Cedar Writes

Category: Cooking

  • Maxing Out the Oven

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    I realized earlier this week after commenting that I’d maxed out my oven for the first time in this house that I was wrong. I could have adjusted the racks and put a bit more in there. But I didn’t need to. Everything fit, and there was nothing on the stovetop for this meal, which…

  • Come to the Dark Side…

    Come to the Dark Side…

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      We have cookies. And logic. #deliciouslogic This has been the running joke this last week, as I covered difficult topics ranging from raging feminism to hoplophobia. Since the formation of the Evil League of Evil and my inclusion in it, I get a kick out of making a mockery of what I’m supposed to…

  • Crispy Bits of Meat

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    Last week at some point, we stumbled on a Mexican restaurant that was actually good, and in the most unexpected place. We’d been shopping in Middletown, and I keep meaning to try the little place tucked in an odd corner of strip malls, almost out of sight. Veracruz Mexican Restaurant is unassuming, very nice on…

  • Cookbooks

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    I’m sure I ate stuff this week. But at the moment, I have a head full of congestion, and my brain isn’t firing on all cylinders. Maybe I need to do what my Dad swears by for congestion, and eat a spoonful of tabasco sauce (the only one I have in the kitchen right now…

  • Mincemeat

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    I am trying to help a friend out with a request for good old-fashioned mincemeat that tastes good. The following are images from my Great-Grandmother Ella Vanderburg’s Grange Cookbook. I need to ask my grandmother and great-aunt if one of them is her recipe. I have fond memories of her feeding me spoonfuls of elk…

  • Food Travels

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    In our continuing quest to find good food in unlikely places, we wound up just south of Dayton, in a half-empty strip mall… Stepping into a very elegant interior after that inauspicious beginning. Now, keep in mind that usually when we do food exploration, it’s not a trip just because, we were on the way…

  • Soup of the Day

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    It’s been cool and rainy this last week, somewhat unexpected in mid-July, when we are usually hankering for salads, watermelon, and ice cream to keep us cool, particularly in the evening. So I am thinking warming food, like a nice hot bowl of soup. I met friends at a Vietnamese restaurant this last week for…

  • Uninspired

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    I think it’s that I’m not hungry this morning. I should be writing a blog about food, or a restaurant, but… Well, the last really great restaurant meal we ate was at the City Cafe in Chattanooga TN. We always go there when we get down to LibertyCon, they have the best food, and really…

  • Glorious Gluten

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    Gluten has been getting a bad rap recently, as the new wave of fad dieting sweeps the land, and it’s all the rage to be allergic to gluten. The problem is, a lot of people don’t even know what gluten is, what it does, and why they think they can’t digest it is beyond me.…

  • Jammin’ the Blues

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    And the red, purples… but I picked out the greens. I made jam last week. It was requested that I bring along a couple jars of my homemade bottled sunshine for the Barfly Breakfast, so it could be spread on toast and enjoyed. I’ve done this before, and it would be no problem, except… I…

  • We Have Cookies (and Salsa)

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    Between joking about the dark side, and I’ll be the one making cookies, and my friend Sean telling me the next food porn blog had better be my chocolate chip cookie recipe, OR ELSE… Here you are! Chocolate Chip Cookies 2 ¼ c flour 1 tsp Baking Soda 1 tsp salt (optional. Do not use…

  • Coconuts and Plums

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    Which have nothing to do with one another, and I figure if I added Beef and Mushrooms to that title, I’d just make you all nervous. I made my first ever Coconut Cream Pie this week. I’ve made Coconut Custard before, but not the pie the way my dear first reader knows and loves. I…