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dernwyn
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Sun, 7:05pm
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Okay: the boiling water method.
Shuck the ears and remove the silks (I brush them under running water). Fill a large pot 3/4 full with water, and add 2 tablespoons of sugar and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice. (Not salt!) Once it comes to a boil, add the corn. Cover the pot, turn off the heat, and let the corn slowly cook for 10 minutes. Done!
Enjoy with plenty of butter and salt.
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Annael
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Mon, 1:12am
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for those of us old enough to have watched M*A*S*H* first time around
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the best recipe for corn was given by Col. Potter in the finale. He planned on going out to the cornfield, building a fire, bringing a pot of water to boil, and tipping the corn stalks over and dipping the corn into the water for a minute or two, then eating it right then and there.
I am a dreamer of words, of written words.
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grammaboodawg
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Mon, 2:34am
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There I go chasing my tail again!
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Thank you so much for grabbing the keys, dernwyn :D I was off on an adventure to hang with the kids and their dad in Indiana for a few days. VERY INTERESTING! We were years overdue in getting together, and it was educational... but we did have fun when we hit the massive Indianapolis Children's Museum. Pickle was so happy to see me when I got home, it took 3 full runs around the tree to calm down enough to say hi :)
The heat subsided for Friday; but we're right back into the heat again today (Sunday).
Your outing with your friends sounds like great fun :D You and I must have been meeting for breakfast at about the same time. I hooked up with my Balti daughter whilst the daddy and younger (both mobility/health issued) got some needed rest before heading for the museum. Balti daughter pushed dad's wheelchair and I pushed younger daughter's. We giggled and gossiped and share a decadent breakfast desert after the eggs Benedict.
I hope you have a great week! :D
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Mon, 2:57am
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Air conditioners are our friends!
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It's scary when the power goes our or the ac breaks because you don't know (really) how long it will be to get fixed! That first very hot day last week here in Michigan (95 degrees--110 heat index), my power went our for about 2 hours. I cheered the power company guys when they pulled up in their trucks! :D A transformer had blown.
I hope you have a better week to come :D
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Mon, 2:59am
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I waved at the Solstice as it passed by :D
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It lingered as long as it could... and is planning on putting in a long visit. But I'm with you on keeping it no longer than it is. It's light out until about 10pm here in Michigan.
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Mon, 3:05am
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I was wondering how he fared :) It's always great to go on adventures, but (imho) greater to settle back home. Especially if our furry friends stick close. :D Enjoy the cooler weather! I'm a sweater-girl myself ;)
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cats16
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Mon, 3:33am
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Mentally I posted in Fiesta on Friday, but turns out that didn't happen in reality!
We're not roasting like the folks out East, but it did hit the low 90s this weekend. Thankfully very dry. We relaxed at a park in the morning with the nieces, whose playful imaginations were already moving at 100 mph. I just barely kept up!
Yesterday I found myself briefly doing a bit of amateur family history after an old aunt passed away last week. I may even submit a couple of requests to the local county back home for some birth/marriage/death certificates, for a particular side of the family that doesn't have great record-keeping.
We booked last minute baseball tickets this week, as I found some cheaper-than-usual Dodgers tickets. They're playing very well, so it's next to impossible to find tickets at a price we're willing to stomach for regular season games. Our running joke is that if we just want to see cheap baseball, we could go watch the Angels play for under $10 (not joking).
I'll take a vanilla milkshake to go, please!
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dernwyn
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Mon, 12:27pm
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Children's Museums are wonderful places, even for adults!
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When the kids were little, we'd take the train to Boston, the station was only a couple blocks from their museum. I can imagine what a blast you all must have had in there, what a fantastic place to visit as a family! 
How are they all doing these days?
And you have me intrigued: what is a "breakfast desert"? 
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dernwyn
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Mon, 12:40pm
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the heat is much more bearable. But still - that's hot!
Had you ever had the chance, to chat with your aunt about her family? It sounds like you've got some interesting questions you'd like to try to answer!
Aw, the Angels aren't doing THAT badly...(tries to hide Red Sox stats)! Glad you got to a game!
Wow, these to-go shakes are special -
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Otaku-sempai
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Mon, 1:24pm
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When the kids were little, we'd take the train to Boston, the station was only a couple blocks from their museum. I can imagine what a blast you all must have had in there, what a fantastic place to visit as a family! How are they all doing these days? And you have me intrigued: what is a "breakfast desert"?
We presently live in Lackawanna, NY which is about 80 miles from the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, NY.
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Mon, 5:55pm
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Oh... those deposits are nasty!
