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Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
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|Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
|Texas and Oklahoma
|Dates of operation
|Track gauge
|4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
|Galveston, Texas
The Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway was a subsidiary of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in eastern Texas and to Purcell, Oklahoma.
Nineteenth century[edit]
In 1873, there was strong competition between the cities of Houston and Galveston; and the Galveston, Houston, and Henderson Railroad was the only rail link between the two cities. The competition between Houston and Galveston was fed by the quarantines, which were often imposed on Galveston traffic by Houston. These quarantines occurred almost annually and were based on yellow fever outbreaks and epidemics. So, the citizens of Galveston decided to build their own railroad line that would reach across Texas, into the Panhandle, and across the state line to Santa Fe, New Mexico. The idea was to bypass Houston completely. The Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad Company (GCSF) was chartered, and the state agreed to grant 16 sections of land per mile of track laid.
While the charter passed in 1873, the actual construction of the line did not begin until two years later. The plans to initiate construction were formulated by the railroad's first engineer, General Braxton Bragg, former commander of the Confederate Army of Tennessee. At a meeting of the board of directors on February 8, 1875, the board resolved to negotiate for land for both a depot and the location of the line from Galveston to an intersection of the Galveston, Harrisburg, and San Antonio line. At other meetings in the early part of 1875, the board of directors asked for proposals for contracting the building of the bridge across Galveston Bay and for the laying of track to Arcola, Texas. On April 30, 1875, Henry Rosenberg, president of the Gulf, Colorado, and Santa Fe Railway Company, signed a contract with Burnett and Kilpatrick that included the construction of a bridge across the bay, complete with a lifting draw, for $69,000. The depot grounds were located between 37th and 38th Streets and Mechanic and Strand. The railroad line was to follow Mechanic Street to 60th, where it would be routed to the bridge.
On May 1, 1875, the first shovel of dirt was turned to begin construction of the Gulf, Colorado, and Santa Fe Railroad. As soon as the ground was broken, work commenced. By May 28, the line was permanently located as far as Arcola, with surveys made as far as the Brazos River.
In September 1876, the Galveston, Houston, and Henderson Railroad completed a new passenger depot, located on the corner of Avenue A and Tremont Street. The GCSF would share this depot for their passenger line once the trains began running continuously.
By March 1877, the track from Galveston to Arcola was complete and arrangements were being made to put regular trains on the line. The company planned to cross the Brazos River and proceed to Richmond, where it would connect with the San Antonio line. This would make one continuous route to Galveston 11 miles shorter than any other road. By the next year, the company also completed an iron bridge 480 feet long over the Brazos River, and by October a regular train was being run over the road.
In December 1878, the company began to experience financial difficulties. So, the directors voted to advertise for a loan of $250,000 for 90 days, which would enable them to pay off the debts and finish the road as far as Richmond. The only offer for the loan was made by a group of Galveston citizens headed by Galveston businessman George Sealy. The loan was secured by a deed of trust on the entire properties of the railway company. When the 90-day note matured, the company did not have the funds to pay for it. Therefore, on April 15, 1879, the entire properties of the line were sold at a public sale in front of the courthouse. The highest bid was for $200,000 made by George Sealy. The new company was organized, and directors were elected. By May, the new directors had organized a corps of engineers to locate the line to Brenham.
Chief engineer, Bernard Moore Temple, sent surveyors into the interior of Texas, and as the line was located, Temple followed with construction crews. The new directors also obtained rights to build a spur into Houston. By this time, the real importance of a line into Houston had been realized, and the success of the road depended on it. In 1880, the GCSF won fame by establishing the first daily newspaper train in the United States. Because of another quarantine placed on Galveston by Houston, the Galveston News arranged for a special train to carry the newspaper from Galveston to Rosenberg. There, the newspaper was transferred to the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railroad, which distributed the News across Texas.
The road reached a distance of 226 miles upon reaching Belton in March 1881. The company had also constructed a telegraph line along the line of the railroad, and they began seeing a return on that investment that year, as well. In 1882, the main line reached Lampasas, and another branch opened from Alvin to Houston.
The company received support from many counties and communities along the line. Donations ranged in size from $70 given by Nickleville to $85,000 contributed by Fort Worth. Other small towns, such as Weatherford, Paris, Ladonia, Honey Grove, and Farmersville, also provided funds. Along the way, the railroad developed towns such as Rosenberg, Sealy, Somerville, Killeen, Moody, Wallis, Ballinger, and Temple, which became a division point.
In the mid-1880s, Chief Engineer Temple was succeeded by an engineer named Walter Justin Sherman. Sherman encountered quite a few labor problems along the line. Especially in the hot summer months, members of the construction crews would desert, and replacements were hard to find. So, the GCSF authorized a daily whiskey ration, and Sherman dispensed a dipper of liquor at the end of the day to each member of the crew in an effort to keep morale high.
