Drinking beer could help prevent weak bones | Life and style | The Guardian

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 Drinking beer could help prevent weak bones | Life and style | The Guardian:

"The experts said beer was a major source of dietary silicon

– roughly half of the silicon in beer can be readily absorbed by the body.

Charles Bamforth, lead author of the study, said:

'Beers containing high levels of malted barley and hops

  are richest in silicon." 

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as anecdotal proof we submit the picture.

JR, as he is known in the Blogoshere
is a travel-seasoned  young man who
 hails from Great Britain. he is somewhat of

a Cerveza Connoisseur, who can speak
Beer in one-hundred-and-seventy-two
 languages.

as evidenced by his hand, as he expertly
 shifts gears on his Mini-Cooper,
osteoporosis is nary on the horizon.

raise one for JR!

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I crave your mouth... by Pablo Neruda

I crave your mouth...
by Pablo Neruda

I crave your mouth, your voice, your hair.
Silent and starving, I prowl through the streets.
Bread does not nourish me, dawn disrupts me, all day
I hunt for the liquid measure of your steps.

I hunger for your sleek laugh,
your hands the color of a savage harvest,
hunger for the pale stones of your fingernails,
I want to eat your skin like a whole almond.

I want to eat the sunbeam flaring in your lovely body,
the sovereign nose of your arrogant face,
I want to eat the fleeting shade of your lashes,

and I pace around hungry, sniffing the twilight,
hunting for you, for your hot heart,
Like a puma in the barrens of Quitratue.

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At First Glass: Norma Shearer's apple shortbread meringue, updated with Pama

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The Women (1939)

women, women, all the time! works as a chick-flick,

but not as a date movie. 'less yer lookin' fer a coolin' chill.

. . . quite the unique ensemble piece;

satisfying and memorable . . . {click here for our review}

so we were reviewing the film
 when we ran into the following recipe.
{wotta coinky-dink!}

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At First Glass:

Norma Shearer's apple shortbread meringue, updated with Pama:

At any rate, on Norma Shearer's page we find, beneath her well coiffed and bejeweled studio photograph, two desserts, one for "Chocolate Antoinette" and one for "Porcupine Dessert with Vanilla Sauce." 


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Birmingham, Alabama Daily Photo: What Do I Miss When I'm in Paris??

love this "southern cooking" poster
by Virginia at her Birmingham, Alabama Daily Photo blog.

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Birmingham, Alabama Daily Photo: What Do I Miss When I'm in Paris??: 
"What Do I Miss When I'm in Paris?"


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Three Approved GMOs Linked to Organ Damage � Food Freedom

Food Freedom posts a scary news item.
check'em out.

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Three Approved GMOs Linked to Organ Damage � Food Freedom:

"The Committee of Independent Research and Information on Genetic Engineering (CRIIGEN) and Universities of Caen and Rouen obtained Monsanto’s confidential raw data of its 2002 feeding trials on rats after a European court made it public in 2005.


The data “clearly underlines adverse impacts on kidneys and liver, the dietary detoxifying organs, as well as different levels of damages to heart, adrenal glands, spleen and haematopoietic system,” reported Gilles-Eric S�ralini, a molecular biologist at the University of Caen."

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Wendys Restaurant Chain Supports Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining

Wendys Restaurant Chain Supports Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining:

"Wendys Restaurant Chain Supports Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining"

It's a dog's life

30-degree weather down in Texas has brought Michele of It's a dog's life blog
and her kiddie contaner gardens a bit of good luck.  hilarious and informative,
pay a visit.  :-)

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It's a dog's life:

"Did I mention that I love broccoli?
No?
Well, I do.
And JR does too.
It's a good thing because we are eating broccoli for the rest of the weekend.
(Ya may not want to plan a trip here this weekend if you know what I mean. wink)"


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Woman Sues Quaker Oats Because She Thought A Captain Crunch Crunchberry Was A Real Berry

Woman Sues Quaker Oats Because She Thought A Captain Crunch Crunchberry Was A Real Berry:

"Woman Sues Quaker Oats Because She Thought A Captain Crunch Crunchberry Was A Real Berry And She Learned It Isn't
Ate them for 4 years for better health. In other news, eating Captain Crunch Crunchberries cereal does not improve mental health"

Day #9 & #10: Eating from my pantry: Rice Crust

Since my pantry is stocked with items that I have been dragging around for years, I decided the only way to make sure I get rid of it all without throwing it away was to not go grocery shopping. There will be no grocery shopping at all until Dec 31, while from January 2 through January 31 I will only buy fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, and meat. Wine, beer, and soda, of course, are excluded ;-)
Here is the list of items I started out with in my freezer/refrigerator/pantry.

