Category Archives: winter

A Big Ham Bone is Surely Sweet

Posted on February 11, 2011 by jkmcintyre

My tia Connie made a homemade ham bone & split pea soup last winter. I didn’t think I liked split pea soup. I was wrong. Ever since then, I have been wanting to try making a hambone-based soup. Last week biking by The Swinery in West Seattle, it occured to me to stop and pick up something ‘ham’. That something turned out to be a ham hock.

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Winter Fare

Posted on January 22, 2011 by jkmcintyre


Ah…winter soups…

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Drip…drip…drip

Posted on December 23, 2008 by jkmcintyre

The temperature rose above freezing today. Icicles dripped water from every corner of the house, and yesterday’s snow-packed streets today became the slush rivers of springtime in my childhood Ontario. I convinced Scott to break after lunch and walk down … Continue reading →

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MORE SNOW!

Posted on December 19, 2008 by jkmcintyre

This is so much fun. Yesterday as it fell in fat heaps so gently from the thick sky, I was reminded that I have X-country skis! Snap! Snap! and I am off on the streets and sidewalks of West Seattle. … Continue reading →

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