November 2019... Share YOUR day...

Capt Lightning said:
Hollydolly, Charry...Apologies for that mistake. I forgot to include the quote before the second paragraph. Probably shouldn't have tried to reply to two posts in one reply!

A bit dull here today, and it's back to making more pies.
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Hi, Capt.… I would like to know what kind of pies did you make..? .Are they for Thanksgiving? I make cookies, and eggplant for my granddaughter, she doesn't eat meat....I also make Chocolate Pie for my 18 year old grandson....I make 2 of them so he can take the other one home.!!!!!!
My daughter and daughter in law make everything else....At my daughter in law's home, this Thanksgiving...We all take turns every year....
 
Sassycakes said:
I'm waiting for my oldest grandson to come and visit today. When he called and said he was stopping over I said "Give me a few minutes to put my chap stick on so I can give you a million kisses." He laughed but he knows that's what I'll do the whole time he is here.
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So sweet Sassycakes…..So nice of your grandson to visit.....
 

peppermint said:
Hi, Capt.… I would like to know what kind of pies did you make..? .Are they for Thanksgiving?
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No Peppermint, we don't have thanksgiving here. We make batches of savoury pies and freeze them for convenient meals. This time we've made Steak & mushroom pies, Beef bourguignon pies and mutton pies. Previously we mad chicken and sweetcorn pies.

For Yuletide we make traditional mince pies. Originally these would have contained meat, but now they are made with dried fruit and suet.
 
Capt Lightning said:
No Peppermint, we don't have thanksgiving here. We make batches of savoury pies and freeze them for convenient meals. This time we've made Steak & mushroom pies, Beef bourguignon pies and mutton pies. Previously we mad chicken and sweetcorn pies.

For Yuletide we make traditional mince pies. Originally these would have contained meat, but now they are made with dried fruit and suet.
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I forgot you were from Scotland....I use to have a friend years ago that came to America as a Teenager from Scotland....I loved her accent.....I don't know what happened to her...We moved away and never got in touch....

The sweetcorn pies got my attention...Maybe you will be able to send a recipe....I've never heard of bourguignon pies and I think one of the ladies in the neighborhood mentioned Mutton pies...She moved away to Florida....
 
peppermint said:
I forgot you were from Scotland....I use to have a friend years ago that came to America as a Teenager from Scotland....I loved her accent.....I don't know what happened to her...We moved away and never got in touch....

The sweetcorn pies got my attention...Maybe you will be able to send a recipe....I've never heard of bourguignon pies and I think one of the ladies in the neighborhood mentioned Mutton pies...She moved away to Florida....
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I am Scottish, born and raised ..although I live in England now... :D
 
We went out today to not one but 2 pubs.. we had to go to an independent village pub and book lunch for us all for Saturday when my daughter is here..they have the best festive menu, but today when we got there it was packed with diners, so we booked, paid the deposit and then drove off into North London, and had lunch ( scampi and chips).. in a chain pub there but to our surprise even that was packed with diners... mostly elderly people, I think having their club festive lunches early before the December rush.

It rained all day and such dark skies with it, not great for driving down very narrow country roads through miles of woodland...
then we stopped off on the way home to see if I could get my hair cut , and the hairdressers was closed all day.. *tsk*..annoying because it's the one I like best but she's 15 miles away..and I can't go tomorrow, because my car is going into the garage in the morning to have a new clutch fitted. ..so maybe I'll have to trim it myself.
 
The pie recipes are very much of our own invention. The chicken and sweetcorn are just that - diced chicken cooked in a chicken & vegetable stock. Add cooked sweetcorn and thicken with roux. The bourguignon uses a 'standard' recipe - diced steak cooked with smoked bacon, onions and mushrooms in red wine and flavoured with a bouquet garni.

We'll probably have pie and chips (french fries) on boxing day as an antidote to the turkey!

It's dull and miserable today. I've just finished the bookcase I was making so tomorrow we'll start polishing it. I'm making a beef and red pepper casserole for tonight's dinner.
 
A funk . . . that's somewhere between a gloom and a misery but less so, right? Anyway, sorry to hear it. I hope YOU have a GREAT day tomorrow. May God Bless YOU, Mike!
 
mike4lorie, I'm in sort of a funk, too. Frequently happens to me this time of year when it gets dark SO early, and it was very cloudy, cold and windy here today (well, technically yesterday, Wednesday) and we had some snow. I had some errands that had to be done today, and the weather didn't make it any easier, especially getting groceries into the car and then and out of my car when I got home., half frozen. I had made the stupid mistake of not wearing a warm enough coat, so that made it much worse.

When I got home, I just threw the groceries on the table, put the perishables away and went and took a little nap with my doggie. He curled up beside me and got lots of pets -- that was the best part of my day.
 
Its going to be a wet Thanksgiving here!!!!!
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My great day yesterday.....


After 72 years of wearing glasses I no longer need them...😃
Renewed my drivers license today and no more restrictions on it.
Cataracts removed, new lens put in and I see great again.

Today, my wife and I will have our dinner at a local restaurant we have been going to for several years. 2:00 pm reservations. Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
 
Pappy said:
My great day yesterday.....


After 72 years of wearing glasses I no longer need them...😃
Renewed my drivers license today and no more restrictions on it.
Cataracts removed, new lens put in and I see great again.

Today, my wife and I will have our dinner at a local restaurant we have been going to for several years. 2:00 pm reservations. Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
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That's got to be the best Birthday present ever... :giggle:
 
My day started early. Picked up my car from the garage after a checkup. Went to a community Christmas lunch at a local church and it was a very nice and plentiful. Came home stuffed to the rafters with nice food and chilled out and fell asleep in the armchair 😴 Not done much since and been in and out of the forum, watching some telly and doing a bit of knitting and texting my friends
 

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