Archive for April, 2010

Tuesdays With Dorie – Chockablock Cookies

Posted by Mike Spoodles on April 27th, 2010 filed in food

You know how you play through The Legend of Zelda and you conquer a series of bosses (each of which requires a specific skill or tool), and then you get to the castle of the final boss and you need to use each one of those skills or tools to battle your way through the [...]

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Discount Shopping

Posted by Mike Spoodles on April 24th, 2010 filed in food

Went shopping at a local Bargain Outlet chain, and I had several weird pictures with nowhere to combine them. Something seemed not quite right about this sign. Orientals: At these prices, they’ll fly! I found this sticker book from 1990; this is my second time owning this sticker book, although last time was 20 years [...]

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Tuesdays With Dorie – Sweet Cream Biscuits

Posted by Mike Spoodles on April 20th, 2010 filed in food

These were really good and turned out perfectly. Gave us an excuse to cut, bread, and pan-fry some homemade “popcorn chicken.”

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Saturday Night and the Double Down

Posted by Mike Spoodles on April 18th, 2010 filed in food

I never really blog anymore, do I? It’s usually a brief sentence or two followed by the obligatory bad-lighting picture of whatever the heck it is. Whatever happened to my old blogtime posts of yore (now forgotten to the ages) that were full of thoughts and feelings and emotions and Bon Jovi lyrics? I feel [...]

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Swedish Visiting Cake

Posted by Mike Spoodles on April 13th, 2010 filed in food

This cake is real good and real fast. Should have baked it a little longer, as the middle was just a bit too liquid. Otherwise, a general success.

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Wednesdays With Dorie – Marbled Mocha Bundt Cake, and the First Annual Lando Calrissian “It’s Not My Fault” Technology Award

Posted by Mike Spoodles on April 7th, 2010 filed in food

You may have noticed that this website ceased to exist for five days. There was a billing snafu, but crack scientists worked for almost a week to figure out how to extract money from my credit card. I’m glad that they figured it out. Anyway, I’m giving myself the Lando Calrissian “It’s Not My Fault” [...]

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