Saturday, October 4, 2025

More Cornbread

 


My grandmother's recipe. I defrosted white bean soup. With buttermilk, bacon grease, and a hot cast iron skillet.

Granny’s Cornbread
For this recipe you’ll need an 8-inch cast iron skillet and some bacon grease. I keep a little jar of it in the fridge just for making cornbread. Oil will do in a pinch but it won’t have as much flavor.
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. The trick is to stick the cast iron pan in the oven for a few minutes to let it get hot and then add about a tablespoon of bacon grease and get that hot so when you pour the batter in you get a sizzle. That is what makes a nice crust.
Dry ingredients:
1 cup yellow corn meal
1/2 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder (heaping)
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
Wet ingredients:
2 cups buttermilk (approx.)
1 egg
Mix the dry ingredients together and mix the egg and buttermilk together and then combine. You don’t want to stir it too much, just make sure everything is mixed together well; the batter should be fairly thin, almost like a pancake batter.
Pour into blazing hot cast iron skillet and bake at 450 for 23-25 minutes until cooked through and browned on top.

Devil Fish

 


AMC Pacer 'Giant Sandwich' Commercial (1975)

 


The Big Sandwich. This is new.

Great Nor., Devils Lake, N.D.

 


1989 Clusters Cereal

 


https://www.mrbreakfast.com/cereal_detail.asp?id=1162

Friday, October 3, 2025

Easy Money (1983)

 


Directed by James Signorelli. Found on Tubi. Rodney Dangerfield, Joe Pesci, Tom Noonan, Taylor Negron, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jeff Altman, Candice Azzara.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easy_Money_(1983_film) 

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/easy-money-1983



Scavenger Hunt (1979)

 


Directed by Michael Schultz. Found on Tubi. All-Star cast. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scavenger_Hunt



https://thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=3807

October Century

 


Falstaff - 16 oz.

 

McDonald's McChicken Sandwich Commercial (1988)

 


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McChicken

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Chocolat Klaus

 


  • Advertisement poster showing a woman in a green dress astride a galloping red horse. The image remained a logo for the Swiss chocolate company for fifty years.
  • Cappiello, Leonetto, 1875-1942, artist
  • Paris : P. Vercasson & Cie, Rue de Lancry, Imp., [1903]
  • https://www.loc.gov/item/2005693044/

Trampas, New Mexico. General store

 


Sunday, September 28, 2025

General Price 9/28

 


Third attempt today to get a picture.



Young Maverick

 


1979-80 CBS. Charles Frank, Susan Blanchard. 8 episodes. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Maverick

Bret Maverick

 


1981-82 NBC. James Garner, Darleen Carr, Ramon Bieri. 18 episodes. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bret_Maverick





The One from the Other - Philip Kerr

 


I recently ordered several of the earlier Bernie Gunther books off of Amazon. One of my favorite detective series. This is the one that restarted the series after a 15 year hiatus.

https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780399152993

https://berniegunther.com/book/one_from_other/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Kerr

Haunted House, New Orleans, La.

 


Friday, September 26, 2025

L.A. Confidential (1997)

 


Directed by Curtis Hanson. Free with ads on Youtube. Guy Pearce, Russell Crowe, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito, James Cromwell, Kevin Spacey.  I also have this book by James Ellroy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.A._Confidential_(film) 

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/la-confidential-1997


https://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s2700conf.html


https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/309918/la-confidential#articles-reviews?articleId=87855

Snatch (2000)

 


Directed by Guy Ritchie. Free with ads on Youtube. Dennis Farina, Brad Pitt, Jason Statham, Vinnie Jones, Benicio Del Toro, Stephen Graham. I also have this DVD, which is what I am watching now.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snatch_(film)

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/snatch-2001






Chicken and Peppers 9/26

 


Chicken Pepperoni. Still have a few peppers and this is my fav chicken dish. 3 big breasts, 2 cans diced tomato, 1 onion, 2 cloves garlic, red wine. Brown chicken and cook down everything in same pan. Pile on top of chicken and cook in 350 oven 40 min. I serve it over rice.

I had about 10 peppers for this dish. 8 Anaheim and 2 banana. 

Falstaff - 14 oz.

 

Wendy's Chicken Sandwich (1983)