Posted in Food, Odds & Ends on Jun 9th, 2008
Growing up in South Jersey exposes one to a rich and often disarming vernacular. What ails you was one of those catch all imponderables that seemed to be exclusive property of Salem, NJ and the area immediately surrounding that very old and very sleepy little hamlet. What ails you could function as a literal [...]
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Posted in Food on May 20th, 2008
This morning I’ll be hard at work as I complete the final stage of processing my first attempt at wine making. The six gallon carboy of golden nectar translates into approximately 30 bottles of wine (750 ml). While I have been making a fine blackberry desert wine for quite a number of years [...]
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Posted in Food, Fun on Oct 11th, 2007
Although well short of the 99 bottles of beer regaled in song during the group outings of my youth, I hope the 49 bottles of brown ale I bottled earlier today will make up in quality what is lacking in quantity. Of course patience will have to be my ally as my batch of brew [...]
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