Some of you snow shovelers out there may think that Perfect Weather Zonies have nothing to do but to look out of windows and see the boring weather like you are seeing in the photo. Not to worry, we have plenty to do. People here have different ways of coping, but Nancy and I fend […]
Archive of posts filed under the Food category.
John & Nancy’s Kumla.
Required equipment: Meat grinder. It can be electric or hand powered. Use the cutting plate with the smallest holes. We use the meat grinder attachment on a KitchenAid mixer. Large colander. Large frying pan. Large mixing bowl. Large cooking pot. Clean pillow case. Large slotted spoon. Click on photos to enlarge. Ingredients: 10 lbs. of […]
The Wind, XM Radio And Tube Steak.
Neighbor’s cactus dressed as Santa. Today was a strange day in the Old Pueblo. (That is what we Southeastern Arizona people call Tucson when we are smart alecy.) The wind blew like crazy all day long, because we are on the tail-end of the weather system that will ensure that people outside the Perfect Weather […]
Kumla Day Is Nigh.
Photo and kumla courtesy of Eric Njaa. In a few more days, we’ll be messing up the kitchen with another batch of kumla, and I am trying to decide how I will tweak this batch. I never make kumla exactly the same way twice. I feel compelled to tweak the process or the recipe. Some […]
Dry Spell.
Nothing much interesting going on these days. Am having trouble getting inspired to write a new post. A dry spell. I could write about our perfect weather, but lots of the people who read this blog live outside the Perfect Weather Zone and would become jealous and irritable. They would lose their Christmas spirit, and […]
John’s Meatloaf
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<==>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Want to put an excellent meatloaf on the table? Here’s how. Stuff that goes in it: 1 pound of lean ground beef. 1/2 pound ground pork. 1 medium onion. 3/4 sleeve of saltine crackers. 1 egg. Salt. Pepper. What’s-dis-here Sauce. Do this: Turn oven on to 350. Place crackers in food saver bag and […]