Monthly Archives: June 2009

Living History: Atkinson's Mill and The Cornbread Man

Two things made me well up with joy this weekend.  Seriously.  One of the Things happened on Saturday, and one of them happened Sunday. I will tell you about the Sunday Thing very briefly.  Best Carnitas Ever.  If you’re in … Continue reading

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Sunday Suppers: Quasi-Asian Chicken Salad

We’ve taken to purchasing a chicken, poaching the breast meat for chicken salad, and using the dark meat and carcass to make really tasty chicken stock.  Today’s Chicken in Question was living happily on a local farm, pecking about with … Continue reading

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The Crisp Confluence

You know how sometimes you have a Thought, and then you wander out into the Hinternet with the Thought in your head and then, lo and behold, that Thought is given Life somewhere?  Well, it happened to me this week.  … Continue reading

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In Which I Channel Alton and Shirley

This is normally the place that I would post a picture or a video, but the video I have found is rather risque.  Very funny, but a bit on the Salty Side.  So, if you would like to see The … Continue reading

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My Very Own Mixing Method: Dead Easy PMAT Method

I think I may have discovered a new and easy mixing method, friends.  As Spelled Out in the title up there, I’m calling it Dead Easy PMAT Method.  You could call it DEPMAT, I guess, although that sounds kind of … Continue reading

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Sunday Suppers: Mom-Style Macaroni Salad

I do enjoy a good pasta salad:  crisp, blanched vegetables and yummy al dente pasta shapes all drenched in a homemade vinaigrette and spiked with whatever herbs and spices strike my fancy.  But that’s not what I’m here to talk … Continue reading

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A Food–Or Two or Three–for Every Day of the Week

Out here in the Hinternet, one can learn a great many things.  I, myself, learned how to upholster bar stools yesterday.  Honest.  See: Because of the Hinternet, my mother has discovered Queen.  She is a big fan of Freddie Mercury–as … Continue reading

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Dreamsicle, Dreamsicle, Orange and Cream Sicle

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLbcABv4Kgo&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b]The ice cream man has started driving through our neighborhood.  Hooray!  In Florida, he drove through all the time, all year long.  And he only played one song.  Over and over again.  I have blocked the song from my mind, … Continue reading

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Sunday Suppers (Monday Edition): Pasta with Sweet Sausage and Peppers

Friends, you know how I am.  I like to put sauce with pasta and finish it in the pot with some pasta water and fat.  I can’t help myself, so I just go with it.  And because I like it … Continue reading

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