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Menu by the Day
Is there a certain food that is associated with a particular day of the week for your menu planning? In a lot of homes where I grew up, Fridays always meant fish, because the Catholics observe the tradition of no meat on Fridays – just fish. Even the schools respected that tradition, the Friday public…
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Pumpkins For Sale
My little neighborhood grocery store set up a huge box of pumpkins for sale in the produce section because Halloween is just a month or so away. There are several different kinds, too. There are pumpkins for carving into Jack-O-Lanterns and pumpkins for cooking and other pumpkins for decorating. I have to admit that I…
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Cold Weather Comforts
Pretty much anywhere in the U.S., January means winter. Even in the Deep South and the arid western states, January means cold weather and spending more time around a fireplace or kitchen stove in search of comfort. Some of the things I like to do in the winter months is bake. It’s all about baking…
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Home from the Holidays, Safe and Sound
Finally got home this morning. I drove all night. As much as I love my family, three days of holidays and dinners and exchanging gifts at my mother’s house was plenty of family togetherness for me. But I’m glad I made the trip. My mom went all out to entertain everyone, but this year my…
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Breakfast for Dinner
I’m hungry but nothing sounds good. I almost never eat breakfast, so tonight I got the bright idea to cook breakfast for dinner. I went all out with bacon, pancakes, warm syrup, scrambled eggs and hash browns. One thing that I have never really mastered in the kitchen is properly cooked hashbrowns. I keep trying…
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Fast Sushi
The Kroger near my house has done a huge expansion and they totally remodeled the store. It took the fuckers almost a year to do the whole thing. I guess it took longer because they had to keep the store open and work in shifts and accommodate the shoppers. There are safety issues with construction…
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Popcorn Cravings
What is it about popcorn that gets my mouth watering? I love the smell of popcorn, but it doesn’t even take the smell of popping corn to give me the cravings for it. There is something about going to the movie theater and getting popcorn that is like a must have pairing. Its like soup…
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Paper Products
My girl, Angela, has been on food stamps for almost a year now because she can’t find a fucking job. Why is it so hard to get a job and childcare that can be scheduled to work out for single moms? Employers have to realize that some people have to drop off kids at day…
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Movies
I am going to the movies tonight with some friends to see John Carter. This movie was not advertised nearly enough, because no one had fucking heard of it until after it came out. Usually there are so many ads for a movie that it makes you nausea’s, but not this one. The first weekend it…