My favorite use-it-up recipe is the rice crust recipe. I finally found a way to use leftover cooked rice. Here it is:
2 1/2 cups cooked rice
2 eggs, beaten
4 tbsp butter, melted
1/8 tsp pepper
Combine, mix. Press into ungreased 9 inch pie pan. Fill with desired filling of meat, vegetables, or cheese in white sauce (preferably whatever leftovers you have to make this a true leftover meal). Bake at 350 for 40 minutes.

For those of you who don't know how to make a basic white sauce, here it is:
Melt butter in a saucepan. Throw in some flour, and mix that a bit until mixed well. Pour in a little bit of either milk, wine, or stock until it's the consistency you want. That's it.

You can use a white sauce as dressing over meat, in a casserole, pot pies, or over potatoes.

Tip of the day
When cooking, usually milk, wine, and stock are interchangeable. I can't think of any time that this is not true. (Note, I said cooking, not baking.

Pantry Items Used:
Chicken Pot Pie
• pastry dough
• leftover cooked rice
• 2 eggs (purchased)
• leftover chicken (purchased) & broccoli (purchased) & shredded zuccini from last summer's garden
• homemade chicken stock with flour & butter to make a white sauce
• handful of raisins in the rice (it's really good!)

The leftovers are from yesterday's baked chicken & broccoli over rice dinner.

And, as always, we have had zuccini bread for breakfasts.

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Day #7 & #8

Days #7 & #8: Our potatoes spoiled

Since my pantry is stocked with items that I have been dragging around for years, I decided the only way to make sure I get rid of it all without throwing it away was to not go grocery shopping. There will be no grocery shopping at all until Dec 31, while from January 2 through January 31 I will only buy fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, and meat. Wine, beer, and soda, of course, are excluded ;-)
Here is the list of items I started out with in my freezer/refrigerator/pantry.

Our bag of potatoes spoiled. I am so annoyed with myself for letting this happen. With 3 weeks left to this challenge, I really could have used the extra carb source.

:-(

Below are the items we've used over the last 2 days. We ordered pizza & drank beer last night as the blizzard entered the Midwest. Ah, winter.

Pantry Items Spoiled:
• potatoes
• pumpkin butter

Pantry Items Used:
Shrimp Burritos
• flour tortiallas
• frozen shrimp
• pesto from last summer's garden
• shredded zuccini from last summer's garden
• shredded cheddar
• 2 packets of the Chinese take-out hot sauce
• the remainder of the pot roast mush

Broccoli & Rice
• broccoli (purchased)
• rice
• (what else?) pesto from last summer's garden

Snacks & Breakfasts
• zuccini bread
• crackers
• block cheddar cheese
• apple butter

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On the Internets, nobody knows you're a Celebrity | INTERNETS CELEBRITIES

On the Internets, nobody knows you're a Celebrity INTERNETS CELEBRITIES:
"Ghetto Big Mac Army
November 11, 2009CommentsI love when people make their own Ghetto Big Mac videos.
Canadian Ghetto Big Mac
There’s a German version on YouTube as well but for some reason it’s gone private. But it’s good to know that Ghetto Big Macs are a viable option worldwide."

Day #6: Eating from my pantry. Finally setting some beans to soak

Since my pantry is stocked with items that I have been dragging around for years, I decided the only way to make sure I get rid of it all without throwing it away was to not go grocery shopping. There will be no grocery shopping at all until Dec 31, while from January 2 through January 31 I will only buy fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, and meat. Wine, beer, and soda, of course, are excluded ;-)
Here is the list of items I started out with in my freezer/refrigerator/pantry.

