Scones No Fuss Chie Sonia

Old Fashioned Orange Pecan Scones Ingredients: 2 cups flour 2 tps   baking powder 1/2 cup sugar 2 tsp  grated orange rind 1/3 cup butter 1/2 cup buttermilk 1/4 cup fresh orange juice 1/2 cup chopped pecans 1 tsp vanilla Granulated Sugar for sprinkling. Directions: Combine first 4 ingredients. Cut butter into flour mixture with [...]

Biscotti Should Not Be Unyielding

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Biscotti for Foodie Friday My mother made these wonderful, long, crunchy cookies that we grew up enjoying. We basked in the flavor of anisette and the soft, crumbly texture. Hers was not hard and unyielding. Here is the recipe for it:

Drink Green Beer but Drive Safely

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St Patrick’s Day St. Patrick is the Patron Saint for the Irish Catholics. Blue was the colour associated with Saint Patrick. Now green has taken over as the years went by and its association with Saint Patrick’s day prevails. As early as the 17th century green ribbons and shamrocks were worn in celebration of St [...]

Pi Day, Who Knows What it Means

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None of it makes any sense to me, so here it goes, be patient: Wikipedia says, Pi is a mathematical constant whose value is the ratio of any Euclidean plane circle’s circumference to its diameter; this is the same value as the ratio of a circle’s area to the square of its radius. It is [...]

Eating Food is Satanic!

Dear Baba Rumcake, Eating food is Satanic! Life feeding on life, no matter plant or animal. Living things murdering other living things so that they might live. From the smallest bacteria to livestock and vegetables, the ritual sacrifice of the food you eat. This is Satan’s world, and if you eat food, you give him [...]

Pig To Eat or Not to Eat…

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The question of whether Pig Day is a time to honor pigs by “giving them a break” or to appreciate their offerings (spare ribs, bacon and ham) is an open one. I would imagine that this holiday was contrived for the winter doldrums and cabin fever when in the middle of the snow covered stretches [...]

For Pete’s Sake Bread to Bake

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We have become very familiar with the brotherly St. Peter since he was the one who denied Jesus three times anyway, it is easy to take his name in vain. Or when irritated that someone had done something really stupid and you cry out, “For Pete’s sake! What did you do that for?” You get [...]

Chili Day Hot Food

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Since I am an immigrant to the US, winning the Chili Contest was a shame to the guys I worked with in Lexington, KY. Bless their hearts they switched tags admitting that they could not, just let me win that one, it was “just wrong”, they claimed. I have made my chili for years since [...]

Probably Canned Look Elsewhere

Dear Baba Rumcake, I’m concerned about my husband. He hasn’t been to work in 3 and a half weeks. He has major job burnout and is depressed. I’m concerned he may lose his job. He hasn’t received a warning slip yet. I worried for him and I’m worried about our finances. Worried About His Job

Living Happily Socks Bitchy Gravity

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After taking my shower, I stepped out of the tub and stood before my mirror. As I looked, suddenly my butt fell down. Now, what are the odds of being before a mirror when gravity takes hold and yanks you down? But there you have it. My hands flew behind me to keep it from [...]