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Archive for April, 2008

It begins anew!

Monday, April 28th, 2008

As I write this, I am printing out a fresh copy of Mark Bittman’s article, Summer Express: 101 Simple Meals Ready in 10 Minutes or Less.
A reminder of what I cooked last summer: http://gezellig-girl.com/category/101-simple-meals
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In which I make a bread pudding.

Monday, April 21st, 2008

Despite being a food blogger for… how long now? A year and half? I have something to admit: I have never cooked another food blogger’s recipe. Ever. I don’t know why; I just haven’t.
So, when I saw this post on what to do with old bread, I thought, huh, that sounds pretty good, then filed […]

Milk: a love story.

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Like most love stories, this one begins when I was least looking for love.
I was at the Columbia Greenmarket last Sunday. I didn’t really need anything; it was just a nice spring day and I wanted to get out of the house. I picked up some apples and a butternut squash, probably the last […]

Um, what?

Monday, April 14th, 2008

So, there I was, watching SpongeBob with my kid, when there was an ad for The Topsy Turvy™ Tomato Planter! The Upside Down Tomato Planter!

Gee whiz! It’s topsy AND turvy!
I admit it; I was kind of into the idea, thinking about whether or not I could get away with putting one on my fire […]

Meet the humble ham hock.

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

Kinda gruesome, isn’t it?
A ham hock is the end of a smoked ham where the foot was attached to the hog’s leg. It is the portion of the leg that is neither part of the ham proper nor the foot or ankle, but rather the extreme shank end of the leg bone […]

Brave New Food: Bubu Lubu

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

“I Eat It So You Don’t Have To” was too long, so until I think up something better, I’m calling this segment “Brave New Food” which I’m not 100% happy with either, but at least it’s shorter.
Here’s the first item in this new series:

Right on! Mysterious Mexican candy bar!
Say, what’s in it?
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Save the bees

Friday, April 4th, 2008

Perhaps you remember from last year how borderline-obsessed I am with declining honeybee populations.
Enter Häagen-Dazs and their new Help The Honey Bees site. Not only is it a fun site but, to my delighted surprise, really comprehensive and informative.
And, it gives us all a reason to go out any buy some ice cream:

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Asbestos sandwiches

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the above Cat and Girl comic.
Why? Because I, too, have recently found a deeply guilty pleasure:
Mayonnaise sandwiches, but worse…
Miracle Whip sandwiches.
Sometimes with potato chips in the middle.
Having admitted that, I must now go into hiding from the food blogger secret police. In my secret […]

Not April Fools

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

So… that Easter ham I made? It looked so much like a person, we couldn’t really bring ourselves to actually eat it.
I shut it into the oven but it, well, became sentient. And I kinda think it’s been looking down my shirt when I bend over it, quite honestly.
Here, you be the judge:

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