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Bluegrass Music

is a lovely thing. It’s also something that I find myself in the mood for listening to today.

We have ice pellets, y’all, and I don’t like it. This morning I’ve already made browned butter chocolate chip cookies, fried chicken, a double batch of cheddar cheese biscuits, fried up some sausage, cooked bacon — and I’m not done, yet. But I do have quite a messy looking kitchen and so I’m going to listen to some music and get it looking better before I cook some more.

These guys, Trampled By Turtles will be on my listening list, for sure. HearYa calls them a “unique brand of raucous bluegrass” and do they ever nail it.

There is a review of the band on HearYa with a mp3 if you like the song.

Bluegrass Music

is a lovely thing. It’s also something that I find myself in the mood for listening to today.

We have ice pellets, y’all, and I don’t like it. This morning I’ve already made browned butter chocolate chip cookies, fried chicken, a double batch of cheddar cheese biscuits, fried up some sausage, cooked bacon — and I’m not done, yet. But I do have quite a messy looking kitchen and so I’m going to listen to some music and get it looking better before I cook some more.

These guys, Trampled By Turtles will be on my listening list, for sure. HearYa calls them a “unique brand of raucous bluegrass” and do they ever nail it.

There is a review of the band on HearYa with a mp3 if you like the song.

So, I’m Interested

in what y’all stock up on when there is imminent (or so they say) chance of power outage. What do you feed your family? One of my friends said that she stocks up on ice cream and coke. I get that….but what else? Do you eat pb & j and fruit for days on end or what? My folks won’t eat much that comes out of a can — come to think of it, neither will I.

So….s’mores, bread and butter, cheese and crackers?

So, I’m Interested

in what y’all stock up on when there is imminent (or so they say) chance of power outage. What do you feed your family? One of my friends said that she stocks up on ice cream and coke. I get that….but what else? Do you eat pb & j and fruit for days on end or what? My folks won’t eat much that comes out of a can — come to think of it, neither will I.

So….s’mores, bread and butter, cheese and crackers?

So, I’m Interested

in what y’all stock up on when there is imminent (or so they say) chance of power outage. What do you feed your family? One of my friends said that she stocks up on ice cream and coke. I get that….but what else? Do you eat pb & j and fruit for days on end or what? My folks won’t eat much that comes out of a can — come to think of it, neither will I.

So….s’mores, bread and butter, cheese and crackers?

Yikes!

The weather forecast has this old girl a little bit apprehensive tonight. I don’t mind snow days. I do mind losing power. Not for the normal freezing reasons, initially, but because some people that I live with get DISTRESSED by power outage. The distress magically ends when power returns.

So….hmmmm.

When contemplating things on the horizon I find myself wanting to cook something. And, I know a coping mechanism when I see one. Frying chicken won’t really do anything to help, except for my mental health, you know.

My mantra: When in doubt, fry chicken.

Anyway, speaking of cooking, the Minimalist, Mark Bittman, has his last column in the New York Times this week. He’s listed his 25 top recipes and I really think that y’all ought to go take a gander at it. This is a great list from a cook who stir fried chicken using ketchup. He launched all the no-knead bread craziness that engulfed the foodie portion of the internet a few years ago. He does innovative things that normal cooks with normal kitchens can do. So, get on over there and see if something looks good to you.

I’ve got to go cook something.
Y’all take care!

Yikes!

The weather forecast has this old girl a little bit apprehensive tonight. I don’t mind snow days. I do mind losing power. Not for the normal freezing reasons, initially, but because some people that I live with get DISTRESSED by power outage. The distress magically ends when power returns.

So….hmmmm.

When contemplating things on the horizon I find myself wanting to cook something. And, I know a coping mechanism when I see one. Frying chicken won’t really do anything to help, except for my mental health, you know.

My mantra: When in doubt, fry chicken.

Anyway, speaking of cooking, the Minimalist, Mark Bittman, has his last column in the New York Times this week. He’s listed his 25 top recipes and I really think that y’all ought to go take a gander at it. This is a great list from a cook who stir fried chicken using ketchup. He launched all the no-knead bread craziness that engulfed the foodie portion of the internet a few years ago. He does innovative things that normal cooks with normal kitchens can do. So, get on over there and see if something looks good to you.

I’ve got to go cook something.
Y’all take care!

Yikes!

The weather forecast has this old girl a little bit apprehensive tonight. I don’t mind snow days. I do mind losing power. Not for the normal freezing reasons, initially, but because some people that I live with get DISTRESSED by power outage. The distress magically ends when power returns.

So….hmmmm.

When contemplating things on the horizon I find myself wanting to cook something. And, I know a coping mechanism when I see one. Frying chicken won’t really do anything to help, except for my mental health, you know.

My mantra: When in doubt, fry chicken.

Anyway, speaking of cooking, the Minimalist, Mark Bittman, has his last column in the New York Times this week. He’s listed his 25 top recipes and I really think that y’all ought to go take a gander at it. This is a great list from a cook who stir fried chicken using ketchup. He launched all the no-knead bread craziness that engulfed the foodie portion of the internet a few years ago. He does innovative things that normal cooks with normal kitchens can do. So, get on over there and see if something looks good to you.

I’ve got to go cook something.
Y’all take care!

Onion Rings
or heshial circles as they are known to our family, are a really easy to make, fun treat. You might give them consideration with the Super Bowl coming up. Or, you know, they’d be great with any grilled anything.

1-2 onions
1 cup flour
1 recipe pancake batter, made up (either use a boxed mix or you could make P-Annie Cakes batter with ingredients you probably have on hand)
several cups plain bread crumbs
1/4 cup sesame seeds, optional

Peel the onions and cut them into 1 inch wide rings. Put them in a bowl of cold water. Place the flour in a small bowl. Place the batter in another bowl. In a third bowl (fourth if you’re counting the water bowl) place the bread crumbs (mix in the sesame seeds here if you’re using them). Get out a big cookie sheet to put the rings on after you’ve battered them. To batter the rings, dip them first in the flour, then in the batter, and finally in the bread crumbs. Place them (not touching each other) on the cookie sheet and proceed until you have battered all of them. You can either put them in the fridge for up to 24 hours or you can fry them right away in canola or peanut oil. It only takes a couple of minutes. Fry them on each side until they are dark golden brown.

Happy Saturday!

Onion Rings
or heshial circles as they are known to our family, are a really easy to make, fun treat. You might give them consideration with the Super Bowl coming up. Or, you know, they’d be great with any grilled anything.

1-2 onions
1 cup flour
1 recipe pancake batter, made up (either use a boxed mix or you could make P-Annie Cakes batter with ingredients you probably have on hand)
several cups plain bread crumbs
1/4 cup sesame seeds, optional

Peel the onions and cut them into 1 inch wide rings. Put them in a bowl of cold water. Place the flour in a small bowl. Place the batter in another bowl. In a third bowl (fourth if you’re counting the water bowl) place the bread crumbs (mix in the sesame seeds here if you’re using them). Get out a big cookie sheet to put the rings on after you’ve battered them. To batter the rings, dip them first in the flour, then in the batter, and finally in the bread crumbs. Place them (not touching each other) on the cookie sheet and proceed until you have battered all of them. You can either put them in the fridge for up to 24 hours or you can fry them right away in canola or peanut oil. It only takes a couple of minutes. Fry them on each side until they are dark golden brown.

Happy Saturday!