Tag Archives: food

FICTION FRIDAY: Link to the Past

     Negotiating with an evil spirit is no joke.  Not from the human side, anyway.  The spirit stopped even attempting to hide its snickers as I went through the arduous and occasionally embarrassing ritual to make my request.      But at last I had it: one hour in my hometown fifty years to the momentContinue reading “FICTION FRIDAY: Link to the Past”

IN MY SALAD DAYS

      I do not, as I believe I may have mentioned hereintofore, write a food blog.  But I was feeling nostalgic for my parents’ kitchen (which had, among other glories, cupboards and refrigerators I was not responsible for refilling.)  I was thinking back to the Add-Ins: the ingredients added to prepared foods, which came outContinue reading “IN MY SALAD DAYS”

Layers of Tolerance

     I do not write a food blog.  I have mentioned this before.  But I accidentally ran into a reservoir of “Live and Let Live” on the Interwebs, where the attitude has increasingly become “My way or you’re scum”.  So it is merely from an astonished appreciation of this hidden well of empathy that IContinue reading “Layers of Tolerance”

They May NOT Be Out There

     I hang out with a number of Luddite intellectuals: that is, these are people who still read books and watch television, and wonder about some of the things they learn in these places.  But since they do not believe in allowing the Interwebs into their homes, they then tell these things to me, knowingContinue reading “They May NOT Be Out There”

On the Side of Bacon

     I have been known to complain about people paying no attention to this column, but the alternative has its drawbacks.  Someone looked over the last expulsion of words about the difference between pork rinds and cracklin’s, considered the mention of “fatback”, and inquired, “So what about pork belly?  That’s just bacon that hasn’t beenContinue reading “On the Side of Bacon”

You’d Scream, Too

     Ice cream should not be complicated.      I am not referring to the making of ice cream, as I might if I wrote a food blog.  I have wrestled with one of those handy dandy ice cream makers in the 1990s, which guaranteed endless delights, and succeeded only in making a flavorful slush.  NorContinue reading “You’d Scream, Too”

Feeding or Fooling?

     Have I mentioned—more than thirty times—that this is not a food blog?  But maybe what I am writing about here doesn’t count.  Folks on the Interwebs have differing opinions on this (as with everything else) so let’s not wait around.      The appearance on the market of Coca-Cola flavored Oreos (good stuff) and OscarContinue reading “Feeding or Fooling?”

Before Chips & Salsa

     Now, about ketchup.      As those of you around the globe who rush to read this blog will recall, I do NOT write a food blog.  In spite of which, we HAVE discussed ketchup before.  But I was wandering around the Interwebs and thought of a thing or two that need to be said.Continue reading “Before Chips & Salsa”

A Toast to Cinnamon

     Getting really tired of this, America.  Where is our sense of historic preservation?  Why is there no reliable place where we can look to find the names of those heroes and heroines who have made our lives worth living?  Are we so caught up in proving we are the peak of civilization that weContinue reading “A Toast to Cinnamon”