Saturday, February 13, 2010
The Jim Bunch eats again — Six Word Saturday — Just Jim this time
My favorite grocery store is H.E.B.
[large picture] [extra large]I like the H.E.B. stores (link) because of their Cooking Connections. Here they actually cook sample items of food to give away as a promotion. There is always a sale price involved or a buy one get one free give away offer.
The lady who runs this Cooking Connection in the Conroe, Texas, store is dressed in a cute red uniform. I wished you could see her but she was bending down behind the counter to pick up some more materials.
All over the store there are other food samples. My favorite is the white cheddar cheese.
[large picture] [extra large]This day she was making gumbo. I like all kinds of gumbo, my friend Lynn made me some for when I came home from having my latest stent put in (pictured in this link). There was a little bit of rice in the bottom of the bowl before she dumped the gumbo in as was Lynn's.
This gumbo was seafood, you can see one of the shrimp. I had already eaten another and there were more in my bowl.
The sweet potato dish was excellent. It was a warm as was the gumbo. The lemon whipped desert was cool. It too was excellent. But the gumbo was the best.
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After I had finished eating my gumbo, sweet potato dish, and the lemon desert, the cooking lady had a surprise for me. She asked if I liked cooked cabbage.
Wow! Next to pumpkin pie cooked cabbage is my favorite vegetable. So I said yes.
She opened a warming drawer which had a skillet full of cooked cabbage. It was smothered with other goodies that I have forgotten. But you can see them in the picture. This was also an excellent dish.
Another nice thing about the H.E.B. Cooking Connections, they are in H.E.B. stores all over the Houston area, is that they have the recipes for you to take home. You don't have to buy any of their special, the recipes are free.
It was a big temptation to buy a quart of the prepared gumbo, all was needed was some seafood or chicken and sausage, and probably a little more seasoning. Or whatever a person likes in his or her gumbo.
I would recommend the H.E.B. Grocery Store anytime you can find one. While you are there check out the Cooking Connection. I am betting that you won't be dissapointed.
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Describe your life (or something) in a phrase using just six words.
Six Word Saturday, Click the box --> to visit Cate's blog with Mr. Linky showing all the other blogs participating this week. Cate runs Six Word Saturday. She would like for you to participate.
Labels: Eating, Food, Houston, Jim Bunch Eats, Review, Six Word Saturday, Stuff to know
Friday, May 05, 2023
Letter "R" --- Friday's Weekend Roundup 10 / Reflections and-or Street/Candid Captures
- Tom's Requests: Starts with "R"; A Favorite; and Tom's suggestion, "R"obust.
- James' request, Reflections and/or Street Photos/Candid Captures.
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| Houston Chronicle page D7, March 24, 2023 |
Starts with "R": "Rhyme" starts with "R". This Comic, "RHYMES WITH ORANGE", is one of the ones I have on my 'Read Daily' list, the others are: FAMILY CIRCUS; ZIGGY; PEANUTS; F-MINUS, ARGYLE SWEATER, MOTHER GOOSE AND GRIMM, HAGAR THE HORRIBLE; BEETLY BAILEY; B.C.; and BLONDIE. Some days I also read BIZARRO; none is top on the list unless it's BEETLE BAILEY because I have pity on his life as I was in the U.S. Army for five years.
The Army did however merit a job, me a college dropout, with Ford Aerospace Engineer using my Army 43-week schooling in their NIKE Missile Fire Control Systems Maintenance School. There I was third in my class of 47 students. I used that job for 19 years, ending as a Senior Aerospace Engineer at the NASA Houston Johnson Space Center; that was until I changed careers to be a College Business Professor.
A Favorite: Recipes would be my favorite today. I have them scattered on my various blogs, both in use and mostly dormant now. These links will get a few of my favorites,
Do that with my other blogs as well. Some have a "Label" for "recipe". Here for this blog:
And for another blog still. My favorite Recipe here is the "Jim's Quick and Easy Apple Pie".
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Being a "mid-term bachelor", i.e. single, for three years, I developed as many shortcuts as I could to save my precious time between work, sometimes 50 or 60 hours a week, during astronaut time in space, and other. (I worked in the "Mission Control Center" at the NASA Houston facility.)
