CrankyDave

Some of you already know I have a passion for gardening and cooking. It’s how I get away from the daily grind and I truly enjoy the time I spend in my gardens and kitchen. I am absolutely by no means a chef. I just love to cook. A current thread at WPW titled Tomato [...]

I do love pickles! No Chicago hotdog would be complete without a dill pickle spear and a Bloody Mary would fall flat without a tasty dill pickle spear. I have to admit that even though I’m a gardener and grow my own cucumbers, not only for salads, but to make and can pickles, I can’t [...]

I just finished rereading Dave Pasternack – Master Chef Extraordinaire and while I don’t agree with all the thoughts Greg shares, he does make a very good point. It’s likely that some folks searching for Dave Pasternack aren’t particularly interested in person that thought it was a good idea to insult the SEO industry, but [...]

I love Thanksgiving! Lots of food and NFL football all day. If your household is anything like mine, there’s plenty of leftover turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing and gravy. I always cook far more than we need. After all, what’s Thanksgiving without plenty of leftovers? So it is in the Thanksgiving spirit, and all those lovely [...]

Those of you fellow gardeners who like to grow zucchini know what it’s like to check your garden and suddenly see the “monster zucchini” lurking behind a leaf that you know wasn’t there yesterday. Sounds familiar doesn’t it? Well, short of giving to a neighbor, making more zucchini bread than you could possibly eat, or [...]