Over a year ago, I started leaving my butter out on the counter in my kitchen instead of putting it in the refrigerator. So far, so good. I have never had any go rancid, and I just love that I always have spreadable butter for my toast. At the same time, I switched from cheap …
Continue reading Sama Says: Leave your butter out on the counter! It won’t hurt you!
Often, when I'm sitting out in my back yard, I see a bit of sunlight that's at exactly the correct angle to show off just one leaf, or one frond, or one rock. My yard is surrounded on three sides by vegetation: tall trees in the mini-forest on the west side, the south neighbor's tall …
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Back in 1941, Franklin D. Roosevelt was President, and World War II was going on. The Democrat President's socialist New Deal has been in force since the Great Depression of the 1930s, and war production was gradually lifting the economy out of the Depression. War restrictions on the economy were taking effect, and the New …
I'll bet you didn't know what the passengers on the ill-fated Titanic ate for dinner. Sama Hoole has posted the menu cards for all the classes on the ship, and discusses their food below. VERY interesting! First class dined on nine different animals on the Titanic's last night. Oysters, salmon, filet mignon, chicken, lamb, duckling, …
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Again this year, we packed up the picnic gear and headed over to Bellevue Downtown Park for the fireworks show. They set off the fireworks literally right over your heads, across the street from the roof of the Bellevue Square parking garage. This year, it was especially crowded, due to the celebration of America's 250th …
Continue reading Late again, but this might be worth waiting for. July 4 Fireworks from Bellevue, WA
First of all, "Mince" is what they call ground beef in England. Second of all, Sama said that this isn't supposed to be humor, but by the first few examples you should be at least smiling, if not laughing out loud. Enjoy! comprehensive troubleshooting guide for anyone with a problem, compiled over six years of …
Sama Hoole is a Brit who posts on nutrition, farming, and his "hobby-horse", the value of ruminant animals for the land and for the people. I have found all of his posts to be very interesting and helpful. Here are a couple of recent ones. The ruminant family, and the one job each member does …
Kale, a dark green, leafy, "cruciferous" vegetable is a fad food. No one, absolutely NO ONE, ever considered it edible until less than a decade ago. People don't usually eat things that taste bad, especially those that taste bitter. Below is what one of my favorite food gurus has to say about Kale. Kale wears …
Continue reading Bitter herbs… On Kale, the bitter vegetable
Byl Holte is a black man, born in America in the 1960s, just on the cusp of GenX. He knows exactly who he is, and who he is NOT. I admire him greatly, for being very astute in his observance of current American culture. and I reproduce two of his recent comments on said culture, …
Continue reading Guide for the Perplexed-an American black man speaks
This young man's hobby horse is human health, and how our conditions have changed with history. I'll bet you haven't looked at things quite this way before. Nasty, brutish and short. That is the phrase everyone reaches for to describe life before civilisation, and it may be one of the most successful pieces of propaganda …
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