tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665459348518151422.post6947316257819086098..comments2022-11-22T04:01:06.711-08:00Comments on Stravaigin Aboot ... and Misbehavering: Castle Stop and Charity ShopsDr. Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06548443897995777204noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665459348518151422.post-19232793774340446422007-02-24T07:02:00.000-08:002007-02-24T07:02:00.000-08:00Redwood trees are an example of "consider the lili...Redwood trees are an example of "consider the lilies of the field" taken to really remarkable heights...Dr. Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12138093813115332376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665459348518151422.post-88576468373422810412007-02-15T06:33:00.000-08:002007-02-15T06:33:00.000-08:00Dr Bob - love the thistle and tree pics, btw. Woul...Dr Bob - love the thistle and tree pics, btw. Would love to see a redwood forest. Must feel really primeval. I would be waiting for Richard Attenborough to appear in a zebra striped Land Rover, looking harrassed, and showing me a picture of the escaped velociraptor he was chasing with his dart gun. <BR/><BR/>Woooonderful trees! Sigh. Thanks for sharing. They got that size through merely absorbing a bit of sunshine and drinking muddy water...food for thought...(locks away biscuit tin)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665459348518151422.post-7696383898260944302007-02-14T21:19:00.000-08:002007-02-14T21:19:00.000-08:00Yep, you are right - have never had cobbler of any...Yep, you are right - have never had cobbler of any sort. Sounds fab...as do schnizel and potato pancakes.<BR/><BR/>As for truffles...I am more a hard caramel or bouncy wine-gum girl - like to feel some resistance on the teeth. Truffles are a bit squishy and eaten too soon. Then I am sad. I do really love Thornton's Viennese truffles, though. They are the nicest ones I've had - and without the cream overkill factor. I loves my overly sweet things, but am not a huge fan of cream.<BR/><BR/>Now I'm thinking about a huge plate of shepherd's pie, or lasagne, with big boxy chips, and lots of onion salt. Eat that at an alarming rate! Oh well...I have some sliced chicken in the fridge. <BR/><BR/>Hey fellow haverers, do you remember the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cage_%28TOS_episode%29" REL="nofollow"> Talosians?</A> They were on Star Trek series one, and could stand together and think an alternative reality for the person in their sights. They would make great diet gurus. They could think you a huge banquet of all your favourite things, when you're only nibbling a boring apple...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665459348518151422.post-11199604500610972612007-02-14T10:52:00.000-08:002007-02-14T10:52:00.000-08:00I'm sorry your brain hurts!! But that was fuuuunnn...I'm sorry your brain hurts!! But that was fuuuunnny!<BR/><BR/>I'm so sorry you've never had peach cobbler! Have you ever had any kind of cobbler? Blackberry is my favorite!<BR/><BR/>I went to the local German restaurant/grocery for lunch today. I had schnitzel, potato pancakes...etc. I even bought me some Lindt's Lindor Truffles for V-day!! Yummy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665459348518151422.post-37597169907327371502007-02-13T19:58:00.000-08:002007-02-13T19:58:00.000-08:00ROFL ...that was me - only went and put the securi...ROFL ...that was me - only went and put the security letters in the name box. Sigh. Posting with a migraine, but it may be early onset dementia - hey - or lack of barbecue and potato salad. Brain food...gimmeeeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665459348518151422.post-26690241095444913312007-02-13T19:54:00.000-08:002007-02-13T19:54:00.000-08:00Ooooh - that sounds fantastic!! So -- what did you...Ooooh - that sounds fantastic!! So -- what did you end up having? never had peach cobbler, and looove potato salad. Yuuumeee!<BR/><BR/>Needed to get groceries, but had to wait in for a repair man, so I had a big bowl of cereal...O_o<BR/><BR/>Barbecue...Zzzzap! Ow! Sorry..drooled on keyboard. Shorted out momentarily....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665459348518151422.post-71944335018414088222007-02-13T08:16:00.000-08:002007-02-13T08:16:00.000-08:00I see that cholesterol is already working it's mag...I see that cholesterol is already working it's magic!! Hahaha!