Category Archives: food

the tart cherry takeover

Banjo Man has read an article about the benefits of tart cherries.  Since he has been consuming cans and cans and cans of tart cherries, he swears the arthritis pain in his knee has disappeared. Go figure. Banjo Man reads … Continue reading

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chocolate champagne?

According to Southern Gourmet, this product is stored frozen and then added to champagne as needed. Click here if you want more info on chocolate champagne! I wonder if there is a recipe out there somewhere, or if it would be … Continue reading

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the best burgers ever. really.

I’m really sorry you couldn’t taste these. Our friend Nebraska Jack sent us some of his specially ground hamburger.  He raises his own beef.  And he grinds the burger with bacon. With bacon. I’d never heard of this combo before, … Continue reading

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scenes from the kitchen

Not my kitchen, though.  Dancing Mandolin Player’s kitchen. The woman lives off the land.  Truly.

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the lunch combo at The Readery

Who doesn’t like all of these things???? The food was great, the bread to-die-for, the service cheerful, the music (New Orleans blues?) perfect. It felt like Austin, but it was Sandpoint.

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huckleberry season

The huckleberries were ready early this summer.  Everyone who hunts/picks them has staked out their favorite–and very secret–huckleberry pickin’ areas up in the mountains. The price this year?  $42.00 per gallon. Despite the high cost of these yummy berries, we … Continue reading

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bacon cookies?

The Hope Mountain Blues Band had our weekly music lesson Tuesday.  We sang this song for an hour and a half. Don’t you love it?  We do. Then we decided to do something completely wild and out of character:  we … Continue reading

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aloha

We had company from Hawaii this past week.  They own coffee bean and macadamia nut farms, so we learned a lot about Kona coffee and the market for “mac nuts”.  Fascinating stuff! Of course now we want to go to … Continue reading

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the keurig, the husband and the dilemma of saving money

Harley Chick sent me an email last week: I can’t believe I just fell for this.  Okay so I thought I would play along by using the pod a second time since the Kahlua pods were piling up.  My thought … Continue reading

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healing with meatballs

Dancing Mandolin Player is having knee replacement surgery today. My Sweet Daughter-in-law is having thyroid surgery today. I’ve been up since 4 AM thinking about both of them. Surgery is not fun, but they will both feel better when this … Continue reading

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