Mastodawn

Michael Sheldon Jan 14, 2023

First-year's harvest of lemons is in! Well, except for a few I picked in the last couple weeks.
For such a small tree, it really produced this year.

And you know what to do when life gives you lemons, right? Yup, grab a bottle of gin! 🤣

Michael Sheldon Jan 5, 2023

Have you noticed that when you are cutting onions, they are irritating you more than usual?
When was the last time you sharpened your knives?

A dull edge on a knife crushes its way through the onion, releasing more of its volatile compounds.

Michael Sheldon Dec 30, 2022

My favorite recipe typo of the day:

"cover and simmer until the lamb is hated through"

🤣

Michael Sheldon Nov 24, 2022

Janelle Shane Nov 24, 2022

Advanced artificial intelligence has analyzed over 2,200 pies and developed these delicious new flavors.
https://www.aiweirdness.com/how-to-make-high-tech-pies-sound-18-11-21/

How to make high-tech pies sound really old

A while ago I made a bunch of new pies. Well, I didn’t *make* them because they were neural network invented titles and although it tried to imitate the list of pies I gave it, the neural net’s imitations are imperfect. The neural network, after all, is a computer program with about as many neurons as an earthworm. It doesn’t understand what the ingredients are, or why some combinations don’t work. Some of its titles were intriguing, though. They sounded mysterious. Potentially delicious and/or

AI Weirdness

Michael Sheldon Nov 23, 2022

Judielaine Nov 23, 2022

I'm looking for select south eastern US chickasaw plum (Prunus angustifolia) plants: suckers or grafted. I have an Gutherie and would be delighted to find another selection/cultivar of same species as pollinator instead of an unpredictable wild type.

Looking for Prunus angustifolia (Chickasaw Plum) Varieties (plums forum at permies)

Anyone growing Chickasaw plums? I'm looking for: Newman, Caddo Chief, Lonestar, Wild Goose, Helm, Robinson, Mariana Weaver, Golden Beauty, Jennie Lucas, and/or any other promising selection/cultivars.

Michael Sheldon Nov 21, 2022

Michael Sheldon 🌵Nov 21, 2022

I was jonesing for breakfast food tonight, and I was feeling pretty lazy, so I made a rice cooker pancake.
https://kirbiecravings.com/rice-cooker-pancake/

Now, the thing about rice cooker pancakes, is that they taste like a normal pancake, but it definitely has more of a cake-like look and texture. So the whole time I'm eating it, I'm getting small guilt feelings because I'm eating cake for supper.

Rice Cooker Pancake

This enormous pancake is made in a rice cooker! No need to stand over the stove and flip individual pancakes. Instead, just pour in the batter and let the rice cooker do the work. Rice

Kirbie's Cravings

Michael Sheldon Jan 1, 2021

Honestly, 2021 needs all the luck it can get, so for our New Years meal, two traditional foods:
Pork and Sauerkraut a tradition in Pennsylvania where my wife and I grew up, and Hopping John, a Southeastern tradition.
The pork in this case is an end loin roast I slow-cooked on the smoker.
Modern recipes for Hopping John use black-eyed peas, but the 19th century recipe I use calls for red cowpeas.
Hopping John recipe:
https://butterthesizeofanegg.com/new-years-traditions-hopping-john/

New Years Traditions: Hopping John – Butter the Size of an Egg

Butter the Size of an Egg

Michael Sheldon Dec 27, 2020

My wife got me a subscription to the "Mantry" (Man's Pantry) this year. And in the first crate was a bottle of Hot Honey (Chile-infused)
Now, like me, I'm sure the first reaction you had was "what the heck do you do with THAT?"
And about 30 seconds later, I thought, ooohh, honey-glazed carrots! Which I tried, and they were awesome.
My next idea was to brush down a batch of cornbread with it. Oh yeah, that's good eats.
Recipe:
https://butterthesizeofanegg.com/spider-corn-bread/

Spider Corn Bread – Butter the Size of an Egg

Butter the Size of an Egg

Michael Sheldon Nov 30, 2020

Made a batch of sweet potato custards from this recipe:
https://www.thespruceeats.com/baked-sweet-potato-custard-3056090

Simple, delicious.

Spice Up Dessert With Baked Sweet Potato Custard

A tasty custard dessert made with mashed sweet potatoes, milk, eggs, sugar, and spices.

Michael Sheldon Nov 29, 2020

I posted an article on my website today:

The sieve, the old-school food processor.

https://butterthesizeofanegg.com/the-sieve-the-old-school-food-processor/

#historiccooking

The sieve, the old-school food processor. – Butter the Size of an Egg

Butter the Size of an Egg