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Holiday Recipes and Pets

by TaMara (HFG)|  December 23, 20209:29 pm| 41 Comments

This post is in: Food, Food & Recipes, Recipe Exchange, Recipes

The week, which I was hoping was going to be quiet, has been ridiculously busy. So this will be a brief post, but cute puppehs to make up for it:

Holiday Recipes and Pets

This was last year, in front of my half-decorated tree, LOL. There just hasn’t been time this year. How is that possible? The days are years long, but I guess so is my list of things to do.

Holiday Recipes and Pets 1

Merlin, in his incarnation as Xmas Cat in the Middle of Everything.

Tomato Queen sent a Merlin update. Look at that cutie!

Okay, some food photos with links to recipes because if I had to actually post the recipes, it just wouldn’t happen.

Starting with this year’s Sweet Holiday Gifts:

Gluten-free Peanut Butter Cookies (recipe here)

 

Sesame Brittle (love this stuff, and great addtion to ice cream sundaes) Recipe here.

 

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Dark Chocolate Chip cookies, Spritz cookies and Pecan Cookies  – all recipes here.

For more Holiday Gift baking ideas, this link.

And finally Christmas Eve Dinner (recipes here)

Very simple: Spinach Lasagna, Butter and Lemon Green Beans and Garlic Bread. Dessert is an ice cream bar.

What’s on your menu?

Respite open thread

ETA: Here’s raven’s Christmas present, it’s lovely:Holiday Recipes and Pets 2

My wife …  gave me my Christmas present early. (I pretty much knew because she’s been working on it upstairs and I’ve caught a couple of glimpses. This is a thread painting of Lil Bit. She really captured the little squirt, especially those eyes.

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Bigfooting Cole For a Good Cause: The Durham Foodraiser!

by Adam L Silverman|  December 5, 202012:51 am| 17 Comments

This post is in: Food, Open Threads, Poverty

Bigfoot Is Real

Normally I wouldn’t be posting this late, but I was scrolling through various Twitter feeds while commenting in my earlier post and came across T. Greg Doucette’s Foodraiser. At Levenson’s Twitter feed. And since Levenson is right in saying:

Thread.

Feeding kids is always a mitzvah. https://t.co/vI97mDPEid

— Thomas Levenson, Zṓiarchos (@TomLevenson) December 5, 2020

(For the Hebrew impaired a mitzvah is a good deed)

I decided that this is something everyone here, who is awake, reading, commenting, lurker, should know about.

Anyhow, there’s a really long thread explaining the Durham Foodraiser, but the bottom line up front is that Doucette, a lawyer from Durham, NC, has been raising money every year for the past four years to make sure that children in the public schools in the poorest areas of Durham who would ordinarily be suffering from food scarcity while school is out for the winter holidays have enough to eat. He’s got a bunch of matching donors, so a $1 donation winds up being something like a $26 donation or something, I got kind of lost because he keeps tweeting that he’s added matching donors through the thread. Regardless, any donation you make is going to get matched. And he’s got a 501c3 in place this year, so your donation is tax deductible too! The Foodraiser will remain active until 11:59 PM PST. So there’s still time to donate if you’ve got a couple of extra bucks that could do some good as we head into the holidays. Here’s Doucette’s thread.

**********
6TH (😱😱) ANNUAL
BULL CITY FOODRAISER
FRIDAY, 12/04/2020
ALL-DAY THREAD
********** pic.twitter.com/YtPNYRaxnp

— T. Greg Doucette (@greg_doucette) December 4, 2020

And here’s where you go to donate:

HOW TO DONATE TO
THE 6TH(!) ANNUAL
BULL CITY FOODRAISER

1️⃣ Donate online: https://t.co/zMvFOo4VEp

2️⃣ CashApp: $tgdlaw

3️⃣ Venmo: @greg_doucette

4️⃣ PayPal: https://t.co/WU8c4YgGxU

And of course please retweet, tell a friend, etc etc etc 😆

— T. Greg Doucette (@greg_doucette) December 4, 2020

Do read the whole thread if you have the time as he’s a very good storyteller.

