Tag Archives: Albuquerque

You say “Tomato”, I say “Tomahto”

CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY MUSIC Well, tomato season is in the works, however, this year I had a few challenges in my  garden:  a beautiful mother bunny and her small charges.  After ordering 8 tomato plants from one of my … Continue reading

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The “Mulish” Microwave has Died – Will life go on?

CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY MUSIC “Microwaves (Are Watching You)” from Microwaves (Are Watching You) by Randy Rainbow. Released: 2017 In the fall of 2017, we had our kitchen completely remodeled.  After several weeks of banging, crashing, cursing (both from me … Continue reading

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Excuse Me, But There’s a Chihuahua in my Turkey !

CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY MUSIC Music – “What’s Cooking” from What’s Cooking by The Wolfe Gang. Released: 2010 In honour of Thanksgiving approaching, I’m running this earlier 2014 post about the questions posed to the Butterball Turkey Hot Line over … Continue reading

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It’s Almost Here – National Cookbook Month !

CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY MUSIC Music – “Happy Cooking” from Happy Cooking by Eiji Kitamura. Released: 1986 (partial re-posting of September 30, 2018)  For those not in the know, October features many “national” events,  however, my favourite October event is: National … Continue reading

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6,648 – It’s a gene! It’s a wedding gown! It’s a ???

Music -“Big Numbers” from I’ve Got Music in Me by Jack Hartmann. Released: 1995 CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY MUSIC What does the number 6,648 signify?  Well, I really wish 6,648 was the $$$ my insurance company had paid me after … Continue reading

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Tantalizing Tomato Taste? NOT!

CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY MUSIC Music – “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes”. Released: 2009. Once upon a time, tomatoes tasted good…..really good.  Now, unless you lovingly plant them in your backyard yourself and nurture them to fruition with care, the tomatoes … Continue reading

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Christmas in New Mexico and the “River of Lights”

CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY MUSIC Music – “Christmas in New Mexico” from Christmas in New Mexico by Jerry Dean. Released: 2013 (This is a partial re-post from 2013 with some great additions!) Christmas in New Mexico December, 1994 was my … Continue reading

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Excuse Me, But There’s a Chihuahua in my Turkey !

CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY MUSIC Music – “What’s Cooking” from What’s Cooking by The Wolfe Gang. Released: 2010 In honour of Thanksgiving later this week, I’m running this earlier 2014 post about the questions posed to the Butterball Turkey Hot … Continue reading

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The Refrigerator as Repository of Rancid Remnants

CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY MUSIC Music – “Livin’ In the Fridge” from Alapalooza by “Weird Al” Yankovic. Released: 1999 I recently heard that November 15th is “National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day“.  Some references suggest that Whirlpool Home Appliances started … Continue reading

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The Tortures and Trials of Tongue Twisting Translations

Music – “Fun Words from Foreign Languages” from Little Turtles by Davy Andrews. Released: 2012 CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY MUSIC Some time ago, I wrote about the fascinating experience of attempting to translate several foreign-language cookbooks I have in my collection, … Continue reading

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