Shameless self-promotion. From January 2022. Glossophobia is a Missy-ism “word she meant to say!” What is a “Missy-ism?” Missy is a very smart dog with a large vocabulary but sometimes she doesn’t choose the word she means to say. On the Farm we call these silly mix-ups Missy-isms. We don’t want readers to make the
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Good grief. This has been sitting in my drafts folder for six months. Sorry about that! Still in Connecticut, Clementine is now in Simsbury. It’s pink! She tells a wonderful tale about this dinner party. Don’t miss it! And when the dish was ready—the rich brown of the baked chickens contrasting so pleasantly with the
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STRAWBERRY KISS Serves 2 ½ pint strawberry ice cream, plus 2 small scoops1 C crushed ice½ C half and half¼ C brandy¼ C crème de strawberry liqueur (or light crème de cacao)4 fresh strawberries, hulled, plus 2 more slicedFresh mint leaves Chill 2 wide-mouthed stemmed glasses. Combine ½ pint ice cream, ice, half and half,
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“Now come recipes which I take pleasure in giving as I think we can show great patriotism, as did our mothers, in making good, wholesome things to drink from the fruits found in our part of the world.”—New Orleans Creole Recipes by Mary Moore Bremer (1982) “Canned blackberries may be used.” NEW ORLEANS CREOLE BLACKBERRY
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I checked the Big A in the sky and tartaric acid is available. One of the product descriptions says it’s: “Makes a nice summer drink, served either cold or over crushed ice.”—Mrs. John D. McCraine, Woodville, MS, The Mississippi Cookbook, compiled and edited by the Home Economics Division of the Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service (1972)
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In Flanders Fields In Flanders fields the poppies blowBetween the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, flyScarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days agoWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie, In Flanders fields. Take up
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This is a good one and worth a repost. Lots of good advice. A few days ago, I posed a question to SueK and JoBeth, both of whom are Country Mice. So Country Mice, if you had the opportunity to advise a City Mouse who is considering changing his ways, what would you say? The
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Be sure to read to the end, in case you’ve forgotten about this disgusting and un-American episode from the distant past of 2019. ~~~ I posted the following on October 2, 2013. Reposting it in its entirety (though reformatted) for the Memorial Day weekend, 2019. Ernie Pyle was an American journalist and war correspondent. A quick
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Good Lord this is 11 years old! 2012. I’ve cleaned it up a bit as it was in the old blogspot format. I should remind Mr. Big Food of this recipe. Looks delicious. Sausage, sauerkraut, potatoes http://snltranscripts.jt.org/76/76k.phtml Andy Kaufman doin’ Elvis, “Thank you very much.” Ralph Nader making fun of Ralph Nader. Who’d
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Let me emphasize a comment below. Hungarian sweet paprika is not the same as what you get in the store (unless your store carries Hungarian paprika). This concludes our little foray into Hungarian food prompted by the passage in Budapest. This is great for Marica Cooks Wednesday. Fits my schedule perfectly. Plus, I love Hungarian
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From September 2021–more Hungarian food inspired by the passage in Budapest. Just for fun, Mr. Big Food put together this week’s menu entirely with recipes named after someone. Credit where credit’s due! I posted the backstory of the cookbook, and its author, for yesterday’s recipes. Spoiler– both were from women who lived in Florida trailer
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Jó reggelt! From way back in the archives. Served with German Veal Chops HUNGARIAN CABBAGE 1 large green cabbage, outer leaves discarded, cored, remainder shredded coarsely (“there should be 2 to 2 ½ quarts of shreds”), cooked uncovered in a large amount of boiling salted water for 5 to 7 minutes, or until tender, drained
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More Hungarian food prompted by the passage in Budapest. I love Hungarian food! HUNGARIAN CHICKEN PAPRIKASH AND DUMPLINGS Serves 8 CHICKEN 3 Tbsp shortening or butter 1 C onion, diced 3 lb chicken, cut up, or 3 lb chicken thighs 2 tsp paprika 2 Hungarian peppers, chopped OR ½ bell pepper, chopped 1 Tbsp salt
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The passage in Budapest video post got me thinking about Hungarian food. So some recipes. This one is a Big Food Favorite. We have it probably once a year! This is from back in the vault! If you have not experienced the difference between McCormick (or Kroger) paprika and true Hungarian Paprika, you have not
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Looks like I put together a short series of Sunday Travels posts a few year ago. The video shows more of the passage which we’d probably call a pedestrian alley. It’s from 2007, can you believe it? The “tree” I refer to below is the pine tree within the circle emblem. It’s the sign for
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This is a good little story. It’s a shame James Whitcomb Riley, The Hoosier Poet, has fallen out of favor. That old book I mentioned yesterday–Children’s Reading: A Guide for Parents and Teachers (1926)–includes Riley and his works among reading for kids. A lot of his books have been digitized and almost all are free.
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I thought I ought to take a minute and comments on the excessive number of reposts. I am busy. I cannot remember when I’ve been busier. Maybe back when we were cooking and feeding 120 people at the tailgates. (That’s a fun one.) But now that I think about it, I think I’m busier. On
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This is an all time favorite of mine. Originally posted February 2016. Thus begins the final course of apps for supper. The entire menu is below the fold. This was my contribution to Mr. Big Food’s famous appetizer onslaught. It’s very easy. BAKED GOUDA Gouda cheese Pillsbury crescent rolls Lay crescent dough out as a
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Not as much of a rant as I’d remembered but still worth re-reading. This was 2018. For new readers and followers, Daughter C is Daughter C who lived on the Farm for a time. The J-Man is her husband who also lived here for a time. Which reminds me, I need to go check on
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