As early as 1881, the GCSF attracted the attention of several large railroad magnates. Jay Gould, who held a monopoly in northern Texas, presented quite a threat to the other Texas lines, including the Gulf, Colorado line. William Barstow Strong, president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, actively pursued a way to break Gould's stronghold on Texas railroad commerce.
Plagued by more financial problems, Sealy and the other leaders of the Gulf, Colorado line realized their railway would need a connection north out of Texas if it were to survive. William Strong offered a connection between the two lines and a solution to the problem. On March 25, 1886, the stockholders authorized George Sealy to work toward an exchange of stock between the two companies.
The agreement stated that the GCSF line would be built from Fort Worth to Purcell, in Indian territory, and would connect there with the southbound Atchison line. Then the Gulf, Colorado road was to build to Paris and connect with the St. Louis and San Francisco, as well as build a branch from Cleburne to Weatherford. On April 26, 1887, Sherman and his crews reached Purcell, four hours ahead of schedule and before the Atchison crews. By June, trains began to run from Kansas City to Galveston.
With the completion of the line to Purcell, the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe was to assume control of the Gulf, Colorado, and Santa Fe line. The contract, signed on March 3, 1886 by Sealy and Strong, provided for the transfer of the entire capital stock of the GCSF to the Atchison line in exchange for $8 million in Atchison stock. On March 23, representatives of the ATSF were elected to the board of the Gulf, Colorado, and Santa Fe, and the merger was completed.
While the Gulf, Colorado, and Santa Fe line had officially become part of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad, it was still an important section of the rail line. The fact that it connected so many major Texas cities with the most important port city in Texas made it a valuable acquisition.
An interesting transaction occurred in 1897, which is proof of the line's continuing growth. The GCSF company and Fred Harvey, a famous railroad restaurateur, made an agreement. Harvey Restaurants and Harvey Houses, a hotel chain, soon dotted the Santa Fe Railway lines, providing inexpensive, comfortable dining for the patrons of the line. Now folklore, both the restaurants and the railway, have been celebrated in song, literature, and the entertainment media.
Twentieth century[edit]
The GCSF also participated in Galveston's efforts to raise the city after the 1900 Galveston hurricane. In 1904, the board granted Goedhart and Bates a five-year lease to a strip of land on the east end of the Gulf Company in Galveston, which would be used for canal purposes in connection with the grade-raising of the city. In 1908, the GCSF, along with other railroads, worked to build a new causeway from Galveston to the mainland.
Construction of a 98-mile branch line from Lometa through San Saba and Brady to Eden was commenced in 1910 and completed by the end of the following year.[1]
By 1912, the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Company announced its plans to build a new union depot in Galveston that would also house the offices of the Gulf, Colorado, and Santa Fe. Their plans were for an eight-story fireproof building made of steel-reinforced concrete and faced with white enameled brick. The waiting room would be 104 feet by 63 feet, and the building would be large enough to contain all of the departments of the GCSF lines.
An addition to the building was made in 1932, which included another eight-story building and an eleven-story tower. The company planned to spend $35,000 on remodeling the old building so that it would match the new structure. The GCSF also boasted of a new electric boiler plant, which would heat the entire building.
In 1937, the Santa Fe purchased the Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railway (Fort Worth-Brownwood-Brady-Menard) from the Frisco Railroad and immediately leased it to the GC&SF, thus gaining a valuable and much shorter route into Fort Worth from the west and from the livestock-raising areas of the Edwards Plateau than the previous routing via Temple.[2]
After World War II, the Santa Fe worked to expand its freight lines. The company used special trains to haul specific cargo. One of these trains was the 1949 Cotton Special. It was established to move the West Texas cotton crop from Lubbock to the Galveston wharves.
By the 1960s the Santa Fe worked with many different corporations on a large scale to expand their line. In one such instance the Santa Fe agreed to work with the Duval Corporation to develop a sulfur mine at Rustler Springs, Texas. The Santa Fe built a thirty-mile branch line and conceived the ingenious idea of transporting the sulfur in a molten state from the mine to Galveston, where it would then be shipped by sea. This would make the sulfur much easier to move over such a long distance. The sulfur was heated to 290 degrees and transported by tank car. This worked so well that the company bought three trains of sixty-six cars each, and a train moved continuously over the 930-mile run.
By this time, the identity of the Gulf, Colorado, and Santa Fe Railroad Company had become permanently intertwined with that of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe line. Together they became known, and are still known today, as the Santa Fe Railroad. In 1965, the remaining property of the Gulf division was conveyed to the ATSF company.
While the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad Company was engulfed by the larger Santa Fe Company, the legacy it left behind is still etched across the face of Texas. But for the GCSF, many Texas towns and cities might never have been platted. Galveston and Texas commerce were facilitated by the road. It provided Galveston with access to the cotton areas of the upper Brazos and the wheat fields of the Midwest. And while the Gulf, Colorado, and Santa Fe Railroad Company was ultimately absorbed by the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, BNSF trains still run regularly over the line.
