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Amish Friendship Bread – The Buck Stops Here
Amish Friendship Bread is the sour dough version of a chain letter. In true pacifist style, no one threatens you with bad luck, higher taxes or computer woes should you break the chain. However, by...
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Carob is for the dogs
I loathe carob with the white hot passion of a thousand blazing suns. Ignore the fact I haven’t let carob pass my lips in four decades. My aversion is purely emotional. Maybe carob tastes good. Maybe...
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Time Bandit
This organization will not tolerate failure! When I brought my new digital timer home, I showed it the remains of its predecessor. Bet that’s the last time an LCD device allows the soup to boil dry in...
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Grocery Scare
The horrifying listeria outbreak is all over the news. Since I don’t eat or buy cold meats, I didn’t think much about it. Until I went grocery shopping today and this was taped to the automatic doors....
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Telemarketer solution
Most weeknights around the supper hour, the phone rings. On the other end is a telemarketer reading from a script. I know it’s a telemarketer because they always say the same thing. They ask to speak...
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Caramel Clarification
My astute friend Jodi DeLong pays far too much attention to detail. Not only is she an avid gardener, crack photographer and professional writer, she has a memory like a Venus Fly Trap. To my chagrin,...
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From the Archives: Carob is for the Dogs
I’m on the road this week and will be dipping into the archives for a few tasty blasts from the past. This posts is one of my more popular rants. Now, let me tell you how I really feel… Carob is for...
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Misleading Labeling
If you saw this on the side of a scone mix, how many calories would you think was in a scone? If you’re like me you thought, “Hey, 120 calories? That’s not bad.” If you were buoyed by the reasonable...
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Potatoes: This Spud’s for YOU
With dozens of product pitches landing in my inbox daily, it takes a lot for one to stand out. Yesterday, one jumped off the monitor and poked me in the eyeball. Their selling point. “[It] takes just...
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B is for Blogger, Blast and Bugger!
Forgive me. I don’t usually swear on the internet, but I’m miffed. Those who subscribe to my blog — all six of my loyal followers — might think yesterday’s post ended somewhat abruptly. I hope you had...
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