Battle Of Little Bighorn.

This is where we were one year ago today: Battle of Little Bighorn. We were on an amazing journey. And we're going on another one. As soon as we can figger out how.

Tits Sell.

You know, I’ve worked hard at creating a credible food blog. Going on four years now. And I create good food. I'm proud of this.

But I’ve never had so many hits on my blog as I’ve had since my post about Nancy Grace's nip slip on Monday night's Dancing With The Stars. All from people Googling about a TIT!

I did the math. My post about Nancy Grace's exposed nipple caused a 2000% increase in my blog traffic yesterday. Oh well. These new arrivals have to eat too. Maybe some will stick around for actual food. One can only hope.

Shrooms In My Yard.

We've had about 5 days of nothing but rain, rain, and ... did I mention rain? I'm not complaining. I like rain. As a result, we have roving marauding rival gangs of mosquitoes terrorizing the neighborhood. I've never seen mosquitoes this bad. And we have colossal mushrooms.

This is a new one for me.

Hmmmm. I wonder if these are edible. Maybe I should whip up some for Mr. Hawthorne and find out. Oh, Mr. Hawthorne? I have a lovely appetizer for you to try. It's crab meat stuffed mushrooms. Come! Do try.

I've never seen mushrooms this big before. Just how big, you ask?

It's nice to have a shady place to park.

Rosie Makes A Pomegranate Salad.

Rosie's been having a hankering for a salad lately. But I wanted something a little different. Enter the pomegranate.

Ahhh. Pomegranate arils. Ruby-colored jewels. A uniquely delicious fruit. Sweet and tart. And loaded with good stuff: vitamins, potassium, folic acid, iron, fiber, and powerful antioxidants. For instructions as to how to get these beauties out of a pomegranate, check out Anissa's directions. I have seen pomegranate arils packaged in a tub and ready to eat at Sam's Club. (Although I don't remember if they were Melissa's, which I linked to above.) By the way, how many of you Sam's Club members have Sam's Club ID photos that would be recognizable by your own mothers? Heh. Didn't think so.

Next, I toasted some pecans. You could substitute walnuts if you prefer.

Toasting nuts intensifies the inherent flavor.

Ingredients for my dressing: 1 shallot, minced 2 TB rice vinegar 1 TB balsamic vinegar juice of 1 lime 1 TB Dijon mustard 2 TB pomegranate juice (I used Pom Wonderful.) 1 cup oil salt and pepper, freshly cracked, to taste

Mix first six ingredients, then slowly whisk in oil. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

My salad consisted of mixed greens and baby spinach (Unfortunately not from my garden, but it won't be long.), sliced red onions, toasted pecans, pomegranate arils, feta cheese, and bleu cheese.

Sweet, tangy, tart, green, ruby. The only way this could have been any better is if I'd just picked the greens from the garden.

Speaking Of Nancy Grace.

My friend, SouthDriveIn, just sent me this exciting news: British designer, Rachel Freire, recently stunned the London fashion world with a dress made from 3000 yak nipples. Remember, folks, you heard it here first. Thanks, South!