Hopping John last night.
And I put too many peas in the crock pot at first, so had to take some out
So tonight I fried some spam up and added a can of diced tomatoes and chilis, and the balance of the black eyed peas.
A lot better than you’d think, actually. Looking forward to having it for lunch tomorrow.
Sunday I burned the web of my thumb on the exhaust manifold of the exploder, and because it didn’t hurt too bad I didn’t draw the fire as I was taught to do. So now it’s supurated and the skin has sloughed off. itches like a mother. The far worse burn I got on the finger some weeks ago, I drew the fire, and it never gave me a moment’s trouble, though it was on the most sensitive part of my hand.
All the years I cooked with bay leaves and I just find out they are only used to de-fart foods. You can bet there weren’t any in my Black eyed peas and spam. Tomorrow is going to be epic.
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We men are born to fart. The sooner wimmenfolk adjust to that reality, the happier everyone will be.
Please describe this draw the fire technique you mention. Google and Bing both appear to be clueless… or so clue-filled as to be less than useful.
+1 on an answer to what “draw the fire” means. I can’t figure out if you’re referring to some sort of workman’s first aid technique or a religious ritual.
Apply cold (typically ice for me) to the burn and it draws out the heat. Much less trouble for you tissues in healing.
Please give details on how one “draws the fire”. Next time I get a burn, I want to use that technique.
The colder, the better, but anything cooler than your skin works too. In a few circumstances, I’ve resorted to spitting on the burn, then blowing on it to cool- repeatedly. Not optimum, but it helps.
it’s an old piece of hillbilly superstition. So far as I know it’s got to be passed from a female to a male, or a male to a female. I got it from my paternal grandmother. She also showed me how to stop bleeding but I have never done that.
This is considered “Faith healing” in Appalachia but I am more inclined to think it is a way of tricking the subconscious to do what you want. I’m not horribly superstitious but I won’t share this except eventually with my daughter- though you can google “Drawing fire” or “talking out fire”. The original Foxfire book has it word for word. I don’t consider this any more mystical or magical than dowsing, which I can also do.
That may be, Og, but I think there’s SCIENCE! behind it.
It’s the same principle as quickly cooling blanched veggies to prevent further cooking.
We’ve got many of the Foxfire books, and much of the stuff therein has been subsequently “discovered” to be, you know, SCIENCE!
There’s no quick cooling behind it, at all. You’ll have to find it to understand.
Tired of the search. Ordered a copy of Foxfire… looks interesting.
Daniel: You will enjoy it, I promise. I do not know if they are in the public domain yet, but I have seen them online here
http://www.shtfinfo.com/shtffiles/books_and_reading/Foxfire%20books/
And I have them loaded on my Kindle.
Actually, here’s a searchable copy of volume one
http://www.outpost-of-freedom.com/library/FoxfireVol1.pdf
it’s along in the mid 300 page area.
Read a bit of the first linked file and I agree, I believe that I will enjoy it. Thank you.
Bay leaves contribute a lot of flavor to black beans. Cook the leaves in the oil a bit first, then add onions and garlic, then the (cooked or canned) beans. Then salt and whatever (cumin and Cayenne for me).
Leave out the leaves, its not the same. Can’t comment on black eyed peas since I hate them, but there is a lot of flavor in a bay leaf.
I’d rather lose the little bit of flavor and keep the farts.