Category Archives: Eating

The End is Nigh!

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Frog

I don’t know what I was thinking when I signed up for 3 online courses this summer. My advisor let me in on a trick that seems completely acceptable to everyone which is sign up in the first session for … Continue reading →

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Soaking up sun and wine

Posted on June 4, 2011 by Frog

We went to a wine festival in the college town today. It was a pretty small event with a half dozen wineries, a few craft vendors, a band and some food. The proceeds from ticket sales go to scholarships for … Continue reading →

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Someone plugged you in, And sadly they clipped your wings

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Frog

Yesterday morning the better-half and I were making breakfast and I noticed Jim had brought in an animal. He had a bird and it wasn’t quite dead. The two humans just gawked and then decided that perhaps we should pick … Continue reading →

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Happy Things

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Frog

Last night we made a shrimp dish and a rice dish from the Rick Bayless book Mexican Everyday (I could do that). We ramped up the chipotle peppers because we were living dangerously and I think next time we’ll settle … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Burgers

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Frog

Friday night we made burgers using the recipe from this podcast. The podcast isn’t long so you may want to give it a listen. But, I warn you about needing a burger immediately following. First we ground chuck and the … Continue reading →

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Bagels, Bagels, Bagels!

Posted on February 13, 2011 by Frog

The food adventure for this week was to make bagels. The better-half bought a Peter Reinhart book awhile back and we have several recipes we want to try in the future, but we started with bagels. We started the dough … Continue reading →

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Making and Cutting the Cheese

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Frog

When does a fart joke ever get old? Never. I’ll still crack up over a fart joke when I’m a 110 and stinking up the nursing home. We made mozzarella cheese this morning using creamline milk: The better-half called the … Continue reading →

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Adventures in Cooking

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Frog

On my way home Friday, I stopped by Whole Foods to pick up a few things for our cooking adventure this weekend. I remembered how much lamb to buy, but the bulgur? I bought 1 1/2 lbs from the bulk … Continue reading →

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Well I can’t see anyone else smiling in here

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Frog

This came up on the MP3 player and I thought it was about time I shared a video of it: It’s pretty amazing that this song came out in 1995. It’s so 80s. It occurred to me the other day … Continue reading →

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Oysters

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Frog

WordPress. Why you vex me? Even if I’m signed into WordPress with my killer user name (really, it combines my moniker here and the world’s most important date 9/13/1999), often Blogspot kicks me to the curb when I try to … Continue reading →

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