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My Mom had trouble with ducks AND Canadian Geese! What sometimes worked was to set an alarm clock with an obnoxious blast on the dock set to go off every 30-45 minutes. The houses nearby didn't mind because it helped them out too ;) The local ducks who were regulars pretty soon gave up on "docking/ducking" there at all! It doesn't work forever, but it was fun watching them scramble!
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Mon, 6:24pm
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Memory starts mouth-watering...
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They're presented differently in some of the Perkins restaurants; but the ones we had were called "Crispers" They've got a very sweet, creamy cream-cheese filling with a filo dough crisp/deep fried crust folded and crimped. Sprinkled with powdered sugar. Not big, but oh so melt-in-your-mouth yummy! The best of that sort of tidbit I've ever had! Some even have some strawberries blended into the cream cheese!
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noWizardme
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Mon, 6:28pm
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"The horn of Helm Hammerhand will sound on the deck!" //
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"I am not made for querulous pests." Frodo 'Spooner' Baggins.
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dernwyn
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Mon, 6:48pm
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Those look luscious!
Sadly, there are no Perkins in New England. We look for them whenever we're travelling out of the area!
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dernwyn
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Mon, 6:49pm
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Museum of Play? Is that akin to the Cottage of Lost Play?
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Sorry, couldn't resist!
Wow, does that look like a great place to spend a rainy day!
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Mon, 8:40pm
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where I am is about 53-54 degrees North
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so I'll hang on to the light a bit longer than you; of course that means the winter days are even shorter! You win some you lose some...
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CuriousG
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Mon, 9:22pm
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I wish there was some Cosmic Message that appeared in our living rooms when our power goes out--so glad yours was *only* 2 hours. But when it goes off, you're left wondering: 10 seconds? 10 hours? 10 days? 10 weeks? You just never know, and if some Cosmic Message (in a nice font) appeared in your living room, you could plan better. (Once in a 3-day cutoff, I lost all the food in fridge & freezer that I had just stocked up on, for example: I could have relocated it to a friend's house if I'd known.)
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CuriousG
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Mon, 9:43pm
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"You remember the Mamas & Papas from the First Age?" Frodo gasped.
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NoWizardme nodded sagely, clouds of dust disturbed from his beard that had lain at rest since Aule invented dust when the world was young.
I have dwelt in the music world since the days of dawn, ...; for ere the fall of Sony Music or Tower Records, I wandered over hills of synth, into forests of falsetto, pursued by the karaoke of Khand. And through ages of the world I have fought the long defeat against music file sharing on the Torrents of Melkor.
‘I it was who first summoned the Beatles, for I knew John Lennon as a baby and changed his nappies, and it was I who taught a young Ringo Starr to bang on drums instead of his sister's noggin. And if my designs had not gone amiss, the Beatles would have been governed by Paul the McCartney rather than Yoko Ono, and then mayhap things would have gone otherwise."
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noWizardme
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Tue, 2:33pm
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Oh yeah, I remember Alue's dust
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'But,' I said to him 'couldn't it have been ...y'know... sparkly, like glitter?'
And he said: 'But seest thou not how here in this little realm in the Deeps of Time I hath made plain dust upon thy beard? Yet it hath not destroyed the beauty of thy locks, nor thy clear moustaches. Pine not for the dust that sparkleth and obscureth thy natural state (and taketh at least three showers to remove, for my brother Ulmo disliketh the wasteth of his watereth in a droughteth.)
'Behold rather the height and glory of the dust clouds, and the eversneezing pollen mists; and and in these clouds of pollen and spores are thou not drawn nearer to my thy friend (me), and Yavannah, thy friend's wife, both of whom thou lovest.'
And I said 'Really? When it's this hot you ought to take it easy on the cider mate. Let's get you to the shade under that tree an get some water down ya.'
And he said: 'You know what, I think you're right.'
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"I am not made for querulous pests." Frodo 'Spooner' Baggins.
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cats16
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Tue, 7:01pm
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I'd only met that aunt maybe once outside of childhood. It's actually the other side of my family that I'll likely do more digging on, and I've got more folks I can talk to there.
Yeah, rough year for the Red Sox! Baseball can be tortuous if it's clearly not your year - you still have to get through all 162 games like everyone else.  But hey, maybe they'll do better over the summer.
Ooh thanks, that shake looks refreshing!
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grammaboodawg
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Thu, 7:38pm
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I have maize/corn fields growing all around me! A trick I learned when cooking sweet corn in boiling water is to add some sugar to the water. Makes it a bit sweeter :)
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Thu, 7:41pm
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Actually... your frozen food has a better chance of making it through if it's full. It retains the cold longer. Of course, the fridge food is still the biggest risk :(
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Thu, 7:47pm
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My daughter has been searching for family history over the past few months, and it's fascinating what she's discovered! It's fun to feel so connected to our past relations :D
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