I am sick, sick as a dog. I do not mean “sick“ in current usage, meaning “good,” I mean “sick” in the traditional usage meaning, well, sick. I can neither breathe through my nose nor inhale deeply without unleashing a most unattractive series of rumbles reminiscent of Linda Blair giving voice to the devil in [...]
Archive for December, 2007
Happy New Year
Posted in Ramblings, cooking, food on December 31, 2007 | 9 Comments »
Hunky Dory
Posted in Hungarian Food, Pork Paprikas, Pork Recipes, cooking, food, recipes on December 30, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Despite the immense amount of time I spend pretending to be Italian, the truth is that a good half of what I am is Hungarian. (Which means, according to the prevailing laws of political correctness, that I am allowed to use the word “Hunky,” but you probably aren’t). I have never really learned [...]
Emotional Eating
Posted in Ramblings, food on December 29, 2007 | 13 Comments »
Anyone with even a passing familiarity with womens’ magazines, Dr. Phil or pop psychology in general knows that Emotional Eating is Bad. It makes you fat, it isn’t Mindful, it doesn’t fill the gaping hole of psychological need and blah, blah, blah. The general drift of current thought is that when you are sad, you [...]
The Parable of the Buche
Posted in Baking, Kitchen Misses, Ramblings, cooking, food on December 28, 2007 | 10 Comments »
I have a friend who is male, single and (at the moment) house sitting in his ancestral home. (He is also quite a catch, in my humble opinion, and if you are looking, I’ll hook you up if you can establish your worthiness). Although he is a fine cook in his own right, he sometimes [...]
My Wondrous Christmas Haul
Posted in food on December 25, 2007 | 11 Comments »
I know, based on my keen observance of TV ads during the joyous yuletide season, that many women really want jewelry. Mostly they seem to want something called a “journey” necklace with a sort of squiggle of diamonds in graduated carat weights. I am not against jewelry or diamonds (I wear a platinum and diamond [...]
Stop the World; I Want to Get Off
Posted in NaBloPoMo, Ramblings, food, food blogs, holidailies on December 22, 2007 | 6 Comments »
More accurately, I am quitting “Holidailies” for reasons that will benefit all of us. It seemed like a good idea at the time, to motivate myself to write an entry every day. I met that goal during November, participating in NaBloPoMo, so it seemed like if I could do November I could do December. I [...]
Menu Planning Week 28
Posted in food on December 20, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I am feeling very tired and old. Not un-festive, just tired and old. It may have something to do with staying up (on a school night!) until 2:30 this morning watching “Say Anything,”but my hunch is that its a combination of Yuletide stress, cold weather and sleeping with a constantly undulating sea of dogs and [...]
Random Dinner Snapshot: Homemade Macaroni and Cheese
Posted in Casseroles and Comfort Foods, Random Dinner Snapshot, macaroni and cheese on December 19, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Here it is, tonight’s dinner. Its cold outside, I’m busy, and this is in our dinner hall of fame.
I have posted the recipe before, here. It isn’t sophisticated, it isn’t elegant, and (based on previous experiments) this family will not allow deviations into wild territory like smoked cheese or panko instead of Italian breadcrumbs. Take [...]
Whose Dinner Is It, Anyway?
Posted in Ramblings, food on December 18, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Earlier this year, I became aware that there were children in my son’s elementary school who were, at worst, homeless, and at best living in very uncertain situations. The economy in this state has seen better times, and even families with two working parents are having difficulty making ends meet. There were kids crying because [...]
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