Buddha as kitchen help

Lots of cooking today. Two roasted chickens, a bunch of bacon, microwaved kale chips (even better than baked) and roasted cabbage steaks. After all that, we had a bunch of nice cooking smells mingling about the place. Eventually, though, they turn into not so nice house smells. So we enlisted the power of the Buddha to…

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I wish

Things like this don’t happen in the real world. Imagine … a sea of bacon … that you can drive into. I need a moment.

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A few surprising facts about bacon-wrapped hot dogs.

I love bacon. I love good hot dogs. I’ve had bacon ON hot dogs before, but never actually wrapped the tube steaks in bacon. That changed today. I learned a few things, though: This takes work. Wrapping 8 hot dogs took over 1/2 hour. The slippery factory didn’t help. This takes more bacon than I…

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Dear Santa…

Dear Santa (and everyone else who sent presents), Thanks for remembering me this year. I’m always amazed at how similar your writing is to my mother’s. I guess you both studied the Palmer Method. I’m also amazed at the fleet of brown trucks and friendly elves with matching uniforms who have been helping out the…

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This week’s menu…

I have gotten into the habit of cooking for the week instead of one day. Sunday is my day to cook. All the food is currently in the oven roasting away and I have settled down on a cold Denver day to a mug of strong coffee spiked with a little cardamon, cinnamon, and nutmeg.…

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