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Happy Birthday CBSOP

Jerry — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:49:36 +0000

Just a quick note to say that CBSOP turned three years old today. I hope to be here for another three and beyond, but I wouldn’t be here doing this at all if it weren’t for all of you wonderful folks out there.

In the past three years this place has seen hundreds of posts written and hundreds … [visit site to read more]

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Back to basics

Jerry — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:10:22 +0000

Now that we’re in the new year, I thought I’d talk a little about the direction that Cooking by the seat of my Pants will be taking this year. For this blog the theme of the year is “back to basics”.

In all my writing here I have neclected the simpler items that grace our family table, this is completely wrong, and needs to be stopped. Who am I tho assume that everyone in the world knows how to make brown gravy, or a bechamel?

It is sometimes hard to remember what it was like when I was … [visit site to read more]

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Happy New Year

Jerry — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:57:01 +0000

I’m in agreement with my good friend Peter this year. No long speeches, no resolutions, no fuss. Just wishes to you and yours for a very happy and safe new … [visit site to read more]

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Problem solved

Jerry — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:07:48 +0000

Over the past few days I’ve received a few messages stating that some readers could not view the actual post content on this site. It took a bit, but it boiled down to an error in Internet Explorer that caused that section of the pages to load improperly. (We’re not getting in to how stupid a parse-error this was, mind you.)

While browsers such as Firefox and Safari simply ignored the issue and displayed the pages properly, Internet Explorer, for some obtuse reason known only to the … [visit site to read more]

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What are your Halloween Traditions?

Jerry — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:29:43 +0000

As a kid I was, as are most children, a huge fan of October 31st. I find that as I got older, I don’t care for the holiday as much, but I was wondering… What are your Halloween traditions?

Do you celebrate Halloween? If so, is it trick-or-treating or just watching a bunch of scary movies throughout the month? do you look forward to costume parties and get-togethers or are you more the sit-home and pass out candy type? Are you involved at all, or do you just turn off the porch light … [visit site to read more]

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The Holidays are coming. Are you ready?

Jerry — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:01:47 +0000

Winter is fast approaching, with some parts of the country already deep into cold weather. With rising heating costs and even higher expectations of what the Holidays should be for most families this time of year can put a lot of pressure on parents. Not only do you have to keep the house warm, the bills paid and food on the table, but you’ve got to save money away for the gifts of the season, if that’s your … [visit site to read more]

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Out with the new, in with the True

Jerry — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:24:17 +0000

I mentioned in an earlier post that I was completely disenchanted with the new theme I designed for Cooking, by the seat of my Pants! After just a few weeks of looking at This:

I had determined that it simply wasn’t going to work for this blog, … [visit site to read more]

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What was I thinking? A call for help.

Jerry — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 18:43:50 +0000

Have you ever worked your tail off on something for weeks, really pouring your heart, soul and creative juices into a project just to come back to it a few weeks later and say:

What the hell was I thinking?

Yeah. That’s me right now.

When I decided to update the look and feel of Cooking, by the seat of my Pants! last month, I was awestruck by the theme I built for my wife and determined that it would be a perfect for this site. I wanted to simplify … [visit site to read more]

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Forgive me Father…

Jerry — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:24:41 +0000

OK, this isn’t at all involved with food, but it’s interesting enough that I felt it had to be shared, so please allow a short digression. I promise it will make you think for a minute, if nothing else.

Watch the video before reading on, if you please. You won’t understand the rest of the post if you don’t…

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Awww Grapes! (Or: the little treasures a new home provides)

Jerry — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 02:37:00 +0000

Grapes. Specifically the grapes growing on a vine that’s overtaken a manzanita tree in my back yard. These are just one of the surprises that our new home has given us. This one is a California foodie’s dream, considering that the leaves can be used for so many wonderful things as well as the fruit that this … [visit site to read more]

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