Archive for November, 2006

HUHO: Green Chili Burritos

By House of Mayhem
The Hard Way:
Each recipe makes approx. 10 burritos. You can freeze leftovers, IF ANY! It can be thawed, and with added water, makes a nice stew over rice. Aging improves the flavor!

1 head cabbage
1 lb. meat-chicken, beef, or pork. Preferably lean and cut into ΒΌ inch cubes. If using a whole […]

HUHO: The Housing Debacle

Lindsay, an old friend and fellow single mommy, details the runaround she’s gone through this month in regards to trying to find affordable housing for herself and her son. These numbers and locations are in the Lafayette, Indiana area, but similar programs exist in nearly every area of the U.S. So do the […]

HUHO: Keep Feeding Yourself

Mary McQueen offers two more recipes for the bundle. These look like things you could make in bulk and eat on for awhile, a technique of mine to save time during the week.
Tomato and Spinach Soup
Note: K, I have to admit, this first one I have jacked from Rachael Ray, but it is delicious, […]

More on Thrift Store Shopping

I had to add to the suggestions on thrift store shopping because it’s basically how I’ve clothed myself for the last six years.
1. Contrary to the folks who commented below, I don’t thrift in town if I can help it. I travel to the smaller towns in the region, avoid Goodwill and Salvation […]

HUHO: Thrift Smart

gennimcmahon writes a long description of how to shop thrift stores and get your $2 worth:
If there’s one thing I know, I know thrifting for clothes. I haven’t worn much in the line of new clothing in years, but you wouldn’t know it from looking at me. Some things I have learned:
1. Familiarize yourself with […]

Funny

I remembered today why I quit blogging. I’m almost there again.

HUHO: Free, Printable Recipe Books

This is an awesome contribution. Kathy writes:
I don’t have a blog or anything, but I’d like to contribute some tasty and fairly cheap curry and other recipes to the project. The recipes.doc file is a cookbook I put together a few years ago with family recipes and some contributions from the mother in […]

HUHO: Buy Cheap, Aim Healthy

Catty writes:
If there is a Trader joe’s nearby, whole wheat pasta that is actually delish is available for a buck a package. Their tomato sauce is also very affordable, and often organic to boot. That can make the trusty spaghetti much healthier than using regular spaghetti and Ragu sauce. Their cereals and […]

Other Bloggy Information

As Hugo announced on his blog last week, I’ve been in the process of building him a new website. He plans to go live tomorrow and — I have to say — this one is pretty. Long live K2!
The best part about playing with other people’s blogs is that I figure out how […]

HUHO: Last Call!

I will accept HUHO posts until midnight tomorrow night.
And good news! Vegankid kindly set up a wiki on this domain using this software — and once I figure out how to use it we’ll be in business on the wiki end. Regardless, I will have the carnival posts up as planned on Friday, […]

Friday Random Ten (20) - The Lifetime Movie Meme Edition

Here’s what you do:
Open your music library, set settings to “Shuffle” and play. Record each song in order with the category. Be amazed! astounded! at your mp3 player’s ability to perfectly represent you as a music-listening artist.
1. Opening Credits: Minor Threat - Straight Edge
2. Childhood: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds […]

What You Should Read Since I Have Faux Real Things To Do

Thanksgiving
Why the Thanksgiving turkey should not be pardoned.
The truth about the first Thanksgiving.
Craft
Handmade in Prison
Fabric, Copyright, and Licensing
Economy
Chutes and Ladders
Feminism
The inexorable march towards Stepfordization continues apace.
What Happened to Fight or Flight?
Canadian Women are Angry
You’re not allowed to be a single woman and work in Jerusalem.
More on racialized gender stereotypes.
Food insecure
Religion
Jesus was a defective mutant, born […]