You may run into a Recipe for Jim's Easy Stuffed Bell Peppers when you are viewing the others. I made that yesterday for a noon lunch, they turned out really good. There are some pictures I took too, for when I put that on 'again'.
A Lagniappe: So I developed a "Quick and Easy" method of cooking. One example is my microwave cooked egg. James thought that sounded good. Here is my recipe for "Egg and cheese sandwiches":
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These are the Last two pieces of my egg and cheese sandwich.
I cook the egg in the microwave in a sprayed dish of bread slice size (if it's a lot smaller, you can slice the cooked egg through the middle and make thinner pieces to fit the bread). Cook the egg for 66 seconds at 60 percent power.
Stir the egg a bit before until the yolk and the whites are in close proximity throughout. (If you just wish to eat an egg fast cooked, don't stir, leave the yolk be in the middle and cook for 56 seconds.)
Cover either way while cooking as it may "pop" one time, or more.
Use one slice of toasted bread for open face, two for a regular sandwich.
When finished cooking lay a slice of American cheese on top while still hot in the dish.
Remove it and lay it down on the cheese (I use one slice of American cheese) on the prepared toast.
Then, or earlier, prepare the bottom slice with low fat mayo, the top with a couple of restaurant packs of catsup. Slice into two pieces.
Voilà!! A wonderful sandwich in less than 10 minutes preparation, even for two. You could embellish with a slice or two ham, chicken, or even a sausage patty. They are good on a biscuit if you have some.
Tom's suggestion, "Robust": "Seven Extremely Robust Car Brands and Why You Should Buy Them" URL . These Seven Extremely Robust Car Brands are
1. Toyota
2. Subaru
3. Ford
4. Chevy
5. Dodge
6. Jeep
7. (Seems that Mr. Gordon only had six in his list
but had seven in his title and writing???)
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| Our younger daughter lives across the street from these houses |
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| Looking to the west, we live about a half mile deeper than what you see |
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| Before there were homes here it was cultivated rice fields--these are 12 and 13 years old |
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| Its purpose is water retention as flood control |
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Our Beagle dog, Adi, would have loved this walk. |
Reflections and/or Street Photos/Candid Captures: I thought I'd share some of our walk pictures with you. Over three miles. Both Mrs. Jim's and my doctor's orders, not known to each other, are to walk a half hour and to do those five days a week.
Guess we doubled up this time because this walk took well over the doc's half hour. That might be a bit far for some of you but we are getting in practice 'in case' we go more traveling this summer.
All this and more walking trails are within a three-mile radius our home.
Not only our hearts got warmed but our entire body.
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The Fine Print:
- [Click on any picture for larger, click it again for extra-large.]
- The pictures mostly are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law.
- I am linked with Tom of "Backwoods Traveler" (click here, Link, for Tom's Weekend Reviews)
- I am also linking again this week with James of "Weekend Reflections/Street Photos" (click here for his Street Folk and Reflections Photos).
- The pictures mostly are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law.
- I am linked with Tom of "Backwoods Traveler" (click here, Link, for Tom's Weekend Reviews)
- I am also linking again this week with James of "Weekend Reflections/Street Photos" (click here for his Street Folk and Reflections Photos).
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Labels: Cars, Cartoons, Food, Friday's Weekend Roundup 10, Recipes, Reflections, Walk pictures
Thursday, March 01, 2012
Thursday Memes -- Things in a row -- Two Questions
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This pretty table setting was the handiwork of our neighbor lady. She was having a "dining in" or a "gourmet dinner" event at her house. I forgot which it was and forgot to take pictures of my plate of food so I won't be able to figure it out what we had.Both Dining in and Gourmet dining are eating affairs organized by the ladies of our subdivision. At the beginning of the year the ladies sign up for one or the other. Then the couples, H & W, are divided up.
I know our meal was good. I do know that it was around Thanksgiving or Halloween because of the pumpkins and the large gourd used as her center piece.
This serving bar/breakfast bar was holding the hors d'oeuvres (ôr dûrvz ). Again no hint of the main course and the type of dining.
'Dining in' is also called around here as 'informal dining.' Mostly the people sit around and talk, then eat when we're all ready. After dinner we all talked again until someone wanted to go home.
Each group stays the same all year and is expected to have four meals at different group members' homes. Two of the couples are responsible for one meal and bear all of the cost. One of these couples will open their home to the group.
