That's obviously why the USAF scheduled the Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony tonight LOL
I indeed got my big ass cast iron dutch oven bottom piping hot and browned it up. I think as @curious2garden correctly surmised, I did just take it from fridge to pan and didn't let it sit out at all. Also, gray may have been a bad choice of color description on my part. The outside looked fine and normal. It was how pink it was in the middle still that had me questioning all of my life choices. But it was damn good and my daughter and I are still here and healthy so no harm no foul.@neosapien did you heat the skillet very hot and brown/sear it on the stove first? If you just cook it in the oven its gonna be gray. I have a convection oven so my cook times may be different than a regular oven too.
I've been watching the birds at my bird feeders. Blue Jays are so beautiful but 3 of them are being aggressive and running some of the others off. I grew up watching the birds at my grandparents and still do. Corny as it sounds, I spend a lot of time on the screened in porch in summer smoking doobies and just watching the birds at the feeders. I have binoculars to really check them out. I get excited when I see new birds hanging out or the hummingbirds flit around their feeders.
Red birds - cardinals are always my favorite cause they are here year round.
Guess I have entered actual old fart stage but simple things entertain me more these days.
How are the pups handling it? How is the Mrs doing?
Fur babies were nervous from all the sirens but we were able to hang at our daughters house which is further inland and has another 50' elevation on our house (and we sit a bit over 100'). Nice visit, much more comfortable than sitting in the Grocery store parking lot listening to the news on the radio with 3000 other people doing the same thing.
