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Archive for Entertaining
Tis the Season: South of the Border Wontons and Pane Salsiccia
The Great Party Recipe Disc-Dump Sharing Continues!
The elves in the Chile Underground Test Kitchens have been extra-busy while you slept, and they quit playing dominoes long enough to find worked their tiny fingers to the bone just to check these recipes before sharing them with you! They tried them over and over too; dominoes takes [...] Read more »
Tis the Season: Hearty Party Fare
Now that we’re safely past Thanksgiving week we can forget about eating, right?
Wrong. It’s party season!
School parties, work socials, you name it. You’ll probably have to suffer through go to six or more parties in the run-up to Christmas. More if you have children, or belong to any clubs. You only get out of some [...] Read more »
After Thanksgiving: Two Spicy Soups From Leftovers
The relatives came over and you fed them. Oh, you ate too! If you’re like me, you “tested” everything regularly before it found its way to the overloaded tables for the Big Meal. Then you ate again, just to be sociable; you ate so much that your I.Q. dropped to somewhere below your shoe size, [...] Read more »
After Thanksgiving: So Much Turkey, So Little Appetite
By this time in the Thanksgiving cycle, most folks are hoping to hit the drive-through to avoid leftovers. There are a lot of nice dishes in those esteemed remnants! Don’t toss them out, and for sure don’t let them go to waste.
Here are some clever ways to turn unappealing surplus turkey and vegetables into tasty [...] Read more »
Almost Thanksgiving: Get the Desserts Ready!
If you’ve been following along at home, you know by now that the recipes I’m sharing aren’t for a traditional Thanksgiving. There’s maybe 47 bajillion sites that have those ideas; even Google throws a hissie fit when you search for that.
Staying “in character,” then, here are a couple concepts for dessert:
Zesty Peach Purses
Chipotle [...] Read more »
Before Thanksgiving: Brisket Replaces Turkey!
I’m a big fan of traditional meats at Thanksgiving. But possum and coon are getting scarce, even here in central Texas; dove and quail weren’t plentiful due to the drought; and my brother hasn’t been headlighting deer hunting enough to share. So I have moved to a more avant-guarddog kind of protein:
Spicy Brisket Bake
I [...] Read more »
Before Thanksgiving: Improved Vegetable Recipes
This time of year, lots of luscious autumn vegetables are available. That’s one of the things that makes Thanksgiving such a feast! And if they’re cooked properly, even the kids will eat them without too much complaining.
Here are my choices for this year’s banquet table:
Truly Screaming Heads
Salami Carrots
Once upon a time, I found [...] Read more »
Before Thanksgiving: Make Your Condiments Early!
You want to have a great Thanksgiving this year? Then make as much stuff as you can now! Include a couple of novel condiments for the table:
Cranberry Kumquat Chutney
Zesty Olive Tapenade
Don’t settle for the same, boring ol’ cranberry sauce this year! Make a fruit chutney instead. Your relatives will forgive you. [...] Read more »
