pot roast how-to guide<\/a> this week. I think I’ll be picking up a 2 – 2.5 lb. chuck roast on my next trip to the store. The rest-of-the-work-week wet forecast will be perfect for it.<\/p>\nI owe the world a post or two about my running past (“What did you run past, Patricia?”)…and future. My attempt to offset all the food posts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
…which means “goodbye” to the grill for a few days. Don’t like to grill when it’s cold, but tonight’s hot dog (for Timmy) and hamburger (for the rest of us) dinner was quick and easy. My latest addiction: the Pioneer Woman blog, added a bew-tee-full pot roast how-to guide this week. I think I’ll be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[],"tags":[617,8,21],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ycQ0-v","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":54,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/01\/mellowing-spirits-since-1866-now-its-mellowing-my-beef-roast.html","url_meta":{"origin":31,"position":0},"title":"Mellowing Spirits Since 1866…Now it’s mellowing my beef roast.","date":"22 January 08","format":false,"excerpt":"So tonight I'm going to use my other chuck roast. 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