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Jun

30

Serendipitea

Filed Under All, beverages | 2 Comments

Found a pint bottle lying on the street. Almost full of an amber liquid. And around the neck, a label saying “Drink me.” It was all very well to say “Drink me,” but wisely, I decided I was not going to do THAT in a hurry. “No, I’ll look first,” I said, “and see whether [...]

Jun

21

Spicy Dill Half-Sours

Filed Under All, meatless, snacks | 1 Comment

A half-sour is a pickle that is fermented in a brine at room temperature, and not processed; that is, it has not been boiled/pressure-cooked for canning, and so it must be stored in the refrigerator. “Half-sour,” however, is not a great way to describe the flavor of this pickle. Even though it’s made without any [...]

Jun

14

Caramelized Vidalia Onion Mashed Potatoes

Filed Under All, creamy, dinner, meatless | 1 Comment

First grown in Vidalia, Georgia in the 1930s by farmers looking for a more successful crop than the usual cotton and tobacco, the Vidalia onion is a sweet variety, with thick, juicy layers and a noticeable lack of the heat most onions possess. The sweetness comes from the sandy, low-sulfur soil that predominates in the [...]

Jun

6

Avocado Strawberry Salad

Filed Under meatless, salads | 1 Comment

Strawberries are apparently not actually berries at all! OMG! THEY’RE NOT EVEN FRUITS! Well, horticulturally, anyway. Strictly speaking, a berry has seeds on the inside, whereas a strawberry has seeds on the outside. However, those little pips you can see attached to the outside of a strawberry are, again, strictly speaking, not really seeds. They’re [...]