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Come for Tea!
One of the best ways we have discovered to stay healthy and away from those things like colds, the flu and other such diseases and infirmities is through drinking different kinds of tea. NO – not the tea bags you buy in the store which you bring home and drop into hot, boiling water thinking…
Read MorePeanut Butter Popcorn Bettina Style
What a great discovery! You won’t believe the fantastic taste of this popcorn! First – buy organic popcorn. There are several brands, but it must be organic. Then you will need an air-popper. This helps because you don’t need oil for the dried corn to pop. Then use the measuring cup that comes with the…
Read MoreA Great Snack – Elvis Style!
I was sitting in my kitchen enjoying a cup of tea and a guest comes along with a snack she brought with her. My tea was accompanied by one of my favorite snacks from my days living in Mississippi. A sandwich made up of organic or home baked raisin bread with peanut butter – oops!…
Read MoreCooking Rice Elegantly!
What if Colonialism had not happened and we gradually moved to a world community – discovering new ideas, ways of doing things, different foods that we are used to eating and cooking, etc. instead of developing a society which claimed some foods and ways of cooking as superior and some to be shunned.? What a…
Read MoreFood – Vanilla – Chicken Stock – Horrors!
I have had to turn off the cooking shows. I keep looking for one that does something other than season its desserts and sweets with vanilla flavoring and its savories with chicken stock. Ever wonder why describing how dishes taste you always have to add – they taste a little like chicken, don’t know why,…
Read MoreMadeleines – A Delicately Fabulous Tea Cookie
We bake Madeleines every day, yet by the end of the day they are gone! It is one of those light delicacies that won’t let you have just one. And they stay in memory for long after they have been eaten. They are the tea cakes which give meaning to the reference to ‘delicacies’. They draw you…
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