Good morning!!!!

[RedNeckGeek]

Costco chicken Noodle soup / InstaPot? Tell us more?

I carve white meat off the chicken all week to make sandwiches, then throw the carcass in the instant pot with a quart of water and some thyme to slow cook overnight. In the morning debone the chicken, add another quart of water, and put the whole mess in the 'frige to congeal any remaining fat. At dinner time, scoop out the fat, put it back in the IP on Saute, add noodles when it starts boiling, and when cooked sufficiently, it's dinner time! Back into the frige overnight again, then bag 8 oz. portions in quart ziploc freezer bags that get frozen for later. That's on today's agenda, and I'll probably get eight bags of quick meals from it. Gotta love that Instant Pot!

 

[RedNeckGeek]

She gave me a break! So I stuck them in a drawer for future use.

Probably better to work out being friends first and let Mother Nature take her course when the time is right, huh?

 

[toppop52]

Probably better to work out being friends first and let Mother Nature take her course when the time is right, huh?

Well, Mother Nature took her course Friday night and Saturday morning. I’d about had the course by then, old farm gals are pretty feisty!

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 41F @ 7:30AM. Sunny to partly cloudy. High around 60F. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph.

Nice day yesterday, sunny but a bit hazy, warm enough to work up a sweat when working. More of the same today before David works his Hawaiian weather hose up the West Coast and gives us a good soaking starting Tuesday. We need the rain, but the warm stuff from out in the Pacific is liable to melt the even more needed snow.

Got a note from Bank of America informing me that my "year end" statement was ready for my Visa card. They'd written a computer program that applied somewhat arbitrary categorizations to the past year's transactions and made it available for download. I guess it was supposed to help me with my income taxes, but I finished and filed those last Saturday. Day late and a dollar short again, BofA.

To paraphrase an old lyric, "I poked and I stroked 'till my leg got numb, but I still didn't get no PowerDynamo hum." Tried every trick I knew to get a start out of the old motorcycle yesterday, but didn't even get a chuff. The PowerDynamo twelve volt conversion doesn't seem to be cooperating, and the importer doesn't seem to have any ideas on how to fix it. Rechecked and adjusted the timing, played around with how much if any to tickle the carbs, even used starting fluid, Nada. Flooded it once, as verified by the wet plugs and obvious fuel vapor down in the jug, so I know it's getting fuel. My leg tells me there's plenty of compression. I kicked that sucker 'till I almost couldn't stand up! Pretty sure it's lack of spark, since with the plugs firmly clamped to the heads with bungee cords there's not a sign of a flash. If they won't spark in clean air, not much chance they'll spark with compressed fuel vapor between the electrodes inside the engine. Might be looking at another entry in the returned-for-not-meeting-marketing-claims book.

Better get up and make a new batch of nectar for the hummers. They're almost up to a half gallon a day and both feeders were almost empty by sunset yesterday. Probably should put out another couple feeders so it's not so crowded mornings and evenings when they're the hungriest, too.

Hope everyone's week gets off to a great start!

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Well, Mother Nature took her course Friday night and Saturday morning. I’d about had the course by then, old farm gals are pretty feisty!

Better start takin' yer vitamins then, Randy. And maybe start hittin' the gym, too.:laughing:

 

[lostcreekranch]

I carve white meat off the chicken all week to make sandwiches, then throw the carcass in the instant pot with a quart of water and some thyme to slow cook overnight. In the morning debone the chicken, add another quart of water, and put the whole mess in the 'frige to congeal any remaining fat. At dinner time, scoop out the fat, put it back in the IP on Saute, add noodles when it starts boiling, and when cooked sufficiently, it's dinner time! Back into the frige overnight again, then bag 8 oz. portions in quart ziploc freezer bags that get frozen for later. That's on today's agenda, and I'll probably get eight bags of quick meals from it. Gotta love that Instant Pot!

Thanks for the explanation RNG.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Finished 3 weeks of volunteer committee work at Rodeo Houston yesterday. Now have to clean out truck. Rain slicker, rain suit, rubber boots, cold weather gear, warm weather gear, extra Committee shirts and jackets and numerous other crap.

Many of our livestock exhibitors heading to Austin for more fun.

 

[sodamo]

65°F and 1.32 inches rain
Glad most of the mowing is done

Prayers for all

Be safe

Have a great day

 

[B7510HSD]

65°F and 1.32 inches rain
Glad most of the mowing is done

Prayers for all

Be safe

Have a great day

David how is the Radio class going for you??

 

[sodamo]

David how is the Radio class going for you??

Going well
Brain may not be as receptive as in younger days.
Not so much learning in this class as learning the test. Our instructor, another neighbor, is quite smart on the topic as it was his career, but a tad lacking as an instructor. A simple question can quickly get us lost in the weeds. A very interesting character he and wife live at the upper end of our road. Never been there as he has a “gate” across the road tricking people to think it is the end. One of my favorite stories about Themis his telling how he and Sara were long time vegans when they moved from Maui but after 2 years of the local pigs getting the better of their garden they became pork eaters.

Gonna take a bit of studying to pass the test, but I can do it.