Ironically I had a big stash of cardboard I could have used but sent for recycling. I’ll have tons of leaves from the neighbor’s tree in the fall though.

I bought a countertop container to save my scraps and wanted to start a pile in the back yard. I was easily filling up the ~3 gal bucket weekly. Unfortunately I’m on the edge of a rural area and the local wildlife immediately ripped up my compost scrap pile before it even got cooking. I even tried burying the scraps…

There was one near me but in the months before the pandemic it was particularly struggling. When Michigan closed restaurants they didn’t even try to do take-out. Now that restaurants are allowed to re-open the place is still closed. I suspect it’s gone for good.

I think they look nice. Maybe having the side of chips on the plate is causing some cognitive dissonance? The actual chips are crushed up and mixed in, not too different from cookies with pretzel bits inside. The soft tan dough looks really good to me, as she said, like “wedding” cookies. But ... you know ... I bet…

I do a lot of breakfast sandwiches and when it comes to sausage I have these tips: first, use waxed paper to get a clean patty press. What I do is put the ball of sausage on wax paper, add another sheet, then use a flat surface like the bottom of a 1 qt saucepan to press down evenly. What I’ve found is that to make a…

Speaking of uniformity in scrambled egg like dishes, I slowly noticed something I overlooked in both a combination of Korean & Japanese dramas and actual cooking videos that I would have never thought to do: pouring the scrambled egg mixture through a mesh strainer. I saw it being done especially if someone was going…

At least the last guy had the good sense to shake it a little. I think the can was out at room temperature too long. Sadly.

I have my mom’s classic rolling pin and sometimes I don’t use the handles and sometimes... I do!

Caveat - if any can ever looks like it’s swelling, it’s compromised and should be tossed safely and carefully disposed of so you don’t have a botulism bomb go off.

Also, even though food may not rot the proteins do break down. Year past the date dry pasta, for example, might not kill you, but the texture will be…

Temperature is definitely my main factor. My house doesn’t have central air, the oven is not turning on. In other news, I recently made sourdough naan in a frying pan...

Also don’t worry about the 100 pounds figure for sourdough starter. That is surely the amount for left on the counter daily fed sourdough. Once week…

Ooh that sounds like another delicious alternative to the sauce of the buffalo...!

I personally don’t like “buffalo” sauce in any form but I’ve had the Indian equivalent of this before (Gobi 65, I guess the 65 refers to a famous hot spicy seasoning mix?) and loooooove it.

My theory is that they have a first gen PS3 in there powering the chicken chamber.

Brie with pear and apple. MMm!

Seriously back in the winter I was having a discussion about pumpkin-spice with a coworker over lunch. “Pumpkin pie,” I said, “not just the spicing from the pie. I’d like to see that in a few more things. Like pop-tarts. I mean the pie filling would be perfect in a pop tart, amirite?” She…

I have dedicated kitchen scissors for herbs. They get a warm soapy water wipe and a paper towel wipe to dry. Done. 

I have my mother’s accessories for her classic cornflower blue corningware, including the trivets and the clamp-on handle.

I’ve gotten McDonald’s a few times during the quarantine, usually on the way back from the veterinarian. (My cat ... has chronic disease that needs management. He’s ok right at this moment). Anyway, I was suprised how fast the drive thru went even at a sorta middling performing location. This explains a lot. I also…

This sounds delicious but mostly what I’m taking away from this is a reminder to cook with more garlic, more often. Like, right now I could go for skewering some garlic along with veggies and roasting it all on the grill. 

Pretty much the minute my sprained knee is fully healed (it’s taking a while it keeps re-injuring) the PS2 is getting hooked up to the spare TV and one of my foam core dance pads is coming out of storage cuz I really need the exercise.

School breakfast pizza? Interesting! I still kind of miss those special rectangular cardboard-doughy pizzas the lunch ladies served us back in the 80s. They were kind of like the Michaelina’s pizzas, actually, but larger.