Re: PESO: My Kitchen Window

[John]

He's back this morning. Haven't tried to photograph him today, just stood at the 
sink watching him through the window.



On 10/26/2019 15:47:13, John wrote:

For once not a rant about my on-going trials & tribulations remodeling the 
kitchen.

https://flic.kr/p/2hAN6Ch

I was at the sink yesterday morning and saw this little guy through the window. 
I managed to get the window open without spooking him and get a few frames using 
my 80-200/2.8.


I saw him again today while I was making breakfast.

I was again able to get the window open without spooking him. He's only about 10 
feet away from the window & got a bunch of shots with the 80-200/2.8. While I 
was getting the 600/4 set up a squirrel came along and chased him off.


But he came back.

He's almost too close to photograph with the 600/4 because the tree that vine is 
growing on is only about 10 feet from the house.


I think he may be a "Ladderback" woodpecker, but if someone knows differently 
let me know.






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Re: PESO: My Kitchen Window

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Very Nice!

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On Sat, Oct 26, 2019 at 3:48 PM John  wrote:

> For once not a rant about my on-going trials & tribulations remodeling the
> kitchen.
>
> https://flic.kr/p/2hAN6Ch
>
> I was at the sink yesterday morning and saw this little guy through the
> window.
> I managed to get the window open without spooking him and get a few frames
> using
> my 80-200/2.8.
>
> I saw him again today while I was making breakfast.
>
> I was again able to get the window open without spooking him. He's only
> about 10
> feet away from the window & got a bunch of shots with the 80-200/2.8.
> While I
> was getting the 600/4 set up a squirrel came along and chased him off.
>
> But he came back.
>
> He's almost too close to photograph with the 600/4 because the tree that
> vine is
> growing on is only about 10 feet from the house.
>
> I think he may be a "Ladderback" woodpecker, but if someone knows
> differently
> let me know.
>
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Re: PESO: My Kitchen Window

[Dale H. Cook]

 On Oct 27, 2019, at 9:27 AM, John wrote:


I did a little levels & curves, but it was so twitchy even the slightest 
adjustment just blew out the highlight and overpowered the bird.


I sometimes find that gamut reduction helps with too great a contrast 
between subject and background. After gamut reduction the subject can be 
tweaked to suitable brightness and contrast, and the background doesn't 
get out of hand.

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Re: PESO: My Kitchen Window

[David Mann]

On Oct 27, 2019, at 9:27 AM, John  wrote:

> I did a little levels & curves, but it was so twitchy even the slightest 
> adjustment just blew out the highlight and overpowered the bird.

Have you tried the Shadows/Highlights tool?  I use it quite often as a starting 
point.

Cheers,
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Re: PESO: My Kitchen Window

[John]

Thanks.

I did a little levels & curves, but it was so twitchy even the slightest 
adjustment just blew out the highlight and overpowered the bird.


I'm still going to work on it, but I so rarely get anything worth posting I 
thought I'd go with what I have for now.


He was in deep shade. Looking out the window, the leaves that show up as light 
green in the photo are about the the tone of the dark green leaves. The dark 
green leaves appear almost black.



On 10/26/2019 15:51:40, Paul Stenquist wrote:

Great shot, but it could be better with a levels adjustment to brighten the 
bird without killing the background highlights.

Paul


On Oct 26, 2019, at 3:48 PM, John  wrote:

For once not a rant about my on-going trials & tribulations remodeling the 
kitchen.

https://flic.kr/p/2hAN6Ch

I was at the sink yesterday morning and saw this little guy through the window. 
I managed to get the window open without spooking him and get a few frames 
using my 80-200/2.8.

I saw him again today while I was making breakfast.

I was again able to get the window open without spooking him. He's only about 10 
feet away from the window & got a bunch of shots with the 80-200/2.8. While I 
was getting the 600/4 set up a squirrel came along and chased him off.

But he came back.

He's almost too close to photograph with the 600/4 because the tree that vine 
is growing on is only about 10 feet from the house.

I think he may be a "Ladderback" woodpecker, but if someone knows differently 
let me know.






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Re: PESO: My Kitchen Window

[ann sanfedele]

Nice!  Yeah, sure looks like a ladderback to me.. the red coming almost 
down to top of his beak and the mottled breast..

ann

On 10/26/2019 3:47 PM, John wrote:
For once not a rant about my on-going trials & tribulations remodeling 
the kitchen.


https://flic.kr/p/2hAN6Ch

I was at the sink yesterday morning and saw this little guy through 
the window. I managed to get the window open without spooking him and 
get a few frames using my 80-200/2.8.


I saw him again today while I was making breakfast.

