The Berry Collection (Farewell July)

relationships.

(The above post title is an actual fortune I once got.)

It's Kinda Better Than Just Buying Cider at the Store

Fair is Fair

To make up for missing last night's post, I present you with a single post drawn in the wrong notebook!

You are welcome.

Just A Smack of Honey!

My Guilty Pleasure Revealed

BEER.

I Speak From Experience

You're out of milk--where do you turn?

This doesn't feel half-assed, does it?

The awesome site referred to can be found here.

Well, I Just Had It For Dinner

Heart Attack/Diabetes Double Whammy!

Jelly? Overrated.

You Know You've Reached A New Low

Need I add that I actually ate this as a child, or is that now understood at this point?

On This Running Theme of My Childhood Poverty

Otherwise Known as Freedom Toast

Did I Mention We Were Poor Children?

Pardon the tardiness.

Morning Mishap--Hijinks Ensue

It's a meatball--in a pepper!

We Were Too Poor For Mott's

(mild) Flavor Explosion!

This book is neat.  Real simple.  I didn't actually follow the recipe to the letter, but still, real simple.  This is probably why in general, I don't cook and am bad at it.  I look at recipes and think "meh, I don't need that.  And I'm sure as hell not doing that" and end up scrapping or changing half because I'm lazy.  Really, I just opted out of the skin-on chicken the recipe called for, but come on, who wants skin on their chicken anyway?  We are a boneless skinless type of society.
So basically, it was a chicken with apricots recipe.  I don't feel like typing out the recipe (I just finished watching Volcano (yes, with Tommy Lee Jones) and I'm exhausted, what with all the liquid hot magma and social commentary) and I also am wondering about the legality of such things, so no actual recipe.  Instead, photos!

This is me cooking!  Or the chicken cooking anyway.  Chicken, apricots, onions, red wine, and red wine vinegar.  (I'll say no more as to the quantities or proportions.  Please don't sue me, Mark Bittman.)

This is me eating!  I really should have thought ahead and included a starch, like rice or noodles, but I didn't think ahead so I had no starch.  Hopefully I shall develop such meal planning skills as the month progresses.
Did I mention it tasted pretty good?  It did.  Chicken was a bit dry because I spent too long trying to reduce the sauce, but it was still pretty good.
Don't worry.  Tomorrow we'll go back to my lovely drawings and you won't have to look at any more of these color photos.

My Favorite Mold

Secrets From a Hoosier's Kitchen

FRUIT.

No Country for Salads

Forget Bread Bowls

Sound Advice

No really.  You have no idea how much better your bacon will taste if you just throw it in the oven for twenty minutes.  We're talking melt in your mouth deliciousness.

Better Than Crap (har har har)

This is the only recipe I know by heart.  Enjoy.  I think they're delicious.

Concerning July

This month's project will involve cooking.  Huzzah! 
Except there's no way in hell I'm actually cooking something every damn day.  Sorry.  Instead I will cook something nifty once a week and draw a cooking-related comic or figure every day. 
How does that sound?  Me, I think it sounds loads better than most of the one-sentence crap I was churning out for the month of June.