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The wedding shower
Conversation was at a minimum as everyone gobbled up dinner. The guys quickly polished off their plates and returned upstairs for seconds or in Mikey's case thirds. The burgers left on the grill were only slightly singed from neglect but no one seemed to care.
After several more minutes, Mikey looked at his again empty plate and let out the mother of all belches. The guys all laughed.
"Mikey…." Donna chastised him in her best mother voice.
"But Mom. That's best compliment you can give a chef in some countries."
"Well, this isn't one of them."
"Mikey's right though, Son. Damn fine burgers" Don piped up.
"Thanks, Dad" Gerard said. "But it's all due to my new grill."
Monica leaned over, "I thought it was due to your Grill Master Way pro apron."
Gerard leered at her, "Wanna see what a chef has on under his apron? Wink wink, nudge nudge. Know what I mean? Know what I mean?" He playfully elbowed her. "I think the deck counts as a room, don't you?"
Monica laughed, "Maybe…late at night…. during a new moon… and the neighbors are all on vacation…then it counts as a room." Gerard started to pout. "Or tonight, whichever is sooner."
"So why are they still here?" He said arching his eyebrow at her.
"Knock it off. Kara and Bob have to open their presents when everyone is done eating."
"What's for desert?" Mikey called over to Monica.
Alicia shook her head. "Bottomless pit."
Monica stood up. "As soon as everyone is done eating, Bob and Kara can open their gifts and then" she looked pointedly at Mikey, "then we can have cake."
After another few minutes, the only one not finished was Jamia. Gerard, Mikey and Kara were looking at her expectantly, but she continued to eat at a leisurely pace.
"So Kara. Tell me about that homecoming you had for Bob. I hear it was really hot."
"It didn't quite go as planned." Kara said
"So what were you trying to make? A date with a fireman? Trying to make Bryar jealous with some of Chicago's finest?"
Bob spoke up, "Funny, Iero."
Kara ignored Frank, "Bob's having a gorgeous kitchen built."
"Ah, so your scheme was to get a new room at of all of this? Is a bedroom next on your agenda?" Frank asked.
Kara started to laugh but turned it into a cough.
"Hey, did everyone see the house? Anyone want a tour?" Gerard asked trying to think of something to kill time.
Frank broke out laughing. "We've all seen Casa de Way, thanks. You really should think about charging admission upstairs. Wow. That room…"
"Frank, take my plate upstairs" Jamia interrupted, shoving the now empty plate into his gut.
Frank took the plate but didn't move towards the stairs. "So Bob, I saw your room here at Casa de Way." Frank said happily.
Bob glared at him. "Yeah?"
"Does it make you feel pretty?" Frank asked gleefully.
"Shut up Frank." Bob said.
Gerard looked up. He didn't see what the big deal was. Yeah, the room was pink. Shit, it was over-the-top fucking pink but it's what Kara liked.
Kara noticed Gerard was listening to the conversation. "Don't make fun of my room Frank. I like it. Besides Bob and I really haven't had a lot of time to notice much about the room well except for the bed."
Bob laughed, "So true."
Monica looked over at Gerard who was frowning. "What's wrong?" she whispered.
"I just realized something. Kara hates the room, doesn't she?'
Monica was at a loss for words. She was surprised when Gerard started laughing. "Shit, Kell really pulled one over on me. I should have realized Kara wouldn't like that pink crap anymore than I would."
"Gee, it's a sister thing."
"Oh I totally get it. I would have done the same thing to Mikey. Matter of fact I did do shit like that to Mikey."
"So you're not mad?"
"Fuck, no. Although it's pretty damn funny that Bob has to sleep in there."
He grinned, "You know that was pretty fucking nice of Kara to pretend to like it."
"She didn't want to hurt your feelings." Monica said softly.
"Yeah, that was nice of her. Maybe she'll learn to like me after all."
Monica frowned, "Gee why would you think Kara doesn't like you?"
