Snaaaaaaax
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Did you know olives have pits?
I found out the hard way after being offered an olive and trying to choke it down quickly out of politeness. Thought I had broken a tooth.
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I’ve heard of restaurants having to pay for dental work 
I’ve also heard a customer request pureed crabcakes and a straw (customer had their jaw wired shut)
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Staying in tonight, we just wanted a nice and quiet evening…for our New Year’s eve dinner we’re having homemade seafood …Happy New Year’s folks…
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The Alden’s was dinner, the Fiorello’s will be desert. (Mrs. mota will be home later this evening.) Both are high quality products, and if you happen to live in the bay area, the Fiorello’s is by far the best pre-packaged gelato I have ever had. They make a bunch of flavors. Highly recommended by me, and not simply because I’m high. 
And a happy new year to one and all OGs!
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Swish cheese and mushroom Pasty and English backed beans was last nights meal.
Home made cauliflower pizza crust cheesey pizza for lunch today.
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I agree!
I ran out of my local made jerky so I got some from the grocery store. Not as good but still good. 
Tonight’s jerky
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For this stoner this morning it was blue huckleberry pancakes, which Mrs. mota graciously offered to make. 
It’s a real production for me. HA! That’s enough berries for four pancakes, two days for me.
You can see some of the berries have stemage. I think it averages about 20 - 30% with stems. Some of the berries also have flowers, but I don’t worry about them as much. The stems can be pokey, inflexible and more than slightly annoying, whereas the flowers are soft. It takes me about 45 minutes to do the entire container.
That’s quite the pile of stems. (No stems, no seeds that you don’t need.) In this container I also found a couple of conifer needles, which isn’t all that unusual. Again, more than a little annoying.
By the time I’m done, I always feel like I have voted (potentially multiple times 
) in some third world country! 
In the background you can see our tower of tunnels. Our cat, Genki, loves tunnels! This one is three stories high, and he uses them all, sly little devil that he is. I have to replace the tower two or three times a year since we encouraged him to use it as a scratching post, which you can see he does.
Okay, time for some serious eating! I generally like berry pancakes with maple syrup, no matter the berry. Plain pancakes I’m more flexible with. Maple, mixed berry, chicken gravy (not really). I’m good with a variety. BTW, these are buttermilk pancakes, our usual.
We premix the dry ingredients into Bon Maman jam jars. Makes the making so much quicker!
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Your meal looks great but really interested in the story on tin hash box . Definitely cool.
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I had to make it folks, my version of black eye peas for New Year’s day dinner(lunch)…I use bacon, ham and smoked ham hocks.
Also made a fig/peach cobbler…
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Ahh, this I shall have to check into then 
I love Gelato! Thx @mota
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Hoppin’ John! 
We did the same… 
…but no pictures
Cheers
G
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