After dinner, Iris said, as she so often does, “Iris would like one aminal cookie.” She also tends to insist that we have one, too. I got a tiger. Laurie got a camel. Iris got…well, let’s let her tell you. Iris: That’s a rhino! Rhino got a bottom. For Iris to eat! [crunch] Incidentally, unless your […]
In the beginning, there were groats. Actually, in the beginning, you have to grow some oats. I don’t know about that part. I do know that at some point you end up with groats, which are whole oats, shaped like grains of rice. You could cook them into porridge at this point, but you’d get something […]
We had breaded pork cutlets for dinner, on buns with coleslaw. Why is coleslaw so good on a sandwich? I don’t even really like coleslaw, but when it’s on a barbecue sandwich, or a breaded pork cutlet, or a sausage sandwich like at Shultzy’s, or even a burger, it’s perfect. Once Laurie said to me, “For […]
It had been way too long since our last larb. Larb is a dish that inspires heated and instant devotion. I can’t explain why. It has a funny name and looks like a pile of meat, which it is. It’s easy to make but messy to eat. All of these things are also true of sloppy […]
I was putting away some onions in the root cellar when I found this: Aren’t sprouted potatoes great? Most foods, when they go bad, either get disgusting or boring. The potato is the only one I can think of that becomes unequivocally cool. Iris did not agree. Now, Iris is generally not scared of anything. She’ll try […]