"I can tell I'm not one of her favorite people. I've spent more time with Kell so she and I are closer. Kara and I have never really had a chance to bond. Add to that the fact that I just caused a huge amount of shit that affected her and Bob, well…"
Monica didn't want to think about what had happened on the last tour. He would be leaving on Wednesday and try as she might she couldn't get the bad memories out of her head. "She likes you Gee. It will just take time for you two to become really close."
He nodded, "Yeah, I know."
Frank returned from taking Jamia's plate upstairs.
"Yea, present time. Finally" said Christa.
Monica stood and smiled, "You two sit over there and we can begin."
Kara picked up the first gaily wrapped package and read the card, "Okay this one is from Ray and Christa." She let Bob pull off the bow and she quickly removed the wrapping. Opening the box she laughed. "Funny guys." She held up the first item. It was a cookbook. Bob reached in and pulled out the other item.
"And a fire extinguisher." He laughed, "Good thinking."
Kara was smiling, "This one is from Mom and Gerard," she said already opening the next box. She burst out laughing, "It's a whole slew of gift certificates to Pizza Hut." Bob nodded to Monica and Gerard with a smile.
Kara reached over for another box, "This is from my dear sister Kelly." She lifted the lid and giggled, "Oh my God, look Honey," she said to Bob, and "It's a girl Pookie."
Bob looked at the stuffed Pookie outfitted in a wedding dress. He remembered that Kelly had asked where he had found the original Pookie when he had first bought it. "It's the bride of FrankenPookie"
Frank piped up, "FrankenPookie? What gives?"
Kara ignored him. "We won't discuss that. Thanks Kelly." She gave her sister a warm smile.
"Come on, is that your new nickname Bryar? Hey, that could be the name of our new group - Frank..." he raised both hands above his head "and Pookie". He batted his eyes at Bob while resting his chin on his interlaced fingers and tilting his head. He started to sing, "I feel pretty, oh so pretty."
Bob just stared at him mouth agape, a horrified and stunned look coming over his face. Jamia elbowed the clearly gloating Frank. He stopped singing, settling back into the sofa with a self-satisfied smile.
Next was Mikey and Alicia's gift. Kara opened the box and started to lift out the contents when Bob saw the feathers. He slapped the lid back down and turned bright red. Kara looked at him waiting for an explanation. Across the room both Mikey and Alicia were laughing. "I'll explain later." Bob said glaring at the two.
"He'll model it for you later" Alicia said giggling. "You'll love it."
"No fair, we didn't get to see" Frank whined.
"Then ask Mikey to model his. He's certainly not shy about it." Bob said.
Kara had taken the lid off the box and was peeking in. "Oh my" she exclaimed.
Gerard was watching with a puzzled look on his face. Monica leaned over and whispered in his ear," "I think it has something to do with Bob walking in on them this afternoon."
"Fuck did he just run around interrupting people today?" Gerard whispered back.
Monica laughed, "I guess so."
Gerard was still confused. 'Feathers? Is it something for Kara to wear?"
"I don't think so. I'm pretty sure Mikey was wearing something with feathers when Bob interrupted them cause Alicia said she was nude."
Gerard who had been taking a drink of punch started coughing. "Holy shit that's just way to much info" he choked out once the coughing died down.
Frank and Jamia's gift was next. "Actually we got one for Gee too." Frank said, "His is the little package attached to the top. Kara untied the smaller package and had Kelly give it to Gerard.
Gerard eyed it with distain.
"Well go ahead. Everybody open your gifts." Frank said gleefully.
Kara and Bob opened theirs. There were two t-shirts. Kara's said, "IF YOU CAN"T TAKE THE HEAT GET OUT OF THE KITCHEN (AND CALL 911).
"Oh ha ha" Kara laughed.
Bob and Gerard opened theirs at the same time. Bob held his up first. "ASK ME ABOUT MY FATHER –In- LAW"
Gerard's said "ASK ME ABOUT MY SON-IN-LAW"
Both men rolled their eyes at Frank. The rest of the room dissolved into laughter.
