OT About OT

[BenignVanilla]

Last year when I joined the group, I found Nov-Jan to have more OT then OnT.
I've noticed lately that there are a growing number of OT's and some posters
are starting to talk about it. I figured I'd be a bit pro-active about OT's.

On rec.ponds, as the season grows cold and our ponds become skating rinks,
we tend to wander OT a lot. This is considered very acceptable in the NG
because many of the people that frequent this group have become close
friends over the years. We like to chat about whatever when the pond topics
are a bit frozen.

If you are against OT's, I suggest you delete all posts that begin with
OT...except for this one of course. I assure you we'll wonder back to ponds
in the spring. Until then, Windows is better then Linux. On guard...*laugh*

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[K30a]

Non-ponding chores for bored OT ponders ~~

1) clean linen closet - found an air pump but still don't know why it was in
the linen closet...
2) dig way into youngest son's room and rescue aquatic frogs who had been
displaced due to youngest son's latest evil.computer.genius project
3) take shop vac to family room while band is out making new CD (only $5!) be
careful shop vaccing up broken guitar strings... figure out what to do with
half a cymbal and wonder how on earth they managed that.
4) find a turkey baster that hasn't been used for water changes for
Thanksgiving.
5) clean cattail fuzz off watergardening labradors' coats after a romp across a
frozen frog bog.
6) Keep the bird feeders full, make sure the squirrel has his fair share of
peanuts and the labradors have their morning patch of sunshine by the back
sliders.


k30a
http://www.geocities.com/watergardeninglabradors/home.html

[John Hines]

"BenignVanilla" > wrote:

>If you are against OT's, I suggest you delete all posts that begin with
>OT...except for this one of course. I assure you we'll wonder back to ponds
>in the spring. Until then, Windows is better then Linux. On guard...*laugh*

BV, if your bored, why don't investigate some of the tens of thousands
of other groups, which discuss other topics?

[sandra]

"K30a" > wrote in message
...
> Non-ponding chores for bored OT ponders ~~
>
> 2) dig way into youngest son's room and rescue aquatic frogs who had been
> displaced due to youngest son's latest evil.computer.genius project

more details please...


> 4) find a turkey baster that hasn't been used for water changes for
> Thanksgiving.

GROSS!!! if in doubt, buy a new one

sandra
ponding here slowing down too. temps in central Ca. still upper 60's so I'm
still feeding fish once a day and they eat pond salad in between.

[BenignVanilla]

"John Hines" > wrote in message
...
> "BenignVanilla" > wrote:
>
> >If you are against OT's, I suggest you delete all posts that begin with
> >OT...except for this one of course. I assure you we'll wonder back to
ponds
> >in the spring. Until then, Windows is better then Linux. On
guard...*laugh*
>
> BV, if your bored, why don't investigate some of the tens of thousands
> of other groups, which discuss other topics?

Bored? I am not bored, and I do frequent other groups.

BV.

[K30a]

Sandra wrote >>> 2) dig way into youngest son's room and rescue aquatic frogs
who had been
> displaced due to youngest son's latest evil.computer.genius project

more details please...<<<

About the evil.computer.genius' plans?
(Can't help you there, to me a computer is a glorified typewriter!)
or the aquatic frogs?
(And the role of turkey basters in caring for aquatic frogs...)


k30a
http://www.geocities.com/watergardeninglabradors/home.html

[K30a]

Besides if we all went off to other
groups how would we keep up with
our rec.ponders?

Speaking of keeping up...
re Thanksgiving ~ are you a
host or a hostee?
Are you a cook or a consumer?
If you are a host or a cook how
many are you expecting?
And who has been here long enough
to know about my yearly search for
the mystery pie?


k30a
http://www.geocities.com/watergardeninglabradors/home.html

[John Hines]

"BenignVanilla" > wrote:

>
>"John Hines" > wrote in message
...
>> "BenignVanilla" > wrote:
>>
>> >If you are against OT's, I suggest you delete all posts that begin with
>> >OT...except for this one of course. I assure you we'll wonder back to
>ponds
>> >in the spring. Until then, Windows is better then Linux. On
>guard...*laugh*
>>
>> BV, if your bored, why don't investigate some of the tens of thousands
>> of other groups, which discuss other topics?
>
>Bored? I am not bored, and I do frequent other groups.

It is a pattern I've seen over the years (16 now) where a group of
people, come to the same place due to common interests, a sense of
communities develops, the common interest takes a back seat to the chat
of that community, which then is totally strange to anyone new that
wants the topic.

Besides, it ISN'T the off season for like half the world's ponders, who
live in the other hemisphere.

[john rutz]

mmmmmm prickly pear pie??

K30a wrote:
> Besides if we all went off to other
> groups how would we keep up with
> our rec.ponders?
>
> Speaking of keeping up...
> re Thanksgiving ~ are you a
> host or a hostee?
> Are you a cook or a consumer?
> If you are a host or a cook how
> many are you expecting?
> And who has been here long enough
> to know about my yearly search for
> the mystery pie?
>
>
> k30a
> http://www.geocities.com/watergardeninglabradors/home.html
>

[K30a]

John wrote >>Besides, it ISN'T the off season for like half the world's
ponders, who
live in the other hemisphere.>>

Well, yeah, but where are they??
Come on, any question on green water, let 'em
at me! I'm ready!

k30a - who put away the lawn chairs, the flower pots and caught a glimpse of
the fish-cicles today.

[BenignVanilla]

"K30a" > wrote in message
...
>
> Besides if we all went off to other
> groups how would we keep up with
> our rec.ponders?
>
> Speaking of keeping up...
> re Thanksgiving ~ are you a
> host or a hostee?
> Are you a cook or a consumer?
> If you are a host or a cook how
> many are you expecting?
> And who has been here long enough
> to know about my yearly search for
> the mystery pie?

This year we're going off to the family for TG, but we'll be hosting my
family's side Christmas. Should be cool. As for the pie, I don't do pie, BUT
I do have a cool appetizer. It sounds gross, but it is AWESOME. Take a block
of cream cheese, and poor a bottle of Pick-a-Peppa Steak Sauce over the top.
Scoop some off on a cracker. It has to be Pick-a-Peppa.


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[BenignVanilla]

"John Hines" > wrote in message
...
<snip>
> It is a pattern I've seen over the years (16 now) where a group of
> people, come to the same place due to common interests, a sense of
> communities develops, the common interest takes a back seat to the chat
> of that community, which then is totally strange to anyone new that
> wants the topic.
>
> Besides, it ISN'T the off season for like half the world's ponders, who
> live in the other hemisphere.

Everything you say is true, which is why we (most of us) are faily religious
about ensuring there is an OT in the subject line. This group accepts that
method, so it is acceptable.

BV.

[Mary Shafer]

On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 18:29:58 -0500, "BenignVanilla"
> wrote:

> This year we're going off to the family for TG, but we'll be hosting my
> family's side Christmas. Should be cool. As for the pie, I don't do pie, BUT
> I do have a cool appetizer. It sounds gross, but it is AWESOME. Take a block
> of cream cheese, and poor a bottle of Pick-a-Peppa Steak Sauce over the top.
> Scoop some off on a cracker. It has to be Pick-a-Peppa.

A companion to this is a block of cream cheese with crab meat on the
top (about the same volume as the cheese) and some seafood cocktail
sauce poured over it. Scoop this up with crackers. You can use
little shrimp instead of the crab.

Mary

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[K30a]

Or hot green pepper jelly!
yum :-)

btb - I found a recipe for sugarless,
concentrated apple juice only, pumpkin
pie that isn't too bad, if you are into
that sort of thing.


k30a
http://www.geocities.com/watergardeninglabradors/home.html

[Rich Conley]

big block of cream cheese..smeared on bottom of small casserole dish, 2 cans (or
homemade) of chili on top, then about 1 lb of shredded cheese on top. Microwave
until everything melts....best dip ever.

not for the faint of heart, or clogged of arteries.

