I didn’t have enough room in the pan for all the bacon strips so I tried the basket weave. Well did not turn out to be a basket, but it was still bacon. I thought maybe I’d use toothpicks the next time I try this, but I read somewhere that if you give your raw […]

I saw a recipe video on Tik Tok and it looked really dang easy. I had all the ingredients in my refrigerator and the toaster too, of course. I am also not one to turn down a kweeza-deela. You know what – side note: I know that “quesadilla” is pronounced kāsəˈdēyə, but that doesn’t erase the memory […]

You probably already have a good idea of one or two reasons to have a metal kettle in the kitchen to use for boiling water, instead of in a regular old boring pot. But the very best reason may not have occurred to you. Here are 4 obvious reasons and the 5th that is just […]

One of my favorite meals is brats with yellow squash, zucchini, red bell pepper and sometimes rice. I know you’re thinking I’m about to tell you some long story regaling a rustic, romantic dreamscape whereupon my husband forgoes his football game in his starry-eyed devotion to my womanly qualities due to this intoxicating recipe, but […]

I fried some pickles today, and it’s a basic and yummy snack or side item. You don’t have to sit in a Choli’s or Appleboy’s restaurant to get these emerald-bellied cronchers. Start with your favorite brands of corn meal, self-rising flour and sliced pickles. My favorite brand is el cheapo. Before you start mixing stuff, […]

My face when I’m starving but I’m only 12 pages into the 32-page air fryer operation manual. But then I find out the second half is just repeating it in Spanish:   One. Hour. Later. My initial Air Fryer test is complete. Wildly entertaining video below. Preheated fryer to 360°. Cut potato & soaked in […]