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Author: Butternutplace
Who I am: I gravitate toward rhubarb, bacon, ferments, dictionaries, cheese, canoes, Airstreams, fava beans, family, farm animals, and preps. And a whole lot more.
Blonde Kimchi
Why can’t kimchi be blonde? Why not?!
Vinagre (Pique): Puerto Rican Vinegar Condiment
This may become your favorite flavoring! Vinagre, also referred to as pique, in Puerto Rico is a standard condiment in most homes and at restaurants. The pineapple skins release juice that ferments to make a fruit vinegar that is rich in the enzyme bromelian and vitamin C.
Dear 18 Year Old Me
*The following advice was collected from the managers and directors in Student Affairs at Eastern Washington University, as they reflected on advice they’d like to give themselves as entering freshmen. Dear 18-year-old me, I thought I’d write you a letter, having had the benefit of living through freshman year of college as myself. I hope…
The Obituary of Miss Rowenta Toaster
Bagels always were a challenge.
The Happy Hollandaise Recipe
This is a XXX rated sauce! I have tried numerous hollandaise recipes, but none are as easy or a fool-proof as this simple one from the Sunset Cook Book of Favorite Recipes. This makes a great blanket for your eggs Benedict or filet mignon. (I could go on and on with other allusions, but this…
Talking Turkey
Ahhhhh. . . . Fall! Turning leaves, smoke drifting through the trees from the first wood stove fires of the year, frost on the pumpkin, bean soups, plaid, and. . . turkey harvesting. We commenced our fall turkey harvest and processed six out of 23 birds of various sizes. Here are some of the things…
Props and Probs: Food Funk
A week’s worth of cooking dissected and critiqued. Answer? too much pork.
Yummy Easy Chocolate Mousse
This recipe is superbly yummy and relatively easy. It does not demand the cooking and stirring of the egg custard. Make it the day before and refrigerate it to allow time to set up properly. Very easy to double to serve more folks. Makes 2 cups (about 4 servings) 4 oz semisweet chocolate chips1 egg,…
Tangy Shrimp Mango Salad
A tangy shrimp salad recipe that explains quite bit, but not how to properly use the plural form of mango.
Baby Needs Shoes
Where my appreciation for Ray Charles is amplified when I contemplate #1 Son’s shoes.
Grape Jelly (or My Son is a Pothead)
In which the triumph of jelly making is highlighted by a true grape jelly fan. . .
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