Mary Shafer wrote:

> On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 18:29:58 -0500, "BenignVanilla"
> > wrote:
>
> > This year we're going off to the family for TG, but we'll be hosting my
> > family's side Christmas. Should be cool. As for the pie, I don't do pie, BUT
> > I do have a cool appetizer. It sounds gross, but it is AWESOME. Take a block
> > of cream cheese, and poor a bottle of Pick-a-Peppa Steak Sauce over the top.
> > Scoop some off on a cracker. It has to be Pick-a-Peppa.
>
> A companion to this is a block of cream cheese with crab meat on the
> top (about the same volume as the cheese) and some seafood cocktail
> sauce poured over it. Scoop this up with crackers. You can use
> little shrimp instead of the crab.
>
> Mary
>
> --
> Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer
>

[[email protected]]

refried beans on bottom, shredded cheddar on top, sliced black olives, then zap to
melt, top with dollops of sour cream. Ingrid

Rich Conley > wrote:

>big block of cream cheese..smeared on bottom of small casserole dish, 2 cans (or
>homemade) of chili on top, then about 1 lb of shredded cheese on top. Microwave
>until everything melts....best dip ever.
>
>not for the faint of heart, or clogged of arteries.
>
>Mary Shafer wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 18:29:58 -0500, "BenignVanilla"
>> > wrote:
>>
>> > This year we're going off to the family for TG, but we'll be hosting my
>> > family's side Christmas. Should be cool. As for the pie, I don't do pie, BUT
>> > I do have a cool appetizer. It sounds gross, but it is AWESOME. Take a block
>> > of cream cheese, and poor a bottle of Pick-a-Peppa Steak Sauce over the top.
>> > Scoop some off on a cracker. It has to be Pick-a-Peppa.
>>
>> A companion to this is a block of cream cheese with crab meat on the
>> top (about the same volume as the cheese) and some seafood cocktail
>> sauce poured over it. Scoop this up with crackers. You can use
>> little shrimp instead of the crab.
>>
>> Mary
>>
>> --
>> Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer
>>



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[BenignVanilla]

"Rich Conley" > wrote in message
.. .
> big block of cream cheese..smeared on bottom of small casserole dish, 2
cans (or
> homemade) of chili on top, then about 1 lb of shredded cheese on top.
Microwave
> until everything melts....best dip ever.
>
> not for the faint of heart, or clogged of arteries.
<snip>

Right now, it's before 7am. I am on the train and half asleep. I looked down
at my screen and saw a response to my post on the Damsel fly that lives in
my home office, so I clicked on it. I saw 'big block of cream cheese' and I
thought, "Oh, someone has a food source recipe for the DF." Then I read more
and couldn't believe that you would go through all of this trouble for a DF.
Then I realized I didn't click on the DF post.

I am not sure how this sounds on a post, but I find it very funny.


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[Dave Bell]

On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, BenignVanilla wrote:

> Right now, it's before 7am. I am on the train and half asleep. I looked down
> at my screen and saw a response to my post on the Damsel fly that lives in
> my home office, so I clicked on it. I saw 'big block of cream cheese' and I
> thought, "Oh, someone has a food source recipe for the DF." Then I read more
> and couldn't believe that you would go through all of this trouble for a DF.
> Then I realized I didn't click on the DF post.
>
> I am not sure how this sounds on a post, but I find it very funny.
>

Actually, it sounds like it's before 7 AM!

Dave

[~ jan JJsPond.us]

>On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, BenignVanilla wrote:
>
>> Right now, it's before 7am. I am on the train and half asleep. I looked down
>> at my screen and saw a response to my post on the Damsel fly that lives in
>> my home office, so I clicked on it. I saw 'big block of cream cheese' and I
>> thought, "Oh, someone has a food source recipe for the DF." Then I read more
>> and couldn't believe that you would go through all of this trouble for a DF.
>> Then I realized I didn't click on the DF post.
>>
>> I am not sure how this sounds on a post, but I find it very funny.
>
>Actually, it sounds like it's before 7 AM!
>Dave

He's on a train... they have internet access on trains? ~ jan
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[BenignVanilla]

"~ jan JJsPond.us" > wrote in message
...
> >On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, BenignVanilla wrote:
> >
> >> Right now, it's before 7am. I am on the train and half asleep. I looked
down
> >> at my screen and saw a response to my post on the Damsel fly that lives
in
> >> my home office, so I clicked on it. I saw 'big block of cream cheese'
and I
> >> thought, "Oh, someone has a food source recipe for the DF." Then I read
more
> >> and couldn't believe that you would go through all of this trouble for
a DF.
> >> Then I realized I didn't click on the DF post.
> >>
> >> I am not sure how this sounds on a post, but I find it very funny.
> >
> >Actually, it sounds like it's before 7 AM!
> >Dave
>
> He's on a train... they have internet access on trains? ~ jan
<snip>

Actually with my GPRS phone I can get on-line but it's pricey. This time, I
had simply downloaded a bunch of messages before I left work, and then
responded. The next time, I got on-line...OE uploaded them for me.