We are finally getting close to the edge of my comfort zone of not food shopping. I genuinely felt that food shopping was necessary on a weekly basis, if not more often. While I knew last week would be easier since we knew we would eat out more often for the holidays, refraining from shopping this week I felt would be the real challenge. I felt that with running out of bread, white flour and almost all of the wheat flour, and having no fresh vegetables left, that we really were getting to the point where we were going to start depriving ourselves.

And so, of course, I am finally feeling that this is a challenge.

I re-evaluated and saw that we still have frozen shrimp, beans, and frozen zuccini from last summer's garden. I've decided that when I really, really have no more vegetables left (i.e. no more zuccini), then THAT'S when I need to buy more. Same with protein: no frozen shrimp or beans = go meat shopping.

My husband, understandably, is worried about this. We agreed that we would keep stocked in frozen pizzas just in case I run out of things that he is willing to eat during this experiment.

Tonight, I made a quick & simple pasta with shrimp & pesto, with (what else?) shredded zuccini.

I also, conceded to the fact that we are running out of proteins, and if I want to avoid shopping, then I'm going to have to start soaking some beans. I set 3 cups of beans to soak tonight. I'm guessing (between soaking and cooking, with full days of working in between all of that) they'll be ready for dinner on the night after tomorrow.

Pantry Items Used:
• Shredded zuccini from last summer's garden
• pasta
• pesto from last summer's garden
• frozen shrimp

Him:
Great amount of shrimp.

Me:
Shredded zuccini goes in everything.

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PS No picture tonight. The meal was absolutely delicious, and I don't want to ruin it's fantastic simplicity with yet another one of my crappy pictures.

Day #5: Eating from my pantry

Since my pantry is stocked with items that I have been dragging around for years, I decided the only way to make sure I get rid of it all without throwing it away was to not go grocery shopping. There will be no grocery shopping at all until Dec 31, while from January 2 through January 31 I will only buy fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, and meat. Wine, beer, and soda, of course, are excluded ;-)
Here is the list of items I started out with in my freezer/refrigerator/pantry.

Since we spent the last weekend eating crap over the New Year's weekend, I decided tonight was a good time to go for that Tuna Helper that I dragged with me through several moves and across the country.

I didn't have tuna, but in keeping with the crap theme, I substituted turkey deli slices.

I'm glad this meal is over. I'm looking forward to buying some vegetables tomorrow. :-(

Pantry Item Finished:
• Gumbo canned soup

Pantry Items Used:
• dry milk
• butter
• deli turkey slices

for the zuccini bread
• soy flour
• honey
• vanilla
• olive oil
• salt
• baking powder
• baking soda
• cinnamon
• whole wheat flour
• wheat germ
• oats
• last summer's garden zuccini
• peanuts
• dried cranberries

Him:
Fantastic! *then looks up the history on the Hamburger Helper line*

Me:
I have one Chicken Helper left in the pantry....and then never, ever again.

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Do I really want to live in a world where someone has thought up Krispy Kreme Cheeseburgers?

Can you think of anything more deadly?

jalepenos stuffed with peanut butter and jelly, then battered and deep fried

My husband says they're delicious.

I did not try it.

Life as Mom: My Pantry Looks Different than Yours

It seems there are quite a few people joining in this challenge. I'm pretty sure it was started on this site:
Life as Mom: My Pantry Looks Different than Yours

Check it out to see how others do their challenges.

Day #4: Eating from my pantry. The kind of dinner the slopes demand

Since my pantry is stocked with items that I have been dragging around for years, I decided the only way to make sure I get rid of it all without throwing it away was to not go grocery shopping. There will be no grocery shopping at all until Dec 31, while from January 2 through January 31 I will only buy fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, and meat. Wine, beer, and soda, of course, are excluded ;-)
Here is the list of items I started out with in my freezer/refrigerator/pantry.

It was another lazy night. We just booked our New Year's Eve dinner out tomorrow (can you say Alaskan King Crab?) and we're already planning which horrible heart-killing food that we only allow ourselves to eat on marathon-TV days that we'll be gourging on on Friday.

So in honor of the near-constant fall of snow we're experiencing here in the Midwest, and to finish off a lovely snowboarding day, we've chosen a traditional winter soup and sandwich finish.

