Category Archives: Rants

In Our Kitchen

Posted on 03/02/2015 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

Who can guess what is pictured above. Winner gets a super prize called self satisfaction. Here is another hint. Pork shoulder finally went on sale. Enough hints. Anyway a friend made us a fantastic note holder out of old corks. … Continue reading →

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Sunday Suppers: Got Venison?

Posted on 03/01/2015 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

Here are some ways to take advantage of deer season or the generosity of your hunter friends like we do. Stuff it Stew it Grill it Sear it Or simply pack it  

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In Our Kitchen

Posted on 02/02/2015 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

Above is the first course/munching tray Katherine made for my birthday while we grilled the steaks and deep fried the potatoes. It featured some homemade pickles, deli favorites like pimento cheese and excellent pates and cold cuts from a new … Continue reading →

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In Our Kitchen: Christmas Parties and Presents

Posted on 01/02/2015 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

Like many of you the last month was filled with a lot of parties, baking and drinking. Although here that is every month. Above was a fairly decent tequila brought by a party goer that disappeared into a lot of … Continue reading →

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Ho Ho Ho

Posted on 12/25/2014 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

Merry Christmas to all. We hope everyone has a relaxing holiday filled with joy. And a wide assortment of the greatest potato chip ever.

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In Our Kitchen: The Remnants of One Holiday and Signs of Another

Posted on 12/01/2014 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

Like many other folks everything is about eating leftovers up after Thanksgiving. This is the only time when a turkey sandwich has to have cranberry sauce, gravy and stuffing on it and when breakfast has to turn into a heart … Continue reading →

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My Brief, Winning Foray Into “Redneck” Cooking

Posted on 11/07/2014 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

By Katherine My food isn’t always popular among my coworkers. For every hit, like biscotti, there has been a colossal miss — the muffin that broke an attorney’s fork and the polenta disks with baked ham and homemade pepper jam … Continue reading →

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In Our Kitchen

Posted on 09/02/2014 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

The pickling season is full steam ahead. I am hoping for a large batch of pickled okra, hot pepper jam and pickled peppers. Right now I am experimenting with brine ratios for the okra. So far sweet red onion and … Continue reading →

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The Kitchen is Done

Posted on 03/01/2014 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

The kitchen is finally finished. The color scheme is much better than the old kitchen and I have to admit that kneading bread on the new stone counter is so nice. Even though we kept the layout similar the new … Continue reading →

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A Sneak Peak — In My Kitchen

Posted on 02/08/2014 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

The cabinets have finally been installed so all we have to do is wait on the counters. Then I can install the sink and the oven vent. It took two days to get all of the kitchen stuff out of … Continue reading →

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