Rose had a gorgeous bunch of Swiss chard growing this summer.
Just days before Rose was going to harvest it, a moose came through and got it all. And it had most of our peas for dessert. We blame Gertrude.
Category Archives: Food
Scootie
We don’t keep cookies in the house and rarely eat them anymore. Even when we used to make them, though, we’d prefer to eat the dough. But every once in awhile you just want something cookie-like, so we invented this simple recipe.
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This is a recipe for the best black beans we’ve ever had. It began several years ago when I had some boiled corned beef broth leftover that I thought might be good with beans cooked in it. It was very good. But it could be even better. So I began to tinker, and I think we have it down pretty well. Yes, they are magically delicious.
Continue readingAn Alaska Break
I really needed to step away from it all for a few days. Not knowing if you’re going to still have a job because there’s been an ideological takeover of state government causes very high stress levels. Just about everyone I know at the university works hard and does a good job. And we have great students that we get to teach and work with. So you do what you’re supposed to do and do a good job and you’re at risk of being fired? Yep. That sucks. Yep. Especially when the need for what you do isn’t going away.
Continue readingA Very Unusual Dipnetting Season
Back in June the run of red salmon in the Copper River this year was predicted to be poor. And the Miles Lake sonar showed that this was indeed the case, so the Department of Fish and Game closed the season very soon after opening it. And then they kept it closed for most of June and July, with just five open periods of 24-96 hours. The king salmon run was reported to be good, and those who went in June generally caught more than they could keep (1 each). But red fishing was poor.
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