Subj : Storm was: Litter
To   : Ruth Haffly
From : Dave Drum
Date : Sun Oct 02 2022 05:25:00

-=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 DD>       Title: Caprese Chicken [Recipe Recycle]
 DD>  Categories: Poultry, Vegetables, Herbs, Cheese
 DD>       Yield: 4 Servings

 RH> Looks good but I'm out of tomatoes at the moment and not going out for
 RH> a couple of days to get any. We're currently getting rain, some wind
 RH> from the latest hurricane, as of about half an hour ago, about half an
 RH> inch of rain. Storm still hadn't made 2nd landfall as of noon so I know
 RH> we're going to get more wet weather before it's all over.

My next-door brought us over a half dozen nice sized tomatoes yesterday,
last of the season as she is composting the vines and preparing her 
garden area for the upcoming winter. Which may be a way off. Usually we
get a "killing" frost by now. Had one night where the low got down to
40+|F. And my da**ed grass is still growing and needs mowed again.

 RH> Update Saturday morning. We've had about 2.6" of rain since it started
 RH> yesterday morning. Down to a drizzle now but was quite intense at
 RH> times. A tree blew down between our next door neighbor's house and the
 RH> one next to that--no damage to the houses but probably some to the car
 RH> that was on that side of the driveway. We had small branches and leaves
 RH> come down but nothing major. Steve lowered antennas, picked up loose
 RH> stuff in the yard, etc on Thursday, better to do it before the storm
 RH> hits than have it go flying all over the neighborhood.

Canada will bear the brunt of Ian's death throes. The hurricanes that 
hit the Gulf Coast ... like Katrina, cause nasty weather all up the
Mississippi valley. As if we're not getting enough torrential rains and
accompanying flash flood warnings on our own.

This was last night's supper ... a riff on my stuffed pepper recipe.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Rice & Beef Stuffed Tomatoes
 Categories: Beef, Vegetables, Rice
      Yield: 2 servings

      2 lg Tomatoes
    1/2 c  Water
    1/2 c  Minit or Uncle Ben's rice
      8 oz Ground chuck
      1 sm Yellow onion; peeled, chop'd
      1 cl Garlic; mashed, minced
           Salt & black pepper
     15 oz Can tomato sauce
      3 oz (1/2 can) tomato juice

  Set oven @ 350+|F/175+|C. Grease a small oven-proof dish.

  Cut tops from tomatoes and scoop out the pulp; transfer
  pulp to a bowl and chop. Reserve tops of tomatoes.

  Bring water to a boil in a saucepan, pour in the rice,
  and cover pan; let stand until rice absorbs water, about
  5 minutes.

  Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and
  stir beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly,
  5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease. Mix cooked
  rice, onion, garlic, salt, and black pepper into ground
  beef; add reserved tomato pulp and tomato sauce. Bring
  the mixture to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer
  until thickened, 10 minutes.

  Set hollowed-out tomatoes into the prepared baking dish
  and fill each tomato with ground beef mixture. If
  desired, place tomato tops back on filled tomatoes. Pour
  tomato juice over filled tomatoes for extra juiciness.

  Bake until tomatoes are tender and filling is hot, about
  20 minutes

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen

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