Only Don and Donna's gifts remained, "I love the wrapping paper," Kara said looking at the brightly wrapped packages.
"Don wrapped them himself," Donna said snuggling down next to him.
Gerard was watching them closely. His mom and dad were certainly cozy tonight. He frowned.
"Stop thinking about when you walked in on them" Monica whispered in his ear.
He was surprised she could read his thought, "Can't help it," he whispered back with a mock shudder.
"Oh my" Kara lifted out the bottle out of the first box and read "Motion Lotion".
Bob turned red and the room exploded in laughter.
"And it's edible. It goes with the other gift." Donna added happy to embarrass her boys.
Bob, opened the other gift and reluctantly pulled out the package of edible underwear.
"Tastes just like chocolate" Don added.
Gerard and Mikey both groaned.
The large cake was brought out after the gifts were moved to a table. Kara and Bob took their places behind the cake. Monica and Alicia snapped photos as the couple cut the cake and fed each other a piece. Much to Frank's dismay they did not smash it into one another's faces.
"No fair" Frank said.
As everyone sat eating their slices of cake Monica retrieved an envelope and handed it to the couple. "This is from everyone," she said smiling.
Bob took the envelope from her and Kara motioned for him to open it.
He and Kara read the note and found the gift certificate to their favorite home improvement center.
"You can save it for Kara's next I Love Lucy moment"
"We wanted to get you something for your home" Monica said with a tear in her eye.
Bob and Kara smiled their thanks to everyone in the room. Neither could wait until they could truly live together in their home in Chicago.


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Character Edits: Kisuke Urahara
Won't be on for a day or so, have a very pretty person staying with me so they need my full attention.. haha, they're gonna kill me for writing this ^^
Well I've finally got myself some threads now which I'll work on over the course of this week, thanks all >
As he was just about finished with his mid morning classes, Kisuke breathed a sigh of relief. It's funny.. He thought. I'd rather be fighting Hollows than teaching this many kids day in day out. For him, teaching was no easy task.
Although he had the intelligence, Kisuke was famed for being lazy and often not taking anything seriously enough, these were both properties that would make someone a terrible teacher. He did try however, it was just a competition to whether he could stop himself getting bored before his students did.
The lunch bell sounded, and Kisuke was one of the first out of the classroom, pushing past his pupils as he was just as keen to leave as they were. He bent backwards in the hallway, arms reaching toward the ceiling as he stretched the unused muscles in his back and groaned. His stomach groaned with him, and so he thought it would be best if he made his way toward the cafeteria to sate his huger.
But as he walked through the large double doors and into the main hall, his eyes met those of another, and with the passing glance, a horrible feeling rose from his gut and lodged itself deep in Urahara's throat. Try as he might to swallow it back down, it was stuck and only felt as if it were growing as he found himself unwillingly walking toward the figure.
"A-Aizen Taichou.."
The words escaped his mouth with the bitter sting of guilt, he couldn't help but feel sorry for the former Captain, after all, it was Kisuke who had first brought up the idea of merging Shinigami and Hollow powers.
Thoughts swam through his head, pushing against his consciousness like salmon fighting against a current. What changed this man from being a humble Vice-Captain of one of his close friends, into a power obsessed beast?
Swallowing his emotions, Kisuke walked closer to Aizen before donning a fake smile and asking:
"It seems nothing can keep you down for very long!"

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…Eduardo Herrán Gómez de la Torre, director of research at Ojos de Condor, described the extensive damage in the area. "We have witnessed the irreparable destruction to a set of lines and trapezoids that existed in the area," Herrán said.
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Basically, there's oil under dem hills! The U.S. won't intervene because of our special relationship with China. And there's little benefit in joining China in fighting Vietnam. Right now Vietnam knows that it's in massive trouble and is looking for help wherever possible.
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EUROPEANS may have used magic mushrooms to liven up religious rituals 6000 years ago. So suggests a cave mural in Spain, which may depict fungi with hallucinogenic properties - the oldest evidence of their use in Europe.
