Sunthing Special

I don’t have a great system for keeping track of my favorite recipes. Some are stored in a blue folder, some are stored in a binder, some are stored in a Pendaflex file, and some are in a variety of cookbooks. But instead of looking at these places, I find that now I just go online and google something like “easy baked chicken recipes” or “easy oatmeal bars” (the key word being “easy”). Then I print out the recipe, and if I like the way the food turns out, I put it the paper in the blue folder, or if not, I recycle it. The system seems to work pretty well, but now I don’t know what to do with all my cookbooks. Will I ever use them again? Should I just copy the favorite recipes I already use from them and then donate the books to Goodwill?

just one handful of peanut butter M&Ms. I have no willpower when it comes to them. So why do I even BUY them at the store??

is for sale at the Marc’s on State Road in Cuyahoga Falls if you’re interested. I found the item a strange thing — why would you want your butter shaped like a lamb and you’re just going to slice it up anyway? — but a quick Internet search taught me that it’s a traditional butter sculpture accompanying the Easter meal for many Russian, Slovenian and Polish Catholics. It’s especially big in Buffalo, NY (?). The eyes are often peppercorns and a white banner with a red cross on a toothpick is placed on its back. You know, when you do things for your whole life you often don’t question them, but when you’re on the outside looking in, a lot of traditions just seem very very odd.