Pantry Item Finished:
• Refrigerator mayonnaise (there's a spare in the cabinet)
• the 3 2-cracker packettes stolen from some restaurant
• the remaining half hamburger roll

Pantry Items Used:
• Ketchup
• Homemade bread
• Shrimp
• 2 cans of chicken noodle soup
• Zuccini bread (for breakfast)
• some margarine


Him:
This is the first time I've made Russian dressing

Me:
I like when my husband cooks

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Un pasillo encerado

a bit of cuisine from Spain,
courtesy of Isis.

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Un pasillo encerado:

"Esta es la historia de 400 gramos de manteca de cerdo ib�rico, 6 yemas de huevo, un vasito de mistela, raspadura de un lim�n, 400 gramos de az�car, una cucharadita de bicarbonato, un kilo de harina y medio kilo de cabello de �ngel. El horno caliente a 200 grados y mis manos de mariposa ;-)
Antes de meter al horno se 'pintan' con huevo batido y una brocha de cocina."

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Day #3: Eating from my pantry

Since my pantry is stocked with items that I have been dragging around for years, I decided the only way to make sure I get rid of it all without throwing it away was to not go grocery shopping. There will be no grocery shopping at all until Dec 31, while from January 2 through January 31 I will only buy fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, and meat. Wine, beer, and soda, of course, are excluded ;-)
Here is the list of items I started out with in my freezer/refrigerator/pantry.

Tonight I got a well-needed haircut, so my poor husband was left to fend for himself for dins. Before we parted ways after work, I quickly ran down his list of options: frozen pizza or can of soup with homemade bread.

10 points to anyone who can guess which one he chose (if you really, really, really want to know which he chose, you can look forward to my pantry inventory on Feb 1 ;-)

Pantry Item Finished:
• Not saying, nah nah nah

Him:
Yeah, not bad

Me:
zzzzz, too tired to comment

what are they thinking?

This is why there are no Australian food critics worth listening to....

Day #2: Eating from my Pantry. I thought onions were necessary

Since my pantry is stocked with items that I have been dragging around for years, I decided the only way to make sure I get rid of it all without throwing it away was to not go grocery shopping. There will be no grocery shopping at all until Dec 31, while from January 2 through January 31 I will only buy fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, and meat. Wine, beer, and soda, of course, are excluded ;-)
Here is the list of items I started out with in my freezer/refrigerator/pantry.

I like this self-imposed challenge. Sure, it’s only Day 2, and I imagine that on Day 23 I might be a little grumpy for bread, but for now this is engaging a few of my flash-in-the-pan passions-of-the-day.

For one, I’ve been waging a rampaging war against clutter, and if forgotten-about Tuna Helper in the back of the cabinet isn’t clutter, then I don’t know what is. For another, I’ve cut and cut and cut my budget on my recent frugality phase, and, really, the only place left to cut is in my grocery bill.

And the very latest topic that piqued my interest is wealth vs. happiness. I recently read a blog mentioning the book Happier, and while I haven’t read it yet (it’s on reserve at the library at the mo), the review mentions these intriguing tidbits:

“You don’t want to be rich — you want to be happy”

“Many of us (including me) get wrapped up in the belief that having more money is the key to a better life. But it’s not. The key to a better life is increased happiness. For some people, that does mean more money. But according to the research Tal Ben-Shahar shares in his book Happier, most of us would be better served by:
• Creating rituals around the things we love to do.
• Setting meaningful goals that reflect our values and interests.
• Playing to our strengths instead of dwelling on weaknesses.
• Simplifying our lives — not just the Stuff, but the time.”

To me, this translates to
• things we love to do (cooking, saving money, gardening)
• meaningful goals (have as many of my pennies working as possible, grow as much as I can to eat, remove processed food from our lives)
• Playing to our strengths (I think I can cook, I think I can garden)
• Simplifying our lives (self-explanatory)

Anyways, here’s how we fared tonight…

Pantry Item Finished:
Honey Dijon dressing

Pantry Items Used:
Salad:
• Spring mix lettuces
• Crumbled goat cheese
• Honey Dijon dressing (him)
• Raspberry hazelnut dressing (me)

Shrimp & Couscous
• Couscous
• Gourmet herb flavored gift oil
• Olive oil
• Raisins
• Last summer's garden zucchini
• Defrosted cooked shrimp
• Minced garlic
• Homemade chicken stock
• Homemade pesto
• Adobo
• Salt

Him:
That was great, Poopa. Thank you very much.

