We have a simple, delicious recipe for shell-on jumbo shrimp that we use for celebrations. We call it Magic Shrimp. It’s dirt easy:
Category Archives: Food
Bread Crusto
This is the name we’ve given to a holiday family favorite. Or at least our version of it. “Fresh-baked, angelic, delicious Bread Crusto.” It can be made many different ways, but it’s based on rolling up a layer of dried fruit filling inside a tasty bread.
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Tamales
Rose and I enjoy making tamales over the holidays. Some of our fondest memories of traveling in Mexico in December are having tamales, fruit, and hot chocolate for breakfast or lunch. By making large batches of tamales and freezing single-meal packs, we’re able to enjoy tamales like this on occasional weekends throughout the year.
Of Moose, Rivers, and People
It’s taken my mind awhile to get to writing this post. There has been a surreal poignancy to the world for many months, causing normal activities to seem abnormal, bogged down, and harder to sustain. The COVID-19 pandemic and abysmal government leadership cause enormous stress, as does the unusually high degree of political divisiveness during this election year. Work levels have been high, too, and I hadn’t taken enough days off.
So when September came, and with it hunting season, I looked forward to getting away on a float trip with a couple of friends to hunt for moose. Just getting outside and off the grid would be therapeutic—and it was.
More Moose Candy
Rose had a gorgeous bunch of Swiss chard growing this summer.
Just days before Rose was going to harvest it, a moose came through and got it all. And it had most of our peas for dessert. We blame Gertrude.
