LAURIE ROCKENBECK
My personal and random blog
500 Very Important Words
Applying to college has changed completely since I was in high school. The internet has opened up a whole new world to students, and the "Common Application" website makes applying to college a lot easier for many. Not all colleges and universities use the common...
Thanksgiving Leftovers and Guest Blogging at FCF
A few people I've chatted with in the last couple of weeks know I was invited to be a guest blogger at Full Circle Farms this weekend. They know this because I have been talking about leftovers and making leftovers before Thanksgiving to prep for the blog. Even if I...
My Mom’s Super Yummy Stuffing
Thanksgiving is just over a week away, and people are gathering their recipes and consulting with their guests about pies. Okay, maybe that's just me, but knowing the pie menu is the most important aspect to the meal for this family. I've gone on about pies many times...
Bring out your dead!
Because, this kind of doctor isn't likely to help a whole heck of a lot. It turns out a lot of my blog posts are more like a journal for me. I like to blog about things I've done so I can go back and replicate a process or remember how I did something. If I were to...
It’s Quince Time
I blogged about quinces last year, but this noble and much ignored fruit deserves a yearly mention. There simply is nothing else that smells like quince. It has been described as a mixture of apple and pear with overtones of honey, and that is probably as close as you...
Pressure!!
I celebrated a birthday recently, and my hubby got me this shiny Fagor Pressure cooker. (Okay, so it's a different kind of "shiny" than some ladies like to get, but I did ask for this!) We've all heard stories about exploding pressure cookers and canners, and I don't...
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