You all know what to do!

Open thread!

 

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So… this is Christmas?

by ruemara|  November 30, 20201:16 pm| 230 Comments

This post is in: Food, Open Threads

Hey, November. Uh, when did you get here? It’s the 30th? How did I miss the whole month? And why does the month feel like a year? This is the longest shortest year in human history. Perhaps it’s the pandemic travel plans that involve making a circuit between the home office and the bathroom with special trips to the outside world for supplies. Just thought if I was going to be stuck in a home, fearful of seeing humanoids during my stealth runs to forage for food, I’d have stolen a nice compound during this zombie apocalypse already. I mean, there should be some upsides. But I digress.

By now I’ve started the gift making and the targeted mailing dates for Christmas. Instead, I’m currently wrapped in a blanket, avoiding work for a bit (lies, a lot). Usually, there’s a ton of cookies and other things in various stages of prep to packaging.

  • who wants?
Jam crafting, the bagging, this year’s pop tart dessert, berry filled cupcakes, the holiday white chocolate cranberry cookies

Instead, it’s just work. I resolve to put this weird year to the side and get some holiday on. Get out the antlers, dust myself with flour! No reason to not hold a space for seasonal joy no matter what. What’s on your Christmas list? Any fave treats we should know about? I’ve got a new recipe I want to develop – fingers crossed it’s edible. This is an open, food porn themed thread. No polly, no tics, no diets. Have at it, Jackals. Also, wonderful to see your lovely faces on the Thanksgiving zoom! Let’s do it again, shall we?

Obligatory Cat Pic: Hime wishes you all well

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Saturday Morning Open Thread

by Anne Laurie|  November 28, 20207:06 am| 385 Comments

This post is in: Biden-Harris 2020, Food, Open Threads, Pet Blogging, Proud to Be A Democrat

Saturday Morning Open Thread 3

(Drew Sheneman via GoComics.com)
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I had cheesecake for breakfast because I'm an adult with access to cheesecake in the morning and I can do that.

Texted mom that decision & she replied:
"Crust = cereal
Cream cheese = milk
Fruit on top
Cheesecake = breakfast of champions"

Cheesecake 4 breakfast = mom approved

— Normality Failed (@NormalityFailed) November 27, 2020

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Pie passes the donut test.

Donuts are acceptable breakfast.

Is <<insert name>> as nutritious as a donut?

If yes, it passes the donut test and qualifies as breakfast.

— Jim Gon (@DrJamesJTeeth) November 27, 2020

SHAMELESS BIPARTISAN PANDERING:

And now some breaking news on #SundayMorning…

President-elect @JoeBiden and his wife @DrBiden won’t just be bringing their German shepherds, Major and Champ to the White House. The Bidens tell us exclusively that soon they’ll be joined by a cat. #sundaypets pic.twitter.com/KCkNV6jNpH

— CBS Sunday Morning 🌞 (@CBSSunday) November 28, 2020

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Cranky Thanksgiving Open Thread

by Anne Laurie|  November 26, 20206:14 pm| 137 Comments

This post is in: Food, Open Threads

Person ahead of me in line was picking this up.

It’s an ice cream cake. pic.twitter.com/vnN5pELBzt

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) November 26, 2020

So was it a boy or a girl https://t.co/aDEWpxiq4f

— Rachel McCartney (@RachelMComedy) November 25, 2020

Do you like chicken, but wish it was a little crappier? Try turkey!

— Tentin Quarantino (@agraybee) November 26, 2020

Which is why ‘nobody actually likes turkey’ had to be carved out from the ‘controversial’ category…

your most controversial thanksgiving food opinion, go pic.twitter.com/MHbVReyrsd

— Robbie Couch (@robbie_couch) November 24, 2020

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Respite Open Thread: Now I Want A Burger

by Anne Laurie|  November 22, 20204:04 pm| 133 Comments

This post is in: Food, Open Threads

would you eat it? pic.twitter.com/Viqwi9dl4z

— Kyle 🥁 (@kcwhipp) November 22, 2020

Hell, yeah! (After brushing the chips & coleslaw off to the side of the plate, to be eaten separately.)