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[~ jan JJsPond.us]

>On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 15:32:42 -0500, "BenignVanilla" > wrote:

>Actually with my GPRS phone I can get on-line but it's pricey. This time, I
>had simply downloaded a bunch of messages before I left work, and then
>responded. The next time, I got on-line...OE uploaded them for me.

You are definitely Porged! :o) ~ jan
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[BenignVanilla]

"~ jan JJsPond.us" > wrote in message
...
> >On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 15:32:42 -0500, "BenignVanilla"
> wrote:
>
> >Actually with my GPRS phone I can get on-line but it's pricey. This time,
I
> >had simply downloaded a bunch of messages before I left work, and then
> >responded. The next time, I got on-line...OE uploaded them for me.
>
> You are definitely Porged! :o) ~ jan

Amen, sister.


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[D Kat]

My best dip ever is a can of articoke hearts (or two), lots of mayonaise,
garlic, lots of parmasean cheese all cruisanarted up to a nice grainy mass,
baked in oven in buttered casserole until top golden brown and bubbly....
Sorry, learned to cook for my Mother who doesn't do measures. Really nice
with toasted rounds of french bread or the like...

DK


"Rich Conley" > wrote in message
.. .
> big block of cream cheese..smeared on bottom of small casserole dish, 2
cans (or
> homemade) of chili on top, then about 1 lb of shredded cheese on top.
Microwave
> until everything melts....best dip ever.
>
> not for the faint of heart, or clogged of arteries.
>
> Mary Shafer wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 18:29:58 -0500, "BenignVanilla"
> > > wrote:
> >
> > > This year we're going off to the family for TG, but we'll be hosting
my
> > > family's side Christmas. Should be cool. As for the pie, I don't do
pie, BUT
> > > I do have a cool appetizer. It sounds gross, but it is AWESOME. Take a
block
> > > of cream cheese, and poor a bottle of Pick-a-Peppa Steak Sauce over
the top.
> > > Scoop some off on a cracker. It has to be Pick-a-Peppa.
> >
> > A companion to this is a block of cream cheese with crab meat on the
> > top (about the same volume as the cheese) and some seafood cocktail
> > sauce poured over it. Scoop this up with crackers. You can use
> > little shrimp instead of the crab.
> >
> > Mary
> >
> > --
> > Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer
> >
>

[[email protected]]

Chancery Artichoke Dip (a local restaurant up here)

1 can (about 14 ounces) artichoke hearts, drained
8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
1 cup shredded (not grated) Parmesan cheese
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon jalapeno pepper, seeded, finely diced
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons plain unsweetened yogurt
7 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese
1 tablespoon seasoned salt

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Take three whole artichoke hearts and
quarter. Set aside.

Chop remaining artichokes and mix with remaining ingredients using
electric mixer. Carefully spoon one-fourth of mixture into each of
four oven-proof dishes that are about 1 inch deep and 5 inches wide.
Smooth top of mixture in dishes, being careful not to get any on the
sides, as it will burn. Arrange three artichoke sections artfully
atop each dish.

Bake in preheated oven 35 to 40 minutes or until lightly browned on
top. Serve with a small round loaf of whole-grain or herb bread.
Makes 4 bowls of dip, 1 to 2 appetizer servings per bowl.



"D Kat" > wrote:

>My best dip ever is a can of articoke hearts (or two), lots of mayonaise,
>garlic, lots of parmasean cheese all cruisanarted up to a nice grainy mass,
>baked in oven in buttered casserole until top golden brown and bubbly....
>Sorry, learned to cook for my Mother who doesn't do measures. Really nice
>with toasted rounds of french bread or the like...
>
>DK


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