Fun fact: I can fit 8 frozen pea’s in my belly button. (don’t ask how I know this)
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That’s funny because the last time I cleaned out your belly button there were only 3 peas in it.
I get not wanting to leave the house!
I’m lucky that mint grows like a weed around here and has already sprouting a bit so we’ve been able to start start picking a few leaves at a time. Until they grow a bit more mint have been mostly used in cocktails rather than soup.
Ahha. The case of the vanishing five peas. A job for Sherlock Holmes
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I can fit a filbert up a nostril. I know this courtesy of my big brother and his evil friend.
It took a while for me to extract it, and no I didn’t eat it.
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My wife took my daughter (our first child) to the ER when she was about 1 year old, the reason? She stuffed a few peas up her nose. I got a panicked call from my wife to meet her at the local ER where she was headed, I show up just as the Dr. began his procedure to remove the obstructions. His method you ask? He opened a small pack of black pepper blew it in my daughters face, she sneezed and out shot a few peas!!
Ever since then I keep a small packet of black pepper in my pocket so I’m always prepared if I’m somewhere and someone can’t breath because they have peas up their nose!!
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Y’all have been in lockdown too long.
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I’m going to paddle out about a half mile off of Sandy Hook, come pick me up. I should be the only guy on a unicorn float in a suit drinking a martini. (just to make sure you don’t pick up some stranger!!)
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I had such a good experience at Liberty Landing on my last trip I won’t be rounding Sandy Hook for Atlantic Highlands anymore. If you want to paddle out into the Atlantic to the two-bar line ™ I’ll pick you up. Don’t hurry. My next trip is New Bern NC to Solomons MD.
Shopping for a boat with nothing on board has me a bit stressed. Planning progresses. Add a toilet brush to the list. sigh
Peas are always in our freezer. You’ve had some great responses. I will add a few. I make creamed tuna with peas on toast - a comfort food from childhood.
Frugal Gourmet’s Frozen Pea and Bacon Salad:
1 bag frozen peas - run under warm water and drain
4-5 strips cooked bacon, crumbled
chopped scallions
not much chopped celery
Dressing: 1/2 mayo, 1/2 sour cream, chopped parsley, salt/pepper
(haven’t made this since the 80’s!)
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My best friend was an amateur windsurfer at best and he took a blind date to Galveston to watch him windsurf. The only problem was that he went after a cold front came through. Dave can attest to this as wind accelerates over water.
Thank God for the United States Coast Guard or there is no more best friend. They said he was well on his way to Louisiana.
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Digging through my recipe stores -
Buttermilk soup:
Orzo Salad with Shrimp and Lemon Dressing - Southern Living: https://www.southernliving.com/recipes/shrimp-orzo-salad
Asparagus and Peas with Warm Tarragon Vinaigrette: https://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/asparagus-peas-warm-tarragon-vinaigrette
Soy-Braised Pork and Rice: https://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/soy-braised-pork-rice
I always add a few handfuls to arroz con pollo, keema, and beef stew. How about puree of blanched peas with a lot of butter, s&p, and a pinch of dried mint?
I rammed a pyracantha berry (not really a food berry unless you are a cedar waxwing) so far up my nose when I was about five that I had to go to the doctor and I wonder why she didn’t use that technique. She used some kind of long tweezer thing. Don’t ask about the times (yes more than once) that I swallowed a coin.
The epic story locally was a girl I went to parish school with who went to the doctor because of her increasingly painful sinus headaches - she had shoved a lima bean up her nose and it had sprouted. 
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Wow!
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Yes. Other things happen at cold fronts as well. The wind direction rotates clockwise (called clocking or veering). Atmospheric instability leads to showers and in summer often thunderstorms. It takes a while for things to stabilize.
Wind is interesting. You get funneling between buildings in dense urban areas like Manhattan. Over prairie and water it just builds and you get wind-generated seas. In forested areas and most of suburbia there is enough friction to slow things down.
Wind forecasts are 10m above ground or sea level, so about 35 feet up.
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In the immortal words of our old friend Viking…ewwwwwwww!
Anywho, I don’t know if you are familiar with the drinking game called quarters, but back in the day I probably swallowed $ 20. worth of quarters playing that game. I kept trying to keep an eye out for them coming out, but never saw one. When I die if you open me up I’m probably like a Las Vegas slot machine inside.
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Be aware… I’m posting a Grouchy Old Man reply.
Went to my local Kroger this morning. Chose this one because it sells liquor. First time visit in about two weeks. Totally impressed by the pandemic precautions the store has imposed. Totally depressed by my shopping “neighbors”. I guess we live in a community of selfish, oblivious, untrustworthy people today.
OBSERVATION 1: Face masks & gloves, in use by about every six in 10 shoppers. I guess that 40% subscribes to the screeds screaming that the Pandemic is a hoax.
OBSERVATION 2: No one has to participate in the One Way Aisles if it interferes with the shopping scheme they’ve developed over decades. GAH! Yes, you’re showing us you are more important than the rest of us. Love that the stalled queue at the end of the aisles you’re screwing with, are shooting you eye daggers. Too bad you’re oblivious to that, too.
OBSERVATION 3: Is every Brillo Pad and SOS Pad in North America hidden in someone else’s house? Can’t find any here.
OBSERVATION 4: Did we have a baby birth eruption in 2019? Where are all the baby wipes?
OBSERVATION 5: Does everyone in St Clair Shores love frozen peas more than me? Guess so. But my neighbors did leave me a whole section of Green Giant Riced Cauliflour–10 or 12 different ways. I’ll pass…
OBSERVATION 6: Don’t stop to boost up a grocery stocker with a kind word. They may faint from your kindness and violate the concept of Social Distancing.
OBSERVATION 7: That sharp guy / gal Kroger Buyer that contracted for 600,000 frozen pizzas and then GOT THEM INTO THE STORES is a logistical genius. We know, children will eat anything. Right?
OBSERVATION 8: Ending with a few questions, how much packaged bologna can a family of four eat in a week? How many boxes of Kraft Macaroni & Cheese can a family of four eat in a week? How many cans of Black Beans can a family of four eat in a week? How many bags of frozen vegetables can a family of four eat in a week?
Seems I live in a neighborhood of prodigious consumers. 
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If I had a damn stamp, I would send you a few. Not to brag but I have a better part of a box.
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I feel your pain, and damn, I wish I could witness some of this for myself. The hunter/gatherer in me is about to go nuts. I’m stir crazy as well, but alive and healthy at least. Glad you went to the Kroger’s with liquor. Am grumpy myself today, and cocktail hour may start early. For your amusement:
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@gracieggg
Too funny. Thank you for the laugh.
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