<BR/><BR/>I've always heard that if you drink a Diet Coke with dinner, you can negate all the fat and calories of the meal. I didn't realze it works with vegetables too!<BR/><BR/>I'm going for BBQ today at lunch. I wanted to get the potato salad and peach cobbler for sides...but maybe I should choose a "real" vegetable for one of the sides...less guilt that way!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665459348518151422.post-61991246577806937682007-02-12T15:30:00.000-08:002007-02-12T15:30:00.000-08:00Sorry - typo alert! That should read, www.choleste...Sorry - typo alert! That should read, <BR/>www.cholesterolaltersyourbrainchemistry.co.ukAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665459348518151422.post-5136734094720804712007-02-12T15:14:00.000-08:002007-02-12T15:14:00.000-08:00All Celtic health advice courtesy of Dee Lusional,...All Celtic health advice courtesy of Dee Lusional, emailable at www.cholestrerolaltersyourbrainchemistry.co.ukAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665459348518151422.post-83722721959336534442007-02-12T14:43:00.000-08:002007-02-12T14:43:00.000-08:00Bama - bwa ha ha ha! You are most welcome. You don...Bama - bwa ha ha ha! You are most welcome. You don't need to be conscience-stricken about the tatties and neeps tho - they are low calorie...without the butter... so - actually having butter brings the equation back to zero, and what with breaking even and eating actual veggies, that makes up for the other stuff. : )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665459348518151422.post-57123762330218904812007-02-12T11:29:00.000-08:002007-02-12T11:29:00.000-08:00Okay, between the brown sauce, the tatties and nee...Okay, between the brown sauce, the tatties and neeps, the clootie dumplings, and the Turkish Delight...I'm pretty sure I need to move to Scotland and become the largest woman on Earth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665459348518151422.post-70428904467629340112007-02-09T22:05:00.000-08:002007-02-09T22:05:00.000-08:00Bama -Aww, yes, please don't worry, I am kidding! ...Bama -Aww, yes, please don't worry, I am kidding! Hee hee. I doubt I could lift one of those drums without dropping it on my foot or giving myself another hernia.<BR/><BR/>Yay - I am glad you like Dougie MacLean - it is a lovely song.<BR/><BR/>I would say that clootie dumplings are sweet - nice wih butter and jam, or just neat! Tatties and neeps - butter and pepperz the biz. <BR/><BR/>I will make enquiries re shipping your Highland cow...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665459348518151422.post-90896959744668734392007-02-09T08:58:00.000-08:002007-02-09T08:58:00.000-08:00Okay Rowan...please tell me yer kidding about you ...Okay Rowan...please tell me yer kidding about you being on the right of that group...cuz if yer not...yer much more masculine than I imagined. (I'm cringing here thinking "maybe that really is her and she's totally offended now!")<BR/><BR/>I loved the music and Dougie McClean! <BR/><BR/>And I'd eat a clootie...I'm pretty sure. When you say it's a "pudding" do you mean sweet or savory??<BR/><BR/>I would definitely eat tatties and neeps! Yum! Can I have butter on them?<BR/><BR/>Wonder how much it would cost to ship a Highland Cattle to me...hmm...Wonder if I could pass it off as a really large dog so I could keep it in my apt....hmmm...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665459348518151422.post-72541780188677610032007-02-08T06:24:00.000-08:002007-02-08T06:24:00.000-08:00I do believe that you promised me a Burns song as ...I do believe that you promised me a Burns song as well. You have many deficiencies as an official Scot.Dr. Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12138093813115332376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665459348518151422.post-59214672722132463972007-02-08T05:08:00.000-08:002007-02-08T05:08:00.000-08:00Bama - forgot to say that a cloot is the Scots wor...Bama - forgot to say that a cloot is the Scots word for cloth, so a clootie dumpling is a dumpling boiled in aforesaid item. I think the type of cloth matters, though. A family member once boiled a dumpling in a pillow case, and it tasted like boiled cotton...<BR/>They are really very good, though. Honness.<BR/><BR/>Dr Bob - I am sorry that you felt the lack of tatties and neeps (staggers under burden of guilt.) If you had been here on January 25th, I could have cooked you a traditional <A HREF="http://www.rabbie-burns.com/the_supper/index.cfm" REL="nofollow"> Burns Supper.