Go Brewers

More than any other form of entertainment, we enjoy going to a baseball game the most. We had empty seats beside us and in front of us which made it all that more enjoyable. Otherwise we were surrounded by Pittsburg Pirates’ fans. They were very nice fans. Obviously more civilized than those obnoxious near toxic Chicago Cubs’ fans or perhaps they simply know how to hold their liquor.

Jonathan Lucroy ignited the first scoring rally. I wonder how many more seats stadiums would have without those giant screens. Few of the fans captured on camera actually understand where the camera is. There they are on the screen for all to see waving off into nothingness. The Pirates’ fans around us received calls from their friends that they saw them on television. Then their friends sent them pictures of them on television. I guess they have rewind features on their cable box.

The pitcher got his first hit in his professional career and set up the next scoring rally. The pitching management was perfect and could have been the difference in the game. The Brewers won.

The garden is producing. I didn’t think we were going to get any broccoli but suddenly it started coming along. You can eat the broccoli leaves (and turnip leaves). They actually sell broccoli leaves in the grocery store in Japan. My wife fried them up in a stir fry with bacon. She was afraid they were too bitter. I didn’t think so. I never ate greens before mostly because they always look so soggy. The peaches I left on the broken branches are ripening. We searched for recipes for unripe or green peaches and saw a few for pickling them. I searched “peach relish recipes” and the flood gates opened up. Yes there are uses for green peaches (a pepper, sweet onion salt and vinegar, and if they are really green you might want to add sugar). Add “unripe” to your search if you have green peaches. We are going to do some canning for the first time.

No time to fit Treadfest into your holiday weekend? Not interested in gravel runs and the glorious beauty of the La Crosse area? Well, there is another gravel ride as part of the Bicycle Times Adventure Fest in October, if you are one incapable of acting on the spur of the moment. Of course you’ll have to drive (or ride) to Pennsylvania; home of the Pittsburg Pirates.

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