'Gourmet dining' is also called 'fine dining.' Here each group has exactly eight people, four couples. Left over couples are on a standby or substitute list. Three menu committees make three menus, one for each of the three meals.
The host couple has the dining at their home and generally provides the home, main entree, bread, hors d'oeuvres, and the wine if served, which is most often. Each of the other three couples bring either vegetables, desert, or salad. Sometimes one will help the host with a part of some of her food. The cost is apportioned pro rata to each couple.
For more things in a row please visit Pat's Things in a Row post. You might like to post your own 'Things in a Row.'
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And now for my Thursday Two Questions: (See Thursday Two Questions by Poetic Shutterbug for more reading. You could also make your own by checking in at this link.)
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Last week we answered questions about our picture taking nerve, like taking pictures in the doctor's office or rest room pictures. We also discussed our fast food eating tastes. And the bonus question went back to photography in telling about our cameras.
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My Two Questions for this week:
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1. Do you participate in any organized eating affairs. If so what kind are they and if you don't, then might this appeal to having a place in your social life?
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Besides the two I have discussed above we also eat a lot with our church and Sunday school groups. This might be at church, in one of our homes, or at a restaurant.
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2. What would your ideal meal consist of? Could this depend on where you are eating and who you are in company with?
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For me this depends on who does the cooking. Mrs. Jim cooks soooooo GOOD! My cooking is a nice club sandwich, a grilled cheese sandwich, an omelet (pretty good), or two hot dogs with potato salad. At one time I made homemade pizza but after I got really good and was receiving a lot of requests for my pizza I just stopped doing that.
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Bonus Question:
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Have you ever eaten something that tastes so bad that you had to spit it out?
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I try to 'look before I leap' so as to not get in a situation where I need to spit food back out. When I was little I gagged on oatmeal and would take it out of my mouth when no one was watching. My parents finally stopped trying to make me eat oatmeal.
Labels: Eating, Things-in-a-row, Thursday-Two-Questions
Friday, October 22, 2010
Flashback Friday # 16 ~ My boyhood family
I'm visiting my sister in Center Point, Iowa, this week.
Today we went for a look-around visit.
WHAT TOWN DID WE VISIT?
Today we went for a look-around visit.
WHAT TOWN DID WE VISIT?
Hints: Pictures are from a museum, an institution, and a low water crossing (also known as an Irish bridge).
Answer will be in the first comment of mine.
Answer will be in the first comment of mine.
All about our early family structure is what Linda wants from us this week. Linda asked several questions about us and our parents. Click her icon, right, if you want to read others or participate in this.How was your family structured when you were growing up? Did you grow up with both original parents in the home? If your parents divorced, did you go back and forth between them? Whether divorced or widowed, did your parent remarry? How old were you?
I was very fortunate to have both of my parents living together with our family for my entire time at home. There hadn't been a divorce in our family for a long time. I think mine was the first in generations.
Was yours a multi-generational household with grandparents living with you?
My grandparents lived about a half mile away and they owned the farm that we lived on and farmed on the share crop system of rent. It was a small farm.
When I was small Mom and I would drive to Grandma's home every Monday to wash. Grandpa was always checking in on my parents to make sure they were doing a good job of parenting. Grandpa made my mother tape my ears back so they wouldn't stick out so far. He also brought us items of furniture that we didn't have but needed.
On holidays my Uncles' families and ours would all go to Grandpa and Grandma's for a noon holiday meal. It was pot luck but Grandma always made the main meat dish. I remember too, her scalloped oysters. I have never has as good as she cooked those oysters since.
Did your mom work outside the home, and if so, was it full-time or part-time?
Mom helped on the farm. She took care of the chickens, both the growing ones and the egg laying hens. The egg management was also her job. Mom and Dad and us kids all helped with the garden.
Was there a clearly delineated division of labor between your parents (or parent and step-parent) and how traditional was it?
Mom did all the household tasks including the cooking and cleaning and washing of clothes. Dad took care of the chores although Mom sometimes helped with that. Then Dad did the fieldwork and managed the equipment and the cars.
Did your parents believe in child labor?! That is, how structured were chores? What responsibility, if any, did you have for things like doing your own laundry, fixing your own school lunch, etc.?
