tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095103946834851624.post2434713106300239990..comments2024-03-25T13:49:13.234-06:00Comments on Gumbo Lily: A March ramble...Gumbo Lilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02747138637571716591noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095103946834851624.post-64556653968185217012013-03-09T16:13:16.769-07:002013-03-09T16:13:16.769-07:00I have a similar pot, different brand name that I ...I have a similar pot, different brand name that I think starts with an "M". I have special espresso coffee I use for it. I really like to mix up my coffee making routine so I have two french presses (oh wait, gave one away the other day but plan on getting another because I like the size), a keurig, a regular plug in coffee pot, an espresso maker with frother, and this pot. It might be excessive, but they are mostly small devices. :)Leslie https://www.blogger.com/profile/11216448707277968516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095103946834851624.post-58332784749798269692013-03-08T14:56:43.483-07:002013-03-08T14:56:43.483-07:00So you know about vet clinic coffee too, eh? You ...So you know about vet clinic coffee too, eh? You wouldn't laugh if you didn't know it.<br /><br />I sometimes "think" I'm being tricked into thinking it is spring with these animal babies, but it's not spring yet. Cold. Windy. Yuk.<br /><br />I'd be glad to love on your Bee and Ladybugs. Have you ever heard of a "granny ewe"? She'll take anything! She'll even swipe what's not hers and start mothering/grannying it.<br /><br />Glad you stopped by!Gumbo Lilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02747138637571716591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095103946834851624.post-72580843151954584342013-03-08T14:52:58.554-07:002013-03-08T14:52:58.554-07:00I've thought about the horror of no coffee bef...I've thought about the horror of no coffee before so we must plan ahead, those of us who love it (or are addicted to it).Gumbo Lilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02747138637571716591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095103946834851624.post-40785424384477090222013-03-08T14:51:52.433-07:002013-03-08T14:51:52.433-07:00Thankfully, our little rancher grocery store is no...Thankfully, our little rancher grocery store is now carrying coffee beans from an area roaster. Delish! Hubs doesn't mind Folgers, but I won't drink it unless I am in dire need. Now that I've investigated the Bailetti, I'm thinking I don't really want espresso shots, but a good cup of Americano. I have a French press which I like too, but it's easier to do the "pour-over method." I'm leaning toward the Farberware stovetop percolator now. <br /><br />I sometimes think that the animals act a lot like some humans I've seen concerning their babies. We've seen cows abandon or just ignore their babies too. Sheesh.<br /><br />Gumbo Lilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02747138637571716591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095103946834851624.post-87934582812292245632013-03-08T14:45:41.874-07:002013-03-08T14:45:41.874-07:00Thank you for commenting and for your recommendati...Thank you for commenting and for your recommendation. I'll go check it out. Thanks!Gumbo Lilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02747138637571716591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095103946834851624.post-78856939496318964402013-03-08T14:45:03.932-07:002013-03-08T14:45:03.932-07:00You are right, it is for espresso. I'm thinki...You are right, it is for espresso. I'm thinking this is not what I am wanting. I'm leaning toward the Farberware stovetop percolator. Thanks for the heads-up.Gumbo Lilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02747138637571716591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095103946834851624.post-40010912875695269922013-03-08T10:13:42.902-07:002013-03-08T10:13:42.902-07:00I love your blog, but have never commented. Howeve...I love your blog, but have never commented. However I must tell you about the Aero Press coffee maker by Aerobie. It's only about 25-3o dollars, and is a bit like a press coffee maker, but trust me. It makes a GREAT cup of coffee!!! I've tried them all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095103946834851624.post-47258041828784716472013-03-07T18:51:34.930-07:002013-03-07T18:51:34.930-07:00If I'm not mistaken, that Bialetti is used for...If I'm not mistaken, that Bialetti is used for making espresso coffee to be served in tiny demitasse cups - it's the very strong, almost syrupy, coffee, served after a meal. I guess it would wake you up in the morning!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095103946834851624.post-74889894078619203522013-03-07T15:10:10.832-07:002013-03-07T15:10:10.832-07:00Okay, first things first,
