Food Porn

I think the Bierocks or Beer rocks or Beer oaks, are based on German Cabbage rolls. They are one of my families favorite meals on cold days. It may be tough as heck to get the dough to rise or raise properly in cold weather, but the warm kitchen from the baking always manages to warm you up. Yesterday I went to the store and bought some meat for the cabbage rolls and decided that half bratwurst sausage and half hamburger would be a good mixture for the filling. Good choice. I cooked a large yellow onion and some garlic with the meat and then cooked cabbage in the juices. I took the meat out so I didn't over cook it. Barb made the rolls out of frozen bread dough and man were those beeroaks tasty. It didn't hurt that Barb also had enough dough left over to make cinnamon rolls. I guess if you have to be shut in on a cold winter day, you might as well have the best food you and your wife can make. If there is anything I like better than eating four or five for dinner is having one or two for breakfast. Kinda like cold pizza is another cold treat for my morning repast.

We managed to dodge the bullet again and got only 4 or 5 inches of snow yesterday and last night. It is cold as it can be out there and the creatures are only stirring up near the feeder and heated water bowl. It is almost 9 AM and it has only reached 5 degrees above zero. I don't think there will be much melting today.

At what point in time do women stop worrying about their children? Men for the most part watch their children as they go out the door and are proud that they can leave. Mothers will watch the empty nest for signs that the fledglings need to return. Dave worked late last night and Barb asked his wife to have him call when he arrived home safely. I guess that I came from a family that had the motto, "No news is good news." I guess her kindness and concern is one of the things I love Barb for, but I don't always understand. Just a note to all those young people out there - 43 years of marriage doesn't always result in understanding, only acceptance. You know, like that saying, "Lord Grant me the ability to change the things I may, The strength to accept the things I may not change and the wisdom to know the difference."

When I was a young man, looking for a wife, I decided that I may not have had the best role model for a father. I thought that a strong woman might be just what I needed. yep, I got one and so far it works.

Now get out there and do what you have to do and quit being a sissy you Jack-Wagon. (no, I don't have a clue what a jack wagon is)

MUD