Thanksgiving is the holiday of peace, the celebration of work and the simple life... a
true folk-festival that speaks the poetry of the turn of the seasons, the beauty of
seedtime and harvest, the ripe product of the year - and the deep, deep connection of all
these things with God. ~Ray Stannard Baker (David Grayson)


This is a good one for the Garden thread...

An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day. ~Irv Kupcinet

LOL.

Dog Bones,
My grandmother made THE BEST stuffed green peppers - with rice and bread crumbs - and it
was like a meal in itself. Nice peppers in that picture.

As for pushing the envelope with the beer-mason jar photo, OK.
Next time I will surround the Black Chocolate Stout with my canned pickle jars and tell
you I am getting pickled...

Baked some store-bought acorn squash last night, added butter and pure maple syrup. Turkey
burger (trying to lighten up on hamburger) on the side...

Before I forget, here's a shot of the last picking of bell peppers. We've got a possible
freeze in the forecast so I picked all of them, just to be safe.

Yesterday I took down the pole-bean trellises as well as the tomato cages. It's been
raining so much here that the garden is just one big mud puddle.

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Val, I also have a special fondness for stouts. I'm sure that I would like this Dark
Chocolate Stout.

We have a very special NW stout called "Terminator" from McMenamin's Breweries that I
would give top billing. I mostly see it on-tap around here and you can also get Terminator
"to go" in a large mason jar.

I think you're pushing the envelope with the gardening and mason jar connection. But hey,
you might as well go for it. lol!

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That info from yahoo about how much it snows in Oregon is pretty accurate. The reason that
it's so variable is mainly because of the variety of elevations in different parts of the
state. The Cascade Mtns, which run north-south through the center of the state always get
snow. Here in the Willamette Valley, we don't get snow every year ... maybe just every
other year or one out of every three years.

The main reason that our gardening season is extended is that we are fairly near the
ocean. It moderates our temperatures and even if it freezes, it rarely gets below 20F, and
the freezes are usually very brief (a day or two).

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I'm on a roll, now.
I just thought of this: Besides
all the winter beers brewed for the season, how many of you buy egg nog for the
Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays? It is big at my house. How about yours? Michael, do
you drink egg nog in El Paso? It was always a treat for us when we were kids. I toss a
shot of rum and cinnamon in it every now and then.

OK, I lied. I toss a shot in quite often, because, it's the holidays, you know.

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Walter,
Where are you?
Traveling?
Seeing the world because you can
and because you should
and because you deserve all the best.

Michael, I wasn't sure about how much it snowed in Oregon, so I googled it and here is an
answer from "Yahoo Answers."

It really depends on the part of the state. The coast gets snow very rarely, so does the
Willamette Valley (where Portland, Eugene, and Salem are located). Other parts of the
state, like the mountains or the east side (high desert) can have snow from Oct to April
sometimes. Oregon is a very diverse state with lots of different eco systems so it really
depends on where in Oregon you are talking about.

DogBones lives in Willamette Valley, so maybe he can tell us how much snow he gets.

What is the first clue that this picture, is, indeed, appropriate for Banjo's Garden Pic
Thread? YOU GUESSED IT! The Glass.
These canning jars can also be used as glasses. Beer glasses.
Now, on to the more important discovery, which is this Black Chocolate Stout brewed by the
Brooklyn Brewery. I stumbled upon it (finally) at my local Wegman's store, which has begun
stocking a very egregious selection of IPAs and I can't remember what the heck else
because this damn beer is getting me buzzed, lol. IT'S WAY BETTER THAN GUINNESS, and had I
tasted this Black Chocolate Stout beforehand (4 bottles for 7.99), I would not have bought
my 12-pack of Guinness as well. That's OK, I will buy boatloads of this stuff and drink it
all winter.

I posted twice so I must be really buzzed. How many times have you ever seen me post
twice. I am laughing hysterically over this.

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