I'm so ready for a month of flowers and sunshine! I just hope that May is that month (and not, say the month of sleet and frost warnings that it so often is). Regardless of whether May will be as beautiful as I hope it will be, The Chamberlain Calendar of American Cooking (Narcisse and Narcissa Chamberlain, 1957) is ready!
Is this May going to seem like another uninspired recap of March, right down to the raw winds? Well, the Chamberlains suggest warming up with a nice pot of chili.
While I am impressed that the recipe calls for detectible levels of seasonings (up to three tablespoons of chili powder in four to six servings!), I am not sure the Chamberlains really understand the concept of Texas chili. I'm no expert by any stretch of the imagination, but I thought the legal penalty for adding beans to Texas chili was putting rattlesnakes in the offending cook's boots.
If May actually ends up being a nice month, then something cool and creamy might be in order.
Honestly, though, I kind of like picturing the Chocolate Icebox Mousse as an accompaniment to the chili-- rugged cowboys finishing up the last of the chili so they can carefully unmold the lady fingers variation and try to divide it up evenly so Levi and Sawyer don't get in a fight over whose piece is bigger.
Happy May everyone! Here's hoping it is a month of mostly good surprises (and that Levi and Sawyer can work that shit out without driving the rest of us crazy).
For some reason it struck me as odd to see the standard oil company written underneath a picture of a wagon that looks like it would be pulled by a horse (which uses no oil), rather than a truck (which would use oil).
ReplyDeleteWell, maybe it was an oil-burning horse like those old-fashioned wood-burning cats Grandma Arbuckle talked about in the Garfield Christmas special.
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