According to the website, this is a “Multi-Serve Bake” product, as opposed to a “Complete Meal” or “One Dish Entree”. 1 hour in a conventional oven, or far less in your nuker (about 10 mins), and this product comes out ready-to-eat. Personally, I think anything that contains a protein, starch, and dairy, would qualify… Continue reading Home Cookin’ – Marie Callender’s Scalloped Potatoes and Ham
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Home Test – Tyson Sausage Crumbles
Leave it to me to start liking a product that apparently isn’t made anymore. I had two packages in the freezer that I picked up at some time, Sausage Crumbles with Italian Seasoning, and Beef Crumbles. Both ingredients are fully-cooked, and designed to be used as a quick heat and eat meal component, as a… Continue reading Home Test – Tyson Sausage Crumbles
Home Cured Olives, Day 12
Well, I have been dutifully changing the water on my olives. The plain water was gets changed daily, the brine, weekly. The olives are starting to acquire the “woodsy” smell that I favor so much in fresh olives, but they are still a little bitter! More time in the drink and they will be… Continue reading Home Cured Olives, Day 12
What I Was Eating, 7 Years Ago Today
It was blistering hot, humidity off the scale. No electricity. No AC. No phone. No interwebs. No hot water. It was a few days after Katrina, and the previous descriptions would be my life for a couple months back then. The cuisine? MRE’s, (meals-ready-to-eat), courtesy of the United States Government, handed to me by prisoners… Continue reading What I Was Eating, 7 Years Ago Today
Home Cured Olives, continued….
I’m not sure when my fascination with olives started, though it was certainly rooted in childhood – growing up, if olives were on the table, it meant it was a holiday – Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving. Those were the only dates we’d see olives at our house. If a holiday fete was hosted at a… Continue reading Home Cured Olives, continued….
Curing Olives at Home – Day 1
Olives arrived from the nice folks at Penna. Wonder as many times as I have stopped in the adjacent city to them, to purchase “finished” olives, I haven’t stopped in to see the Pennas? I’ll have to correct that next trip down I-5! Years ago, living in Los Angeles, I had an olive tree… Continue reading Curing Olives at Home – Day 1
Time to Home Cure Olives!
The nice folks at Penna have sent a box of fresh (raw) olives, so I can write about how easy it is to cure them at home. It is! I’ve done this before, and you can, too! You’ll be delighted with the results. They sell out fast, so if you want to try… Continue reading Time to Home Cure Olives!
Duluth, MN – Pak’s Green Corner (Review)
What do hot dogs, steamed dumplings, curry, poutine, cous cous, burgers, penne with meatballs have in common? Not a thing. But you can enjoy all of these “world foods” and much more at Pak’s Green Corner at 40th and Grand in Duluth. Open only a couple of weeks, for lunch and dinner six days,… Continue reading Duluth, MN – Pak’s Green Corner (Review)
Help Rebuild Hubig’s Pies – A New Orleans Legend
The Simon Hubig Pie company didn’t get its start in New Orleans, but it is where it moved from “baker” to “legend”. Opening in the Faubourg Marigny neighborhood (adjacent to the French Quarter) in 1922, Hubig’s has been making up and distributing its wide line of pocket sized fried pies ever since. Surviving Katrina, Hubig’s… Continue reading Help Rebuild Hubig’s Pies – A New Orleans Legend
Portland, OR – East Bank Saloon & Restaurant Review
Located in a hysterical (sic) building, constructed in 1896, the location has been home to numerous businesses over the years, prior to the current owners establishing the eatery in 1978. Mrs. Burgerdogboy had scored a Groupon for 2 burgers and 2 beers for $15, so after an afternoon of her biz errands, we landed in… Continue reading Portland, OR – East Bank Saloon & Restaurant Review