Wow Chow Cooking

Apple blossoms!!! You know what that means!!!

I’m just wondering. Pet owners have given their critter table scraps FOREVER. Only recently have I heard by the “experts” that table scraps are bad for pets. Why? I have traditionally NOT given scraps to my pets. When I was a girl, all out cats ate were scraps, but when I was on my own [...]

After a massive eval base64 code injection hack on my server, I’ve had to rebuild my blogs from scratch. So sorry for the mess… I’m working on building them back. Sorry for the clutter. I will be working on this over the next few days. Thanks for your patience.

GOOD GOD. Check out this article at News With Views. There’s so much more in the American death parade, but just when you think you’ve heard it all, we find aborted baby fetal cells in our food. Lifenews.com states: Dozens of pro-life groups are calling on pro-life Americans to boycott PepsiCo because it has contracted [...]

After hearing (and hearing and hearing) about the glories of the mango on various Asian food blogs, I decided to finally try one the other day. My immediate thoughts were: is it ripe? How do you open the blasted thing?? I think I failed on both counts. My mango was mostly green with some red. [...]

… when you are hungry. *sigh* Enough said.

The husband has been home nights more frequently so I’ve been cooking a formal dinner more often. Dinner is my least favorite meal of the day, mostly because I have to cook it, lol. I could clobber the nut who ever came up with the idea of cooking and eating the heaviest meal at the [...]

In my post Turkeys Take Forever To Thaw, I lamented that my turkeys always take their sweet time defrosting even when I place it in the fridge according to the recommended guidelines. Well, as a followup– I placed the frozen turkey in the refrigerator on December 21. One week later, I removed it to cook [...]

My daughter made some scones the other day– Cranberry Scones. Oooooooooooo oo oo oo. They are amazing. She makes three batches all at once, and the family eats them up almost immediately. Cranberry Scones 2 1/2 cups flour 2/3 cup sugar 2 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 3/4 cup butter (no substitutes) [...]

I admit, I was never much of an apron gal. I SHOULD be, Lord knows. I’m probably one of THE messiest cooks in the kitchen. I usually have a dishtowel draped over my shoulder, or a large flannel shirt that I wear to, um, wipe my hands if necessary. No matter how careful I am, [...]