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Full to Bursting
The lady in the dry cleaners looked at me and looked at my gigantic rack of fresh-pressed clothes. Or perhaps I mean my rack of gigantic fresh-pressed clothes. “You and your clothes are not the same size” she said. “Your … Continue reading
Posted in Blarney Family, Cooking with the Crone, Culture with the Crone, food, friendship
Tagged celebrations, chick and ruth's delly, clothes, Easter, easter wheel of fire, family, food, go-karts crofton, holidays, losing weight, lucy and georgia, makoto miami, mercato red hook, rhinebeck, the dubliner dc, weight loss
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Of cabbages and kale
Barkis makes brussel sprouts that are beyond belief. I am not exactly sure how he does it but it involves shredding or quartering the sprouts, boiling them and then I imagine he fries them in a little olive oil before dousing … Continue reading
A Many Splenda Thing
I have lost 50 pounds since last July. Yaaay! Go me! I am pleased with how I look, but I will admit that the pleasures of bean stew were beginning to pall. I decided to splash out on an 8 … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking with the Crone, diet, fat, food
Tagged artificial sweetener, baby food, comfort food, dieting, ediets.com, food, losing weight, splenda, stewed fruit
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The Lesson of the Leftovers: A Reading for Christmas Week
Leftovers are a Christmas blessing. This morning I had a generous schmeer of the goat’s cheese from yesterday’s cheese board with a slice or two of Irish fruit bread someone gave me as a gift. Everyone knows it is virtuous … Continue reading
Really, it’s no trouble at all
I have friends coming for dinner later and am feeling defeated by the amount of potatoes I will need to peel. I rather dread the preparation of the sprouts. There are no plans to iron a tablecloth. There is no … Continue reading
Feasting for Beginners
Christmas dinner was held a couple of days early to accommodate Gretel’s work schedule–bakery counters are busy in the run up to the big day. Hansel’s ham was a triumph as were his pigs in blankets this morning. All agreed … Continue reading
“Tis The Season To Be Jolly
Gretel has gotten a job at a bakery, which I am interpreting as God’s way of saying “eat cake” This week, God (if indeed it is she) has been speaking much as my Irish Great Aunts once did: “Go on, … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas with the Crone, Cooking with the Crone, Culture with the Crone, diet, fat, food, friendship, Gangsta Hansel & Ghetto Gretel
Tagged bakery, belgian chocolates, chicken liver pate, christmas cocktail, christmas punch, diet at christmas, Eugene Walter, hot buttered rum, secret santa, Snug Harbor Inn, Thomas Head, white elephant
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Dinner to remember
Next time you pour yourself a glass of champagne, add a blackberry or two. There are endless hours of fun to be had watching the bubbles force the fruit to tumble in the glass. I am sure this is illustrative … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking with the Crone, Crone in America, Culture with the Crone, food, Gangsta Hansel & Ghetto Gretel
Tagged champagne with blackberries, chilling, collard greens, control freak, promising young cook, stuffing with sausage, thanksgiving cook, thanksgiving dinner, turkey necks, veuve clicquot
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Sweet things
Daughter at weekend: “Why don’t we bake anymore?” Me: “You can bake any time you like…” Daughter: “When have I ever baked without you??” Me: “But that was when you were small. You could bake perfectly well by yourself now” … Continue reading
Desperate Dieter in Search of Low Calorie Succour
The good news is that I have lost another 6 lbs, making my total 30lbs in all–not bad in 21/2 months. The bad news is that I have found this last week hard–and next week doesn’t promise to be any … Continue reading
