Repurposed Chili Casserole

Repurposed Chili Casserole

by | Oct 27, 2021 | CobraHead, Recipes

Repurposed Chili Casserole a.k.a. Mexicali Bean Bake is a dish I’ve been making for well over 30 years.  I first found the recipe in an old vegetarian cook book.  It is now online at cooks.com. I probably made it once or twice following the recipe.  Then I realized that you could just use leftover chili for the bean mix, while still using the cornmeal batter to complete the dish.  I also thawed some garden corn from the freezer.  Yes, the raccoons...
I Love My Gallant Soldier

I Love My Gallant Soldier

by | Oct 26, 2021 | CobraHead, Gardening, Vegetable Growing

Bed of Galinsoga Galinsoga (galinsoga parviflora) is often called gallant soldier, and also quickweed, or potato weed, or by many other common names. It’s native to South America and was brought to Europe, where it’s now pervasive, in the 1700’’s.  Its presence in North America may either be up from Mexico or brought back from Europe. Galinsoga is named after the botanist and physician to the Queen of Spain, Ignacio Mariano Martinez de Galinsoga, who...

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