One of the happiest afternoons I ever spent. I think about it all the time.

One of the happiest afternoons I ever spent. I think about it all the time.

Hey, Scowly! I saw this and thought you might be interested. It’s from “The New York Post” but never mind its source.

If it’s helpful you can use an online measurement converter, but make sure you specify what food you’re measuring, different ones convert differently. I sometimes do that.

Do you know the famous palindrome (reads the same backwards and forwards)

America uses a lot (A LOT) more growth hormones in meat and poultry and in Europe a lot of that is actually forbidden. There’s apparently a big row going on right now in Britain. With Brexit looming they’re afraid of huge back-ups at the European ports and the Chunnel because of the end of free trade. They’re…

Jezza! I was wondering what he’s been up to. 

He has five. His oldest son is named Donald John Trump III (PS Half Scoop: Your father still hates you.) Apparently Jr. doesn’t see much of the kids by choice.

I read something interesting once, I think it was in the “New Yorker,” although I can’t find the piece, about a woman whose husband had a job that took him to various countries. The one I remember most was Thanksgiving in Italy. Like France, turkey is usually only eaten at Christmas. She found a turkey farm but the…

Isn’t there also a very powerful position with a very 19th-century name? Something to do with land or railroads or something? Googled and found it. The Texas Railroad Commission, which regulates oil, gas, and other natural resources. 

GAH! I haven’t thought about those candies in 40 years. Ribbon candy, their cousin, is also awful. We used to get a huge box of it from a great aunt every year for Christmas.

I have found that panettone is invariably very dry, even if you go to an Italian bakery and buy it the same day it’s made. When I serve it I warm the whole thing up slightly in the oven, slice it and place each slice briefly (seconds, you don’t want it to soak and fall apart) in a shallow dish of dark rum, plate it,…

Maybe it’s from the Kylie Jenner “CojunctiVITIS Vitality Eye Shadow” line, available at Walmart.

I guess Candace Owens is not Catholic. I don’t know the technical term for all the pieces of garments that the Pope wears (and they all have a name) but altogether they’re basically dresses.

The beauty of the cheese ball is that they can keep in a refrigerator for many days, so if you make a huge one you can snack effortlessly for quite a while!

I misinterpreted your mention of cheese rolls to cheese balls and I called out to Forager-in-Chief, “I haven’t made a cheese ball since last winter. I’ll make one next weekend and give you the list. Thanksgiving’s not this Thursday, is it?” “What brought this on?” “Oh, something I was just reading...” Time really has…

It is well known that Aunt Pitty Pat (thanks for that, Jerry_Netherland, wherever you are) suffers from incurable hysteria, and even the most powerful tonics in the Palmetto State can do little alleviate its effects.

I’ve been watching the news for most of the day and all the networks (even Fox) are showing large crowds of people literally dancing in the streets across the country. I can’t remember seeing anyone without a mask, and I feel like I’ve seen several thousand.

Fala actually had his own mini-scandal. FDR used to take him with him and during WWII an ugly rumor spread that Fala was left behind somewhere overseas and FDR dispatched a navy ship to get him. I don’t think this is true but I’m so sleep-deprived I don’t have the strength to research this.

Vermont used to be one of the most reliably Republican states in the country. Starting in 1856 every four years they went to the Republican for President. Never once voted for Roosevelt. Nixon over Kennedy in 1960. In 1964 they went for Johnson, then back to R, until 1992, when they voted for Bill Clinton, but I’m…