“Fending,” &c.
Roz Chast catalogs words for opening the refrigerator and having whatever for dinner.
“Individual meat loaves”
The marmalade cuts the taste of the Prem. The cauliflower and buttered almonds cut the taste of the Prem and marmalade. The french fried onion rings cut the taste of the cauliflower and buttered almonds.
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A winning sandwich name.
Name that sandwich
French toast, currant jelly, chopped nuts, and PREM, pan-fried or broiled.
Instant Hallmark
Turn mealtime into a Hallmark movie. For instance, while eating a blueberry muffin.
Where have all the Chessmen gone?
I see a sun, a house, a plant, and a watering can. The cookies taste just fine, but where did the chess pieces go? And how can the cookies still be Chessmen?
Nancy’s charlotte russe
That treat that looks sort of like a cupcake? Not a cupcake. That’s a charlotte russe. It’s a New York thing.
“Too tired to cook”
From The New York Times : “What Our Food Reporters and Editors Make When They’re Too Tired to Cook.”
A Grape-Nuts shortage
The panic is on.
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“Reading your fortune out loud will bring you good luck.”
Wine and cheese
Science! An Iowa State University research study has found that “diet modifications — including more wine and cheese — may help reduce cognitive decline.”
A Berger’s Deli menu
I looked through my modest folder of menus, and there it was, circa 2002. What a menu!
Dokchok
A traditional Thai dessert.
“A nice cool dinner”
Jellied tongue?
“It clarifies the palate”
“It clarifies the palate”: I can’t tell you a thing about the plot of The Barbarous Coast, but that line has stuck in my head since I read the novel in the late 1970s.
Calamari on the beach
Many people found Rhode Island’s presentation delightful. But mileage varies. I found this bit deeply, unintentionally weird, in that low-budget-TV-commercial way.
Chicken and cheese
As a boy, with Dracula as my inspiration, I would add a slice of American cheese to my plate whenever we had chicken for dinner. Cheese, right?
Peach muffins
Elaine has shared her recipe for peach muffins.
Pizza with sardines
Savory, fishy, absolutely satisfying.
Caramelized shallot pasta
You can save some money by remembering to buy a can of tomato paste, much cheaper than a tube.
Sunshine Hydrox
Hydrox was made by Sunshine Bakers, delivering “light inside the body” with every delicious bite.
Internet rising
Yeast!
Please don’t laugh at my recipe
Baked beans, onion, ketchup, chili powder: Western Beans on the Range.
Canned fish
The New York Times looks at sardines and tuna. Mainly at tuna. But the sardines are in there pitching.
Is there one in Hawkins?
Aldi Breakfast Best Homestyle Waffles are better than Eggo Homestyle Waffles. Is there an Aldi in Hawkins?
Rocky mayo
We scrutinized the Hellman’s jar: “KNOWN AS BEST FOODS® WEST OF THE ROCKIES.” Okay, but what about in the Rockies? Which mayonnaise can you buy in, say, Bozeman, Montana? Is there a dividing line that runs through the Rocky Mountains? And if so, where? I found out.
A short paws
Chicken paws are, indeed, not feet.
Planet Madeleine
When we journeyed east a couple of weeks ago, our friends Jim and Luanne had madeleines for us. Homemade madeleines, Jim-made madeleines.
More war
Coffee, Scotch, cheese.
Grilled-cheese revolution
Butter in the pan.