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Sappy and sweet and worth every bite

5/1/2022

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heart shaped pancake with a swirl of syrup on a white plate
It seems I just can't help myself. Every time I make pancakes, which isn't all that often, I use the end of the batter to make heart shaped pancakes ... for anyone who's getting a plate. Doesn't matter how old you are.

Last week I made pancakes, and when I put the plates on the table (for just the two of us), there were smiles all around, including mine.

It's a silly thing and I sometimes say, nah, don't bother ... or, that's for kids, don't be so goofy. But then I do it anyway ... because even though it's silly and a bit corny, it shines some extra light on the day.

So let's not worry about being silly or corny or sappy(!) and do it anyway because it feels good ... no matter how old you are.

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Even the doubters love this puddin'

5/29/2020

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Collage: Chocolate Avocado Pudding
Two too many avocados. All ripe with no recipe to go to.

Well, I should say, no recipe I'd made before that I wanted to make again. I wanted something different.

I needed a recipe.

When I saw the name of the recipe: Chocolate Avocado Pudding, I wasn't sure to what to think other than, what an odd combination of ingredients.

But it works. Avocado and chocolate ... and some maple syrup and a splash of milk.

It's so good every time I place a little bowl of pudding on the table, I ask, "Want some puddin, Puddin?"

Yes, please.

If avocados don't make it on your grocery list very often, but you like chocolate pudding, you might want to try the recipe. I use dark cocoa powder and add extra maple syrup. And, according to The Pretty Bee where you can find the recipe, it's paleo and vegan. Two more reasons (if you're looking for one) to try it. Yum, yum.

Do you have recipes with odd ingredient pairings? Do tell.

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Who will tap the trees?

3/10/2020

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a cup of sap from the tree - looks like water
Sap from the tree = like water
Who will tap the trees?
Nearly every morning I walk the neighborhood. Up one block and down another. And every spring I look forward to seeing the sap buckets hanging.

But it seems the people who lived in the houses and tapped the trees moved. From both places.

One family used traditional metal buckets, and the other used plastic. The plastic buckets were translucent and I could see the sap levels rise from one day to the next. I'm going to miss that.

a cup of syrup from boiled sap
Boiled-down sap = syrup

My brother has lots of hobbies and fortunately, one of them is making maple syrup. Did you know it takes 40 gallons of sap to make one gallon of syrup? The two glasses above (sap and syrup) are samples from his his harvest.

What does sap taste like?
Straight from the tree, sap tastes like water. It's not sweet, but if you concentrate, you can (kinda, sorta, maybe) taste a hint of maple. Though sometimes I think we want so much for it to taste like maple syrup before it is maple syrup we trick our taste buds into thinking it does.

As the sap water boils down, the liquid thickens, the color shifts, and it becomes syrup. Sweeter and sweeter the more it cooks down.

There are still no buckets in the neighborhood. But I'm watching.

What signs of spring do you see in your neighborhood?
Drawing of blue ribbon syrup
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