At last the parts are put together: the turkey stock made last week, a quantity of the leftover Christmas turkey cut into bit-size bits, those two stars flavored with chopped onions, carrots, celery and a few leftover and minced red bell pepper strips and radishes. And a large hunk of parsnip thrown in for good […]
Entries from December 31st, 2007
Soup, friends bid farewell to 2007
December 31st, 2007 · Comments Off on Soup, friends bid farewell to 2007 · General
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Culinary gifts whet my appetite
December 29th, 2007 · 2 Comments · recipes
I am the lucky recipient of a couple of food-related gifts. First, from sister #1, a gift box of Penzeys flavor extracts and more: I had never heard of Penzeys Spices until I opened this package, with good-sized bottles of vanilla, lemon, orange and almond extracts, plus bay leaves, cinnamon sticks and whole nutmeg. I’ll […]
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Digesting Kansas food news
December 28th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Digest
I’m going to try a little experiment here to see whether I like doing it and whether readers like reading it. The experiment: To issue a news digest once a week or so that provides links to news stories that interest me and that are related to food and food policy. I’ll model it after […]
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Talking turkey some more
December 27th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Food preparation, Food selection, local food
Now, having eaten some turkey leftovers (and inspired by the scent of the turkey carcass simmering in my stock pot along with onion, garlic, celery, carrot, parsnip, some herbs), I am prepared to talk a little more in depth about the taste and texture of the pastured turkey we had for Christmas. I’m glad I […]
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Diners praise pastured bird
December 25th, 2007 · 4 Comments · Food preparation, local food
Christmas dinner was an unqualified success. Turkey turned out beautifully, as you can see, and I don’t think the diners were being indulgent in rating the pastured turkey a fine tasting bird, too. I roasted it pretty much as Ed and Joanne suggested in the comments on this turkey post. I put a hunk of […]
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Baking done, but this elf is running behind
December 23rd, 2007 · 5 Comments · General
I shouldn’t even be writing, but I’ve got to sit down, or my back will torture me. Did the last cookie-baking yesterday, in concert with my daughter. (Isn’t she cute?) Made the Nutmeg Logs I’d been wanting to make but not getting done. Actually, she did almost everything, clever girl, while I pulled ingredients out […]
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