The Selva Pascuala mural, in a cave near the town of Villar del Humo, is dominated by a bull. But it is a row of 13 small mushroom-like objects that interests Brian Akers at Pasco-Hernando Community College in New Port Richey, Florida, and Gaston Guzman at the Ecological Institute of Xalapa in Mexico. They believe that the objects are the fungi Psilocybe hispanica , a local species with hallucinogenic properties.
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Early Fish Canneries in Brooklin
By the 1900s, numerous fish canneries began operating in Center Harbor, located within the Brooklin community. For over thirty years, these plants were an important factor in the community.
The paper mill on the Penobscot River in South Brewer, which became known as Eastern Fine Paper Co., began as a sawmill in 1884 and grew over the years as an important part of the economy of the region and a large presence in the landscape. Its closing in 2005 affected more than the men and women who lost their jobs.
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As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.
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The history of a small western Maine community north of Farmington as told by a team consisting of Strong Historical Society, Strong Elementary School, and Strong Public Library. Exhibit topics include Strong's prominence in the wood products industry (it was once the "Toothpick Capital of the World"), the "Bridge that Changed the Map," schools and educational history, clubs and organizations, "Fly Rod" Crosby, the first Maine guide, and a rich student section related to the Civil War and post-Civil War era in the town.
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Boston area religious leaders and national journalists will debate and discuss the role of religious beliefs that may conflict with the secular values of free speech and a free press at a conference at Boston College's Higgins Hall Saturday, March 24, 2007. Presented by the Communication Arts Department of Eastern Nazarene College and the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life, the conference will also explore the place of journalistic ethics in covering religion.
Entitled "Blasphemy, Free Expression and Journalistic Ethics," the conference is expected to attract more than a hundred participants from the greater Boston area, including pastors, priests, rabbis and imams; journalists; and professors and students in communication, theology and political science.
"We are delighted to have such talented and thoughtful journalists and religious leaders join us to discuss these issues," said Alan Wolfe, professor of political science and Director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life. "Nothing is more important to a democratic society than free speech and a free press, and nothing is more important than freedom of religion. How to achieve both is one of the biggest challenges facing our society. This conference will provide a forum for current and future journalists and religious leaders, as well as the broader public, to discuss these critical issues."
Charles Haynes, Senior Scholar at the First Amendment Center in Washington, D.C. and noted authority on religion and the media, will deliver the keynote address, "The Lively Experiment: Why Religious Freedom Requires the Right to Offend" at 9:00am.
The first panel, "Religious Perspectives on Blasphemy and Free Expression," is comprised of local religious leaders who will reflect upon the possible tension between fostering a strong religious community and maintaining respect for diversity and free expression. Among the topics they will take up are whether journalists should be discouraged or prevented from reporting on certain aspects of religious life; whether religious communities should support religious hate speech legislation as a means of preventing blasphemy; and how their religious communities have responded to recent international incidents that affected their religious community (e.g. the Danish cartoon incident, the Catholic sexual abuse scandal, and the characterization as anti-Semitic of criticism of Israeli policies in Palestine and Lebanon). Panelists include Imam Talal Eid, Founder and Director of Religious Affairs at the Islamic Institute of Boston; Larry Lowenthal, Executive Director of the Greater Boston Chapter of the American Jewish Committee; Rev. Edward M. O'Flaherty, S.J., Director of the Archdiocese of Bostonfs Office of Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs; and Rev. Eric Severson, Associate Professor of Religion at Eastern Nazarene College. The panel runs from 10:30am to 12 noon.
The second panel, "Journalistic Ethics in Religion Coverage," is comprised of journalists who have covered the religion beat for national media outlets. The panelists will discuss their reporting on specific religious controversies and reflect upon the potentially competing obligations inherent in their multiple roles as reporters, citizens and perhaps believers. Panelists include Michael Paulson, religion reporter for the Boston Globe; Hanna Rosin, reporter for the Washington Post; Monica Brady-Myerov, religion reporter for WBUR Radio, a Boston affiliate of National Public Radio; and Gustav Niebuhr, former religion reporter for the New York Times and current professor of religion and the media at Syracuse University. The panel runs from 1:45pm to 3:15pm.
