
Miss Charlotte, my mom was very strict about telling us girls to always treat people the same way we would want to be treated….and I do my best, despite the fact there are butt wipes out there 🙂
So, Jackie, you going home to OK? It’s about time for your annual gathering, isn’t it?
Ya’ll have a blessed day…..
Jerry, I love your humor….the one liners are good. And I loved George Carlin’s humor in what he saw…like back when there were dial phones…he joked about letting your finger take the free ride back. The best….his version of Snow White and the Seven Drawfes.
GR 😉 chili cooking weather means less of this…and they are wearing less……enjoy the ‘stills’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvxAmH7e7Q8
This morning, I finally broke the 175 barrier.
I weighed in at 174.6.
But weight! There’s more!
By nearly eliminating carbs and a little exercise five or six days a week, I have now lost 38 pounds.
Nine more to go.
Congratulations, Rick….and weight we will 🙂
Since I started drinking green tea I stay around 180. I buy the gallon jugs of the sweet stuff. I try to avoid artificial sweeteners. I have no idea why it helps with weight, but it seems to. Of course the men in my family usually lose weight as they get older. Some day I would like to get back into weight lifting. One day in 1997 I just stopped. I have the procrastination problem for real.
Denise, are you out there?
Just read that Leighton Meester and Adam Brody named their new baby Arlo Day. Suppose they are fans?
” pesky customers…” 🙂
Rick we have I75 go through Royal Oak at at first glance, I thought maybe you were in a crash. Congrats
Rick – major kudoes on breaking 175! It gives me hope in my onslaught against the creeping middle age spread.
TIP BlogSpot may offend some: http://thatispriceless.blogspot.com/
Peace, emb
Good work, Rick. I’m always happy to see someone reach a desired weight loss goal…and maintain it. I once weighed 175 pounds, but I forget which year of high school that was. 🙂 (I’m guessing I may be a bit taller than you.)
As I’ve mentioned, I weighed 195 at age 26 when I completed my USAF service and, coincidentally, that’s my Weight Watchers’ goal (based on BMI) to obtain Lifetime (dues-free) membership status. Back in my aerobics class days, when I was arguably in the best physical condition of my life, I maintained 205, a weight with which I was perfectly happy and which I am now (slowly) closing in on again. But free lifetime dues would be good, too.
c x-p: You made me look it up, and one site added a word.
Marvelous to Say, See, and Do: Mirabile Dictu, Visu, et Factu [In an ad / moving to Australia.]
Now I know more than I did; Thank you.
Peace, emb
First, it is our favorite retired librarian’s birthday. I told her I thought that was like the CIA, you couldn’t check out.
Couldn’t waste that so will Hotel California to ace it.
Happy Birthday Ruth.
I am late and have to go buy another suitcase for my favorite hobby, shopping. I am adored by the locals for my contribution to their slow season.
Actually I am on way to St. Michaels, Maryland after I go to Oklahoma for Dickens and the car. My festival got moved to Missouri and Texas this year. I will invite y’all. It returns to Oklahoma in a modified format in 2016. Love.
Rick and Ghost you are both remarkable. Isn’t it funny, isn’t it odd, do a little exercise and reduce what we eat and it comes off. Easier said then done. Love.
I had to look up Leighton Meester and Adam Brody to see who they are. (My old fogyness is showing again.) Glamour Magazine calls the baby’s name, Arlo Day, “super cute”. (Pass the Dramamine, please.) But the child is a girl.
The “publication” goes on to describe giving boys’ names to girls as “right on trend in Hollywood”. (Pass the Dramamine again, please.) Apparently the concept of gender, whether by sexual characteristics, self-identification, or name recognition, is just so Twentieth Century amongst the terminally trendy set. At least I suppose it’s better than Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily Hutchence Geldof, Bogart Che Peyote Rainey, and some of the other gems members of the glitterati have inflicted on their spawn.
GR6, you passed over the fact that in that marriage the Meester is also the Mrs.