See also[edit]
- Krum, Texas (town founded by the railway company)
- Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railway (subsidiary bought in 1937)
- ^ Osborn, William S. "East of Eden, West of Lometa". Texas Santa Fe History. texassantafehistory.com. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
- ^ Osborn, William S. "East of Eden, West of Lometa". Texas Santa Fe History. texassantafehistory.com. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
External links[edit]
- Galveston County Historical Commission
- Galveston Railroad Museum
- Splinters Online Transcripts
- Handbook of Texas Online
- 1926 map of Santa Fe lines in Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana, with GCSF routes clearly marked
- Texas Santa Fe History a website devoted to the history of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway in Texas.
- Oklahoma Digital Maps: Digital Collections of Oklahoma and Indian Territory
- Defunct Louisiana railroads
- Defunct Oklahoma railroads
- Defunct Texas railroads
- Former Class I railroads in the United States
- History of Galveston, Texas
- Predecessors of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
- Railway companies established in 1873
- Railway companies disestablished in 1965
- Transportation in Galveston, Texas


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First time in Rome - need suggestions
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- Bodil Mar 7, 2003 04:11 AM
We are two young woman going to Rome for the first time. We would like suggestions about moderatly priced places that have good food and fun atmosphere in neighborhoods that we will feel safe. Same goes for budget hotelsuggestions that are close to major sights or the trainstation. Thanks in advice.
Gosh, there are hundreds of recs. on this very site - just do a search on Rome (in fact there is one thread of two girls going to Rome!).
My only advice is be careful. The Italians are NOT generally violent but they can be a pain-in-the-backside. Give them an inch and they'll take a mile. So unless you actually want to be followed around all day don't be too friendly. Do what the Italian women do - they walk with their head down and never make eye contact. I know, it's a shame but that's the way it is. However the Italians can also be extremely friendly and a lot of fun. Go figure.
re: peter pumkino
i really don't think rome is that bad. I am not a woman, but i lived there for nine months, and women do not walk with their heads down. people do get mugged in the station area, but if you're used to urban life, you wouldn't be that scared there.
my favorite restaurant is the monserrato off piazza farnese. enjoy Rome it's fantastic
re: peter pumkino
i really don't think rome is that bad. I am not a woman, but i lived there for nine months, and women do not walk with their heads down. people do get mugged in the station area, but if you're used to urban life, you wouldn't be that scared there.
my favorite restaurant is the monserrato off piazza farnese. enjoy Rome it's fantastic
re: peter pumkino
Italian women don't walk with their heads down. They're so happy and confident and are almost always smiling. Besides, if you walk with your heads down, you'll miss a lot of the beautiful sites that are everywhere when you walk around Rome.
By the way, try to get a hotel around the Spanish Steps or the Piazza Navona (sp?) area. Enjoy and be friendly.
If you live in the US, pick up a copy of the current (March) issue of GOURMET magazine. The entire issue is devoted to Rome and there are a ton of recommendations for food, dining, shopping, hotels (expensive ones I am afraid), sightseeing, etc.
I also recommend doing a search of this sight for other Rome-related postings. There have been quite a few over the past 6 months.
below in the link field is a post about hotels that should give you some information and ideas on where you may want to stay. Seems like around the train station is not really the atmosphere you are looking for. But you may have to pay a little more than planned to get to the better areas that are closer to attractions and good restaurants. But think of all the time you will save being able to just walk out of your hotel and being in an area you want to be in.
and here is a link to a recent thread on reasonable restaurants with an emphasis on pizza places. These two should get you started. And you can search for others.
Believe it or not its getting much harder to eat out well in Rome - as a rule of thumb avoid tourist areas(there are many safe areas that are not touristy) - tourists don't complain so the kitchen gets slack
If you eat in the following areas you'll do alright
The following restaurants are moderately priced in tourist areas where you'll eat really well
1.Settimio Di Arancia - via Arancia ,50 (near Spanish Steps)
2.Da Agusto - Piazza Di Renzi (Trastevere)
3.Enoteca 313- via Cavour 313 (Coliseo)
John Lowe
Do not stay near the train station!!! This is probably Rome's most questionable area. I suggest you stay here:
If this link doesn't work, it's a B&B called Pantheon View on venere.com. You will love the experience and feel quite safe. Plus, the Pantheon is where you want to be every night of your visit. This is where the fashionable youth hang. Also, Trastevere is very hot these days for the young and hip. You'll want to play there, as well. Good cheap food is everywhere. Just ask your hosts.
You are going to love Rome - For us, it was like NYC in many respects. I agree with the post that warned against staying at the train station area. Yes, the hotels are cheaper there, but you do not want to stay there. Its too far away from the action.
The Navona area is also very nice and especially safe -tons of police and military officials in the neighborhood.
