tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003916153932012549.post1663640253193354332..comments2024-03-27T17:35:40.036-04:00Comments on Life at Golden Pines: The Loss and the Rediscovery~Kim at Golden Pines~http://www.blogger.com/profile/02001523468339091407noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003916153932012549.post-43415790536974192722012-02-01T11:10:12.040-05:002012-02-01T11:10:12.040-05:00LOL .... not much of a cook here myself ... so man...LOL .... not much of a cook here myself ... so many other things I would prefer to be doing!Reenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17813380986631007962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003916153932012549.post-37414508633276135282012-01-29T15:23:56.934-05:002012-01-29T15:23:56.934-05:00I love to cook but some days it just not fit in th...I love to cook but some days it just not fit in the schedule! Wendy is so pretty!Iowa Gardening Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457574109288160557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003916153932012549.post-2541745472403742912012-01-29T09:20:44.575-05:002012-01-29T09:20:44.575-05:00Too funny Kim.
I rarely use the microwave except f...Too funny Kim.<br />I rarely use the microwave except for rewarming coffee. Last weekend I was foraging through the pantry for a snack. I was on the edge of disappointment and discouraged until I noticed the bag of popcorn. It was on the shelf staring at me, and I could almost hear it saying "Pick me! Pick me! you have ignored me for that new kid on the block that likes to be 'zapped' in the microwave". <br />At first, I was a bit perplexed because I couldn't remember how much oil to heat in the pot. There were no directions on the package because someone(who shall remain unnamed) cut them off the end of the package the last time(???)we had stove top popcorn.<br />There was a debate to fly solo and wing it or to google directions on the computer. I soldiered on and managed to not burn the kernels. So next movie night, I will start the show with a bowl of popcorn.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00929239743904713713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003916153932012549.post-73213682971396365812012-01-29T08:31:28.617-05:002012-01-29T08:31:28.617-05:00Hi Y'all,
Just stopped by to catch up on your...Hi Y'all,<br /><br />Just stopped by to catch up on your happenings and say hello!<br /><br />We spend lots of time in the southeastern mountains where the food grows from the ground with the most incredibly wonderful flavor! Quite a few people still heat with and cook on a wood stove. <br /><br />We store summer and fall bounty in the root cellar. Packing to return to the shore for the winter means loading as many cases of apples, potatoes and turnips in the car as possible. <br /><br />I've learned that there are so many things you can prepare in an oven or on a stove top in half an hour or less! Simple things are so good and good for you. I no longer make a big production of a meal. <br /><br />Slice a potato thin and put it on a baking sheet. I don't use oil or salt, but you can brush olive oil and grind some coarse salt lightly. Stick a piece of fish on tin foil with a little olive oil on top and season. Put fish and tin foil on the baking sheet and put all in the oven. Fix your veggie on the stove top. Baby carrots with a dusting of dark brown sugar and a dash of olive oil and everything is done in about 10 to 15 minutes. <br /><br />When we are at the shore we go to the port and buy the fish when it comes off the boat. You can still get good fish if you have a small grocery with a seafood department. Be sure you fish is fresh. If things smell fishy they aren't fresh. <br /><br />Y'all come by now,<br />Hawk aka BrownDogFANCY the Red Standard Poodlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17369189341017481001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003916153932012549.post-22881468323732880712012-01-29T06:35:03.210-05:002012-01-29T06:35:03.210-05:00Hi to all the gang at Golden Pines! So pleased to ...Hi to all the gang at Golden Pines! So pleased to hear all is well with you. Now, this microwave popcorn, this sounds good but we've never had it, may have to pop (haha) that on the shopping list when she's not looking. Great to see a photo of Todd, we hope he has taken charge of the whole household in true Terrier style :-) Lots of love Dex and Lou xxxAdien Craftshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11423932977823841140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003916153932012549.post-13953662404121967132012-01-29T06:07:30.087-05:002012-01-29T06:07:30.087-05:00Thanks for sending through the poem this morning ....Thanks for sending through the poem this morning . Whoever wrote it understands old dogs .Angushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13905037014736070475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003916153932012549.post-26489163193125831302012-01-28T21:24:10.601-05:002012-01-28T21:24:10.601-05:00I