Sometimes, on a cold winter night, a big bowl of hot potato soup just hits the spot. You know, nice and chunky, rich and creamy. On occasion, I’ll make a batch, Nancy loves it and it’s not terribly hard to put together, but it does involve peeling potatoes, chopping and sautéing onions, stirring in cream, etc. Last week, strolling through Food Lion, I saw a display of Idahoan Hearty Soups that … [Read more...]
Shenandoah Valley Report
From Mossy Creek Fly Fishing Mountain Brook Trout Streams Mountain streams like North River have been running strong for several weeks. All the western streams are running bank-full. Fishing conditions should be excellent this week. Dry River, North River, Ramsey’s Draft, Skidmore Fork, Fridley’s Gap, St. Mary’s and the Shenandoah National Park Streams are running big but clear. Even in the … [Read more...]
Full Employment
There weren’t many ways to earn money as a Boomer teenager. Allowances were meager, maybe 50c a week. This was before child labor laws, where kids were required to do things like mow the lawn, load dishwashers, tend to younger brothers and sisters and help weed the garden for a lousy 50 cents a week. Summer offered some respite with a few lawn-mowing gigs, but there was often intense … [Read more...]
Corny Cornbread Muffins
Cornbread is one of those things we don’t cook enough. We – or at least I – get in a rut with breads and do rolls, hard bread, biscuits, etc. Recently, I decided to do some cornbread muffins with a tiny twist. I added some actual corn. I was inspired when I passed by the cornmeal section and saw those familiar blue Jiffy Corn Muffin boxes. I bought a couple and went by the standard … [Read more...]
A Caylorized Cantaloupe
On numerous occasions I have bitched about the unripe cantaloupes the supermarkets pawn off on unsuspecting customers – like me. One of my readers, Steve Caylor, a lighting salesman extraordinaire, said if there’s a will, there’s a way to insure ripe cantaloupes every time. “Wrap the cantaloupe in a brown paper bag and put it in the closet for a week. When you take it out, it will be … [Read more...]
Plant Me
My little backyard garden called my name the other day as I walked to the rear to feed the birds. “Plant me,” it said. Not yet, little garden, not yet. One of the most enjoyable things I do – next to playing golf and penciling in a 3 on a par 4 hole, which seldom happens – is planting and tending to my garden. My garden is just the right size – any larger and it would be work, … [Read more...]
Carmello’s Ristorante Italiano
Went to a movie last weekend – “Little Women”. My wife owes me big time, maybe two war movies. Normally when we go to the movies, we make an evening of it, often stopping in at Travinia’s, the restaurant right beside the theater. Except there is no more Travinia’s. They closed this past fall. So I had suggested Carmello’s Ristorante Italiano in the Steinmart (Twentyninth Place) … [Read more...]
Fishing Reg Changes
There are a few changes to the fishing regs for 2020. The Sportsman’s License, a combo license, has been reduced from $133 to $100. In addition, Lake Merriweather, a 450-acre impoundment owned by the Boy Scouts and located in Goshen, is now open to the public on a. seasonal basis. In addition to an appropriate fishing. License, a Public Access Lands for Sportsmen ()PALS) is also … [Read more...]
Dried Meal Worms
I had a recent inquiry as to my thoughts on dried meal worms for feeding birds. My thoughts are that my bluebirds won’t touch them, therefore I don’t buy them. But it’s possible I have not been doing it correctly. Meal worms are the larvae of a black beetle. Most birds relish a live mealie – full of protein. Dried mealworms are simply the result of freeze-drying or heat-drying real … [Read more...]
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