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No lids anywhere. A lady was freaking out at my local hardware store when I was checking out.
I told her I have some at my house, just follow me home and a will give you a couple of boxes.
She did. Would you?
I a scary looking old fart.
I would. There'd be baccy, some beers, good food, liquor mebbe, and good conversation at the end of that trail. And, apparently... canning lids :cool:
 
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No lids anywhere. A lady was freaking out at my local hardware store when I was checking out.
I told her I have some at my house, just follow me home and a will give you a couple of boxes.
She did. Would you?
I a scary looking old fart.
The story has a happy ending with the lady still alive and well I hope:) Kidding of course... mental note, worry if @Brown Thumb shares sausage making recipes on the quarintine cooking thread in the near future:ROFLMAO:

Same here with the jars, none in Walmart and my daughter bought the last dozen 1/4 pint jars at Tractor supply for her craft projects, the rest of the isle was bare.
 

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Mason schmason.

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Today's dinner: Cabbage Loaf

Mid Morning make the dough: 4 cups bread flour, 2 tsp salt, 1 packet of yeast, 2 Tbls Olive Oil, 1 1/2 cup warm water. Dissolve yeast in warm water till bubbly, add to dry mixture and mix until smooth dough is formed. Cover and let rise slowly throughout the day.

Evening: 1 small cabbage, 1 med onion, 2 carrots, 2 shallots, 2 stalks of celery ,5 cloves garlic - Diced
1 chub (1 lb) ground sirloin

Brown ground beef in 1 Tbls oil, add a couple dashes of Worcestershire, thyme, and black pepper. Drain & set aside.
Saute veg in 1 Tbls olive oil until soft and translucent (20-25 minutes) adding water as needed to prevent burning.
Add back ground beef, 2 Tbls Ketchup, 1 Tbls yellow mustard, 1 tsp beef bullion, dash celery seed, dash cayenne pepper. Let cool 20 minutes.

Punch down dough and divide in half. Oil a roasting pan with olive oil, and spread out 1/2 dough across bottom. Spread cabbage beef mixture on top. Add shredded cheese if desired (I like Parmesan and Monterey Jack). Stretch the other half of the dough mixture on top. Let rise 20-30 minutes until slightly risen. Dimple the surface with your fingers and drizzle olive oil on top (it should pool in the dimples). Back 375 for 30 minutes. Enjoy!

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Carne asada burrito night. Pic of the meat marinating - no time to screw around with pictures after it's cooked- just look like a rolled up burrito anyway;)
Nice steak marinated in garden peppers and spices, topped with guacamole, fresh pico de gallo, and rolled up in a tortilla like a giant edible stogie. One of life's great pleasures:)
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Carne asada burrito night. Pic of the meat marinating - no time to screw around with pictures after it's cooked- just look like a rolled up burrito anyway;)
Nice steak marinated in garden peppers and spices, topped with guacamole, fresh pico de gallo, and rolled up in a tortilla like a giant edible stogie. One of life's great pleasures:)
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‘Round here we call that Taco Tuesday :)
 

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‘Round here we call that Taco Tuesday :)
We have that taco Tuesday with a mix of venison hamburger in this state, but this is carne asada Friday. It's on a Saturday this week because I broke with tradition and tried a store bought marinade on Friday. It was such a let down I had to do it properly from scratch on Saturday.
Used to have a crappy Mexican dive in southern CA where I grew up that was always getting closed for health violations. Best damn carne asada burritos though. More often than not I'd suffered for a day or two after eating there but it was worth it. The southern CA style carne asada burritos are one of the few reasons besides visiting realitives that helps me justify going back to CA every few years.
Had to figure out how to make them myself since that style of Mexican cooking hasn't been in the last few states I've lived in;). We don't even have Tex mex in this part of Arkansas, much less any baja styles.
 

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Right? That'd be quite the spectacle. Sauce just a typical anchor bar/buffalo style sauce: butter, cayenne red pepper sauce, vinegar, ground cayenne pepper, garlic powder. I add a little more vinegar than the original.
No empirical evidence on my part, but It's Interseting that people in the south seem to favor sweeter flavors and people in the north tend to favor more of a vinegar flavor with buffalo wings and barbecue sauces. I've always wondered why that is.
 

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No empirical evidence on my part, but It's Interseting that people in the south seem to favor sweeter flavors and people in the north tend to favor more of a vinegar flavor with buffalo wings and barbecue sauces. I've always wondered why that is.
People put sugar in food??!!
 

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