Decades before kitchens got microwaves, frozen TV dinners changed how Americans cook and eat. An NBC News video by Kate Sammer and Jeff Morganteen:
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It’s February 2nd, time to monitor Marmota monax (on Zoom this year) and dream of winter’s end. Whether or not you believe in woodchuck weathermen, one thing is certain: you can’t have groundhogs if you want a backyard full of fresh garden veggies.
Groundhogs (aka woodchucks, whistlepigs, and marmots) are insecto-vegetarians and confirmed locavores. If you plan to plant this spring, harvest those hairy beasts now. Celebrate Groundhog Day with critter cuisine.
Serving suggestions:
Woodchuck Recipes from Michigan (Oriental Groundhog,Waco Groundhog in Sour Cream,Woodchuck Stew, Woodchuck Meat Loaf)
More groundhog lore and recipes here and here.
In his book Groundhog Day, Don Yoder reprints a classic groundhog recipe from Cooking with the Groundhog, published as a fundraiser by a hospital auxiliary in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, home of the “official” Groundhog’s Day Festival (there are more than a few others ). A Georgia groundhog is on Twitter.
A dozen years ago, whilst stalking the elusive picture book Geoffrey Groundhog Predicts the Weather, we espied an ad for the Range Kleen Preseasoned Cast Iron 10 Inch Fry Pan on the book’s Amazon.com page and cooked up today’s graphic. There’s obviously no “storybook ending” to this post if you’re a groundhog.
Updates:
“Milltown Mel, a celebrity groundhog, dies just before Groundhog Day,” Bill Chappell, NPR News
“Groundhogs Do Not Make Good Meteorologists,” Simran Parwani and Kaleigh Rogers, FiveThirtyEight
Related:
“Eight Things You Didn’t Know About Groundhogs,” Jason G. Goldman, Scientific American blog
“Groundhogs and Ground Squirrels: Winter Prognosticators,” Sharol Nelson-Embry, Quest
“40 years of groundhog forecasts, mapped,” Kennedy Elliott and Shelly Tan, Washington Post
“Punxsutawney Phil: incompetent — or evil?” Phil Edwards, Vox
“Depressed Groundhog Sees Shadow Of Rodent He Once Was,”The Onion
“Where Did Groundhog Day Come From? ” Mental Floss
“A Short History of Groundhog Day,” Danny Lewis, Smithsonian.com
“Groundhog Day Explained,” CGP Grey (video)
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Panic raced thorough Fox News like a white-hot flame: Big Government is coming for your gas stove! The simmering discontent on the MAGA menu boiled over after U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) member Richard Trumka Jr. told Bloomberg the agency was conducting a review of gas stove safety after studies indicated their use constributes to indoor air pollution, and disease, including childhood asthma.
So the CSPS is studying the matter. Nobody is talking about a gas stove ban, and safety measures are as simple as turning on the exhaust fan when you cook, but that didn’t stop Fox fearmongers and their outraged audience. Gas-happy MAGAheads will continue to stoke stove-ban outrage until they cook up their next spurious rage-and-resentment recipe.
More:
“Republicans turn up the heat on a new culture war target: gas stoves,” Alaina Demopoulos, The Guardian
“How the humble gas stove became the latest flash point in the culture wars,” Maxine Joselow, Washington Post
“Republicans Mocked Over Outraged Claims Government ‘Coming for’ Gas Stoves,”Aila Slisco, Newsweek
“5 myths about gas stoves, the latest culture war clash,” Rebecca Leber, Vox
Related:
“How the Fossil Fuel Industry Convinced Americans to Love Gas Stoves,” Rebecca Leber, Mother Jones
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“Pots and Pans,” a Van Beuren Studios cartoon featuring Tom & Jerry, 1932. Directed by John Foster and George Rufle. Music Director: Gene Rodemich. To prevent confusion with the better-known MGM cartoon cat and mouse, the main characters’ names were later changed to Dick and Larry.
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It’s February 2nd, time to monitor Marmota monax (on Zoom this year) anddream of winter’s end. Whether or not you believe in woodchuck weathermen, one thing is certain: you can’t have groundhogs if you want a backyard full of fresh garden veggies.
Groundhogs (aka woodchucks, whistlepigs, and marmots) are insecto-vegetarians and confirmed locavores. If you plan to plant this spring, harvest those hairy beasts now. Celebrate Groundhog Day with critter cuisine.
Serving suggestions:
Woodchuck Recipes from Michigan (Oriental Groundhog,Waco Groundhog in Sour Cream,Woodchuck Stew, Woodchuck Meat Loaf)
More groundhog lore and recipes here and here.
In his book Groundhog Day, Don Yoder reprints a classic groundhog recipe from Cooking with the Groundhog, published as a fundraiser by a hospital auxiliary in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, home of the “official” Groundhog’s Day Festival (there are more than a few others ). A Georgia groundhog is on Twitter.
A dozen years ago, whilst stalking the elusive picture book Geoffrey Groundhog Predicts the Weather, we espied an ad for the Range Kleen Preseasoned Cast Iron 10 Inch Fry Pan on the book’s Amazon.com page and cooked up today’s graphic. There’s obviously no “storybook ending” to this post if you’re a groundhog.
