Hodgepodging by Pints and Quarts

Tomatoes on the picnic table

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1. Way back when (the Hodgepodge bicentennial to be precise) several of you submitted questions as part of a giveaway I was hosting. I went back to that list for inspiration today and found a question  submitted by Marla, who blogs over at Marla's Musings. Thanks Marla!

She asks-At what age did you feel like a 'grown-up'? What keeps you young now?   

I'm still waiting for that to happen. I'll let you know if/when it does. 

 'Marian'
the littlest librarian

'You have a book that's 3 months overdue!
But that's okay. Here, have a Dum-Dum.'

2. When did you last buy a vehicle? Was this by design or because you had no other option? Was the car/truck purchased for your own personal use or was it bought for someone else to drive? On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being delightful and 1 being 'pass the Excedrin') how would you rate the experience?

I don't know when that was. All of our vehicles are old. And first of all, we never ever buy new. We let someone else experience the joy of those first few years of depreciation. I don't think there's been a time when we've had no other option. We try to buy with relatively (operative word here) low miles (you know, nothing over 150,000) and something that is functional for a good price. I don't know the last (if ever) vehicle we purchased because we liked how it looked. It's pretty much a utilitarian thing for us, although by now I've become fond of my little very old white Jeep, which has too much wrong with it to make it worth fixing. It simply sits at the top of the driveway looking cute (to me.)

Corn field south of the house

Early morning fog above the creek

3. Corn bread, corn chips, corn pudding, corn on the cob, cornflakes, corn chowder-your favorite of the corn-y foods listed? What needs to be served alongside your selection?

Okay, if I must follow the rules, I'd say.........No, sorry, I just don't like any of the above-listed foods. Actually, I  avoided corn for years (I'm convinced that it's meant solely to fatten cattle and pigs - and I have no trouble translating that!).  BUT then, there's Popcorn. And I even avoid popcorn unless it's made 'just right.' Mr. C. makes it just right. I've talked about that before, but for those who may not remember, Jolly Time white popcorn is the only acceptable popcorn, and it's made in a pan on the stove with coconut oil, a wee bit of butter, and cayenne in the pan before putting in the popcorn. Let me know if you try it. You'll see what I mean. 

Served alongside popcorn? A good British mystery.

 Produce conveyors

4. What's something in your life that regularly requires you to 'put your thinking cap on'?

That would be when reading medical journal papers written for doctors, who have a mysterious language all their own. For example, when the term 'sunken down in' (referring to a hip prosthesis) would be understood by approximately 100% of English-speaking people, doctors use the term 'subsidence' instead, which the rest of us tend to use in an entirely different context, and which term (as they use it) would be understood by a small percentage of normal people.  I swear they do that just to be oblique and exclusive. It's so annoying. It's even more annoying to have a surgeon say patronizingly, 'Subsidence is the term we use for that.'  I had to suppress my inner Doc Martin response.

5. Share a favorite movie set in a school or classroom, or whose theme relates to school days in some way.

SCHOOL OF ROCK with Jack Black. He is hilarious!

 Radmilla and the last of the Gladioli

Flowers from Carla's garden (thank you, Carla!)

Be sure to stop in at her blog, The River
And don't miss her post on the Paine Museum in Oshkosh
hosting the Downton Abbey dresses exhibit!

6. Reading, writing, and 'rithmatic' are commonly referred to as the three R's. What are the three R's in your life right now?

Rcanning
Rsurgeons
Rbirthdays

7. What's something you've learned or tried recently you can say was as 'easy as ABC'?

I'll have to look up the origin of that phrase, 'easy as ABC.'  I suspect that in our society today, there would be many who would find the ABCs anything but easy. But anyway,  I'd say that choosing a birthday gift for our youngest son was 'easy as ABC.' His birthday was on Monday, but his gift didn't arrive until Tuesday. He'll open it tonight. I don't want to divulge a secret or anything, but let's just say that it's his turn to make waffles on the weekend. (I think he'll love it!)

Also, canning  is as 'easy as ABC.' It's time-consuming and messy, but easy. And very rewarding.

 We tested a jar...JUST like Mom's! Yum!

8. Insert your own random thought here.

       ♫ Oh it's canning time again, You're gonna leave me,

I can see that faraway look in your eyes...

I can tell by the way you're pickin' produce

That it won't be long before it's canning time.

Just wanted to throw that in, should I end up absent from the blog world for a bit. The tomatoes, beans, and peaches are all racing to the canner.  So if I'm not posting, that's the most likely reason. 

Have a wonderful Wednesday, everyone!

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