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Étouffée!
JC Summars
  • Apr 24, 2019
  • 1 min

Étouffée!

Living in bayou country spoiled me on seafood dishes readily available there, like a good étouffée at Dupuy's Seafood & Steak in Abbevill...
Cherry & Almond Streusel Pizza
JC Summars
  • Apr 17, 2019
  • 1 min

Cherry & Almond Streusel Pizza

An easy dessert to prepare and so good. Especially when it's snowing again for the fourth time this spring.
My First Monte Cristo Sandwich
JC Summars
  • Mar 30, 2019
  • 1 min

My First Monte Cristo Sandwich

Here I am so far over the hill it's pathetic that I've never had a Monte Cristo Sandwich before in my entire life. Having been on a frenc...
Morning Meat
JC Summars
  • Mar 8, 2019
  • 1 min

Morning Meat

Celebrated arrival of Robins with an early ribeye and mushrooms lunch followed by french toast made with a fresh slice of homemade bread....
Betty's Bay Leaf
JC Summars
  • Feb 3, 2019
  • 1 min

Betty's Bay Leaf

Every time I cook up a batch of spaghetti sauce, I think of Betty. I had not heard of bay leaf before Betty. She made its use special wit...
Stovetop Croutons
JC Summars
  • Jan 20, 2019
  • 1 min

Stovetop Croutons

I stopped wasting money on store-bought breads a long time ago. Too expensive for such bland product which is as much air as foodstuff. A...
Sesame Chokecherry Shrimp
JC Summars
  • Jan 20, 2019
  • 1 min

Sesame Chokecherry Shrimp

Sesame shrimp is another favorite dish any time of year. Add a jigger of wild chokecherry juice to the recipe and it's a work of perfecti...
Fish Dish Wish
JC Summars
  • Jan 17, 2019
  • 1 min

Fish Dish Wish

All this writing about life in Louisiana made me hungry. Catfish and fries for supper tonight! Now, if only I could figure out how to mak...
Skillet-fried Spaghetti
JC Summars
  • Jan 14, 2019
  • 1 min

Skillet-fried Spaghetti

I love leftover spaghetti after frying it up in a skillet. One of my favorite comfort foods, and so easy to prepare from leftover pasta a...
Store-bought? Ha!
JC Summars
  • Jan 5, 2019
  • 2 min

Store-bought? Ha!

A delightful side effect of living in a remote wilderness location has been severing myself from so-called "conveniences" available in ci...
New Year Lunch
JC Summars
  • Jan 1, 2019
  • 1 min

New Year Lunch

Sea scallops sautéed in butter and fresh garlic from Mom's wild Wizard patch, more toasted garlic sprinkled on top of a substantial mount...
Stovetop Enchiladas
JC Summars
  • Dec 31, 2018
  • 1 min

Stovetop Enchiladas

With a second 3-day blizzard bearing down on the canyon, cravings for a big, steaming plate of greasy enchiladas begin stirring. Comfort ...
Winter Fattening
JC Summars
  • Dec 22, 2018
  • 2 min

Winter Fattening

During spring and summer months, I burn off about fifteen to twenty pounds of excess fat working on various projects; hiking and trekking...
Trout For Breakfast!
JC Summars
  • Dec 19, 2018
  • 1 min

Trout For Breakfast!

With plenty of trout waters nearby, it's never difficult to catch enough for breakfast. Canoe on the lake by sunrise, a couple of hours c...
First Berries
JC Summars
  • Aug 5, 2018
  • 1 min

First Berries

Gathered first chokecherries of the season this morning from a patch near the county road. It's always first to ripen up and first to get...
Simple Pleasures
JC Summars
  • Mar 13, 2018
  • 2 min

Simple Pleasures

Some years there is an abundance of choke cherries and I never hesitate to harvest as much as possible anywhere bears are not feeding on ...
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