Me:
Yum.

Day #1: Eating from my pantry

Since my pantry is stocked with items that I have been dragging around for years, I decided the only way to make sure I get rid of it all without throwing it away was to not go grocery shopping. There will be no grocery shopping at all this week, while for the month of January I will only be allowed to buy fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, and meat. Wine, beer, and soda, of course, are excluded ;-)
Here is the list of items I started out with in my freezer/refrigerator/pantry.


Tonight, I took inspiration from a usual source: frugality blog The Simple Dollar, specifically this article titled Nine Creative Ways to Utilize Leftovers from Common Meals.

Since we had pot roast last night, naturally we had some leftover meat, broth, and some vegetables. Trent suggests the following:

"Instead of just reheating this food for future meals, I just toss it into the food processor with some of the broth, puree it, and then take the thick “soup” and add bread crumbs until I’m able to form patties with it. I then cook the patties over medium heat in a skillet with a bit of canola oil until they’re light brown on both sides. Optionally, I’ll add a bit of cheese to the mix."

Cool!

I also decided this would be good as sandwiches. I have some bread left, but not alot, and since I'm out of white flour, I decided to make rye bread according to this recipe.

Here's the rye bread:


And, while somewhat unattractive, this pot roast burger is quite edible. Even a bit yummy.

My Eat-From-My-Own-Pantry Self-Imposed Challenge

During my frugality blog reading this morning, I came across this article:

http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?/topic/122070-klatsch-a-week-without-shopping/
"Surely I'm not alone in having a freezer and pantry full of food, much of which will get thrown out as it expires over the course of the coming months and years. Indeed, I live in a small apartment. People with houses, basement freezers and walk-in pantries surely have far more of this stuff lying around than I do. Surely I'm not alone in having overbought at the supermarket last week. Surely I'm not alone when I get home from the supermarket and can barely fit the new food in the refrigerator because there's so much of the old stuff. Surely I'm not alone in being able to skip a week of shopping and still eat well."

Of course, as soon as I finished reading it, I ran to my pantry to see if I could identify the oldest items in there. The winner was the box of Tuna Helper. I think. I can't be sure. It could have been the corn starch.

So now I'm inspired. I will not go grocery shopping at all this week.

And for the month of January, I will only buy:
1. fresh vegetables
2. fresh fruit
3. meat

I will post a blog every day on my progress.

Stay tuned....

Here is what I have now:

Freezer
2 lb frozen cooked shrimp
2 12 oz frozen pizzas
17 baggies of 2 cup measurements of shredded zuccini from last summer's garden
8 5 oz jars of pesto from last summer's garden
1 lb edamame
1 pint Ben & Jerry's Triple Caramel Chunk
3 cups homemade beef stock
12 oz broccoli slaw (shredded broccoli, carrots, red cabbage). I really, really am not looking forward to eating this.
3 cups chopped celery
1 stick of butter
box of 4 meatless burger patties
3 "chick'n" patties
1 cup homemade cucumber sauce from last summer's garden



Refrigerator
3.5 oz crumbled goat cheese
24 oz sour cream
almost finished 15 oz tub of margarine
coffee
16 oz minced garlic
16 oz ranch dressing
3 oz mayonnaise
8 oz grated Parmesan
32 oz ketchup
1 1/2 9" pie crusts
1 plus a little bit gallon apple cider
3 cups homemade chicken stock
a little bit of pumpkiin butter
Teriyaki sauce
20 oz deli turkey slices
5 oz spring mix lettuces
12 oz leftover pot roast
10 oz cheddar cheese block
1.3 oz blueberry spread
6 oz spreadable pate
1 oz hot mustard
4 oz brown mustard
9 oz steak sauce
10 oz BBQ sauce
5 oz recaito
5 oz sofrito
10 oz whole grain dijon mustard
15 oz soy sauce
1 oz honey dijon dressing
plastic lemon of lemon juice
8 oz blue cheese dressing
8 oz caeser dressing
8 oz spray fake butter
4 oz raspberry hazelnut dressing
8 oz oyster sauce
3 cups shredded cheddar
2 cups shredded zuccini
3 1/2 flour tortillas



