Flyer's diary

It’s been 41 weeks since i‘ve had any alcohol.
... take that new moms who brag about it... :)
not that hard to give up drinking when they close all the places you drink.
 
I don't really know. I think I had wine at some point in the summer.
 
i'm always grateful that my mom didn't really drink that much long before the dangers were known.

scored some chicken tamales at the grocery store deli counter today. seems to be a Mexican tradition at Christmas, though i'm not really sure about the origin. it's a labor intensive meal, so it's nice to have someone do the build on these.

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doesn't seem all that bad.
i'm sure i've done worse in my own kitchen... :)
 
seems to echo the comments i've heard before, tamales are for special occasions and Christmas certainly qualifies there. interesting in that i just made some corn flour last week. thought i might try a corn-shortbread. these days i've got nothing but time to kill anyway.
 
i'll start my diet tamale... 4 in the fridge, 4 more in the freezer.

going to experiment with a small batch of corn/wheat flour (50/50 mix) shortbread.
should be interesting... a pale yellow color difference at least.

sadly i put some other seed and nut flours in containers months ago when i probably said, "oh, i remember what these are"... *sigh*
 
those were just packaged flours. i think i remember a few, but i have such poor taste i doubt if i could distinguish what is what. they are the few i use for seed crackers so i'll probably still use them, but in that recipe the flour is a very minor part. i do know the almond flour and that's the only $$$ one i care about.
 
Merry Christmas Flyer!

41 weeks without a drink is a long dry spell indeed, I probably drink less than 5% of what I did prediet, but do seem to have at least one or two beers or whiskies a month.
 
Merry Christmas, Rob and all who drop by.

one positive i've definitely noticed about the lull in drinking. i suppose it's also combined with the general absence of entertainment of any sort, but i'm definitely saving a lot more $$$. other than going out for coffee to go most mornings, my only other expense has been grocery shopping. realizing my good fortune (i can't get laid off from being retired), i have been helping out with donating to some food banks. i haven't been in touch with some people for almost a year and i know a few that might be in a bad situation at this point. like to think i'm helping them out indirectly. the odds say i may not even see some again.

and it sure doesn't help to have a federal administration with one of the lowest approval ratings in memory... and seemingly sinking lower every day.

have to believe it will be a Happy New Year.
...hard to believe it could be worse than this one.
 
Merry Christmas, Flyer. 2021 has to get better. The thing I saved most money on this year are clothes - have only bought some replacement for jeans that literally fell apart.
 
Merry Christmas, Flyer. I really hope the new year brings a better one for the US. We have to hope. The thing I saved most on in 2020 was travel as we had a trip planned. I'm very grateful to be well as I would imagine you are too.
 
the last clothes shopping i did was a few pair of jeans, but that was at least a year ago. i don't get dressed to go out very often, so no need for a while there. most of the shirts i wear now were ones that just moved out of retirement from the back of the closet.

yeah, i have to consider my lack of any travel this year, too. even going up to Riverside was a few $100/ trip i haven't spent since February, either. looking forward to getting a vaccination shot, but even if things stay on schedule, i cannot see a window for me until March more than likely.
 
And even once you're vaccinated you're not bullet proof. It helps, of course, but it still makes sense to be careful until the numbers drop to a more sensible level.
 
Took the time to watch the tamale video, thanks LaMa, that was good.

I really like tamales; we get ours from a local Mexican lady who cooks a big batch now and then, when she does she texts my wife to let her know. Just buy them from her home, nothing fancy or commercial about it, they are very good. I grew up eating tamales from Louisiana, when I was a kid I thought they were Cajun food. The Cajuns have long made Tamales, probably dates back to when Spain ruled Louisiana. I usually eat pork tamales, my wife gets some kind of vegetarian filling, but I suspect even her's contain lard. At 126 calories Flyer yours can't have a whole lot of lard. I figure mine are closer to 200 calories each, but the lady we buy from has no labeling and probably no idea on the calories.

According to the Utah Department of Health I should also be able to get the vaccine in March. Probably the same as you, hope we can both make it until then without contracting the virus. My sister-in-law's sister got it a few weeks ago, really bad, she is now in the hospital on 100% oxygen and the prognosis is not favorable. She's in her 50s but a chain smoker and not real healthy, a high risk person I guess. I am knowing more and more people with it, getting closer to home...
 
LaMaria said:
Probably pre-Columbian if you ask me...
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Certainly in Mexico, but probably not in Louisiana. The Cajuns came to Louisiana from Canada in the late 18th century, Spanish rule of Louisiana was about the same time, 1762 to 1801. The Spanish developed the overland route from neighboring Texas (then part of Mexico) to New Orleans, the Camino Real (US Highway 90 today) as the Cajuns were settling the area, you can see lots of Mexican/Spanish influence in Cajun Louisiana today. There was probably little or no corn in south Louisiana before the Mexicans brought it in, so probably no tamales.
 
bought myself a new kitchen tool for Christmas...

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a mixture between a German blade profile and Japanese construction, not easy to tell from this angle, but the blade is about twice the thickness of my Miyabi Birchwood knives with a 22° edge. this Shun "western style" 8" chef knife is just the thing for the tough cuts... it makes a pineapple or pumpkin seem like butter to carve through.
 
alligatorob said:
.... My sister-in-law's sister got it a few weeks ago, really bad, she is now in the hospital on 100% oxygen and the prognosis is not favorable. She's in her 50s but a chain smoker and not real healthy, a high risk person I guess. I am knowing more and more people with it, getting closer to home...
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sorry to hear about your ... cousin-in-law? ... the most disconcerting thing about this virus seems to be how it hardly effects some and devastates others. the soaring infection rate all over does have me concerned and i have to keep reminding myself not to get too relaxed with my diligence in avoiding close contacts. with not much family left, it's at least not a very hard chore. the friends i haven't seen in months are always on my mind. i know there will be a day not far off that i'll probably have to deal with some sad news.
 
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