It's so hot I don't want to acknowledge that a world exists outside my front door. To prepare for living in Texas, one must sit in their bathroom with a hair dryer blowing in their face for at least 4 hours, increasing said exposure by 15 minute increments for at least 6 months. It's the only way. Trust me.
Why am I going THERE? Why am I sitting here bitching and moaning about being hot in August in Texas? Because I was in the middle of cropping pictures for my latest entry, all right in the world when suddenly it wasn't. The fan that I have heard reliably for the past two summers suddenly stopped whirring. I asked if anyone else heard that and nobody had words. I went outside to hear a buzzing where there used to be a whirr and a breeze. Instead of smelling outdoors, it smelled like burned metal.
A day of hell. It got to 95 degrees in this "house". Anyone who says the heat in Texas is "a different kind of heat" is friggen' correct.
The point is, I don't know what I was going to write about when I was doing these cards. I don't know how inspiring, witty or funny it was going to be. This insanity inducing hell heat robbed me of sanity and all I had left were these lousy Weight Watcher's cards.
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Let's hope for the sake of sakes, your "company" also includes people with the same severe dietary restrictions as you have. That would be awkward. |
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There's always a part two to these cards. These baby food balls neither sound like something I would eat, nor do they sound like something I would snub. However, the sauce is boss and it lost me. |
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That looks like just enough food to really piss me off. Nothing else. |
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Oh a Newburg. Yawn yay. I will say this Newburg has more sherry extract in it than the fake sangria I first posted. |
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Buckey. Who'd hurt this little fella? Can't skewer him and turn him into Basturma because he's infected. |
My head is cooled. I have prevailed. I hear the a/c fan running as it should. I will sleep with one ear open until
December.

Found your blog via Months of Edible Celebrations and am I glad I did! I adore vintage cookbooks and terrible gelatin molds as much as I hate summer - was so glad to read you do, too. I am dreaming of late October and have been since about April.
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I LOVE your website and your dry sense of humour. From a Canadian chef living in uptight Denmark:-D
ReplyDeleteBuckey and Ranger! hahahahaa :-D my guinea pig is an asshole, too- I think about cooking him every Thanksgiving!
ReplyDeleteI too collect old cookbooks 50's through to 80's just to read the recipes and look at the photos! Wish I could share some of mine. What got me started was a book of my Mum's that had a recipe for turtle soup - open can and heat soup, add 3/4 bottle of sherry with a photo of what looked like dog sick post grass binge. I too am a 70's child and it is a nostalgia fest. Thought I was the only one until I found this tonight! Wish I could share some of my beauties...
ReplyDeleteYes male guinea pigs are arseholes. We joke about eating ours at least once a week.
ReplyDeleteI've never seen it spelled Ćevapćići but it's generally pronounced Chey-VOP-ee. It's pretty tasty. They're eaten like kebabs on flatbread. It's a Bosnian specialty (at least that's what Bosnians tell me).
ReplyDeleteI love you and would pay for more of this. I'm obsessed. TOTALLY AMAZING. When feeling down, I come to this site. Do more. MORE.
ReplyDeleteI love you and would pay for more of this. I'm obsessed. TOTALLY AMAZING. Do more. MORE.
ReplyDeleteI do a series "Throwback Thursday" with insane vintage recipe and sexist vintage ads.
ReplyDeleteThese recipe cards are fabulous!
Is there any chance at all you could photograph the backs of them also so I could share the recipes along with the pictures?
Or that I could buy them from you?
I realize you haven't posted in awhile, but I would, of course, link back to you if you would do the photograph option.
My website is: http://www.thehousewifemodern.com
My e-mail is jenniferlandsberger [at symbol] gmail.com (I write it that way to prevent spambots from scanning sites and flooding me)
Thank you for sharing these!
Jennie
Discovered your blog by means of Months of Edible Celebrations and am I happy I did! I love vintage cookbooks and horrendous gelatin shape to such an extent
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