If there is anything "unexpected", you can find it in Texas.
Netty, we have two asparagus harvests here in central Texas. The spring harvest is larger--more spears. The fall harvest is smaller but so very...
Good heavens, Texas has a lutefisk and lefse dinner in Cranfills Gap Norwegian Lutefisk Dinner in Cranfills Gap - First Sat. in December Who would...
There's nothing better on a cool, foggy November morning than finding the asparagus bed is producing again! We are having asparagus for dinner...
Same here--almost everything goes into pint jars for canning, and and pint bags for freezing. There are only the two of us, but I still enjoy...
Oh Cheryl, how very worrisome for you. Bless you for worrying about Sissy! I'm so glad the water began to recede before it breached your porch. I...
Oh, lovely! I've had true Yorkshire pudding once in my life, and I loved it. The onion gravy is new to me--but it sounds delightful. You have...
Cheryl, I'm glad you are high and dry--I was worrying a bit about you. Most of our puddles have soaked in thanks to no rain on Saturday. Have you...
Toni, our PBS does have the British Baking Show, and we loved last season! However, this year they are showing it at 11 p.m. on Sunday night....
Mosquito dunks are bacillus thuringiensis, which are sold as "donuts" at big box stores. It is a bacteria which attacks mosquitoes, gnats, and...
Just a reminder: for those in the USA who have daylight savings time, tonight, Saturday, Oct. 31 is when we need to turn out clocks back. Fun way...
Toni, do you remember the tornado that hit Jarrell, TX? We were here for that--our first spring in Texas. A neighbor came over and said there were...
Shortly after we moved to Texas I was in a hair salon, and another new arrival from North Carolina asked, "Does it ever just rain in Texas?" She...
Oh, Tooty, you are so witty! I love that caption!!!
We don't decorate for Halloween, neither inside nor out. We don't have trick-or-treaters since they object to walking a half-mile between houses!...
Tooty, bless your heart for being willing to help out! It seems that the flooding near here was localized, and the people who had to be evacuated...
Netty, thank you so very much! When I can the pickles I'll put the date on the lid so I won't be tempted to "sample" before they are ready. We...
Interesting . . . . I love cheese, I love flatbread, and I love jam, but all three together? Of course, Texas has that Frito pie thing, so I...
I looked up recipes for lefse, and I can make it! It is a flat bread made using potato dough. Mine may not be as pretty as the pictures on the...
Toni, forgive the expression but it seems the sun is shining on you in several areas! Good news about Randy's numbers after lunch; good news about...
