Have you ever had a maraschino cherry ( Read more... )

Have I ever mentioned my favorite food label? It's on the store brand evaporated milk of the local supermarket chain, Stop&Shop.

On the side of the can is written:

Add one part
of water to one part
of the milk in this can
to result in a milk product
which is not below
the legal standard
for whole milk
I LOVE that. I'm trying to imagine the ( Read more... )

I hand't posted about this earlier, because I was kind of hoping that we'd solve the -1 ( Read more... )

I have created. . . .

Light and fluffy latkes.

I swear it was an accident.

They're really good,

I am thankful that, for all the weirdnesses and problems North America has had over its history, we still managed to develop a holiday dedicated to eating a meal with family (chosen and/or biological) and reflecting on reasons to feel gratitude.

So, the pie I eventually made was the buttermilk pie zarhooie suggested, recipe here. Although I took zarhooie's suggestion of upping the heat a little and baking it until it was totally set rather than just barely set ( Read more... )

So, Lis wants me to make something sweet to eat. I have one pie crust (for a single-pie crust) left over from the double-pie crust recipe I made a couple days ago ( Read more... )

So, in the last couple months, my Depression has been close enough to under control that I think that the main things holding me back now are the habits of depression. Even though I'm not being squished under the emotional ten-ton rocks, I've been squished by them so long that I have to re-learn -- or, let's face it, learn for the FIRST time, ( Read more... )

We went to Topsfield fair -- I got a list of the cooking contest categories. One category is cheesecake, and Lis says I have to enter next year ( Read more... )

So, I'm making up an additional pot of chicken soup. I boiled the chicken longer than I usually do, and left the bones in longer ( Read more... )