The Guilty Pleasure of Deviled Ham

Here's a Hamapalooza 2015 recipe that's sure to tickle your hambone!

When you reach that point with your Easter ham that you have...

Shall we say...

Odds and ends... Pieces that are still really good, but way too irregular to…

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Stock Up for Hamapalooza!

This is truly not the glamorous part of cooking... but it’s a really valuable one. 

If your family is in the Ham-at-Easter camp, on Easter Monday, you get ready to break down all that's left of that pig taking up…

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The Salmon Are Always Running... in Ireland!

For your consideration...  A St. Patrick's Day flashback from a few years ago:  salmon three ways!

It's that time of year again!

You're either really Irish, or you wish you were!

So do yourself a favor, eschew the supposedly traditional…

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Irish Soda Bread for St. Paddy's!

 

Following a large number of requests... I'm going to repost a recipe for soda bread today...

Bear with me... and be prepared, I like a far more traditional recipe... no fat and no sugar or raisins...

So... while I have…

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St. Patrick's Day 2023 - Home Is Where The Feast Is!

Happy St. Patrick's Day! 

I know, I know... but the family names are McCann, Kavanagh, McCullough, Shannon, Murphy, O'Gara... 

Clearly... I have no choice.

In these rollercoaster times, we're at least to travel a bit more and enjoy spending with…

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Chickpea Curry with Paneer and Rice

 

I happened to have some milk rapidly approaching its use-by date.  So I made some paneer, just to be ready the next time we wanted some Indian food...

Paneer

Make fresh ricotta...

http://www.thisoldchef.com/blog.html/homemade_ricotta_with_fresh_herbs/

Drain about 1 hour in a towel-lined…

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Elegant and Easy (Poppyseed Cake)

 

I often wish that described me...

But in this case, it's a poppyseed cake I've been making since the early '80s.  The original recipe (found in the old Joy of Cooking) called for two layers and a pastry cream…

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