I was again able to get the window open without spooking him. He's 
only about 10 feet away from the window & got a bunch of shots with 
the 80-200/2.8. While I was getting the 600/4 set up a squirrel came 
along and chased him off.


But he came back.

He's almost too close to photograph with the 600/4 because the tree 
that vine is growing on is only about 10 feet from the house.


I think he may be a "Ladderback" woodpecker, but if someone knows 
differently let me know.





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Re: PESO: My Kitchen Window

[Paul Stenquist]

Great shot, but it could be better with a levels adjustment to brighten the 
bird without killing the background highlights.

Paul

> On Oct 26, 2019, at 3:48 PM, John  wrote:
> 
> For once not a rant about my on-going trials & tribulations remodeling the 
> kitchen.
> 
> https://flic.kr/p/2hAN6Ch
> 
> I was at the sink yesterday morning and saw this little guy through the 
> window. I managed to get the window open without spooking him and get a few 
> frames using my 80-200/2.8.
> 
> I saw him again today while I was making breakfast.
> 
> I was again able to get the window open without spooking him. He's only about 
> 10 feet away from the window & got a bunch of shots with the 80-200/2.8. 
> While I was getting the 600/4 set up a squirrel came along and chased him off.
> 
> But he came back.
> 
> He's almost too close to photograph with the 600/4 because the tree that vine 
> is growing on is only about 10 feet from the house.
> 
> I think he may be a "Ladderback" woodpecker, but if someone knows differently 
> let me know.
> 
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PESO: My Kitchen Window

[John]

For once not a rant about my on-going trials & tribulations remodeling the 
kitchen.

https://flic.kr/p/2hAN6Ch

I was at the sink yesterday morning and saw this little guy through the window. 
I managed to get the window open without spooking him and get a few frames using 
my 80-200/2.8.


I saw him again today while I was making breakfast.

I was again able to get the window open without spooking him. He's only about 10 
feet away from the window & got a bunch of shots with the 80-200/2.8. While I 
was getting the 600/4 set up a squirrel came along and chased him off.


But he came back.

He's almost too close to photograph with the 600/4 because the tree that vine is 
growing on is only about 10 feet from the house.


I think he may be a "Ladderback" woodpecker, but if someone knows differently 
let me know.



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Re: GESO: My Kitchen

[John]

I figured I'd just show the plumber what I need to do & let him figure out the 
best way to accomplish it.


On 5/26/2018 13:22, Paul Sorenson wrote:
Probably best, on the gas piping, to remove that elbow and use a coupling and a 
short length of pipe to come up to a shut-off valve that you can get at without 
having to pull the entire stove completely out of its alcove.  Then go from 
there with whatever fittings you need to connect to a flexible gas hook-up.


Nice job with the tile...

-p (retired plumber :-))


On 5/26/2018 11:21 AM, John wrote:
I finished tiling where the stove and lazy-susan base are going to sit. I'm 
kind of at loose ends at the moment. The grout has to dry over night before I 
can put

them back in place.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/28493525848/in/album-72157668977944438/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/42366902101/in/album-72157668977944438/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/41464590005/in/album-72157668977944438/

They have to be moved back into place before I can move the refrigerator out 
of the way to pull up the floor underneath it.


It took me about a week or so, spread out over a longer period of time. Can't 
work on it continuously because my strength gives out.


I have to get a plumber to come in and rotate the gas pipe and install a 
shut-off valve before I can install the new gas stove I have picked out.


https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/42366901711/in/album-72157668977944438/

The pipe has to be turned because it's in the way of where one of the new base 
cabinets will sit. I also still have to plumb in the water lines for the 
kitchen sink, but that's a job I can do myself. I could probably do the gas 
pipe myself, but I'm more comfortable having a professional come in and do it.



On 5/14/2018 17:36, John wrote:
I've been working on my kitchen for a couple of years now. Progress has been 
slow, but in the last week or so I've gotten a bit of work done.












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Re: GESO: My Kitchen

[ann sanfedele]

so industrious!  That looks lots better than the last batch of snaps you 
posted :-)


ann

On 5/26/2018 12:21 PM, John wrote:
I finished tiling where the stove and lazy-susan base are going to 
sit. I'm kind of at loose ends at the moment. The grout has to dry 
over night before I can put

them back in place.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/28493525848/in/album-72157668977944438/ 



https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/42366902101/in/album-72157668977944438/ 



https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/41464590005/in/album-72157668977944438/ 



They have to be moved back into place before I can move the 
refrigerator out of the way to pull up the floor underneath it.


It took me about a week or so, spread out over a longer period of 
time. Can't work on it continuously because my strength gives out.


