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Nov. 9th, 2016 10:50 amThis week's Resolution Recipe: Election Cake.
The history is that "women would make it in massive quantities to encourage men to vote and come to town hall meetings."
Today you can either celebrate the results with it, or have something easier to swallow. I make no partisan judgments here.
( Rise above a bitter campaign )
( What it looked like )
The history is that "women would make it in massive quantities to encourage men to vote and come to town hall meetings."
Today you can either celebrate the results with it, or have something easier to swallow. I make no partisan judgments here.
( Rise above a bitter campaign )
( What it looked like )
This week's Resolution Recipe: (Stamped) Yeasted Pasta Coins.
Mandatory caveat: this involves some hand-waving justification.
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( Pics )
Mandatory caveat: this involves some hand-waving justification.
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( Pics )
Of course I did.
Jan. 17th, 2016 09:15 amI got a new pair of shoes for the '20s party last night - some modern wingtips. I needed a new pair of dress shoes anyway, and while these are more formal than I normally wear, it was good to complete the outfit. The party was fabulous and I had a great time dressing up and seeing friends dressed up in ways I normally don't see them. I got several compliments on my vintage '20s vest and jacket. I've never owned a vest before, so I wasn't entirely comfortable in it. It fits fine; I'm just not used to being confined like that. The only down note was accidentally popping a jacket button because I forgot to unbutton before sitting on a couch. Oops. (The jacket was that comfortable, not that I am pushing the size.) The wife spent the last week sewing a new outfit for herself and looked really good - especially with her vintage fur drape.
The inevitable fate of shoeboxes when you have a cat, of course, is that the cat decides that I got it just for him.
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The inevitable fate of shoeboxes when you have a cat, of course, is that the cat decides that I got it just for him.
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Intensely lamb
Jan. 11th, 2016 02:06 pmThis week's Resolution Recipe: Lamb Proscuitto Bresaola.
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Pre- and post-sliced.
( Meat porn )
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Pre- and post-sliced.
( Meat porn )
Less corn syrup plz
Aug. 18th, 2015 08:04 amThis week's Resolution Recipe: Two-Ingredient Ice Cream.
( I added two more )
Because I am twelve, I giggled at the picture accompanying the recipe. I don't think it's just me.
( I added two more )
Because I am twelve, I giggled at the picture accompanying the recipe. I don't think it's just me.
Photo by Dale Kessler
Jul. 25th, 2014 12:22 pm
Saint Rawberries was a mystic and hermit who believed that one's rank in heaven was determined by one's rank in life. However, he interpreted this as actual body rank, and thus subsisted entirely on garlic for seven years.
He originally lived in a small village near Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire. After the first year the entire village relocated five miles upwind, leaving him as a solitary hermit.
The feast day of Saint Rawberries often coincides with the Gilroy Garlic festival.
Lox is not gravlax, and vice versa.
Feb. 17th, 2014 10:41 amThis week's Resolution Recipe: Whey-Cured Gravlax.
People conflating gravlax and lox is a pet peeve of mine. They are different. Lox is traditionally cured salmon belly, generally smoked. Gravlax is specifically Scandahoovian cured salmon, less fatty, unsmoked. Got it?
The linguistic derivation for each is similar, from the Middle High German lahs, salmon. Lox is via Yiddish. Gravlax comes from being buried in the ground, grav or grave.
( Now that the lecture's over... but if you get it wrong in my presence, I will cut you. )
( pics! )
People conflating gravlax and lox is a pet peeve of mine. They are different. Lox is traditionally cured salmon belly, generally smoked. Gravlax is specifically Scandahoovian cured salmon, less fatty, unsmoked. Got it?
The linguistic derivation for each is similar, from the Middle High German lahs, salmon. Lox is via Yiddish. Gravlax comes from being buried in the ground, grav or grave.
( Now that the lecture's over... but if you get it wrong in my presence, I will cut you. )
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This week's Resolution Recipe: Oxtail Terrine.
( Doesn't everyone have 5 lbs of oxtails in their freezer? And a pig trotter? And a terrine pan? )
( What it looked like )
( Doesn't everyone have 5 lbs of oxtails in their freezer? And a pig trotter? And a terrine pan? )
( What it looked like )
I'll post the recipe tomorrow. In the meantime, this is part of what we're having for dinner tonight while we watch Mackers.
Meatless Dessert Sausage!
Dec. 15th, 2012 05:26 pm...sort of.
This coming week's Resolution Recipe, which the apprentice and I made today: White Saveloy Sausage.
( It's vegetarian, if you ignore the casing. Which is cow intestine, and is only used to process vegetables, so that counts, right? )
( Pics! )
This coming week's Resolution Recipe, which the apprentice and I made today: White Saveloy Sausage.
( It's vegetarian, if you ignore the casing. Which is cow intestine, and is only used to process vegetables, so that counts, right? )
( Pics! )
How I spent my Sunday
Jun. 4th, 2012 08:52 amUSF hosted an alumni day at the game - which meant that they rented out the party area beyond the center field bleachers but really nothing else. It was "Willie Mays statue replica" day, and the lines were ridiculous. I liked the tchotchke but with only 20k being given away, I expected not to get one. I certainly didn't want to wait in the lines. So when I got to the ballpark I ducked into the Public House for half an hour and drank a beer. By then the lines were gone, but they still had plenty of giveaways and I picked mine up on the easy way in. Score!
The game was good. The good Zito showed up and it started as a pitchers' duel. My seat was directly behind home plate... but one row down from the very top. Oh well. I still had a lot of fun - and the Giants won, gaining ground on the Dodgers.
( All in all, a Good Day. )
The game was good. The good Zito showed up and it started as a pitchers' duel. My seat was directly behind home plate... but one row down from the very top. Oh well. I still had a lot of fun - and the Giants won, gaining ground on the Dodgers.
( All in all, a Good Day. )
That's a relief
Dec. 3rd, 2011 12:12 pmI had two failed batches of bread in a row. This time, I let the starter sit on the counter for 10+ days, refreshing daily with strong flour. And finally, it worked.
It made very good toast for breakfast, and we're going to eat some later with fresh Dungeness crab meat.
( Give us this day our daily pic )
It made very good toast for breakfast, and we're going to eat some later with fresh Dungeness crab meat.
( Give us this day our daily pic )
