StrangeRanger

Vintage Pic

I am lazy today. Enjoy a vintage pic of Maddie in the last of the sunpuddle...

We're at the start of sunpuddle season now, so perhaps Daisy will oblige us by posing.  Perhaps our kinetic little gray streak will settle down and have a nap?

Have a great week ahead, all!

Cooking

Cooking has always been something of a contact sport here at ChezRanger.  LadyRanger and I have always been in complete accord in the kitchen.  We spent a lot of Thursday there.  I made one of our favorites:  Suvir Saran's Grandma Hayes's Cornbread.  This is one of our go-to breakfasts in the fall.  And the winter.  And early spring.  We do tweak the recipe a bit.  We use frozen corn for the ease factor.  We also substitute a tablespoon of dried Aleppo Pepper for the jalapeno and cayenne.  Aleppo pepper has a much milder burn and a smokier flavor which we think is just perfect for this delicious bread.

You left out the bat...that's the most important ingredient...

Daisy always chimes in with helpful hints.  

That night for dinner we made Albert Bevia's Mushroom and Red Pepper Paella.  Another great hit!  We have liked every recipe we've tried from Spain on a Fork!

We made the paella in our new paella pan, too!

I don't often include links in this blog, but I had to make sure Suvir and Albert got the credit they deserve.  Go visit their sites and cook their recipes.  I know you'll find a new family favorite in there somewhere!

Enjoy this pic of Daisy, being the supervising force in our kitchen, as she is in the rest of our lives.

You're doin' it wrong.

Have a great week ahead, all!

 

delays, delays.......

Typepad is being wonky and not letting me upload my pics today.  They are "undergoing maintenance" in October.  I don't know how much of October, but I'll soon try again to get my Daisy pics on-line.  I'm sure the internet will survive, if not thrive, in Daisy's enforced absence.

Have a great week ahead, all!