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A Vegemite Virgin No More!

Vegemite. The very word sparks terror in Americans. I’ve long been intrigued by the mystique. Today, I got my hands on a 220 g jar of this dark brown, yeast extract goo. At last I could confirm for myself the taste mysteries of Vegemite.

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CJ’s Quick Homemade Frijoles (Beans)

When it comes to food, sometimes I take the easy route and go with pre-packaged stuff. When I found Taco Bell Fat Free Refried Beans, I had a product I could really sink my teeth into. Unfortunately, it’s all but disappeared. So…it was back to making beans at home.

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New Mexico’s Emerald Fruit

For those of us whose local ancestry goes back to colonial days, chile is part of who we are. This year’s chile crop has been outstanding…and we are basking in its quality.

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Sad News: Albuquerque Tortilla Gobbled Up

The local Albuquerque Tortilla Company (ATC) that, in my not so humble native New Mexican opinion, made the only store-bought flour tortilla that could be described as something worth eating has been bought out by multinational GRUMA, S.A.B. de C.V. (Monterrey, Mexico), sellers of Mission Tortillas

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CJ’s Faux Beef Gravy (Vegetarian)

One of the things that tends to go missing in a vegetarian diet is beef gravy (yeah, go figure). Generally speaking, this isn’t a problem, but if you have something like mashed potatoes, you can start feeling like the odd person out.

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Very Tasty Mock Tuna Salad Recipe (Vegetarian)

I’ve been missing tuna salad. It’s almost a staple dish in my house since I was a kid, long before my vegetarianism entered the picture. Every summer, I’ve looked on as family members have indulged. No more. I was going to make a veggie tuna salad.

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Taco Bell Home Originals – Fat Free Refried Beans

To a lot of people, a can of beans isn’t a big deal. To a native New Mexican whose lineage goes back to when the area was a Spanish colony…it’s a very big deal. So when I say that Taco Bell Home Originals: Fat Free Refried Beans are my choice for my daily bean, heed should be…erm…heeded.

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Birthday Dinner

Since my birth anniversary is coming up soon, a subset of the Scotts* treated me and Jamie to a celebratory dinner. A nice evening was definitely had.

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Quick Hits From the Emperor Overlord

As Emperor Overlord of the United States, my days are full. I mean really full. You think you’re busy. That’s nothing in comparison. I try to leave it to the Washington branch to take care of the details, or even leave it up to all y’all to use common sense to fix things. So I can’t begin to convey how miffed I am that I have to take time away from playing Pop Answers on Facebook to deal with this schoolyard stuff.

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Investing in Infrastructure – A National Aqueduct

I live in the United States desert southwest. As the name “desert” broadcasts, our major resource headache is water—or, rather, the lack of water. We are fast approaching a situation where the effect on national food supplies as well as population health could become an issue.

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Mezzetta Calamata Olives

I enjoy olives. People know that and try to be helpful…so I’ve eaten a lot of green, stuffed olives, and boring/bland black olives. While this fruit can be prepared in any number of ways, my go-to in recent years has been Mezzetta’s version of calamata (kalamata) olives.

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Anna Ellison, the Muse of Cakes

I love “Ace of Cakes”. It’s one of the most entertaining shows on television. There’s heart, humor, art, and oh-no-they-dint moments in most episodes. That said, there is one person on the Charm City Cakes staff that is guaranteed to make me watch episode after episode: art director Anna Ellison.

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