Category Archives: Food/Cooking

Stop me before I “Pressure Cook” again.

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Ted

Kidney beans in the pressure cooker right now. I know that the folk from Baja Oklahoma will tell you that chili does not have beans in it. Mine does, deal with it.

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Banned in New Zealand

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Ted

Well you can just scratch New Zealand from my choice of vacation spots.

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May you all enjoy your Thanksgiving

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Ted

Merry Thanksgiving to you all.  Tomorrow we stuff ourselves on turkey with all the fixings, apple pie (home made by Monika) and pumpkin pie (home made by me). My family along with my folks will be celebrating Thanksgiving at my … Continue reading →

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Nine Princes in Amber

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Ted

Sometime after 1970 Fritz lent me a book, Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny.  It and the original sequels are well worth reading. One of the main “Gimmicks” in Nine Princes in Amber was the idea that all of … Continue reading →

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Cast Iron update (again).

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Ted

When we last left our hero’s Rocky and Bullwinkle…… Excuse me, I got a little carried away.  The last update saw the smaller of the two yard sale frying pans cleaned, seasoned once or twice and, I believe, already being … Continue reading →

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What? The .Gov was wrong and other musings of the day.

Posted on July 1, 2012 by Ted

From this perspective, the trial suggests that among the bad decisions we can make to maintain our weight is exactly what the government and medical organizations like the American Heart Association have been telling us to do: eat low-fat, carbohydrate-rich … Continue reading →

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More Cast Iron.. Part II

Posted on June 23, 2012 by Ted

Back on June 9th I posted about two new (to me) cast iron frying pans I had picked up at a yard sale. The larger pan is still soaking in oven cleaner, however the smaller pan is out.  It has … Continue reading →

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More cast Iron

Posted on June 9, 2012 by Ted

I stopped in at a yard sale today on my way back from shopping and found these two just hanging around.  In actual fact they were part of some “Hanging Art” piece.  Piece of what I’m not sure but at … Continue reading →

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Last half of the weekend. Updated

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Ted

Monika was off at O’Dark Ugly to ride the a portion of the route of Stage 4 of the Amgen Tour of California. I took Kat to a birthday party for one of her classmates, came home and rode 17.64 … Continue reading →

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Cheese posting.

Posted on April 14, 2012 by Ted

Safeway “Select” Vermont Cheddar Cheese turns out to be a pretty poor replacement for the Tillamook Cheddar Cheese I usually buy.  My only excuse is that it was $2 cheaper then the 2lb block  of Tillamook cheese. At that I’m … Continue reading →

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