The weekend Boy, Girl and Sweet E came to visit, Husband slow-smoked pork ribs out on the pit. If you’ve never had slow-smoked pork ribs, what are you waiting for? Heaven, I tell ta! We had family over and fed everyone, then sent some of the leftovers home with Boy’s crew. That still left us …
Good Eats
I live in Texas and Texans love their ‘picy foods. It’s jalapeno this and jalapeno that. (btw: proper pronunciation in Texas = hal-eh-pain-nyo) The dirty little secret for some of us big bad Texans (me) is that we prefer our taste buds not be seared off when eating our favorite Tex-Mex meals. So, what’s a …
Have you ever wondered why folks sprinkle deviled eggs with paprika, why anyone even bothers? The taste is always the same: tastes like eggs with bland red stuff on it. Maybe it’s for the color pop. Maybe because tradition is hard to break. Certainly not to enhance the taste. It’s the reason I don’t use …
Every August, when it’s blazing hot outside in Texas (today: 108° feels like 113°), I start thinking about holiday cooking. What to have, what to try, what to tweak. I’ve had this recipe on my mind for a few weeks now and just as it started feeling like the innards of an oven outside, I …
Hands in the air: how many of you make or have ever made your own brown sugar? Me? Not so much. I feel a little embarrassed and confused. How is it that I have never ever made my own brown sugar (or vanilla ~faint~)?! I mean, I’ve been baking since I was 9-years-old. I’ve been …
After Boy was born, my sweet M-I-L ceremoniously handed me a folded and well-worn page torn from a women’s magazine. When I unfolded it, there was an image of a child’s birthday cake in the shape of an elephant. She told me that she had made the elephant cake for Husband almost from the time …
Summertime is Sangria time! These hot and sticky dog days were made for icy dranks. Put down the heat and enjoy the chill. Let us take a moment of silence to stand in ♫ awwwwwwww ♫ …. Yes, I know the martini glass is in fact a martini glass and technically inappropriate for sangria, …
Bakers know it. Pizza lovers know it. Now you’re about to know it. All flours are not created equal. Please, no marches on Washington. All Purpose Flour: This is the flour most everyone has in their pantry, or if you came to my house, in my fridge. (it’s humid here, so in the fridge it …
Y’all remember the Candy Bar Cake Challenge? You saw my hideous concoction… …then I challenged you to send me your not so hideous creation. Two brave readers have accepted my throw-down and submitted their pics. While no one has dared to make the cake in it’s three-layer glory, you guys did make some tasty lookin’ …
Grandma drinks?! Whaaaa….. ~ A gentle reminder: OMT! uses Amazon referral links. When you do your shopping through the Amazon links on this page, you support the blog at no cost to yourself. It’s much appreciated!~ Oh come on, don’t be like that. Some alkeehol can be good for the soul. Just ask The German. …