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The Barbour is very nice--it will work as a town or country coat. You can order it online and get it shipped to you.

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pork tenderloin with sage and onion gravy, red cabbage casserole (if I get myself off my duff and into the kitchen to put it in the oven) and mashed potatoes.

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Roast duck with a clementine sauce, wild rice, Brussels sprouts. Raspberries and ice cream and chocolate sauce for dessert...

What do you mean by stingy, Kande? Bitter? or fermenting?

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It's 5 months away. Don't sweat it.

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My stepson says this is why he doesn't live on the North Shore, because that's where the funnelwebs are... (there were a few expletives involved in this convo, too:))

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Why thank you, Demi! He really is pretty spiffy. I still pinch myself regularly to check I'm not dreaming and he really is mine. I'm not a particularly sentimental or anthropomorphic person, but after our second ride last weekend, one of the auditors came and found me and told me how nice it was to ...

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Bascar, do you think it's possible he meant it in the admiring "Wow, you can cook that?" kind of way rather than the doubting "are you sure you can cook that?" kind of way?

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We had "more tempo!!!" in all the trot work--particularly shoulder in to renvers, where he happily dies as I'm trying to organize all my limbs and keep him forward ... And yes, it was exhausting, but enlightening. Especially watching it on video.

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Lamb and lentil casserole

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Until this new guy, a foundation bred Appaloosa. Fell into this warmblood entirely by accident... Would not necessarily have been on my shopping list!

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We had a really good ride on Sunday as well. Straightness much improved.

This is us, out of the ghetto...

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Ah, I'm sorry, MagicEm, she sounds like one of the special ones.

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Excellent first day of clinic. Guess what? we worked on straightness... and we were not alone. I think everyone worked on straightness, particularly at the canter. He was such a good boy. It certainly helped our relaxation and work ethic that this barn and indoor complex is kept at a constant 53 deg...

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Big black horse is settled into his very fancy (but rather unfriendly) clinic digs for the weekend, my tack is clean, my boots are clean, so we are ready to go. It is beyond frigid here today and very windy. I hope it warms up a bit tomorrow. I find it hard to unbend and relax in these temperatures,...

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Eeek... fingers and toes crossed!

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Klark, as a transplanted Brit, I really enjoy Thanksgiving. It's origins are with the Pilgrim Fathers, an I will let someone better versed in US history explain that in detail. The traditional food is almost exactly like a traditional English (and Australian) Christmas dinner--turkey, all the trimmi...

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"Next!"

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A week like this last one in the rest of the world makes me acutely aware of how fortunate I am.

And I just finally got my winter hay in the barn between snowstorms, so I am even more thankful right now!

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We are trekking all of 300 yards up the mountain to our neighbors. There will be at least 6 of us, could be many more depending on how large the promised snowstorm is and how many get stranded up here as opposed to making it out to their own family gatherings. Good company, no drama, good food and f...

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Dinner for us would be roasted chicken thighs too if I had remembered to take them out of the freezer before I left home this morning...

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Thank you! I'm getting good feedback, which always helps.

Now, it needs to not snow any more for a few days.

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Never ridden with this lady before... Verena Mahin from California. I signed up in a moment of staleness and needing an outing. I'm sure I will learn stuff and it's at a lovely facility, so it should be entertaining. Yes, I'd have to be feeling full of intestinal fortitude to ride for Natalie. She's...

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I've just looked down the rider list for mine this weekend and realized I'm probably 30-35 years older than the rest of them. If anyone calls me "an inspiration" I might hit them.

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I like that safe, rocking horse canter, too. And yeah, I get the "More! Bigger!" comment. I can see how the "more punch!" visual would work. However, there's knowing it and doing it... sigh... I'm fully expecting to get marmelized for excessive caution at this coming weekend's cl...

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Awww, indeed! And yes, that's just about what my big boys did when I first bought Pip home

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Split it, stuff it with a mix of pancetta, garlic, sage and apricots, band aid it back together with sage leaves, salt it, wrap it in foil, cook on grill, turning occasionally. If it looks a bit pale when you unwrap it, just sear it in the hot grill.

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OK. I'll get off the fence and give it a whirl! sending you a pm...

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Will have to try Bascar's short ribs recipe. I do mine in red wine. Saute a finely chopped onion and carrot (and stick of celery if it doesn't make you gag...) in olive oil until soft, remove, brown shortribs in the same pan in a little extra oil, add the onion and carrot back in. Add enough red win...

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Fish pie. Mix of cod, scallops and salmon. Jolly good!

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Oh, you poor thing! That really is tough. I guess to replace the acidity you could use red wine, but texture wise, I don't know.

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Bacon and eggs, potato latkes, tinned tomatoes... breakfast for dinner

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What the heck is pimento cheese? Sorry, I spelled it wrong earlier. It's *pimiento* cheese. And yes, it includes small diced sweet red (pimiento) peppers! My ideal pimiento cheese combines good quality (homemade preferable) mayonnaise*, a mix of mild and sharp cheddar cheese grated, a few teaspoons...

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We are struggling with farriery for my 30 year old now. I've just had to switch farriers and one of the harder things was finding someone with the patience (and the back) to be able to work on Lucky, who has two fused front pasterns due to ringbone--he just doesn't bend where he is expected to bend....

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Hey, I'm a Brit... we have our own things.

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What the heck is pimento cheese?

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Wicky, has she expressed this as a frustration?

I really do know where you are coming from, but I think we do it for us.

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Fingers crossed! One thing often leads to another even if the first thing doesn't work out. Many years ago I went to look at a lease for a horse (a palomino, in fact) who turned out to be not only nuts but lame as a tree. (It was a bit of a cluster. There were three lame horses, the yard owner had h...

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I'm going out so someone else is cooking for me tonight--luxury!

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Mmmm. That corn chowder sounds yummy.

Cold beef and cauliflower cheese tonight!

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I had a lovely, if rather electric, ride yesterday (after a week off due to stormy weather, vet work and life intervening...) We came out of the ring, he stopped for a pee, horse in paddock next to driveway ambled over and bit him on the bum, he kicked out at the fence panel and now has a 3" lo...

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bascar wrote:<sings> "Gin, Gin, we like gin. We like gin, it makes you thin"

Haven't heard this since I was at school

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Ugh, and yeah, f###.

So sorry.

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He's still very incoherent, but sitting in a chair and feeding himself, and being weaned off the abx for the pneumonia. The hospital has admitted responsibility for the fall, whatever that means. My poor stepmother. Her car died this week too. She doesn't want to get a new one until she knows what h...

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Good gawd, I've been obsessing about grilled cheese lately and lo and behold, a whole thread about it. Must be the weather :) I recently stumbled across this list and I want to make and eat every single combination! Make sure you have a napkin ready to catch the drool. Maple! You enabler, you! I bo...

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8000 feet or so in the Rockies, we'd better start seeing a bit of snow by now!

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So, last night, for the first time in years, I was fed a grilled cheese and tomato sandwich and a bowl of home made tomato soup. Oh my word. That sandwich was heaven between two slices of toast. I realize that I really have no idea how to do this properly. What cheese, for example, works best? What ...

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No. That would be weird.

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If I'm still riding at 89, I won't wear a helmet either. Go out on a big note, doing the thing you love!

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Mine would rather be boiled in oil than come, so I'm on my own...

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I'm very choosy about who I take lessons from. I have had some interesting experiences in the past, too. Which means I am working with a trainer who is basically an agoraphobic hermit who hates the cold so is even more elusive in winter than she is in the summer. However, when we DO get it together,...

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