Making a pie crust may be simple for our Aunt Joyce — but for the rest of us, getting the flour and fat to just the right consistency is still a challenge that creates a great deal of tension. And, as delicious as a flaky floured pie crust is, it’s not all that good for [...]
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It sounded a bit like a Little Rascals episode downstairs. I could picture the little people in the kitchen trying to get the skillet right over the top burner. There were lots of clanking noises. This reminded me of that Katharine Hepburn movie where she cooks pancakes… making a huge mess. That was enough to put a [...]
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A dried bean appears to be dead. Hard as a rock, void of nutrients. Add water, and you can revitalize the bean and transform it into a creamy, nutritious mush. Still, although I love all kinds of beans, beans are still full of starch. However, a sprouted bean is just beginning to create new life [...]
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They say we need 8 tall glasses of water everyday… and it will make us look like a tall glass of water. Or do we? A report on NPR identified the Five Myths of drinking water — I was starting to believe it, until I got to Number 4. It states that other non-calorie options [...]
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Remember that awesome line from the 80s, shouted out by the B-52s, “Tin Roof… Rusted.” That’s what I say now when I pick up one of those hot house tomatoes at the grocery store in the middle of Winter. Except, now I say, Tomato: Roasted.” I say that in my head, not out loud, because [...]
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The appeal of all those fancy lattes is the frothy milk. They have those fancy machines that whip all that air into the milk — and lure you into thinking that you’re really drinking a nice thick bowl of whipped cream. I used to think it was a high-fat milk content that made the lattes [...]
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Two or three years ago, I listened to a book on CD by Patrick Taylor, called, An Irish Country Christmas. I remember the month was late February, early March… and it was cold outside. I turned it on whenever I was out running errands, picking up the boys from this or that place. We have spent [...]
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The oldest boys scrunched up my valentines, and stuffed their candy into their lunch bags, and said, “You don’t have to give us that stuff. Just the candy is fine.” Ahhh, but such is the price to pay, dear boys. And, I will do it again next year… so don’t even bother to make that [...]
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