New friends and old

   More rain 1 1/2 inches, I think we should begin to build our ark. It has been a visiting type of week, Dale and Carol came by to see our Alaska cruise pictures on Sunday afternoon, our RVing friends Bob and Carol spent the evening with us on Monday and Tuesday our friend Deloris came by. There is always time for family and friends, old and new. I have lived long enough to realize that I won't remember the house being neat and clean or not, but I will remember the wonderful times with friends that  "just drop by". The truth is a little disorder puts guests at ease as long as you don't run around franticly picking up everything. I love to cook for guests too but sometimes it doesn't always turn out like I would like it, example, last Sunday when Dale and Carol were here I had the urge to serve country style pork ribs with my mother's barbeque sauce. Well the sauce was good but the pork was tough and dry. We didn't go hungry but what to do with all that left over pork? I came up with the idea to shred it all and make barbeque pork in buns and that turned out so good. Since the rage to have very lean meat the pork most often is tough and dry. I remember tender pork chops and Don's mother Louise's moist delicious pork roast with the best gravy. Like it or not fat makes the difference. Don is always saying he wants less meat and at least smaller portions and after watching PBS and a program P.O.V. it won't be hard to cut back. Authors Schasserand and Pollan showed how our meat is raised and processed. Not easy to watch when you hear the beef is fed dead animals and chicken feces and their intestines are filled with E coli, worse yet they showed how they grind up the most awful chunks of unidentifiable meat then add ammonia-hydroxide and it is used as a filler for hamburger in hopes of destroying the E coli. Sure puts me off. If one can find pastured beef it is a healthy source of protein, but where and for how much? I am so proud of my granddaughters who are trying to raise their children on good healthy food made by mother instead of coming from a box. Today Don and I went to Pine City to the flea market and talk about fresh home grown veg's there was all kinds. We bought a 20 lb. bag of potatoes for $4.00 half of what they sell for in the store. We had an outing, got exercise and food, it has been a good day.
   On this last Tuesay Don and I registered to vote and voted. What a privilege to live in a country where we have some say in how our country is run. We need good honest, God fearing people to lead us out of these hard times.
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