For two young women, the only word of caution I'd give you is watch the gypsy kids - hold on to your purses and get away from them right away when they approach you - usually in the squares. Be aware - you should not have any problems.
The Italian people are incredibly helpful. You can overcome the language problem, too. And, the food? Fantastic and it's amazingly reasonable. There are lots of places you guys can eat at that will not cost you much - Trattorias are especially good. Also, the food shops for great sandwiches at lunch time and finally the gellato places. Scroll down to 10/2002 posts - tons of info on Rome's best.
You should know there are Internet Cafes so make sure you register now to get your E-Mail - Web Mail? That was by far the smartest thing we did before we left Florida. Don't buy Euro Travelers Checks in the US either!


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Dog sled ride for the adventurous!
Ever dreamt about dogsledding in Greenland? Fulfil your dream on this 8 day trip to Kangerlussuaq and Ilulissat with 2 days out on the dogsled.
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Tea Shop in Hartford
Anyone know of a good tea shop in the Hartford area? I've been here a year and the best I've found so far is a halfway decent box of Assam from an Asian market.
Have you tried Teavana in Westfarms Mall? It's on the upper level near Williams-Sonoma.
re: kattyeyes
I've only been to one in Chicago. Good to know it's at Westfarms, thanks.
If you travel to Northampton at all, go to Cooks Shop Here, which may be changing it's name to Tea Trekker
65 King Street
Northampton, MA 0106.
They have fantastic single estate teas of all varieties, and also sell from their website: http://www.teatrekker.com/main.htm
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another reason to love NoHo!
I just yesterday stumbled upon a new tea shop on Rt 79 - just off the Highway in Madison.....popped in quickly - - they have a good selection of their own teas - but no real information on the teas - - and the staff was not much help
probably a great place t o go if you already know your teas.....I will try to remember the name and post it at some other time
re: katcraig
Here you go
Named Savvy Tea in Madison
re: few
Could you be thinking of Willoughby's? I know they have a location in Madison, but I'm not sure where and can't seem to find a list of locations on their website. Even though they're more of a coffee shop, they have the freshest tea I've been able to find in the state. The big problem I have with them is that they don't carry any green varieties I'm terribly fond of. The shop is New Haven is where I get all my black, oolong, and white teas.
Aside from that, I've been highly dissapointed with every tea shop I've tried in the state. The corporate chains are overpriced and don't always have the freshest product. They also don't tend to be as knowledgeable as I would expect (if you don't know what Camellia Assamica is, you shouldn't be managing a tea shop). I'm sure I haven't tried the vast majority of the shops in the state, but I have tried the ones mentioned thus far. They're not bad, just not up to par with the tea shops you find elsewhere in the northeast (usually independently owned). They seem to thrive on the same mentality as a lot of the popular websites: style over substance.
One other name worth mentioning is SpecialTeas of Stratford. As far as I know, they have no retail store, just the website. They are local, however, and one of the better websites. I'll also mention Tea Gschwendner, because no other online store comes even remotely close to their consistently perfect quality.
re: danieljdwyer
You wrote that you've tried all the tea shops mentioned. Did you find the owners at Cooks Shop Here in Northampton not knowledgeable enough? If so, I'm really surprised.. They have an extensive selection of all teas, including greens, and they literally have written the (a) book on tea.
Find yourself a few hours north and hit up Licorice and Sloe in Newburyport, Mass. Walk through the doors and you're in a different world.
Good luck in Hartford-
As someone else suggested, Willoughby's is going to have the best selection. But I do not think they are in Hartford. New Haven, Madison...
Really, I wouldn't focus on finding high quality teas locally when there are so many excellent places to find teas online. I'll recommend a few : www.AtlanticSpice.com (best prices and low, quick shipping from Mass), www.FrontierCoop.com and http://www.starwest-botanicals.com.
I've held off on replying because the best tea place ever is over in Millerton, New York, just across the border from NW corner of CT. Not exactly around the corner from Hartford. But actually, in nice weather, a pleasant ride away. It's Harney's, which has an extensive tasting room, and a tea shop with pricey but delicious sandwiches and cream scones, etc, and gorgeous accessories. All the teas in the world, it seems like when you're there. They are also on line:
They are a very large and reliable Internet ordering firm. Some locations that would be on your way are Lakeville and Salisbury and perhaps even White Flower Farms, all of touring interest. An idea for the spring, perhaps?
re: BerkshireTsarina
Am I crazy, or did Harney and Sons used to be a lot closer to Hartford? I could swear that it was more in the area of Bristol when I was a child. I distinctly remember stopping there on the way to Boston back when I still took my tea with sugar (which translates roughly to 1995 at the latest).
