What? I said it’d be special and thus by sayin’ it’s special it is special So There!
Earlier today, today bein’ Sunday, I made a comment on a post by Taters over on facebook about how she should go get an outdoor cooker and convince Mr. Taters to fry a turkey because mixing meat, boiling oil and propane is a real manly thing. I mean, meat, potential third degree burns with the added bonus of a volatile and potentially explosive substance. It just screams manly!
So, I got to thinkin’ re manly stuff. To wit here is a partial listin’ of manly things. If’n any of you Mumper wimmens want to do any of this then have at it cause above all things I’m all equal opportunity with this stuff.
Manly stuff:
Grillin’, with charcoal or propane. Again the combo of meat and potential explosion is all about manly.
Pressure washers. I say if a man owns his own home he should have a pressure washer to wash outside stuff. I own an electric one which is not quite as manly as a big honkin’ gas or diesel powered one for manly pressure washin’ but it gets the job done, hence it’s manly.
Bug squishin’. It is my understandin’ that one of the major chores of married men is that of offical bug squisher. The bigger the bug, the bigger the squish the more manly.
Jar openin’. It is also my understandin’ that this is the other major chore of married men. The tighter the lid, the more gruntin’ involved the more manly. Bonus manliness if it causes the man to use naughty words.
Ok, that’s my partial list. Feel free to add to it or just hijack away like y’all are gonna do anyways. Either way it’s all good.
Manly things? hmmm. not being a man, I don’t have the proper perspective, but to me, manly things are:
Being strong without being brutal or violent
Treating their partner well, and not taking said partner for granted
Confidence, not arrogance
Able to laugh without seeming geeky or cry without seeming wimpy.
Those are the manly qualities I look for…
Buying tools, just for the heck of it.
Auto repairs
Carrying heavy objects for women(bonus manliness if it’s a cooler full of meat and beer)
I won’t say sports, because there’s nothing hotter than a lady who has an informed opinion about the trapezoid rule in hockey.
Hm, I’m not a man, but I guess I do some manly stuff.
I buy tools, just to make sure we have them, and I use them.
I’m generally the fix-it person around here. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve unjammed the garbage disposal, but it’s a hell of a lot. I’ve taken apart, and put back together the pipes under various sinks because they became clogged.
I’ve chopped down trees, I’ve cleared brush, I’ve created slash piles, I’ve cut trails, I’ve built stuff, I laid a waterline at a campground, I busted up an aphsalt road with a giant ass pry bar. Well, that’s the stuff I can think of for now. There’s more, but I just can’t remember it all.
Sgetti’s are cookin’, along with the sauce and meatballs.
Oh, and I answered Swampy on facebook re: deep frying a turkey. We borrowed one once, and while the turkey was good, it was generally a pain in the ass and messy as hell! We opted right then and there not to go out and buy one.
I’m watching American Grafitti on a local tv station and every other commercial break shows the commercial with Heidi Klum slurping yogurt 6 or 7 times! They show it after every other commercial. They have guaranteed that I will never ever buy that yogurt.
Sofa moving. Picture-hanging. Breakfast swimming in cholesterol. Being instantly smitten by the Brand New Baby in a way that the mother is still too tired to feel.
In our house, the manly job is changing lightbulbs. We have high ceilings, and I can’t reach half the lightbulbs even with a chair or ladder! The only other manly thing that goes on is the acquisition of power tools. There isn’t much use of said power tools, but they have been acquired and stored around the house.
Work is irksome today, and we’ve just had a full-evacuation fire drill which wasn’t fun because it’s not very nice outside.
Good Monday morning all! I’m up and caffeinating and ready to get on the road to work.
I’m not very good at “manly” chores or jobs. My daughter is the bug squasher, because she -likes- doing it, believe it or not! I do know the difference between a regular screw and a phillips head screw at least …LOL!
Have a great day all. Hey BooFae, what about that aubergine-pasta bake?
Of course, if I’d read the end of the last MMP, I’d have realised that Herbs wanted a proper recipe. Silly me.
I got the recipe from my Fat Club site and I made it according to the instructions apart from using canned tomatoes because I didn’t have enough fresh ones, and I used halloumi instead of mozarella.
1 tsp Marmite
1 onion
2 garlic cloves
454g/1lb tomatoes
284ml/½ pint passata
salt and freshly ground black pepper
340g/12oz penne pasta
fresh basil leaves
170g/6oz mozzarella cheese
1 aubergine
Dissolve the Marmite in a pan with 284ml/½ pint boiling water. Chop the onion, garlic and tomatoes and add to the pan with the passata and seasoning to taste. Bring to the boil, reduce the heat, and simmer for 12 minutes until slightly reduced.
Meanwhile, cook the pasta according to the packet instructions, drain and refresh under cold water, then add to the sauce.
Place half the pasta in an oven-proof dish. Top with half the aubergine and scatter over some basil leaves. Repeat with the remaining ingredients. Slice the mozzarella and place on the top. Season to taste, then bake for 20 minutes until the cheese has melted.
It’s simple and effective, and I think it would work well with all sorts of veggies. I faithfully put the aubergine in but I am still not taken with the taste/texture of that particular thing. I’m stumped now, I have another aubergine at home and am wondering what to do with it. Curry, maybe?
