Last week was a loser in a literal sense. The first thing to mysteriously vanish was the sharpening sheath for my favorite small kitchen blade. Since the knife and the sheath never left the kitchen, it simply had to be… Read More ›
Recipes
ORDER OF THE DAY: SINGAPORE NOODLES
Today is a cooking day. Usually I complain about cooking. I’ve been cooking daily for close to 60 years. Recently Owen has taken over cooking for a couple of days a week — a huge help. Typically, I make simple… Read More ›
THE HOLIDAY MENU FOLLOWUP
As usual, by today most of the pain from the fibro was gone, but I was exhausted. Even the idea of writing something new was beyond me. Tomorrow I’ll be kind of normal. A few days ago, everything started to… Read More ›
THE PRICE OF THINGS
Our government seems to think there hasn’t been any inflation. I think that’s because none of them actually go shopping. They don’t scour the grocery shelves looking for a few bargains, maybe something different to eat. As it stands, we… Read More ›
BAKING, COOKING, EATING, AND BLOATED
I wasn’t sure I had the strength to write anything tonight. Owen and I spent the day in the kitchen. We made a brisket — half a brisket because the whole thing was big enough to feed at least eight… Read More ›
THE BEST RECIPE FOR CORNED BEEF
I did not write the original recipe. The author noted is Grace Jenkins. Wherever she is, this recipe really is as promised and made the best corned beef I’ve ever eaten. Why am I talking about corned beef? Because we… Read More ›
CAME THE CORIANDER
The container of ground coriander arrived this morning. That was the moment when I realized there was no more room for anything in the kitchen. There was barely room for me. When there are two of us in there, maneuvering… Read More ›
WOW! HE’S GONE! WHAT’S FOR DINNER?
First came the sense of relief. He is really gone. Really, truly, no kidding. Gone. Then came that realization — much like how you feel after a particularly ugly divorce — that the center of your rage, the reason for… Read More ›
INSTANT POT: GREAT EQUIPMENT (I THINK) WITH INCOMPREHENSIBLE INSTRUCTIONS
After the death of my slow cooker, I decided to go big. I ordered an Instant Pot Slow Cooker. Not a pressure cooker. A slow cooker. I have issues with pressure cookers. A legacy of my mother is the certaintly… Read More ›
THE SLOW COOKER THAT WOULDN’T COOK
I only bought the slow cooker about a year ago. It was larger than the other one I had, which is small. Some meals needed more room than the three-quart unit. I didn’t use the bigger one very often until… Read More ›
LEARNING NEW SKILLS AS THE QUARANTINE GOES ON AND ON AND ON
Owen was home for the day and decided it was a good day to learn to bake bread. I have a lot of old cookbooks from as early as 1899 (it is a reprint of the book that eventually became… Read More ›
THE COVID PSYCHE – By ELLIN CURLEY
Covid 19 has changed me, or at least the Covid lifestyle has changed me, on a deep level. First let me explain that I am in the high risk population for Covid. I’m over 70, I have only one kidney… Read More ›