Either way, an excellent suggestion.
re: danieljdwyer
DJD, I don't know about their location before 2002, when we moved to the Berkshires. Harney was then in Lakeville, CT. They moved to Millerton maybe 3 - 4 years ago. It's farther away from us now (bad) but the tea shop was added in the move (good). Their catalogue (the actual paper one) is great to have, filled with all kinds of information about tea. It's a liberal education!
re: citybrunette
I've eaten at Monte Alban quite a few times next door to Tisane. How's the food at Tisane?
re: katcraig
The food is not bad, I've had dinner there only twice and both times was very nice, not jaw-dropping. Brunch on Sunday is fantastic. And I did confirm with a friend who was just there that they do serve loose tea to purchase and brew at home.
Sorry I didn't post this sooner...but, here's a little known gem nestled in Higganum, CT, not too far from Hartford. They offer lots of interesting and superior-quality teas, as well as high-tea events and demonstrations.
re: luvarugula
I wonder if this is the smae kind of tea that the old Coventry Gardens used to do
I asked my grandma who likes tea, and she suggested a place in Old Wethersfield. I've driven by it probably 20 times on my way to DMV, never stopped in though. www.mainlytea.com has the info.
re: ratbuddy
@ratbuddy: Thanks for the info about mainlytea! As for the OP, you mentioned an "Asian market." Sadly, the Asian markets in the Hartford area, and that includes the venerable A. Dong, all purvey stale tea. Even the high-priced teas are mediocre at best. With all respect to the suggestions posted above, I want to recommend a cyber-trip to the place I visit in person at least once a month; McNulty's of Christopher Street, in NYC at www.mcnulty's.com.
Another one is The Herbery in Old Saybrook. She carries Harney and Sons. If you bring tins in for refills, you get a buck off. Here's the URL:
re: germay
Great tip--thank you! I have lots of Harney Tea tins that need refills. :)


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smoked sausage, potato and kale stew
With winter so closely heading this way, cold nights already in play and sunlight sadly disappearing by five o'clock. I myself am having a little bit of a hard time with it getting dark so early. Oh I'll get use to it for sure. Its just right now when I'm going to work in the dark and then coming home in the dark... Its a little depressing. Especially when going home on a cold and rainy evening and you just can't beat the chill even long after you've come home had a big ol' mug of hot tea and equipped yourself with your favourite cozy knit socks. Sometimes a hot bowl of stew is the only thing that will do.
I used a sausage that was a little on the spicy side which gives the stew a nice kick and really warms the innards and a hearty flavourful beer that was the perfect combo for this 'Oktoberfest' style stew I found at the local LCBO.
serves 4-6
1 tbsp olive oil
2 smoked andouille sausages sliced into bite-sized rounds
2 small onions, halved then sliced thinly
1 carrot, diced
4 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 of a medium size savoy cabbage sliced into thin strips
1 (355ml) bottle of Samuel Adams 'Octoberfest' beer
1 1/2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
1 bag of small new potatoes, quartered
4 1/2 cups chicken stock
1 tsp dried dill (or fresh)
1 bay leaf
1 big handful of baby kale
salt and pepper to taste
chopped parsley for garnish
In a large pot over medium high heat add the olive oil then sliced smoked sausage. Cook for 5-6 minutes until they begin to caramelize. Once the sausage has browned add in your onions and carrots and cook for another few minutes. Add the cabbage and garlic and stir to combine. Add in your beer and vinegar and cook off for 3-4 minutes. Add in your potatoes, stock, kale and spices and stir well. Allow to come to a boil then reduce the heat to low, cover your pot with a lid and simmer for 35-45 minutes until your potatoes are nice and soft. Adjust seasoning if needed.
Top with chopped parsley and serve.
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Tuesday, October 14, 2014
roast dinner
Sunday dinners are one of my favourite things, probably not often done enough in my house since its seemingly opted out for easy take-out or heating up a can of soup on this lazy day because well... you just want to be lazy. But on those Sunday's where I'm not feeling particularly lazy I like to cook up something just a little more special. Something Grandma would be proud of.
You can find the recipe over on Natrel and more photo's here.
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Sunday, August 24, 2014
orange creamcicle smoothie and the end of summer
Who else isn't saddened by the end of summer? The days of longer sunshine, warm breezes and flip-flops is quickly coming to an end. I'm not sure I'm exactly ready for that yet. Nope not at all.
So to hang on to that last little bit of summer days here's a sunny summery smoothie you can enjoy for those few hot days we have left.
This too could be easily frozen in ice pop molds for a healthier take on the good ol' childhood favourite creamcicle.
You'll find me over on the Natrel site with the recipe for this dairy free hack.
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Monday, July 14, 2014
lactose free cookies and cream milkshake
Cookies and cream is one of the first milk shakes I've ever tried. I remember standing in my Aunt's kitchen when she made me one and I couldn't believe that I had never seen or thought of this before. I was quite young and totally blown away by the goodness that was coming to me. But now being older and looking for a somewhat healthier and lactose free version I came up with this hack that doesn't sacrifice flavour.
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Sunday, June 15, 2014
shepherds pie for fathers day
Celebrate Father's day with giving Dad a comforting hearty dish of Shepherds pie (my Dad's particular favourite) made with Guinness and a creamy-cheesy green onion and bacon mashed potato top.
