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In bacon we trust….

January 11, 2012 by Peabody · 32 Comments

I’m not totally sure how it started but someone suggested I run for President. I said no thanks that I had too many skeletons and it wasn’t a very fun job anyway. Then someone else piped up that I should just run for Congress then, as they are allowed to have skeletons. :) We had some lovely slogans all centered around my joke that I stay larger so people can see me better. :P We had things like “there’s more of me to love thanks to bacon” and “vote for Peabody I have more cushin’ for pushin’”. That last one coming from my bff in California who hates overly skinny women. :) To ensure I keep up with my figure to run for Congress I best figure out how to eat more bacon in my everyday life. We were discussing on my Facebook page how restaurants and recipes don’t call for enough bacon. You will notice this recipe calls for a pound. You can use more or less but I didn’t want to skimp after we just had a discussion about it. These are a diet killer in every … [Read more...]

Filed Under: baked goods, Bread, breakfast treat · Tagged With: Bacon, Maple, monkey bread

It’s a nice day for a…

January 10, 2012 by Peabody · 22 Comments

When I went a few years ago to a Food Blogger Conference I was in awe of how many people told me I was just like I was on my blog. This didn’t make any sense to me as of course I was like how I was on my blog, it’s my blog. Until I started to mingle with other people. People who’s blogs I read and realized that many of them in real life are much quieter in person and reserved compared to their blogs. In a way their blog is their way of letting out their inner extrovert. This was facsinating to me but also a good lesson. It’s a good lesson to remember if you follow me on Pinterest. Let’s review a few emails involving Pinterest. I’m just posting this one but I can assure you that this question gets asked A LOT: “This comes from a place of love even if it’s nosey. I follow you on Pinterest and you pin bunches and bunches of wedding dresses, are you getting married? Oh please say yes, I would love for you to be getting married and be happy.” First off, I do … [Read more...]

Filed Under: baked goods, Bread, fruit · Tagged With: banana bread, Cinnamon, Pinterest

Best of friends…

January 4, 2012 by Peabody · 19 Comments

I don’t think best friends work for most adults. I don’t really think they work all that well for kids either but right now I am focusing on the adults. A friend of mine basically started a discussion on how we don’t really have best friends. Most of us had concluded that we had someone we called our best friend but they were back from college or even high school days and in reality knew very little about what was actually going on in our day to day lives. And we all concluded that no one we know lived like a Friends episode. I have this too. The female that most people assume is my best friend still lives in Phoenix. I probably speak to her physically on the phone maybe once a year and we text maybe a few times a month. How is it that this person is expected to be my best friend? It’s a good question and the one that we have been mulling over. I think one thing that comes into play is that people end up marrying their best friend kind of thing. When you used to run and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bread, chocolate, fruit, pudding/custards · Tagged With: Bread Pudding, Chocolate chip, orange

Nice package….

January 4, 2012 by Peabody · 16 Comments

Dear Packaging, You suck. Me I realize that you don’t want to make it too easy to break into a package of razor blades from Costco but at some point I would like to be able to remove them from the package after I purchase them. My first problem was trying to do this with my bare hands. Perhaps it was my over inflated ego of my Physical Therapist telling me I had super strong forearms that made me think I could rip through the packaging. I could not. Then I decided to open it with the metal nail file that is attached to my toe nail clipper. I think you see where this is heading. Disaster and a new puncture wound. But that did not stop me, I finally punctured something other than me. Stupidly I assumed now that it was punctured I could rip it open with my bare hands again. Yep, not so much (I’m starting to think my PT was lying to me about my super forearms of doom). Some sort of plastic coating was not in my way. I did what I normally do, which is swearing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: baked goods, Bread · Tagged With: buttermilk, Cinnamon, Quick Bread