RichC | July 30, 2024
For a while now I’ve posted WyzeCam videos regarding the wildlife in our area … including coyotes and more recently a relatively bold Red Fox. Oh, he is still skittish and will run away as soon as I open the door or he sees me, but lately I notice he has lost his tail and […]
Category: Environment, Nature, Video |
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Tags: food, ivermectin, mange, mange by mail, red fox, treatment, webmd, wildlife
RichC | February 22, 2024
As an Apple eater, I’ve personally always wanted a simple way to know which and why I enjoy certain Apples. After seeing this chart, I thought it was worth sharing.
Category: Advice, Blogs, Food, Tidbits |
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Tags: apples, chart, food, fruit, graphic, grocery, sweet, tart
RichC | May 11, 2023
Saw this double-tortilla inspired grilled Mexican sandwich on Twitter the other day and wanted to save to my food and recipe categories with the thought … I might try this!
Category: Food, Ideas, Recipe, Social Media |
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Tags: food, idea, mexican, mp4, sandwich
RichC | December 10, 2022
With inflation pushing grocery prices up, Brenda refuses to purchase store-bought croutons unless they are “on sale.” So since we had a quarter loaf of stale bread after our recent week away, I decided to cube and turn it into Rosemary, Italian seasoning, Garlic and Olive Oil croutons. After making them (bake 10 minutes at […]
Category: Financial, Food, Memories, Personal, Photos |
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Tags: bluhm, bread, brenda, cooking, croutons, dadc, fishing, food, grandfather, inflation, lake erie, momc, uncle
RichC | September 17, 2022
Having initially enjoyed the weekly meal offering from Hello Fresh, the menu started to get a little stale as new items began to resemble previous meals. With inflation at the grocery store (and the fuel and time cost), the price was somewhat less of a gripe, but both of us started to notice fewer and […]
Category: Business, Financial, Food, Personal, Shopping |
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Tags: eating, enticement, food, hellofresh.com, meals, online, plans, subscription, tacos
RichC | June 1, 2022
Who doesn’t enjoy of teasing friends back and forth over foodie items? Here’s one that I’m going to debate with my friend Jeff … as he has always been a “Tea drinker” and I’ve been a “Coffee guy.” I’ll start with my pro-military, flag-waving “patriotic Americans drink coffee” position, and I’m sure he’ll lay out […]
Category: Food, Friends, Human Interest, Tidbits |
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Tags: coffee, debate, drink, food, jeff pitts, jeffp, map, preferences, tea
RichC | February 2, 2022
We were late to trying the HelloFresh.com fresh meal kit plans and put off cooking the first two fresh meals a week. When we finally did get around to fixing them, they were still reasonable fresh and the excellent recipes and produce shocked us at just how tasty the first meal was. I had already […]
Category: Food, Misc, Recipe, Shopping |
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Tags: cooking, dinner, eating, food, hellofresh.com, meal kit, meal plan, recipes, subscription
RichC | April 18, 2021
Is there a better way to “dice” and onion? The Lifehacker “Hack or Wack” crew gave the UK tipster’s method a try … and I’ll probably do the same even though they concluded it was “wack.” Still, there might be a couple modifications that could keep the onion flat on the cutting board and still […]
Category: Tidbits, Video |
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Tags: cooking, cutting, dice, food, hack, kitchen, lifehacker, mp4, onion, video, wack
RichC | December 2, 2019
Thanksgiving dinner with the Corbett, Oostra and Ankrom familes (click for high res) It is nice to have a few holiday rituals and for us, it is a Thanksgiving family feast with my brother and his family. Brenda, in particular, has now fully taken over the setting of a nice decorative table with all the […]
Category: Archive, Holiday, Memories, Personal, Photos |
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Tags: ankrom, brother, corbett, dining room, dinner, family, food, ham, Holiday, oostra, schnieders, table, thanksgiving, turkey
RichC | July 9, 2019
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Category: Archive, Personal, Photos, Video |
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Tags: annalyn, baseball, brenda, cincinnati, drew, family, food, fun, katelyn, megan, mp4, pool, richc, swing, taylor, video, weekend
RichC | March 1, 2019