I have to get a plumber to come in and rotate the gas pipe and install 
a shut-off valve before I can install the new gas stove I have picked 
out.


https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/42366901711/in/album-72157668977944438/ 



The pipe has to be turned because it's in the way of where one of the 
new base cabinets will sit. I also still have to plumb in the water 
lines for the kitchen sink, but that's a job I can do myself. I could 
probably do the gas pipe myself, but I'm more comfortable having a 
professional come in and do it.



On 5/14/2018 17:36, John wrote:
I've been working on my kitchen for a couple of years now. Progress 
has been slow, but in the last week or so I've gotten a bit of work 
done.










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Re: GESO: My Kitchen

[Paul Sorenson]

Probably best, on the gas piping, to remove that elbow and use a 
coupling and a short length of pipe to come up to a shut-off valve that 
you can get at without having to pull the entire stove completely out of 
its alcove.  Then go from there with whatever fittings you need to 
connect to a flexible gas hook-up.


Nice job with the tile...

-p (retired plumber :-))


On 5/26/2018 11:21 AM, John wrote:
I finished tiling where the stove and lazy-susan base are going to 
sit. I'm kind of at loose ends at the moment. The grout has to dry 
over night before I can put

them back in place.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/28493525848/in/album-72157668977944438/ 



https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/42366902101/in/album-72157668977944438/ 



https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/41464590005/in/album-72157668977944438/ 



They have to be moved back into place before I can move the 
refrigerator out of the way to pull up the floor underneath it.


It took me about a week or so, spread out over a longer period of 
time. Can't work on it continuously because my strength gives out.


I have to get a plumber to come in and rotate the gas pipe and install 
a shut-off valve before I can install the new gas stove I have picked 
out.


https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/42366901711/in/album-72157668977944438/ 



The pipe has to be turned because it's in the way of where one of the 
new base cabinets will sit. I also still have to plumb in the water 
lines for the kitchen sink, but that's a job I can do myself. I could 
probably do the gas pipe myself, but I'm more comfortable having a 
professional come in and do it.



On 5/14/2018 17:36, John wrote:
I've been working on my kitchen for a couple of years now. Progress 
has been slow, but in the last week or so I've gotten a bit of work 
done.









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Re: GESO: My Kitchen

[John]

I finished tiling where the stove and lazy-susan base are going to sit. I'm kind 
of at loose ends at the moment. The grout has to dry over night before I can put

them back in place.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/28493525848/in/album-72157668977944438/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/42366902101/in/album-72157668977944438/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/41464590005/in/album-72157668977944438/

They have to be moved back into place before I can move the refrigerator out of 
the way to pull up the floor underneath it.


It took me about a week or so, spread out over a longer period of time. Can't 
work on it continuously because my strength gives out.


I have to get a plumber to come in and rotate the gas pipe and install a 
shut-off valve before I can install the new gas stove I have picked out.


https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/42366901711/in/album-72157668977944438/

The pipe has to be turned because it's in the way of where one of the new base 
cabinets will sit. I also still have to plumb in the water lines for the kitchen 
sink, but that's a job I can do myself. I could probably do the gas pipe myself, 
but I'm more comfortable having a professional come in and do it.



On 5/14/2018 17:36, John wrote:
I've been working on my kitchen for a couple of years now. Progress has been 
slow, but in the last week or so I've gotten a bit of work done.







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Re: My Kitchen

[Ken Waller]

Keep  to it John, looks like you're making progress.

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- Original Message - 
From: "John" 

Subject: GESO: My Kitchen


I've been working on my kitchen for a couple of years now. Progress has 
been slow, but in the last week or so I've gotten a bit of work done.


I took these with the K-1 and my new smc PENTAX-D FA MACRO 100mmF2.8 WR

https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/albums/72157668977944438

The house was built in 1936. I've written before this all started when a 
drain pipe rusted out inside the kitchen wall and emptied the contents of 
the kitchen sink into the basement when I went to drain it.


I had to tear the cabinets (such as they were) out to get into the wall 
and I found badly damaged flooring & sub-flooring. I'm pulling out all of 
the old flooring and all of the outside walls (interior) and replacing 
them after repairing the structural damage. I'm adding insulation while I 
do the outside walls.


The original sub-floors are 1x8 planks nailed on a 45° diagonal with wide 
oak tongue and groove flooring. I think it must have been beautiful when 
it was first installed.


Some time later the owners glued down some cheap linoleum on top of it. 
When that linoleum wore out, a new generation of owners tried to pry up 
the old linoleum and when that didn't work, they nailed down a thin 
plywood layer on top of the oak and glued down more cheap linoleum. You 
can see the residue of both layers in these images.


I'm pulling out the oak. Sad to say, I ruined a whole lot of it before I 
figured out what I was doing and learned the proper way to remove tongue 
and groove flooring. But, I'm salvaging what I can.


