RH> Looks good but I'm out of tomatoes at the moment and not going out for
RH> a couple of days to get any. We're currently getting rain, some wind
RH> from the latest hurricane, as of about half an hour ago, about half an
RH> inch of rain. Storm still hadn't made 2nd landfall as of noon so I know
RH> we're going to get more wet weather before it's all over.
My next-door brought us over a half dozen nice sized tomatoes yesterday,
last of the season as she is composting the vines and preparing her
garden area for the upcoming winter. Which may be a way off. Usually we
get a "killing" frost by now. Had one night where the low got down to
40+|F. And my da**ed grass is still growing and needs mowed again.
RH> Update Saturday morning. We've had about 2.6" of rain since it started
RH> yesterday morning. Down to a drizzle now but was quite intense at
RH> times. A tree blew down between our next door neighbor's house and the
RH> one next to that--no damage to the houses but probably some to the car
RH> that was on that side of the driveway. We had small branches and leaves
RH> come down but nothing major. Steve lowered antennas, picked up loose
RH> stuff in the yard, etc on Thursday, better to do it before the storm
RH> hits than have it go flying all over the neighborhood.
Canada will bear the brunt of Ian's death throes. The hurricanes that
hit the Gulf Coast ... like Katrina, cause nasty weather all up the
Mississippi valley. As if we're not getting enough torrential rains and
accompanying flash flood warnings on our own.
This was last night's supper ... a riff on my stuffed pepper recipe.
2 lg Tomatoes
1/2 c Water
1/2 c Minit or Uncle Ben's rice
8 oz Ground chuck
1 sm Yellow onion; peeled, chop'd
1 cl Garlic; mashed, minced
Salt & black pepper
15 oz Can tomato sauce
3 oz (1/2 can) tomato juice
Set oven @ 350+|F/175+|C. Grease a small oven-proof dish.
Cut tops from tomatoes and scoop out the pulp; transfer
pulp to a bowl and chop. Reserve tops of tomatoes.
Bring water to a boil in a saucepan, pour in the rice,
and cover pan; let stand until rice absorbs water, about
5 minutes.
Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and
stir beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly,
5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease. Mix cooked
rice, onion, garlic, salt, and black pepper into ground
beef; add reserved tomato pulp and tomato sauce. Bring
the mixture to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer
until thickened, 10 minutes.
Set hollowed-out tomatoes into the prepared baking dish
and fill each tomato with ground beef mixture. If
desired, place tomato tops back on filled tomatoes. Pour
tomato juice over filled tomatoes for extra juiciness.
Bake until tomatoes are tender and filling is hot, about
20 minutes
Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen
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