Joe, It depends on what you want to do with the squash as to what kind, I think. If I'm going to roast it, then I ...   Wed Mar 4th, 2009 01:03 am

Joe, the only okra I've ever eaten has been breaded and fried, and it tasted like fried zucchini sticks. But then again, to me, just ...   Tue Mar 3rd, 2009 11:37 pm

Mikki, Any wound could become mortal, considering the lack of sanitation and antiseptics, etc. However, I believe many doctors at the time of the Civil War ...   Mon Mar 2nd, 2009 11:26 pm

Susan, It's funny you should mention seeds from Monticello, because I have gotten seeds from there! About ten years ago, when my husband and went there, ...   Fri Feb 27th, 2009 11:22 pm

Joe, I bet if you threw in some chorizo instead of just sausage, it'd spice it up just right, too, keeping with the Mexican theme! Have ...   Wed Feb 25th, 2009 11:07 pm

I just placed my first seed order today, which made me think: are there any other gardeners (serious, dabblers, or wannabes) around here? I don't ...   Wed Feb 25th, 2009 07:46 pm

Dixie, I make something similiar to these hot pockets, using the pizza dough tubes. I cut the dough in half, and pile on ham, pepperoni, ...   Wed Feb 25th, 2009 11:11 am

My favorite new books bookstore is Chester County Books, about 45 minutes south of here, near West Chester University (PA). It's one of the few ...   Tue Feb 24th, 2009 07:57 pm

We're having it for dinner tonite. Threw it in the crockpot this morning. I got home from school, and the house smelled great! If nothing else, we ...   Tue Feb 24th, 2009 07:51 pm

Believe it or not, the only liver I like is fresh deer liver, lightly floured, sauteed, with lots of garlic and onions. But maybe the ...   Mon Feb 23rd, 2009 07:32 pm

The puns, they never cease! I'll bet you were just stewing over that one, Pvt.! Pam ...   Sun Feb 22nd, 2009 09:17 pm

Interesting. But it made me wonder, why was a Denver school district's mascot the Rebels? Don't districts often name mascots after something from the community ...   Fri Feb 20th, 2009 11:36 pm

Gotta watch it, civilwar6165, or ole will show up at your door with lutefisk, to render you unconscious--not by beating you with it, just by ...   Thu Feb 19th, 2009 11:39 pm

I'd like to see Cedar Creek on film. I think there's a lot of cinematic potential there, with Early's original success and then his loss ...   Thu Feb 19th, 2009 12:07 am

Or my favorite: Oh, s***, I forgot to turn on the flash! Unfortunately, in the umpteen times I've been at G-burg, as much as I try ...   Wed Feb 18th, 2009 11:56 pm

I think I'd like to be with Lincoln as he walked around the Confederate White House after Richmond fell, and watch the look on his ...   Wed Feb 18th, 2009 11:50 pm

What were the lessons learned by the Union Army (besides "Don't let spectators come watch your battles") because of First Manassas, and were any of ...   Mon Feb 16th, 2009 12:05 am

Everytime I log onto Amazon, I see the Kindle, and think,"No pages? No covers? No well-thumbed passages and frayed edges? Nope, not for me!" I ...   Thu Feb 12th, 2009 12:24 am

While the content of a book is certainly the clincher for me, it's the smell of a new book (whether "brand new" or just new ...   Tue Feb 10th, 2009 06:07 pm

Both the AoP and the ANV, at the start of Grant's Overland campaign, had obstacles against them, including Corps command issues for the AoP, and ...   Mon Feb 9th, 2009 11:40 pm

Wow, get out, Joe! I wonder if my husband would go for the herb garden in the tub idea. . . we only have one ...   Mon Feb 9th, 2009 11:33 pm

My husband, a language teacher, buys language books, and I buy Civil War books, and my six-year old son already has quite a "pile" of ...   Mon Feb 9th, 2009 11:30 pm

After reading American Brutus, and re-reading Nothing But Victory, I took a brief breather from the CW, and am now reading Change of Heart by ...   Sun Feb 1st, 2009 07:38 pm

She probably could beat up Ken Burns, Crow. But that's not a huge feat. :) I did think she was pretty blah, after Shelby Foote and ...   Thu Jan 29th, 2009 11:40 pm

I like the idea that the monuments are historical in their own right. And I'll be the first to admit to my own "monumental" habits ...   Thu Jan 29th, 2009 01:00 am

Because a friend of mine is a LBG, I can't help but think of Latschar from the guides' perspective. Yes, he may have been involved ...   Wed Jan 28th, 2009 11:24 pm

Darn it!! Pam ...   Wed Jan 28th, 2009 08:26 pm

We all know that the Gettysburg battlefield is the most monumented (I think I made a new verb!:)) Civil War battlefield (what is that old saw: ...   Wed Jan 28th, 2009 07:44 pm

PvtC, Thanks for the two sites, and Susan for the Johnnny Reb explanation. Yes, eighth graders are a trip. Keep me on my toes. Next we read ...   Mon Jan 26th, 2009 11:42 pm

Here's one from one of my eighth graders, as we were studying the background of The Miracle Worker, and discussing how the South felt about ...   Mon Jan 26th, 2009 12:38 am

Doc C, I haven't heard anything about trying to "cleanse" the Confederate monuments of their flags. . .Do you mean monuments on battlefields, or larger, like ...   Thu Jan 22nd, 2009 11:23 pm

Okay, folks, I threw this one out for opinions and then promptly got the flu, so I'm just getting back to the land of the ...   Thu Jan 22nd, 2009 11:21 pm

Welcome, HC! This is a friendly and very knowledgeable group of folks, including the guy above my post. Enjoy! Pam ...   Mon Jan 19th, 2009 11:49 pm

fedreb, I read Cloudsplitter, too, and I agree with you--I almost gave up a few times because it was getting tiresome to read. When I ...   Sun Jan 18th, 2009 12:20 am

What are your thoughts on Civil War fiction, meaning fiction that uses the Civil War as plot in some way (like, for example, Gone With ...   Fri Jan 16th, 2009 11:59 pm

It's funny, Duke, that you say you put the DVDs on as background noise--I do the same thing! I saw the series on PBS when ...   Fri Jan 16th, 2009 11:36 pm

This could be REALLY dangerous. . . :) Pam ...   Thu Jan 15th, 2009 12:17 am

What do you folks think about the Lincoln references and similarities in Obama's speeches, etc? He obviously is much enamored of the man--rightly so. There ...   Tue Jan 13th, 2009 11:32 pm

And the Flyers aren't too shabby, either. Could be our year??? Pam ...   Sun Jan 11th, 2009 11:26 pm