Kim Shook

Breakfast this morning: ET bagel w/ cream cheese and Benton bacon. After the picture, the bacon went inside the bagel.

I love these! So were the cupcake liners silver?

I won't eat it any other way.

My MIL sent over some vegetable soup: Served sprinkled with some Parmesan cheese. And some Cheddar/Havarti cheese toast:

Did you have any Neanderthal? We learned tonight in bible study (a unit on our responsibilities towards the natural world and how science and faith can coexist) that people of Northern European backgrounds have 1-3% Neanderthal DNA.

LOL. Funny, but I detest cooked cabbage. I only like it pickled or raw.

Dinner last night: Hot dogs made from brisket (dressed with kraut), hash browns, baked beans, and more kraut. The dogs were Private Selection (store brand) from Kroger and very, very good.

@scubadoo97 – I’ve been after Mr. Kim to smoke some salmon. That looks wonderful. Breakfast yesterday: Just eggs on toast, but it was exactly what I needed.

That is absolutely stunning.

Cheeseburgers again tonight, but this time with caramelized onions, bacon and pickles: Also fixed up canned baked beans and roasted baby potatoes.

I can vouch for this recipe. I have a hard time getting the meat to completely cover the sheet pan, but otherwise, it works well. We are going to hide out at home this year. We really don't have much interest - no one to root for. The Cheatriots? Nope. A team that hired Mike Vick. Nada. So we'll watch the commercials and the half time show. Jessica is requesting some retro snacks (artichoke dip, crab meltaways, etc.) and we made the mistake of going to Costco hungry and sampled those little bagel pizzas and convinced ourselves that we'd eat all 9000 of them. Sigh.

@rarerollingobject– Oh, dear. And they looked so wonderful, too. But those faces! So “sorry, not sorry”. We celebrated Jessica’s BD yesterday. She requested Bananas Foster cheesecake: Banana caramel sauce:

@Duvel – I confess that I don’t eat mushrooms or care for broccoli on pizza, but I’d eat around them to get that gorgeous looking crust!! @robirdstx – any chance you’d share the recipe for the Chicken and Artichoke dip? Sounds like something I’d love. Napa and cauliflower salad w/ Green Goddess dressing: I roasted some beets for Mr. Kim with sherry vinegar and orange juice: Cheeseburgers, leftover dirty rice and roasted cauliflower:

A few more. All three of these were gifts from folks going abroad.

@Dejah – Happy Birthday to your husband. What a gorgeous feast! @liamsaunt – Hope your husband recovers quickly. Love capons – I haven’t cooked one for years and need to! We had company this weekend. I only cooked one dinner – we went out the other nights. Dinner was CI’s BBQ shrimp: Bojangle’s Dirty Rice: No point in me making it, they do it better than I can. Good, crusty bread for soaking up the buttery shrimp sauce: And our favorite layered salad. Layers in an ugly plastic bowl: Napa, cauliflower, mayo, minced onions, bacon, hard-boiled eggs, Cheddar and sugar. Before tossing: And after:

Like, @kayb, I will occasionally take the time to do a huge slow cooker batch of caramelized onions. I pack them into small containers and freeze. What a luxury it is knowing that I have already prepared onions to add to anything I like. We had a guest this weekend. Saturday breakfast: Panettone French toast, country ham and eggs. For Sunday brunch, I made Breakfast Pockets: Whomp biscuit crusts with a filling of sausage, cheese, hashbrowns and eggs: Candied bacon: And some doughnuts from our favorite place:

Honestly, I think you could do it with almost any plain cooky. I do the Paula Deen one @Toliver linked above. It is our favorite.

Yes! If it is the middle of winter when my hands tend to be kind of rough, I can literally pick them up without actually grasping them. I do use them still to wipe out the bathroom sinks between real cleaning.

Jessica had a Christmas season job at Godiva and learned how to do the strawberries. Now she does them every year for our church's Easter Saturday vigil celebration. Chocolate covered strawberries and Champagne! Nobody breaks a fast like an Episcopalian!

Sardines in mustard and wheat Saltines. The wheat Saltines were an accident. The sardines were a choice. No one needs to see this.

Some of the ones that don't get used: Mr. Kim is now sure I'm crackers. He said, "are you taking pictures of dishtowels?"

We need a regurgitating emoji.

Damn. I hate when my knuckles hit! Mr. Kim deliberately uses knives that do that and it makes my teeth hurt. I can't figure out how he can stand it.

Not one pepper of any sort passes my lips.

Only if I can like it except for the pepper. Dinner tonight - Brunswick stew and hot rolls: