Category Archives: party and entertaining food

It’s Hot Dog Extravaganza!

What could possibly be more “All American” than hot dogs?  Well, maybe a good John Philips Sousa march but there’s not a whole lot else. As I little kid I loved eating “Coney” dogs for free at my grandparents’ A&W … Continue reading

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Quick and Easy Potato Salad

Comedian Ron White has this really funny monologue where he says that he once gave an alias to a cop by telling him that “They call me “Tater Salad”.  Well today’s recipe is ‘Tater Salad” but they still don’t call … Continue reading

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Cheap Bastid’s Pretty Doggone Good Grilled Hamburgers

Yeah, I make a “pretty doggone good hamburger”.  Other bloggers and recipe sources have been extolling the virtues of their “perfect hamburgers”or “the only hamburger recipe you’ll ever need” or “the best grilled hamburger” all over Yahoo and other places … Continue reading

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Summertime Corn Salad

During our weekly vegetable safari at Fraiser’s Farms grocery store Saturday, I came across the first sweet corn of the season.  And it was pretty reasonable at 6 ears for $1, plus it was nice and big and fat.  So … Continue reading

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The World’s Greatest Pizza–Cheap Homemade Pizza Recipe

Everybody loves pizza, right?  Here’s a cheap homemade pizza we call the “world’s greatest pizza”.  Give it a try. You know, the best pizza we ever had was along the Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las  Vegas about 3 or 4 … Continue reading

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