Cooking
How To Roast a Turkey At An Open Fire
This is for your amusement, unless you have a knack for roasting a turkey on an open fire. Right in keeping with the holiday, Mr. Townsend provides this video on 18th century cookery for a roast chicken and a roast turkey at or near an open fire. It’s a good idea to know how to […]
A 1953 Pie for Thanksgiving
This Better Homes & Garden’s 1953 recipe for Southern Pecan Pie has been sitting in my Dad’s BH&G cookbook, unread and neglected for a few years now, so I thought it might be appropriate to bring it out into the light of day. I checked around to see if dark corn syrup is still available, […]
Monday Recipe
Cheese and Shrimp Grits I posted this up some time ago to some good reviews, and it’s back for some of the same reasons- it’s delicious, easy to make and clean up, plus another, more important reason. I’ve kicked the dust of the PDRofMD from my boots never to look back, and can reminisce about […]
Thursdays Are For Cooking….
It’s casseroles weather this time of year. The holidays are coming up and you will have leftovers galore, including ham and chicken and turkey and that can be either sliced or diced or just plain nibbled on. Because I love bacon, this recipe is for bacon mac and cheese. You will need the following items: […]
Monday Recipe
Maple-Apple Upside Down Cake This is one of the best upside-down cakes ever—the maple syrup infuses both the apples and the cake, making the dessert taste like a stack of apple pancakes. You’ll need: 1 cup pure maple syrup 3 Granny Smith apples (—peeled, cored and cut into eighths) 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon […]
Indoors and Bored, Are Ye?
Things that climate warming will do, starting with “kill off great tits”. If this doesn’t make you snort with laughter, nothing will. https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/413298/#respond And at this link, click on the left column for the blurb from the source in the righthand column. https://lists.grabien.com/list-terrible-things-global-warming-will-apparently-cause And remember, Thanksgiving Day is the LAST week of the month, and […]
Thursdays Are For Cooking
Oops! It’s Fall again. Sneaked right in on little cat feet and caught us napping in the sunshine. And now it’s time to get out the crock pot and do some serious cooking, whether for one or for ten. It’s time to clean out the birdfeeders and set things out where the squirrel will only […]
Monday Recipe
Chicken and Broccoli Casserole Easy comfort food for a cold Autumn night. You’ll need: 1 teaspoon unsalted butter, or as needed 2 skinless, boneless chicken breasts or thighs, cubed 3 cups broccoli florets 2 (10.5 ounce) cans condensed cream of chicken soup 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese 1 cup shredded Parmesan cheese, divided ½ cup […]
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