Hi, friends!
Lately we’ve seen a lot of shenanigans and bullshit. Let’s flip the script, and talk about things we’re excited about.
Myself, being a dork, I am super excited that I finally got a spot on the Rancho Gordo Bean Club list! Over a year on the waitlist, and now I’ll get quarterly fun shipments of delicious, delicious dried beans. Full disclosure, I fucking love beans. So much. Legumes in general (excluding Satan’s Legume, Soy, but that’s 100% due to my food allergy and nothing against soybeans themselves), I love them. I am growing 2 kinds of shelling beans this summer – crowder peas and those big lima beans. The crowders have a nice earthy flavor and the big limas are so starchy and creamy when simmered.
So yeah, I’m fucking stoked to get a delivery of beans now quarterly without having to think about it!
Wow, who would have thunk a bean waitlist? Now I know! I love beans, especially my mom’s red beans & rice but I’m far from very bean knowledgeable. Anyways, I’m 2.5 weeks from going to Iceland so that is pretty exciting!
Yay, Iceland!!! Is the volcanic eruption impacting your plans at all or not where you’re going?
Not so far but my wife is pushing for a night volcano tour. Not as exciting for me my family living near a super active volcano & seeing lava flows at night but could be fun. I’m hoping she doesn’t over schedule with weather so volatile there until we know a little better what the weather will be.
Are you renting a car or going with a van/bus? That’s a place I’d probably prefer having someone else drive.
We are renting a car, after driving in Ireland it will be easy. I’m a lead foot though & they are super strict on speeding so my wife may have to drive. That’s probably better for me to take pics anyway. They charge a bunch to park anywhere though we have been warned.
Stay out of the ice caves!
American dies in ice cave collapse during Iceland glacier tour
And do not mess with the elfs!
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20181217-the-elusive-hidden-people-of-iceland
One of my local liquor stores sells a limited selection of Rancho Gordo beans for some reason. I agree that they’re good stuff. Our local organic grocery sells French lentils which I’m a huge fan of.
Oh!! The fancy liquor store near me also does that! They also have a big selection of imported cheeses, raw seafood, and they roast and grind their own coffee (like 6 flavors!).
I think in their case, they just did the calculus and decided that the same customer demographic that will buy fancy cheese or good liquor will drop $6 on a lb of dried speciality beans.
It’s a better deal than fancy liquor for sure. A pound of dried beans is a ton of food and better for your liver.
That’s funny, we always had poke in our liquor stores in Hawaii but that was something you bring to a party to be a good guest. Raw beans seem like something that might raise more eyebrows than anything at least in this part of the world.
Well, see, the first bottle of wine is to enjoy the day before you eat the beans while you pour them into a bowl of water and soak overnight in your fridge.
The second bottle of wine is to enjoy when you’re simmering those beans for 2 hours, also while you’re doing the rest of your food prep.
The third bottle of wine is for everyone else to enjoy at your party because you passed out after that second bottle.
Now I get it!
This is not exciting, but I got my 10 year tetanus booster a few days ago and my arm totally did not hurt, although I kept expecting it to hurt.
And now I’m reading that vax skeptics are going after tetanus shots too.
https://www.wonkette.com/p/anti-vaxxers-being-super-weird-about
It’s not super common but why mess with it, especially if you do things like gardening or hiking where you can get poked with messy stuff.
I get a TDAP booster every 10 years, last one was around 2019. That booster hurts like a fucker in my arm, but nothing close to the HPV vaccine levels of pain.
Anyways.
Even if someone isn’t worried about tetanus, you definitely don’t want pertussis. Years ago when I worked at a call center, I had this absolutely miserable woman from out of state call me while she was getting over pertussis and the amount of pain her coughing was causing here.. fucking hell no thanks. She made it a point to tell me that she was vaccinated as a child but overdue for a booster but didn’t realize she was living in a county with a ton of parents who refused to vaccinate their kids and it was going around.
When you live on a farm, you gotta keep those tetanus boosters up to date.
I scrape or cut something practically every day.
We got a taste of fall weather – cold, rain – over the weekend in the mountains, and I am very much excited about the upcoming autumn.