Family, Favorite Things, Food, Holidays, Recipes

my favorite christmas candy

i've mentioned one of my favorite christmas treats (special k candy) on my blog before. in one of my 100 things i love posts, and more recently in my where i'm from poem. every christmas, my mother and grandmother would make this, and i usually preferred buckeyes over it. but as i grew older, my favorite… Continue reading my favorite christmas candy

Food, Humor, Life, Nonsense, Recipes

Last Week Called for Bow Wow Brownies Minus the Wow

The "wow" is code for marijuana. A friend of ours informed us that Snoop Dogg's recipe book, From Crook to Cook, has been nourishing her family during quarantine, and she immediately aroused my interest with "Bow Wow Brownies." Snoop Dogg is a rapper who enjoys a good joint now and then, in case you didn't… Continue reading Last Week Called for Bow Wow Brownies Minus the Wow

Favorite Things, Food, Humor, Recipes

There’s Just Somethin’ About Soup

Isn't there? Last week someone online made a comment about how it's "soup season" and I was all.....um, soup has a season? I eat soup year-round like I am being paid to do it, so I have no idea what kind of weed they were smoking, but can I have some? What were we talking… Continue reading There’s Just Somethin’ About Soup

Childhood, Food, Recipes

Mom’s Shrimp Dip Reminds Me of the 70’s

I have vague memories of the 1970s. I say vague because I only remember bits and pieces of that decade because I was only ages 0-9 at the time. But, thanks to photographs, I recall my father wearing a lot of plaid pants and my mother wearing owl necklaces, bandanas in her long hair, and… Continue reading Mom’s Shrimp Dip Reminds Me of the 70’s

Family, Food, Friends, Humor, Recipes

Four Ingredient Recipes- Filipino Egg Rolls (Lumpia)

Over the last ten years, I've written several times about Rebecca's egg rolls. They are most likely my favorite food I've ever eaten. If you've never had them before, they're well worth the effort.  First published February 17, 2012 Last February, I wrote about these delicious nibbles on my blog. It's a funny story about… Continue reading Four Ingredient Recipes- Filipino Egg Rolls (Lumpia)