There was a time when your faithful Pirate had not heard of these wonderful one-handed breakfast treats. I KNOW…Captain Peter was equally incredulous when I asked “what are these kolaches?” that I was reading about. “YOU’VE NEVER HAD TEXAS BREAKFAST HOT DOGS?!?” was his response. We met and married late, so we occasionally discover these…
I can’t believe I’m the Galley Pirate lucky enough to happen upon Shepherd’s Pie as dry blog-powder. This is the third of our series “Ace the Eleven Year OId Comes Aboard and GP Panics About What to Serve Him.” Ace is a camping aficionado, so I figured Shepherd’s Pie had to be in his repertoire. …
This is one of my go-to recipes for when I have leftover cooked chicken. And refried beans are one of those things you could just eat from a can … in this version they are still mostly from a can, but soooo much tastier. Here’s a fun story: I made the above platter of five tostadas for…
In Pirate Caroline’s anchorage, it’s Eastern Shore ‘Loupe season; in Pirate Kristin’s it’s not nearly so romantic. We have four seasons here in southern Louisiana: football, Mardi Gras, crawfish, and hurricane; and we’ve just entered the latter one. No storms yet — it’s early — but the heat and humidity make sailing a very catch-as-catch…
The thing about Easter is it’s always still a little chilly — spring, no doubt, but not necessarily warm. Pirate Kristin grew up in Boston where you wore wooly tights under your frilly Easter dress, and not infrequently “got lucky” … colored eggs are easier to spot in the snow. Even down here in the…
Or as our guest sailor today would call them, “Doigts de Poulet Cordon Bleu.” Ace and his dad Wendell joined us today to see how fast we could cross Lake Pontchartrain, sailing to New Orleans and back. Your Galley Pirate wasn’t quite sure what eleven year olds eat, and surveyed several scalleywags who reliably reported…
I looked it up: a “julep” is a genre of drink — the most famous but not only of which is the fabled mint julep — “consisting of a liquor (such as bourbon or brandy) and sugar poured over crushed ice and garnished with mint.” This was a revelation when I made these delicious cocktails…
If you like coconut and occasionally experience URGENT cravings for a fresh, warm, homemade cookie that require sating in “slice-n-bake” timeframe or less, then this is your recipe. A handful of ingredients — most of which you probably have, and which are easy to keep on the shelf for just such emergencies — and about…
This lunch aboard 50-foot trimaran Firefly in late October en route to San Diego from Newport Beach was an outrageously good riff on a Susan Spicer recipe, itself a twist on the traditional Italian sandwich created in New Orleans. When you are cruising down the California coast toward the start of the Baja Ha-Ha rally,…
We spent Father’s Day with a family whose patriarchal dessert of choice was strawberry rhubarb pie, but two days before I had received an exceptional gift of piratey-treasure with a German twist to it, and needed to acknowledge its brilliance immediately. So off to my galley to top a strawberry rhubarb pie with a…