The other night the girls shook whipping cream into butter while I kneaded and baked biscuits. The biscuits were hot, the butter soft and the taste irresistable. I ate three myself…and I wasn’t the only one! I did note that nutritional information on the whipping cream carton read Calories: 50 Calories from Fat: 50. Of […]
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Little luxuries
October 13th, 2004 · Comments Off on Little luxuries
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Wine and weblogs, year 2
October 9th, 2004 · Comments Off on Wine and weblogs, year 2
Yes I’ve had a bit to drink tonight so perhaps I shouldn’t post much. Our neighbors hosted their annual party where each guest brings an assigned wine to share. In my description of the 2003 vintage of this event, I used the word “tasting” but I was informed by a reputable source in my comments […]
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It must be the coffee
October 5th, 2004 · 1 Comment
Earlier today I heard some news and then I immediately started shaking. I thought I must be frightened ( or maybe it was another eruption!)…and then I realized that it must be the coffee I had for breakfast. I had a strong mugful, stronger than I knew. I drink the stuff only when I’m too […]
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What to do when you can’t make it to a blogger meetup: fry Oreos
September 18th, 2004 · 3 Comments
Wednesday I was regretting that we couldn’t make it to the meetup. So I did the next best thing: I cooked deep-fried Oreos. After all, if you can’t be with bloggers, you might as well read bloggers and find some inspiration there. I can’t remember the last time I bought Oreos. The girls and I […]
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Cotton candy summer
September 4th, 2004 · 2 Comments
At the county Fair last week I bought the girls cotton candy from a cart where sno cone syrups waited in rows beside the bags of blue and pink. Cotton candy is a commodity. At $2.50 an ounce, a pound would sell for $40, and probably all profit, since the ingredients are sugar and food […]
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