The other night around 12:30 we heard coyotes howling as we lay in bed. At first it sounded like a pack of dogs fighting but then there were a few cat like shrieks. It was a violent encounter and it lasted for about ten minutes. We have since talked to our neighbors about this and they all heard it. It was a full moon that night.
Earlier this year we came across a pile of deer hair mixed with blood and big patches of skin while walking in the woods. We found a deer leg on our property a few months ago too. I put it in a plastic bag and stuck it in the trash. And we saw a coyote scoot across an opening in Durand Eastman while we were hiking so we knew they are out there. We came across a bunch of turkeys yesterday and we snuck up on them to watch as they pecked at the ground. They are bigger than coyotes but are probably game as well.
Our 92 year old neighbor is a little harder to understand since they cut out his mouth cancer but we could understand him clearly when he asked his daughter-in-law for porridge. He even spelled out the word for us. It’s just that none of us could picture what it is. I was thinking of Hansel and Gretel and wondering if he was thinking of something his mom made for him in the old country. His daughter-in-law said she “saw oatmeal, Cream of Wheat and Maypo but Wegmans does not carry porridge.”
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Wikipedia:
Porridge is a dish made by boiling oatmeal (rolled, crushed, or steel cut oats) or sometimes another cereal in water, milk, or both. It is usually served in a bowl or dish. Other grain meals boiled in water, such as cornmeal, may also be described as porridge, but more frequently have other names, such as polenta or grits. Oat and semolina porridge are the most popular varieties in many countries. In addition to oats, cereal meals used for porridge include rice, wheat, barley, and corn.
Paolo Porridge Recipe:
1. Boil whole, organic rolled oatmeal in unhomogenized milk with a small dollop of honey and a pinch of basil.
2. On the side, fry a half pan of Hot Italian Sausage until one side is well done. Tip the pan so there’s plenty of Sausage Fat and Oil on the blank side. When you turn over the sausage, place a quarter loaf (cut in half)
of 1-day old Italian bread on the pan. Fry the sausage and the bread for 5-minutes.
3. Put the bread on a plate with the sausage over it.
4. Get a glass of red wine, throw the fucking porridge away, and enjoy your sausage sandwich.