I have collaborated again with Natrel to come up with something delicious just for Dad. Check out the recipe here on their site.
Saturday, May 3, 2014
creamy roasted tomato and basil soup with parmesan croutons
Tomato soup seems to conjure up days spent stuck in the rain. The anticipation of getting home to get cozy, dry and curl up with a hot bowl of soup was one that always brought upon a smile. Tomato soup was always my first choice and my Grandma made a mean one. This recipe is my twist on the classic favourite.
I once again joined up with Natrel to create three lactose free recipes that Grandma would be proud of. Up first is a creamy roasted tomato soup with parmesan croutons. Check out the recipe here.
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Tuesday, March 4, 2014
baking bread
I have not made fresh bread in probably well over three years. Ouch, thats a bit too long, especially for one bread lovin' gal like me. I could live on that stuff if I let myself, although I'd probably add quite a few unwanted pounds in the process. I just had one of those moments when I thought, you know what? I'm gonna make some bread. This was simply the easiest and tastiest bread I think I've ever made and there's nothing better then that wonderful simple joy that comes after you know you've just made your own bread.
I used this recipe here.
bacon and butter beans
(serves 4)
2-4 slices bacon, chopped
2 tomatoes, chopped
1 can butter beans
1 handful of baby kale
salt and pepper to taste
In a skillet cook the chopped bacon until crisp. Add the tomatoes and cook for a couple of minutes. Pour in the can of butter bean, juices and all (this is what makes a wonderful sauce) bring it to a simmer. Add the kale and stir through until wilted. Taste for seasoning. Add a slice of fresh bread for soaking up the juices and you've got a sweet side or little hearty snack.
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Spilled a glass of red wine on beige carpet!
Tried vinegar, Woolite, a product called Wine Away...so far nothing worked. Do you have any tips? Are there any products? Help!!!!
re: Channa
You got that right. Let it soak about half an hour then steam clean.
re: Channa
It's not Billy Mays, It's BILLY MAYS!!!
re: lbs
My wife was able to get a red wine stain out that had set using white wine and someother sort of witchcraft she found on the internet. I asked her, but she doesn't remember what it was. Red wine and grape juice has been banned in our living room. I'd do a little research on line if it were me.
Try this:
Note it says if it's already set or this doesn't work to try Oxy Clean.
It's way too late for this one, but the simplest solution: pour a ton of salt on the stain. Cover it completely, and about an inch thick. You have to do this basically right after it happened. But then the salt will work its magic and suck the wine right out of the carpet -- et voilá: no stain.
re: linguafood
I can vouch for the salt trick working. I wonder if you poured water on the stain now to re-wet it and then poured the salt on if it would work now.
Did not see this product listed, but Wine Awau is very good for this. I buy mine from www.wineenthusiast.com, and it works. We have white carpet in the dining room, and it has saved family relations on two occasions.
Now, sparkling water does help, and so does a heated carpet cleaner. Still Wine Away has a place in our home.
re: Bill Hunt
fauchon said wine away didn't work. but i think fauchon should try the wine away another time -- or two).
oxyclean may bleach out your carpet. do a test on an inconspicuous corner of the carpet that is under or behind furniture. in fact, do a test for any technique.
here is a suggestion for using dawn + peroxide. http://www.stratsplace.com/patty_wine...
resolve carpet cleaner is very good.
frankly, i'd call a specialist carpet cleaner.
re: alkapal
I would give a big second to this for the OP. WineAway is the only thing I ever found that worked really well on red wine stains on just about any fiber. It IS best used when the stain is new, but I would try a very liberal dousing of the area several times before giving up. Per the WineAway site, if something else you try causes the stain to set, you could be in trouble.
You really have to spray some WineAway on a hard surface to see what it really does. It's made from fruit and vegetable extracts and begins to bubble soon after contact. My guess would be natural citric acid.
re: alkapal
Sorry, I missed that. To date, it's worked perfectly on white carpet a white suit and on white napkins. I keep a large sprayer in the dining room (with the white carpet), and also in the laundry room, plus the master bath (prior to sending wine-stains to the cleaners).
I guess that I have just been lucky.
[Edit] I've also had really good luck with Spot-shot for other similar stains. As Costco sells the large cannisters in 3-packs, I usually pick one up about once per quarter. I had a professional carpet stain remover work on some nail polish that the previous owner's children left on the lower family-room carpet. He got most out, but then I hit it with Spot-shot and cannot find the stain anymore. Obviously, his various chemicals and techniques started the process, but Spot-shot finished it up.
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re: Bill Hunt
Spot Shot is the best all-around carpet stain remover I've used. The spray bottles aren't anywhere near as effective as the cans.
re: Bill Hunt
I use Wine Away as well. We had a guest topple over a wine glass in the living room, and it spewed all over the cream rug, the red sofa, etc. It took three bottles of the stuff, but it got it out. Now, if only I could get out the red wine spatter that I spewed all over a corner on the cream walls, after taking a sip of wine and then coughing.
