I have been on somewhat of an unintentional blogging hiatus. Work and life sped up, and blogging took a backseat. This Memorial Day weekend’s barbacoa rejuvenated me in more ways than one, and I’ve revived my writer’s bug. There exists nothing quite like a day of cooking with people whom you love to get theContinue reading “Barbacoa, Take Three”
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What to do with all of these radishes? – Tacos, of course!
What to do with several bags of winter radishes in mid-March? Pickle ’em for radish tacos, of course! Recently, I bought several dozen homemade flour tortilla’s from a student’s family, so we’d been craving “Mexican” anyway. A few years back, Tex Tubb’s Taco Palace in Madison offered a Daikon Radish taco. I was in loveContinue reading “What to do with all of these radishes? – Tacos, of course!”
A Hot Summer Day, Complete with Barbacoa
This weekend, we dug a hole, put stones into it, built a fire with two vents, placed a pot of food onto the fire, covered it with dirt, started another fire, and then eventually removed the pot of food to eat it. We hosted our first barbacoa, with the help of our great friend, GabyContinue reading “A Hot Summer Day, Complete with Barbacoa”
Mexican Lasagna, Freezer Style!
Over Winter Break, we took a day to freeze several meals for our undulating Wisconsin winter, including Mexican Lasagna from The Blue Plate Diner Cookbook (aka The Monty’s Blue Plate Cookbook, for you Madisonians). We used corn from our freezer, onions and garlic from our cellar, and tomatoes and peppers from our pantry of cannedContinue reading “Mexican Lasagna, Freezer Style!”
The Poquette Zoo and Kitchen 