It came up a few times with my friends in Southern California. There you can buy this wonderful stuff called Elote from street side carts. It's a type of corn treat made in Mexico and California where they grill the corn covered in delicious toppings like chili powder, mayonnaise, sour cream and other great stuff. … Continue reading Elote on a campfire
Mom and I have been trying really hard to stay active lately. This means walking when we could drive whenever possible. One of these trips took us by our wonderful neighbors Bill and Cindy in Wisconsin when Bill happened to be harvesting from his garden. He had more vegetables than he knew what to do … Continue reading Wisconsin Cooking: Roasted Tomato Salad
Actually last night. I asked Laura to bake me an apple pie. She does a really great one where she cooks the apples separately from the crust. Then combines the filling and the crust and bakes them together. This insures that the apples and the crust are both done perfectly. Up here in Wisconsin we … Continue reading Today I Screwed Up
We went here after we picked James up from the airport in Green Bay. James said he has not been able to find a decent Italian restaurant in Portland... who would have thunk it. We searched Yelp and found this place, which was the highest rated Italian spot in Green Bay. Food was really nice, … Continue reading Angelina Restaurant, Green Bay, WI
James is here with us in Wisconsin, so I thought I would make a special breakfast for him to enjoy. First I cut up some nice Granny Smith apples and added them to a frying pan with some butter, sugar and cinnamon. Let the cook down and caramelize a bit. Made some bacon. Then I … Continue reading Sour Cream Pancakes
Hard to describe how much they love the Packers here in Wisconsin.
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Today we drove to Antigo Wisconsin where there is a Walmart and the Antigo Farmers Market. On the way we started seeing people (mostly men but some women) on mountain bikes peddling along highway 64. When we got to Langlade we saw several people kayaking down the Wolf river. After crossing the river we saw … Continue reading The Wolfman Triathlon
I went to our little local store intending on making some enchiladas but due to the Labor Day weekend they were completely out of corn tortillas so I came home empty handed. We had a bit of leftover fried chicken so we decided to make soup. Laura (who is a "soup genius") suggested that we … Continue reading Crazy Soup
