Adam at age 15 with some camp cooking equipment from the 1950s. People in the U.S. today would likely be extremely squeamish about eating food prepared with these. When it comes to food, I don’t really like “top-ten” or “top-one-hundred” or any other kind of similar lists. Those lists are very dependant on the taste […]
Category: Bed & Breakfasts
An Odd Way to Make New Friends, and Jeanne’s Café, Grand Haven, Michigan
The Smoked Salmon Omelet with cream cheese, capers and dill at Jeanne’s Café in Grand Haven, Michigan I didn’t eat this omelet. Neither did Mary. Oddly enough, some biker we met at a rest area ate this particular Smoked Salmon Omelet. Already, you’re definitely getting the wrong image of the guy. Believe you me, we had […]
North Street Inn Bed & Breakfast, Beaufort, South Carolina
A serving of Spinach Frittata, the house specialty at the North Street Inn in Beaufort, South Carolina. Click on any of the food photos in this post for larger versions. Having a breakfast at a Bed & Breakfast should be a real treat. It seems to me that, at the good B&Bs, someone will take […]
South Carolina Food & Pics of Pvt. John Winckowski
Pvt. John Winckowski, USMC, stands in the bronze recruit footprints in front of the Drill Instructor’s Creed at the parade grounds at Parris Island, South Carolina. Click on the image for a larger version. We’re back from a rather rapid trip to South Carolina! Mary’s youngest son John became a U.S. Marine at Parris Island last week and […]
Recipe: Improvising Breakfast Skillets
Lately, Mary and I have been getting into the whole Breakfast Skillet thing. We’ve always enjoyed them at restaurants where decent ones are served. Of course, there are restaurants where a so-called “breakfast skillet” is nothing more than layers of ingredients from different parts of the kitchen. Open-face biscuits topped with browned sausage topped with […]
Recipe: Linda’s Refrigerator Pickles
Oh, wow … these are sooooo good … and so easy to make! We learned about them this past weekend while staying at the B&B Railroad Depot Bed & Breakfast in Oregon, Ohio. Our hostess, Linda Brinkman, had found out about my dad’s affinity for pickles, and planted a bowl of these sweet little puppies next […]
Photos, Food and A Train: B&B Railroad Depot, Oregon, Ohio
What does the 7.5″ train in the above picture have to do with the amazing breakfast in the following photo, which I ate? (Er, the food, not the train.) House Special: Crab Soft Scramble — Soft-scrambled eggs with crab meat and cream cheese, served with fried red potatoes and biscuits Well, lemme tell you about […]