The conference is presented by the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life at Boston College and the Communication Arts Department at Eastern Nazarene College, with generous sponsorship at Boston College from the Center for Christian-Jewish Learning, the Jesuit Institute, Boston College Magazine, and the Winston Center for Leadership and Ethics; and at Eastern Nazarene College from the Division of Religion and Philosophy, the DeFreitas Mission Program (funded by a grant from the DeFreitas Foundation), and the Music Department.


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Based on a story and characters by Tim Burton.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1993.
Special features: Jack's haunted mansion holiday tour; Tim Burton presents "Frankenwenie" (uncut version) with an exclusive, all-new introduction; Tim Burton's original poem narrated by Christopher Lee; audio commentary with Tim Burton, Henry Selick and Danny Elfman; making-of documentary; Tim Burton's directorial debut "Vincent;" deleted scenes and test footage.
Voices: Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey, Glenn Shadix, Paul Reubens, Ken Page, Edward Ivory.
Jack Skellington is the King of Halloween. He becomes bored with the same routine every year. He decides to take a walk in the woods. There, he discovered a door leading to Christmastown and decides to spread Christmas joy to the world. When he is back in Halloweentown he shows his friends what Christmas is like, and he suggests doing Christmas this year instead. But things do not go as planned when Oogie Boogie, an evil gambling boogey man, plots to play a game with Santa Claus' life and creates a nightmare for all the good little boys and girls everywhere. Although Sally attempts to stop him, Jack embarks into the sky on a coffin-like sled pulled by skeletal reindeer.
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One Illinois Guy Who Won't Be At TeaCon 2011
September 30, 2011 | Filed Under Budget, Business, Capitalism, Chicago, Conservatives, Economy/Finances, Free Trade, GOP, Government, Illinois, Libertarian, Republicans, Taxes, Tea Party, Warner Todd Huston | 1 Comment
-By Warner Todd Huston
Well, there is one local Illinois activist that apparently won't be at this weekend's TeaCon 2011, but not for want of trying. Bill Kelly, one-time candidate for Illinois Comptroller — he came in second, by the way — has told me that he's been barred not only from getting media credentials for the event, but even from buying a ticket.
Kelly has a page on the Washington Times community section blogs and was told by the Times that he could get media creds representing them at TeaCon, but when he went to the event staff with his request TeaCon organizers denied his credentialing.
Kelly feels that people at WIND radio, one of the event co-hosts, put the kybosh on his credentials because of a recent dust up between Kelly and Senator Dick Durbin not to mention another dustup between Kelly and local TV reporter Jay Levine.
If you aren't aware of the first little dealio, Kelly had attended a Durbin press appearance at Chicago's City Club and when he tried to ask some questions, he was beset on all sides by pressier-than-thou members of the press that claimed he "had no right" to ask any question of his duly elected Senator.
In the latter incident, Kelly tried to ask Mayor Emanuel and TV newser Levine threatened to "deck" Kelly.
Me, I don't know who these media dudes think they are to take upon themselves the "right" to ask questions of elected officials and to deny same to everyone else?
Now, Kelly was incredulous at his exclusion from the event. "With one of their panel discussions honoring citizen journalists, I find this ironic, don't you," he told me.
It is interesting for WIND to be worried about bad reputations for people bashing others when WIND morning cohost Amy Jacobson was heard bashing another TeaCon guest Andrew Breitbart!
"He's a lying and deceiving person," she said of Breitbart. Jacobson went on to shamelessly lie about his actions during several instances, all of which she was horribly wrong about.
Now, I work with Andrew at many of his "Big" sites, so I am not too kindly disposed to faux conservatives like Jacobson bashing my friend, Andrew! Especially when she lied through her teeth about his actions.