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"Using iconic foods from Biden’s home state of Pennsylvania as a reference, it features a patty covered with fried onions and mushrooms in melted cheese, and topped with coleslaw and potato chips." pic.twitter.com/deuC4AZLpr

— Kyle 🥁 (@kcwhipp) November 22, 2020


Pretty sure those red strips are bell peppers, fried with the onions & mushrooms, yes?

Look, I didn’t say it was health food, I said I would eat it — happily. And have, although usually it’s over sausages inna bun, like Sir Terry my favorite local pizza place intended. (It serves what in the Midwest we called ‘Greek style pizza’, but the ownership is — like most local pizza places — Brazillian.)

Yes, while humming hail to the chief

— Shawn in WI (@ShawnFetta) November 22, 2020

very very not

— your friendly neighborhood character (@Maxtropolitan) November 22, 2020

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Open Thread: Just Because We Are Staying Home Doesn’t Mean We Can’t Have Good Food

by TaMara (HFG)|  November 15, 20203:09 pm| 110 Comments

This post is in: Cooking, Food, Food & Recipes, Open Threads

Open Thread: Just Because We Are Staying Home Doesn't Mean We Can't Have Good Food

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, next to 4th of July. Food, family, friends…and leftovers. I compiled some favorite recipes here. Unfortunately this year, it will be a socially distant and quiet affair. No way am I traveling to see family, much as I would love to.

That doesn’t mean we can’t have good food. I’m pulling some more of my favorites this week and will post here as I do. Some I’ll update with instant pot versions.

This is a good start:

JefferyW makes Cornbread Stuffing,  part 1 here and part 2 here.

Roasted Butternut Apple Soup makes a great starter, recipe here.

I think I’m going to volunteer for mashed potato duty this year so I can make these again, a lost recipe found, Hearty Garlic Mashed Potatoes, link here. I made them years ago and then completely forgot about the recipe.

And this recipe is the reason I think I get invited to many holiday gatherings, my Cranberry Upside Down Cake, click here.

Every year my brother deep fries a turkey. I’m going to miss that. I have a real fear of deep-frying anything, which is why all the deep-fried recipes on my blog are from JeffreyW. I will still cook a turkey though, because, leftovers.

Not sure how you want to cook your turkey this year? I’ve listed some ideas from people smarter than I am: turkey four different ways, here.

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I’m not a fan of traditional candied sweet potatoes, so tonight’s featured recipes are some non-traditional styles of recipes for sweet potatoes.

Cajun Sweet Potatoes

  • 4 large sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1/4 cup butter,  melted
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tbsp brown sugar
  • 2 tsp Cajun seasoning
  • ¼ tsp cumin (opt)

Covered casserole dish, well-greased

Steamer and saucepan

In saucepan, add water, steamer and sweet potatoes. Steam until you can easily stick a fork in them. They don’t need to be completely soft. About 10-15 minutes. Add sweet potatoes to casserole dish. Combine oil, butter and spices. Pour evenly over potatoes. Cover and bake at 375 degrees for 25-30 minutes until potatoes are soft. You can adjust cooking time if you prefer your firmer or softer potatoes.

Sweet Potatoes w/Apples

  • 2 large sweet potatoes, peeled & cubed
  • ¼ cup water
  • 2 apples, cored & sliced
  • 8 oz can sliced pineapple (including liquid)
  • 2 tsp butter
  • ½ cup orange juice
  • ½ tsp cinnamon
  • ¼ tsp salt

2 qt casserole dish, greased

Add ingredients to casserole dish. Stir gently and bake at 375 degrees for 40-50 minutes, uncovered, until apples and potatoes are very soft. Cover if it begins to brown too much

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Meanwhile, consider this a much needed open thread (which will guarantee a flurry of additional posts!)

Bon Appétit!

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