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Monday, November 20, 2023

Mu-Shu Frittata

Today was the day to clear another patch of the fridge, so breakfast involved the leftovers of the other evening's mu-shu delivery dinner. I added the remains of some canned chicken to the mu-shu, and while it heated in the skillet, I whipped up a couple of eggs and poured them into a small bowl.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, October 31, 2023

oopsie...!

I miss-clicked and didn't notice until now... This post belongs here, not in the Universe blog! Yesterday we found crumpets at Trader Joe's. If you've never had them, they're worth giving a try. They are moister than English muffins but still have the little holes to collect butter and the sweetness... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, September 30, 2023

Shortcuts with soups

I've mentioned before that I am a fan of soup, and some particular canned soups from Progresso and Campbell's Chunky. I like the chicken and corn chowder, for one, and some other chicken-based soups. But the trouble is, there's never much chicken in them. Recently I solved that problem. Now I buy... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 18, 2023

Grocery shopping when way too tired

We stopped for groceries, just to get something for dinner... I went and picked out a little tray of store-made sushi--have a good little sushi kitchen at our store--but then had a few thoughts about tomorrow's meals, and in going to get a can of baked beans, ended up with pickled beets, sweet and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, July 22, 2023

Something new!

I tried something on an impulse the other day. I heated up Progresso's chunky tomato soup, added Trader Joe's frozen seafood bits--shrimp, scallops, squid--and then stirred in a packet of couscous. Imagine Spanish rice but with wheat instead of rice. It was pretty satisfying, as last-minute impulses... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Getting Saucy!

There is an IHOP, a couple of blocks from the workshop, where we have eaten a few times now. They serve a certain sauce for burgers-- onion and bacon carmelized in bourbon. Last time I ordered a bit of it on the side as I was not having the burger, and so brought home enough to have on something... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, May 22, 2023

Romertopf again

This morning I soaked the terra cotta pot and lid, and cut up some onions, then put a big chicken on top, closed the lid and stuck it in the oven. I turned on the heat to 300 F and then went about my day. In fact, I kinda forgot about it until we got to the grocery shopping part of the day. By the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, May 7, 2023

Romertopf!

It all started with the tagine, the experimental cookery crockery. Today, it's another thrift store find, a clay pot called by the Germans who make it, Roman Pot. They base it on an ancient clay cooking pot used by the Romans. So, you may have seen them around, an oblong terra cotta pot with a lid.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 23, 2023

Shelling out for special eggs

One of the perks of Charlie's new workshop location is that it's only about 3 miles down the road from the Asian Pacific Market. We stopped there yesterday afternoon, and so this morning, I had a couple of duck eggs for breakfast! And in the next week I'll be enjoying poaching little quail eggs in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, March 17, 2023

Saint Patrick in the Kitchen

The Day of Irishness is upon us! I've told Charlie that I'll be making corned beef hash with eggs for 2nd Breakfast if he cares to partake.There's also a medium sized cabbage on the counter, and some artichokes just out of the oven, for a touch of green. Something with potatoes seems called for,... Sign in to see full entry.

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The Kitchen is always a place of warmth--sometimes too warm--and gratifications, of indulgences, clever solutions, and occasional disasters. It is a place of recipes and experimentation. This blog is going to be hanging out in the kitchen for a while.

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