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Three Layer Corn Bread
Not so Wicked Wayback…. Talking about 17th century cornbreads, some one recalled a 3 layer cornbread that her mother used to make….and I recalled this one from Tassajara Bread Book Three Layer Corn...
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Karma and the Art of Butter Chicken
There are people you meet – live, in real life, in the same room and breathing the same air, a handshake and a hug away – and now there are people you meet via the ether of Facebook, Twitter, blogs...
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Scarborough Fair
Art Garfunkel was at Memorial Hall in Plymouth, and I was , too. And about 1,500 others, including Jacob, Erin, Kristi, Jeanne, Chris and Heidi, to name a few. Art sang (natch) He shared the credit...
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Cornbread Song
I left out a little measure in the 3- layer cornbread recipe last time around – so here it is again, with all the tablespoons, teaspoons and cups that you could want! Three Layer Corn Bread Easy,...
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In Flanders Fields
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short...
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Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday, Mother Mine and his and his and hers and his and his The number of candles above is representative and not actual.
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coniglio coniglio coniglio
Italian Soup Tureen Not surprisingly, most of the Italian rabbit images have them already cooked, or are plates to serve them in…or cookbooks.
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New England Style Poutine
I’m talking about chowder fries. Why have I never heard of these before? Chowder over French Fries – New England Poutine Saveur had a story….just last March. Thick chowder is key – as are hot and crisp...
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Drive-In Day
June 6th is National Drive-In Movie Day. Shouldn’t it be Drive-In NIGHT???? It’s not as easy to see a drive in movie as it used to be…… As I’ve mentioned before, popcorn put me through college…. And...
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Rabbit or Rarebit?
Now to find Irish Rarebit…. Plays with Fire First, hitting the books The recipes, by century 18th century 1747 To make a Scotch rabbit, toast the bread very nicely on both sides, butter it, cut a slice...
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Rinktum Ditty
Here’s another cheese toast/toasted cheese to add to the mix from Cynthia Clampitt The World's Fare It was the name of this recipe that caught my eye initially, as I was flipping through an old...
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Happy Birthday, Pappa!
June 18th was Father’s Day in 1933. It was also the day my father was born, which made a certain amount of sense when I was little – why wouldn’t fathers be born on Father’s Day? (My mother was...
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Just fine
Van Gogh, Seascape near Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, June 1888. Oil on canvas, 50.5 x 64.3 cm. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam First day of Summer.
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When Corn Salad is not Corn Salad
Valerianella locusta illustration by Thomé (1885) showing the plant, flower, and seed. There is plant called corn salad Which is not the same thing as a corn salad See? Not the same thing at all. Corn...
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Macaroons and Popcorn
I’m just back from Rochester New York, where ALHFAM was this year. ALHFAM is Association of Living History Farms and Museums so this was a professional development trip . There was a whole lot of foods...
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Fourth of July Menu, Early 20th Century
The 45 star flag of 1901.(banner) The White House Cook Book was first released in 1894, and was updated regularly. TO THE WIVES OF OUR PRESIDENTS, THOSE NOBLE WOMEN WHO HAVE GRACED THE WHITE HOUSE DEAR...
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PopCorn!
Just a little more…having found one and then another….. I found a third popcorn macaroon recipe So I’m sharing. Pop Corn Macaroons Mix half a cupful of popped and rolled corn (Nelson’s is the...
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Inventing Coffee Cake
Do You REALLY Live Here? My Life As A Pilgrim (the title of my yet to be written memoir….) Chapter Six Travel, travel back in time…….. And then there was the day we invented coffee cake. Since most of...
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Slump
Grunt, Buckler, Crisp and Crumble. Add some Cobblers and Pan-dowdies. Betties. We mustn’t leave out the Betties. These are the Goldie-Oldies of the fruit and butter and flour, baked in a dish but not...
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