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Thursday, July 10, 2014

Pressure cooker beef stew.......yum yum eat'em up

Ok, I feel much better this morn'n than I have in bout 4 days....let's see what I can write today.

Let's start with a pot of beef stew. Not "Billy Bob beef stew soup", but just plain ol' regular beef stew like gramma used to make. Beef, taters an' carrots. It ain't offen that I brew up plain ol' beef stew, but I got a pressure cooker I'm think'n bout throw'n in the dumpster. Super quick cook'n in a pressure cooker ya know. This is only a test.
Anyhows, I been carry'n this thing around for the last 50,000 or 75,000 miles (bout 11 years) an' I only used it maybe two three times. "Let's make some beef stew Billy Bob". An' that's what I did. In 1 hour an' 10 minutes it was close to "over done". The meat was fall'n apart.....I call that "girlie meat". The carrots come out perfect, an' I do mean perfect.....yum yum boy howdy. The taters was a little bit on the soft side, but damn, they tasted just like taters.

Now....do I keep the pressure cooker for another 11 years or do I give it away?

I wasn't able to do much yesterday. Sit in the damn chair most the day. Got me a little sunshine out there on "da porch" during the hot afternoon. Picked up a few things lay'n on the floor. Stubbed my toe on a pile of tools. Yup, yesterday was a "do nuttin" day. Don't see much change in today.

With only one more day for my MRI appointment, I'm get'n the gitters. Not with the MRI, but it's one more day closer to another round with the "needle" doctor (July 16th). Kind of makes me think of go'n to the emergency room with a broke leg where ya fell out a tree, an' they spend 2 hours work'n on a splinter in yer finger. The way things are go'n, how am I gonna get my yearly prescriptions filled? They expire in Sept. My god, no more drugs for the old Billy Bob.

For MsB. Billy Bob is a excellent electrician. I don't get shocked like Robert did. I know where the black wire goes. I fix stuff ya know. Even have a knack for modify'n stuff. Before I was a electrician in the Navy (1961 to 1966), I already knowed how to change light bubs an' turn switches on an' off. I could "hot wire" a car in 5 minutes.

But.....let me tell ya bout the time. I was work'n on a walk in cooler at the local fried chicken place in Texas City, Texas. The coil was freez'n up, what would make the cooler get warm....throw chicken an' stuff in the dumpster. The defrost heater had burn slap out. Well shoot, I can change that defrost heater. I takes all the screws out, grab holt to that heater an' give a quick yank. YOWEEEE!!!...."turn it off, turn it off". I was get'n eat up with 230 volts of mind boggl'n electricity....stand'n on a wet metal floor. Done forget what my name was. I were holler'n obscenities right an' left. I survived.

 Ha.....I got me another little project. A stool to prop my feet up on. But Oh wait.....remember that "spud gun from hell" me an' grandson Mack was gonna build? Well, it's back on the front burner. Look out Home Depot, here we come Billy Bob an' Mack look'n for parts. Does Home Depot sell hair spray?

My humm'nbird is back. I'm think'n he/she went to the beach in Florida for a few days (July 4th weekend). I only got 1 humm'nbird. Just one. Where the hell are the rest of 'em?

On the down side....I cain't play golf. Robert mentioned a round a couple times, but my back hurted too much to even think bout it. Now, the OFM Barney is only 200 miles away an' he got a freak'n golf course in his back yard.....an' I cain't go. That was the plan ya know. Shoot, by the time I get my back fixed, Barney will be in Colorado.....or somewheres like that. This sucks.

Ok....I got to do something. Git off'n my dead ass. See ya laters.....

17 comments:

  1. Where is the update on the best dam coffee. And don't tell me it's Folger's cause that stuff taste like you was putting pencil sharpener sawdust in with the coffee. My choice is MH regular.

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    1. River, many years I drank MH coffee, but when they started putting coconut husks in their coffee I had to change. It's drinkable, but Folgers Classic roast tastes much much better. But even Folgers needs some help.
      Still haven't found what I'm look'n for.

