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7th Annual Chili Fest

For the past 7 years Hubby has done an annual Chili Day. Chili is served along with sour cream, cheddar cheese and tortillas. No salad. No side items. Chili. This year two old-time friends came and brought peppers from their gardens – jalapenos, serranos, habaneros and salsareffic. Hubby’s chili is not-to-be-toyed with chili. It isContinueContinue reading “7th Annual Chili Fest”

I [heart] Lima Beans

I love lima beans so much that a friend brought me a lima bean recipes. Here’s it is and it is truly outstanding: Pennsylvania Dutch Beans Many Pennsylvania Dutch dishes trace their origins to the 17th-century German immigrants who farmed the southest part of he state. this bean bake, with its tangy-sweet sour cream sauce,ContinueContinue reading “I [heart] Lima Beans”

Holiday Cookies 2008

Well, I have achieved almost-complete cookie delivery this fine December 24th with reserved tins for some people we’ll see after Christmas day. This here is one baking mama who is going to run out of cookies this year (unlike last year). Then, last night, one of my neighbors delivered cookies to us. IT ROCKED beingContinueContinue reading “Holiday Cookies 2008”

Did you hear the one about the wife and the casserole?

We’ve been snowed in for 2 days. Today (day 3), I got out for a while – wind chill was well below 0, wind was whipping snow drifts around at 30 miles an hour and I passed a highway closed off due to a multi-car accident. Nevertheless, I got to the gym and got toContinueContinue reading “Did you hear the one about the wife and the casserole?”

Sam I Am

Sometimes I shop at Sam’s Club. Yes, I am going to hell. OK, so Hubby and I were at Sam’s Club. And if you’ve ever been to Sam’s Club, or any place where you can buy items in bulk, you can appreciate how bulk buying can sometimes get out of hand. Below, Hubby with hisContinueContinue reading “Sam I Am”

Mid-Winter Hot Chocolate Reserves

They’re Carrots

Two years ago for the big Christmas dinner at Mom’s I watched as she put a pan of water on the stove to boil and took a package of carrots out of the crisper. I looked askance at the carrots. Carrots? The only times I had eaten cooked carrots since childhood had been 1. inContinueContinue reading “They’re Carrots”