My sister and I had chores. Mine were mostly helping with Dad's work while Lois's was with Mom's. Mom did our care taking items such as washing clothing and school lunches. She also kept our clothing in proper repair, such as hemming skirts and pants and patching of holes.
Were your parents do-it-yourself-ers or did they hire people for repairs, painting, etc.?
We very seldom needed a professional to come help with the homestead maintenance. Dad did most it although Mom was also handy with the tools. Dad also maintained the cars and other equipment both for farming and our living. He did tasks from putting new soles on our shoes to welding a broken bicycle.
Is your current marriage/family structure similar to the way you were raised? What do you do differently than you did then?
We don't live on a farm now so some tasks are much different. But Mrs. Jim is generally in charge of the cooking and other household tasks. I take care of the house, the cars, and the lawn. But we help each other. Especially now that we are retired. For example I keep the floors in good shape by vacuuming and polishing. Mrs. Jim mops any that need that, which would be the entrance hall and the bathrooms.
Labels: Flashback Friday, Iowa, Jim in his Younger Days, Jim's Life
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Golf, rides, ranches, and work — Ruby (Red) Tuesday — My Week Meme
This blog post will be of my activities since last Tuesday. Just a lot of the pictures will have red in them, I did my best. A few don't. I did do a MidWeek blues about doing my income tax. The tax got done on April 15th.
Click on any picture to get full screen view. You can click then click on the picture again and it will get really BIG! Click on the back button to return to the blog.
On April 13th, Tuesday, a group of men from Mrs. Jim's Sunday school class has been golfing. I started golfing with them a couple of months ago. This week we played the Cape Royale at Cold Spring, Texas. The course borders on Lake Livingston and is very pretty. The hills are not real steep.
While I was playing with the men, Mrs. Jim played our course with the ladies here. She regularly plays on Tuesdays with the ladies from here and also plays Fridays with three other close 'buddies.'
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On Thursday Adi had a Vet appointment in the afternoon to get her ear checked out. I had an infection and we had been putting medicine in it for over a week.
Did I mention before that last Saturday we passed our Delta Society certification good for another two years. We will be able to continue visiting the nursing homes, hospitals, schools, libraries, etc. as a pet therapy team. This may be our last time to test, both of us are getting pretty old. Adi is 13 in dog years. She loves to visit the residents with me at Hearthstone, our local assisted living home.
Later on Friday afternoon I went into town (Conroe) for gas and some groceries. The H.E.B. grocery store is one of my favorite, the prices are good there. Adi and Katrin needed dog food.
I like to stop at the cooking connection for samples. Friday's are the best days to go. The fellow pictured was cooking shrimp and marinated steak. Both were excellent.
Another lady was making fajita and they were great too. Those two stations had wine 'tasting' and there was another lady passing out a couple of local beer sample glasses.
On the way home the road was petty full, especially the right hand lane which should average about 75 mph. It is supposed to be the fast lane but we weren't even going the speed limit of 65 here.
On Saturday we were having Mrs. Jim's Sunday school class picnic at the ranch of members Don and Charlotte. It was 450+ acres, which is small for a Texas ranch. But for East Texas that is fairly large. Don's major problem there is wild hogs. The come in and root around for worms, etc, which does a job on the grass, tearing it out and digging holes in the soil.
For lunch we had BBQ beef brisket and sausage links, both beef and deer. I like both. The members brought the food to go with the meat, like potato dishes, salads, and deserts. There was food left over but Baptists are noted for their heavy eating at church functions, this was not an exception.
After lunch groups of us rode into the woods for sight seeing.
We were in three mover utility trucks, two red and one green, and then these ladies were on the four wheeler. The hog damage was quite evident. Please enjoy the pictures.
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This is the kid with the fishing pole (did you see the red reel it had?). He is photogenic like Adi. Saying they both like to 'pose' but nothing about how their pictures turn out. I think both are popular with viewers and readers(here) .
The ride home was uneventful. Mrs. Jim drove more than half the way home. Going up I was alone because she went after Golfing on Friday. The ladies played bridge most of the night I hear.
These are a few of the Texas Wildflowers. This is a scrawny bunch I took right after changing drivers. Right after that I slept until we turned off the Interstate 45 at Willis, Texas, onto our road. Home was just six miles down.
