by Daisy | Sep 17, 2009 | Main Dishes, Recipes
This is a restaurant recipe cut down a bit, but it still makes a whole lot of fried rice. It’s vegetarian, but if you prefer you can go vegan and remove the eggs, or go carnivore and substitute your favorite meat for the tofu. I often substitute the vegetables I...
by Daisy | Sep 7, 2009 | Fencepost, Flops
A moment is all it takes to consume this tasty fruit. Lemme show you: Oh, tiny. So tiny. What went wrong? I’ve never grown a watermelon before. Any advice for next year?
by Daisy | Sep 4, 2009 | Fencepost, Flavorings & Condiments, Flops, Recipes
OR—How To Pepper-Gas Your Entire House So. I got ready for a normal post–here are the ingredients, here it is cooking, here’s the finished product, etc. I took the ingredient photo: Put the ingredients on to simmer for a few minutes. And went outside...
by Daisy | Aug 28, 2009 | Conversation, Fencepost
It happens over and over again. I look and look, with scratched hands and itchy arms, searching under the fuzzy, broad cucumber leaves for one more cuke. The one I know is there, the camouflaged, (shape-shifting?), hidden-in-plain-sight cucumber. Eventually the...
by Daisy | Aug 26, 2009 | Recipes, Snacks & Sides
The surprise success of the garden this year was acorn squash, for two reasons. One is that I seldom have much success with squash, what with fighting squash bugs, borers, and beetles. The other reason is that I didn’t plant any acorn squash. HA! So what to do...
