Category: Food
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From the mouths of…2.0…
…my *youngest* this time. Who rarely takes an interest in these cooking attempts, but I will take what I can get. I ha let the ham stock congeal overnight, then skimmed the fat off. (Because, hey, ham stock. We have had this discussion, amiright?!) I slopped it into a bowl for disposal later. Both eldest…
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From the mouths of…
…well, not babes. But my eldest, at least. I was boiling down another hambone for stock (I know, I know, nobody’s surprised, and this is old news), when eldest wanders in and says, “Whatcha doing’? Making more Whatever Soup? It smells amazing.” Actively engaged without prompting? Parenting WIN! I casually explain it’s not Whatever Soup.…
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Are those scrambled eggs leftovers from Easter still any good?
The texture’s not quite right, but enough cheese and black pepper will fix that. Wrap it in a tortilla shell and subject it to three minutes of nuclear fire. That should solve any problems! (Said leftovers were frozen well within their use-by-date. To paraphrase the Operative, “I am not a MORON.”) I love breakfast burritos.…
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What the HELL?! Soup
Hang on to your hats, True Believers. This one went weird, even for me. After yesterday’s escapade, I had four cups of thin but flavorful stock with 4oz of cubed ham in it. It was destined for soup. That is after all, what I do. But the rest of the ingredient list was…lacking. I had:2#…
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I Have a Bone to Pick
Pick clean. Remember that ham bone I could not fit in the crock pot? It turned out our small stock pot was big enough to fit that bone. So, Thursday night, I added about five cups of water and the bone to the stock pot. To add some body, I doused it with Penzeys Barbecue…
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A Note About Spices
You may have noticed me referencing various Penzeys spice blend in various posts. While I know True Cooks (TM) experiment and make their own artisanal, hand-crafted, proprietary spice blends, True Cook (TM) is never a titled I have claimed. I am just some schlub with a freezer full of leftovers who has been left unsupervised…
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Whatever Cookies
Yeah, I’m branching out. My youngest was pawing through the freezer recently and found the bags of Mint and Peanut Butter M&Ms ™. (They’re separate bags. Ew; get your mind in the game!) The cry went up, “Why haven’t we used these, Dad?!” Well, Dad’s been saving them for something special. Checks date. Since 2014.…
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Oops Casserole
So last Thursday was a snow day for many, including The Wife, though not myself. I once again got to work from home. In an effort to stave off boredom, Herself embarked on the making of batch of potato soup, using the whole 5# bag of potatoes and cavalierly commandeering the stockpot in the process.…
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Whatever CHICKEN Soup
Gather around for installment in my never-ending quest to clear my freezer of leftovers! The previous batch of soup is gone, Spring is within spitting distance, and I’m getting that itch again. Work From Home means I have time, but not the attention for cooking. So the crockpot is once again up to bat. Morning…
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Christmas Clearance: Day 4
So, I pull both crockpots out of the fridge, and boy, howdy! There is a lot of fat and oil congealed on top. As I have previously noted, that is a known bug in working with ham stock. I plug both in to warm up a bit. Then I skim off the top, but pull…
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