Subj : Re: weather and climate
To   : Charles Blackburn
From : Dave Drum
Date : Fri Oct 07 2022 05:26:02

-=> Charles Blackburn wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 CB>> yea we had power up until the day after, lost it for most of the day
 CB>> and got it back about 4am the next morning.. the flooding here though
 CB>> was the worst bit... couldnt get out the drive for a couple of days.

 DD> You get huricanes and tropical storms. We get ice & snow storms.

 CB> hehee...

 CB> being a brit i dont mind. people ask me all the time if i miss the snow
 CB> and don't understand when i say yes...

 CB> i miss the snow, NOT the cold that goes with it :D

Rather hard to have the one without the other, isn't it?

 CB> it's been a balmy mid 60s the past week since the storm in
 CB> the mornings and for someone that works outside all day
 CB> for the most part, it's been VERY pleasant

Same here - We've had a couple of crisp mornings but mostly our days
hover in the mid 60s to mid 70s. 

In normal times we'd be in full-on leaf raking mode. So far I have seen
only one oak tree showing a colour shift to red. All others are green 
still. Even the sumac trees which usually are harbingers of autumn 
haven't begun their red blaze colouring.

 CB>> one thing i do love to do is grill fish in the pan... get a hot ridged
 CB>> pan ... olive oil , drop the fish in skin down put a bit of olive oil
 CB>> on top, wait a little, flip over, wait a lil bit and
 CB>> then serve it on a bed of mashed taters. (usually the garlic
 CB>> premade mash from walmart - again cus im lazy).
 CB>> sprinkle some greens over the top and voila..

 DD> I likes fishes almost any way I have tried them. I can even tolerate
 DD> Van Camp's Fish Sticks. Bv)=

 CB> yea, i'm not a fisherman (too boring for me), but i do go
 CB> down the little fish market every now and again.

Fishing, unless one makes a living at it, is mostly and excuse to sit
in a boat or an a bank and drink beer whilst listening to sports talk
on the portable radio.  Bv)=

My favourite fishing hole these days is Roberts' Fish Market.

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 DD> Title: Campfire Trout
 DD> Categories: Five, Seafood, Vegetables
 DD> Yield: 4 Servings

 CB> mmmm another one in the books to try at some point.

It must be fall - even if the trees and temperatures aren't falling 
into line. It's pumpkin spice everything season and my sister-in-law
gave me this recipe:

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: D.I.Y Pumpkin Spice
 Categories: Herbs, Spices, Seasonal
      Yield: 1 /2 cup

      2 tb Ground cinnamon
      1 tb Ground ginger
      1 ts Fresh grated nutmeg
      1 ts Ground cardamom
    1/2 ts Ground allspice
    1/4 ts Ground cloves

  Get a mixing bowl and your measuring spoons. Blend it
  all together and pour into an appropriate container.

  This recipe is adjustable. Add some more ginger if you
  like it a bit hotter, Or more cinnamon if you want it
  a bit "sweeter". Don't increase the nutmeg, though,
  unless you want to overpower the blend and blow some
  one's head off.

  From a hand-written recipe card in my sister-in-law's
  recipe box. My brother swears it's good even when
  she's not within hearing distance.

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

MMMMM

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