that’s the song of the day, and it’s by robbie robertson.
according to karl t. in missouri, his city is now going to try to make a “gardening ordinance” so he may still get zapped- even though he already won his case. i would call his city folks a bad name, but i try really hard to keep this blog content family-friendly. bottom line: please stay plugged in to his blog and his case, and i will try to keep you updated as new info becomes available. as with all of these cases, it seems they aren’t over, even when they are over.
and if there is anyone out there in or around tulsa who can get me an update on denise morrison, please let me know. i have put in several calls to the local news station and haven’t gotten any info. when i google her, all i find are the same articles about her lawsuit against the city for tearing up her garden- and we already know this… so stay tuned on that front as well…
sigh…
here’s the recipe of the day. it’s easy, pretty quick, pretty cheap (you can get apple pie filling at most dollar stores, making it unhealthy and gross, but also inexpensive and summery. gotta pick your battles…), and pretty yummy.
cranberry-apple-crumbly stuff (feel free to make up your own better name for it)
1 can apple pie filling
1 can cranberry sauce
4 TBSP sugar
4 TBSP brown sugar
1 cup flour
1/2 cup butter or margarine, cut into chunks
1 tsp cinnamon (optional)
preheat oven to 375 degrees and spray pie plate or casserole dish (it needs to be somewhat deep or the stuff will bubble over the top) with non-stick spray (i never said this recipe was healthy, right?)
mash up cranberry sauce a bit and then mix in pie filling. i do this right in the bottom of my baking dish (saves on washing up). in a separate bowl, combine the rest of the ingredients until they are crumbly and then pour the crumbly stuff over the top of your cranberry-apple mixture.
bake, uncovered, at 375 for 45 minutes or until the stuff on top is golden brown. you can/should serve it straight out of the baking dish. it is good hot or cold.
enjoy!
Aug 03, 2012 @ 18:14:41
You don’t say which, but I picture this using WHOLE cranberry sauce, right? This does sound particularlly yummy!
Aug 03, 2012 @ 18:26:54
Making just enough for The City
Please keep us posted on the gardening wars. And thanks!
Aug 03, 2012 @ 18:28:17
i do not understand why WordPress posts a video when i just want to post a link. Sorry.
Aug 03, 2012 @ 19:36:07
raided the garden this week ………….. and came up with what i’m calling “Summer Harvest Quiche” ………….. i browned some cut-up kielbasa, with onions, red bell peppers, chopped tomatoes, black olives, and sliced/quartered yellow summer squash til the squash was lightly browned. added all of that to the eggs’n'cheese and proceeded to bake until the quiche was “set” {@45 min}. omigosh! was that ever a yummmmmmmm-y quiche! beginning to get more ‘creative’ with my recipes —- as a result of reading some terrific books — The Culinary Mysteries – by Diane Mott Davidson. some light reading – a good series.
thus far ….. my squash across the front yard haven’t raised any eyebrows – they continue to thrive and are going to produce abundantly. yipee!!!!!!!!!!!
Aug 03, 2012 @ 21:58:10
how inspiring- and yummy!
Aug 03, 2012 @ 21:58:47
uch- i have the opposite! i can never get it to post a video; instead i only get links… wanna trade???
Aug 03, 2012 @ 21:59:52
eithe/ or. my brood won’t go near the whole cranberry type, but you can pick your poison
Aug 03, 2012 @ 22:00:05
but of course!
Aug 04, 2012 @ 00:36:17
Okay, Julie… please please please delegate some of this out. Not the baking but the issue, home gardening. I am suspending my baking for the week and pleading with my great friends (like *julie bass) and begging even for her to get in direct contact with Mike Adams, and Alex Jones, etc. Those people who will be sure to hear you about waking up those stories and reach all their millions of subscribers and listeners. Please please please. Alex for instance just hired 2 new reporters who you could ask to follow up with an interview of the Great Julie Bass, what life is like raising chickens for a minute or two and then you bullhorn about the need of your fellow gardeners in peril, facing jail, being ruined (sound familiar) and be sure to talk about the guy who didn’t win the contest but who cares enough to comment, suggest and “plant seeds” seeds for FEDERAL LEGISLATION to protect home gardeners. Where did the inspiration go? You have an important and celebrity voice with the Health Ranger and the Trendy Conspiracy Maniac we all love. Please use it so we can get back to baking muffins… er, ahhh, crumbly stuff (which is how my muffins usually turn out sadly) los (laugh out sideways) but really… really? Let’s not wait until these “others” sisters and brothers are jailed and ruined, their dogs put down for not having tags… etc, etc, etc. Let’s get on it with the Ranger and the Rantster Julie. tic tock tick tock… DING! the crumbly stuff is done. (insert The Muffin Man by Frank Zappa video here) Don’t we have a higher duty to use the pull we have from being pushed around? just sayin… *p (person, parent, patriot) eh?
