Happy (snowy?) Friday. As I type this I have no idea if, or how much, snow will drop onto the ITP Estate and Wee Little Farm.
Edit: just looked out the window, and there is indeed some snow on the ground.
Wordle: four, my starter was TRADE
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I listened to the latest episode of the Milk Street Cooking podcast this morning, and one of the hosts has two New Year Resolutions with which I can identify and adopt — cook from the cookbooks you own, use the items that are in your pantry.
Wordle in 5, Streak of 1!!
Finally remembered there was a CFP game on last night. Not a fan of either ND or Penn State. Now ND will play in the final- if Texas doesn’t get in, I may not watch the final.
Debbie was feeling kinda puny last night, so hopefully better for todays blizzard.
I can finally see some snow, but not much.
-FP
I’ve not watched football in some time, there will be no reason for me to start now.
BLIZZARD………. you are such a southern boy.
This aint no blizzard.
Lol
So beautiful out. Dogs and I went for a walk. Snow really coming down. Nice wet stuff…good for snowballs. Maybe have to challenge the boys next door!
Hehe. Not a heavy downfall here, but heavy enough to cover everything beautifully.
Sometimes I think we need to move Christmas to January in order to have a better chance at white Christmases. 🙂
Seriously!! Still coming down. So beautiful. Wordle in 3 starting with SNOWY. Could have been two but picked the wrong first letter on my second guess.
My third guess wat to identify/eliminate possibilities, hence my four.
Watching Channel 5 and they did a live shot from Windy hill Rd. and it was really coming down. We have about 75% coverage at the moment. A tour of DOT cameras showed 285 with snow everywhere and not many cars out.
Windy Hill is so much further north, I can only imagine that they are neck deep in it. 🙂
But south of Barb and Sally!!
Take a peek at the traffic on the perimeter on Google Maps. Not a speck of green to be found!
idiots!
And unfortunates, those that have no other choice than commute today.
I think they just turned the map yellow for the day
Soon, if not already, I am guessing it will be all red.
Going to be a great day for indoor choring and reading, at least for me. Oh, and testing the new space heater that I bought at Ollie’s yesterday. Yeah, I violated my “Buy Nothing (New)” quest.
So Sally- is the store closed today?
She finally closed it! I will have to go out for a run or walk or something. Wish I lived near a trail. :). I am guessing shipping never stops for you.
I may go out for a walk, or I may do something crazy — ride my trainer!
its slow enough work wise Sally – we should walk up to Waffle House. I’ll buy.
Let me get everything under control 1st.
It needs to keep snowing & not turn to sleet though
Get out there, Sal. I just saw someone ride a bicycle down my street!
I know the garlic and kale will survive, but I a, unsure about the rest (mostly lettuce and a few Asian greens) in WLF. Snow is a good insulator (against ice), but we all know that some plants can’t deal with it.
Just like all of the other people I saw in grocery stores yesterday, on my way home I realized I forgot to buy butter, so I stopped at Lidl. I should not be going hungry for the next few days…
LOL. The other day I bought all the fixings for pigs-in-blankets and nachos, so we are good for a couple days. That’s all we need!
We have a good four inches so far and it’s still coming down. Starting to get pretty wet, though, so it’ll probably turn to rain in the next hour. That is our window to get Finn over to his mom’s before it turns to ice.
All the kids on the street are sledding down the hill!
Jenka has probably never seen so much snow! (ducks, mostly to avoid getting pelted by a long distance snowball). 🙂
Why I oughtta…! *shakes fist*
Hahaha, just looked outside and a father followed by a little person (child, not midget) were walking down the street. The child was shuffling and walking. This very well could be his/her first encounter with snow.
And finally, for now…
I was in a Goodwill yesterday and was appalled by how much they were charging for cast iron cookware. A small pan was $9, a larger grill pan was $12 ($15?) Yes, I know that Goodwill has overhead, but remember, they pay NOTHING for these as they are donated to them! I was going to buy one to experiment with, before I go whole hog to re-season the ones I own, but not at that price.
