Jerry Stratton's Blog, page 15
May 24, 2023
El Molino Best: Whole grains in 1953
El Molino Mills of Alhambra, California, published a fascinating whole grain cookbook in 1953.
May 17, 2023
Something fishy in the state of Wisconsin
Fish soup, fish salad, and fish gelatin. These are very fifties recipes—for better and for worse. Very worse.
May 10, 2023
The Bedrock Belief of DEI
What does it mean to say that only whites can reason, only whites can act individually, and only whites are suited to literacy? These are not new arguments and their meaning has not changed.
May 3, 2023
Our parental unit, who art, somewhere, maybe
God’s Blessing Sends Us Forth; We Are the Light of the World; With a Shepherd’s Care. Is there room for God the Father in the modern church? Are the bowdlerizers creating a first-contact crisis?
April 26, 2023
Island Book 1 and old-school tables
Judges Guild Island Book 1 is a fascinating playground on which to place a sea-going adventure or campaign. It’s also a great example of the usefulness and wildness of old-school encounter tables.
April 19, 2023
Hope Lutheran 1950 Lenten fish au gratin
One of the interesting things about old calendars that are also something else—such as a cookbook—is that they follow seasons that no longer exist.
April 12, 2023
A disappointing COVID Summer of Death
When the COVID summer of death failed to materialize, it challenged the religious faith of mask and vaccine fanatics.
April 5, 2023
Candy cane oatmeal crispies
These candy cane cookies are a great way to use up post-Christmas candy canes. You might even want to hit the after-Christmas sales just to get canes to make these with.
Holiday food
From Christmas to Easter to Independence Day and more, holidays are times for sharing great food.
March 29, 2023
The Modern Lobotomy: Whitewashing Child Mutilation
Child mutilation in the service of gender quackery is something that future generations will look back on in horror, much as we today look back on the lobotomy.
