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Tag Archives: Comfort food
Mussels!
M bought a box of mussels for me this weekend and I had fun! I may have made a cooking 101 mistake in that I did not soak the mussels before cooking. oops! Didn’t even occur to me until I … Continue reading
Cooking thanksgiving dinner!
So this is a bit late! I cooked thanksgiving dinner for my family (unexpected larger as my aunt and uncle came over). Rewind. So the original plan was to do a big family dinner with my aunt and uncle the … Continue reading
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Gift of Potatoes
Of all the funny gifts given this past Christmas, my favorite was M’s idea to give a bunch of potatoes to M-dad. M-dad loves potatoes. Almost as much as my family loves rice. M found all sorts of interesting different … Continue reading
A (kinda) tiny thanksgiving
Most of the years I have been in Greifswald (and not away for Thanksgiving), Mrs. T has hosted the traditional “American” Thanksgiving dinner. It is a lot of work, and this year, not only would she be out of town, … Continue reading
Mapo tofu
Mapo tofu is a classic Sichuan dish that I remember eating as a child. I didn’t know the name of the dish, and it was only recently that my parents told me what I had eaten. They also told me … Continue reading
A great and unintentional Valentine’s day gift II: Berlin with Mrs. T
Weirdly, as long as Mrs. T and I have been in Greifswald, we have never visited Berlin together. We did last weekend with her as my great V-day date.
Thanksgiving Food: three soups
I know — the thanksgiving posts go on! And I have some christmas posts that need to get out. But I’m getting toward the end (and missing all the food we had at home). For this post, three soups that … Continue reading
Thanksgiving USA food: pecan pie!!
We made sure to have pie in the US. This is the Red Truck Bakery M discovered this while I was getting my drivers license “renewed” (I actually had to just retake the practical and written tests again — took … Continue reading
Thanksgiving USA food: tale of two nights of steaks
My dad happens to like the way I fry up steaks. He went a bit overboard and got steaks for me to cook twice in the two weeks that we were home. That’s a lot of steak. I don’t do … Continue reading
Thanksgiving USA food: three burgers
One thing we definitely made sure to have in the US was burgers. Oh patties of tender ground beef stuffed between sesame buns with ketchup, mustard, mayo, pickles, tomatoes, lettuce and more!