Boston Brown Bread
American Appetizer BOSTON BROWN BREAD INGREDIENTS 1 tablespoon butter ¼ teaspoon allspice ¼ teaspoon baking powder ¾ teaspoon baking soda ½ teaspoon salt ⅔ cup yellow cornmeal ¾ cup rye flour ½ […]
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Forgotten Jazz Superstar Comes to Life in First-Ever Biography by Con Chapman
HumorOutcasts.com is proud to show off the latest work from one of our most prolific writers Con Chapman Rabbit’s Blues: The Life and Music of Johnny Hodges (University of Oxford Press, September 2019) Pays […]
Afghan Burgers, Humanity’s First Food
Afghan Entree AFGHAN BURGERS INGREDIENTS 1 cup fresh cilantro 3 garlic cloves 1 red onion 4 eggs 3 cups crinkle-cut fries or enough to cover cookie sheet 3 sausages, beef or chicken 3 tablespoons vegetable […]
Boston Baked Beans and the Round Table
American Appetizer BOSTON BAKED BEANS INGREDIENTS 1 pound great Northern beans 8 cups water 1 medium onion 5 ounces salt pork ¼ cup brown sugar ⅓ cup molasses 2 teaspoons dry mustard ¼ teaspoon pepper […]
Beans and Rice and How Carroty Omissions Caused The American Revolution
Cuban Entree MOROS Y CRISTIANOS (beans and rice) INGREDIENTS 12 ounces dry black beans 2½ cups long white rice 5 cups chicken stock 1 green bell pepper 3 garlic cloves 1 medium onion 2½ tablespoons […]
Five Things You Must Do in Boston
Too many visitors to Boston forget to do the following, essential things. 1. Breathe. 2. Eat. 3. Drink. 4. Sleep. 5. See the U.S.S. Constitution, “Old Ironsides.” It’s a famous wooden ship from the […]
Guatemalan Hot Dogs and How To Conquer the World With Dirt
Guatemalan Entree SHUCO (Hot Dog) INGREDIENTS 1 yellow onion ⅛ head cabbage 2 chorizo sausages 4 foot-long hot dogs (or as long as you can get) 2 loganizas (white sausage, linguica) ¼ pound thinly sliced […]
How Do We Approach The Stuck Zipper?
How we deal with a stuck zipper can tell us about how we deal with not moving forward. Years ago, my tailor, a 6 foot elder Ukrainian woman, former ballroom dancer, scolded me, “You have […]
Showtime’s Ray Donovan: My Obsession Confession
Showtime’s Ray Donovan just might be headed for the big time if the buzz for Season One is any indication. With the lure of a Hollywood backdrop and dead-on casting, writing and acting, the show […]
Sex Crazed Cicadas are Coming our Way
I have angst—serious angst. It seems in a few days a major brood of bugs will be descending upon the East Coast. When I first heard about this, I needed to find out more information […]