Recipes

The recent rains have caused some of the ripening tomatoes to split from excess moisture. Not pretty enough for a salad. Too rough to put up as they are.  The …
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I have two eggplants from the garden that need a purpose in life other than to be purple and beautiful. I chose a Thai eggplant / basil stirfry.

Ingredients:

1 …
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Been gone a few days walleye fishing on Lake Erie with a great bunch of guys. Three days from 6am till 2pm. There were five guys on our boat – eleven …
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We had  some green beans from the garden,  I did not get over there but the wife did. More than enough for dinner.

Here are some strange radish pods or …
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I’ll be honest, at this point I’m not the best at grilling steaks on the BBQ. Some times I nail it, others times, I miss completely. I think it is …
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Had four quail in the freezer and decided today was the day.

Thawed them out and trussed up the legs + salt & pepper.

Diced a big onion and made lardons …
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I’ve already talked about Jim Lahey’s fabulous No-Knead Bread here: http://ihopeyouarehungry.blogspot.com/2010/06/no-knead-bread.html

That is a really great recipe and makes an impressive loaf with a super crust. However – it takes …
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Thanks to Jim Lahey (http://www.sullivanstreetbakery.com/recipes/noknead.html) great bread is easy to do. Impress your friends! Eat well! The only thing you need is a heavy – preferably cast iron, pot with …
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So there I was, looking over one of my favorite blogs:  (http://cowgirlscountry.blogspot.com/) and she had made a breakfast fatty. Basically a fillling, wrapped in sausage, wrapped in bacon. I’m not sure …
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