Why would you not re-season the ones you own? Wash, steel wool, wash, season.
re-seasoning is pretty easy – Allan does it all the time with ours – just to keep them ready to go.
Yeah, I have a few that I’ve not used in a while, so I want to start over with them. I know it’s now hard, just a bit time consuming.
Am I out of touch? Twelve bucks for a large grill pan sounds like a bargain!
I’ll add my voice to the others, why would you not re-season the cast iron you already have? It will last forever, literally. Just make bacon in it!
$12 retail, for a new grill pan is a bargain. At Goodwill I “expect” to pay less since they literally paid nothing for it. And now I am mad that I didn’t think to look in Ollie’s to see if they sell cast iron, if only for price comparison.
See below, I intend to re-season what I already own.
Just checked. A new Lodge grill pan of similar size from Amazon costs $22 with “free” shipping. The Goodwill one was not from a maker with whom I was familiar.
That is my intention. I wanted to buy a piece on which I could practice, and not care if I “destroyed”.
I don’t think you can destroy cast iron. I don’t think its possible.
I probably have something I could give you to test your methods – we have plenty we don’t use
Perhaps not destroy, but I did want to experiment by taking something back to bare metal using an angle grinder.
If you don’t mind me playing with something that you no longer use, I will borrow one from you. If I don’t destroy it, I will happily give it back. Hopefully it will be nicely seasoned when I do.
Obviously no rush, this is all part of my Project 2025, which is much better than the one that will be headed our way shortly.
I don’t think you want to use an angle grinder on your cast iron. I don’t think you can get as smooth a surface as you need to cook on. Steel wool or a fine grade of sandpaper- 400 or better should do it.
Sorry, angle grinder fitted with a steel brush attachment. Once the course stuff is taken off, then smooth it with steel wool and/or coarse salt. And, start building up a new seasoning layer.
it is now sleeting – no walk for me in cold rain. That’s no fun.
Yeah, just went outside to stick a couple of beers in the snow and was greeted with water dripping from the gutters. Boo!
Think the Winter Wonderland portion of this snow event is going to end soon as things are already melting. I just hope we don’t get too much ice formation.
I just went to feed Cash and it’s mostly sleet falling now. Maybe it was all sleet, as what’s on the driveway doesn’t appear to be snow and I think the surface should have been cold enough to keep it frozen. Funny how just a few miles can change the outcome.
My buddy Hank had to drive out to Colorado to pick up his wife and stepdaughter (long story). He did me a sold by also bringing back twelve Odell 90 Shilling Amber Ales for me. I had one outside chilling in the sny, and just cracked it open.
they could have ridden home with Mary & TJ – they just came back from Colorado – and they always drive
Question – is it better to shovel the snow off the steep part of the driveway – but it will still be wet (so probably freeze) – for Allan to get home tomorrow morning?
Or – do I leave the snow, so there is some crunchy snow for the tires to maybe grab onto?
This is my 1st world problem today
I think you’re fine just letting it ride. It doesn’t appear to be getting really cold tonight- Saturday night is another story. Parts of our driveway that are in the sun are already free of ice (but still damp. Anything in the shadows still has frozen precip. And our “sunshade” that hangs next to the barn is full of frozen precip! Imagine a tarp in a rainstorm… it’s dripping, but I might need to speed it up.
IMHO, bare, yet wet, concrete is (far) preferable to ice/snow-covered concrete — crunchy or not.
Clear it to bare concrete, if you can.
73 de JG/HaqmWithCam
that’s what I was thinking, but started over thinking it.
I’ll go get my shovel & get that section cleared.
I’m not super busy with work – and I haven’t shoveled snow in a few years
… which begs the question- shouldn’t YOU be the expert in shoveling snow?
my house growing up was a FLAT driveway – never had to worry about sliding down a hill.
And- I’ve lived in GA for 34 years now, and I avoided going home in the winter for the most part.
I’m really not a fan of snow.
part of driveway is shoveled – and I do fin d it funny (but not surprising) that Allan has a real snow shovel down in the shed. He’s such a Eagle Scout.