This was probably as good as we would have gotten in a restaurant, if not better. I bought the flour tortillas and cheese, along with the beef and onions used in the chili. Everything else on that plate came from our own garden: the red leaf lettuce, the tomatoes, the various chili peppers, the corn, […]
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Taco Salad
Posted in food on September 28, 2013 | 2 Comments »
Blueberry Pie
Posted in food on July 9, 2013 | 11 Comments »
Now that blueberry season is upon us, I had to make a blueberry pie. I don’t really use a recipe for it, but I do add about a half cup of sugar and approximately a well-rounded tablespoon of corn starch per pint of fresh blueberries, then cook them before using them as filling. I don’t […]
More Food Pr0n
Posted in food on February 3, 2011 | 3 Comments »
I didn’t list the recipes. The pita bread one is straight out of Beard on Bread, except that I only made half the recipe. The apple custard thing, I completely made up as I went along, but I do know how to make custard without looking at a recipe, so I’m sure something really similar […]
Shoo Fly Pie
Posted in food on January 26, 2011 | 11 Comments »
I didn’t feel like making a regular pie crust, so I sort of cheated and used a store-bought graham cracker crust, but the filling and topping are from scratch. Yes, I used the new food processor to do the crumbly stuff (about 2/3 to 3/4 of it goes into the filling, with the rest sprinkled […]
Shortbread Pr0n
Posted in food, tagged food, Scottish shortbread, shortbread on December 14, 2010 | 4 Comments »
It wouldn’t be the holidays without lots of buttery goodness, would it? I’ve posted a recipe for shortbread that seems to work perfectly, every time, no matter how much I abuse the dough before cooking it. It’s that time of year . . .
OT: Deviled Seafood Casserole
Posted in food, tagged food, seaffood casserole on March 19, 2010 | 8 Comments »
I’m a huge fan of hot dishes, or pretty much anything that can be mostly done ahead of time, and finished up in the oven or on a grill. This is a variation of a recipe from The Lady & Sons Savannah Country Cookbook. Like anything from Paula Deen, the original recipe called for a […]
Food Pr0n
Posted in food, tagged food, spice cake on September 22, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I decided on spice cake for the birthday cake, with caramel frosting. I pretty much suck at cake decorating, but sprinkling chopped walnuts on top, and piping out little blobs of cream cheese icing for decoration covers a multitude of sins. The frosting recipe was straight out of the Betty Crocker cookbook, but I improvised […]
OT: Two Recipes
Posted in food, tagged food, food porn on August 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’m finally catching up on my food blog, after that weeklong service outage. Still need to post the recipe and photos for Sally Lunn, but I do have a couple of entries posted, complete with pictures. One is for hot pepper jelly; the other is for crisp toffee bars. The hot pepper jelly is really […]
Darn Tomatoes
Posted in food, tagged food on August 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We’ve got six plants of full-sized tomatoes. They have thus far escaped the tomato blight epidemic that’s been plaguing commercial growers in the NE. Two of ours are bush varieties, which stay compact, but the other four need more support than stakes can provide. I’ll have to get cages for them next year. What irks […]
Garden Harvest
Posted in food, gardening, tagged food, gardening on July 25, 2009 | 9 Comments »
This time of year, harvesting the fruits and veggies is a daily task. I went out at 8 am, to do harvest duty. I got a few peppers (yellow banana, and cayenne), two eggplants, a handful of cherry tomatoes, and another handful of Kentucky Wonder green beans. Many more peppers can be picked any time […]