We had a white couch. My husband spilled an entire glass of red wine on it. It was ALL OVER it. We used Oxiclean. You put Oxiclean and warm water into a squirt bottle, go over the stains. It was remarkable how the stain disappeared. We could've been an Oxiclean commercial after that experience! Good Luck!!
Most modern carpet fibers are non-absorbent so there is hope. With any of the aforementioned remedies that will re-moisten the area, rub vigorously with a dry white towel to absorb the wine while it is back in a liquid suspension. And then rub some more. You should get some encouraging color in the towel.
Here in Florida, the land of light carpets and tile floors, we have learned to serve red wine only in tiled areas.
re: Midlife
Spot-shot is also very clear on blotting, and not rubbing.
re: Veggo
Yeah, who ever thought of white carpet in my dining room must have not been a red wine drinker. Still, it looks perfect (Wine Away) after two catastrophic spills, plus a hundred decanting sessions on the sidebar. The spills were not mine, but the decanting dribbles were.
Should I build a house, I'd put in an epoxy sub-floor, and have an industrial grate to place the table on. There would be a large drain and a high-pressure flushing system in place...
Luckily, no Port stains yet.
Seltzer or club soda - soak it and blot with elbow grease. Reapply - might take a bottle or more.
I have happily spent the 8.99 on a big bottle of Biokleen BacOut many, many times. I've poured it on top of red wine in beige carpet several times-- the stain fades to purple, then gray, then gone. It's an enzyme cleaner. It's a wonderful thing to keep around the house.
I don't own stock in the company. I'm just a klutz. http://biokleenhome.com/products/hous...
re: Vetter
Thanks. That is a new one for me. A wino can never have too many red wine cleaning products in the home.
Milk is great at removing red wine stains. 15 years ago my friend spilled an entire glass of red wine on a white, linen blouse. Her mom told her to soak it in milk, which she did. It removed the stain and left not a trace of wine.
Gotta love those old, natural remedies.
Spot Shot is the best - to be fair, I have never tried the other products mentioned above. We have spilled our fair share of wine (on the carpet, couch, dog, clothes, etc) and and using it have NEVER had a permenant stain. Good luck.
I totally recommend WINE AWAY to remove red wine stains. It's by far the best I've ever used...and trust me I've tried many. It's worked on old and new stains on my clothing and carpet. I always give it to firends during the holidays - great hostess gift too. With any stain remover if you try a bunch of things first nothing is going to work. Been there done that too! I buy mine in a couple places: Cost Plus World Market and SurLaTable. I did find it at Albertsons and Safeway too. And what else is great about this company is their customer service - if you call, someone actually answers the phone - pretty rare these days.
re: Maxberg
Wine Away did not work for the OP, if you check his original post.
And, this is 4 year old thread, Maxberg.
I apologize for correcting you, since this is your first post on Chowhound. Welcome.
Old thread, I know, but wine happens.
This has worked for me on every stain imaginable and I have 2 dogs who can whork up some interesting colors. Carpet is off white and very dense.
2 cups of almost boiling water
Add about 1/4 TEAspoon OxyClean, stir (too much will "bleach out" carpet)
Pour into a narrow nozzeled squirt bottle
Saturate stain (the small nozzle helps to not over saturate)
Using a heavy duty shop vac with crevice tool, suck it up.
Repeat if necessary. Works fabulously and the carpet it dry in no time


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-- Update at bottom of post -- Temple Israel was defaced overnight by vandals who defaced the synagogue in numerous spots with graffiti.SEE ALSO: Walker's Spoonbridge sculpture defaced with Kony graffiti [PHOTO]It's unclear to us if there's any message hidden in the tags, but if you think you see so ... More >>
Not content to let bygones be bygones following Keith Ellison's bitterly contentious appearance on his show earlier this week, Sean Hannity put the Congressman on blast last night.SEE ALSO: -- DFL thanks Keith Ellison for melting down on Sean Hannity's show-- Michele Bachmann on Ellison: 'He has lon ... More >>
For the second time in just over a week, Michele Bachmann (or political operatives working on her behalf) has unwittingly enriched Jim Graves' campaign to take her job.SEE ALSO:-- Michele Bachmann waves bag of gay-unfriendly Chick-fil-A [VIDEO]-- Michele Bachmann becomes a Swiss citizen, hilarity en ... More >>
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Jewbilee! is a highly entertaining holiday alternative to Christmas Eve for Jewish people and non-Jewish alike. This new "holiday" began seven years ago when local multi-faceted creative artist/musician/DJ/journalist Danny Sigelman, living in Austin, Texas at the time, was inspired to create some ... More >>
Shmarya Rosenberg has built a worldwide following from St. Paul with his muckraking blog FailedMessiah.com.
