When my pappap got sick, he would eat spoonfuls of Vicks vaporub. EAT. IT. WITH. A. SPOON.

Ugh this episode made me cry ugly ugly tears. Scrubs was so good.

Are there a lot of Bulgarus practitioners around who are going to be offended by the occasional BUGGER THAT! exclamation?

Friendly reminder that “reverse racism,” or accusing non-whites of being racist against white people, isn’t a thing! They can say “mean” things about white people and make you cry sad white tears of sadness. But saying mean things about white people will not actually create a system of oppression whereby you are held…

I don’t know if the Le Crueset is better, but I love mine so much. It has held up well for 10 years. It is stained on the inside with use, which I’m sure I could google some kind of cleaning method to fix, but stained cookware doesn’t really bother me. It just means it’s well used, and well loved. And my 5 qt pot is…

*plants a wedge of brie in my garden and eagerly awaits the brie bush*

Butter, sour cream, and some half n half.

BREAKFAST RAGE SALAD!

I prep my bread and cook my mix-ins a day ahead of time, because letting all the flavors meld together overnight makes a tastier stuffing, I think. I cook onions, celery, italian sausage, apples, and dried cranberries together with my seasoning, and then let it chill in the fridge overnight. The day of, I mix that…

Would bacon fat work? I ask because I normally don’t have duck fat laying around handy, but I ALWAYS have plenty of bacon fat in an old spaghetti sauce jar in my fridge.

Years ago, when my brother was brother was in the hospital and then died, members of our church would bring us meals. Which was great, and so thoughtful, but it was like, 80% pot roast with potatoes. It was a long time before I could eat pot roast again.

The plan is to have an “adults only” punch bowl at our trick or treating table next week(for the first time in my adult life, I am living in an area where there will be trick or treaters! I’m going to dress up and give out candy! I am ridiculously excited! I am FORTY YEARS OLD).

I just bought them this weekend from Trader Joe’s! I was going to toss them with a light cream sauce, but now...hmmm...

I use Alton Brown’s technique of tossing the sliced apples in sugar and letting them sit in a bowl. The sugar draws out extra liquid. Then you strain out the liquid and dump the sugared apples into the pie crust. Cooking down the resulting sugary apple juice makes a nice glaze for the pie!

AHHHHHH! I made this two weeks ago (sans bacon, in case of surprise vegetarians) for a work potluck, BUT I made it in the crock pot. Assembled everything the night before in the crock pot ceramic insert, popped it in the fridge, and then toted the whole thing to work with me and plugged it in at my desk to get hot and…

OK, I’m hosting Thanksgiving for the first time this year, with the sort-of-in-laws joining us. I want to do as much prep work as possible the day before. So if I were to blanch veggies the day before, can I just toss them in a ziplock overnight until I’m ready to use them on the Big Day? Will their flavor suffer at…

I just kajiggled some pierogie casserole/pierogie lasagna recipes to work in a crock pot, which is currently plugged in and heating through in my work cubicle for a noon potluck today.

VINDICATED! I walked like this as a kid, because my preferred state was barefoot (still is) and my mother would constantly be yelling at me HEEL toe HEEL toe HEEL toe!

This bowl set is my jam and I use it all the time to prep ingredients.

...measure vanilla? Wow. I just...*splorp* yep, looks like about a teaspoon, and go on with my day.