see, not a vegetarian

Last weekend’s grilling attempt was a success in spite of itself. Somewhat counterintuitively, I went with a smaller fire on the day I was making meat. Everything got cooked eventually, but I was adding twigs and whatnot because it was a pretty tiny pile of charcoal. Part of my birthday present to myself was grill [...]

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stuff what I’ve done

1) My summertime crack is frozen blueberries.They’re good fresh, but on hot summer nights, they are the perfect dessert/snack when they’re frozen. I have six pints of blueberries in the freezer, not counting the containers that get put in solely for snacking purposes. I’m not sure what I’m going to do with six pints of [...]

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novelties

It’s been a couple of summers since I was introduced to the wonders of the pluot, which as near as I can tell is just a better looking plum. That quarter apricot is completely lost on me, although I do appreciate the pretty skins — dinosaur pluots especially. But this year brought apriums, which I [...]

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