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WIAW 77 – the All Tomato Edition

WIAW 77 – the All Tomato Edition

Yes, I eat tomatoes three meals a day  in August… Doesn’t everyone? All right, I admit, when I have cereal for breakfast I don’t add tomatoes to that. But a ripe red tomato is wonderful with my breakfast beans and eggs! I was reminded recently 

Syracuse Salt Potatoes

Syracuse Salt Potatoes

Yes, another post about Central New York, but this time it is not a story about my childhood and farm fresh vegetables… We never ate these when I was growing up. Dad didn’t like potatoes, and if his family had ever eaten these, they didn’t 

Creamy Chicken Corn

Creamy Chicken Corn

“I’m as corny as Kansas in August…”

WIAW 76 – Fine Fresh Fruit – and a Guest!

WIAW 76 – Fine Fresh Fruit – and a Guest!

Most of the time, we don’t really eat much fruit. We get bananas, and a week later, say “I should probably Do Something with those bananas…” Periodically I go through the crisper drawer, and find an apple that rolled behind the cabbages, and salvage what 

Breakfast Beans and Eggs

Breakfast Beans and Eggs

I realized that, in my What I Ate Wednesday posts, I keep showing you a messy pile of cooked beans and eggs over corn tortillas – a common breakfast for me – but I’ve never really discussed cooking them.