It's not just for wings, though! This was bomb on some fried walleye tacos 🌮 on the day I made it (with carrot/cabbage/currant slaw, garden lettuce, and avocado), and also on some black bean nachos last night!

I have a new fav hot wing sauce... This mango habanero sauce canning recipe has a tropical fruity flavor with a real kick! Fresh or frozen mangoes are blended with a tangy hot sauce, vinegar, a bit of garlic, honey, & fiery fruity habanero peppers to make a memorable homemade hot sauce.🌶️🍜🍽️🔥🫙#foodsky

That would be preferable but isn't how I have read previous iterations of this bill (I think this is from the most recent)... it's OS level & any internet-connected device needs a user age ID. Maybe it's self-input for now, but there's no guarantee they won't require further verification later?

Almost everyone's had tomato gazpacho. Did you know there's an earlier version of this cold summer soup, made with almonds, cucumbers, & bread? This version predates the arrival of New World crops in the familiar red gazpacho. And it's so good! Tart and creamy, with a sweet pop from the grapes. 🍽️🍜🥒

Little rabbit ambulance takin' the body away ... to the hopsital

Weekend projects: rain barrels under chicken coop roof (one done, one to finish before rain tomorrow), muck out the coop, pruning, gardening, & grilling!

Shout out to my new best friend (one of several iterations of CR box filters we've had running in our basement since about 2021... the old fan died and the filters were grody, but I rebuilt a new one yesterday). Meet BIGBOI, aka the main reason I'm spending all my free time doing basement projects.

Scorching summer weather is back... Want something savory and sweet that won't heat up your kitchen? This watermelon & feta salad is a summer favorite for a reason! Salty cheese, juicy watermelon, and greens (*wash 'em well & don't use bagged salad right now!) makes a perfect cold meal or side! 🍽️🍜🥗

Won't win any beauty contests but that's okay, we're just gonna eat 'em (and I didn't want to fuss with a piping bag or whatever). Fresh dill from our garden, minced spicy dill pickles, pickled jalapeno, mustard, mayo, celery, onion, old bay, & a bit of pickle brine. 🍽️🍜🥚

My favorite kind of cooking... just riffin and choppin and blending until something good happens? Pasta salad with cannelloni beans, kalamata olives, celery, onion, minced rainbow chard stems, a mix of fresh herbs, mustard, and a radish top & chard pesto with walnuts & pepitas. Y'all come eat! 🍽️🍜

Mint simple syrup, boiled potatoes cooling (I thought I had more than this? Hence the pasta salad too), and Cooking Fuel (iced coffee with half and half)

rockin & rollin (potato salad, pasta salad, & deviled egg prep) 🍽️ It's been too hot to cook for days so I'm making up for lost time, lol

I'm approx 17% salty watermelon by volume today (though now maybe 1.7% strawberry pina colada 😆) I made a lime-infused finishing salt 🧂with a bit of lime juice, zest & citric acid & have been dipping watermelon pieces in it all afternoon. I'll put the recipe up soon after I take some better pics! 🍉

Looks like a job for the Department of Volunteer Forestry (have hi-viz vest and some loppers, pruners, or a small folding saw? Here's a diagram of proper cuts and you're hired! Prune away!) 😆 Which reminds me, I need to bring mine on my next walk for a horse chestnut branch blocking a sidewalk...

It's hot hot hot! They usually do a crawfish boil, but thought we were gonna get rained out, so it was frozen shrimp instead w/ the corn, potatoes, andouille, smoked ribs, fries, hush puppies, boudin, bacon-wrapped jalapeno poppers, + fried cake balls & turon (jackfruit banana lumpia) for dessert. 🍜

River Days! To quote our host, "Here for good time, not long time." But hopefully for a long time too! 🏖️

HOME SWEET RIVER HOME (for a night, anyway... annual river weekend camping trip & cookout down south w/ friends this weekend). 20th annual celebration of this trip, though I've not been going that long (@greeshmcqueen.bsky.social has been to many more). A beautiful time with friends & chosen family!

Okay, fine, I'll take it. More as a generally preferred practice than a moral philosophy, but it's worth, uh, ruminating over?

Just in time for summer, but also a reliable winter salad recipe, this lemon garlic cabbage slaw is bright and crunchy. Budget-friendly, nutrient-dense, vegan, and GF... it holds well in the fridge for meal-prep or to make-ahead for a party. This is one of our favorites! (#recipe in comments) 🍽️🍜🥗

Had a bunch of milk to use up asap so I made a giant batch of crepes to freeze, plus had some for dinner & brunch. These have a spinach, artichoke, bacon & cheese filling. I added 1/4 dark rye flour to the crepe batter for more flavor & fiber & it worked out great. Go make some crepes, y'all! 🍽️🍜

DO YOU WANT SOME FRITTATA sort of a Spanish omelette with a baker's dozen eggs, red potatoes, garlic, onions & a bit of Mexican chorizo. served with a side salad with a honey Dijon white wine vinaigrette. this was dinner & about to be lunch (also breakfast since all I've had so far is coffee). 🍽️🍜🍳

Or a secret third thing, boil in beer with onions (+ peppers if you got em) on the grill (or campfire coals) and then either pan-sear or give 'em grill marks, as you prefer. Serve with mustard + beer-onion reduction (bonus points if you're also listening to an episode of Desert Oracle Radio?). 🍽️🌭

I made The Salad again last night, but instead of crispy tofu, this one had sweet potato fries + a bit of pan-seared venison steak I found in the freezer. It was a tougher cut, so I pounded it thin, marinated it in the sesame soy dressing, seared in a hot cast iron pan, then sliced very thin. 🥩🥗🍽️🍜

Too hot here for anything but a big dinner salad last night... but I want another one of these now? 🍽️🥑🥗 Fried crispy firm tofu (dusted with seasoned cornstarch & matzo meal) on mixed greens with sweet & spicy sesame soy lime dressing, mixed greens, avocado, sliced almonds, cukes, and radishes.

bottling homebrewed kit wine = fun with sticker sheets and shrinky-dinks (the bottle capsules that cover the corks are heat-shrink), but for grownups!

bottling kit wine = fun with sticker sheets and shrinky-dinks (the bottle capsules are heat-shrink), but for grownups!

Todd: Can you smoke weed in Heaven, Blister? Blister: SURE IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE INTO T: God don't mind? B: HE TOKES BUT THAT'S NOT LIKE HIS THING OR ANYTHING T: He does?! B: THINK ABOUT IT TODD WHO'S GOING TO YELL AT HIM 🌬️🐿️

Scout's motto! 🍾🥂 You never know! (We're prepared, with a bottle of bubbly on reserve and chilled in the fridge door at all times... just in case?)