The Front Porch Swing

[Triple Willow]

No I am not Greek, but I love to cook and have studied many cultures. My husband was in Greece in the military so I have learned to cook the food he remembered . I also do Japanese, Thai, Chinese, I lived in the Native American Pueblos in New Mexico so I can also do some NA cooking. Green Chile stew, more like a soup, Fry bread of course. There food is a cross between traditional Pueblo cooking and Mexican. Our breakfast in the fall when the chiles were ripe was a hot, homade flour tortilla with grilled Hatch Chiles and a pinch of salt. Our breakfast in the winter when we were selling jewelry at the flea market in Gallup was mutton stew. Food history and ethnic foods has always something I have studied. I have cooked professionally and had a catering business in North Hollywood, CA. I learned many cultures there through my son's ROTC friends who came from all over. I had them bring recipes. I would cook there food for a week and they would educate all the rest of us about there culture over the dinner table. We all learned a lot. They were going to eat at my place anyway so I turned it into a learning experience.

Ohhh that all sounds wonderful! I love different foods from around the world. If I was rich and free to go as I please I would go spend 2-4 weeks in several different countries learning how to cook their food. It is amazing how good some of it is! Sounds like you've had a very interesting life. Cool! (I believe my favorite is Middle Eastern.)

 

[lindz8504]

I think one of my Golden Comets may be going broody..... what do all you porch sitters think?

 

[Triple Willow]

rrrmamma... how do you make homemade tortillas?

 

[rrrmamma]

TW, I haven't done them in a long time. I am going to look for the instructions from my "adopted" Pueblo sister. I know her brother could never get them to come out as round as hers so he used a 3 # coffee can and cut them out. When I get the recipe together I will post it.

 

[Beekissed]

I think one of my Golden Comets may be going broody..... what do all you porch sitters think?

I'm thinking she has "the look" and you could be right. Unusual, but really nice! What are you going to give her to sit on?

This is a great pic, BTW!

 

[Triple Willow]

TW, I haven't done them in a long time. I am going to look for the instructions from my "adopted" Pueblo sister. I know her brother could never get them to come out as round as hers so he used a 3 # coffee can and cut them out. When I get the recipe together I will post it. 

Okay, thanks!

 

[lindz8504]

Quote: I have no idea.... maybe just mutts from my flock. I definitely wasn't expecting any of them to go broody... but its a nice surprise!

 

[tntchix]

My birthday is three days after Christmas, so might just ask my husband to get me one this year. It would have to be a joint gift, just to much money to be just one gift. Last year we bought a new couch (first new ferniture we ever bought!) for Christmas. We had the money in savings, as I refuse to use a credit card for anything other then emergencys, but I still ha a really hard time with buying something for that much. But it's comfortable and used often and the last two couches were used and didn't want to do that thins time because I wanted leather so it would be easy to clean.

good plan I like the way you think.

 

[LeslieDJoyce]

I'm thinking she has "the look" and you could be right.  Unusual, but really nice!  What are you going to give her to sit on?     This is a great pic, BTW!

It's a great photo of a pretty hen.

Most of our birds pancake when they go broody. But the Golden Laced Wyandottes start a broody phase with a Tom Turkey look. They strut & get very territorial, and it's a beautiful sight. They make ferocious looking mother hens ... one of ours has taken over the Delaware coop.

And one of our mother hens is now laying eggs again. We got a small double-yolk egg today ... very pale brown, more if an off-white color ... from a broody mutt that has California White in her.

 

[lindz8504]

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I will try to get a picture of her off the nest next time I see her! She is so funny because she raises a little tuft on the back of her head and looks like a big ball of feathers...