Category Archives: Cooking

Groundhog ate our cheese squash

Posted on August 23, 2019 by kimerer_brian

Sometime yesterday, or the day before, the local groundhog got into our garden and did this to our baby cheese squash. We had nurtured the plant from when it was just a seed. That squash was supposed to be our … Continue reading →

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urp

Posted on April 26, 2019 by kimerer_brian

DG tasted the Sauerkraut again and started to warm up to it. In fact, he started to like it, so he has been eating it regularly. But I think I should have warned him that there are some side effects … Continue reading →

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Sauerkraut

Posted on April 20, 2019 by kimerer_brian

I made some sauerkraut. It turned out pretty well. It was really easy to make…. just cabbage and salt. I shredded the cabbage, then crushed it with some salt and left it for a week in its own brine. I … Continue reading →

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Snake-Bit

Posted on April 3, 2019 by kimerer_brian

We must be snake-bit with respect to household appliances. We just lost another one. Yup. The old Toast-R-Oven will no longer heat up. The timer still ticks, but there is no toasting going on. Come to think about it, I … Continue reading →

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Hat Trick

Posted on February 25, 2019 by kimerer_brian

First it was the thermometer. Then, it was the Augernaut. Now, the microwave oven has quit working. It just stopped. RIP microwave. That is three “appliances” in  a row that have crapped out on us in February. We are hoping … Continue reading →

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Happy Thanksgiving

Posted on November 22, 2018 by kimerer_brian

DG says, “Happy Thanksgiving“.

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When Bread Goes Bad

Posted on January 27, 2018 by kimerer_brian

I have been experimenting with my Ciabatta bread, trying out some on-line suggestions to make it more tasty….. like letting it sit in the fridge over night…. which was a disaster….. or in this case letting it autolyse for an … Continue reading →

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No Tooths

Posted on August 22, 2017 by kimerer_brian

We just plucked this from the garden. Gorgeous tomato. No tooth marks. I think we finally exported the miscreant who was eating our garden. And that’s the tooth.

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First Tomato is Ripe!

Posted on August 5, 2017 by kimerer_brian

We have our first ripe tomato of the season! but thanks to the bunny….. it looks like that. We are starting to sympathize with this guy, I think that we might cut the bunny spit off of the tomato and … Continue reading →

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Bread

Posted on May 17, 2017 by kimerer_brian

Today, I made a loaf of bread. I have been studying better techniques for making artisan bread at home. I am all into autolyse and gluten and oven spring….. Of course, I picked the very best day of the year … Continue reading →

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