Garlic has been used as both food and medicine in many cultures for thousands of years, dating back to when Egyptian pyramids were built. Garlic is mentioned in the Bible and the Talmud. Garlic was consumed by ancient Greek and Roman soldiers, sailors, and rural classes as a cure-all. The practice of hanging garlic, […]
Last night we followed our Valentines evening tradition and headed to Keller’s drive-in. As I mentioned in my Valentine’s Day post it is an old timey drive-in complete with car-hops who still look like they did in the 80’s. They call you “hon” and “sweetie” and they don’t even know you. It’s a composition […]
February 14, the day of love. I was challenged with deciding what to create to show the love to my family on Valentine’s Day. It’s not that I don’t have a zillion yummy dessert recipes to choose from or half a zillion that I’ve never tried but want to. No, that was not the problem. […]
Yesterday began at 6 am. This time of day is not my favorite. I like it best when the alarm has a 7 in front of the other numbers, whether they are :00 or :20 or :45. But yesterday it was 6:00 straight up. Miss T was required to be at her school by 6:45 […]
Did you know that Brussel Sprouts are an ancient vegetable? Possibly grown in what is now known as Belgium in the 13th century, Brussel Sprouts could be America’s most disliked vegetable. The first recorded writings about Brussel Sprouts date to 1587. Brussel Sprouts are one of the few vegetables to originate in northern Europe. They […]
After I posted the gumbo recipe my Mom, who is quite familiar with the business of making gumbo called to say she wanted to clue me in on a change my Dad had made to his gumbo recipe, which had not been added to his book. Here’s the story. My Dad had a taste for” […]
If you are not from Texas you may laugh at us Texans’ totally shutting down every time we get ice and or snow. Laugh all you want but apparently we are not equipped to handle too much of the white stuff so we close our schools to the joy of all students, deplete our grocery […]
Isn’t that beautiful? Fresh shrimp ready to be peeled, cooked and eaten. As you know by now these shrimp are destined for the Super Bowl of Gumbo. That is not truly the name of this gumbo but it seemed so fitting to turn it into a puzzle. None of you guessed – nor even attempted. […]
S_ _ ER _ _ _ L _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The puzzle above is a “same name” puzzle, like a “Wheel Of Fortune” puzzle. Did you ever watch that show? I do, some evenings. It is the only program I can watch during dinner – the whole family gets […]
I’ll start by saying, “I did not win any ribbons”. Actually there weren’t any ribbons given out, there was a quick announcement of the winners and everyone went back to stuffing their faces with chili. There were over 60 entries in the cook off and 2 winners were selected by a method not known to […]
