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Cindy Fuller
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Dec 25
Ice and Eggnog
As I mentioned in the previous post, we had an ice storm here Thursday night. King County Metro canceled all of its bus routes until about 3 pm Friday, when they went to the snow routes. Our driveway was a sheet of ice until Saturday morning Since we were scheduled to go to the annual …
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Dec 23
Snow Dazed
Snow days aren’t what they used to be. The three of us would wait breathlessly to hear, “Hannibal Central School is closed”, from the TV or radio. It always seemed as if Hannibal was the last school in the county to close. We believed that if the district superintendent couldn’t see the barn across the …
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Nov 29
Pho Gobble
One of the biggest quandaries of Thanksgiving is what to do with the turkey carcass. You could keep picking away at the scraps of meat until the bones are clean. My preferred way of dealing with the carcass is to make turkey carcass soup. In past years, the soup has been standard turkey noodle; however, …
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Oct 29
Eating East Coast
Although we live in Washington, I still have a hankering for the foods of my youth. This mostly applies to produce. I’m a farm girl. I have family and friends in the orchard business. I prefer east coast apple varieties to those routinely grown here. I pulled into Yakima Fruit Market earlier in the month …
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Sep 10
Who Minds the Mint?
I don’t have much luck growing mint. I can grow buckets of basil and Vietnamese coriander. I had a lemongrass plant in my former office. However, successful mint cultivation escapes me. It never winters over well. I have to buy new plants every year. It gets leggy and doesn’t taste as strong as the supermarket …
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Sep 10
Red-Eye Ribs
Julian cooks ribs on the grill for most holidays in the summer. Usually he smokes them and makes his North Carolina-style sauce to slather them at the end of cooking. (Note: His sauce is in the tomato-based Lexington style. East of Raleigh, the sauce is vinegar and cayenne pepper. I won’t discuss the mustard-based abomination …
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Sep 06
Kitten-Proofing a Home
Acclimating Dudley to our home has been challenging. We haven’t had a kitten in over 11 years, so we’re a bit rusty in kitten-proofing. In addition, our previous two homes were ranches. We didn’t have to worry about what might be going on upstairs or downstairs. Each feline has its own personality quirks to consider …
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Aug 27
A Jarring Juxtaposition
August 26 was the 102nd anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, granting women the right to vote. The day before, several states (including Texas and Idaho) allowed bans on abortion to take effect in all cases except when the life of the pregnant person is in jeopardy. The Dobbs …
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Aug 20
Advice on Doing a Garage Sale
Based on our experience doing a garage sale last weekend, Julian and I have this advice: DON’T DO IT. We’d have made out better by donating much of the stuff to St. Vincent de Paul or Goodwill and taking the tax deduction. I did two garage sales with my mother and sister when I was …
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Aug 07
Maybe It’s ALL Cultural Appropriation
Diana Kennedy, the British-born author of several books on Mexican cuisines, died last month. Her New York Times obituary is here. Her death caused me to think about cultural appropriation in the food world: how newcomers or foreigners become authorities (authentic, such as Kennedy, or self-appointed) on a particular cuisine. One of Diana Kennedy’s books …
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