Saturday, October 10, 2020

Sweet And Petite

 

Last week, Ed and I took a little walk from the truck stop in Jessup, Maryland, to the nearby Mom's Organic Market.  That's where I found these beautiful fall vegetables.

I was captivated by that tiny Honeynut squash in the foreground of the photo. At about 3” long, it was like a baby version of the butternut squash. Although similar in shape to the butternut (the honeynuts can be up to 6” long) it’s said to be sweeter than butternut, have three times the amount of beta-carotene, AND they don’t have to be peeled because they have a thin skin. If you’ve tried to peel butternut squash, you know why this is a big plus.

The squash was created around 2009-2010 by Michael Mazourek, Associate Professor in plant breeding and genetics at Cornell University in New York’s Finger Lakes region. 

It’s only been available at farmer’s markets since about 2015 but this is the first time I’ve seen it. And it’s beautiful!

I can’t wait to cook one!



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2019: Sorry, no post on this date
2018: 
Stepping Outside Of The Comfort Zone
2017: Fall, Falling, Fallen
2016: Twisted Monday
2015: The Bitchy Beast Of Strijen
2014: Montana Moments
2013: Scanning Comes To A Mouth Near You
2012: Go Ahead, Judge Me
2011: Con Los AƱos Que Me Quedan 
2010: Ten. Ten. Ten. A Perfect Score! 
2009: Lighting The Testosterone Torch 
2008: Eddie Helps The Economy Friday 
2007: Talk About A Thorn In Your Side 
2006: My Sentiments Exactly 
2005: Mason? Dixon? Line? BELOW It.

Monday, October 05, 2020

I Can't Get Off My High Horse

If you're not following The Kabs Family (Tay, Chan, Teija, Maliya, and TJ) you should - you can find them on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.  They're a great bunch, currently living in London.  My favorite in the group is Maliya, the one who's singing here in this video.  The last song she sings is "Somebody Else's Guy" by Jocelyn Brown, a great tune from the eighties.  I love that Tay (the father) is teaching her some great old school tunes.  

After watching Mali sing, and bringing me back to a time when I was jamming out to these tunes myself, it made me Google the song. Here is Jocelyn Brown doing her song.  Sing along with the lyrics below:

     

Somebody Else's Guy

I-I-I-I... can't get off my high horse

And I can't let you go
You are the one who
You are the one who makes me feel
So real
Yeah yeah yeah
Oh! What am I supposed to do
Oh! What am I supposed to do baby
When I'm so hooked up on you
Then I realize
Oh I realize
That you are somebody else's guy
Oh yeah
Why you wanna do this to me boy?
(Ooh ooh ooh
Somebody else's guy)
Can you remember the times we spent together
Sharing our days in the sun
Then I found out that you were somebody else's
Lover
After all the plans we made, now were shattered
Still I can't get off my high horse
I can't let go
You are the one who makes me feel so real
Ooh what am I supposed to do
When I'm hooked so on you
Then I realize that you're somebody else's guy
That day in September, I'm sure you can remember
That's when all the stuff hit the fan
You told me a lie and you didn't have an alibi
But baby yet I still cared
You know I loved you so baby that I can't let go
No, no
You are the one who makes me feel so real
Ooh what am I supposed to do
When I'm hooked so on you
And realize you're somebody else's guy
You know I loved you so baby that I can't let go
You are the one who makes me feel so real
Ooh what am I supposed to do
When I'm hooked so on you
And then I realize that you're somebody else's
Guy
(Oh I can't get off my high horse and I can't
Let go
You are the one who makes me feel so real
Ooh, what am I supposed to do when I'm hooked so
On you
And realize that you're somebody else's guy)
(Oh I can't get off my high horse and I can't
Let go
You are the one who makes me feel so real
Ooh, what am I supposed to do when I'm hooked so
On you
And realize that you're somebody else's guy)
I, I, I, I can't let you go no
See you are the one who makes me feel so real
What am I supposed to do
When I'm hooked so on you
Then I realize that you're somebody else's guy
(repeat chorus and adlib to fade)



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2019: Sorry, no post for this day
2018: 
One More Look
2017: Not Exactly "Woodland" Creatures
2016: Hot Is Hot
2015: Washy Watercolor Morning
2014: The Piano Man Put Us In A New York State Of Mind
2013: Eddie Sandwich
2012: Scenes From An Italian Kitchen
2011: Living Deliberately But Not Without Scars
2010: Maybe They Just Don’t Like Oklahomans
2009: Mexico? Derecho.
2008: Juxtaposition
2007: Eddie Sports Pigtails Friday
2006: Gambling Under The Big Sky
2005: Sleeping Beauty