Category Archives: family meals

Buttermilk Pancakes

OK, everybody who likes pancakes raise your hand!  Well, I see lots of hands out there because just about everyone loves pancakes.  Golden brown, puffy, tender and tasty slathered in butter and syrup.  Sound good to you?  Yeah, me too. … Continue reading

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Tuna Salad

It would get absolutely hot and muggy in Tampa, FL when I was a kid.  And it was several years before we had any kind of air conditioning.  And I remember my favorite hot summer dinner that Mom would make–Tuna … Continue reading

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Homemade Pasta

I’ve been cooking pasta for years.  I’ve scorched it.  Left it nearly raw.  Turned it into mush.  But mostly I’ve cooked it just fine.  It got a lot easier a couple of years back when Mrs. CB gave me my … Continue reading

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Bolognese Sauce Cheap Bastid Style

 In case you haven’t guessed, we like ‘sketti.  All kinds of ‘sketti.  ‘Sketti with meat sauce.  ‘Sketti with meatballs.  Baked ziti.  Lasagne.  ‘Sketti Abbazabba (Mrs. CB’s term for Spaghetti Carbonara.  Shrimp ‘n ‘Sketti.  You name it.  We like it. It’s … Continue reading

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Triple Ginger Cheesecake

Have I got your attention?  Yep, I’m talking cheesecake.  And I’m talking ginger.  I love the taste of a good, gingery gingersnap.  That little bit of bite backed up with a bit of molasses does a happy dance on my … Continue reading

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