Pantry
5 slices stale bread
5 slices fresh homemade bread
2 slices fresh homemade zuccini bread
1/2 hamburger bun
13 oz crackers
1 lb dry milk
a few less than 100 teabags
3 packets of set of 2 crackers stolen from restaurants
3 packets of hot chocolate
2 packets of pesto mix
4 oz general tsao stir fry mix
7 packets chicken bag n mix seasoning
a whole bunch of spices
24 oz oats
2 1/4 lbs whole wheat flour
5 lbs rye flour
a canister full of chinese take-out packets of hot sauce, mustard, etc
8 oz balsamic vinegerette
8 lbs pinto beans
1 lb honey
1 lb pasta sauce jar
10 oz red cooking wine
16 oz mayonnaise
16 oz corn meal
1 lb peanuts in shells
5 oz can of bread crumbs
8 oz walnut oil
some peanut oil
1 1/2 liter olive oil
12 oz gourmet herb flavored gift oil
12 oz gourmet herb flavored gift vinegar
8 oz jar apple butter
1 lb raisins
some vanilla
4 lbs sugar
12 oz Nestle Quick
5 10 oz cans chicken noodle soup
18 oz can New England clam chowder
2 18 oz cans grilled chicken & sausage gumbo
18 oz can chicken & corn chowder
4 lbs unsweetened chocolate powder
4 lbs brown sugar
4 oz yeast
10 lbs shelled peanuts
10 lbs dried cranberries
various kinds of salt
8 lbs rice
16 oz cashews
16 oz unpopped popcorn
12 oz corn starch
16 oz baking powder
12 oz baking soda
10 oz graham cracker crumbs
5 oz sesame oil
16 oz corn syrup
canister Bisquick (too far back in cabinet to get size)
6 oz wheat germ
2 handfuls of barley
1 lb soy flour
6 oz sherry wine
15 oz couscous
cooking spray
8 oz cocktail sauce
handful of dates
1 lb confectioner's sugar
3 oz corn boil packet
7 oz Farina
5 oz rice noodles
1 pouch dried noodle soup
15 oz whole wheat pancake mix
1 pouch instant rice bag
more balsamic vinegerette
24 oz apple sauce
8 oz dried lentils
22 oz hoisin sauce
1 box chicken helper
1 box tuna helper
10 lb bag potatoes (minus a few potatoes)
4 cups elbow pasta







PS. Soda, beer, wine, etc are exempt :-D


I have a feeling I will be using these cookbooks quite often in the 1 month and 1 week coming up:

Grandma's Cooking

My maternal grandmother was born on Christmas Day, and so was named Noelly.
She passed away about two years ago.

She wasn't a fantastic cook, but she did successfully feed 4 children and 8 grandchildren, sometimes all at the same time, and she did this with very little money.

Thinking back now on breakfasts where I had to swipe the last piece of toast before another cousin woke up, or on dinners that were obviously a mix of the previous 2 or 3 dinners' leftovers, I have come to understand that my grandmother was the ultimate frugal cook. I wish that I had discovered my financial sensibilities (or my relatively recent interest in cooking) long before she died. I would have liked to have shared with her the recipes I am discovering on frugality blogs, and environment-friendly cookbooks.

I'm guessing she may have rolled her eyes at some and point out the obvious: that she had been cooking these dishes for years, and not for some noble cause, but rather out of what she had available to her. But there are many ideas that I think she didn't think of, and I would have liked to have had the chance to mull over with her the pro's and con's of the (incredibly cheap meals you can make with a) crock-pot, or the cool idea of using day-old cooked rice as the bottom pastry layer of pot pies.

Well, for all of the conversations I didn't have with her, and on the eve of my grandmother's birthday, here is proof of the conversations I did have with her. While my cousin collected these recipes (written in my grandmother's hand), I do remember watching, and sometimes helping, her make every single one of these recipes many, many times.

Happy birthday, Grandma! I miss your rice and hope to taste it again someday.