Sunday was a go to church-rest up-work on my poem blog (link) day.
Today, Monday, as I write this, I am putting away my records for income tax and other junk so that year 2009 can hide away.
Tomorrow, Tuesday, I am playing golf again. This time it will be at the Texas National Golf Course here in Willis. If it is cart path only I won't go because my foot wouldn't take all the walking in golf shoes.
I might golf anyway and wear my tennies. My feet like them better anyway. I wore tennies on Wednesday as they would not honor my handicap flag.
Click on any picture to get full screen view. You can click then click on the picture again and it will get really BIG! Click on the back button to return to the blog.
On April 13th, Tuesday, a group of men from Mrs. Jim's Sunday school class has been golfing. I started golfing with them a couple of months ago. This week we played the Cape Royale at Cold Spring, Texas. The course borders on Lake Livingston and is very pretty. The hills are not real steep.
While I was playing with the men, Mrs. Jim played our course with the ladies here. She regularly plays on Tuesdays with the ladies from here and also plays Fridays with three other close 'buddies.'
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On Wednesday my brother-in-law, Jim W, from Iowa and a good friend, Everett, played golf at the Pasadena Municipal Golf Course. My sister (Lois) rode along with her husband.
I rode with my friend, Everett. We have been friends since 1976, I was also a very good friend of his father. Everett is 93 years old and his father was 99 when he died. Everett beat me by five points, he shot a 98 while I had a 103.
You see in the above picture Lois retrieving on of our balls that had gone into the roadside ditch. Click on the picture to make it larger, then click again to make it really big so you can see her better climbing up out of the ditch. I believe Lois found almost two dozen balls that day, only a couple belonged to us.
On Friday, Mrs. Jim played golf with some ladies here. Most Fridays when she does that Adi and I ride up to the club house with her and walk home. Adi really enjoys her walks.
Last week the flowers were perking up after the cool wintry weather. You can tell that Adi likes yellow flowers about as well as red.
There were others out walking and running too. On the sidewalk/golf cart side way below you can see a lady running with her dog. There were only slightly more people than dogs out Friday.
I rode with my friend, Everett. We have been friends since 1976, I was also a very good friend of his father. Everett is 93 years old and his father was 99 when he died. Everett beat me by five points, he shot a 98 while I had a 103.
You see in the above picture Lois retrieving on of our balls that had gone into the roadside ditch. Click on the picture to make it larger, then click again to make it really big so you can see her better climbing up out of the ditch. I believe Lois found almost two dozen balls that day, only a couple belonged to us.
On Friday, Mrs. Jim played golf with some ladies here. Most Fridays when she does that Adi and I ride up to the club house with her and walk home. Adi really enjoys her walks.Last week the flowers were perking up after the cool wintry weather. You can tell that Adi likes yellow flowers about as well as red.
There were others out walking and running too. On the sidewalk/golf cart side way below you can see a lady running with her dog. There were only slightly more people than dogs out Friday.
On Thursday Adi had a Vet appointment in the afternoon to get her ear checked out. I had an infection and we had been putting medicine in it for over a week.
Did I mention before that last Saturday we passed our Delta Society certification good for another two years. We will be able to continue visiting the nursing homes, hospitals, schools, libraries, etc. as a pet therapy team. This may be our last time to test, both of us are getting pretty old. Adi is 13 in dog years. She loves to visit the residents with me at Hearthstone, our local assisted living home.
Later on Friday afternoon I went into town (Conroe) for gas and some groceries. The H.E.B. grocery store is one of my favorite, the prices are good there. Adi and Katrin needed dog food.I like to stop at the cooking connection for samples. Friday's are the best days to go. The fellow pictured was cooking shrimp and marinated steak. Both were excellent.
Another lady was making fajita and they were great too. Those two stations had wine 'tasting' and there was another lady passing out a couple of local beer sample glasses.On the way home the road was petty full, especially the right hand lane which should average about 75 mph. It is supposed to be the fast lane but we weren't even going the speed limit of 65 here.
On Saturday we were having Mrs. Jim's Sunday school class picnic at the ranch of members Don and Charlotte. It was 450+ acres, which is small for a Texas ranch. But for East Texas that is fairly large. Don's major problem there is wild hogs. The come in and root around for worms, etc, which does a job on the grass, tearing it out and digging holes in the soil.