</A> : DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665459348518151422.post-57995663345053756462007-02-07T18:16:00.000-08:002007-02-07T18:16:00.000-08:00and I don't know if a swede is a rutabaga. I forg...and I don't know if a swede is a rutabaga. I forget. Rowan and I had a long talk one night about neeps and tatties, but she never gave me any. That is just lousy, now that I think about it.Dr. Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12138093813115332376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665459348518151422.post-19640694240546154692007-02-07T18:07:00.000-08:002007-02-07T18:07:00.000-08:00Hey Bama. Glad to see that you are learning the i...Hey Bama. Glad to see that you are learning the ins and outs of scottish food. The cows are very cute, aren't they?<BR/><BR/>Hey Rowan, so now the secret is out -- nice drumming, by the way.Dr. Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12138093813115332376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665459348518151422.post-59423066040845092652007-02-07T14:40:00.000-08:002007-02-07T14:40:00.000-08:00Hee hee - clootie dumpling is a big steamed puddin...Hee hee - clootie dumpling is a big steamed pudding boiled in a cloth, sort of like a Christmas pudding...I will look for the recipe... <br /><br />Tatties and neeps - yum! Those are potatoes and turnip. Now, I would call the type of turnip a swede, and I think Bob tracked it down as a rutabaga. Is that the right spelling?<br /><br />Highland cow on it's way to you, if you pay the postage!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665459348518151422.post-42309235529548172512007-02-07T14:32:00.000-08:002007-02-07T14:32:00.000-08:00bama - forgot to say - yes, the song definitely ha...bama - forgot to say - yes, the song definitely has the right vibe. 99% of Scottish folk songs are about Scots away from home wanting to return, and singing mournfully, if tunefully, about it all. My favourites are Dougie MacLean's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMpSg78s684&mode=related&search=">Caledonia,</a> and the old favourite, <br /><br /><a href="http://www.linnrecords.com/recording-my-heart-s-in-the-highlands-hdcd.aspx">My heart's in the Highlands</a><br />My heart is not hee-ere<br />My heart's in the Highlands<br />A chasing the dee-eer<br />A chasing the wild deer,<br />And following the ro-oe<br />My heart's in the Highlands<br />Wherever I go-o<br /><br />(Both sung with maudlin heart and hand in cookie jar : ) )<br /><br />And as a contrast, here's an up-beat glimpse of how I spend my weekends when I'm not singing folk-songs. I'm the one <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAPreoSBK50&mode=related&search=">second from the right...</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665459348518151422.post-89702423022472315832007-02-07T14:07:00.000-08:002007-02-07T14:07:00.000-08:00I now need to know what a "clootie dumpling" is an...I now need to know what a "clootie dumpling" is and what "neeps and tatties" are....also, whether or not you've ever been to a "haggis hurling".<br /><br />And: Oh my word! I want a Highland Cow of my very own! They are so cute with their long hair hanging over their eyeballs! Can I have one? Can I? Can I?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665459348518151422.post-4293822375862171452007-02-07T13:24:00.000-08:002007-02-07T13:24:00.000-08:00Bama - grits sound just my thang! Whoo hoo! Must t...Bama - grits sound just my thang! Whoo hoo! Must try them some day.<br /><br />i will do a <a href="http://www.scottishhaggis.co.uk/acatalog/">haggis hotlink</a> so i don't have to go into the gruesome details myself. the veggie version is <a href="http://www.rabbie-burns.com/haggis/index.htm">fab-tastic,</a> though, and has lots of oatmeal and onions. MacSweens haggis is my fave.<br /><br />We do have deer, but are a bit lacking in the ole buffalo. We do have a red-haired Celtic version though.<a href="http://www.highlandcattlesociety.com/">Highland cattle</a> are very cool.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665459348518151422.post-32994762382017340992007-02-07T12:01:00.000-08:002007-02-07T12:01:00.000-08:00I wanna know what haggis is! It sounds like someth...I wanna know what haggis is! It sounds like something Harry Potter would eat. <br /><br />I'm curious about the mysterious "black pudding" mentioned in the post. My grandmother used to make something called blood pudding. It was a gelatinous dessert made from pigs blood. That is the one food I wouldn't even try. Are black pudding and blood pudding the same thing??