What have you bought lately?

[Fun With Matches]

Oh no. I am so, so sorry.

[odeon]

Sorry about your dog.

He laid down and died this morning.  I knew it was going to be soon. Yesterday, he was seeking out quiet dark places to sleep. Places he never ventures in the house. He is gone now.

This morning I could see what bad shape he was in and my daughter must have as well. She just kept hugging him before school. I told her that she should say her goodbyes, not knowing that he was only an hour away from death.

Seems like every time I have to bury a pet, the ground is frozen. This will be a very labor intensive grave to dig.
 

[DirtDawg]

My daughter came home and wanted to see him. I told her , "No, he does not look like himself. You should remember him as he was."
She was insistent, so I tried to prepare her for what she was about to experience.  I had placed him out in the garage, wrapped in a towel. She instantly broke into a massive cry when she saw him.

She rubbed her hands into his fur and tried to remove his collar but could not stand to touch him, all cold and stiff. After a bunch of hugging, I finally got her headed back into the house and she stopped me and asked if she could go back and close his eyes.
I told her that doing so was the first thing I tried when he died, but they would not stay closed. I suggested that it was a sign of his courage; even his own death he faced with both eyes wide open. She only sobbed more. I told her I would save his collar for her.

Last night, in her healing process, she compiled a little edit of some video she had captured of him over the past few months. I did not even know she had this footage of videos. Anyway, it is wonderful and very nice to see for all of us. I suppose it was her way of remembering him as he was.

This whole thing is very off topic, now.
Sorry. At first I was kind of talking about how expensive vet bills can be. Then I got way off topic.

[DirtDawg]

Back to real life:

I bought six cans of sardines and four of smoked kippers.

[Lestat]

EW! gross.

Bought a pair of gas inlets (more outlets really, since they are for piping gases from a flask containing some or other mixture for generating something gaseous, into another vessel. More or less a double-ended tube with something like a vacuum hose barb in the middle, so the top can be plugged, or unplugged if the pressure is too great, whilst whatever is being evolved in the generating flask comes out of the tube poking out of the side, connected to a piece of hose to deliver the gas stream wherever it needs to be)

[DirtDawg]

So, what is it? You do not like canned fish?

I do and so does my son.  But as is typical, my wife and daughter despise them annd curse us when we defile their household with such.

Are you really a girl?

Honestly, sardines are one of those dividers that separate "some men" from "some women"  and no instance of sexism is implied. BUT, allow me to ask you this; have you ever known a woman who enjoyed those stinking little fish that come from a can? Doubt it.

I MAY HAVE FOUND the ONE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN THAT CAN BE SCIENTIFICALLY QUANTIFIED AND REPEATED UPON FURTHER TESTING.

Maybe not, but I like them. PERIOD!!!   (oops!! Did I make another sexist remark?  Maybe.)

Seriously, sardines are awesome!  Guts and heads and all.

['andersom']

Can i come and eat with you, DD? 

Apart from the cats everyone would flee this house, if I opened a can of sardines. My ex hated the them too.

A treat, back in the days I was a kid. No dividing if the sexes tnere.just good food. Yup, I like sardines. Will probably like the kippers too. Different recipes all over the world when it comes to herring. Smoked and canned sounds fine to me.

[DirtDawg]

It is way more than that that I have noticed that makes you ''special.''
 

[Queen Victoria]

Sardines and onion on buttered toast.  Divine

['andersom']

Goid to see you here too.

I brought some extra butter and bread.

[renaeden]

I'm fine with canned fish. Especially on a soft, fresh bread sandwich. Yum.

[Jack]

Jack likes sardines too, and caviar. The two taste very similar to me.

[Fun With Matches]

I liked them too and used to use this recipe for them (scroll down to the big grey box):

http://www.realfoodkosher.com/pan-fried-sardines/

[Queen Victoria]

I liked them too and used to use this recipe for them (scroll down to the big grey box):

http://www.realfoodkosher.com/pan-fried-sardines/

Does the recipe call for arrowroot because it's paleo?

[Fun With Matches]

I liked them too and used to use this recipe for them (scroll down to the big grey box):

http://www.realfoodkosher.com/pan-fried-sardines/

Does the recipe call for arrowroot because it's paleo?

That’s right. You could possibly use wheat flour instead. I used her books when I was on the Paleo diet (which, like most diets, are a load of cobblers {rubbish}) and her books were full of delicious recipes. Most popular recipe books are bland, but that one uses different spice and herb mixtures. I also recommend her recipe for “Pork Cracknitas” and her cold cucumber noodles (which are exceptional).