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Tag: Supermarket
Are You a Magnificent Sunbeam? – Part One: Negatives
We might think ourselves bad. We might think ourselves good. We’d very much like to be good. We aspire to be magnificent sunbeams. But are we? Thanks to the amazingly accurate test below we can […]
The Looming Revolution
They ran out of banana splits It’s way too hot to use the oven or stove today. So, as part of my errands I went to the supermarket for ingredients to make banana splits. My […]
Paul’s Awesome English Dictionary – Today’s Word: Extra Shop
We’ve all done this. Perhaps it’s in our genes. Perhaps the urge buy more than we planned was in our makeup way back to the very first living organism, the paracimmonium. Awesome entry #22 – […]
Nobel Peace Prize Winner for 2022
Too often Nobel Prize winners are given to people, worthy though they may be, who have done nothing to affect the lives of any of us. Many of the awards in quantum physics come readily […]
Quinoa Api and the Birth Of Agriculture
Bolivian Breakfast QUINOA API INGREDIENTS 1¼ cups quinoa2¾ cups milk2⅔ cups water1 cinnamon stick1 tablespoon honey2½ tablespoons sugar¼ teaspoon vanilla extract SPECIAL UTENSIL fine-mesh colander Serves 4. Takes 45 minutes. PREPARATION Rinse quinoa in colander. […]
Chicharrones and Ron’s Chic Hare
Mexican Appetizer CHICHARRONES INGREDIENTS 2 pounds pork skin* 1 cup lard ½ teaspoon salt * = The best source is a Mexican supermarket. It can be quite difficult to find online. SPECIAL UTENSIL electric skillet […]
Mocha Coffee Creamer and Why Can’t Find It At Your Store
American Appetizer MOCHA COFFEE CREAMER INGREDIENTS 4 cups half and half 6 tablespoons sugar 6 tablespoons cocoa powder 2 teaspoons vanilla extract SPECIAL UTENSILS 2-to-3 screw-top bottles or jars. Makes 4 cups. Takes 15 minutes […]
Bad Advice Friday, 3-10-2017
Today is once more Bad-Advice Friday. I shall be dispensing bad advice to all comers. The advice will stupendously bad. MA asks: This has been bothering me…Is it true that cannibals won’t eat clowns because […]
Hitler Shops at the Supermarket
Shopping can be rough. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-hdivo0lHk Paul De Lancey, culinary historian Check out my latest novel, the hilarious apocalyptic thriller, Do Lutheran Hunks Eat Mushrooms? It’s published by HumorOutcasts and is available in paperback or Kindle on amazon.com