Back to the Past

Here we go. This is a fine example of comfort food. Good old, oowy, gooey, rice krispies treats. When was the last time you made them? I made these today with the new flavor krispies, chocolate and vanilla. Very nice. It was a substitute for the Cinna-Bons roll that I droolingly chose and paid for this morning at the mall and inadvertantly walked off without. I was so busy putting away my change nice and neatly that I walked off leaving my 2000 calorie bun in a box on the counter. I hope the salesgirl gave it to the next customer.

Carnival Squash review

Ok. I made the first of my squash. Carnival, cut with bench scraper and hammer, (worked very well, btw) microwaved and dressed with a dab of butter, some brown sugar, and raisins. It was sort of mealy fleshed, stringy like spaghetti squash, mild taste. I really liked the raisin on it.

Foodie Chapter 2

What a beautiful array of colors in these squash. Just like the colors of the fall leaves. I have never prepared winter squash at home except pre-cut butternut. These are butternut, sweet dumpling, carnival, acorn, and amber cup. I invested in a bench scraper as recommended by Cooks Illustrated so that I can safely cut these. Reports and photos as we cook and taste to follow.

I bought these on sale at Smiths for 99 cents a pound bringing the total to a over $11!!!!!