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  2. Dang, I have been shocked more times than I would like. Back when I was a stupid kid and had a '57 Chevy convertible, I thought I had a bad spark plug. I pulled it out, hooked the spark plug wire back on and held it where I could see a spark and then told my buddy to turn her over. If it had been night time I bet I would have lit up the neighborhood.

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    1. Just goes to prove Dizzy, you ain't no electrician. There's a trick to check'n spark plugs....ya gotta ground them first.....common sense.

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  3. I'd say keep the pressure cooker, unless you need the storage space for something else. I've never had one, but fixin' a meal that quick and that good sounds great. I have a slow cooker but have never really been satisfied with anything I cooked in it. I like my plain old oven and my fryin' pan!

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    1. Ha ha Gypsy....I only used it a couple times in 11 years.....why keep it??? But it sure do make some good eat'n foods.

      Speak'n of oven.....I never use mine. Well maybe bout 3 times a year to bake some biscuits. Last Billy Bob Cherry Chocolate cake I baked was bout 3 or 4 years ago.

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  4. I have my pressure cooker to and it does get used at times (when not usuing my WeberQ). Sure do love the quick tasty meals it puts together. Think maybe you should keep it, make good stew/soup too. Lotsa other things as well, cottage roll, spare ribs, pig tails all yummy stuff.

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    1. That's what I was think'n 11 years ago when I got the damn thing.....cook all sorts of stuff in it.
      Let me see....a pot of pinto beans. A pot of Mexican frejole soup. *I'm think'n...I'm think'n* Maybe that was it.

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  5. I am getting close. In a rest area just south of Cullman AL eating my lunch. I can already smell the golf course from here.

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    1. Rub it in Barney....I'll get even ya know.
      Swak a few for me.....in the woods.

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    2. I'm here and done been to the golf course to sign up for the monthly green fee special. By tomorrow I should be swacking golf balls .....in the woods.

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  7. I never got happy with pressure cooked foods. It seemed to me to do better slow cooking so the flavors got better enhancement for my taste.

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  8. Pre microwave, that pressure cooker, and yep, still have mine. Used it a lot, way back when. Now, my crock pot does really goooood. LOLOL,, my dad took the little rocker off the lid one time and had beans alllll over the kitchen. (Theirs). Have lots of small appliances i need to get rid of, and don't do it.

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  9. It will be in the 100's for a full week, we don't get those temperatures at all here in the pacific northwest, I use my pressure cooker all the time and my new crockpot, it keeps everything cool and the crock pot melds the flavors, but the pressure cooker gets it done fast, just got a new counter oven and it cooks, bakes, broils so fast and cool too. Now pressure cookers cost a ton of dough I got mine for hosting a Tupperware party in Denver Colorado for free, it works great..have a good time with your family billy bob, praying your back heals up and your pain goes away!

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  10. When we were in Texas I discovered "Community" brand coffee. It was reasonably priced compared to other brands you find in bags and tasted very good to me. One of the joys of traveling through Mexico with our RV is sampling coffee form the different areas of Mexico. They grow really nice coffee on their mountainsides and sell it cheap. The problem is, all the good stuff is only sold locally. The best stuff is sold in roadside stands on the highway near Veracruz. It is about $4 US per kilo (2.2 lbs) bag and wow! I can taste it now!

    We live in Canada and we have the same problem here. I usually get Folgers but find it weak and pretty tasteless. I picked up a can of MH Dark Roast but it is a little bitter. I drink it black so it has to be good right out of the pot. There is some good coffee imported from somewhere and roasted right near here but it is $15 a pound. Out of my league except for maybe Christmas.

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  11. "Now....do I keep the pressure cooker for another 11 years or do I give it away?"

    I vote for you keeping the pressure cooker.

    Do not give it away! Since the bombing in Boston I think you can get big bucks for it if you sell it. The price will go up even more if we get some jihadists coming across the border with the children.

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