Mom and I went to Schimpff’s Confectionery yesterday, which is always a treat. Mom always buys me a half-pound of dark-chocloate-covered orange peel and I always buy her a half-pound of crystal cream roses in assorted colors and flavors. Here’s a picture of an orange…

That’s what our kids used to call hominy. Hominy, in case you don’t know, is corn kernels soaked in lye so the hulls come off. Then the lye and hulls are washed away. If the kernels are then dried and coarsely ground, you get grits.…

It’s thunderating today, so Imma just refer you to the Recipes tab up there in lieu of posting a recipe. Except that I made Pat’s Hot Chicken Salad with portobello mushrooms instead of chicken and it was MOST tasty! WRITING PROMPT: A character goes to…