"No matter how cynical I get, I can’t keep up.” — Lily Tomlin
Feeding body and soul
I watched Lucky Number Slevin last night. Will the judge invoke Godwin’s Law if I say I think Bruce Willis, now that he’s getting older, could play a convincing Adolph Hitler? Can’t find it with Google image search, but early on there’s an airport scene where Bruce, if only he had the moustache, is the […]
The menu: smoked turkey (with dressing, gravy, and cranberry sauce), standing beef rib roast, mashed potatoes, salad, mustard greens, bread pudding, pumpkin pie. All home made, of course. Our daughter Polly is here, and Dee and Darrell, friends, are coming over to eat with us. Family, friends, food — it was all great. The roast came […]
Okay, it’s pressure cookin’, but no pressure to prepare. And it’s real down-home comfort food, like mama used to make. Pressure Cooker Pot Roast Ingredients 1 tbs olive or vegetable oil 3 lb pot roast salt & pepper, to taste 3 cups beef stock 1 lb small redskin potatos (cleaned but not peeled) 2 medium carrots, cut […]
Putting on a breakfast or brunch-time party? This stuff kicks ass! Bloody Mary Mix Ingredients Base 1 cup beef base 1 small bottle Tabasco Sauce Worcestershire Sauce, to taste salt & pepper, to taste celery salt, to taste 1/4 cup horseradish (not the creamy kind) The Rest 4 qts tomato juice vodka garnishes (celery stalks, […]
Yum . . . spag bog! Several years ago, when I was putting the Half-Mind Cookbook together, an Australian harriette inadvertently posted a shopping list to the international hash e-mail list. The line that caught my attention said “mince for spag bog.” Spag bog? That could only be some sort of Australian dish, right? Like […]
Now that it’s getting cold . . . There’s nothing like Glüwein to warm you up! Donna’s Glüwein (Hot Mulled Wine) Ingredients 3 cups water 1 cup sugar 1 whole lemon peel 1 smidgen lemon juice 1 handful cloves (18 whole cloves) 5 cinnamon sticks 1 large bottle Lambrusco wine Directions Bring all ingredients (except […]
You say potatoe, I say potato . . . Now that cooler weather’s returned, hungry Hash House Harriers want hot food at on-afters. Baked potatoes are easy, filling, and tasty, and you can make it a group effort by asking others to bring the toppings. This is one of Pick’n’Flick’s most successful hash recipes. If […]
What do you make to feed 50 hungry hashers? Caesar salad for 50! The hash got rained out yesterday . . . oh, all right, a few diehards proably hashed, so it’s more like I got rained out . . . but if 50 hashers had hashed and were looking for something good to eat […]