Archives in Category: Dining/Food

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Eggnog

Eggnog has a long history in Earl’s family. He has what is billed as the best eggnog on the planet, and for years we made it faithfully. The youngest attendee at our holiday gatherings had to create some kind of

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I Just Wanted the Price

I’m starting to plan my Christmas Day dinner; actually it’s already planned and most of it is also bought. But I wanted to know the price on a type of beef without waiting for the weekly ad supplement to our

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Bland

Tonight Earl and I had a good friend for dinner. I had warned her there would be a new recipe, one that I’d saved from a magazine since 2021, so there were no guarantees. But with my cooking there rarely

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No Soup for You

The above line is from a “Seinfeld” episode where the Soup Nazi, who seems to be a manager or an owner of a soup restaurant, doles out soup to people standing in line who must behave in a certain way

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Sous Chef

Since I discovered that Earl wants to help in the kitchen I’ve taken advantage of his sous chef par excellence skills. I don’t even know what a sous chef is responsible for, but in my kitchen it’s all the things

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Back at It

Yes, I hibernated yesterday and also part of today. It gave me some time to think about blogs and what to write.

It also turned out that Earl and I cooked together. We made a creamy chicken noodle soup recipe,

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BCYF

Those initials stand for the Berrien County Youth Fair, which is held every August in Berrien Springs, Berrien County, Michigan. I tried to learn more about youth fairs before writing this, but not much came up on Google.

So what

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Update

Today Earl and I made our quarterly excursion to Costco. In preparation, I’d been emptying our freezer for a couple weeks and using leftovers with a vengeance. We’d scribbled lists – one for Earl and one for me – of

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Lobsters

Last night M, Earl, and I had lobsters. Well, only the tails. They were small but delicious, and we agreed that when the Seafood Roadshow comes to our local supermarket again we’re all in.

I will say it was difficult

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Leftovers

So I cooked too many chicken thighs a few days ago. And the recipe I used wasn’t that good. Which means I have about eight thighs left over, but we don’t want to eat them as they were originally prepared.

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