Tidying Up

[copied from dland]

My recipe is at the bottom of the page, so as to avoid going Betty Crocker all over those of you who would rather not see such a spectacle. (But bluesleepy, your recipe sounds yum. My email address is up there. Thanks.)

As long as I'm referencing, LA said something about ... um ... men and their ... um .... aim. Or lack thereof. I've heard women gripe about this -- if that's the right word; how about righteously complain -- before. I have to say I haven't given it all that much thought, but when I do, I realize that I have never been confronted with this issue in my life. Ever. And then I realized that in all of my life, I have only ever shared my residence with three men. Total. Isn't that weird?

As a child, of course, I lived with my father. He would never have done that because he was a) militarily precise in all things, and besides, he b) was the person who washed the bathroom floor. Case closed on Jack.

Grandpa Sam lived with us from time to time when I was a kid, and he was just such a quintessentially good little boy that he wouldn't have been that careless.

And the Hubs. When we were married for maybe a week -- less, probably -- I said something to him about my falling into the toilet in the middle of the night because I didn't expect the seat to be up. And in 30 years, he has never once failed to put the seat down. Miss the bowl? I don't think so.

(And why was I unaccustomed to men leaving the seat up? Because neither Jack nor Sam did that, either.)

I had no brothers. I have no sons. Three men. That's it.

That's just odd.

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Here's the recipe:

Slow Cooker Split Pea and Yam Soup

7 cups of water
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp Italian seasoning
1/4 tsp pepper
2 small yams (3/4 lb) peeled, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
1 medium potato, peeled, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
1 medium onion, finely chopped (1/2 cup)
1 package (16 oz) dried yellow split peas (2 and 1/4 cups)\
1 package (6 oz) sliced Canadian bacon, coarsely chopped

Mix all ingredients, cook on low for 8 to 9 hours. 8 servings.

What I did:

I used about a cup and half less water, so mine was very thick. I also left out the Canadian bacon. This is a WW recipe, so it's low calorie (about 227 a serving) and low in fat (1.2 grams) and high in fiber (5.6 grams). Just so you know.


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