The samoa in the title is the Girl Scout cookie. My spouse *loves* them. They are basically a shortbread cookie covered in caramel, toasted coconut and chocolate. They still are pretty good, though many of the cookies seem to less than what I remember. Of course it could simply be the glow of nostalgia. I, … Continue reading From the Kitchen and the Bar – samoa pie, and wine
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From the Kitchen and the backyard – crispy sticky rice, cheesecake, a mutant challah, plus a possum
After cooking the Thai flavored pork shoulder for Thanksgiving, we decided we needed another side dish for it since there was about 8 pounds of pork to eat. The December 2016 Food & Wine magazine presented yet another Thai flavored recipe and that’s what was made as a side to accompany the rest of the … Continue reading From the Kitchen and the backyard – crispy sticky rice, cheesecake, a mutant challah, plus a possum
From the Kitchen and From the Bar – a less than standard Thanksgiving: Thai pork roast
This year we decided to part from the norm of having our usual chicken dinner and try a new recipe we found in my subscription to Food & Wine magazine. This new recipe was for Thai Pulled Pork Sandwiches by Chef Jamie Bissonnette. This where my new Thai ingredients came into play. The online store, … Continue reading From the Kitchen and From the Bar – a less than standard Thanksgiving: Thai pork roast
From the Kitchen – port peppercorn sauce and a petit beef tenderloin filet
Although we’ve wandered a bit off of the South Beach diet lately, we are doing pretty well in keeping any new weight from being added back on. It does help us to weigh ourselves every day, just to keep an eye on things. We also got back some lab reports and everything is better, including cholesterol (your … Continue reading From the Kitchen – port peppercorn sauce and a petit beef tenderloin filet
What the Boss Likes – something from the kitchen and a new winery/brewery
I’m currently hiding in our one air conditioned room on a 95+ degree (F) day. I do love the varied seasons of PA but I could do without the really really hot days. At least I’m not still working as a field geologist out on a hazardous waste site in level C gear. Though that … Continue reading What the Boss Likes – something from the kitchen and a new winery/brewery
From the Kitchen and Bar – I have committed a culinary sin….and it was goooood
A week after Snowzilla and we still have about a foot of snow still on the ground. I’ve been tossing out old bread and stale snacks for the local crows, squirrels and little birdies since they have little to eat. Yesterday we had a huge number of crows in the neighborhood. There must have been … Continue reading From the Kitchen and Bar – I have committed a culinary sin….and it was goooood
From the Kitchen and the Bar – new things to try and a jalapeno appetizer
The Thanksgiving long weekend was a nice quiet one for us. We didn’t do the bird but we did eat a lot of appetizers as our feast. Most of them were from the freezer section of the supermarket, but we did make one from scratch. Fresh jalapenos filled with garden vegetable cream cheese, wrapped in … Continue reading From the Kitchen and the Bar – new things to try and a jalapeno appetizer
From the Bar and a little from the kitchen – more beer, wine and cider, plus a redux of food we’ve made before
Wow, the Exodus movie really sucks. Not just from the silly plot but from the cinematography to the costuming, etc. Happily, I only saw a bit of it on HBO for free. It’s of that “everyone is filthy for no reason at all” genre. We’ve tried some new beers, ciders and wines. In amongst this, … Continue reading From the Bar and a little from the kitchen – more beer, wine and cider, plus a redux of food we’ve made before
From the Bar and Kitchen – grilled chicken, shrimp, beer, and random kibitzing
Hello! Finally getting a chance to catch up on posts about food, alcohol and other things. I do get wrapped up in commenting on other blogs and sadly neglect my own. Current blog commenting is with a Catholic, Joe, which has been interesting, especially when I have asked him if he would obey a Christian … Continue reading From the Bar and Kitchen – grilled chicken, shrimp, beer, and random kibitzing
From the Kitchen – off to warmer climes in my mind, tom kha gai
Whee, it’s snowing again here in PA. 😛 I wanted to try to make a soup, so I got out my copy of Wright’s The Best Soups in the World, and tried to find something I had most of the ingredients for. As luck would have it, I had most of the ingredients for tom … Continue reading From the Kitchen – off to warmer climes in my mind, tom kha gai
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