Recipes by Walter Blevins (Page 3)

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	Rustic Pot Pies by Walter Blevins Within a month in November and December most of us usually cook a couple of family feasts. Of course, as busy as restaurants are on Thanksgiving and Christmas, perhaps fewer of us are doing that. That’s too bad because a lot of the fun of cooking these feasts is the leftovers they provide.If I were really a new-age kind of guy, I…	1 vote 664 views
	Chicago-style Deep Dish Pizza by Walter Blevins The other day I suggested to Mrs. CB that it was pizza night and if she was willing I’d like to try another version—one that she’s only had one other time. And she bit at the bait I dangled. She’s always up for pizza, so I suggested Chicago-Style Deep Dish Pizza.I’ve had this delicacy a few times—especially when I lived in the…	1 vote 1566 views
	Holiday Fruitcake by Walter Blevins Fruitcake gets a bad rap. There are all kinds of old jokes about it that circulate especially this time of year. Stuff like how there’s only been one fruitcake ever made and it just keeps getting passed from person to person each holiday season getting harder and harder each year.Then there’s the fruitcakes that we saw at Costco…	1 vote 674 views
	Mexican Noodle Soup by Walter Blevins Cheap Bastid is always looking for recipes that promise to be tasty, easy and inexpensive. Recently I stumbled across a soup which made my mouth water from reading the recipe—and that was good enough to make me save the recipe, research it some more and come up with my own “Cheap Bastidized” version of Mexican Noodle soup or Sopita…	1 vote 612 views
	Cheap Bastid’s Orange Chicken by Walter Blevins OK, everybody out there who likes Panda Express’ “Orange Chicken” raise your hand! Yep, there’s a lot of us who enjoy the slightly gooey sweetness with just a bit of kick in it.You can make it yourself, you know. But let me tell you, it’s just a little bit of a pain in the butt. Don’t let that deter you because it’s pretty much…	1 vote 679 views
	Hand Pies by Walter Blevins I was watching “The Chew” a week or so ago and saw a piece on “Hand Pies”. Now, to channel my inner George Carlin, a hand pie is a pie that you eat with your hand—“Thank you Captain Obvious!”It’s made with regular pie crust but rather than putting the crust in a dish and then filling it and then topping it with more crust, you roll…	1 vote 633 views
	Chicken Breast and Waffle Sandwiches by Walter Blevins You let your mind wander over all the different kinds of food and tastes, searching for a flavor that you can cook, for a type of food you can adapt. Your mouth starts to water and you get an idea: “What if…”“Hmmm, what if I…And it comes to you. An idea. You start to bend it and twist it, figuring out flavor and cooking technique…	1 vote 937 views
	Homemade Refrigerator Cucumber Pickles by Walter Blevins It’s been just flat out hot here in the San Diego area for the last couple of weeks. So hot that we just don’t want to cook and heat up the kitchen. So hot, we don’t look at the weather forecast on TV.Way back in the ancient days of the late 1950’s and early 1960’s we lived in a little house on the southside of Tampa, Florida. I…	1 vote 603 views
	Shredded Pork Sammiches by Walter Blevins I got home last evening, the first in nearly a week, in time to cook something for dinner. It’s doubtful in the good old U.S. of A. that there’s any occupation that’s as degrading and unrewarding (both personally and financially) than selling cars for a living.But that’s what I do. And I try to keep a good firm grasp on my integrity…	1 vote 615 views
	Pretzel Buns by Walter Blevins Have you noticed the commercials from both Wendy’s and Sonic touting their new pretzel buns? Wendy’s is promoting a pretzel bun cheeseburger while Sonic is peddling a hotdog in a pretzel bun.I see those commercials and think to myself, “Self, those look good.” Have you noticed? In the world of fast food, they look really tasty.…	1 vote 1427 views