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Recipe: TCB (Taking Care of GBC)

December 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I looked it over, and the recipe definitely needed some revising, so as not to taste bland, or like a soggy green bean stew. The addition of two ingredients guaranteed to clog the arteries (bacon and cheese), and a reapportioning of the size of other ingredients and an adjustment of temperature and cooking time and, voila…a tasty wintertime harvest dish for a table full of hungry revellers.

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Tags: food

The One-Year Anniversary Post (complete with cookie recipe)

November 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Over the ensuing twleve months, that post has been seen enough times through Google searches and the like that it is the #9 most-viewed page on this labyrinthine website. And every single person who has seen it has moved on without having that secret yellow cake mix cookie recipe to put to use.

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Tags: family · food

Happy Thanksgiving! Love, Sarah Palin.

November 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment

By the time I pulled this video from YouTube, it had been viewed over a million times. And that’s not including the multipe versions of it that have probably been viewed as many times each. But, in case you haven’t seen it yet, this is an inteview that Governor Palin just gave at a turkey farm.

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Tags: food · politics

We like the same food…

November 15th, 2008 · No Comments

Chili in a bowl

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Tags: food · music · politics

Thoughts for today (12 Nov 2008)

November 12th, 2008 · No Comments

Speaking of No Depression, I was really sad when they “folded” late last year. Not only was their bi-monthly publication consistently interesting and well-written and filled with good humor and enthusiasm, but the small staff was a joy to deal with, from a retailer’s viewpoint.

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Tags: books · food · music · TV

Cheap lunch (Everywhere a sign #19)

October 20th, 2008 · No Comments

Also on the menu at El Mexicano on 20th Street South in Birmingham:
“Fish filets available individually – only $350!”

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Tags: food · signs

Please try us again to enjoy a FREE SAUSAGE BISCUIT!

September 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment

At [our company], we pride our selves on prompt responses to customer service issues both in the restaurants and at our corporate office. It appears that we have failed you at both locations.

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Tags: food · language

Nilla Wafer Mushrooms

September 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Popping up seemingly overnight, as if from earth’s oven, was this blossom of mushrooms in my backyard, looking invitingly like a generous cluster of Nilla Wafers.

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Tags: house

Ask the Spitball: 18 August 2008

August 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I read with interest your recipe for blueberry glace pie, and was wondering if you have ever tried that recipe with any other fruits as the main ingredient?

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Tags: Ask the Spitball · family · food

Dr. Spaccarelli, Superstar!

August 12th, 2008 · 2 Comments

“Proudly, Dons, how we bathe…!”

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Tags: food · music