I’ve been refining this recipe for months. Finally, I think I got it right. It came out pretty much perfect today. It’s an easy meal to prepare since the sausage is precooked and you can nuke the potatoes (halfway, not… Read More ›
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SWEET AND SOUR CHICKEN (OR SOMETHING ELSE)
You can make this dish using chicken, beef, pork or tofu. It’s all about the sauce. The dish was originally considered “dessert.” Chinese meals didn’t have dessert as we understand it. Sweet dishes were dessert, but were part of the… Read More ›
SHARING AS FEBRUARY ENDS
Sharing My World -2-27-2023 I’m feeling very guilty because we ran out of birdseed. The birds keep coming back to the feeder and I have nothing to give them. Food IS on the way, but I don’t know if it… Read More ›
CHILDREN ARE STARVING
When I was a kid, we weren’t allowed to throw food away. If we weren’t hungry, we had to eat it anyway. If we hated those mashed potatoes? We had to eat them because somewhere, children were starving. By the… Read More ›
THE MORNING DAWDLER
A Wild Aloha To You – All about food I think Rory is the only person (besides me) who puts in pictures because he likes them and not because they have any special relevance to the story. On a scale of… Read More ›
RICE PILAF WITH CREAMY SHRIMP SCAMPI
I bought two pounds of frozen shrimp for last night’s dinner. It was supposed to be cleaned and deveined, ready to defrost and cook. About half the time, I actually get properly cleaned and deveined shrimp. The other half, the… Read More ›
THE DAILY DILLY-DALLY
The Morning Dawdler – Tri-weekly questions for your entertainment Today’s questions are food-centric, which is very appropriate as I’m about to start to cook dinner. It’s fish tonight and it was fish last night. Finally, after a really long time,… Read More ›
THE MORNING DAWDLER
The Morning Dawdler: Questions for you to answer in your own time over your favourite cuppa. Is it easier or harder for you to make friends online rather than offline and why do you think this is? The only people… Read More ›
FEEDING THE FAMILY AIN’T EASY
It’s not that I mind the cooking, though on days like today when I find myself spending almost an entire day in the kitchen, I begin to wonder about my role in this world. But really, that’s not the problem…. Read More ›
FRITTATA!
AN ELEGANT, HEALTHFUL MEAL YOU CAN EVEN EAT EVEN ON A DIET! My son Owen, whose birthday it is today, is on the Weight Watcher’s diet. He has lost 16-pounds. He is sticking to that diet. Really. Sticking. To that… Read More ›
NOT A GREAT NUTRITION DAY
This is the kind of day you don’t want to report to your doctor or nutritionist. I made popovers and I ate two — which precluded dinner which was one of my favorites — corned beef. And just when I… Read More ›
SAUCE BOLOGNESE – EASY DOES IT
The first time I made this sauce, I followed the directions rigidly. I’ve been making pasta sauce as long as I could stand at a stove, so that would be give or take, about 60 years. The sauces were always… Read More ›
LAST ON THE CARD – FEBRUARY 2022
Last on the Card for February 2022 I didn’t take a lot of pictures last month and many of them were pictures of my own drawings. But I have a few from yesterday — art and cookery! Last night, the last… Read More ›
THE RIGHT FOOD AT THE RIGHT PRICE – Rich Paschall
Worth It, a review, by Rich Paschall We all enjoy good food. We also enjoy good restaurants. At times we may want to try something different, or just something that is familiar. Friends may give us recommendations for a new… Read More ›
BEWARE THE FARTING DOG
The Duke is a picky overeater. How, you ask, can you be both picky and an overeater? Really, it’s simple. You beg for any piece of food in the hand or or on the plate belonging to a human. If… Read More ›
CHERRY TONGUE AND FIVE EARS OF CORN
The time has come round again. Our local corn is ripe. You can tell because the price of corn drops abruptly. We used to get ten ears for a dollar, but inflation has arrived, so now they are selling it… Read More ›
BIRD SEED AND COOKING FOR THE DUKE
I was watching an ad last night. I don’t remember what the ad was about, but it was talking about a guy who was out shopping for food. He’d spenT $50 on his own food and was bringing home an… 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 ›
SHOUT OUT TO A FELLOW BLOGGER!
One of my online friends offered to help by kicking in to the birds’ feeding fund. Under any normal time, I’d say, “Oh no, we can handle it,” but the truth is, the birds need the right food and the… 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 ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 