I almost howled when yo...Okay, first things first,<br /><br />I almost howled when you wrote about your hubs loving the coffee at the vets! baha! So typical! Just love it! :)<br /><br />Love hearing about all the goings on at your place. We have had the utmost wicked weather as well, but my husband says March is always the ugliest. We start calving at the end of the month. I can't wait. It'll trick me into thinking it's true blue spring...and yes, when that meadowlark trumpets his announcement I know I'll be home in those happy months.<br /><br />Wish my bee & ladybug :) had you for a Grandma! I think your children/grandchildren have hit the jackpot by having you in your life. <br /><br />Wishing you hot coffee & a stream of sunshine in your window today.Cheyennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216810837548735987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095103946834851624.post-63923334974283905002013-03-07T12:29:07.517-07:002013-03-07T12:29:07.517-07:00Quite a post! So much to comment on here but I re...Quite a post! So much to comment on here but I really can't get my mind off of the idea of no coffee! Horror.. gasp... I never really thought much about planning for disaster but perhaps I need one of those B------ thingies too.. :)<br /><br />Lambs are just the cutest, sweetest babies. I can't imagine what you are dealing with. So many orphans. :(<br /><br />I too am looking forward to beyond March. Wet, cold, windy March.<br /><br />Blessings, Debbieno spring chickenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15772761727295689298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095103946834851624.post-32228775843330499912013-03-07T10:33:21.685-07:002013-03-07T10:33:21.685-07:00Coffee in the morning...tea in the afternoon! That...Coffee in the morning...tea in the afternoon! That is how I roll. I can't wait to check out that new coffee do-hicky. We have the regular drip...does not get hot enough. Also a french press which I love. But that little thing sounds nifty. DH and I both are coffee snobs. We have a brand that we love but they only sell it at the Sams we frequented in NM..so we have our daughter pick us up a bag once a month. I am going to have to find another source. It will have to be an online source for sure. Our local store only sells Folgers and the store brand..yuck.<br /><br />Loved you rambling post. I am not a fan of March either. Wind and more wind. And like you said seems like the days that it is cold it is just bone chilling.<br /><br />Sorry you all are having troubles with your little sheep. I know nothing about sheep but I do know that some years it seemed as if all we had were dogie(orphaned) calves. The mama's would not give enough milk or they would just walk away from them. Funny how it seemed to be in cycles. The animal kingdom is sometimes a very strange place.<br /><br />Have a wonderful day!<br /><br />~M~Ranch wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18390401233856129684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095103946834851624.post-83941079936291177332013-03-07T08:27:58.126-07:002013-03-07T08:27:58.126-07:00I do love lambing and calving time. Too bad about ...I do love lambing and calving time. Too bad about the Ewe. I love your catching up post it is just so nice. I think being a grandma is just the best. My husband had never been a fan of March for just the reasons you describe. That was my gripe with Bunn too. It was never hot enough for me. I will be buying a new pot as we go through them so fast. I think right now I make three pots because all of my kids drink coffee so when someone comes in the door they always ask, " You want me to make coffee?" It is so nice to have them come in and visit over coffee. <br />We used to have lots of Shrikes I don't know where they went. We have robins and meadowlarks now. <br />It is nice when they show up because you know that spring is here whether it looks like it or not.<br />A lovely post.Farm Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00998621464797636686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095103946834851624.post-34370872741941783332013-03-07T07:44:57.290-07:002013-03-07T07:44:57.290-07:00The triplets are doing the best. One of the tinie...The triplets are doing the best. One of the tiniest, weakest lambs died overnight. I kind of expected that. The rest are happy and sucking well.Gumbo Lilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02747138637571716591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095103946834851624.post-83144367110174622162013-03-07T07:43:24.868-07:002013-03-07T07:43:24.868-07:00It sounds like you had a lot of wind if it's b...It sounds like you had a lot of wind if it's blowing out of the river and creeks. Today seems like a better day. No wind and the temp is inching up to 30 this morning.Gumbo Lilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02747138637571716591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095103946834851624.post-12696950311585262092013-03-07T07:42:20.691-07:002013-03-07T07:42:20.691-07:00Pom Pom, I have a French Press too and it's o...Pom Pom, I have a French Press too and it's ok, but I prefer the pour-over in comparison. I think I'm going to get the stainless steel stovetop percolator. I don't like aluminum so much. Yes, I have read First We Have Coffee. Love it...It is one of my favorites! Love you too.Gumbo Lilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02747138637571716591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095103946834851624.post-22058554325938504842013-03-07T07:40:37.636-07:002013-03-07T07:40:37.636-07:00That's the way!That's the way!Gumbo Lilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02747138637571716591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095103946834851624.post-21892742436234190462013-03-07T07:40:24.852-07:002013-03-07T07:40:24.852-07:00A wee bit of moisture, but mostly wind here. The ...A wee bit of moisture, but mostly wind here. The bummies are beginning to suck really well now. We lost one lamb though....she was so tiny and weak, poor dear.Gumbo Lilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02747138637571716591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095103946834851624.post-73715767481836886022013-03-07T07:38:58.424-07:002013-03-07T07:38:58.424-07:00Post