Where my appreciation for Ray Charles is amplified when I contemplate #1 Son’s shoes.
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.
Grape Jelly (or My Son is a Pothead)
In which the triumph of jelly making is highlighted by a true grape jelly fan. . .
Vaquero Pork and Beans
Our Rotary club hosted an international friendship exchange this weekend with some Australian Rotarians. One of our dinners was a BBQ potluck, and I volunteered to bring pork and beans. Wanting to serve something representative of this side of the pond, I went for the west coast: a Mexican cowboy version of pork and beans….
A Little Cooking Music
http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=butteplace-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B0002S94WK&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr Most of the time I don’t have any music in the kitchen when I’m cooking. But awhile ago I uncovered No 1 daughter’s sound system that she left behind when she went off to college. (Actually, she couldn’t have anything in her room at the USMA, so I guess I just sort of took…
Whammo! Tom-Clam-O!
Conflicted about commercial tomato/clam cocktail? Read on.
Winnie’s Posole
First order of business: how in the heck do you pronounce this stuff?
Furikake (WTF?)
A good question! It is delicious.
Broth Pageant
Chicken carcasses and an old ham bone transformed.
Broth Tips
All your broth questions answered!
When You Were Small
Hand prints more precious than gold.
Replies to Reptiles
History shows again and again how Nature shows up the folly of Man.Go, go Godzilla! Did you ever notice how similar the word “Reptiles” is to “Replies”? The next time you are tempted to hit “Reply” quickly to an email, think about this. –Love, Godzilla
Broth . . . Importantly
You really need to make your own broth . . . really.
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