January 3, 20224 yr They're so easy to give. Just upload Swiss Colony or some other similar website, order a gift basket, supply an address to send it to, and give them a credit card number. No Christmas chopping or picking out that perfect gift for a loved one. No fuss. No bother. But the contents are cheap and terrible. Bland Cheese. Bland summer sausage. Stale candy. Tasteless crackers. And all that flavored coffee and hot chocolate nobody really likes. Soup mix nobody bothers to make. It's the new substitute for fruit cake. And almost all of it goes in the garbage sack. I'm telling the kids next Christmas no more gift baskets. I'd rather you didn't send anything. But if it has to be quick and dirty a restaurant gift card would be nice. Like Red Lobster. Now fruit is a different story. Harry and James sends boxes of fresh fruit. Betty gets me an annual subscription to the fruit of the month club for my birthday every year. December I got a half dozen pears and this month I will get a half dozen oranges. Part of my breakfast every morning consists of a tangerine, half a cut up apple, and a half dozen or so grapes. Plus some of whatever the fruit of the month happens to be. In the evening I like the other half of the apple and some sliced blue cheese while watching a favorite movie on television. Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
January 3, 20224 yr Moderator My late mother used to serve grapefruit for breakfast at least twice a month. Cut the grapefruit in half, section it to loosen the fruit sections, then drizzle honey over them. Put in a 375º oven for about forty-five minutes (or until the surface has browned nicely and the honey is caramelized nicely. Honey Glazed Baked Grapefruit - Simply Taralynn | Food & Lifestyle Blog Fr. Bill AOPA Member: 07141481 AARP Member: 3209010556 Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
January 3, 20224 yr Author I'm going to have to try that Fr Bill. Sounds like my kind of grapefruit. I've always wondered where the name grapefruit came from. Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
January 3, 20224 yr Moderator 3 minutes ago, birdguy said: I've always wondered where the name grapefruit came from. My cousin who's a citrus farmer once told me that "It is believed that the name refers to the manner in which grapefruit grows in clusters on a tree. If you see grapefruit growing on a tree, you will notice that they grow in clusters. It is suggested that these clusters resemble the shape of large yellow grapes and so the fruit was called a grapefruit." Fr. Bill AOPA Member: 07141481 AARP Member: 3209010556 Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
January 3, 20224 yr 1 hour ago, n4gix said: My late mother used to serve grapefruit for breakfast at least twice a month. Cut the grapefruit in half, section it to loosen the fruit sections, then drizzle honey over them. Put in a 375º oven for about forty-five minutes (or until the surface has browned nicely and the honey is caramelized nicely. Honey Glazed Baked Grapefruit - Simply Taralynn | Food & Lifestyle Blog My grandparents retired to central Florida to live off of citrus groves they planted during their working years in North Carolina. A few trees each year. They had their Florida cousins watch over it for them until their 1958 retirement. My grandmother was captivated by the success of a local company there and learned how to take those orange, tangerine, and grapefruit and turn them into citrus rind candy. Oh but do I miss those days. Here is a web site with some related history: https://medium.com/florida-history/webbs-citrus-candy-central-florida-favorite-since-1928-2d2c7e281654 Frank Patton Corsair 5000D Airflow Case; MSI B650 Tomahawk MOB; Ryzen 7 7800 X3D CPU; ASUS RTX 4080 Super; NZXT 360mm liquid cooler; Corsair Vengeance 64GB DDR5 4800 MHz RAM; RMX850X Gold PSU;; ASUS VG289 4K 27" Display; Honeycomb Alpha & Bravo, Crosswind 3's w/dampener. Former USAF meteorologist & ground weather school instructor. AOPA Member #07379126 "I will never put my name on a product that does not have in it the best that is in me." - John Deere
January 3, 20224 yr Moderator Oh my! How I dearly love citrus candy! I haven't had any in years though, and my Type 2 diabetes has put the kibosh on such delights unfortunately... Fr. Bill AOPA Member: 07141481 AARP Member: 3209010556 Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
January 4, 20224 yr Author There's a place in Santa Fe New Mexico, a candy shop, that sells my favorite. Chocolate covered candied orange peels. Kindda expensive, but I treat myself every once in a while. Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
January 4, 20224 yr Administrators 13 hours ago, birdguy said: There's a place in Santa Fe New Mexico, a candy shop, that sells my favorite. Chocolate covered candied orange peels. Kindda expensive, but I treat myself every once in a while. Noel Ya gotta share, Noel! 🍬 Sort of like these guys? Charlie AronAVSIM Board of Directors-ADMIN/Moderator-RegistrarJust going to run a Chromebook and not upgrade to a Windows computer. Too many problems with the new Sims! 😱Trying to keep peace and harmony and the will of Landru on the site seems to be a full time job!
January 4, 20224 yr Author Yeah, Charlie, like those guys with the dark chocolate... Senor Murphy Candymaker 100 E San Francisco St La Fonda Hotel Santa Fe NM 87501 (505)982-0461 Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
January 5, 20224 yr Moderator Señor Murphy Candymaker (senormurphy.com) Fr. Bill AOPA Member: 07141481 AARP Member: 3209010556 Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
January 5, 20224 yr Administrators 4 minutes ago, n4gix said: Señor Murphy Candymaker (senormurphy.com) Looked on that site yesterday and no sign of chocolate covered candied orange rind! ☹️ Charlie AronAVSIM Board of Directors-ADMIN/Moderator-RegistrarJust going to run a Chromebook and not upgrade to a Windows computer. Too many problems with the new Sims! 😱Trying to keep peace and harmony and the will of Landru on the site seems to be a full time job!
January 5, 20224 yr Moderator 19 minutes ago, charliearon said: Looked on that site yesterday and no sign of chocolate covered candied orange rind! ☹️ I looked myself and didn't find any candied citrus. Perhaps it's a "searonal" item. Fr. Bill AOPA Member: 07141481 AARP Member: 3209010556 Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
January 5, 20224 yr Administrators They did have a seasonal section on the site but still no candied citrus peel! Charlie AronAVSIM Board of Directors-ADMIN/Moderator-RegistrarJust going to run a Chromebook and not upgrade to a Windows computer. Too many problems with the new Sims! 😱Trying to keep peace and harmony and the will of Landru on the site seems to be a full time job!
January 6, 20224 yr Author I'm going to give them call tomorrow and find out what happened. It's been several years since I was in Santa Fe but the past time I was there I bought some. Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
January 6, 20224 yr Author Charlie, I called Senor Murphy Candy Maker 1(800)983-0461 and they told me they carry the chocolate covered orange peels in the store but they are not in their catalog. You can order them over the phone. Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
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