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sourland said:

Good morning Perp Peeps of the Pond.

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chickisoup said:

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This is so me!!!

I stayed up until 4am...I think

Woke up at... 9...

Drank the wrong wine at the festivities last night, so now I am all congested. something to do with age... some wine will make me super congested... and some wine is just fine.

BUT! CHRIST IS RISEN!


oh my! It was a comedy of errors! So lovely to be in a congregation where we just laugh about it! My voice completely left me before the midnight service was over... TRULY... I could barely squeak out a note! I was supposed to be leading the choir!! And I am standing there... and I KNOW the staring note... and out comes this rasping squeak!


Luckily it only happened on songs that were familiar to other people... so stuff still got sung!

I think the comment was something along the lines of "our enthusiasm was clear" -snicker-

And sheesh! I forgot to stick candles in the paschal baskets... the priest forgot to put the festal bells on the censer (no bells on the censer for all of lent)... until during a censing a congregant told him to put them on.... the altar boy forgot to change to the festal incense until... again... a congregant mentioned it (we use frankincense and myrrh during lent, then switch to floral for the feast).... I TOTALLY forgot how dark it would be at the Procession and couldn't both SEE the music and walk without tripping! So... yep, no singing at the Procession around the church... at least the bell ringing was great! AND everyone's candles got blown out in the Procession!!! I think 2 people managed to keep their candles lit!!! Poor priest had his Paschal candle blow out!



Everyone had to get their candles relit, so there at the doors of the church we were all scrambling to get all candles relit, so that we could start the outside the church part. One of my favorite parts, the priest bangs on the door of the church.. shouting out the end part of psalm 24.
Priest says a part "Lift up your gates, O ye princes; and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting gates, and the King of glory shall enter in", and my eldest still in the church bellows out "who is this King of glory?" Anyway.. it goes on... but so cool!

It was lovely... bummer I couldn't sleep until noon!

Service today is at a lovely 4pm!

And then we will have a full on feast! Fleshmeats, cheese and eggs!

Oh... I had forgotten how old fashioned some of our translations are! The priest was blessing the paschal baskets... and he blessed the "curdled milk"! Later on the blessing says "flesh-meats, cheese and eggs".... so duuuuuuude..... then what is the "curdled milk"? Rotten milk?!?!? Can't be! no one would bring rotten milk to feast on! Kiefer? Yogurt? At first I thought "curdled milk" = cheese... but later he SAYS "cheese"!!!!



Ah! What a hoot!

And! I have one song I do NOT have the music to for today's service! I know we have it... somewhere.... my mind isn't percolating this morning... not sure where...... where..... ah well... I have a few hours before the service... it will be fiiiiiiiiine!

Good Morning to Afternoon Pondites.. Dry day 2.

Alaskan said:

This is so me!!!

I stayed up until 4am...I think

Woke up at... 9...

Drank the wrong wine at the festivities last night, so now I am all congested. something to do with age... some wine will make me super congested... and some wine is just fine.

BUT! CHRIST IS RISEN!


oh my! It was a comedy of errors! So lovely to be in a congregation where we just laugh about it! My voice completely left me before the midnight service was over... TRULY... I could barely squeak out a note! I was supposed to be leading the choir!! And I am standing there... and I KNOW the staring note... and out comes this rasping squeak!


Luckily it only happened on songs that were familiar to other people... so stuff still got sung!

I think the comment was something along the lines of "our enthusiasm was clear" -snicker-

And sheesh! I forgot to stick candles in the paschal baskets... the priest forgot to put the festal bells on the censer (no bells on the censer for all of lent)... until during a censing a congregant told him to put them on.... the altar boy forgot to change to the festal incense until... again... a congregant mentioned it (we use frankincense and myrrh during lent, then switch to floral for the feast).... I TOTALLY forgot how dark it would be at the Procession and couldn't both SEE the music and walk without tripping! So... yep, no singing at the Procession around the church... at least the bell ringing was great! AND everyone's candles got blown out in the Procession!!! I think 2 people managed to keep their candles lit!!! Poor priest had his Paschal candle blow out!



Everyone had to get their candles relit, so there at the doors of the church we were all scrambling to get all candles relit, so that we could start the outside the church part. One of my favorite parts, the priest bangs on the door of the church.. shouting out the end part of psalm 24.
Priest says a part "Lift up your gates, O ye princes; and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting gates, and the King of glory shall enter in", and my eldest still in the church bellows out "who is this King of glory?" Anyway.. it goes on... but so cool!

It was lovely... bummer I couldn't sleep until noon!

Service today is at a lovely 4pm!

And then we will have a full on feast! Fleshmeats, cheese and eggs!

