Words & Brush Weekender: Easy listening music and chat, Friday 10th February 2023, Free Choice - all genres of music welcome

 Easy listening music and chat, Friday 10th February 2023, Free Choice - all genres of music welcome!

Enjoy some good music here on Words & Brush, it's your free choice so please post any of your favorite music of all genres! 

Silver Bells - The Petersens 

The Searchers - Needles And Pins

Nana Mouskouri 'Only Love'

Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman

Taylor Swift - Tim McGraw

A World Without Love (Peter & Gordon Cover) - Postmodern Jukebox ft. Eva Mikhailovna

You've Got a Friend in Me - Randy Newman with Chris Thile

Kenny Rogers - Lucille 

André Rieu - The Second Waltz 

Nothing Else Matters - Metallica Ballad ft. Tia Simone

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Words & Brush Recipe Corner: Mushroom Barley Soup

 

In the Kitchen with Henny: Mushroom Barley Soup

By HENNY SHOR, Jerusalem Post, FEBRUARY 4, 2023 

https://www.jpost.com/food-recipes/article-730406

I love making winter soups that give you that warm and cozy feeling. Being that barley is one of the Shivat Haminim (seven species of the land), it’s a great way to warm up for Tu Bishvat – and this hearty soup that can be a meal all on its own.

                                     Mushroom barley soup (credit: HENNY SHOR)

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup olive oil
• 2 large onions, sliced
• 10-12 mushrooms sliced (portobello and champignon)
• 3 carrots, cubed
• 3 stalks celery, sliced
• 1 ½ Tbsp. kosher salt
• 1 tsp. ground black pepper (or to taste)
• 1 Tbsp. granulated garlic
• Pinch of turmeric
• 8-10 cups of water
• Parsley flakes or fresh parsley, chopped

Directions

Measure out 2 cups of barley and place it in a bowl of water. Set aside.

In a large stock pot (6-10 quarts/liters), heat the olive oil, sauté the onions and mushrooms for about 8 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the salt, pepper, carrots, and celery, and sauté for another five minutes. Drain the water from the bowl of barley and add the barley to the pot. Then add water and spices, cover the pot and bring to a boil. Lower the heat and continue cooking for about an hour to 90 minutes. You may want to add another two cups of water, depending on how liquidy you want your soup.

enjoy

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Words & Brush Weekender: Easy listening music and chat, Friday 3rd February 2023, Free Choice - all genres of music welcome

Easy listening music and chat, Friday 3rd February 2023, Free Choice - all genres of music welcome!

Enjoy some good music here on Words & Brush, it's your free choice so please post any of your favorite music of all genres! 

Suzanne Vega - Luka

Return to Camp Granada · Allan Sherman

Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season) · The Byrds

Human League - Don't you want me

The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star

Wings - Mull Of Kintyre 

Suzi Quatro - If you can't give me love

Neil Sedaka - Is This The The Way To Amarillo

Rawhide · Frankie Laine

Cab Calloway - Minnie The Moocher

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February Open thread

Ring in February at last.  Winter is still holding on 

with frozen fingers across the region.

  Come on and stay awhile, take a break from the usual to enjoy coffee or tea.    

New Ideas beacon on the horizon as brighter

 days are ahead

 

Grab a bagel or donut, your usual breakfast of your choice, as they

compliment coffee and make a great start to the day.

Enjoy the simple things again

Winter snuggles are essential

Take a walk to get some fresh air,

take a road less traveled

Make it how you want it for the other, a note, a whisper 

or a touch.  Winter days seem to mesh together.  Somedays I feel like I'm stuck in the same day.  Bill Murray's  "Groundhog Day" is a classic.

As Valentine's Day is just around the corner

Most of all be creative & try something new. 

Don't forget to keep the fun!

Sand and sunshine and water always helps!

Words & Brush Recipe Corner: Goulash Soup Perfected

 Goulash Soup Perfected

By Lisa Starr, Meatland

https://www.meatland.net/

Ingredients 

Olive oil to fry
800 grams goulash/beef shoulder, cubed
1 large onion, chopped
3 teaspoons crushed garlic
2 large tomatoes, chopped
1 large peeled potato, cut in chunks and covered in water
1 carrot, peeled and diced
1 red pepper, diced
2 stalks celery, sliced
1 tablespoon paprika
1 stalk fresh thyme/1 teaspoon dried thyme
1/2 teaspoon chili flakes
1 teaspoon salt or more to taste
1/2 teaspoon coarse black pepper to taste
2 tablespoons flour
1 heaped tablespoon chicken/beef stock powder
2 tablespoons tomato paste
Handful chopped parsley

Directions 

1: Heat a slick of olive oil in a large pot and fry the onion and garlic until golden and slightly translucent.
2: Add all the spices, apart from salt and pepper, and fry for a few minutes to release the flavors.
3: Add the flour mixed with a little water to the pot and stir for a few minutes to thicken.
4: Add the meat cubes, tomatoes, tomato paste, red pepper, and salt and pepper and mix.
5: Fill with water to cover all the ingredients, add stock powder/stock cube, and simmer for 1 hour.
6: Add the carrot, celery, parsley, potato with the soaking water, and top up liquid so that it covers ingredients by about 2-3 cm.
7: Simmer another 1 1/2 hours till the vegetables are completely soft and the meat falls apart easily. The soup should be thick and rich, but if it's too thin you can continue simmering with the lid off to allow water to evaporate.
8: Serve in bowls with crusty bread and top with chopped parsley. 

enjoy

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Words & Brush Weekender: Easy listening music and chat, Friday 27th January 2023, Free Choice - all genres of music welcome

 Easy listening music and chat, Friday 27th January 2023, Free Choice - all genres of music welcome!

Enjoy some good music here on Words & Brush, it's your free choice so please post any of your favorite music of all genres!

Melanie - look what they've done to my song, Ma

Van McCoy ft. Pan's People - Do The Hustle

Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66 - Mas que nada

Louis Prima - Night Train 

Small Faces - All Or Nothing

Status Quo - Down down 

Sarah Brightman Dust In The Wind

The Dead South - In Hell I'll Be In Good Company

The Irish Rover - The Dubliners & The Pogues

The Speakeasy Three - When I Get Low, I Get High

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