1. It's 45 degrees on the first Saturday of April here in the North Country, with the temperature headed to 78. Time to get out and smell the crocii (crocuses?).
2. Here's the macaroni and salami pie recipe:
One pound of hard cheese (the family recipe is quarter-pound yellow American and three-quarters of a pound white American. I used sharp cheddar).
One pound of hard salami (I used Genoa)
One pound of boiled ditalini (small, tube-shaped pasta. You can use elbows).
Eight eggs
Salt and pepper
Two pie plates with crust on the bottom
Preheat over to 375 degrees
When you order the cheese and salami, have it cut about a half-inch thick, four slices, then cube it.
Boil the ditalini, then mix everything together, salt and pepper to taste, and pour into the two pie crusts.
Cook at 375 for about 35 minutes. If pie is solid and crusts are browned, you are good to go.
3. At 8:05 tomorrow night, with the temperature around 60 degrees, Josh Beckett will face off with C.C. Sabathia as time begins again at Fenway Park. I cannot wait.
4. It's not a complete list, but Serious Eats has a nation-wide list of brew festivals. Thanks to my wife for pointing it out.
5. I want to thank everyone sending job leads. Keep 'em coming. You guys rock!
6. Who planted "Screams of the Vegetables in my head?"
7. There is an amazingly powerful slide show about Good Friday and the start of Easter Weekend around the world at MSNBC.
Edit: Just go look. The pic I posted was way too big. Picture No. 25 is just amazing.
2. Here's the macaroni and salami pie recipe:
One pound of hard cheese (the family recipe is quarter-pound yellow American and three-quarters of a pound white American. I used sharp cheddar).
One pound of hard salami (I used Genoa)
One pound of boiled ditalini (small, tube-shaped pasta. You can use elbows).
Eight eggs
Salt and pepper
Two pie plates with crust on the bottom
Preheat over to 375 degrees
When you order the cheese and salami, have it cut about a half-inch thick, four slices, then cube it.
Boil the ditalini, then mix everything together, salt and pepper to taste, and pour into the two pie crusts.
Cook at 375 for about 35 minutes. If pie is solid and crusts are browned, you are good to go.
3. At 8:05 tomorrow night, with the temperature around 60 degrees, Josh Beckett will face off with C.C. Sabathia as time begins again at Fenway Park. I cannot wait.
4. It's not a complete list, but Serious Eats has a nation-wide list of brew festivals. Thanks to my wife for pointing it out.
5. I want to thank everyone sending job leads. Keep 'em coming. You guys rock!
6. Who planted "Screams of the Vegetables in my head?"
7. There is an amazingly powerful slide show about Good Friday and the start of Easter Weekend around the world at MSNBC.
Edit: Just go look. The pic I posted was way too big. Picture No. 25 is just amazing.