PS. Click on each image to get a close-up look at the recipes.

Texas Man Says He Found Rat Jaw in Frozen Veggies - Slashfood

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oh no! uuugggggghhhhhh!


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.Texas Man Says He Found Rat Jaw in Frozen Veggies - Slashfood:
"Texas Man Says He Found Rat Jaw in Frozen Veggies


by Jennifer Lawinski, Posted Dec 21st 2009 @ 6:30PM

An East Texas man claims he found a fragment of a rat's jawbone

in a package of frozen vegetables he bought at Walmart."

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From the Inside...Out

grocery shopping in preparation for an emergency is easy right?
BWAH-HA-HA-HA-HAW . . . . !

:-)

guess again.

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From the Inside...Out:
 "Kathryn: (Takes in the chaotic scene before her: the endless lines of people…carts overflowing with items, aisles so jammed with customers they’re almost impassable. A look of alarm is dawning on her face) “WTF? We have no time to shop for a country! OH MY GOD! We need MILK! We need ONIONS! Do we have enough of those SWIFFER DUST-THINGIES? What if we have UNEXPECTED COMPANY and I NEED TO DUST? What if I want to make BREAD PUDDING? I don't know HOW to MAKE bread pudding! HOW do I know what's EVEN IN bread pudding?!? Do they sell COOK BOOKS?” (Begins to hyperventilate) “What if we LOSE POWER AGAIN? Remember sitting in the dark, trying to play cards with 2 sets of gloves on and eating a can of baked beans that we tried to heat up with one of those toe warmer packets? I don’t want to go back there again, Clinton! PLEASE don’t make me go back there!”"

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A TITLE ? What's in a title ? I was never told there should be a TITLE !

gotsta see this pic.

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A TITLE ? What's in a title ? I was never told there should be a TITLE !:

"More funghi"

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Retrospace: gastroabominations

Retrospace is a wonder!

:-)

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Retrospace: gastroabominations:

"Browse through any cookbook or women's interest magazine from the 1950's and you will get bombarded by meat. Every recipe reads like this: Braise 10 pounds of pork roast with a teaspoon of gelatin, garnish with a sprig of broccolli....�and, presto, you're done! The four food groups of the 50's were:�pork, beef,�poultry and Spam.�"

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Guildwood Gardens - Gardening with Love

great collage of what the flower-gardening
 blog is all about.

check it out!

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Guildwood Gardens - Gardening with Love:

"2009 - Memories are forget-me-nots - a garden year to remember


Memories are forget-me-nots gathered along life's way,
pressed close to the human heart into a perennial bouquet."

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Not So Humble Pie

what does an Anthropologist eat?

you should make it a point to find out.

by the looks of it, only delicious dishes

make the grade. :-)

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Not So Humble Pie:

"This stuff is so light, crisp and buttery. Yum! Fudge I can handle myself around, but I admit to having overindulged on the scraps from my toffee cutting today. I cannot resist the delicate snap of freshly made toffee, nothing out of a can ever comes close."

Blueberry Pie

Nellie McKay via last.fm

December 13, Nellie McKay b.1984

today's Nellie's birthday and we couldn't resist
the food connection (Blueberries?)

Nellie McKay  - Blueberry Pie




Nellie McKay - The Very Thought Of You




happy birthday, Nellie!

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Censorship

"Censorship is telling a man he can't have a
 steak just because a baby can't chew it."


~~Mark Twain~~
 
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Expert Champagne Advice at Epicurious.com

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ready for the bubbly?

no?

well now you can be,
just read this Primer.

:-)

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Expert Champagne Advice at Epicurious.com:

"A Champagne Primer

A look at how and where sparkling wine is made, and how to read those mystifying French labels

By Fiona Beckett"

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Serious Eats: New York - The New York City Food and Restaurant Blog

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Happy Birthday!
to
Ed Levine's scrumptious blog:
Serious Eats.

our favorite place to eat vicariously.