Kelly also claimed that he was not allowed to buy a ticket for the event to just be an attendee. I asked some of the folks involved in the event and they told me just to go to the website for the answer to that one. If you go to the TeaCon site there is a banner saying that the event is sold out. That may answer that question, at least.
Of course, I will be there, with bells on. I'll be reporting on it through the next several days.
"The only end of writing is to enable the reader better to enjoy life, or better to endure it."
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Warner Todd Huston is a Chicago based freelance writer. He has been writing opinion editorials and social criticism since early 2001 and before that he wrote articles on U.S. history for several small American magazines. His political columns are featured on many websites such as Andrew Breitbart's BigGovernment.com, BigHollywood.com, and BigJournalism.com, as well as RightWingNews.com, RightPundits.com, CanadaFreePress.com, StoptheACLU.com, AmericanDaily.com, among many, many others. Mr. Huston is also endlessly amused that one of his articles formed the basis of an article in Germany's Der Spiegel Magazine in 2008.
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Brown Is Today's Color for My Post
September 21, 2014
In honor of Indigo's challenge to post a photo of a single color each Sunday!.
This shot is mostly brown. I've been seeing on FB that Indigo is having a lot of issues, so I'm not sure she'll be able to post in the near future. I stay in touch and my heart goes out to her. Keep her in your thoughts and prayers.
This dried weed (?) pod drew my interest alongside one of the backroads where we hiked. I'm guessing the pods once were flowers, but I really don't know. There were many of these plants around, but they all looked like this one.
Have a weed-free day today my friends!
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Mr. Reese
Oh, you know, just a grungy Reese talking on a cell phone. Some things just deserve to be reblogged.
Ah Reese, you look like you had a bad day. Come on over and soak in my tub. It has jets too.
He looks good even when he is scruffy. Thank you for sharing.


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Proton Beam Radiation Therapy and Cisplatin in Treating Patients With Stage IB, Stage II, Stage III, or Stage IVA Cervical Cancer and Positive Lymph Nodes
This study has been withdrawn prior to enrollment.
Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
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Last updated: March 21, 2012
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Well, called that one months ago. Next.
And the piano, it sounds like a carnival
And the microphone smells like a beer
How the fuck do u give Rory number 3 in the weight class with his highest ranked fight waa this one which was far from impressive.
That being said, he has said he won't fight GSP, why would they give him the top fighters they want to put in with GSP, it would just ruin it.
Nothing too surprising about Jake/Rory IMO, that's exactly how it was going to happen unless Jake just went headhunting from go and from that, would be leaving himself open for a barrage of Rory's counterstrikes.
Jake is who he's always been- while he's got powerful stuff and can hit beastmode in a second, he's also the type of fighter you can fight around and minimize/neutralize his strengths, his cardio is never tops and he isn't a completely rounded fighter to be concerned about. He's a fastball pitcher, so you know what to look for.
Mother Fucker! I completely forgot this was tonight! I'm in the process of moving, and my hip is messed up. I guess between those two things, I was too stressed to remember this was on. I'm glad I remembered just in time to see Ellenberger hit a big 3rd round takedown. I assume he was robbed.
Stealing is wrong!
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I really enjoyed this recipe. I used a small amount of leftover steak and portabella mushrooms. This made the cooking time less since it didn't need to simmer a long time. I only had 1/2 cup of barley, but it was enough. I used beef bouillon granules and left out the salt. Served it with some nice crusty bread. Both my husband and I went back for seconds!
Beef-Barley Soup
Susie1 Posted: 11/03/09
Namaste Posted: 10/29/09
Mine turned into a gelatinous, unflavored mush. It reminded me of gruel. Where did I go wrong, I wonder?
mauilover Posted: 10/30/09
Good recipe for a chilly night. I prepared it the night before and followed the recipe as written. The soup was hearty, very tasty and filling. It is a very thick soup, almost a stew. I served with grilled cheese. Will make this soup again but since it takes over 2 hours to prepare, will have to make it the night before.
