The kitchen witch is gone, so back to work~

                                           


Relief and joy has set in and I am back in the kitchen today.  Adam has joined his father and brother in the mountains for a week of skiing and looking into a Bible college.  They would have enjoyed some of this soup that I am about to show you, but I am sure there is plenty of it where they are.  They have full and happy days ahead and so do we.

                                                                               

        Adam on top of it all.                                                    

Adam, Mike and Nate

It's Nate Lechler.

                                                                                                         

It's Adam.  

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It's about to be soup.

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This is another sweet pepper soup base.  Saute pepper bacon, a bit of dried
beef, onion, miniature sweet peppers, herbs until caramelized.  Season with salt and pepper and I put in a bit of sugar.  Then add a little Mr. T's spicy bloody Mary mix and burble a little
longer.  Then add wine.  Simmer some more, then add as much bloody Mary mix as you
like and tame it with chicken stock or leave it thick, dark and luscious. (As you recall, I made this yesterday but the blender sent most of it flying over the kitchen so we had barely enough to go with roasted potatoes.  Tonight we will have plenty with rice.)

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  STONE FENCE POTTERY | Bacon Cooker

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  Doris Lechler How does that work, Dean?

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  Dean Margeson You drape bacon strips on the top rim of the cooker, put it in a microwave and cook a few minutes. The drippings end up in the bottom pan and you have crisp bacon on the rim. I think there is a video in the e-mail link demonstrating how it is used. We see the guys who make it at several of our Art Shows and we bought one from them last year and we use it all the time.

Have you known about this stone bacon cooker?  I never heard of it.

Have you every seen such delicious looking dried beef?  Both it and the pepper bacon
is from Stalin's in Cincinnati.

This is the base for Andy's favorite cheese ball that appears by magic in the frig.  I like keeping him happy.