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It's that time of year again, when food pantries put boxes at churches and grocery stores asking for your help to feed the hungry. My food stamps finally got approved again, so we're not patronizing the pantries, but as a very recent client of food pantries, I thought I'd give you some tips on what items would be appreciated. Trust me, they have ( Read more... )

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Went to the Shedd Aquarium with mom and Mo yesterday. We stopped in Chinatown for some of the best dim sum I've had since San Francisco--spring rolls with taro, chive cakes with pork and scallops, shrimp and pea sprout dumplings, barbecued pork buns (oh gods, the bbq pork buns!)...and Mo got a mango bubble tea. We almost ate too much to walk around ( Read more... )

Indirectly inspired by a post of pantryslut's, what's something you eat because it's from your childhood that other people think is weird ( Read more... )

Got the snowblower gassed up and working and one pass done on the driveway. Got groceries and salt. Alas, I also still have to go into work tomorrow morning. I can't believe it ( Read more... )

I made this with the canned peaches and Italian bread from the other day. It's baking right now and smells fantastic.

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My food stamps finally got refilled yesterday, and they gave me about 2.5 months at once because of the delay. I think I'll order a meat bundle from the local butcher. My deep freeze was getting bare as it was.

Num. My mom offered to make dinner for my birthday. Since I already have a date for mischief Friday night with wanderingghost in the city, I'm coming over Saturday night instead ( Read more... )

Tonight, blueberry, raspberry and poppyseed kolacky. Tomorrow, sweet cheese and ginger curd kolacky (the ginger's an experiment) and pecan tassies.

It's ridiculous out there, and I have to go pick up the kids. Blowing and drifting snow everywhere and nary a plow in sight.