know someone who believes that microwaved food i...I know someone who believes that microwaved food is bad for you. We are opposites because I can't live without mine!!!! I'm like you in that regard... but a good home-cooked meal is awesome. I am very very lucky that my husband loves to cook or we'd be eating frozen pizza every single night :)<br /><br />Love the happy doggy photos!KBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16885661679762446456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003916153932012549.post-45189011682882767192012-01-28T13:18:55.955-05:002012-01-28T13:18:55.955-05:00Thats what I've been missing.. a 'good'...Thats what I've been missing.. a 'good' home cooked meal.. don't get too many of those around here.. especially with my cooking.. always would like to start from stratch.. but never have the time toJohnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003916153932012549.post-5413925966096865162012-01-28T11:45:46.873-05:002012-01-28T11:45:46.873-05:00Hah! With my diet, I'm finding that I can'...Hah! With my diet, I'm finding that I can't rely on the prepared food so much. I'm also having to actually cook more. And, it isn't that bad. Just takes more time. But then, I'm supposed to have that, not having to work any more.Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17692541935507155362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003916153932012549.post-3541375737190096662012-01-28T04:52:35.316-05:002012-01-28T04:52:35.316-05:00When our microwave broke some years ago, I never r...When our microwave broke some years ago, I never replaced it. The kids grumble but I just tell them to heat things up in a pan the way we did before microwaves !<br />( Then wash the pan please !!! )BadPennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09889591351222591488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003916153932012549.post-55729391244446698252012-01-27T13:31:05.115-05:002012-01-27T13:31:05.115-05:00We've given up eating processed foods - mainly...We've given up eating processed foods - mainly because of my headaches, and our microwave find itself being used to store things while we are gone. It's Monty proof!<br /><br />SamHow Sam Sees Ithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08305827999885588071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003916153932012549.post-21722667204787187492012-01-27T12:15:28.890-05:002012-01-27T12:15:28.890-05:00I love to cook! And use only the stove top to do i...I love to cook! And use only the stove top to do it. I can just manage to heat things in the microwave.....can't imagine cooking in it....I'd be lost!<br />Everyone looks well there Kim. Have a great weekend.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199777195853274898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003916153932012549.post-59249588166282433262012-01-27T10:41:49.956-05:002012-01-27T10:41:49.956-05:00We are a cook from starch people too but not alway...We are a cook from starch people too but not always!! For the last 3 years tho!! We get in better health every year too!!! I highly recommend it tho!!!!<br />Hugs dear friend, Fernanimal lover, quilt loverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04601858320913048863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003916153932012549.post-30618632563812755772012-01-27T10:28:10.453-05:002012-01-27T10:28:10.453-05:00My dad always burned the Jiffy-Pop!! :)
I just sp...My dad always burned the Jiffy-Pop!! :)<br />I just spent several minutes catching up with you all at Golden Pines...I always feel like I am visiting old friends here!<br />xoxoMs. ~Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14527514822681686556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003916153932012549.post-74093127698312289642012-01-27T05:17:31.424-05:002012-01-27T05:17:31.424-05:00Hi there Kim,
You sound like you are a great cook!...Hi there Kim,<br />You sound like you are a great cook!<br />Enjoy the popcorn, the blogs...and your beautiful dogs. "Wendy" looks very sweet indeed. Hope the days ahead are trouble free, and that you get your microwave back.<br />Sending lotsaluv<br />MAXMOM IN SOUTH AFRICAMaxmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03352085013260757004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003916153932012549.post-77036040827232165862012-01-26T22:37:11.450-05:002012-01-26T22:37:11.450-05:00They DO still sell Jiffy Pop, but nothing beats an...They DO still sell Jiffy Pop, but nothing beats an air popper with Amish popcorn! Oh, my mouth is watering now. The one appliance I couldn't live without is the slow cooker. How did people survive before those things? Put it all in the pot, turn it on and when you get home, the house smells like heaven (unless a puppy pooped in his crate) and there's no fussing in the kitchen to be done.houndstoothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02159272473651561647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003916153932012549.post-14970178880718769432012-01-26T21:43:53.250-05:002012-01-26T21:43:53.250-05:00Hi Kim
