Recipe: Curried Chicken and Grape Salad Published on August 31, 2016 by Marica | Edit A HUGE hit! Served with Tomato sambal and toasted pita. CURRIED CHICKEN AND GRAPE SALADserves 6 3 cups diced cooked chicken1 1/2 cup thinly sliced celery1 cup green grapes2 Tbsp. lemon juice1 1/4 tsp. salt1/4 tsp. black pepper1 1/2 tsp. curry powder (use the best sweet curry
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The world’s first solar panels Published on August 31, 2020 by Marica | Edit I spent a delightful 50+ minutes this afternoon chatting about plant physiology– and popular misconceptions about such– with Kat. At issue is the idea that less than perfect leaves should be wacked off the plant so as to allow the plant to channel its good intensions
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Check out Dyed & Co. Look! Something Old New Published on August 31, 2020 by Marica | Edit A new Tie Dye from Dyed and Company! The hand of the 100% cotton shirt is luxurious. It’s “USA Strong,” too! Assembled in Nicaragua, all USA components. And did you see the hem? That’s just the canvas for this one-of-a-kind work of art. Aren’t the
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In the previous post that day, I wrote about the coming hurricane. Don’t see any reference to very unusual low temperatures. ?? Two things Published on August 30, 2019 by Marica | Edit It’s 56 degrees. Found at AoSHQ. Linkage on the way.
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A tax on stupidity Published on August 29, 2018 by Marica | Edit To say that Mississippi is a conservative state– by which I mean things do not change, or if they do, it’s at the flow rate of sorghum (misspelled at first; why doesn’t autocorrect recognize misspelled sorghum?) molasses– is a bit of an understatement. Recall that the state
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Tonight is Grillin’ Saturday, too! Fancy Monday Published on August 28, 2018 by Marica | Edit Clockwise from top: Creative Cooking Green Rice, Chicken Baked in Cream, Broccoli Casserole with Bleu Cheese It used to be Marica Cooks Monday but due to a deviation from Mr. Big Food’s normal teaching schedule, occasional Monday this semester will be Fancy. Mind you,
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For five years, Mr. Big Food and I, along with some of his colleagues, cooked for one A&S Tailgate each year. From 2016-2018 the two of us were in charge of the whole sheebang– cooking, setting up and taking down. I was also in charge of the A&S Tailgate trailer (more on this to come).
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Missed a few days but still chugging alone with posts from the past. FYI, “Oxford Town” is Oxford Mississippi, home of The University of Mississippi. It’s quite the place. Whitehead and Russell’s Principia Mathematica was featured in Miss Missy’s School! Just another day in Oxford Town Published on August 27, 2015 by Marica | Edit You never know what you’ll
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Our mission to figure out a way to present Big Dawgs Jawin’ segments so as they are, in fact readable. Remember, the Big Dawgs Jawin’ posts were precursors to my first book, Miss Missy’s School, in which I discover the power of He said and She said. To Boldly Italicize… Published on August 23, 2015 by Marica | Edit “Hey, Marica. What
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This is a good one, especially if you live some place that approximates flyover land. No Gun for You! Published on August 22, 2019 by Marica | Edit This is hilarious. I tried to buy a gun at Walmart twice, and roadblocks left me empty-handed both times I encourage you to read the whole thing because it is laugh out
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I’m glad I found this. Part II follows. Those of a certain age will laugh out loud. ZZ Part I Published on August 20, 2014 by Marica | Edit According to that infallible source Wikipedia, ZZ Top created its signature sound during its first decade, 1973-1982. Let’s use 1978 as our half-way mark thorough that decade and do a little
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We should make these again sometime soon. Recipe: Buttermilk yeast pancakes Published on August 21, 2012 by Marica This is the recipe for the pancakes I mentioned the other day. It keeps for up to two weeks! And it is good. Sorry, no photo as the pancakes kept getting eaten before I could get my camera. BUTTERMILK YEAST PANCAKES 4
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I forgot to schedule any posts for today. Not to worry. We can start with this:
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Every once in a while something really gets my goat. I try to have fun with it. Awful. Just awful. Published on August 20, 2018 by Marica Anna Mussmann has a piece up at The Federalist titled, “The Book World Is Getting Way Too Politicized. Here’s What To Do About That.” (Heh. Link says “trashier.” That’s funny.) It’s primarily about
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This may not look like much but it is good, and perfect for last evening’s Heritage Night–when we enjoy mostly eastern European dishes. Unfortunately, we couldn’t find any leeks in town so we used a couple of bunches of green onions. “Thin Soup with Young Vegetables” LEEK SOUP WITH HAM ROLLS About 5 medium-sized leeks,
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The book was a book of the month book. Has some pretty good essays in it. Posts on American Voices here: https://www.bigfoodetc.com/?s=american+voices My favorite. Really. If you can spare a few minutes, read my summary of the essay. The premise is “Olson’s essay is nothing more than an exchange of six letters between the fictional
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Crappy old books On the Bank Published on August 18, 2018 by Marica Civilization is a stream with banks, … . The stream is sometimes filled with blood from people killing, stealing, shouting and doing the things historians usually record, while on the banks, unnoticed, people build homes, make love, raise children, sing songs, write poetry and even
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I cannot remember when we began this little project, but in 2020 we worked our way through some choice quotes from C.S. Lewis. This is an especially good one. Here is a link to all Screwtape posts (only 11?): https://www.bigfoodetc.com/?s=screwtape Crappy Old Quote of the Day | Disgusting little human vermin Published on August 18, 2020 by Marica Disappointment
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It’s Like Living in the Country! Published on August 17, 2021 by Marica So today, I saw two very odd birds. One perched on the fence, the other on the tree. They flew around. I quietly snuck back into house, got a camera… There were multiple text messages. We decided it was a Green Heron. And then, I
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Gardenia grandiflora Very fragrant.
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