On Monday, Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream, which is no longer owned by anyone named Ben and/or Jerry, issued a statement. Specifically: Ben & Jerry’s Will End Sales of Our Ice Cream in the Occupied Palestinian Territory July 19, 2021 We believe it is inconsistent with our values for Ben & Jerry’s ice cream to …
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Sunday Morning Garden Food Chat: ‘How the Chili Pepper Conquered China’
Chili peppers first arrived in China in the late 16th century. It would be another half-century before the peppers began to be incorporated into local cuisine—not along the coast, where peppers were first imported, but in remote, impoverished Guizhou.https://t.co/doohHgJv0T — Jonathan Cheng (@JChengWSJ) July 16, 2021 No garden photos to share — I assume y’all …
My Dealer Came Through this Morning
Only 18 bucks for all those cukes. Time to get my pickle on:
Apparently the Blog Took a Siesta!
I have no idea where all the other front pagers have been since Tony Jay’s guest post. I know where I’ve been. I had a teleconference on a project I’m involved in, then I went and ran an errand for the Mominator, then I came home and worked out, then I walked the dogs in …
So I Came Up With This New Dish
My dad makes this cold curry shrimp salad with peas that I just adore, and I was going through my cabinets to eat some of the stuff I bought during the pandemic, and I found two cans of salmon. So I made a tuna salad, but with salmon instead of tuna. 1 can salmon mayo …
Recipe Open Thread: Foolproof English Muffin Toasting Bread
This is a NO-Knead recipe. Simple and quick. I decided I wanted to make English Muffin Bread and my first stop was King Arthur Flour’s recipe site. Their recipes have never let me down. Including awesome Bagels and JeffreyW’s Perfect Buns. I used this recipe for the bread: English Muffin Toasting Bread _ King …
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Butter Lamb Open Thread
This year’s edition: I dropped it off yesterday for my mother-in-law, who is now fully vaccinated but still being careful about gatherings because she’s a kind person who is not an idiot. She’s having Easter dinner with other fully vaccinated friends in her quarantine pod. When I stopped by, we talked about how this is …