Today’s BigLittleMeals’ quiz: which film are The Raggedys rooting for to win the Best Picture award at Sunday’s Academy Awards?
Hint: think about a pie made with key limes and about hard-boiled eggs.
Got it?? If not, there’s one more clue at the end. Plus, we have d-lish and simple recipes for a Key Lime Pie and for Curried Deviled Eggs (made with those hard-boiled eggs).
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I just ♪ put another log on the fire ♪ (did you know that Shel Silverstein wrote that song?), and I’m getting ready to make soup. It’s January. I’m looking forward to spring and re-birth – in our yard and elsewhere. Andy is having lotus/Lotus fantasies.
Soupcon. I love that word. Yes, soup’s on in our house, but our portions will be small. Could we say a soupcon of soup’s on? Admittedly, our kiddos think we underfeed them proportion-wise when they’re here.
In 1996 The Washington Post had a review of the film, I Shot Andy Warhol. The title of their review? “A Soupcon of Warhol in Every Scene.” To tie that into today’s world, the woman who shot Warhol – in 1968 – was Valerie Solanas, described by the Post as: the founder and (apparently) sole member of a revolutionary feminist sect called the Society for Cutting Up Men (a k a SCUM), and the author of “The SCUM Manifesto,” a rabid yet frequently hilarious polemic proclaiming the natural biological superiority of women and urging the eradication of the male sex. “Just because men, like disease, have been with us forever is no reason they should continue to exist,” she wrote.
But again I digress.
For your own personal SoupsOn evening, we have three suggestions.
First: a wonderful and easy clam chowder that is just ever-so-slightly adapted from my brother’s sister-in-law, Joyce. We like to keep things all in the family! Joyce reports that she in turn found the recipe in a 1967 edition – 1973 printing – of Sunset’s Seafood Cookbook….and has been making it on Christmas Eve ever since. It’s a go-to for us.
Or how about a red lentil soup? It’s Super Simple, quick to fix, healthy, pretty, delicious. What more could you want? Plus, you can tweak it so many ways.
And finally, a perfect chili for a cold winter’s night, one which we adapted from one of our favs – Melissa Clark from the NY Times.
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It seems we must be so cautious in what we write or say these days. Is “saucy” an okay expression? I looked it up in the Oxford dictionary:
British: Cheeky or impertinent
North American: Having or expressing a bold, lively, or spirited manner.
Since I’m firmly planted on the North American continent, I’ll run with it. Maybe I even aspire to be it!
Anyway, back in the good ol’ days of the 16th century, it simply meant “flavoured with sauce” and that’s our definition for today’s lagniappe blog on my favorite sweet sauce….to be drizzled over all kinds of desserts. Who can resist this ultimate-decadent-yumminess?
Melt the butter, brown sugar, milk, vanilla, and salt in a small saucepan over low heat, mixing well. Bring the mixture to a boil and cook for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir again. Cool slightly before serving; refrigerate and keep for up to a week.