<br /><br />So...Rowan doesn't like overly-cheesy foods...hmmm...I don't know if I've ever come across such a food. In my experience, there is never enough cheese. Mmmm...quesadillas...yummy!<br /><br />Grits: How to 'splain? Grits are made from corn. It's a soft, hot cereal type thing. Have you ever had polenta? It's very similar, but I've never seen it served hard like polenta is sometimes. Grits are best served with just butter, salt and pepper (and a little cheddar cheese.) Along the Southern coast of the U.S. it is served quite often in a non-breakfast way...with shrimp. Yum! <br /><br />How come I'm still talking about food?<br /><br />Sometimes I sing: <i>"Oh, home on the range. Where the deer and the buffalo roam. Where seldom is heard a discouraging word...and the skies are not cloudy all daaaay."</i> I think that might make me a Scot, huh? Are there ranges with deer and buffalos over there?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665459348518151422.post-39205542034407151302007-02-06T22:10:00.000-08:002007-02-06T22:10:00.000-08:00I think that Rowan is a bit too sanguine about ame...I think that Rowan is a bit too sanguine about american food. She still eyes coffee cups with paper sleeves askance. Gross food -- my guess is that if she does not like pizza then she will not like quesadillas.<br /><br />Thanks for the links, bama. I like your church.<br /><br />As to scots food that is kinda weird -- I liked marmite but did not love it. Haggis was okay, but I would not drive across town to get it. My favorite new food I will talk about in the next entry. I am very excited to show the Edinburgh pictures.Dr. Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12138093813115332376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665459348518151422.post-17398005586695791962007-02-06T14:17:00.000-08:002007-02-06T14:17:00.000-08:00Hey Bama! Hmmm...I can't think of anything you eat...Hey Bama! Hmmm...I can't think of anything you eat in the US which I would find gross. My dad visited the "Road Kill Cafe" in Montana. If I remember rightly, I think you could take stuff in there which you had run over. That seemed a little gross, but environmentally friendly. <br /><br />Meatloaf sounds good - it is real food cooked in an oven. Pancakes and maple syrup sounds great for breakfast. I wonder if there is anything I would find gross which is normal fare...I am such a foodie-bingey-type that I kind of doubt it. American food sounds great to me. Hey - what are grits?<br /><br />The links you posted were very interesting. The one of the Northwest Bible Church is very cool. I like the classes at my Church, and the homely welcome is great. the "new kid" feeling is there, certainly, but is wearing away. Folks are very nice.Whoo hoo to hotlinking! I am going to try too, very soon. watch this space!<br /><br />Enjoy your baked potato and beans, perhaps with a big splat of vegetarian haggis. Definitely Scots blood there...well, not in the veggie version. You know what I mean, lassie - if you like baked beans and haggis, you are a true Scot. if you sing songs about being far away from home whilst still actually there, you are an even more authentic one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665459348518151422.post-85719111629340967662007-02-05T12:51:00.000-08:002007-02-05T12:51:00.000-08:00I ate some boring American food for lunch. I reall...I ate some boring American food for lunch. I really think I want a potato with baked beans on it for dinner. Maybe I have a little Scottish blood in my veins!<br /><br />I've been wondering all morning what Rowan might think was gross that we think is normal fare. Meatloaf maybe?<br /><br />I used to go to such a <a href= "http://www.prestonwood.org/"> big church</a> that if you saw the pastor in the hallway, you felt like you just saw a celebrity. At least at my current <a href= "http://www.northwestbible.org">church</a> the pastor comes through the crowd and shakes hands. I've actually even been to his house a few times for Bible study and had lunch with his wife...<br /><br />I've been to little-bitty churches before and they were a lot more apt to come over and welcome me. I just think it's easy to get lost in a crowd. Whenever I visited classes at either of my churches...I was always greeted as a newcomer. Still it's hard. It's like being the "new kid" in school!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com