Aug 04, 2012 @ 00:44:47
P.S. I would ask Rosanne Bar to do the follow up I plea fot Julie but she is another sort of celebrity. That’s right, you’re celebrity, garden celebrity and with that goes some responsibility, besides Rosie might plant socialist seeds whereas you have very potent social seeds in your posession. Plant them and we all shall water them, then nurture the crop we promise.
Aug 04, 2012 @ 03:16:20
Julie, you are famous and were even mentioned in an article in the current issue of Mother Earth News!
Aug 05, 2012 @ 03:17:18
was that the roger doiron article??
Aug 05, 2012 @ 03:18:38
ya, that’s what neon vincent said too, so maybe i’ll give that some serious thought…
Aug 05, 2012 @ 03:20:27
ok, ok dave- gosh, man- you shame me! i’ll try to get the letter up tomorrow… (
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Aug 05, 2012 @ 04:38:14
Nantucket (Insert fruit here but I used apricot last week and peaches this week) Pie
(based on Laurie Colwin’s A”H Nantucket Cranberry Pie recipe in More Home Cooking)
Mix and stir till smooth:
2 eggs
3/4 c. melted butter
1 c. sugar
1 c. flour
1 t. almond extract (I’ve used vanilla as well and it’s delish)
1/2 t. salt or to taste
Halve apricots or slice peaches and spread on bottom of a 10 in pie plate or similar. Sprinkle with 1/2 c. sugar. Pour batter over fruit and bake for 40 min at 350. Easiest, best summer to fall dessert. Can sub 1/2 cup coconut oil for butter if necessary.
Aug 05, 2012 @ 16:29:09
yum! i’ll post this…
Aug 05, 2012 @ 17:02:31
….. way-back-when-in-the-40s …. people were ENCOURAGED to plant gardens ….. granted, it was war time and WWII was taking a toll on our economy among other things! BUT. planting a garden was the “All-American” thing to do! our economy is in the dumpster right now; people ARE going hungry; isn’t it time to emphasize once again that it is in the interest of our country and our citizens …….. to plant a garden?
as i indicated in some previous note that i posted …… with the correct nomenclature …… this COULD spread like wild-fire and take off! another grass-roots venture!!!! urging everyone, young’n'old, to plant their SURVIVAL GARDEN! it’s all about us taking back what’s ours to start with! taking back the responsibility to be as self-sufficient as we are able to be. to stop relying upon good ol’ uncle sam to bail us out! FORGET THE BAIL-OUTS! get some dirt under your fingernails, dig some holes, plant some veggies {and flowers, too! they’re beneficial as well!}
start spreading the word! push/emphasize the concept of SURVIVAL GARDEN! or find something else that is catch-y. {“victory garden” was indeed catch-y given the time frame that it was encouraged}
c’mon, let’s take back our front yards, our back yards, our side yards, our patios, our balconies! and garden like we’ve never gardened before!
Aug 05, 2012 @ 18:45:39
this is so great!- i really need to figure out how to incorporate the spirit of your ideas into the letter because i think you are right on target…
Aug 05, 2012 @ 19:01:51
My late great Dad would often say… two heads are better than one even if one is a muttonhead! So, everybody join in, its a gaden of ideas here and we might harvest real liberty! Any person oposed to the GMO seed situation should be growing a garden if not for food but also just to guarantee the existance of natural seeds. It becomes a family seed bank and you must grow to keep harvesting seeds for your kids and future generations for example.
Aug 05, 2012 @ 21:14:40
yes, frightening times if we think about it…