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 ›
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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 ›
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 ›
AND THEN THE WIND BLEW AND THE LIGHTS WENT DARK
I had a nice set of posts planned for this evening until the wind came up and the lights went out. We got a lot of wind which, apparently brought down some trees and although it is usually dark here… Read More ›
LOKSHEN KUGEL (NOODLE PUDDING) FOR DINNER, DESSERT, SNACKS, WHATEVER
I have an abscess. It’s on the gum above what the dentist calls my upper number two tooth. The number one on that side was already pulled years ago. That was the one where they couldn’t even do a root… Read More ›
BANANA BREAD ANYONE?
We had three bananas in the kitchen. Not quite as ripe as I like them for making banana bread, but there were three. I feared if I didn’t use them, there would be one missing in short order. So, this… Read More ›
GINGERBREAD IN THE MORNING
I felt like baking this morning. I usually don’t care about anything but coffee, but this morning, after taking 130 pictures of birds and squirrels, I wanted something warm and sweet with my coffee. So I made gingerbread, which is… Read More ›
SPICY GINGERBREAD – Marilyn Armstrong
It’s a sweet bread, not the hard stuff (which is really baked masonry) typically used to build houses, or the dough used for gingerbread people. This is more of a cake, but not as sweet. It’s the one I make… Read More ›
MAKING PRETZELS – Marilyn Armstrong
We like pretzels. One of the things I really miss is fresh warm pretzels, the kind we used to buy at the old mall in Auburn. I don’t know if the mall is open or will open. It was barely… Read More ›
HUMMUS – Marilyn Armstrong
Feel like a nourishing meal without cooking? A lot of food from in and around the Mediterrean is some kind of salad, typically vegan. How about humous? This is an Armenian recipe, but it’s delicious, easy, and all you need… Read More ›
THE DAIRY FARM AROUND THE BLOCK – Marilyn Armstrong
As 2019’s first major winter storm closes in, memories of summer seemed in order, not to mention a recipe for one great and classic cake. Garry wanted pound cake for which I needed eggs. Our half-and-half was going “off.” With pound cake, we obviously… Read More ›
