Category Archives: Comfort Food

The Bird, Bird, Bird–The Bird is the Word!

Posted on 11/10/2012 by Walter Blevins

Today’s the day.  I’ve got the day off and then I’m working all weekend.  So today I have to do up my grocery list for Thanksgiving and check out where I can get “The Bird”. But then again, we don’t … Continue reading →

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Meatloaf and Eggs

Posted on 11/08/2012 by Walter Blevins

Eating good is often about getting creative with stuff you just happen to have on hand.  Last week I did up a meatloaf.  Two pounds worth.  That means leftovers. I love meatloaf sandwiches.  One of my favorite ways is to … Continue reading →

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Holiday Baked Sweet Potatoes

Posted on 11/06/2012 by Walter Blevins

One of my “secrets” is that I’ve come to really love sweet potatoes.  So many people make them once or twice a year at Thanksgiving or Christmas.  I’ve gotten to the point where I make them a dozen or more … Continue reading →

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“Meatloaf, Smeatloaf, Double Beatloaf”

Posted on 11/04/2012 by Walter Blevins

OK, time for one of my favorites that I just have to have every few months.  Homemade old-fashioned meatloaf.  Beaver Cleaver used to complain about it.  So did Richie Cunningham.  But they both ate it—begrudgingly.  Their perfect Moms made imperfect … Continue reading →

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“Mushroom Soupless” Holiday Green Bean Casserole

Posted on 10/30/2012 by Walter Blevins

Garrison Keillor has often included references to Cream of Mushroom soup in his monologues about Lake Wobegon on “A Prairie Home Companion”.  According to him, Cream of Mushroom soup is one of the things that Scandinavian Lutherans and Germanic Catholics … Continue reading →

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