I have seen a lot of great (and not so great) Halloween costumes over the years. Storm troopers? Check! Cinderella? Check! Snow White and the Seven Dwarves? Check! Checkcheckcheckcheckcheckcheckcheck! Last Tuesday was Halloween as well as Beggar’s Night. In our neighborhood depending on the weather, we get anywhere from two to two hundred trick or…
Tag: this american life
Healthy? Riiiiiiiiiight!
There’s a reason healthy eating gets a bad rap from foodies… Because it deserves it. I am aware that makes me sound like an ass, but it is just the truth. Need proof? Okay. The other night I swung by Aldi’s to do some quick shopping. Don’t know Aldi’s??! Come on…! Aldi’s is like the…
How The Hell Do You Get Negative Flavor?
Have you ever eaten something you truly regret eating? Liver, of course, but I mean something supposedly actually edible. I have had a lot of bad meals but none that I could truly say affected the universe around me in such a bad way as to call down the wrath of the gods until, well,…
The Buffet in Hell: Thanksgiving Edition!
I asked my friend for suggestions for the Buffet in Hell for Thanksgiving and I was given a plethora of choices.
Feeling A Bit Crabby?
I don’t know about you but I LOVE crab! I mean, let’s face it – it is poor man’s lobster. You can boil it, broil it, fry it, quiche it, sautee it, barbecue it, and even roast it. You can make crab cakes, fettucini, cocktails, seafood salad, crab chowder, crab quiche, crab bites and even…
Food! Glorious Food!
When is the last time you had to carve soup with a knife? Sometimes, you make the best tasting concoctions purely by accident. Seriously, I have known culinary masterpieces to come out of nowhere. Dinner last Thursday is an example. My husband is a fantastic baker, a truly amazing baker, but he is not known…
BACON! BACON! BACON!
With the pandemic and social distancing still on, shopping has been anything but easy. For instance, I have NEVER ever seen the meat case at Costco completely empty before. I am not talking less variety than normal. I mean completely empty of all fresh meat… No ground beef. No fresh chicken. No pork roast. Nada….
Recipe for the Apocalypse
Those of you who know me know that when I cook, I cook a lot. Not just a lot. A LOT! Being a former caterer and a Master Cook in the SCA, it is sort of expected. The standing joke is that I have enough food in my fridge to feed an entire Boy Scout…
The Golden Hoard
Pande-fricking-monium! There I said it! That is what it has been like trying to shop this week after the panic caused by governmental incompetence. All I wanted was some fricking rice and it was sold out everywhere. Kroger? Nope. Needler’s? Nope. Aldi’s? Nope, again. Three strikes – you’re out! Guess where I finally found it?…
WHERE was that snake again?
I am sure by now that most of you have seen the news reports on those people from Alabama, I think, and their smoking nasty grill. You haven’t? Come on… You have not seen the news reports of the couple who started up their grill only to find that a very large snake had coiled…
Is it Chili in Here?
Super Bowl time!
Satan’s Favorite Drive Through
For those of you who have been wondering where I have been of late, let’s just say life has been interesting. So, my Dad was in the hospital. And, those of you who know my Dad know that he likes Arby’s. Well, maybe like is not the right word. Try “loves”. Better yet – “LOVES”….
My Life In Bad Food 