No. Wait. I found some photos. No blog posts, though. But then again, it was 2014 so that explains a lot. Given the evidence, perhaps we can figure this out. Here’s what we know. The top picture was taken at 6:10pm on October 29. It has the look of a shopping trip for condiments for
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We have jumped ahead in our tale of the 2013 shrimp boil tailgate. There are many good photos of the tailgate itself and of preparations taking place in the wee hours. But we must make our way to 2014, and then 2015, because the real fun starts in 2016. This is the last post on
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Interesting twist on an old cake favorite, from the Blue Bonnet Café in Marble Falls, Texas BLUE BONNET CAFÉ GERMAN CHOCOLATE PIE 9 inch cooked pie shell (preferably homemade—see recipes in this section) 1 C sugar ¼ C corn starch ¼ tsp salt 3 C milk 4 egg yolks ¼ C cocoa 3 Tbsp butter
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Another great pie from the Blue Bonnet Café in Marble Falls, Texas. BLUE BONNET CAFÉ FUDGE PIE 6 oz butter 3 squares unsweetened baker’s chocolate ½ C flour 3 eggs, beaten 1 ½ C sugar 2 tsp vanilla ¼ tsp salt Unbaked 9 inch pie shell (preferably homemade—see recipes in this section) Preheat oven to
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Piled HIGH with meringue! From the Blue Bonnet Café in Marble Falls, Texas. BLUE BONNET CAFÉ’S PIES COCONUT MERINGUE PIE 1 C sugar¼ C corn starch¼ tsp salt3 C milk4 eggs, separated3 Tbsp butter1 ½ tsp vanilla3 ½ oz can flaked coconut, a little reserved for toppingBaked 9 inch pie shell (I use Pillsbury) Combine
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#LaborDay (3) Published on September 7, 2020 by Marica Mr. and Mrs. Luis Avila grow fruit and vegetables and sell them at a roadside stand in Chimayo, New Mexico, thus eliminating the “middleman’s” margin. Farmers get only about 40 cents of the consumer’s food dollar. The Face of Rural America: The 1976 Yearbook of Agriculture [Link goes to
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#LaborDay (2) Published on September 7, 2020 by Marica Ordinary People and Everyday Life: Perspectives on the New Social History (1983) [Link goes to Amazon. Used from$1.98] Review: Ordinary People and Everyday Life: Perspectives on the New Social History presents thoughts by ten prominent scholars in American history and material culture on a new way of doing history in the
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This would be a good time to explain what was happening, and what will happen. The College of Arts & Sciences (A&S) hosts several home game tailgates. When we got here, Good and Organized Dean and his wife, together with Good and Very Organized Ass’t Dean and his wife, ran the show. Throughout the season,
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From a couple of years ago. #LaborDay Published on September 7, 2020 by Marica Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (1939) [Link goes to Amazon. Audible version of this crappy old book is free.] That infallible source which has “multiple issues” (I’ll say!): Let Us Now Praise Famous Men is a book with text by American writer James Agee and photographs by American photographer Walker Evans,
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I am abbreviating this one. There were a lot of photographs of people meant for friends and family who read the blog. Game Day! We Did It!! Published on September 8, 2012 by Marica Company arrived shortly after 8am and the male folk set off for the game. Meanwhile… We beat Auburn! Go Dawgs. Added 9/4/2020 Mike &
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This part comes the day after the day we smoked all of the meat. How to Cook… : Part 4? No Rest for the Weary Published on September 7, 2012 by Marica Updated as I’m able. Scroll down for parts 1-3.~~I am so mother… tired of this. I hope I hear someone complain about the seasonings. So I
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I see I have made mistake. I shall correct it. Looks as if I missed several parts of the 2012 tailgate. I certainly did not intend to rob you of the full experience. So I’ll fill you in. This post should be inserted between this one and the smoking post. How to Cook For /
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Geeze. I’m tired just reading this. And it’s only 2012. How to Cook For / Feed 150 People: Part Three, Smokin’ Published on September 6, 2012 by Marica Updated throughout the day with newest on top. The take away message is that Mr. Big Food is very organized! ~~FINAL UPDATE. Done. Did I mention that we have company coming?
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This was our second tailgate. It was sponsored by Mr. Big Food’s department. If I recall, his colleagues brought side dishes. This is actually parts 1 & 2. Part 3 coming up. (Also, I was younger then.) How to Cook For / Feed 150 People: Part 1 Published on September 5, 2012 by Marica Mr. Big Food &
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I have posted this before from time to time. Here it is again! 260 pieces of chicken! Published on September 23, 2011 by Marica | Edit This is big BIG food! Let me walk you through the photo. The guy in the white shirt is Mr. Big Food, and the very proud owner of all three grills. Two of the
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This weekend’s appetizer. It’s great! Mr. Big Food hollered to me from the kitchen, “Do we have any coarse salt?” I laughed and showed him our selection of salts. He settle on kosher. MARGARITA SHRIMP Serves 6 as appetizer 5 Tbsp corn oil (or vegetable oil) 1 lb medium shrimp, peeled and deveined 2 bunches
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As I begin going through the tailgating posts, I’ll serve this up to get started. Unfortunately, and unbelievably, I cannot find the recipe. [Insert short walk to the Bunkhouse where Mr. Big Food is working. Questions. Indignity. “I would never cook anything but my own recipe for a chili cook off! John’s chili.” With chorizo?”
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I adapted this one from the published recipe—in Sunset Magazine, I think—of the winning recipe from the Terlingua Chili Cook Off some time in the early 1980s. As a developing Texan cook back then, working on my own Chili recipe was important. It’s been the subject of constant experiment since then. Substitute home made Chorizo
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