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Tag Archives: Food Musings
Filet Mignon Day
Translated literally, this phrase means “delicate fillet” or “cute fillet.” I can’t say I’ve ever thought of a steak as cute, but I guess if you’re gonna use that label, this is the cut that deserves it. (I have a … Continue reading
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Avocado Day
I tried to like avocadoes. I really did. They’re a superfood. Many people I respect love guacamole. It never took. I tried to persuade my kid to like avocadoes when he was small and a ridiculously picky eater. I found … Continue reading
Peanut Butter and Chocolate Day
This is a winning combination in my house from way back, and in all forms. Cake, cookies, bars, ice cream—and candy, of course. This being the case, I’m not sure why it took us so long to go to Hershey … Continue reading
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Ice Cream Day
I’ve written a ton about ice cream here in relation to various other topics. So today, I’ll talk about making ice cream instead. When I was a kid, my grandparents had an ice cream maker and every summer that I … Continue reading
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Mac and Cheese Day
When I started blogging about Days, I said I was going to try to minimize the Food Days that I wrote about. I’m starting to think I should have gone the other way and blogged exclusively about food days. Anyway, … Continue reading
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Beef Tallow Day
Beef tallow is one of those things I thought about for maybe a half an hour as a little kid and then promptly forgot about—I learned from the Laura Ingalls books that tallow was used to make soap and candles. … Continue reading
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Waffle Iron Day
I like waffles. I am a fan of Waffle House, less so a fan of Huddle House. But at home, we lean toward pancakes, for practical purposes. It has always been thus. I think my great-grandfather was the first one … Continue reading
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Coconut Day
I don’t like coconut, in pretty much any form. Not in Mounds or Almond Joy, not dyed green and posing as easter grass on cupcakes, not as milk, not as oil. I avoided suntan lotion for years because I assumed … Continue reading
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Praline Day
I’ve never been a nut person. If offered salt in snack form, I always opted for potato chips. At a ballpark, I might countenance Cracker Jack, but I never ate peanuts. (And I was shocked and appalled the first time … Continue reading
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Cookie Dough Day
I am not what you’d call an exemplar overall. I was an honor roll student with As and Bs, and my pride and desire to please generally require that I do a passable job on most things I try, but … Continue reading
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Tagged Baking, Cookie Musings, Dessert Musings, Food Musings, Recognition Day
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Arwen Adams Bicknell 