office chicks....yes, I used to do that too, ...Post office chicks....yes, I used to do that too, but have been ordering through the feed store now because I can get less than 25 if I want and still have the choices. No snow drifts here except in the draws and creeks. My head is always warm with the pull-on stocking cap I wear every day. Makes for "hat hair" all day long.Gumbo Lilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02747138637571716591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095103946834851624.post-84188518503758937052013-03-07T07:37:38.104-07:002013-03-07T07:37:38.104-07:00What a lovely ramble Ms. Gumbo! When I read the f...What a lovely ramble Ms. Gumbo! When I read the first paragraph, I mistakenly read that the triplets had keeled over, instead of their mom -- very sad. Sounds like you're busy and having fun with the bummies though. I wish I were there to help -- I think that would be so fun!Thimbleannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03650582809426872051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095103946834851624.post-58625381358110883232013-03-07T07:16:44.535-07:002013-03-07T07:16:44.535-07:00It was so very windy here yesterday too, Jody. The...It was so very windy here yesterday too, Jody. The wind blew so much of our water out of the creeks and made the big river very low. Many boats were in mud. I know your wind is much more severe. I'm sorry about the poor sheep and lambs in the cold, but I love picturing you holding the babies and feeding them, and then petting and rubbing them. So sweet! Wish I could be there to help you for a few days. That's a lot of work! Spring is on the way. I must go look up a picture of that bird you mentioned.M.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09205619221345704689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095103946834851624.post-34505153601005471582013-03-07T06:17:11.474-07:002013-03-07T06:17:11.474-07:00Jeff had a coffee maker like that when he lived he...Jeff had a coffee maker like that when he lived here and it smelled good. Bill is like your hubby, he could drink old boiled coffee and be happy. I am picky. <br />I have a French press that I should employ, so I can have very hot coffee. We are using a faulty drip coffee maker right now and it is not working so well.<br />Have you ever read First We Have Coffee?<br />LOVE that book!<br />Love YOU! <br />I still haven't sent your books. Boo. Pom Pomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01524994024698986829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095103946834851624.post-69437714732758484472013-03-07T05:10:18.333-07:002013-03-07T05:10:18.333-07:00Here in Italy, I use a Bialetti (we call them caff...Here in Italy, I use a Bialetti (we call them caffeterie moka, or moka pots) every day. I have four different sizes of them. And yes, they do work when the power goes out, which is lucky because with our limited circuit, I trip the switch a lot! (Did it today in fact, and smiled as I noticed that the little blue flame was still going.) <br /><br />Two things to know about mokas: They take a finer ground that your average US grocery store variety of coffee, and what they make is really more like espresso. We drink it in small cups. Or you can water it down and call it a lungo.<br /><br />I'm in total agreement about March. I found March a difficult month when we lived in NYC, because I'd grown up in the South and my internal seasonal clock thought it was time for something to bloom already. And you're colder than NYC by far. Luckily for me, at least, Torino is a little more like the South. I saw what I thought was forsythia starting to bud yesterday!Laura Ahttp://llasblog.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095103946834851624.post-64781506912259304362013-03-06T21:37:48.194-07:002013-03-06T21:37:48.194-07:00Oh on coffee. Grandma taught me to drink it hot, ...Oh on coffee. Grandma taught me to drink it hot, strong, and black.Bonnie Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10052974547161586063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095103946834851624.post-72244760026440795422013-03-06T21:36:40.579-07:002013-03-06T21:36:40.579-07:00I'm glad you got some moisture. It was so dry...I'm glad you got some moisture. It was so dry to the north the last time I went to Rapid. I agree about March and those cold winds. You have my sympathy about all those bumm lambs. That is a lot of work. I've only helped lamb out one time and I was amazed at how hard it was to get them to suck. Calves were born putting those raspy tounges to work. Glad you had fun with your son and the grandkids. I'm sure they won't miss the chicks with all those lambs and calves around. Good luck with the rest of the month.Bonnie Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10052974547161586063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6095103946834851624.post-2913412404544511002013-03-06T21:03:40.880-07:002013-03-06T21:03:40.880-07:00Your ramble is filling my mind with pleasant image...Your ramble is filling my mind with pleasant images - I'm sorry also that you can't get your chicks sooner; that's a long time to wait! I am remembering the great fun of 25 baby chicks coming to the post office and living under a light bulb in our garage so long ago.<br /> Keep your head warm and out of any drifts of snow!GretchenJoannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13641677400029070452noreply@blogger.com