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yellojktIngredients:
3–4 lb Pork Butt
3-4 fresh medium to large beets
½ onion diced
2 stalks celery diced
¼ cup celery tops chopped
2-3 carrots sliced thinly on the diagonal
4 medium potatoes, peeled and diced
1 15oz can diced tomatoes
5-6 cups stock (vegetable or chicken)
3-4 bay leaves
Salt, pepper, celery salt (to season pork)
1 pint heavy cream
3 TBS (or to taste) distilled white vinegar
Directions:
Brown seasoned pork in heavy soup pan or dutch oven over medium heat until browned on all sides. Be extra careful not to burn the pan as it will affect the taste of the soup. Cover with about 2 cups of water and some of the stock just till covered in liquid. Add bay leaves, cover and cook over low heat or in the oven for 2 ½ to 3 hours until tender.
Remove meat from liquid and set aside to cool and chop to add back into soup. Peel and cut beets into julienne strips and add to stock and bring to a high simmer on top of stove, cook for about 15 minutes. Add onions, celery, carrots and more stock. Add chopped pork back into pan and then add potatoes and canned tomatoes. Let all simmer until beets are tender. It should be a chunky soup with more ingredients than broth at this point but you can add a little more broth if you need to, remember though you’re also adding more liquid in the form of cream. Add a little more salt or celery salt if necessary for taste. When veggies are done, turn off heat and add cream until it has a nice creamy look and consistency; you can taste the richness and know if you’ve got enough in there or not. It should take most of the pint. Add vinegar a tablespoon at a time to taste. Enjoy.
If you know me at all you’ll know I also make a vegetarian version but since we have mostly meat eaters here I’ll just leave that one to your imagination.
All Things in Moderation 
Sorry about the font schizophrenia. I tried to fix it but it wouldn't take. If anyone wants to try, be my guest, please.
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Thanks whomever.
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I just realized all of our labels are cross referenced. I can easily find all the recipes.Doh.
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lol mark, what did you think the labels were for? And to think I wanted you to run for President.
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From Steve Pearlstein's column today:Seven leaders who exceed definingBy Steven Pearlstein, Published: December 3Monday morning at Ford’s Theatre, seven extraordinary people will receive an award from The Washington Post and Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government for being one of America’s top leaders. At a time when inspiring leadership seems to be in such short supply, it’s worth celebrating those who are doing it and reflect on the reasons for their success."Two of the seven are from government, specifically Sheila Bair and Chris Christie and I think the awards are well deserved.
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This caught my attention:"More people take buses and trains in Germany than in the United States (8 percent of all trips versus 1.6 percent), in part because German cities are more compact. Still, an interesting pattern emerges when Buehler and Pucher looked at changes in spending and ridership over the past two decades. Between 1991 and 2007, the United States boosted public-transit funding 50 percent and expanded transit miles by 20 percent. Yet trips per capita have actually declined slightly over that time. What’s more, U.S. public transportation has become ever more dependent on taxpayer subsidies — the share of expenses covered by fares dropped from 37 percent in 1991 to 33 percent in 2007.Germany is a different story entirely. Over that same period, the country shrunk its public-transportation system slightly, with fewer miles for bus and light rail. And German transit agencies more than doubled fares, on average. Yet trips per capita rose by 22 percent, and fares now cover 77 percent of the system’s costs. Germany is getting more riders with fewer subsidies — indeed, per trip, Germany transit subsidies are less than one-third of those in the United States. How did that happen?"What we can learn from German public transit
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Those crazy Germans! Don't they know it needs to be subsidies "all the way down."
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I'm big into beets. One of my best Thanksgiving side dishes was roasted baby red and yellow beets.Apropos of nothing else, we're trying a new Thanksgiving leftover dish. Saute some onions, carrots and celery. Combine with plenty of dark turkey meat and put in baking dish. Pour gravy over this. Create a crust from stuffing. Shepherd's pie meets Thanksgiving leftovers. I'll report on it tomorrow.BB
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Never been a beet fan. They always freaked me out as a kid, and I still don't care for the flavor.It could be the German's structure their own European socialism on functionality and results, rather than a principled liberalism. Thus, it must work better than policy based on principled ideology where principle is prized over results, or where goals other than results (a nostalgia for trains, the lobbying of public sector unions, a principled belief in public transport at all costs) become the primary motivating factor.Your Thanksgiving pie sounds tasty, BTW.
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Private message to Mark in Austin: I'm in Austin tonight. Want to meet for happy hour? Send me an email. My name is yellojkt. I have a gmail account.
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yj – look for an email.Did everyone see Ahnold's opinion piece?http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/an-unfair-fight-for-renewable-energies/2011/12/02/gIQA9lWrTO_story.html?wpisrc=nl_wonk
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A clickable link to Ahnuld's opinion piece.I'm not convinced. As an It's a Wonderful Life fan, I found this article far more interesting:Not such a wonderful life for Zuzu.
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Too bad about Zuzu.
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It seems like it was fine, on the whole. A nod to the not terribly informational headline at WaPo. Still interesting that she didn't see the movie (or appreciate that she was even in what was becoming a very culturally significant movie) until 1979.
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From the Zuzu article: Look, we’ve got ‘Occupy Wall Street’ demonstrators right here in front of city hall,” said the sponsoring city council member, Tom LaBonge (D), in a telephone interview. “We need more George Baileys in our world.”I get a sense that the OWS folks would be protesting George Bailey's building and loan, right along with Potter. I don't think they're that specific.
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