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Opium cakes.

Opium den images courtesy of Retronaut … Opium used to be the big drug back in the day. I guess it was the crystal meth of the time, around the turn of the century/1920′s. It contains something like 12% morphine, and codeine & hydrocodone are derivatives of the same family of drug- hence the name [...]


January 22, 2012

Follow the trail.

With school being in full swing, I thought everyone could use something a bit easier to make, and what could possibly be easier than muffins? Muffins pretty much make themselves. Actually not really, because it’s hard for batter to mix itself… not to mention somewhat magical & Harry Potter-ish. But you know what I mean. [...]


September 27, 2011

Arthur Schwartz’s Kosher dill pickles, to end the summer.

I don’t know Arthur Schwartz, but I know my Jason. And in addition to being a world-renowned rock star & life-saver/protector of the masses, Jason is a pickle person. A pickle lover, if I may say so. However, it recently came to light, what with me making so many jars of pickles this summer, that [...]


September 23, 2011

Rah, rah, ah-ah-ah, Roma, roma-ma.

That’s seriously all I heard in my head over & over as I canned my tomatoes. No joke. Why? Because three of them were Roma’s. Lady Gaga, you’ve done it again… you’ve managed to associate an average everyday mundane household task with a fantasically catchy earworm of a song. Just like I sang the chorus [...]


September 20, 2011

I love you, a bushel & a peck- uh, pickle.

I was clearly born in the wrong era; I love making things from scratch & growing/canning/jarring my own stuff. I’ve even been trying to get back into sewing again, which is awesome. I think I’m going to try to start making some aprons… by hand. I don’t have a machine & honestly, my time at [...]


June 22, 2011