Oh... I had forgotten how old fashioned some of our translations are! The priest was blessing the paschal baskets... and he blessed the "curdled milk"! Later on the blessing says "flesh-meats, cheese and eggs".... so duuuuuuude..... then what is the "curdled milk"? Rotten milk?!?!? Can't be! no one would bring rotten milk to feast on! Kiefer? Yogurt? At first I thought "curdled milk" = cheese... but later he SAYS "cheese"!!!!



Ah! What a hoot!

And! I have one song I do NOT have the music to for today's service! I know we have it... somewhere.... my mind isn't percolating this morning... not sure where...... where..... ah well... I have a few hours before the service... it will be fiiiiiiiiine!

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It’s sounds great! It will definitely be a memorable one that you’ll all look back on & laugh. Laughing is so good for your health.

Enjoy the feast, but maybe stay away from the buttermilk, just in case.

@Alaskan hope that all went well and you enjoyed your curds and Whey.

Alaskan said:

This is so me!!!

I stayed up until 4am...I think

Woke up at... 9...

Drank the wrong wine at the festivities last night, so now I am all congested. something to do with age... some wine will make me super congested... and some wine is just fine.

BUT! CHRIST IS RISEN!


oh my! It was a comedy of errors! So lovely to be in a congregation where we just laugh about it! My voice completely left me before the midnight service was over... TRULY... I could barely squeak out a note! I was supposed to be leading the choir!! And I am standing there... and I KNOW the staring note... and out comes this rasping squeak!


Luckily it only happened on songs that were familiar to other people... so stuff still got sung!

I think the comment was something along the lines of "our enthusiasm was clear" -snicker-

And sheesh! I forgot to stick candles in the paschal baskets... the priest forgot to put the festal bells on the censer (no bells on the censer for all of lent)... until during a censing a congregant told him to put them on.... the altar boy forgot to change to the festal incense until... again... a congregant mentioned it (we use frankincense and myrrh during lent, then switch to floral for the feast).... I TOTALLY forgot how dark it would be at the Procession and couldn't both SEE the music and walk without tripping! So... yep, no singing at the Procession around the church... at least the bell ringing was great! AND everyone's candles got blown out in the Procession!!! I think 2 people managed to keep their candles lit!!! Poor priest had his Paschal candle blow out!



Everyone had to get their candles relit, so there at the doors of the church we were all scrambling to get all candles relit, so that we could start the outside the church part. One of my favorite parts, the priest bangs on the door of the church.. shouting out the end part of psalm 24.
Priest says a part "Lift up your gates, O ye princes; and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting gates, and the King of glory shall enter in", and my eldest still in the church bellows out "who is this King of glory?" Anyway.. it goes on... but so cool!

It was lovely... bummer I couldn't sleep until noon!

Service today is at a lovely 4pm!

And then we will have a full on feast! Fleshmeats, cheese and eggs!

Oh... I had forgotten how old fashioned some of our translations are! The priest was blessing the paschal baskets... and he blessed the "curdled milk"! Later on the blessing says "flesh-meats, cheese and eggs".... so duuuuuuude..... then what is the "curdled milk"? Rotten milk?!?!? Can't be! no one would bring rotten milk to feast on! Kiefer? Yogurt? At first I thought "curdled milk" = cheese... but later he SAYS "cheese"!!!!



Ah! What a hoot!

And! I have one song I do NOT have the music to for today's service! I know we have it... somewhere.... my mind isn't percolating this morning... not sure where...... where..... ah well... I have a few hours before the service... it will be fiiiiiiiiine!

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Hah! An Easter to remember!

He is risen indeed!!

Our pastor today said (while there's a bit of a delay because no one can figure out how to get the livestream started) "Well, if you're a first time visitor, welcome, and this is GPC (Grace Presbyterian)- and this is how things usually go here!"

Hey @bobbi-j what's your recipe for canning chicken?

orrpeople said:

Hey @bobbi-j what's your recipe for canning chicken?

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It’s so easy! I just raw pack the meat into jars, and pressure can pints at 75 minutes, quarts at 90 minutes, 10 lbs pressure per the Ball Blue Book. I add canning salt to my jars. I de-bone the carcass as best I can, but leave the meat on the drumsticks. I don’t can the wings. Since the drumsticks don’t fit in my pint jars, I stuff as many as I can in quart jars. Let me know how yours turns out!

bobbi-j said:

It’s so easy! I just raw pack the meat into jars, and pressure can pints at 75 minutes, quarts at 90 minutes, 10 lbs pressure per the Ball Blue Book. I add canning salt to my jars. I de-bone the carcass as best I can, but leave the meat on the drumsticks. I don’t can the wings. Since the drumsticks don’t fit in my pint jars, I stuff as many as I can in quart jars. Let me know how yours turns out!

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About how much salt?

orrpeople said:

About how much salt?

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1/2 tsp. for pint jars, 1 tsp. for quarts.