In its place I'm screwing down a 3/8 inch cement backer board & installing 
5" ceramic tile. I found a great bargain on the tile & managed to get 
enough to do the whole kitchen at $0.59 per square foot. But it's a 
struggle working around the appliances, as I have to keep using the 
kitchen while I work.


I can only work a couple hours at a time before the stress makes me sick & 
as bad as it is, the kitchen isn't the biggest problem with the house 
right now. I try to plug away an hour or so at a time, sometimes getting 
three 1-2 hour sessions in per day.


I've got other photos of the work that I'll have to add to this album.

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GESO: My Kitchen

[John]

I've been working on my kitchen for a couple of years now. Progress has been 
slow, but in the last week or so I've gotten a bit of work done.


I took these with the K-1 and my new smc PENTAX-D FA MACRO 100mmF2.8 WR

https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/albums/72157668977944438

The house was built in 1936. I've written before this all started when a drain 
pipe rusted out inside the kitchen wall and emptied the contents of the kitchen 
sink into the basement when I went to drain it.


I had to tear the cabinets (such as they were) out to get into the wall and I 
found badly damaged flooring & sub-flooring. I'm pulling out all of the old 
flooring and all of the outside walls (interior) and replacing them after 
repairing the structural damage. I'm adding insulation while I do the outside 
walls.


The original sub-floors are 1x8 planks nailed on a 45° diagonal with wide oak 
tongue and groove flooring. I think it must have been beautiful when it was 
first installed.


Some time later the owners glued down some cheap linoleum on top of it. When 
that linoleum wore out, a new generation of owners tried to pry up the old 
linoleum and when that didn't work, they nailed down a thin plywood layer on top 
of the oak and glued down more cheap linoleum. You can see the residue of both 
layers in these images.


I'm pulling out the oak. Sad to say, I ruined a whole lot of it before I figured 
out what I was doing and learned the proper way to remove tongue and groove 
flooring. But, I'm salvaging what I can.


In its place I'm screwing down a 3/8 inch cement backer board & installing 5" 
ceramic tile. I found a great bargain on the tile & managed to get enough to do 
the whole kitchen at $0.59 per square foot. But it's a struggle working around 
the appliances, as I have to keep using the kitchen while I work.


I can only work a couple hours at a time before the stress makes me sick & as 
bad as it is, the kitchen isn't the biggest problem with the house right now. I 
try to plug away an hour or so at a time, sometimes getting three 1-2 hour 
sessions in per day.


I've got other photos of the work that I'll have to add to this album.

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Re: OT: Happy New Year and a recipe for you from my kitchen

[ann sanfedele]

Brian Walters wrote:


Happy New Year to you too, Ann.

That sounds delicious - I'm going to try it out after we consume all of
the Christmas/New Year leftovers.



Cheers

Brian



so when you make it in late February you'll let us knwo who you liked it?

ann



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On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:43:39 -0500, "ann sanfedele" 
said:
 

Thanks to Marnie, I learned that avoiding nightshades might well relieve 
the arthritis in my knees and I'm definitely
trying to avoid salt or too much of it anyway so i've been playing 
around with recipes that are yummy but don't have
this stuff in them. I developed this one today - you don't ahve to be 
avoiding these veggies to like it, I hope :-)


And my arthritis really does seem to ahve been helped by avoiding those 
pesky things like tomatoes and potatoes that

I love soo..

Here ya are!


Anns No Nightshade Beef Stew

2 lbs. stew beef
2 tblspns ground rosemary
1 tblspn dried dill
1/2 package baby carrots or three large carrots chopped
4 talks celery cut in large pieces
one large Spanish onion , sliced
½ lb fresh mushrooms sliced (regular button mushrooms are fine but
cremini are good, too. )
1 tsp dried porcini mushrooms and a few dried shitakes
Flour for dredging beef
Oil for browning the beef (grape seed if you have it, or light olive oil)
¼ cup white wine.
¼ teaspoon dry Chinese mustard (optional)
freshly ground black pepper  at least 1 tsp.

Dredge the beef with flour and sprinkle with the ground rosemary.
Lightly brown the beef in a frying pan and transfer to a 2 quart or
larger
saucepan (I use a 2 quart enamel Dutch oven but a cast iron pot is ideal)
add about 1 quart of water.

Add the dill, pepper, carrots, onions, celery , mushrooms, mustard and
wine.
bring to a boil - then cover tightly and reduce flame. Simmer for 3 
hours or more& the longer you simmer it the more tender the beef is, of 
course.
Stir occasionally to make sure things are not sticking to the bottom of 
the pot.


Serve the stew in pasta bowls over broad egg noodles. Add sour cream to
make a dish very like Beef Stroganoff. Alternatively, make egg dumplings
from scratch and cook them in the stew.