Aschindewolf Posted: 12/03/09
This is a good recipe. It takes some time to make, though, between the chopping and relatively long cooking time. Perfect with some good bread.
JennieGarst1010 Posted: 11/05/09
My family loved it! It was super easy to make and it was a complete meal. Also makes for excellent leftovers.
CherylR1954 Posted: 11/23/09
I really thought that this was good. I did substitute a package of pretrimmed beef stew meat which might explain why I didn't wind up w/much liquid when I added the vegetables to the pot. Since I apportioned this into 4 containers for my own lunches and dinners, I just opened a can of beef broth to add to reheating. I'd probably add an additional can to the recipe next time.
bksoper Posted: 11/07/10
Delicious! I omitted the mushrooms (don't like them) and upped the celery and carrots to 2 cups each to make up for the mushroom omission. I also added about a cup and 1/3 of water when I added the barley as I wanted it to be soupier (it still ended up like a stew, not a soup though). Very, very tasty and worth the time I had to wait :-) I will be making this again and again! Oh and it only made about 4.5 cups for me total (3 servings of a cup and a half each).
ReneePech Posted: 11/04/09
This was definitely more soup than stew (hoping for thicker), but it was still very tasty. I loved all the veggies, especially the mushrooms. I would have liked more meat in it, so I'll probably add more next time. The barley was a nice addition, but it was chewier than I expected; maybe I should add it earlier in the cooking process next time. Simple ingredients, good flavors, nice soup for the fall/winter.
osheace Posted: 11/05/09
My husband loved this recipe. The second time I made a few changes. The barley was undercooked the first time I made it... so I added the barley after 1 hr 20 min and let it simmer for 40 min. Also, even covered most of the liquid simmered off so I added a bit extra broth. I'd say it is more a stew than a soup.
Sagimo Posted: 12/15/09
I thought this was a great recipe. I doubled the meat (almost 3 lbs) and mushrooms and kept everything else the same. I did omit the celery only because I don't like cooked celery. I was going to double the broth, but it didn't fit in my crock pot! I let it cook for 8 hrs and the meat just fell apart! I didn't double the barley--good thing since it swelled up and took over the dish. Next time I will add a bit less, but overall it was very tasty, and not too many ingredients to worry about. Definitely great for a crock pot.
PeggyO Posted: 11/04/09
Great flavor and very filling. I followed the recipe as written. Next time I think I'd add another two cups or so of beef broth, because virtually all of the broth was absorbed during cooking.
ecugirll Posted: 12/20/09
This isn't a soup - it's a stew! And an excellent one at that! I've already made it twice. I use regular beef broth instead of the low sodium. It has lots of flavor with no spices except the bay leaf. This is now a regular in our house!
LoraJonas Posted: 11/02/09
Good solid recipe... I did not use mushrooms and I added a little beef boulion in addition to the beef broth the recipe calls for. I will not add the beef boulion next time b/c it seemed a little too salty for my taste. The stew was really yummy and perfect for the fall.
jamie33 Posted: 11/17/09
I thought this was wonderful. I didn't have mushrooms so I substituted a zucchini and half a red bell pepper. Fabulous flavor for such simple ingredients. The meat was so tender. YUM! I'll definitely make this again.
LILeslie Posted: 11/09/09
We enjoyed the recipe, and found it to be very tasty and easy to prepare, but I agree with the reviewers who stated this was more stew than soup. I wonder how some other reviewers kept it soupy? I found the barley absorbed practically all the liquid. I, too, will add a couple cups more of the beef stock when looking for a bowl of soup on a winter night! I also think a 1/2 tsp of salt is too much - even with a low sodium base. But, soupy or stewy, it was pretty tasty!
cheftel Posted: 11/11/09
This was delicious! I also didn't have the problem others users noted: soup vs. stew. While there wasn't a lot of broth, it was still bowl worthy. This was probably due to the fact that I didn't fully reduce the liquid while the veggies were cooking. Also, I used a little more mushrooms than what the recipe called for, which rendered more liquid. Nice flavor!
justyen Posted: 11/25/09
This was a very good soup/stew, even for a cooking challenged person like me. The only caveat is that it takes 2 hours to cook, so next time I am going to prepare it overnight, or better yet purchase a slow cooker and then let it cook all night. Y-U-M-M-Y
sherri01 Posted: 03/31/10
Have made this several times. Children and adults enjoy it a lot. Don't change a thing; you will be surprised how flavorful and comforting it is.