Updates:
“Milltown Mel, a celebrity groundhog, dies just before Groundhog Day,” Bill Chappell, NPR News
“Groundhogs Do Not Make Good Meteorologists,” Simran Parwani and Kaleigh Rogers, FiveThirtyEight
Related:
“Eight Things You Didn’t Know About Groundhogs,” Jason G. Goldman, Scientific American blog
“Groundhogs and Ground Squirrels: Winter Prognosticators,” Sharol Nelson-Embry, Quest
“40 years of groundhog forecasts, mapped,” Kennedy Elliott and Shelly Tan, Washington Post
“Punxsutawney Phil: incompetent — or evil?” Phil Edwards, Vox
“Depressed Groundhog Sees Shadow Of Rodent He Once Was,”The Onion
“Where Did Groundhog Day Come From? ” Mental Floss
“A Short History of Groundhog Day,” Danny Lewis, Smithsonian.com
“Groundhog Day Explained,” CGP Grey (video)
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Comments are welcome if they are on-topic, substantive, concise, and not boring or obscene. Comments may be edited for clarity and length.
It’s February 2nd, time to monitor Marmota monax (on Zoom this year) and dream of winter’s end. Whether or not you believe in woodchuck weathermen, one thing is certain: you can’t have groundhogs if you want a backyard full of fresh garden veggies.
Groundhogs (aka woodchucks, whistlepigs, and marmots) are insecto-vegetarians and confirmed locavores. If you plan to plant this spring, harvest those hairy beasts now. Celebrate Groundhog Day with critter cuisine.
Serving suggestions:
Woodchuck Recipes from Michigan (Oriental Groundhog,Waco Groundhog in Sour Cream,Woodchuck Stew, Woodchuck Meat Loaf)
More groundhog lore and recipes here and here.
In his book Groundhog Day, Don Yoder reprints a classic groundhog recipe from Cooking with the Groundhog, published as a fundraiser by a hospital auxiliary in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, home of the “official” Groundhog’s Day Festival (there are more than a few others ). A Georgia groundhog is on Twitter.
Ten years ago, whilst stalking the elusive picture book Geoffrey Groundhog Predicts the Weather, we espied an ad for the Range Kleen Preseasoned Cast Iron 10 Inch Fry Pan on the book’s Amazon.com page and cooked up today’s graphic. There’s obviously no “storybook ending” to this post if you’re a groundhog.
Related:
“Eight Things You Didn’t Know About Groundhogs,” Jason G. Goldman, Scientific American blog
“Groundhogs and Ground Squirrels: Winter Prognosticators,” Sharol Nelson-Embry, Quest
“40 years of groundhog forecasts, mapped,” Kennedy Elliott and Shelly Tan, Washington Post
“Punxsutawney Phil: incompetent — or evil?” Phil Edwards, Vox
“Depressed Groundhog Sees Shadow Of Rodent He Once Was,”The Onion
“Where Did Groundhog Day Come From? ” Mental Floss
“A Short History of Groundhog Day,” Danny Lewis, Smithsonian.com
“Groundhog Day Explained,” CGP Grey (video)
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Cricket farmers Adam Brody and Jude Tallichet raise insects in their Manhattan apartments. On purpose. For food. They want you to add the musical hoppers to your diet. A New Yorker video.
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“Three generations of the same family under the same roof in discordant choreography. The mother, the family’s conductor, tries in vain to bring them together for dinner.”
A 2013 animation by Charlotte Cambon Vallet, Stéphanie Mercier, Soizic Mouton, and Marion Roussel, then 3rd year students at Gobelins, l’École de l’image.
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Dan Sousa of Cook’s Illustrated looks at mushrooms. A video by America’s Test Kitchen.
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It’s February 2nd, time to monitor Marmota monax and dream of winter’s end. Whether or not you believe in woodchuck weathermen, one thing is certain: you can’t have groundhogs if you want a backyard full of fresh garden veggies.
Groundhogs (aka woodchucks, whistlepigs, and marmots) are insecto-vegetarians and confirmed locavores. If you plan to plant this spring, harvest those hairy beasts now. Celebrate Groundhog Day with critter cuisine.
Serving suggestions:
Woodchuck Recipes from Michigan (Oriental Groundhog,Waco Groundhog in Sour Cream,Woodchuck Stew, Woodchuck Meat Loaf)
More groundhog lore and recipes here and here.
In his book Groundhog Day, Don Yoder reprints a classic groundhog recipe from Cooking with the Groundhog, published as a fundraiser by a hospital auxiliary in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, home of the “official” Groundhog’s Day Festival (there are more than a few others ). A Georgia groundhog is on Twitter.
Seven years ago, whilst stalking the elusive picture book Geoffrey Groundhog Predicts the Weather, we espied an ad for the Range Kleen Preseasoned Cast Iron 10 Inch Fry Pan on the book’s Amazon.com page and cooked up today’s graphic. There’s obviously no “storybook ending” to this post if you’re a groundhog.
Related:
“Eight Things You Didn’t Know About Groundhogs,” Jason G. Goldman, Scientific American blog
“Groundhogs and Ground Squirrels: Winter Prognosticators,” Sharol Nelson-Embry, Quest
“40 years of groundhog forecasts, mapped,” Kennedy Elliott and Shelly Tan, Washington Post
“Punxsutawney Phil: incompetent — or evil?” Phil Edwards, Vox
“Depressed Groundhog Sees Shadow Of Rodent He Once Was,”The Onion
“Where Did Groundhog Day Come From? ” Mental Floss
“A Short History of Groundhog Day,” Danny Lewis, Smithsonian.com
“Groundhog Day Explained,” CGP Grey (video)
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