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Sunday, August 29, 2004
Agaricus Amicosus Omelette
We had our second experience eating wild mushrooms found on the cabin property this weekend.
Lynne found a big beautiful agaricus amicosus on Friday afternoon. We were sure of the identification since we had one identified at the mushroom festival in Denver last weekend. So, on Saturday morning, we cooked up some bacon and crumbled it. Then, in a couple of teaspoons of the bacon grease we cooked the sliced mushroom. I then made a big omelette stuffed with bacon crumbles, the mushroom, and some cheese.
It was great! And, we are still here to talk about it!
Posted under: Cabin News • Mushroom Articles • by Rick Robinson on 08/29/2004 at 09:57 PM
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Thursday, July 29, 2004
Mid-Summer Mushrooms
We had quite a few different kinds of mushroom growing on the land when we visited last weekend.
Follow this link to a web site where I’ve posted a few pictures and descriptions:
And, here is the recipe we used to cook up the Angel Wings:
Posted under: Mushroom Articles • by Rick Robinson on 07/29/2004 at 11:08 AM
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Wednesday, July 07, 2004
The House Needs New Shingles?!
Over the weekend a man stopped by the house and declared, “You have those defective shingles on your roof.” Then continued to tell me about defective Owens Corning shingles that the company was replacing at no cost and that he could help me make the claim for new shingles and do all the work at no cost to me.
Sounded to me like a scam.
Posted under: Stuff You Gotta Know! • by Rick Robinson on 07/07/2004 at 11:35 AM
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Wednesday, June 30, 2004
Whole Foods Opens Store in Fort Collins
Whole Foods has opened a store in Fort Collins in the old Montgomery Ward building. It seems to have taken them a long time to remodel and prepare the site, but it is worth the wait. I’ve lobbied Whole Foods for a Fort Collins store for a couple of years…and, I was apparently not the only one!
We visited the store for the first time Wednesday morning, and I am so very happy! The selection of fresh fish, meats, organic produce, cheeses, etc. is just fantastic. The people are helpful and knowledgeable. The store is beautiful and fun to shop. The aromas are mouth watering.
Of course, consistent with their reputation, they are not a cheap place to shop, so we won’t do our everyday shopping there. But, when I need fresh fish, custom cuts of meat, special cheeses, or gourmet items not available elsewhere, I’ll be roaming their aisles!
Welcome to Fort Collins, Whole Foods!
Posted under: Food and Cooking • by Rick Robinson on 06/30/2004 at 11:52 AM
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Tuesday, June 29, 2004
A Terrific Web Site for One-of-a-Kind, Hand-made Stuffed Animals
A year ago, or so, Lynne discovered several auctions on eBay featuring hand-made “teddy bears” from a woman in Germany. She makes bears, but also other critters like dogs and cats. Most of her creations are one-of-a-kind or are made in very limited quantities. They are extraordinarily well made and of the highest quality.
We have adopted two of her creations: Happy the Bernese Mountain Dog puppy and Feivel the bear that wants to be a mouse.
These make great unique and special gifts. But, I’m featuring her web site here to encourage you to explore her site and the creativity she brings to her photography and web site design. She makes these critters come to life!
The web site is in German, but very self-explanatory. There is an “eBay” link that will take you to her German eBay auctions. To find her stuff on the American eBay site, just search for seller: “baerenliebe-teddys”. (Be sure you do a search for seller, not just a general search or you won’t get any results.)
Posted under: Stuff You Gotta Know! • by Rick Robinson on 06/29/2004 at 10:49 AM
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