JessicaLuu Posted: 06/08/10
I made this once, and my family was hooked. My husband and my 2 year old loved it and requested it several times. I made it a lot last winter, and I can't wait for it to turn cold, so I can make it again. The meat is so flavorful, and the barley makes it so filling. This is a great recipe to double, so you can eat off it for a while.
DiLaughing Posted: 09/25/10
My family will eat soup, but it just isn't their favorite. I doubled this recipe so I would have leftovers for lunches, but when I went back in the kitchen to transfer the remainder to a container for storage, there was NOTHING left! Maybe I'll try tripling it next time so I can take some of it to work with me!
kjane26 Posted: 10/07/11
Very easy but tasty recipe! Thick and hearty!
stormydogblue Posted: 11/10/11
this was excellent, with only one addition: I added 2 Tbsp of tomato paste when I added the broth. It gave a wonderful additional layer of flavor. My family gobbled this up, and the kids had never had barley before.
CvilleLigers Posted: 12/06/12
Wonderful for the fall and winter. I add more salt to this along with cracked red pepper, dried thyme and dried oregano. Initial cook time is pretty long, but it makes for great leftovers throughout the week!
Pearl2745 Posted: 12/06/12
love,love this soup! Second time making. Adjusted to: 12 cups beef broth, 2 cups barley, 2 cups each onion, celery and carrots, 2 bay leaves. Tripled meat Added: 1/2 tsp of Gravy Master and 1/3 tsp pepper flakes Result: VERY GOOD Next batch: Decrease barley to 1 1/2 cup and try tomato paste!
stephchastain Posted: 04/24/14
I forgot barley at the store and already had armaranth so I replaced it with that. I also doubled the recipe to have left overs and added about 4 big cloves of garlic minced. Everyone at home looved this recipe and I will be doing it again. Ill will add more broth and less armaranth next time though. It wasnt much of a soup but I used a regular pan and a gas stove so I probably cooked it more then it said to.
jmleichliter Posted: 10/27/13
Absolutely delicious. My family loves this recipe and asks for it frequently. Great for a cold weather lunch or dinner.


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The world is a strange strange place, and we find ourselves in the thick of all things, lost and alone, but yet somehow mighty with our defined intellect. We claim to be amazing and awe inspiring, yet all we seek is to rule those whom are weaker then ourselves. We do not seek the most important of all things. Love. It is a strange and wicked thing. This year in California has been one full of new life and sorrow and I do not wish to speak of it any longer. It is a hard thing giving up on a dream. Alas, if we do not, sometimes we can not accept the future or what it might hold for us.
My father was an alcoholic, now 16 years sober. Although he has made many foolish and terrible decisions in his life and my parents were divorced when I was but a small boy. I have still loved him and, he my sister and I. Although he has been quite ridiculous at times, I always fall back to some of the philosophical, and insightful conversations we had as I was growing up. And there is one story/thing I have learned from his and his AA cohort. Although they may be drunks, and recovering, they have lost more than we can ever imagine, and only the lucky ones get to regain some things they lost. On a night such as this, in the beautiful evening that Hermosa Beach has offered. The story goes as such.
A man and god where in a row boat together, god says, "you row I'll steer". Then, after a few years, the man says to god, lets switch. God says, "sure." So the man decides to steer his own path for a while. Soon he notices, he keeps going in circles, and isn't going anywhere. Thats when he turns around to look at god, and he's sitting there doing nothing. He looks at god in confusion, god responds, "sorry I don't row."