Morning Feature: Deck Your Halls!

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Wednesday December 16, 2009 · 3:58 AM PST

2009/12/16 · 03:58

Deck the Hall with boughs of holly, falalalalalalala
‘Tis the season to be jolly, falalalalalalala

Some of us at Blogistan Polytech Institute used to believe this was a Christmas Carol...oh, not so, students. This was a song of the Yule, for the Solstice. The word is a variation of the Scandinavian word, Jul, meaning the first day of winter, the shortest day of the year. In the Celtic tradition, it is the battle between the aging Holly King, representing darkness of the old year, and the Oak king, which symbolizes the light of the new year.

In this MF, we will explore just some of the decorations we use and find out that they are not Christmas Decorations. I’ll pass around the eggnog, with or without the rum, the nutmeg, the Yule cakes and the Wassail. Perhaps we’ll continue to sing a song or two. And do a circle dance, unless you are just too tired to spring to your feet at this early hour.

MinervainNH

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Saturday February 21, 2009 · 1:58 PM PST

2009/02/21 · 13:58

For many years, I was a purist: no, I would tell myself, I will not ever get a crockpot. I would never have a use for one. But, I gave in. My crockpots are the most useful items I own. I have 2: one large and one smaller one. The larger one has cook-times. The smaller one has a high and low setting. Both have their advantages.
Since that time, I’ve discovered many advantages of crockpot cooking:

It takes very little time to put the meal together. An extra 10 minutes in the morning, or even mid-morning, or noon, can give you a fabulous meal at the end of the day.

It’s great to come home after work to a hot meal, and especially if you have a meeting or other evening activity to run off to.

The house smells really good.

Clean up is easy in the crock.

You don’t really need a crockpot cookbook, but they can be handy reference guides.

I apologize, in advance, to any vegetarians out there. You're welcome to add recipes in your comments. And, I'm not sure you can make a pie in your crockpot.

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