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I Like Cheese
Do you like cheese? I’ve been sitting on this recipe since about 5 minutes after I read it. Favorite quote: Grate two of your half-pound blocks, including the mildest one, completely. Look at the big pile of cheese you have … Continue reading
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Modulated Spiral Groove
Things to note in this photo: my cinnamon rolls and dinner rolls. At the last minute I decided to try making the stuffing in the slow cooker. Came out fantastic. My Mother-in-law brought me pumpkin pop tarts. I just had … Continue reading
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Pane Dolce di Zucca
A long time ago I borrowed a cookbook from Auntie called The Italian Country Table by Lynne Rossetto Kasper. It’s the first time I ever read a cookbook like an book, cover to cover. It’s a great cookbook if you’re … Continue reading
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Before and After
October Photo of Backyard Flowers Same view today What a lovely couple of days we’ve had. I broke out all the wool, long underwear, scarves, hats and my big giant coat. At least it’s supposed to get back above freezing … Continue reading
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The Plan
I have my plan for Thanksgiving dinner. There are only going to be four of us so I’m not getting too carried away. Apples in the pot ready to be turned into sauce. Priscilla is picking up the turkey and … Continue reading
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Butter Pie
I’m not sure what happened to today. It was morning and I had all day. Then it was evening and I was rushing around with my projects half finished and all the crap I set aside to deal with on … Continue reading
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Best Dinner Ever, So Far
This is the best pumpkin I’ve got right now. One of two. The rest of the vines are going crazy with blossoms but I don’t see any pumpkins forming. The one in the photo is bigger than a softball but … Continue reading
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She Can Do The Splits
I took this photo for Keetha’s benefit. Our traditional Christmas morning breakfast: huevos rancheros. This recipe looks close to how we do it. And by we, I mean my sister and Mom. Yesterday I couldn’t find some notes. I was … Continue reading
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Saturday Wrap-up
This represents 25% of my lemon cucumber crop this year. I don’t understand what went wrong. I had tons of vines going everywhere with lots of blossoms. I have a ton of notes jotted down here that don’t go together. … Continue reading
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Dragon Fruit
Yesterday turned out to be a total wash. I got home a couple of hours early but I felt exhausted and fuzzy-headed so I decided to watch one of my shows before I worked on getting my act together. I … Continue reading
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