Thanksgiving was quiet for us. I got a chicken, roasted it per usual and we just sat around eating, drinking, listening to music and talking. I know, crazy a married couple talking for hours 🙂 We were to have a big snowstorm on the preceding Wednesday (4-8 inches which became, oh, enough snow to whiten … Continue reading From the Kitchen – hey, I actually used something I put in the freezer to use “later”
Month: November 2014
Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – My thoughts on the Ferguson incidents
The internet is abuzz the Ferguson shooting. It seems that some people are a bit confused on what happened, and are willing to just say “well, of course the white guy got off.” Or that “of course the black people rioted and harmed people who did nothing to them.” These are my thoughts, just to … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – My thoughts on the Ferguson incidents
Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – science proves Chrisitanity is true? Oh do tell.
I’ve recently run into a Christian named Diana Lesperance. She is the classic evangelical Christian, creationist, and sure that her version of Christian is the only “right” one. She’s written a book “The Narrow Way: biblical and historical proof that God is Great” as a response to Chris Hitchens's book. That book must be quite … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – science proves Chrisitanity is true? Oh do tell.
From the Kitchen – how things don’t quite work out like you might hope
This weekend we decided we needed to make something new. My husband suggested that we wrap meat around “something”. We narrowed that down to pork and the something to be a mix of cheeses and various flavorings. So we got a pork loin roast (a little over a kilo), cut it into one long flat … Continue reading From the Kitchen – how things don’t quite work out like you might hope
From the Back Room: Finally, back to brewing – Northern Brewer’s Assaazin
After a long hiatus in brewing thanks to having a crazy retail work schedule, we are back brewing again. This batch is Northern Brewer’s kit, Assaazin Belgian Pale Ale. It was a limited run kit with Saaz hops from a Michigan hop yard. And honestly, it may have been wasted on me because I can’t … Continue reading From the Back Room: Finally, back to brewing – Northern Brewer’s Assaazin
Club Schadenfreude 