Category Archives: Eating

Red Skies in Morning

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Frog

The above picture does no justice to how brilliant the sky was this morning. Pink was everywhere. Of course, it’s raining now. The rain is a good thing since it was so windy yesterday which made everything seem so dry. … Continue reading →

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We smoked a pork butt

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Frog

On Thursday I took a 3+ pound pork butt out of the freezer so we could smoke it on Saturday. The weather forecast was for 84 and sunny. Perfect for sitting in the backyard while the pork smokes. Yeah, only … Continue reading →

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Fig Preserves

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Frog

My mother came over this afternoon and we made fig preserves. She couldn’t find her mother’s recipe so we used one from Emeril. It is dead easy and because of its simplicity that’s why we went with his recipe. It … Continue reading →

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Figs

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Frog

In 2009, we thought we were going to have to pull up the roots of our fig and pitch the dead limbs and roots into the woods. As it turns out, the fig was just teasing us when it made … Continue reading →

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Occasionally, you impress yourself

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Frog

The better-half and I made ribs for dinner last night and they were amazing. So amazing, we took pictures: We also had tomatoes and cucumber from the garden. The weeds have pretty well choked the cucumbers so these easy-peasy pickles … Continue reading →

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Food Weekend

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Frog

Yesterday morning I felt like crap. Some funky stomach thing going on. I started to feel better in the early afternoon and so ate 2 chili dogs. What? Isn’t that what you do after feeling like crap? As it turns … Continue reading →

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Experiment

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Frog

The better-half left for Oklahoma on Sunday afternoon. He’s scheduled to be back on Friday. I thought I’d write something every day that he’s gone and then publish on Friday. If you are reading this, then I decided to go … Continue reading →

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Garden Update

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Frog

I had an idea to update on the status of the garden so I took my cell out onto the porch to head out to the garden spot. I dropped the phone. It went end over end and my quick … Continue reading →

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Butter, there is no other

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Frog

We’ve been taking a fermentation class online every Tuesday night. Last week we made a fermented ketchup and it’s pretty good. It needs some vinegar and perhaps a little more sweetener to calm down how tomatoey it is. We started … Continue reading →

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I broke the aioli

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Frog

Yesterday for dinner I roasted a chicken and decided it would be a great idea to serve it with some aioli (basically garlic mayo). I had all the ingredients and I’ve made it once before a thousand years ago. I … Continue reading →

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