"So I discovered I had an elk roast hiding in the deep freeze," posts JeanC @ JeanC's Cat House & Shooting Gallery. "So I decided that would be dinner last night. I browned it in an oven safe pan with some olive oil, sweet onions and mushrooms. Seasoned the roast with some kosher salt and pepper and then a goodly dose of balsamic vinegar just before putting it in the oven to finish cooking." More here.

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• I've been up to London to visit the queen/A Family Runs Through It
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• Imagine John Lennon at age 70/Atmospheric Ruminations
• Lolo Pass oil shipments/Bay Views
• Dame Joan Sutherland dead at age 83/Community Comment
• The hunter is gone/From A Simple Mind
• The roses of October/Gathering Around the Table
• 3BT: St. Roni, photo shoot at farmers' market, Yi Shen curry/Kellogg Bloggin'
• A day at Greenbluff/Live, Love, Laugh, Hope
• Remembering Dad: Ron Rankin/More Main Street
• Dear Santa/Notes On A Napkin
• Pop culture mash-ups/Rants, Raves, & Random Thoughts
• North Idaho diversions/Skookum Photography
• Ploddin' with Lilly/Slight Detour
• Faulty map/Tumblewords

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