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Such hard labor, such blessed

Such hard labor, such blessed results. Dinka has posted her birth story.

Today’s recipe: Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

Thanks to gnat from Mothering With Grace, who gave us this recipe. The first time I made these, last fall, I turned my back for a moment (the fatal last words) and turned back around to find Hambet standing on the table with a muffin in each hand and a third stuffed in his mouth.… Continue reading Today’s recipe: Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

Dave Barry ate bars during

Dave Barry ate bars during his visit to North Dakota

Recipe Week Continues!

Let’s continue the ethnic food theme with a North Dakota delicacy: bars! Bars are a kind of very substantial cookie. They are great for picnics because they don’t fall apart easily. They sit at the very tippy-top of the food pyramid — purely recreational food. Scotcharoos In a saucepan, bring to a boil: 1 cup… Continue reading Recipe Week Continues!

Scooped again! I fell over

Scooped again! I fell over laughing last Sunday at this Baby Blues comic strip. Alicia beat me to actually blogging it, though!

Now for the cum omnibuspart.

Now for the cum omnibuspart. So what do you like on your pizza? It took me a couple of reads to figure out what was going on at the chirp house with that zucchini pizza. At first I assumed that the zucchini was being used as a pizza topping. Then I looked again and saw… Continue reading Now for the cum omnibuspart.

Da mihi nunc sis crustum

Da mihi nunc sis crustum Etruscum cum omnibus in eo. Now it is my turn to comment on pizza dough. First, the disclaimers. I have mentioned occasionally that my upbringing was mostly suburban, and my early culinary experiences were heavily influenced by my mother’s growing up on a farmhouse on the prairie. (For real! They… Continue reading Da mihi nunc sis crustum

I feel a little embarrassed

I feel a little embarrassed to be posting on something as lightheared as pizza dough after Pansy’s troubles and her heartfelt posts. Thank you, dear readers, thank you so much. Please let’s keep praying together for healing and reconciliation in Pansy’s family….