NOTE  there is no salt in the stew recipe and there are no veggies of
the
nightshade family. (I.e., no potatoes, tomatoes, bell peppers, chili 
peppers or eggplant).


I can get at least 4 meals out of this recipe for myself. Staying off 
nightshades has helped

my arthritis and avoiding salt is just a good idea.



ann (too lazy to take the photo that should go with this right now)






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Re: Happy New Year and a recipe for you from my kitchen

[ann sanfedele]

keith_w wrote:


Christine Aguila wrote:

Hey, that's a cool recipe--a bit like my beef stew but with out the 
wine & mushrooms--I'll have to try that.  Happy New Year, Ann.  
Cheers, Christine



Christine,

That 1/4 cup (2 oz.) of white wine will lose all its alcohol by 
heating, leaving only the subtle taste it imparts.

However, if you have an allergy to wine, forget I said anything...

Ann, 


I'm not allergic, but I don't drink at all and wouldn't use wine in 
cooking unless it did disappear :-)  

I've been on a low to no nightshade diet for years, and it does work 
to relieve some of the arthritis pains...
Add to that self-imposed dietary restriction, I have tried to stay 
away from as many carbohydrates as I can.
That really helps my blood chemistry, in terms of lowering my blood 
sugar and bad cholesterol.


I absolutely love Italian foods and it's really a tough call for me! 
Occasionally I fall off the wagon, and have some pasta with meat sauce 
(heavy on the tomatoes) so that ruins both dietary goals, but if I 
keep it down to once a month sort of thing, it still works...


Good luck!

keith whaley 


Keith, happy to hear from (yet another) source saying an occasional 
dropping off the nightshade wagon won't
destroy all the work I've done so far (about two months worth) but , 
like you, I love Italian foods (Sanfedele comes from
most recent husband , whose name I kept - so it isn't just the cuisine I 
fall for) .  On last count, I didn't have to worry about

the blood sugar  or cholesterol, thank goodness.

ann




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Re: Happy New Year and a recipe for you from my kitchen

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Christine Aguila wrote:
Hey, that's a cool recipe--a bit like my beef stew but with out the wine 
& mushrooms--I'll have to try that.  Happy New Year, Ann.  Cheers, 
Christine


Christine,

That 1/4 cup (2 oz.) of white wine will lose all its alcohol by heating, leaving 
only the subtle taste it imparts.

However, if you have an allergy to wine, forget I said anything...

Ann,

I've been on a low to no nightshade diet for years, and it does work to relieve 
some of the arthritis pains...
Add to that self-imposed dietary restriction, I have tried to stay away from as 
many carbohydrates as I can.
That really helps my blood chemistry, in terms of lowering my blood sugar and 
bad cholesterol.


I absolutely love Italian foods and it's really a tough call for me! 
Occasionally I fall off the wagon, and have some pasta with meat sauce (heavy on 
the tomatoes) so that ruins both dietary goals, but if I keep it down to once a 
month sort of thing, it still works...


Good luck!

keith whaley

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Re: OT: Happy New Year and a recipe for you from my kitchen

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In a message dated 12/31/2008 2:38:42 P.M.  Pacific Standard Time, 
ann...@nyc.rr.com writes:
I can get at least 4 meals  out of this recipe for myself. Staying off 
nightshades has helped
my  arthritis and avoiding salt is just a good idea.



ann (too  lazy to take the photo that should go with this right  now)

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Sounds good. I'll give it a try.

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Re: OT: Happy New Year and a recipe for you from my kitchen

[Brian Walters]

Happy New Year to you too, Ann.

That sounds delicious - I'm going to try it out after we consume all of
the Christmas/New Year leftovers.



