Traditional Thanksgiving dinners should be in my opinion, well, traditional. Turkey, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, a vegetable medley, pumpkin pie and of course, gravy are what I look forward to eat on my favorite holiday of the year. As we approach Thanksgiving, there are frequent recipes in the newpaper or TV food network episodes aboutContinue reading “It’s all about that gravy…”
Tag Archives: food
They may be lightweights, but they’re smarter than me…
With hundreds of pecan trees in and around our neighborhood, we are a squirrel’s Valhalla. Being partially in the country with lots of hiding places and soft dirt to dig, ground squirrels likely outnumber humans in Mesilla Park. And not unexpectedly, they especially like the wood pile in the southeast corner of our yard, acrossContinue reading “They may be lightweights, but they’re smarter than me…”
Potato puffery…
When we picked up an order from a grocery store earlier this week, we discovered one item which had taken all the space in a single bag. This bag of potato chips had apparently been packaged at a plant at or near sea level, then shipped to our 4,000 foot elevation in the high desertContinue reading “Potato puffery…”