I stopped by Goodwill today to see if I could find a cheap glass jug/container so I could get my Kombucha starter going. I’m a bit tired of paying $3 a shot for just one pint of it. So I got a starter and I’ll be making my own Kombucha from now on!
Anyhootie…
I always do a quick spin thru the cookbook section of my Goodwill store. And Goodwill did not disappoint. So here’s a few more gems to add to the collection.
When I’m travelling thru Arizona and New Mexico in the middle of summer when the heat is oppressive, I like to take my trusty bbq grill out and “air her out.” Then I throw some meat and veg on the grill to alert all the wild, hungry and meat eating animals within a 100 mile radius that I’m alone… with meat.
This tasty recipe is called Hocks ‘ Kraut with apple. I’m not sure about you, but when I’m really hungry, I crave pig knuckles and fermented cabbage. Nothing gets the gases flowing quite like this meal.
I think this might have been a misplaced photo. It looks like it should have gone into a book about biological experiements gone wrong.
“I think my mom’s hittin’ the sauce again. I found this crazy crab claw and baked beans in a bisquit in my lunchbox.”
If these are fancy franks, I don’t want to see what the down and out franks look like. This book, The Better Homes and Garden Meat Cook Book from 1972, boasts a short chapter on Frankfurters. Technically, I’m not sure they’re meat, but I’ll let it slide. This chapters has several tantalizing recipes as Wiener Heights, Jiffy Cheesefurters, Deviled Hot Dogs, Frank ‘n Corn Crown, Wiener Winks (I don’t even know where to begin with that one) and my personal favorite Wiener Doubles. I haven’t really read the recipe for Wiener Doubles, but I believe it involves a viagra pill. Wait, that might be Wiener Heights.
“Damn it! I dropped the damn ham while crossing the lawn to the picnic tables. I’ll just tell that that green stuff is parsley. They’ll never know. Bobby, get mommy another hi-ball I can’t walk a straight line yet.”
I don’t know what’s more offensive – the ham itself or the fact that there’s an illustration of a plantation behind it.
Mom, I’d like to talk to you about the minimal amount of plating you did for me and dad when it was dinner time. The way something looks on the plate definitely can make or break the dinner. I mean, you could have dressed things up a bit. For example:
Doesn’t that ham look even more mouth watering with a Monet inspired mural on it and then surrounded by daisies. Or what about this one -
Perhaps if you had piped a little cream cheese on the ham as it was resting and then fashioned a doily cannon explosion out it’s back end, dad and I would have been more willing to do the dishes. A little effort would have been nice, that’s all I’m trying to say.
And finally,
This is what I like to call the Meat Monster. It’s like the swamp thing meets luncheon meats and olives. I joke about this one, but it’s a dual purpose dish. Everything is toothpicked to a large cucumber. So this dish can go from a polite, grandma friendly bridal shower to a really raunchy bachelorette party.
