It is Good Friday week and its time to plant potatoes traditionally but remember that’s just here in central IL. When I was growing up you planted on St Patrick’s Day. Global Warming (BE*)? Have you ever wondered where all of those sayings come from, you know:
Weeping willows will bring the planter bad luck.
Conduct most of your garden chores during the waxing of the moon.
Plowing on Good Friday will cause the ground to bleed.
Light nights make light crops: never plant when the moon is full.
All aboveground crops should be planted with the new moon.
Root crops should be planted during the last two days of a full moon.
If you burn potato peelings, your crop won't grow the next year.
Root crops should be planted under the sign of Taurus for quicker growth.
Seeds planted under Virgo will result in many leaves but not much fruit.
Sweet potatoes dug on a dark night will be sweeter and keep better.
Seeds planted on St. Patrick's Day grow better.
Its bad luck to burn wood from a tree struck by lightning
Gardens do better if seeds are planted on even-numbered days of the month
Planting on Friday is bad luck, unless the zodiac sign is right.
Tomatoes should be planted on Memorial Day.
Friday is a good day to plant crops that dangle from branches because Friday is hangman's day.
Don't plant seeds until after the apple trees bloom.
It's good luck to steal herbs. Don't get caught and I would not approve this illegal act
Tobacco grows well if planted under the sign of Cancer.
Never plant under a north wind.
Whip a poor-yielding tree and it will bear better the next year.
Trees blossoming twice in a year bring bad luck.
I suppose it is trying to find a reason for your good luck and want to find an anthropogenic reason that Gods smiled on you.
*BE = Bovine Excrement
I promised someone I would share my Baked Potato Soup recipe. This recipe is easy and fast but a word of caution you must stand there, stir, and never bring to hard rolling boil. Follow instructions, have all ingredients, including dairy products, ready to go, do not go to sink and wash dishes. Soup will burn quickly
Baked Potato Soup
A baked potato soup with butter, green onions, bacon, cheddar cheese sour cream, and seasonings.
INGREDIENTS:
2/3 cup butter
2/3 cup flour
7 cups milk
4 large baking potatoes, baked, cooled, peeled and cubed, about 4 cups
4 green onions, thinly sliced
10 to 12 strips bacon, cooked, drained, and crumbled
1 1/4 cups shredded mild cheddar cheese
1 cup (8 ounces) sour cream
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
PREPARATION:
In a large Dutch oven or stockpot over low heat, melt butter. Stir in flour; stir until smooth and bubbly. Gradually add milk, stirring constantly, until sauce has thickened. Add potatoes and onions. Continue to cook, stirring constantly, until soup begins to bubble. Reduce heat; simmer gently for 10 minutes. Add remaining ingredients; stir until cheese is melted. Serve baked potatosoup immediately.
This baked potato soup recipe serves 6 to 8.
If you scorch this soup, throw it out its not salvageable. Made this soup at OBI back in the day when you ran out of soup de jour and had to whip something out in a hurry. People will rave over this soup so make it your own and let this one go to your keepers-private recipe collection.
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