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Serious Eats: New York - The New York City Food and Restaurant Blog:
"December 7, 2009
From Serious Eats
Serious Eats Turns Three: Happy Birthday To Us
Posted by Ed Levine, December 6, 2009 at 5:00 PM"

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Would You Eat This? KFC's Double Down - G4tv.com

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Would You Eat This? KFC's Double Down - G4tv.com

Would you eat this? We're not sure. KFC is planning to offer the Double Down, a new sandwich made of bacon and cheese covered in Colonel's sauce held together with two pieces of fried chicken. Yup, there's no bread in this piece of art. Consider yourself lucky for once if you live around Providence, Rhode Island or Omaha, Nebraska, because those are exactly where KFC is testing this heart-attack inducing sandwich.

This is why America is great and this is why you're fat.

Read more: http://g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/blog/post/698688/Would-You-Eat-This-KFCs-Double-Down.html#ixzz0YyxtU9LJ

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Far Side of Fifty: Cinnamon Christmas Ornament

Image by fukumix via Flickr

memories are made of this.
check out the cookie recipe,
and make a memory of your very own.

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Far Side of Fifty:

"I have many ornaments, and I mean many..enough to decorate several trees. I collect Christmas Ornaments..however this one holds a very special place in my heart and upon the tree.

Perhaps you would like to make a memory for your tree.

Maddie's Cinnamon Christmas Ornaments"

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Subang Jaya Daily Photo

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JC blogs about Subang Jaya a suburb
in Malaysia. today's post shows beautiful
panfuls of dumplings at the local market.

Subang Jaya Daily Photo:

"Hot, steaming dim sums at the Jonker Walk weekend market in Melaka"

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Global approach now favored for marine conservation - washingtonpost.com

Thinking globally to save riches of the sea

International efforts called key to halting overfishing, exploitation

Global approach now favored for marine conservation - washingtonpost.com:

"By Juliet Eilperin

Washington Post Staff Writer

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Given the price a single bluefin tuna can fetch -- one sold for a record $173,600 a few years ago at Tokyo's Tsukiji market -- it's not surprising that the rich, buttery fish is a prized catch. Or that it has prompted a feeding frenzy among international traders."

Sea Shepherd to embark next week on mission to thwart Japanese whale hunt | Outposts | Los Angeles Times

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Sea Shepherd to embark next week on mission to thwart Japanese whale hunt | Outposts | Los Angeles Times:
"Sea Shepherd to embark next week on mission to thwart Japanese whale hunt
November 30, 2009 | 11:46 am"

Poker Face
Season 13: Whale Whores
The Sea Shepherd's new captain takes Whale Wars to the next level.
 

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LIVING IN THE EASTERN WOODLANDS: READ,WRITE PROMPT #103: POMEGRANATES

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visit Linda's always wonderful   LIVING IN THE EASTERN WOODLANDS blog
for a cool food-themed poem. :-)

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<cite>LIVING IN THE EASTERN WOODLANDS: READ,WRITE PROMPT #103: POMEGRANATES</cite>:

"

Dana Guthrie Martin challenged us to look at the photo below and consider what the pomegranate makes us think of. The pomegranate will lead somewhere, she says. No one will be able to resist its pull. Thank you Dana, for pulling us into pomegranates.

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Dr. Food

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Dr. Food: "15 November 2009
Slow Cooker Shrimp and Andouille Sausage Creole Stew

I've really been putting some mileage on my slow cooker"

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20x200 : Print Information : Ideal Bookshelf 6, GW

hey, peeps,
give the gift of art, take a look-see at this nifty cookbook collection print
by Jane Mount. inexpensive, yet beautiful.

20x200 : Print Information : Ideal Bookshelf 6, GW:

"This set is George Weld's favorite cookbooks. George is the chef and owner of Egg in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, which serves the best breakfast in the whole city, (the weekend lines down the block are proof), and amazing southern food all the rest of the day and evening. George and his team source their produce from their six-acre organic farm upstate, and the menu is fairly influenced by his Charleston, South Carolina upbringing."

History of the Coca Cola bottle | Ubersuper

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History of the Coca Cola bottle | Ubersuper: "History of the Coca Cola bottle

Coca Cola History: Left to Right 1899 – 1900 – 1915 – 1916 – 1957 – 1986"

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The Dutch Baker's Daughter

The Dutch Baker's Daughter:

"my favorite has always been the Chocolate Angel Pie."