It's good to hear most everything is ca...Hi Kim<br />It's good to hear most everything is calm right now at Golden Pines- except the microwave not working!<br />We can relate to when some thing you depend upon is not working anymore!<br />I have seen Jiffy Pop at the stores.<br />I always loved it.<br />We eat a lot of popcorn- and we use the dome thing that spins around- forget what it is called, but makes the best popcorn- and no schucks.<br />Todd looks like he is having a good time at Day Care. Don't you wish he could tell you about his day?<br />And Lucas and Wendy seem to be having the best naps ever.<br />I hope your microwave gets replaced soon- and everything gets back to normal<br />love<br />tweedlesTweedles -- that's mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01349728497621875670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003916153932012549.post-1567661645351815372012-01-26T20:20:10.339-05:002012-01-26T20:20:10.339-05:00I am a retired person, who lives with my dog and c...I am a retired person, who lives with my dog and cat, and always cooks "from scratch". It just costs so much less, you know whats in what you are eating and you have total control over sugar and salt content. I bet you will just fall in love with that stove top.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />Jo, Stella and ZkhatJo's Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07004590496962477481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003916153932012549.post-30062780050497097822012-01-26T20:17:02.368-05:002012-01-26T20:17:02.368-05:00I can not cook at all. Maybe it would be easier i...I can not cook at all. Maybe it would be easier if all three of us weren't such picky eaters. I'm glad things are going well there Kim! That's good to hear!<br /><br />xo CatherineCatherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08885238657002176243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003916153932012549.post-41665759910188108902012-01-26T18:48:55.140-05:002012-01-26T18:48:55.140-05:00My husband and I are both retired and cook maybe t...My husband and I are both retired and cook maybe three meals a week. We have our favorite take out food and frequent those places. So, you are not alone.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11211553639708036919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003916153932012549.post-11059189522202068302012-01-26T17:59:45.607-05:002012-01-26T17:59:45.607-05:00Join the club! Scratch cooking is the best!Join the club! Scratch cooking is the best!Lori Skooghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03458010787337492501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003916153932012549.post-36403483068287532062012-01-26T17:32:52.048-05:002012-01-26T17:32:52.048-05:00Glad all is well at Golden Pines.
Samantha
aka Bo...Glad all is well at Golden Pines.<br /><br />Samantha<br />aka Boondocks humanSamanthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03057359273818740029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003916153932012549.post-85755100970280008372012-01-26T16:50:35.593-05:002012-01-26T16:50:35.593-05:00My mom was a from scratch cooker too. I know it i...My mom was a from scratch cooker too. I know it is the healthier way to go so I try and avoid a lot of packaged foods and microwave use. I will admit to using microwave popcorn although I vow to quit. I will have to check the store for jiffy pop! Yum!Rykerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18424717988638341638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003916153932012549.post-11435279414790898492012-01-26T16:32:19.672-05:002012-01-26T16:32:19.672-05:00Hah,hah! When we first moved here in the woods 30 ...Hah,hah! When we first moved here in the woods 30 years ago,when our electric would quit working because of a storm,I was like,oh,boy!!!! I get to cook on the woodstove.But last year we went without electric for more than once,for up to 4 days at a time,we groaned & I ran clear into KFC so I didn`t have to cook on the woodstove.I guess that`s quite different than the microwave,but still an adjustment especially now that we are older...phyllistiptoethruphylsgarden.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10617828571094245723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003916153932012549.post-44023162435560775432012-01-26T15:44:09.075-05:002012-01-26T15:44:09.075-05:00Hi my friend, Loved reading this-I'm like you ...Hi my friend, Loved reading this-I'm like you in that I'm not a gourmet cook but I also had a mom that worked and never taught me to cook or to enjoy it. Loved seeing the crew! Hope you have a wonderful evening.<br />Love, Noreen & ReggieNanaNor'shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03608980502430055753noreply@blogger.com