This morning featured a tough production meeting at the Socotra House Creative Section. Some of our Boomers have been wrestling with some of the issues involved in seizing islands, interdicting large ships or hunting mines for longer than most have been alive.

So, nerves are tingling with how long Iranian fanatics can hold out against the resolve of the American Administration.

We thought we had a pretty good handle on things, and to that degree we have arrived this morning. Half the crew had slept through the night, hoping to gain some kind of group clarity in the stop-watch show-down in the Gulf. They say people who haven’t been paying attention are pissed-off that gas costs a little more, not realizing the consequences of their momentary inconvenience.

And here in the not-so-cheap seats?’
We are OK for the moment.

Mr. Trump is playing for time just like the people in Tehran.
There are week and week of time left for this to unfold.

We intend to stay with it even if lunch is still something Deirdre is thinking about.

We hope someone knows what is going on. We don’t claim to. The Iran thing is now a partisan bauble on the way to either retain or aquire power over the globe’s most productive society. Maybe something with chickens in it to enhance the beef and pork recipes I have been providing to keep groups of people fed and ready to crank out punditry suitable to the variety of occasions.

We have plenty of beef and pork recipes I use to keep people fully ready to sit and talk for hours while poking texts on their phones.

Barbecue chicken sliders are perfect for conflict watches, and the Salts published some stories about watch-strings they served in odd places and times. If you have not been enmeshed in it, the term “2-2-80” could mean anything. Tire pressures? No, sadly, it is about how to apportion days into segments that have nothing to do with the rise and setting of the sun. Only the endless watching of a horizon cloaked in light and dark that sends visitors who may not be welcome.

So, the watching involves how you can manage to turn a human bio-rithm into paste in only a few months of rousing and shambling divides you from people who live something closer to normal. The impact on marriages was always dramatic.

Which is why keeping something warm from the Galley keeps them coming.

Did you know that you can prepare barbecue in the slow cooker? You don’t need a fancy grill or expensive equipment! I tailor my recipes for not having a grill in in my kitchen and manage on a In my recipe for barbecue chicken sliders, slow-cooked chicken gets a smoky essence from liquid smoke and hickory smoke-flavored barbecue sauce. It will taste like it came from a certified Pitmaster like Splash, who is sleeping by the east window!

If you happen to end up with leftover meat, you can

use the chicken as a top on pizzas, inside quesadillas or used as a baked potato topping. You can double or triple the recipe to ensure leftovers, which can be used as topping for potatoes or mixed up as a shred salad for quick sammies and snacks!

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