Posted on December 14th, 2008 by admin
Food is, of course, the most basic of our needs beyond water and air (and toilet paper!). Isn’t it funny how we take these simple things for granted? You breathe in and out, you pull on the roll, you turn on the tap, you pop a Lean Cuisine into the microwave, or answer, “Yes”, to “Fries with that?” Easy, automatic, instant. But of course, it’s not. All of these things, with the exception of air, require a complicated combination of infrastructure and workforce to get to us. We only think about it when the system breaks down (imagine a toilet paper factory worker’s strike!), or when we pay our bills.
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Posted on August 24th, 2008 by admin
This is one of those rare perfect books that I will want to keep forever to loan out to friends in need of enlightenment or encouragement. It has everything: a good storyline; characters that are real, complex and that you would want to meet in real life; it’s funny; it talks about the Northwest US [...]
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Posted on May 13th, 2008 by admin
My husband caught a beautiful trout a few nights ago. It was full of roe (that’s fish eggs, also known as caviar). I’ve had commercial caviar before, you eat it on crackers with champagne. And I’ve had catfish, bluegill and bass roe before. They are in a little membrane, and you bread and fry them [...]
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Posted on May 2nd, 2008 by admin
If you stretch your meat with pasta, potatoes, veggies, etc. you can buy even expensive cuts of meat and fish with relatively little cost. Most Americans (and people in other developed countries) eat too much meat anyway, and need more fruits and vegetables in their diet to stay healthy.
Thanks to kakisky and morguefile for the [...]
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Posted on April 25th, 2008 by admin
It’s getting warmer, and quick salads with bread or crackers are great for lunch!
When I was a kid, tuna salad meant tuna, mayonnaise, and pickles. Blah. It tasted good, but Blah.
This recipe is based off of one in the Joy of Cooking, which I have modified for my own tastes. It elevates tuna salad to [...]
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Posted on April 23rd, 2008 by admin
German. Beer. These two words just seem to go together. Beer makes us think of bratwurst, Oktoberfest, crazy drunken Germans in leiderhosen, beer steins, and so on. And German beer tastes great! Even many of the popular US beers, Busch for example, are from original recipes brought to America from Germany. According to Wikipedia, only [...]
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Posted on April 15th, 2008 by admin
When you think of kitchen gadgets, you probably don’t think about scissors. But they are a helpful tool! Most of us probably use scissors to open packaged foods, onion bags, mixes, etc. But you can also use scissors to easily snip herbs, chives, and green onions into small pieces. You can quickly trim greens, grapes, [...]
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