food

Back to “New Mexico Normal…”

I’ve been off the air for the past few weeks due to lots of family at home during the holidays, an annoying sciatica problem and maybe just a touch of the winter blues. My plan is to get back into the swing of writing that I hope you enjoy reading and gets my brain offContinue reading “Back to “New Mexico Normal…””

It’s all about that gravy…

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…”

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…”