Dat’s why we Lut’rin’s use red kool aid for da blood a’ Christ.

There was a pork bun recipe that I got in a Blue Apron box a couple months ago and now I’m fucking obsessed. We have had some bad Asian (Chinese and Japanese) restaurant experiences here, so if anyone knows where I can get a good pork bun without sh!tting myself to death for three days after in the Hampton Roads area,…

Forgot to add: this looks hella cool and I would love to have it in my house, but you lost me somewhere around using a bottle brush to scrub out the pig sinuses...and I’m not that squeamish either. Think I spent too much time at the allergist’s office being coached on how to use a neti pot (which I also hate).

I had a cat skull for a while when I was in secondish? grade. I had no part in the preparing of the skull, however. I just happened upon a cat skeleton on a walk with my mother and we simultaneously remembered the summer before, when an “uncle” took a potshot at one of the many feral cats on our property. :( What love…

• We just moved. We have no condiments. I like to keep Koop’s Arizona Heat mustard and Dave’s Rib Rub in the house no matter what, but I keep getting side tracked at the grocery store. Is gravy mix a condiment?

Ken and I went out for dinner to a hipster tapas place last night, and I ordered a roasted beet salad. The beets were boiled. I was pissed.

All in favor of a Claire cooking show say aye.

No, he kept accepting dinner invitations other places.

We have one of those egg steamers. It was regifted to me because it was determined that my grandma (the original intended recipient) was too far gone down the dementia hole to be able to safely use it. It’s super awesome. We make a lot of single-serving frittatas in it.

I’m down for the banana pudding. I have been trying to make venison since Saturday and I keep getting meat blocked by my husband.

Really?!? All of the diners I have frequented make (I guess?) French-style omelettes where all of the fixin’s are folded in the middle of eggy goodness. The last place had to be convinced that I wanted American cheese, not cheddar. If you’re ever in Enid, Oklahoma (which I otherwise do not recommend), head out to Wee…

Where I live you can’t be seen consuming alcohol from the street unless it’s St. Patrick’s Day. Like, you can get a ticket for having a beer on YOUR front porch. It’s bananas. I have a habit of drinking pretty much everything from a coffee cup leftover from college, so I get by, but these were some good ideas as well.

I once took a client to this ice cream shop in Jacksonville because she had dietary restrictions (not really allergies) and they were top notch. You could pick the kind of milk they made your ice cream out of. It was amazing.

My broke AF college self had eggs, a thing of pumpkin spice, and some bread that was about to go too stale, but no milk. I don’t remember what I swapped in there (water? coffee creamer-if it’s non dairy, will that work for you?) but it came out just fine. A bit eggier than I normally would like, but fine. I think you…

I’ve used peanuts and almonds before. Not bad. I mostly just want the “crunch” from the nut, I’m not that fussed about its flavor.

God I loved that show.

Also, Claire, these are now a holiday staple at my house because I haven’t mastered any of the other candy making techniques. My dad makes divinity that will knock your socks off. Family lore says that his dad could make it without a hand mixer and *without a candy thermometer*, which is just insane. So, I can make…

Disregard the comments on the article; since XO shut down there have been very interesting things happening with the articles and whatnot. So I would recommend saving the actual text somewhere more permanent.  http://www.xojane.com/diy/seduce-whomever-you-damn-well-please-with-homemade-artisanal-marshmallows

I’ll dig around and see if I can find the recipe.

I have moved to Virginia and am closer to family that hunts way more successfully than I have for the past...oh god, 15 years? So I have venison and squirrel coming my way. Help.