Those of you who know me, know that I bat for the “All Girls Softball Team”. I married my lovely spouse the same year that the marriage equality bill passed in New York State. I don’t think I’ve previously expressed how bothersome I find it that the United States is still very much.. well.. for lack of a better word… Read more →
[View the story "Bacon Making" on Storify] Bacon Making I took a class on making bacon. I finally got my pork belly thawed and ready to cure. Storified by Pirate Jeni · Sun, Jul 29 2012 15:45:46 I made up the cure using the recipe in the booklet I got in my From Scratch Club class. Bacon Cure. http://instagr.am/p/NrAqcEkN0X/Pirate Jeni… Read more →
I think the spam bots are getting smarter.. they are *almost* submitting comments that *might* make sense. Askimet caught them all, but I like to look at them for the fun of it. Here are a few of my favs just from today: These comments on this post about banana “ice cream” sound almost reasonable: Even better – peel AND… Read more →
Bacon.. the most glorious of foods. I’m not kidding, actually. I know everyone is all bacon bacon bacon lately.. bacon is to 2012 like tofu was to 1992. (I wasn’t the only one extolling the virtues of tofu in 1992, was I? That was my “I’m a vegetarian” year. Anyone who knows me now, thinks it the HEIGHT of… Read more →
I know.. blasphemy. Whatever. I had a wisdom tooth pulled on Wednesday. My dentist is Fantastic. Seriously, I adore him.. and I never thought I’d ever say that. But. he left a big gaping hole in my head and it feels weird and ouchy and I’m cranky about it. It had to happen. I’m not sorry I had that sucker… Read more →
When we were kids, we had Miracle Whip. Dear Gods we ate that stuff like woah. I loved it. Somewhere along the line I crossed into adulthood and decided the slimy sweet “salad dressing” should never again cross my lips. So I was a mayonnaise gal through and through. Mayonnaise is nothing more than an emulsion. You make two things… Read more →
Working out a new recipe. Round One:
So, the blog is a mess. ~sigh~ I’ve been pretty busy and haven’t blogged about any of the things I’ve been doing.. like the meat class I took at the CIA, the Bacon Class I just took at the FSC Academy and my very first From Scratch Club Swap! I’ve also been waging a war against slugs in my garden,… Read more →
So, this happened. Which is pretty awesome.. So immediately I said to LB Hey! You should read my blog post! Evidently, it’s fucking hilarious! SU: mmmhmm.. Me: no seriously! you should read this one and it has Spock and Princess references and I’m hilarious in it. SU: Honey.. I live with you. I know you are hilarious. I suspect there was… Read more →
Many many years ago, I worked with a woman who was obsessed with losing weight (I know.. you’re surprised because there is only one woman on the earth obsessed with losing weight right?). She was reading some health food book or something that basically said GIVE UP RED MEAT! EAT VEGGIES TIL YOU TURN GREEN! EAT LOTS OF FAT-FREE GRANOLA… Read more →
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