Friday, June 27, 2025

Sign of Times

At first, I was shocked when I saw how much smaller those eyeshadows are these days. Well, I had not been to a Sephora place for ages. After reconsidering pros and contras, a few hours later, I did make a purchase there.

The eyeshadow is smaller. but either you buy it and have it, or you don't buy it, leave the store and don't have a fresh and new eyeshadow.



Thursday, May 8, 2025

New Guy

A New Guy in the family. No, it's not our bike. Harley has been history already.

It seems, I missed posting a note about that Harley, the predecessor.


 UPDATE: 

The old one that is gone now.




Monday, April 7, 2025

Goodbye Pierre

That was a good and reasonably priced brandy. The latter was a reason why we gave it a try. It seems the store quit ordering it. The same with our Gato Negro Cabernet Savignon.


 What type of brandy would you recommend?



Monday, December 2, 2024

Turkey & Cornbread Dressing 2024

This year, I rediscovered baking the turkey in an oven bag. Very satisfying result! 
A half of it was eaten during one sitting.




The dressing was tasty as usual. The old recipe is very good. I need to save it from being lost. It used to be available on the net, but (regrettably) that site is gone with the wind.
 

Dressing ingredients:

  • 3 stalks of celery,
  • 1 medium-size onion,
  • 1/3 cup butter,
  • 12 slices of one-day-old bread,
  • chicken broth - 2 cups,
  • milk - 1/2 cup,
  • eggs - 2 beaten,
  • salt - 1/4tsp,
  • poultry seasoning - 1 tsp,
  • sage - 1/2 tsp,
  • pepper - 1/4 tsp,


Saturday, July 20, 2024

Peaches & Fruit Banditos

 After a long, long time - another baking experiments.

I have been thinking of making a peach cobbler for some time. When, quite by accident, we got the fruit cobbler mix (the Rustling' Rob's Fruit Banditos), it was time to experiment again.

I follow the recipe given by the Fruit Banditos (used canned peaches) and the result was wonderful. Much better that I hoped for! 

 We "destroyed" it quite quickly.

 Next time, I will try to use apricots instead of peaches.

Friday, September 9, 2022

Best Baked Bacon Ever

 What you need

Bacon, of course, a flat Pyrex dish, and aluminum foil. Black pepper for seasoning.

Bake it at 375F for about 30 minutes, until it is crispy and slightly brown.

Dry it the on the paper towel sheet for a while.