This is a picture of our North Garden in summertime. We call it that because it’s on the north side of our property (go figure). This is where the chicken coop resides, and many of our fruit trees are here, too, and the asparagus bed in a shady corner. Even though it’s on the north side of the house, this is the hottest part of our property in the summertime. We reserve it for tomatoes and peppers, and that worked fine for years. However, the last few years we had to cover this whole area with shade cloth because the plants were getting TOO much direct sun and literally burning up. The shade cloth didn’t seem to help much, and...
December 21st is National Fried Shrimp Day. We have a tasty recipe below with a panko/macadamia nut crust. But first, inquiring minds want to know the differences between crayfish, prawns, and shrimp: Crayfish, also called crawfish and crawdads, are small, freshwater lobsters. Their flavor is milder than shrimp. Shrimp are sometimes called prawns, but that is erroneous. While they taste exactly alike, shrimp have lamellar gills (a side plate that overlays segments in front and behind) and carry their eggs outside of their bodies, beneath their tails. Prawns, on the other hand, have branching gills (side plates that overlap tile-like from front to back) and carry their eggs inside their bodies near their tails. Prawns have claws on three of...
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here.Some very serious and unfunny things happened this year in American politics. Today, though, we are not going to talk about those things. Instead, we will examine a few of the times our elected leaders made us laugh—with them or at them.But first, here are three new stories from The Atlantic. Zelensky knows the clock is ticking. A national tantrum at a national park What Trump and Musk don’t get about Russia’s nuclear threats Cringe and GiggleAlthough there are varying degrees of funny in American...
50 Best Leftover Ham Recipes for That Post-Holiday Purge – jacksonprogress-argus https://ift.tt/JX2P7Vi That post-holiday ham is more versatile than you might think. Leftover ham recipes will help you use up all of your holiday leftovers while making lunch and dinner prep fast and easy for the week. Of course there’s the classic ham salad, but you can also stir leftover ham into soup, mix it in with eggs, add it to pasta and there’s so much more you can do. Start your search right here with 50 of the best recipes for leftover ham. Related: How Long Does it Take to Cook the Perfect Ham? Let’s be honest, holidays can sometimes be so crazy that it can be really tempting...
Spoiler Alert: The best tamales are probably the tamales your Abuela made at this time every year when you were a kid – so let’s say these all are second to those! What is it about Tamales and Christmas? Google would suggest that it goes way back to pre Columbian imes, indigenous people and the belief that the gods made humans from corn. That all may be true but for us, there’s something more nostalgic going on. Either way, if your Abuela isn’t making tamales for you this year we’ve got some really great tamale places and a tamale poll so you can submit your own favorite place. Golden Tamale: With all the local news coverage, we have to start...