It's a tricky tight rope of politics, but former Sen. Norm Coleman came to the rescue and assures us that Jews will have no problem liking Pawlenty.
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A Minnesota rabbi is in hot water after a controversial piece in the latest issue of Jewish culture magazine Moment where he suggested that Jewish people should kill Arab men, women and children in addition to destroying their holy sites.
Put off by his controversial words on Israel, the University of St. Thomas snubs a Nobel Laureate
Holland's soccer artistry and its strange Semitic identity
Ethiopian Jews return to the Promised Land at the Mixed Blood; Leopold and Loeb kill again at the Actors Theater of Minnesota
The City of St. Paul is forced to close a rabbinical boarding school
A scorching Israeli drama mourns the state of marriage
Voices of Sepharad celebrates its 13th anniversary with a remembrance of things past
The aftermath of Christ's evacuation
U Film Society's Jewish Film Festival delivers a celluloid shalom for the age of kabala chic
A Minneapolis church and city leaders square off over windows
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Pour some Sugar on me: The Half Nelson follow-up is all great. PARK CITY, Utah -- Three-quarters of the way through Sundance 2008, the good news is that the festival lineup has turned out to be one of the strongest in the eight years I've been coming to Park City. The bad news -- for the makers of t ... More >>
Colin Hanks, John Malkovich and Ricky Jay in The Great Buck Howard, which is mostly so-so, to be honest PARK CITY, Utah -- Snow was promised all day, eight to 12 inches by mid-Monday morning, but so far, not even a flurry. The same could be said of the acquisitions at the Sundance Film Festival, whe ... More >>
Perhaps no film at Sundance is more anxiously awaited than Morgan Spurlock's Where in the World is Osama bin Laden?, in the hands of Weinstein Co. For whatever reason, folks have been speculating for months that perhaps the Super Size Me director found bin Laden; Spurlock has brilliantly dodged the ... More >>
George Romero's latest takes on the YouTubers; zombies preparing vlog response.
I just got off the phone with Tom Polston, who sells medical equipment in Plano. The reason for the call: I (like every film critic in town) was forwarded by the local Weinstein Company representative a letter Polston sent to Michael Moore after he saw his health-care doc Sicko at the Angelika in Pl ... More >>
The Dixie Chicks doc did OK in Dallas, but it's unlikely to be a hit by any estimation. It got great reviews, locally and nationally; a "riveting documentary," wrote David Ansen in Newsweek, while USA Today called it "a compelling and rousing film." Both The Dallas Morning News and the paper versio ... More >>


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Shares of Boeing are sinking after a fire aboard an empty 787 airplane flown by Ethiopian Airlines at Heathrow Airport.
British police said the fire is being treated as unexplained.
The entire fleet of 787s was grounded in January for problems involving the plane's lithium-ion batteries. One caught fire at Boston's Logan airport.
The planes resumed flying in May after Boeing made redesigns to the battery system that were approved by global aviation regulators. Ethiopian was the first airline to resume using the 787.
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Florence Welch, Dave Grohl, Brian May and Chrissie Hynde are also among the marquee musicians involved in the charity single.
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Elton John thinks "Tracks of My Tears" is the greatest pop song ever written. Lucky for him, he's on a new duet of the song with the man behind the hit, Smokey Robinson.
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Vienna Travel Guide
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Chris Hemsworth, Cheryl Boone Isaacs reveal the contenders for this year's Academy Awards, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres
The actress tells Ellen DeGeneres about coming back from vacation to find her home underwater
The talk-show host shocks her significant other with the keys to a rare Land Rover Defender – and it was all captured on video
The 40th anniversary of the awards show featured hilarious acceptance speeches from the likes of Sandra Bullock, Ellen DeGeneres and Justin Timberlake
The actor found himself in a cage with a great white, but miraculously survived
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The actress says she has good days and bad days since Cory Monteith's death
The talk show host says there's not "one ounce of truth" to the rumors her marriage is on the rocks
The singer tells Ellen DeGeneres about how she met David Lucado and their most recent fight
The Glee actor also speaks about the challenge of Cory Monteith's absence
Remember that time Justin Bieber was carried up the Great Wall of China? We remember that – and more
The country crooner opens up to Ellen DeGeneres about his wife of eight years
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For the first time since September 21, the Missoula area topped the 70-degree mark. Highs Tuesday were 5 to 10 degrees above average for this time of year.
In the inversion-prone Missoula valley, any sunshine is welcome. The prime spring conditions meant that people found a way to get outside, even on a Tuesday.
The morning saw a packed parking lot at the main trailhead of the Blue Mountain Recreation Area. It's one of the first times many have ventured out for running, biking, hiking, or horseback riding. All across the valley people got outside to soak in the sun.
This warm spell won't last. The spring season is like a rollercoaster, marked by quick changes in weather. Temperatures will fall toward average heading into the weekend.
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