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Bread and Butter Pickles

posted August 16, 2010 in Mermaids Treasures

 Ive made this on and off thru the years, they are pretty good. BREAD AND BUTTER PICKLES 8lbs. cucumbers2lbs. white onions1/2c. salt (I used coarse kosher salt)1 qt. white vinegar2c. sugar ( I used organic)2 tsp. celery seed2 tsp. turmeric1 (read full article)

Easy Refrigerator Bread and Butter Pickles

posted August 16, 2010 in Karen B\'s Cooking Made Easy!

My Family has made these wonderful crunchy Refrigerator Bread and Butter Pickles for years. I have taken the liberty to make them a tad bit healthier for you by adding less salt and sugar. Side by side 1/2 liked the original version and the other 1 (read full article)

Berryfields Farm Shop, Meriden, Near Coventry

posted August 15, 2010 in No Love Sincerer...

I want to blog more about local foodie places in and around Coventry and the local area. I'm currently collecting some links to go somewhere in my sidebar, so look out for that in the near future!Recently I decided that I want to try shopping at some (read full article)

Learning About Japanese Food Dishes

posted August 14, 2010 in Recipes for the Family

Japanese food dishes are based on combining their staple foods typically rice or noodles, with a soup and okazu,  dishes made from fish, meat, vegetable, tofu and the like — to add flavor to the staple food. These are typically f (read full article)

Happy Birthday To Me!

posted August 13, 2010 in Sleeping Kitten - Dancing Dog!

Happy Birthday To Me! My nephew made me brownies, pickles and he and my niece (along with Baby Girl … due in 16 days …), came over and my husband got me a cake and we all had a good time. Thanks for the well wishes. (read full article)

ORDER UP!

posted August 12, 2010 in Food Wine And Marcy

“Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun.”I could rattle that off at any McDonald’s when I was a kid. Backwards if I wanted to.“Vente, decaf, non-fat, no whip iced mocha” was my Starbuck’ (read full article)

Szechuan Cucumber Pickles & Sesame Noodles

posted August 11, 2010 in Carol Egbert

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Szechuan Cucumber Pickles & Sesame Noodles

posted August 11, 2010 in Carol Egbert

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Om Nom Nom…Umami

posted August 11, 2010 in Dishful Thinking

Let me recreate the conversation I recently had over a dinner at Umami: …………..::silence::…………. It was so good, there wasn’t any time to talk.  There were some mind-blowing burgers to be eaten. Th (read full article)

Burger Club Challenge: Bobby Flay

posted August 09, 2010 in Mangos Chili and Z

  Bobby Flay’s Juicy Texas Burger As the official Team Captain for picking meals around here, I must say I don’t know why Bobby Flay’s Juicy Texas Burger ended up being my last choice. Don’t you just hate being the last (read full article)

The Pita Pit!

posted August 09, 2010 in Danica\'s Daily

Happy Monday all!  This weekend was awesome, but, I am not sure we were home other than to sleep   We discovered quite possibly my favorite new place (and The Husband likes it too!), celebrated my mom’s birthday and scor (read full article)

Eating in Shanghai - San Fah Tang Restaurant

posted August 07, 2010 in CW\'s Food & Travel

In terms of choices of outlets, The Cool Docks can’t beat Xin Tian Di. Still there is quite a dizzying variety of places to satisfy most palate. There is a Greek Tavern here, a fine dining restaurant, Starbucks, a wine bar, many cafes and pubs.I wa (read full article)

Mr. Stripey!!!

posted August 06, 2010 in Danica\'s Daily

Have you ever just had a day where everything just seems to line up just right and make it into one FANTASTIC day?! Like: ~ spending 30 minutes on the treadmill to start your day off right & get it over with ~ wearing a new sh (read full article)

Cold Pack Dill Pickles

posted August 05, 2010 in Mermaids Treasures

I went to the farmers market on Sunday and found a guy who had pickling cukes for $1 lb. Since I haven't seen any yet, anywhere I thought that was a decent price and bought 4lbs. So finally yesterday I was able to get to making them. I had fresh di (read full article)

The Perfect Mate + Giveaway!

posted August 03, 2010 in Iowa Girl Eats

Mornin’! Good news – I’ve found coffee’s perfect mate! Nope, not Coffeemate, good ol’ Half & Half with a sprinkling of Sun Crystals. Sun Crystals is a stevia/sugar blend and lately I’ve been adding about a (read full article)

The Countdown Begins!

posted August 02, 2010 in Iowa Girl Eats

Gooood morning – happy Monday! Umm…I went to bed at 8:30 last night! I had gone for a 4 mile run in the B-rutal heat yesterday afternoon, which totally wiped me out. I asked Ben if it was legal to go to bed at 8 and, after raising his e (read full article)

On the road again…

posted August 01, 2010 in Danica\'s Daily

We started Saturday off with another Road Trip   I told The Husband we needed to have a little fun after busting our booties for the past 3 weeks to get our rental ready for our new tenants. I whipped up a fast breakfast to ta (read full article)

Thali

posted July 30, 2010 in Cyder with Eloise

Thali – A number of different dishes served typically for sharing, normally includes Indian breads, dal, curry, rice and pickles. Or it could just be that I raided the freezer and this is what I found. An Indian Tapas meal – for the reci (read full article)

The I Hate to Cook Book: Review & Giveaway

When we think about the 60s, it’s easy to fantasize about the retro aprons and think about how people cooked back then. After all, a common mantra among real foodies is “if your grandma wouldn’t recognize it as food, don’t ea (read full article)

Macaroni Salad (recipe)

posted July 30, 2010 in Kitchen Gadget Girl

A certain someone (who shall remain nameless) had a birthday recently and requested ribs, macaroni salad and carrot slaw for dinner. I was only too happy to oblige, seeing as how I show love through food. Plus, the Macaroni salad will also serve as m (read full article)

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