Category Archives: Beef

A really ugly looking dinner. 8/20/19

Posted on August 21, 2019 by

We have a lot of Aunt Ruby’s German Green tomatoes so I made tomato sauce. About two weeks ago I ruined it by putting in red tomato paste turning it into brown sludge. Why not make my own tomato paste … Continue reading →

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Burger time! 8/15/19

Posted on August 16, 2019 by

It is in the 100s again today. Late August and September are the hottest months here in Northern California and it is the time of summer that no one looks forward to. We are not going to be heating up … Continue reading →

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Green tomato sauce. 8/7/19

Posted on August 8, 2019 by

Our daughter is growing a type of tomato called Aunt Ruby’s German Green. Many of these tomatoes are real bruisers and weigh in around a pound each. The flesh is a bright green. We have a lot of them so … Continue reading →

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Semi-fresh spaghetti sauce. 7/27/19

Posted on July 28, 2019 by

I used my last container of frozen spaghetti sauce for our dinner on Saturday night. Knowing that we would be facing a tomato glut by this point in the summer, I filled each container only half full so that my … Continue reading →

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Lunar take-out. 7/20/19

Posted on July 22, 2019 by

Happy Moon Day! I remember sitting on a roof balcony of a fraternity at MIT with my then boyfriend when Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. It was amazing! Later I learned that my now husband, John, worked on the … Continue reading →

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More favorite food. 7/19/19

Posted on July 20, 2019 by

Yesterday when I was talking about America’s favorite foods I mentioned “any kind of pasta.” So that is what we ate on Friday. We had the ends of two boxes of pasta, one whole grain spaghetti and one spaghetti rigate … Continue reading →

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America’s favorite food? 7/18/19

Posted on July 19, 2019 by

I was watching Guy’s Grocery Games the other night (it is embarrassing to admit that I watch this program but I do) and he was having a burger battle. He said that America’s favorite food is a burger and probably … Continue reading →

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