Category: Food
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An Unnatural Excitement
During the bi-weekly Costco hunt-and-gather, I came across that innocuous little plastic clamshell box up there. And giddily, I grabbed it from the refrigerated case it was sitting in, and plunked it down in my cart with the meat and fish I’d grabbed already. Yes, beets. Pre-cooked, vacuum packed, pre-portioned beets. And I typically hate…
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Blogging About Food
I know. Food blogs are a dime-a-dozen on the interwebs. Everyone’s taking selfies with their food, taking pictures of their food, taking pictures of the empty plates after eating the food. They’re posting recipes that they’ve made up, or taken from other websites, or found on a dust-covered index card inside a card file packed in…
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The Report After The Report
Yes. This turned out as well as it looks. As did this: So we can declare the ATK gluten-free crust recipe a winner–it’s flaky, tasty, not gritty, and is everything that a normal crust should be. Except it isn’t a normal crust. Since starting on this journey, pie crust, like bread, has been one of…
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The Grand Experiment: A Report
I know. It’s Saturday. And I’m blogging. WTF? Read on. Seeing as how the last time I posted, I was talking about the quest for the perfect loaf of gluten-free bread, I’ll give you the report on that and some updates. The America’s Test Kitchen sandwich bread was, as I said, okay. It was softer…
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The Grand Experiment
Regular readers of this irregular blog will recall that in January 2013, Lathropworld went (mostly) gluten-free. A collection of non-specific, low-level maladies and feelings led to the decision, and we have been living the lifestyle pretty much ever since. Sure, there have been occasions that have caused Jenni in particular to go off of her…
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The Cider Quest
Somehow, Jenni and I decided to start trying hard ciders over the Christmas break. Jenni likes sweeter drinks and foods, and I’m not a big fan of a lot of beer, and yet, there’s this common desire to drink more alcohol. Yes, I realize how that sounded…We’ll just go with it for now. So hard…
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The Lesson Here…
It’s been a busy several days around here, so I’ll use that as the crutch when I place blame for not writing here for the last couple of days. I was up at the crack of doom on Saturday morning–4:30, to be precise–in order to make sure the rest of the herd was awake, fed,…
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The Quest
I love my technology. I believe that I’ve mentioned that before, though. But one thing that I’ve found great about my technology is the ability to check out e-books from the library. It’s instantaneous, easy to check out and return, and, moreover, in a direct appeal to the cheap side of my nature, free. So,…
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Food and Family
Last night, I went out to a dinner with my mom. It was a group dinner, through an organization that my parents belong to, the Minnesota International Center. They’ve been a part of that group since I was in high school, and possibly slightly earlier. For those teen years, the MIC was associated in my…
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The Sawdust Sandwich
We here in Lathropworld have embarked on an experiment. We’ve talked for a few years about trying a gluten-free diet–some say it reduces the number and severity of migraines, which would be great for Jenni; they also claim it helps reduce the problems suffered by those with eczema, like Patrick; others claim it’s simply…
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Impossible Reality
There are occasions when I’ll sit in Jenni’s den with her and watch some TV. Since it’s the only location on the main floor with both a TV and comfortable seating, the family tends to gather there to watch some shows. And those of you who know Jenni know that she is a connoisseur…
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Schmoozing
Jenni and I had a rare outing sans kids last night (Tuesday). It seems that the alumni/ae (their term, trust me) council of Luther likes to have this annual event to reach out to this year’s graduates to begin the relationship with the grads of the school. I’d fully expected to be pitched some line…
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Family Food
This time of year is given over to family gatherings, and for most people, it’s never just one gathering: it’s a multitude of visits, trips, meals, events, and celebrations. We had our own Christmas celebration on Christmas eve, just the five of us, with our now traditional homemade pizza dinner as the culinary centerpiece.…
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Flashback
The first snow of the season called for a soup and bread dinner tonight. So I went back over fifteen years for the inspiration for the soup. You see, out in the wilds of North Dakota where we were for those two-plus years, there was a soup offered on restaurant menus, at soup suppers, and…
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Accomplishment
First the brief recap of the weekend, then perhaps you’ll appreciate the exhaustion from which this probably shortish post comes. So, when last I posted (at least the one announcing the hiatus), we were madly cleaning and organizing around the house for this weekend, which was to feature not one, but two parties. The advantages…