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Breakfast: Bacon & Bean Tacos

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This morning I was in the mood for bacon and bean tacos, and thus I quickly did them myself. The beans I had got last night at Polak’s, a local restaurant, and tortillas are nearly always in our fridge. Therefore … Continue reading

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Fredericksburg: Accommodation

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On Wednesday and Thursday we were in Fredericksburg again, looking for houses and/or property. This time we had a dog-friendly accommodation so we were able to take Sally and Chiquita with us. That not possible at quite a few locations, … Continue reading

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The Americans Can’t Do Bread

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Actually I’d rather help to abolish prejudices and not perpetuate them, and I bridle at sweeping statements, but in this case I cannot but use the above verbiage. Well, it’s not that absolute as this fact, viz. that you can’t … Continue reading

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Breakfast [Addition]

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Recently I had a post as to “Breakfast” and here are two pictures: This is what it looked like, with scrambled eggs made from “liquid eggs”, that cholesterol-free stuff made to 99% from egg whites. I readily admit that I … Continue reading

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Breakfast

Motivated by a discussion with Klausbernd in his blog on the subject of English breakfasts I’ve come up with the idea to blog about my and American breakfasts respectively. Let’s start with the most important fact: there is no such … Continue reading

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… is a term well-known here, too. And two of them [Btw, what is the correct plural of "Bratwurst" in English? I know there's the abbreviation "Brats" - but what for the long form?] are just sizzling in the pan. … Continue reading

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According to Thomas Jefferson, …

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… coffee is the “favorite drink of the civilized world.” And since I count myself among the members of that world, I cannot but agree to that profound statement. This “old coffeenose” here can be made very happy with anything … Continue reading

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A Coffee-Maker for Just $9.99

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Last Sunday, on our way back from, among other things, watching a performance of Peter Pan [more about that in an upcoming post] we stopped by at the H.E.B. in Floresville for a few minutes, basically just to get some … Continue reading

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The Mesón European Restaurant

Last Thursday, October 18th, we had, after appointments with our ophthalmologist and shopping at Costco‘s [more about that in a future posting] our dinner at the Mesón European Restaurant in San Antonio. As to the name: I don’t know if … Continue reading

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More Beer-Tasting

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Instead of writing a new posting for every new beer, I’d lie to sum up the last few tastings here in one. The beers are: Shiner Kosmos Reserve The Shiner Kosmos Reserve is, as I’d call it, a slightly “ale-ish” … Continue reading