Click on this pic for a larger, more mouth-wa … umm … never mind … You may recall a certain U.S. Marine came home for Christmas and, for a gift, gave me an MRE, specifically, “Menu No. 4 Cheese Omelet With Vegetables”. He then quipped, “Oh and don’t eat it … those things are disgusting […]
Many Thanks
My parents hold hands two months ago when we brought them together from different ends of the same hospital. My family and I would like to thank everyone for the continued notes on my father’s passing December 29th. We’ve still not had the funeral. Mary, Aaron and I were visiting mom today. She’s finally been […]
Macaroni & Cheese Loaf; Way or No Way?
Macaroni. Cheese. Lunchmeat. It doesn’t get much better than this. Something pinged in my brain earlier today when I read part of the comment Grit Magazine Editor In Chief K.C. Compton left on the post prior to this one. She had written in-part: I’m trying to foment a Great Mac & Cheese Debate now as […]
Grit Magazine & My Oven-Roasted Potato Salad Recipe
A few months ago I stumbled into The Great Potato Salad Debate in the forums over at the 120+ year old Grit Magazine. There were discussions back and forth about various aspects of potato salad, such as whether or not mustard is an appropriate ingredient, whether or not to add pickles, what kind of potatoes to […]
The Passing of My Father, & A Review: Scalawags Whitefish & Chips, Brighton, Michigan
This particular blog post has been a long time coming. I began writing it Monday December 29th and was interrupted by a phone call from my sister Barb telling me our dad had passed away. He was 85. Looking through the draft of this post I found an odd coincidence. Early on I mention the […]
Favorite Sandwich: Braunschweiger!
A couple weeks ago on Serious Eats out of NYC I asked the question, “What’s your favorite simple sandwich?” I felt I needed to explain what I felt a simple sandwich was: When you want a simple sandwich, what do you make? PB&J? Ham and Swiss with mayo on white bread? Grilled cheese with one slice of cheese […]
Real Oatmeal: There’s Nothing Better
This morning’s bowls of real oatmeal, with dark brown sugar and dried cranberries. I like a couple pats of unsalted butter on mine while Mary likes a little more dark brown sugar. The coffee mug, from Haloburger, shows the Vernors mural that is on the side of the old Peerless building alongside Haloburger #2 in downtown […]
Original Recipe: Pepperidge Farm Sage & Onion Stuffing
When I picked up Margaret Rudkin’s autobiographical “Pepperidge Farm Cookbook” from 1963 at an antique shop back in March, it was with hopes of finding some of the company’s original recipes. Mrs. Rudkin, it turns out, did not disappoint. My maternal grandmother used to make a seriously-good sage & onion stuffing. Grandma Liske probably did as […]
Rubik’s Cube Cake
We’ve done a simple Rubik’s Cube cake for Aaron’s 19th birthday this evening. All this is, is an 8″ x 8″ 3-layer Devil’s Food chocolate cake, a whipped chocolate frosting, and a bunch of M&M’s. (The other two sides are orange and white.) As Aaron said, “Suh-weet!“
Recipes; As Jeff Daniels said, “It’s deer camp”
My own Tequila-Lime Venison Steaks. I know, I know … no self-respecting hunter would ever eat this with celery and carrots … As on each and every November 15th, Michigan’s firearm deer season opened this morning. Even yesterday morning, we ran into a friend at the gas station we went to. Like many hunters here he […]