For lunch we had BBQ beef brisket and sausage links, both beef and deer. I like both. The members brought the food to go with the meat, like potato dishes, salads, and deserts. There was food left over but Baptists are noted for their heavy eating at church functions, this was not an exception.
After lunch groups of us rode into the woods for sight seeing.
We were in three mover utility trucks, two red and one green, and then these ladies were on the four wheeler. The hog damage was quite evident. Please enjoy the pictures.
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This is the kid with the fishing pole (did you see the red reel it had?). He is photogenic like Adi. Saying they both like to 'pose' but nothing about how their pictures turn out. I think both are popular with viewers and readers(here) .
The ride home was uneventful. Mrs. Jim drove more than half the way home. Going up I was alone because she went after Golfing on Friday. The ladies played bridge most of the night I hear.
These are a few of the Texas Wildflowers. This is a scrawny bunch I took right after changing drivers. Right after that I slept until we turned off the Interstate 45 at Willis, Texas, onto our road. Home was just six miles down.
Sunday was a go to church-rest up-work on my poem blog (link) day.
Today, Monday, as I write this, I am putting away my records for income tax and other junk so that year 2009 can hide away.
Tomorrow, Tuesday, I am playing golf again. This time it will be at the Texas National Golf Course here in Willis. If it is cart path only I won't go because my foot wouldn't take all the walking in golf shoes.
I might golf anyway and wear my tennies. My feet like them better anyway. I wore tennies on Wednesday as they would not honor my handicap flag.
Click the Ruby Tuesday button for Mary's Ruby Tuesday post list
of other interesting RED finds today.
Mary is in charge there, you can see more or post your own from there.
Labels: Driving Pictures, Golf course, Jim Does, Ruby Tuesday, Stuff to know, Texas, Views, Walk pictures
Friday, August 25, 2006
The Jim Bunch eats again . . . complete with a cooking lesson today
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Three minute roasting ears
.Take one ear of corn and break in half or thirds.
Place them standing upright on paper towel in the microwave oven
Put microwave on High for three minutes
That's it. Butter while still hot. Add a minute or two for each additional ear.
This works really good for singles and old folks.
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The menu for the day was roast beef on whole wheat bread with sliced onions and mustard, roasted corn on the cob, cottage cheese, and a mixed drink (orange/pineapple mixed with Diet Sprite, half and half). Food Food+and+Drink Cooking Recipes Microwave Corn+on+the+cob Corn Photos
Jim 'cooked' this 760 calorie lunch in ten minutes. Mrs. Jim had the same.
Sunday, May 28, 2006
Who is Jim Bunch?
Google Search (not the blog one) for Jim Bunch has put my Jim's Little Blog fourth of a long list of Google search returns. Try it!
Site Meter tells me when the visits happen, more than once a day.
Now I'll get a bunch more hits from search returns for Jim's Little Blog. I really think my site is more interesting than any of these others, but I'm not the person they started looking for. Some hang around to read, others click away back to Google.
Just who is this Jim Bunch? Not me, but I'll just put those first four on one page here, with my Number Four first, maybe you'll get to liking my site.
This was a part of my post for May 18, 2006:
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"Eating with the Jim Bunch -- more pictures . . .
". . . called this cooking breakfast. That isn't a kalache. It is a free blueberry scone from the Kroger Bakery. Free because it was in an open box with the cookies for the kids."
and then:
"Tonight is special, no cooking for either of us. We are eating at our Yacht Club (link 1) with some friends. It is fried chicken and fried catfish night at the buffet (menu link)**. Reservations are for six P.M. "
more:
"Right now Mrs. Jim is in the process of manrinating and roasting eight pork loins, each is a half loin, weighing between five and six pounds. . . "
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Imagine being Number 4 on a Google search (of Jim Bunch) out of "Results 1 - 10 of about 21,800,000 for Jim Bunch. (0.15 seconds)."
JUST FOR EATING AND TELLING ABOUT IT!
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1. About Jim Bunch site at http://www.jimbunch.com/about.html says:
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"Jim Bunch.....Life Success Coach,
Entrepreneur and Infopreneur
COACH AND SPEAKER"
COACH AND SPEAKER"
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Omidyar Network: Jim Bunch
"From 2000 to 2004, Jim Bunch was the CFO of MTIU Micro Fuel Cells Inc., which is commercializing direct methanol fuel cells for handheld electronics. Prior to MTI Micro Fuel Cells, he worked in the engergy sector as an equity research analyst." WOW!
