Social Isolation ~ Cooking Projects. Day 60 == roasted dizzy chicken stock
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Social Isolation ~ Cooking Projects. Day 59 == roasted dizzy chicken
Cooking project today is spit roasted chicken. The BBQ has small motor, spit for two chickens and spike pins. Now in day 59 I find that I have time – after our ritual morning walk – to prep and roast chickens for lunch. The chickens […]
Social Isolation ~ Cooking Projects. Day 58 == Brownies
Day 58 of social isolation. Back from the ritualistic walk. Time is 9am – just after requested Hawaiian breakfast burritos – Charred flour tortilla, Ham, egg scramble , pineapple chunks and confetti sprinkles. Confetti sprinkles were just for oatmeal – now it is the make […]
Pizza Dough for COV19 Fridays
Just saying – Pizza Friday should not be devoid due to social distancing.
Brownies
Brownies – My favorite culinary myth about the brownie is from Betty Crocker’s Baking Classics.. The story goes >> a housewife in Maine, who was making a chocolate cake, forgot to add baking powder. When her cake didn’t rise properly, instead of tossing it out, […]
Nutmeg
Nutmeg history is rather dark as it was extremely rare. Nutmeg is native to Moluccas (or the spice Islands) . in addition to being limited to a very narrow region of growth, Nutmeg comes from a tree (whose botanical name is myristica fragrans) that takes […]
Bubble & Squeak: COVID-19 Making Due With What you Have.
This is one of my all time favorite leftover creations! After St. Patrick’s Day, there is normally quite a lot of leftovers… and it’s not very exciting to have the same meal 2 or 3 times in a row! So, out of a traditional Irish […]
Corona Virus Denver Post Article: March 18th
Day 3 of self – quarantine. I’ve found relief in the Denver Post’s food section. The first thing I saw in the side column is “Making do With What You Have”. This stood out to me because in this time of an epidemic the hot […]
Garden Pavilion
Mama’s Restaurant – or the restaurant that she was the sous chef is the Garden Pavilion. From the journal of my Mama whilst she was at the Garden Pavilion, there is everything from specials, to recipes, to interesting ideas that are one of a kind.
Roasted Veggies ~ Just saying
“We love Roasted Veggies” showed up in my email inbox from Food & Cooking today. Bringing out the sugars was hinted – by the statement Caramelized beauties” *(MS). Gram used to say if it smoking it is cooking. I think she is aligned with the […]