Cheers

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On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:43:39 -0500, "ann sanfedele" 
said:
> Thanks to Marnie, I learned that avoiding nightshades might well relieve 
> the arthritis in my knees and I'm definitely
> trying to avoid salt or too much of it anyway so i've been playing 
> around with recipes that are yummy but don't have
> this stuff in them. I developed this one today - you don't ahve to be 
> avoiding these veggies to like it, I hope :-)
> 
> And my arthritis really does seem to ahve been helped by avoiding those 
> pesky things like tomatoes and potatoes that
> I love soo..
> 
> Here ya are!
> 
> 
> Anns No Nightshade Beef Stew
> 
> 2 lbs. stew beef
> 2 tblspns ground rosemary
> 1 tblspn dried dill
> 1/2 package baby carrots or three large carrots chopped
> 4 talks celery cut in large pieces
> one large Spanish onion , sliced
> ½ lb fresh mushrooms sliced (regular button mushrooms are fine but
> cremini are good, too. )
> 1 tsp dried porcini mushrooms and a few dried shitakes
> Flour for dredging beef
> Oil for browning the beef (grape seed if you have it, or light olive oil)
> ¼ cup white wine.
> ¼ teaspoon dry Chinese mustard (optional)
> freshly ground black pepper  at least 1 tsp.
> 
> Dredge the beef with flour and sprinkle with the ground rosemary.
> Lightly brown the beef in a frying pan and transfer to a 2 quart or
> larger
> saucepan (I use a 2 quart enamel Dutch oven but a cast iron pot is ideal)
> add about 1 quart of water.
> 
> Add the dill, pepper, carrots, onions, celery , mushrooms, mustard and
> wine.
> bring to a boil - then cover tightly and reduce flame. Simmer for 3 
> hours or more& the longer you simmer it the more tender the beef is, of 
> course.
> Stir occasionally to make sure things are not sticking to the bottom of 
> the pot.
> 
> Serve the stew in pasta bowls over broad egg noodles. Add sour cream to
> make a dish very like Beef Stroganoff. Alternatively, make egg dumplings
> from scratch and cook them in the stew.
> 
> NOTE  there is no salt in the stew recipe and there are no veggies of
> the
> nightshade family. (I.e., no potatoes, tomatoes, bell peppers, chili 
> peppers or eggplant).
> 
> I can get at least 4 meals out of this recipe for myself. Staying off 
> nightshades has helped
> my arthritis and avoiding salt is just a good idea.
> 
> 
> 
> ann (too lazy to take the photo that should go with this right now)
> 
> 
> 
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Re: OT: Happy New Year and a recipe for you from my kitchen

[ann sanfedele]

pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:


Sounds good. I'll give it a try. I frequently make a simlar stew with boneless 
beef short ribs. No potatoes. Lots of herbs and onions.But I use red wine. I'll 
have to try it with white. It's probably a bit lighter
Thanks for sharing.
Paul

I'd say the key to getting the taste of mine is using the white wine but 
also using only Rosemary, pepper and dill...


Hope you like it _ the only wine in the house was some white a friend 
brought to drink hereself...:-)  


do hope you have boletes - they really punch it up,too

have fun

ann


-- Original message --
From: ann sanfedele 
 

Thanks to Marnie, I learned that avoiding nightshades might well relieve 
the arthritis in .my knees and I'm definitely
trying to avoid salt or too much of it anyway so i've been playing 
around with recipes that are yummy but don't have
this stuff in them. I developed this one today - you don't ahve to be 
avoiding these veggies to like it, I hope :-)


And my arthritis really does seem to ahve been helped by avoiding those 
pesky things like tomatoes and potatoes that

I love soo..

Here ya are!


Anns No Nightshade Beef Stew

2 lbs. stew beef
2 tblspns ground rosemary
1 tblspn dried dill
1/2 package baby carrots or three large carrots chopped
4 talks celery cut in large pieces
one large Spanish onion , sliced
½ lb fresh mushrooms sliced (regular button mushrooms are fine but
cremini are good, too. )
1 tsp dried porcini mushrooms and a few dried shitakes
Flour for dredging beef
Oil for browning the beef (grape seed if you have it, or light olive oil)
¼ cup white wine.
¼ teaspoon dry Chinese mustard (optional)
freshly ground black pepper  at least 1 tsp.

Dredge the beef with flour and sprinkle with the ground rosemary.
Lightly brown the beef in a frying pan and transfer to a 2 quart or larger
saucepan (I use a 2 quart enamel Dutch oven but a cast iron pot is ideal)
add about 1 quart of water.

Add the dill, pepper, carrots, onions, celery , mushrooms, mustard and wine.
bring to a boil - then cover tightly and reduce flame. Simmer for 3 
hours or more& the longer you simmer it the more tender the beef is, of 
course.
Stir occasionally to make sure things are not sticking to the bottom of 
the pot.


Serve the stew in pasta bowls over broad egg noodles. Add sour cream to
make a dish very like Beef Stroganoff. Alternatively, make egg dumplings
from scratch and cook them in the stew.

NOTE  there is no salt in the stew recipe and there are no veggies of the
nightshade family. (I.e., no potatoes, tomatoes, bell peppers, chili 
peppers or eggplant).


I can get at least 4 meals out of this recipe for myself. Staying off 
nightshades has helped

my arthritis and avoiding salt is just a good idea.