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"Full Name:
Mr. Jim Bunch
Date Registered: 05/17/2005
Company: COMAR, Inc.
Company Incorporated in West Virginia: Yes
Title/Position: COO of Health Care Division
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Business Description: Business DescriptionMarketing/Publishing West Virginia Executive magazine"
Business Description: Business DescriptionMarketing/Publishing West Virginia Executive magazine"
Thursday, May 18, 2006
Eating with the Jim Bunch -- more pictures added below--click on them to enlarge
Next to bottom pictures are Southern Style Collard Greens and Black Eyed Peas
Breakfast today
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Mrs. Jim called this cooking breakfast. That isn't a kalache. It is a free blueberry scone from the Kroger Bakery. Free because it was in an open box with the cookies for the kids. I asked Mrs. Jim if she ate one in the store too, she said no, just this one to take home.
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Then how did she cook it if it came from the Kroger Bakery? She heated it in the microwave, of course, and then sliced it into four pieces! Wow!
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Now yesterday she did a whole lot more work. She made fried (in my diet eating plan butter substitute) eggs with red and yellow peppers and sausage, and western hash browns. Also toast and jelly and some fruit. But no picture. It sure was pretty, I just didn't do the photo.
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Does Jim ever cook? Yes, he generally makes the noon meal. It is light, usually a sandwich or a Lean Pocket. That will be embellished with cottage cheese, chips, a salad, or what ever else is handy.
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Don't tell his cardiologist, but he makes good hot dogs too. Just about always a little melted cheese and then whatever is open besides, like hot dog chili or sauerkraut. Those are in place of the sandwich. Chili and pizza are Jim's specialties.
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Tonight is special, no cooking for either of us. We are eating at our Yacht Club (link 1) with some friends. It is fried chicken and fried catfish night at the buffet (menu link)**. Reservations are for six P.M.
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Our friends have a summer place (a large ranch) at Telluride, Colorado. They go there in the middle of May and will return around October 15. We can use their pool here while they are gone.
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Right now Mrs. Jim is in the process of manrinating and roasting eight pork loins, each is a half loin, weighing between five and six pounds. They will get stuck in her mother's freezer until next week. Then they go for her family reunion in North Louisiana.
.Ken Hoffman (link) today said:
ÂAnother sign of an improving economy: Tuesday night I was leaving Minute Maid Park when a Houston outdoorsman (homeless guy) asked, "You got a few dollars you can give me?"A few dollars?
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I always wish, but never have done it, that I would have given some of these people a hamburger, maybe a MacDonalds double cheeseburger.
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DAILY STATUS REPORT:
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Health check--blood pressure/heart rate 124/64/76 . . . . 11:55 A.M.
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ToDo--(besides eat with the neighbors tonight) work on Sunday school lesson for teaching again this Sunday; help Mrs. Jim with the pork loins; go to the driving range
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Menu for tonight:
Thursday Theme Dinner at the Yacht Club
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"Fried Chicken & Catfish"
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COLD BUFFET
Romaine Feta Salad With Lemon Olive Oil Dressing
Spicy Green Bean Salad With Grilled Pork Garnished With
Huevos Del Diablo
Sweet Potato Salad
Classic Black Bean-Corn Relish
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HOT BUFFET
Southern Fried Chicken with corn fritters
Buttermilk Marinated Hand Breaded Cornmeal Fried Catfish
with jalapeno apple smoked bacon hush puppies, tarter sauce, lemons, red sauce
Fork Mashed Sour Cream Potatoes
Cream Country Gravy
Fresh Corn On The Cobb
Black-eyed Peas With Ham Hocks
Southern Style Collard Greens
Fresh Steamed Broccoli With Toasted Pecans
Fresh Buttermilk Biscuits
Butter, honey, Cajun style hot sauce, red and green Tabasco sauces, pickapepper, and chaloula sauce on the side
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Mama Lou's Own Strawberry Shortcake For Your Dessert
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$15.95++ Per Person
Kids 4 And Under Free
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Menu Service Also Available
Link to Bentwater facilities (
