"The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter." —Mark Twain
Feeding body and soul
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 […]
Who cares if it’s 100°F outside? It’s chili day! Donna and I work Monday through Friday. We take turns cooking easy meals on weeknights. Saturdays we go hashing, then eat out after the trail. Sundays I play in the kitchen, usually preparing a one-dish meal for the evening, perhaps a pot of sauce or stew, […]