This is an unusual Tech Friday post, but after being frustrated this week in clicking a dead link to an article that disappeared after a website was updated, I decided there must be a better way to ensure information, links and websites remained useful … WITHOUT having to archive them entirely on my computers, servers […]
Category: Archive, Computer, History, Human Interest, Recipe, Technology |
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Tags: archive, chili, cincinnati, coney, dixie, empress, food, goldstar, History, internet, library, ohio, skyline, tech friday, techfriday, virtual, wayback, webpages
RichC | February 24, 2019
Brenda and I have been eating at The Spinning Fork Restaurant in Fairfield, Ohio since even before we moved to the Cincinnati area – was our favorite restaurant. Our family grew up enjoying their delicious food and personal warmth, something that I think only exists at locally owned establishments. We are hoping new owners will […]
Category: Archive, Food, Memories, Personal |
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Tags: closed, fairfield, family, food, italian, memories, ohio, Restaurant, spinning fork
RichC | June 6, 2018
Once in a while we all end up squabbling with a company over their product or service. Neither Brenda or I have ever been advocates for "frozen meat" or ordering the generally higher priced national brands that require significant cost to package and ship a product … but earlier this spring we took advantage of […]
Category: Advice, Business, Marketing |
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Tags: advice, Business, customer service, food, omaha steaks, shipping
RichC | January 30, 2018
It’s a long way to Mars and there’s "not a drop to drink" (author Mindy McGinnis) or "plop to eat" on the way … so what’s the plan? Since astronauts are already recycling their urine into drinkable water, the next step should be obvious: "Goo made from their Poo." (in observing the current lab conditions […]
Category: Human Interest, Innovation, Misc, Space |
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Tags: astronaut, food, mars, nasa, penn state, poop, research, science, space, Travel
RichC | August 5, 2017
Ok, so the limes I’m squeezing are not truly “Key Limes,” but the the finished product is just as good. One of the “get ready” items before having the kids home for the weekend was to squeeze the limes so Brenda could make 3 Key Lime pies. It is a big favorite in our family […]
Category: Humor, Misc, Personal, Photos |
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Tags: brenda, dessert, family, food, home, key lime pie, recipe
RichC | November 17, 2015
Appreciation for the hospitaliy of friends is something that is hard to quantify, but having friends like Mark and Dar Jones makes living so very enjoyable. They always go over and above whenever I stop to visit … and the yesterday mornings’ extras were definitely an “over and above” delishes. I can’t wait to make these at home … […]
Category: Recipe, Tidbits, Video |
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Tags: bacon, bread, cheese, cup, eggs, food, muffin, recipe, youtube
RichC | May 28, 2013
I still don’t have my Postie WordPress plug-in working from my iPhone, hmm? So I’ll re-post the photo of the delicious Memorial Day pie that my wife made, since we still have one pie left for tonight. Mmm, it is THAT good … and a long with the corn on the cob signifies that summer […]
Category: Holiday, Personal, Photos |
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Tags: food, key lime, Memorial Day, pie
RichC | April 30, 2013
I appreciated a video from America’s Test Kitchen on Lifehacker and thought it was worth archiving and sharing … not that I fix lobster everyday. Twist off the tail, split the shell on the back, pull legs apart, push meat out with small tools, use a rolling pin to squeeze meat from legs. […]
Category: Advice, Archive, Blogs, Misc, Video |
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Tags: cooking, food, lobster
RichC | October 23, 2011
The new CPI numbers (Consumer Price Index) released by the government verify what most balancing family budgets already know … inflation is taking a bigger bite out of incomes. Most private sector workers feel fortunate just to be employed and have seen their take-home pay and benefits stagnate or retreat. Everyone I know has had […]
Category: Financial, Politics |
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Tags: cpi, food, inflation, occupy, Politics, wall street
RichC | April 30, 2010
With a new El Rancho Grande Mexican restaurant opening close to home, I won’t have to drive as far to get my chips and salsa ‘fix.’ Unfortunately being so close is going to be a real temptation.
Category: Local, Misc, Travel |
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Tags: el rancho, food, mexican, Restaurant