April 2009

More Goat Fame

Barnyard

photo by Mike Brown For all ya’ll on pins and needles….I got a continuance to finish my permit/variance. Bit boring? Yes. However, I have a fabuloso video courtesy of the lovely people at Channel Five Evening News. Click the logo below to see the video. And if you’re on in the next ten minutes (8:15 [...]

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Fake Fake Broccoli

Recipes

I’m a two-time broccoli-growing failure. Maybe, I thought, I could grow broccoli raab–it’s smaller and not as intimidating-looking as the real thing.So I looked into broccoli raab and it turns out my garden is already FULL of it.Broccoli raab isn’t broccoli at all. It’s in the turnip family, as in turnip greens, more specifically bolted [...]

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Cabbage Patch Knitted Dishcloth

Crafts

I think the hazelnut stitch from Super Stitches Knitting looks a lot like a field of cabbages. The green yarn helps complete the transformation from filbert to brassica. Shown in Lily Sugar’n Cream Hot Green.I used size 6 needles–use your preferred dishcloth cotton needle size. The first 4 sts and last 4 sts of every [...]

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Columba di Pasqua

Breads

This is a fun Easter bread, Italian style. It’s basically just a rich egg bread decorated with almond paste and almonds but it’s the cool dove shape that makes it special. The most common version you see is baked in a mold to help with the shaping, but I’m skeptical my local grocer carries those [...]

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Banana Pudding

Dessert

My tweak on this classic? Less sugar in the custard. Don’t miss it AT ALL. To me, it’s a definite improvement. Banana Pudding 3 1/2 T. all-purpose flour 1/2 cup sugar pinch salt 3 eggs, separated 3 cups milk 1 tsp. vanilla 1 (12 0z.) package vanilla wafers 6 medium bananas 1/4 c. sugar 1 [...]

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