Kitchen Shenanigans

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Monday, January 17, 2022

Tot Waffles deluxe!

When I made them over the weekend, I put the tater tots on the waffle iron first, then the shredded pork over. It all fell to bits as I tried to turn it out on the plate. Messy! And there was mess to clean out of the waffle iron, too. So--today, I put the pork in first, the tots on top. After a few... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, January 14, 2022

Quick note on cold fish

The fish arrived in a well-insulated box--cold, cold, cold! I got very cold fingers sorting it out, and repacking the freezer to accomodate it. It came with some dry ice, too! Fun to play with as long as one doesn't actually touch it bare-handed! Tonight after we get back from COSine, we will be... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, January 13, 2022

Shipping in the goodies

Today I am expecting a delivery from a fish company out of Alaska. I ordered their whitefish package that includes halibut, one of my favorites, cod, and rock cod. There will also be something I've never had: sablefish. The description sounded good, and I have never seen it in the stores where I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, January 11, 2022

The Making of Bread

My daughter in the Seattle part of the world is into baking bread these days. She has a 2- or 3-year old sourdough starter, and sent some home with Charlie who is getting interested in bread-making now, too. I never much got into it myself. I had a bread machine until it broke, and never bothered to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, January 9, 2022

linking to better meats

By the way, if you are interested in trying out the particularly good chicken I've been eating lately, here's a link to get $50 off your first order. https://fbuy.io/cooks/cvreferclredding I've tried their ground lamb, as well, and it was as good as any I tasted in New Zealand! It's to be noted that... Sign in to see full entry.

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Winter shenanigans

Getting the mouse incursions cleaned up and disinfected, and setting out traps... An on-going battle every winter. And then, later today probably, I will be cooking up a nice turkey dinner for myself and the boys next door. I say 'boys' but the three average ~31 yrs, I think. Boys to me, at any... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, December 8, 2021

Leftovers and others...

As CCT mentioned elsewhere, some of us would be content to not see another turkey wing for quite some time. We didn't have turkey, but I may still be sated from last year's! We did have plenty, in any case, though I literally forgot to cook that vegan roast I'd thawed. So in the next days, not only... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, November 29, 2021

The Leftovers

The night after the feasting, comes the clean-up and the put-away. Clean-up is pretty straightforward and not too bad if there's a dishwasher on hand. Putting-away is another thing: finding enough containers with properly fitting lids. This year we solve that problem in a new way, for us. I save all... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, November 22, 2021

Feast Time!

It won't be Thanksgiving without _____________! Every year we seem to slip further away from our traditional feast foods. Some are simply too far off dietary restrictions, some we actually never liked that much, but they were expected. The older I get, the less enthusiastic I am, too, about a day... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, November 11, 2021

Beets and bananas

Today I again got out the peelers my Seattle daughter sent me,and attacked the beets that have been languishing in the fridge for several days. Long enough for the leaves to wilt... So I've put them in water to see if they can be perked up. After straight peeling, I used the shredding peeler to make... 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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