This is a popular New England comfort food. And when I was recovering from recent ankle surgery, I asked my Facebook friends if anyone could bring me some ice cream and a box of Grape Nuts cereal. Sure enough, someone came through. And if you’re feeling that urge for a crunchy-yet-sweet snack, then I recommend…
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The title says it all. This is what a single man cooks and eats. And he shares his recipes.
Bachelor Cooking: Steak and Baked Potatoes (with no microwave)
Bachelor cooking has entered a new phase. After ten years of using a second-hand low-power microwave that someone gifted me after my divorce (probably thought I’d use that thing instead of using a stove or an oven), I tossed the old microwave away. Low-powered microwaves are a blemish on society – you have to figure…
Read MoreBachelor Cooking: Beer and Cheese Scalloped Potatoes
So I was looking around the interwebs for recipes that would allow me to use my brand-new 60+ year old Popeil Veg-O-Matic food slicer … and I came across this site. This person received a Veg-O-Matic (a modern one, when the Ronco company reorganized) and modified her recipe for beer and cheese scalloped potatoes for…
Read MoreIt slices, it dices, and it’s older than me
Every once in a while, there will be a commercial for some kitchen gadget that promises to make your cooking chores easier. You can make delicious meals with this gizmo, you can wow your family with specially-prepared meals from this whatizit, and you can make cooking great again. Make cooking great again. Someone should stitch…
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Bachelor Cooking: a Country Breakfast in an Iron Skillet
I recently participated in a Reddit gift exchange. You know my feelings on Reddit, I have a love-hate relationship with them. But I do love the gift exchanges. After sending out a cookbook to my giftie, my Santa (not the same person) sent me two cookbooks – a “weeknight cookbook for two” (great for Date…
Read MoreBachelor Cooking: Pork Chops with Mushrooms
It’s easy to presume that, as a bachelor, I would live on a “royal” diet – Burger King, Dairy Queen, ha ha – but recently I picked up a cookbook from the “Pioneer Woman,” Ree Drummond, that offers simple recipes that anybody can enjoy. Okay, I’ll gamble and try this out. The first recipe I…
Read MoreTo the smokehouse!!
It’s the first real weekend of warm weather. Sunshine. Decent temperatures. And for me, it’s a chance to get outside and have some fun. And do some stuff. Lots of stuff. And for me, that “do some stuff” includes finding a new butcherie. A while back, my local butcherie, Henry’s Meats in Waterford, closed up. …
Read MoreBachelor Cooking: in a Cast Iron Skillet
I ruined one of my frying pans a week or so ago. Burnt food, and I couldn’t scrape the leavings out. Grr. Tossed away a decent skillet. So I needed a new 10-inch skillet. Time to go shopping… And eventually, I took a chance on buying a cast iron skillet. This from a man who…
Read MoreBachelor Cooking: Fried Hash Browns with Eggs
Oh yeah, it’s snowing out there. And when you need to get through a snow day, you need some hot comfort food. And rather than schlep to the fast food restaurant for some eggs and hash browns… A true bachelor can make that food at home with little trouble. Let me explain. Here’s my recipe…
Read MoreBachelor Cooking: Fried Pierogis
First off, if I’m going to do these “Bachelor Cooking” recipes, I should add a searchable category on the blog for them. So I did. Now that the housekeeping is out of the way… One of the good things about bachelor cooking is that if you don’t want to wimp out and get fast food,…
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