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Re: OT: Happy New Year and a recipe for you from my kitchen

[pnstenquist]

Sounds good. I'll give it a try. I frequently make a simlar stew with boneless 
beef short ribs. No potatoes. Lots of herbs and onions.But I use red wine. I'll 
have to try it with white. It's probably a bit lighter
Thanks for sharing.
Paul
 -- Original message --
From: ann sanfedele 
> Thanks to Marnie, I learned that avoiding nightshades might well relieve 
> the arthritis in .my knees and I'm definitely
> trying to avoid salt or too much of it anyway so i've been playing 
> around with recipes that are yummy but don't have
> this stuff in them. I developed this one today - you don't ahve to be 
> avoiding these veggies to like it, I hope :-)
> 
> And my arthritis really does seem to ahve been helped by avoiding those 
> pesky things like tomatoes and potatoes that
> I love soo..
> 
> Here ya are!
> 
> 
> Anns No Nightshade Beef Stew
> 
> 2 lbs. stew beef
> 2 tblspns ground rosemary
> 1 tblspn dried dill
> 1/2 package baby carrots or three large carrots chopped
> 4 talks celery cut in large pieces
> one large Spanish onion , sliced
> ½ lb fresh mushrooms sliced (regular button mushrooms are fine but
> cremini are good, too. )
> 1 tsp dried porcini mushrooms and a few dried shitakes
> Flour for dredging beef
> Oil for browning the beef (grape seed if you have it, or light olive oil)
> ¼ cup white wine.
> ¼ teaspoon dry Chinese mustard (optional)
> freshly ground black pepper  at least 1 tsp.
> 
> Dredge the beef with flour and sprinkle with the ground rosemary.
> Lightly brown the beef in a frying pan and transfer to a 2 quart or larger
> saucepan (I use a 2 quart enamel Dutch oven but a cast iron pot is ideal)
> add about 1 quart of water.
> 
> Add the dill, pepper, carrots, onions, celery , mushrooms, mustard and wine.
> bring to a boil - then cover tightly and reduce flame. Simmer for 3 
> hours or more& the longer you simmer it the more tender the beef is, of 
> course.
> Stir occasionally to make sure things are not sticking to the bottom of 
> the pot.
> 
> Serve the stew in pasta bowls over broad egg noodles. Add sour cream to
> make a dish very like Beef Stroganoff. Alternatively, make egg dumplings
> from scratch and cook them in the stew.
> 
> NOTE  there is no salt in the stew recipe and there are no veggies of the
> nightshade family. (I.e., no potatoes, tomatoes, bell peppers, chili 
> peppers or eggplant).
> 
> I can get at least 4 meals out of this recipe for myself. Staying off 
> nightshades has helped
> my arthritis and avoiding salt is just a good idea.
> 
> 
> 
> ann (too lazy to take the photo that should go with this right now)
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Re: Happy New Year and a recipe for you from my kitchen

[Christine Aguila]

Hey, that's a cool recipe--a bit like my beef stew but with out the wine & 
mushrooms--I'll have to try that.  Happy New Year, Ann.  Cheers, Christine



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Subject: OT: Happy New Year and a recipe for you from my kitchen


Thanks to Marnie, I learned that avoiding nightshades might well relieve
the arthritis in my knees and I'm definitely
trying to avoid salt or too much of it anyway so i've been playing
around with recipes that are yummy but don't have
this stuff in them. I developed this one today - you don't ahve to be
avoiding these veggies to like it, I hope :-)

And my arthritis really does seem to ahve been helped by avoiding those
pesky things like tomatoes and potatoes that
I love soo..

Here ya are!


Anns No Nightshade Beef Stew

2 lbs. stew beef
2 tblspns ground rosemary
1 tblspn dried dill
1/2 package baby carrots or three large carrots chopped
4 talks celery cut in large pieces
one large Spanish onion , sliced
½ lb fresh mushrooms sliced (regular button mushrooms are fine but
cremini are good, too. )
1 tsp dried porcini mushrooms and a few dried shitakes
Flour for dredging beef
Oil for browning the beef (grape seed if you have it, or light olive oil)
¼ cup white wine.
¼ teaspoon dry Chinese mustard (optional)
freshly ground black pepper  at least 1 tsp.

Dredge the beef with flour and sprinkle with the ground rosemary.
Lightly brown the beef in a frying pan and transfer to a 2 quart or larger
saucepan (I use a 2 quart enamel Dutch oven but a cast iron pot is ideal)
add about 1 quart of water.

Add the dill, pepper, carrots, onions, celery , mushrooms, mustard and wine.
bring to a boil - then cover tightly and reduce flame. Simmer for 3
hours or more& the longer you simmer it the more tender the beef is, of
course.
Stir occasionally to make sure things are not sticking to the bottom of
the pot.

Serve the stew in pasta bowls over broad egg noodles. Add sour cream to
make a dish very like Beef Stroganoff. Alternatively, make egg dumplings
from scratch and cook them in the stew.

NOTE  there is no salt in the stew recipe and there are no veggies of the
nightshade family. (I.e., no potatoes, tomatoes, bell peppers, chili
peppers or eggplant).

