member blog: runwestierun
runwestierun
From
Oregon Coast USA
Member since
22nd Nov 2008
About
I live on the Oregon coast of the Pacific Ocean in America. I am from Minnesota originally. It's very cold there, and by 1996 I'd had my lifetime's allotment of snow, so I bought a new truck and hauled myself and my dog all over the USA to find a new place to live. My secondary goal was to see as many national parks as I could. My third goal was to get my dog into as many places that dogs were forbidden as possible. I put 28,000 miles on the truck and picked beautiful lush Oregon as my new home. The dog liked it, too because
a) blueberries grew wild and he could eat them from the bush and
b) sometimes he could find a whole dead sea lion to roll in. Yay.
I moved here and eventually found a husband who
a) taught college
b) read in bed
c) lived on the ocean
What more could a girl want? So we got married and I decided to really learn to cook, because if we couldn't feed each other's senses, how could the marriage survive? He is smart and funny, so I figured I'd better bring something to the table, so cooking it is!
Oh, and if you ever get the chance to make an extensive tour of the United States and see all of it's national parks, by all means do it! I know many people on this site don't particularly care for Americans, but that doesn't really affect topography, does it? This is a splendid and magnificent country. There are things so gorgeous here that I'd never even imagined them until I saw them. Seriously.
runwestierun's blog posts
3 French Savory Cakes
Thu 31 Dec 2009GENERAL BLOG
Ham, mustard and brocolli
Bacon, onions and chives
Chicken, pork sausage and tarragon
Thank you all for inspiring me to make these, and helping me with recipes. I love them and have never even heard of anything like them before. 
Dip Tray
Thu 31 Dec 2009GENERAL BLOG
This is a tray of various dips from the Storm Party--hummus, guacamole, Moroccan carrot spread, salsa, black bean dip, chili con queso. Bowls of spiced nuts, too.
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Kye's Surprise Bread
Thu 31 Dec 2009GENERAL BLOG
Kye taught me about this amazing Pain Surprise. You hollow out a huge cyllinder of bread and then stack the inside with little sandwiches. I decorated mine like a house with trees on the roof for the annual party we throw for the anniversary of the storm that destroyed our house. I baked the bread this year in a stock pot. It turned out straighter this year compared to last year when I used a parchment cuff and it sort of leaned. It was easier to stuff this year. THanks, Kye!
The neighbor's cows are eating my yard again!
Wed 25 Nov 2009GENERAL BLOG
Our neighbors have a "fence" made of everything but fence and their cows are always getting out and eating my yard. Sputnik barks at them and they run down the driveway like giggling teenage girls.
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Weed Burner
Wed 25 Nov 2009GENERAL BLOG
This metal cage is tied onto a long pole, so I can stay safely away from the flame. Can you see how the cage is red-hot by the weed burner? These peppers are nearly done!
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