I was setting up my seed starter trays yesterday and much to my surprise found and caught 2 Mediterranean geckos. No geckos of any sort are native to my area but I was still happy to find the little buggers. I've seen a few baby cockroaches scampering around the corners of my home and see the wee lizards as natural pest control. The larger of the pair of geckos is no more than 2.5" long.
"But Merlin," you may ask, "won't they poop in your house?" Yes they will but I can tolerate a little lizard turd more easily than I can a cockroach!
A few months ago my grocery set up a Jamaican food section. Either we don't have much of that ethnic group here or they don't shop at my store so they marked everything down to rock bottom prices. I loaded up on "Very Hot" & Scotch Bonnet pepper sauce, hot Jamaican curry powder and spicy jerk powder seasoning for less than 30 cents on the dollar.
I love trying new foods but can be hesitant when the price is what I consider a bit high. This time patience has paid off for me.
I also shopped the "dented can" section and got 2 cans of beans and one of meat flavored pasta sauce. We're expecting another light freeze Monday night so that'll make for the start of a good pot of chili. Yes indeed, pasta sauce makes for some fine chili! For the 2 cans of beans and 1 of pasta sauce I'll add about 2 pounds of meat (you can use ground or cubed beef, pork, sausage, turkey, chicken or any combination), a pack of chili seasoning and some sauteed onions and garlic, maybe a few tomatoes. I'm thinking about 50/50 cubed roast and link sausage. I don't have any set recipe for chili (or much of anything else) I just go with whatever I have that sounds like it would go well together.
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