I can get at least 4 meals out of this recipe for myself. Staying off
nightshades has helped
my arthritis and avoiding salt is just a good idea.



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OT: Happy New Year and a recipe for you from my kitchen

[ann sanfedele]

Thanks to Marnie, I learned that avoiding nightshades might well relieve 
the arthritis in my knees and I'm definitely
trying to avoid salt or too much of it anyway so i've been playing 
around with recipes that are yummy but don't have
this stuff in them. I developed this one today - you don't ahve to be 
avoiding these veggies to like it, I hope :-)


And my arthritis really does seem to ahve been helped by avoiding those 
pesky things like tomatoes and potatoes that

I love soo..

Here ya are!


Anns No Nightshade Beef Stew

2 lbs. stew beef
2 tblspns ground rosemary
1 tblspn dried dill
1/2 package baby carrots or three large carrots chopped
4 talks celery cut in large pieces
one large Spanish onion , sliced
½ lb fresh mushrooms sliced (regular button mushrooms are fine but
cremini are good, too. )
1 tsp dried porcini mushrooms and a few dried shitakes
Flour for dredging beef
Oil for browning the beef (grape seed if you have it, or light olive oil)
¼ cup white wine.
¼ teaspoon dry Chinese mustard (optional)
freshly ground black pepper  at least 1 tsp.

Dredge the beef with flour and sprinkle with the ground rosemary.
Lightly brown the beef in a frying pan and transfer to a 2 quart or larger
saucepan (I use a 2 quart enamel Dutch oven but a cast iron pot is ideal)
add about 1 quart of water.

Add the dill, pepper, carrots, onions, celery , mushrooms, mustard and wine.
bring to a boil - then cover tightly and reduce flame. Simmer for 3 
hours or more& the longer you simmer it the more tender the beef is, of 
course.
Stir occasionally to make sure things are not sticking to the bottom of 
the pot.


Serve the stew in pasta bowls over broad egg noodles. Add sour cream to
make a dish very like Beef Stroganoff. Alternatively, make egg dumplings
from scratch and cook them in the stew.

NOTE  there is no salt in the stew recipe and there are no veggies of the
nightshade family. (I.e., no potatoes, tomatoes, bell peppers, chili 
peppers or eggplant).


I can get at least 4 meals out of this recipe for myself. Staying off 
nightshades has helped

my arthritis and avoiding salt is just a good idea.



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Re: PESO - out my kitchen window

[Paul Stenquist]

I might increase midrange contrast in by introducing a mild S-curve in 
Curves/RGB.. If you increase overall contrast, you'll blow the 
highlights.
On Sep 1, 2006, at 12:51 AM, P. J. Alling wrote:

> Porch as abstract...
>
> I think you're right about the contrast.
>
> Mat Maessen wrote:
>
>> Second one tonight. I took this one yesterday evening after work, and
>> I've been following along with the tutorial in chapter 5 of Fraser's
>> book. On this shot, I tried to get the white balance close to correct,
>> along with the highlight and shadow levels. I think it might need a
>> bit more contrast though.
>>
>> http://www.matoe.org/gallery2/v/tomatoe/testscans/IMGP0002.jpg.html
>>
>>
>>
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Better  but it could still use a bit more contrast, and a wee bit of USM.

Mat Maessen wrote:

>On 9/1/06, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  
>
>>I think you're right about the contrast.
>>
>>
>
>Take two, with a bit more contrast.
>
>http://www.matoe.org/gallery2/v/tomatoe/testscans/IMGP0002-2.jpg.html
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Re: PESO - out my kitchen window

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On 9/1/06, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I think you're right about the contrast.

Take two, with a bit more contrast.

http://www.matoe.org/gallery2/v/tomatoe/testscans/IMGP0002-2.jpg.html

And now I go to sleep.

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Re: PESO - out my kitchen window

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Porch as abstract...

I think you're right about the contrast.

Mat Maessen wrote:

>Second one tonight. I took this one yesterday evening after work, and
>I've been following along with the tutorial in chapter 5 of Fraser's
>book. On this shot, I tried to get the white balance close to correct,
>along with the highlight and shadow levels. I think it might need a
>bit more contrast though.
>
>http://www.matoe.org/gallery2/v/tomatoe/testscans/IMGP0002.jpg.html
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PESO - out my kitchen window

[Mat Maessen]

Second one tonight. I took this one yesterday evening after work, and
I've been following along with the tutorial in chapter 5 of Fraser's
book. On this shot, I tried to get the white balance close to correct,
along with the highlight and shadow levels. I think it might need a
bit more contrast though.

http://www.matoe.org/gallery2/v/tomatoe/testscans/IMGP0002.jpg.html

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