Category: Home Living

Shipment For Guam

Lugged a box down to the mail room, en route to an eBay buyer in a marine base in Guam in the Western Pacific.

Time to Sign

Cycled to our condo developer’s office to sign off the hundreds of choices we’ve made over the past few months.

A Challenging Installation

While it rained, we attached our bike rack. By the time we figured it out (3 person hours), the rain was gone, and the sun was shining.

Smooth Sauces Every Time

Here’s two techniques I often use to create guaranteed lump-free sauces. In both cases, the secret is to get rid of water. I wish I had known these methods in my early cooking days. Roux Butter contains water; water and flour form lumps. When creating a roux, I don’t add the flour until the butter stops…… Continue reading Smooth Sauces Every Time

Buying Local

Cycled through a neighborhood of locally owned shops. Picked up some veggies at a small, old-fashioned co-op.

Categorized as Cook

Digitizing Slides

With a big snowstorm coming in, it was a good day to digitize color slides before staging them on the floor en route to the garbage chute.

Categorized as Simplify

Pork Carnitas

I’m cooking pork carnitas my favorite way: 1. Place Boston butt in pot; 2. Cover with cold water; 3. Simmer, lid on, 45 minutes; 4. Simmer, lid off, until all water is gone (several hours); 5. Fry the fall-apart pork in its own fat. The flavor is intense.

Categorized as Cook