Little Grey Bungalow
Saturday, February 27, 2016
Friday, February 26, 2016
Quote Of The Day
Anti-intellectualism
has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural
life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is
just as good as your knowledge.’ ~ Isaac Asimov
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Punxsutawney Phil Lied
image courtesy the McLean County Museum Facebook page
3-5 inches, my Aunt Fanny.
Saturday, February 20, 2016
Thursday, February 18, 2016
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Vintage Knitting - A Bag from 1952
Two pages from Workbasket magazine, November 1952, with
instructions for a knitted bag and as a bonus, how to make and use a spool
knitter (also known as a French knitter, a knitting Nancy, or a knitting nobby)
for the cord.
Monday, February 15, 2016
Vintage Book Covers - The Messenger Of The Black Prince
Just the thing to keep a young reader occupied on a snowy
day.
Sunday, February 14, 2016
The Lover's Baedeker (And Pie)
Posted today on Project Gutenberg, and full of lover-like Edwardian
poems and images.
If I were more industrious I would have a matching Valentine’s
menu to put up, but today’s dinner is going to be stuff he likes, which precludes
anything fancy; pork chops, baked sweet potatoes, corn, and blueberry pie (if I get ambitious I'll make biscuits).
My recipe for blueberry pie, which is based on the one in Cook's magazine but without the Granny Smith, is pretty darn good and eliminates the usual blueberry pie hazard of runny filling.
Line a pie plate with pastry. Take half the blueberries (I
use a total of three cups for a deep-dish pie which is skimpy but doesn’t run
out all over the oven floor) and put them in a microwave-proof container with
half a stick of butter, a pinch of salt, and 1/3 of a cup of sugar. Cook them until they are mushy, about eight
minutes for frozen berries.
Mash them with a potato masher and stir in three tablespoons
of Minute™ tapioca. The berries will be
a tad lumpy. Allow to cool until thick,
about twenty minutes. Rinse the uncooked
berries, shake them dry, and put them in the pie dish. Pour the cooked berries around them and if
you are married to someone with a sweet-tooth, sprinkle another ¼ of a cup of
sugar over the berry mixture. Cover with
the other half of the pastry, crimp the edges, and stab the top two or three
times with a sharp knife.
Protect the edges of the pie from over-browning with strips
of aluminum foil. Bake at 450⁰ for 20 minutes and then reduce
to 350⁰. Bake another 15 minutes and remove the
aluminum foil strips. Bake for another
15 minutes or until the top crust looks done.
Remove from the oven and cool completely.
If you feel up to washing the blender, you could puree the
berries instead of using the potato masher.
He Didn't Get Far
Reserve Cat went out the back door, didn’t care for what he
found, so he decided to see if things were any better on the front porch.
They weren’t.
Saturday, February 13, 2016
Thursday, February 11, 2016
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Monday, February 8, 2016
Thursday, February 4, 2016
Another Day, Another Road Trip
Getting
ready to head south for a 3-day Red Cross training weekend. Someone has pointed out that I’ve been gone an
awful lot since I retired.
Monday, February 1, 2016
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