"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in Food & Snacks on Mar 27th, 2009
1 stick of butter 1 cup of sugar (white or brown, depending on what flavor you want) 1 egg (or 1/4 c. egg substitute) 2 tsp baking soda 2 c. flour Cream butter & sugar. Mix in egg thoroughly. Mix in soda, then stir in the flour gradually. The dough should be fairly stiff. If [...]
Posted in Food & Snacks on Mar 27th, 2009
Joel’s mom, Nancy has given me a couple of her recipes recently; one is for mead, the other was for granola. Along with the granola recipe, she sent over her old enameled Dutch Oven that she used to always use for baking the granola in. That would be the beautiful lemon-yellow pot you see above. [...]
Posted in Food & Snacks, Trek 800, Work/career (vague as to avoid doocing) on Nov 29th, 2008
Today’s weather is kind of disgusting…it’s sort of rain, sort of snow. Nieve likes it; Ruby is not so sure. I went for a walk earlier anyhow, because I was getting kind of grumpy about being inside, and also I needed to go to the library and print out some documents, since at the time [...]
Posted in dumb things I have done, Food & Snacks, You have got to be kidding me! on Nov 24th, 2008
This morning I made a lovely batch of apple-cinnamon muffins, but I totally forgot to put in the sugar. They taste like cinnamonny bread with bits of apple in it. New house rule: no baking before coffee.
Posted in 2008 Coast-to-Coast Adventure, Adventures, biking, Food & Snacks, Redline Monocog 29er, videos on Oct 23rd, 2008
So, so! Now, we’re in Kentucky, and a very good Kentucky it is, so far. Paducah’s got about the cutest old downtown I’ve seen in ages all fancy brickwork and colorful painted trim. The shops look a little twee, and it becomes a lovely ghosttown after 5:00 p.m., but during the day, it’s awfully charming. [...]
Posted in Food & Snacks, Recommendations on Jul 26th, 2008
I go to an Asian grocery on my lunch break sometimes because it is close to my work and a good place to buy snacks and tea. I’ve got a longtime addiction to Lapsang Souchong and thought I might find some there, but they don’t have it. I’ve been stuck with mail-ordering it from online. [...]
Posted in biking, Food & Snacks, Party, Photo entries, Schwinn Debutante on Jul 10th, 2008
Probably the image I will use on the flyer, originally uploaded by Meetzorp. You like to ride, you like to eat, and you like to socialize, right? Well, here’s a great opportunity to do all this and more. Pedal-Powered Potluck Picnic: The sequel! Where: Roanoke Park (meet @ Acme Bicycle Company, 412 E. 18th St., [...]
Posted in Food & Snacks on Feb 4th, 2008
This is an animation, oh yes! Ahem. Now that that’s out of the way, I have recipes to share, indeed I do! 1. “Onion Relish” from Deborah Madison’s Vegetarian Cooking For Everyone. (page 305) 1 white onion quartered & thinly sliced. (I think it works better to mince it finely, but YMMV) 1/2 tsp salt [...]
Posted in Food & Snacks on Feb 2nd, 2008
I grew up out in rural Northwestern Nebraska, out on the high prairie. In the summers, by July, the ground everywhere is a light yellow-brown with dried-up prairie grass. Typically, you get a couple-three thunderstorms per week in mid-summer out there, to wind up an otherwise hot-and-windy day. When there’s ging to storm, generally it [...]
Posted in Food & Snacks on Jan 31st, 2008
Every year before the Big Holiday Brouhaha, I go nutty with the baking and make about a gazillion cookies until I can’t stand the sight of a bag of flour and don’t want to roll, stamp, drop, or press another cookie, let alone even smell one until…NEVAR AGAAAAAAAINNNNNN! Of course, only to do it all [...]
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