Category Archives: Eating

Here we celebrate the best kind of food enjoyment: eating somebody else’s cooking, whether it be in a fine dining establishment or a hole in the wall.

Recipe: Daddy Burgers

Posted on June 23, 2020 by Burnt My Fingers

When we make burgers in the Burnt My Fingers household, we make Daddy Burgers. Enjoyed by over two generations. The ingredient list is fixed but the proportions are approximate; vary to suit your taste. (As written, the recipe is conservative … Continue reading →

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Chilling and Grilling for Father’s Day

Posted on June 18, 2020 by Burnt My Fingers

We did our grilling for Father’s Day a few days early because of some planned travel. The results were good, so we’re passing them along. The numbers refer to the keys on the photo above. 1.The basic plan: we took … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Healthy Cole Slaw

Posted on June 16, 2020 by Burnt My Fingers

All coleslaw is healthy cole slaw because of its cancer-preventing, COVID-fighting properties, but this recipe gets an extra boost by using yogurt rather than mayo or oil as the main creamy element. An excellent sweet/sour balance is achieved through a … Continue reading →

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The end of Takeout 2.0?

Posted on June 9, 2020 by Burnt My Fingers

On March 26 we wrote about Takeout 2.0—the new phenomenon in which fine dining restaurants were shifting to takeout to stay in business during the darkest days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, many of the restrictions are easing. In my … Continue reading →

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Cure COVID with cabbage?

Posted on June 4, 2020 by Burnt My Fingers

The other day I needed something healthy and crunchy to go with the last of my Instant Pot Thai Roast Pork. So I pulled a half head of cabbage out of the refrigerator, shredded it on the coarsest side of … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Mom’s Meatloaf

Posted on June 2, 2020 by Burnt My Fingers

Maybe we should call this Many Moms Meatloaf because it combines a number of best practices from around the internet. Feel free to make your own adaptations. Carrots are non-traditional and you can leave them out if you don’t enjoy … Continue reading →

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Recipe: MaryLou Whitney Cheese Wafers

Posted on May 28, 2020 by Burnt My Fingers

MaryLou Whitney Cheese Wafers are the creation of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, the gracious woman who was the queen of social life in Saratoga Springs until her passing in 2019 at the age of 93. This recipe was found in … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Instant Pot Thai Roast Pork

Posted on May 26, 2020 by Burnt My Fingers

This is the comforting, salty-sweet dish everybody loves, adapted to make Instant Pot Thai Roast Pork. (If you don’t have an Instant Pot you can slow-cook the pork in a crockpot or dutch oven.) It’s actually a bit mild for … Continue reading →

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Quarantining with the Colonel

Posted on May 21, 2020 by Burnt My Fingers

Fried chicken is good food for times of self-isolation. It’s crunchy, greasy, bad for you and just as tasty (we think) cold as it is hot. That’s why a lot of folks are quarantining with the Colonel with a takeout … Continue reading →

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Highland Park Cafeteria is closed for good

Posted on May 19, 2020 by Burnt My Fingers

We dreaded going on their website, because we feared we would find that Highland Park Cafeteria is closed for good. Their clientele, after all, is very close to the profile of nursing home residents who have been hard hit by … Continue reading →

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