TWISTEDWILLOW Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 Suns setting in eastern Oklahoma, wild honey suckle growing in the fence, and just a picture looking down the hill at my repair shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 TwistedWillow, what is all of that green stuff on the ground? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donal Harris Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 Gotta be some sort of fungal growth. I know it looks like grass, but it is July and grass is brown and crusty by July in Oklahoma. Seriously though, this winter we will be regretting all this lushness. The ice storms will hit and all the rapid, new growth of branches in the trees will come crashing down on the power lines I say it every year, but never follow through on it, maybe this year will be different and I will actually buy a generator. Different subject, I just watched Russian movie on Netflix called Major Grom: Plague Doctor. It was not terrible. Would have been a lot better if it had subtitles instead of overdubbing in English. It was also very cliche. Think 48 Hours meets Batman and you have the movie. Still good and entertaining. I didn’t get the location initially, but about 15 minutes in I realized it was St Petersburg. Very interesting mix of the old and the new. Reminded me of Paris and Amsterdam for some reason. Twice during the movie the protagonist got something which looked very much like a burrito from a small stand. What the heck was it? Russians eat burritos? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 May have been a piroshki/pirozhki , they kind of look like a burrito, and taste great. Where I am in S.NV it is mostly sand and gravel. Alluvial fans, and sandstone. The green we have is mostly spread out creosote bushes. No natural grass to speak of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexandr Posted July 10, 2021 Author Share Posted July 10, 2021 On 7/8/2021 at 8:06 AM, DHarris said: 5 star hotels for about $70 a night. Can’t be right. Can. This is Russia. 12 hours ago, DHarris said: Russians eat burritos? We call it SHAVERMA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stash Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 Hey TW- your 'honeysuckle' looks more like trumpet vine (Campsis radicans) . Steve (Horticulturists never retire- they just compost away) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexandr Posted July 10, 2021 Author Share Posted July 10, 2021 We rarely have this kind of weather. Hot weather for almost a month. Everything flashes very quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donal Harris Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 So it is what we would call a gyro here. The photo below is from an image from the website of one of the gyro & kabob places in Norman just down the street from the hospital. It is ok, but only after I remove most of the salad from it. It is certainly better than the gyros you would get at the food courts of any of the shopping malls that are still around. That meat is only “meat-like”. I believe they mix ground beef and bits of ground lamb together with other “choice” bits of animal byproducts and form it into a round log that they roast upright on a rotisserie. I refuse to eat the mall version. I would sooner eat fried squid. Neither the mall version nor the version you would find in a proper gyro & kabob place are easily eaten on the move. That shawarma they were eating was totally wrapped and looked pretty good. Assuming I could find one made from beef, chicken, or pork, I think I would like them. I have never liked lamb or goat. How do you keep fungus from killing your roses? I really like that covered walkway. I still need to send pictures of where I would like to place one in my back yard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 There are a couple places you can get gyros here in Wasilla, neither try to sell mystery meat, those places don't last long. I have them hold the cucumber it repeats for a long time if I eat it. The cucumber sauce is okay though. They'll serve the folded style or wrap it, however you like. There's a place in Anchorage we'd call ahead for take out gyros for lunch with the sauce on the side so we could eat in the trucks. Are you sure you had lamb, D? Lots of places let lambs grow till they start turning to mutton and still call it lamb. Mutton is too strong and takes serious recipe manipulation to make my palate not cringe. BBQ goat kid on the other hand is the best meat I've ever tasted, it takes the flavor of the smoke beautifully without getting overpowered and is still a delicate flavor. What you REALLY have to watch for with goat though is their propensity for eating most anything and you can get some strange flavors. When I searched "Shaverma" all the hits I got worth reading were part of ads for visiting St. Petersburg and it's architecture. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnut Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 11 hours ago, Frosty said: I searched "Shaverma" all the hits I got worth reading were part of ads for visiting St. Petersburg and it's architecture Maybe he means shawarma. Pnut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 Shawarma is another name for the dish. Shaverma is regional to Russia, St. Petersburg especially. I found pretty good info on a cooking web site, there are lots of regional variations. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donal Harris Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 How does a place so far north come to like Mediterranean food? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexandr Posted July 11, 2021 Author Share Posted July 11, 2021 2 hours ago, DHarris said: How does a place so far north come to like Mediterranean food? Why does this surprise you?Russia is a cold country. Many people prefer to relax on the Mediterranean Sea. Luxurious warm evening. We are resting. One of the favorite Russian dishes is shashlik. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donal Harris Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 What meat? Marinated? What else do you have with it? Lovely setting for it. We have the same migrations here. The Canadians (we call them snow birds) go down to Texas and Florida every winter. As for Americans, Florida, Galveston, Cabo, or Cozumel is where we go, although Oklahomans go to Colorado around Christmas to ski. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 Texans go to Ruidoso NM in the summer, it's about 7000' and a lot cooler and moister than we are; or Cloudcroft at 8700'... Stash; I though it was "Old Horticulturalsts never die; they just go to seed!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexandr Posted July 12, 2021 Author Share Posted July 12, 2021 12 hours ago, DHarris said: What meat? Marinated? What else do you have with it? Pork. There are so many ways to cook meat. I made a marinade with lemon, onion and spices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.J.Lampert Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 here's off my family's deck the hill line is 1.5-2 km off and we usually see the mountains beyond them this pick is about 5 min old and it has since got worse. the smoke is coming from a fire 70-80 km from us but we are safe for now as it is a highway and multiple decent rivers away to the soth west M.J.Lampert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donal Harris Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Is it only US soldiers who refer to kilometers as ‘klicks’? Alexandr, have you put any recipes in Vulcan’s Forge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexandr Posted July 14, 2021 Author Share Posted July 14, 2021 5 hours ago, DHarris said: have you put any recipes in Vulcan’s Forge? Sorry my english, didn’t understand the question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 It is not your English as I did not understand the question either at first. recipes a set of instructions for preparing a particular dish, including a list of the ingredients (food materials) required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donal Harris Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Yes. I think there is a spot on here for them. Vulcan’s Forge maybe is the folder name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Vulcan's Grill is the food and cooking section. https://www.iforgeiron.com/forum/256-vulcans-grill-food-recipes/ Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donal Harris Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Since me going to St Petersburg is unlikely to ever happen, I would like to try cooking some of Alexandr’s dishes here myself. Unless they are secret recipes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.J.Lampert Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 On 7/13/2021 at 5:43 PM, DHarris said: Is it only US soldiers who refer to kilometers as ‘klicks’? no there is a large logging industry in the area and when we talk of distance we'll say go 25 clicks and turn left, etc... i used the proper term as i was unsure of the international commonness of the expression M.J.Lampert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 You're thinking internationally, well said! But locally wouldn't you REALLY say, "go 25 clicks and turn left. EH?" Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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