New Year’s Day Greens and Other Foods
GREENS SOUTHERN SOUL FOOD A New Year’s Day Tradition in the South We eat Collard Greens every new year in the hopes that it will give us money all year long. 🙂 Black Eyed Peas are for LUCK! And …
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A Happy Christmas CLUEDO for 007
(I swear to you that I am not flipping anyone off in the photo above. I didn’t know my fingers looked like that. Sorry. I would like to state that we have been using our fingers for centuries before someone decided to deem one …
A Christmas Card to You This 2021
Merry Christmas AND, Happy Christmas, United Kingdom Mele Kalikimaka, Hawaii Feliz Navidad, Mexico Kung Hsi Hsin Nien Bing Chu Shen Tan, China Boze Narodzenie, Poland Chestita Koleda, Bulgaria Vesele Vanoce, Czech Republic Vrolyk Kerstfeest en Gelukkig Nieuu Jaar, Dutch Nollaig …
It’s a Big Bang Theory Saturnalia CLUE
Welcome To Our Big Bang Theory Saturnalia CLUE (Just doing some decorating for the holidays.) CLUE How It All Started (We don’t recommend The Big Bang Theory Cookbook seen above, as there are many recipes that are not correct. Even …
Gordon’s Poultry Gravy and Grilled Spatchcock Turkey
Happy Thanksgiving! Welcome To Our Home Pull Up a Chair and Have a Seat Won’t You Join Us In Partaking Of Our Grilled Spatchcock Turkey? Gordon’s Carving Looks Delicious, Doesn’t It? We Hope You Like an Italian Ornamental Squash Casserole? …
A Mermaid Halloween
HAPPY HALLOWEEN Trick-or-Treat Salty But Sweet! Mermaid Kisses and Starfish Wishes Welcome to our Under Sea Halloween! Can I Offer You a Mermaid Treat from the Reef? How About a Chocolate Seashell? You Wish, Jellyfish! The Mermaid Riches, and Mermaid …
Spooky Treats
Happy Halloween For My Spooky ..and My Sparky. For Our Grand-Dog Chewie….. And Our Grand-Dog Hank We adore the animals in our lives. These are for you guys! Julie and Gordon Happy Halloween From Spooky and Sparky (We …
STAR TREKKIES, Into The Botanist’s Lair (The Lost Episode)
Space: The Final Frontier These are the voyages of the “Pretend” Star Ship Enterprise. It’s one Halloween Night mission: To explore strange new backyards in the state of Florida, (hopefully without being shot.) To seek out Alien Ingredients and …
Aloha Wahine Jezebel Sauce
Our Aloha Kitchen All My Rice Crackers (On Top of the Fridge) —————————————————————- Julie’s Aloha Wahine Jezebel Sauce ———————————————————————- As a Dipping Sauce, Marinade, or Glaze… Great with any Asian or Polynesian Foods —————————————————- ————————————————— Excellent as …
Autumn Treats
Autumn Once Labor Day is over with….. There is just something special about the end of Summer and the beginning of Autumn. To most of us it’s having the kids go back to school. Always a special time for me …
Julie’s Jezebel Sauce
Premiering at a Theater Near You! Starring Julie’s Jezebel Sauce, and a Cast of Supporting Foods For those of you outside The Bible Belt of America, you probably have never heard of Jezebel Sauce. It’s exact Southern origins are a bit …
Pizza, Pizza
Pizza: Latin for “to pound, or stamp.” The Lombardic word bizzo, or pizzo, meaning mouthful. Was brought to Italy by the Lombards in the middle of the 6th. century A.D. A Pizza consists of a base of dough with a selection of …
The Chubby Mermaid
The Blue Sirenia The First Launch of our Canoe Sparky and Spooky Sirenia: An order of large aquatic plant eating animals that includes the Manatees and Dugong. They live chiefly in tropical coastal waters and are distinguished by paddle like …
Let Us Eat Cake, (Julie’s Cakes Continues)
Currently Baking Until You Can Insert a Toothpick and it Comes Out Clean 🙂 Strawberry Jalapeno Sheet Cake ———————————————————— Gordon and Julie, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1982 in Gordon’s parents kitchen. We are baking Christmas Cakes/Breads for his parents to give …
Our Asian Inspired 4th. of July
Happy Independence Day! On this particular July 4th. we wanted to do something a bit different. We always seemed to eat the same foods each year, over and over again. Those classic and traditional foods are …
Sparky Doodle Dandies
Happy 4th. of July Meet Sparky Whann And His Sparky Doodle Dandies When I adopted Spooky and Sparky I would always refer to Sparky as “Sparky Doodle Dandie.” Therefore, it made sense that we would make some Sparky Doodle Dandie …
Feliz Dia del Padre!
Acapulco, Mexico 2001 This hand painted plate was recently given to Gordon from his parents on one of their many trips down to Mexico. —————————————————— Tomatillos ————————————————————— 2021 Happy Father’s Day Gordon! Feliz Dia del Padre! For this Father’s …
My Sloppy Jules
My Sloppy Jules Remember Sloppy Joe night when you were growing up? I sure do! I loved them! It was the closest thing to a hamburger on a bun without the patty. I would usually drench mine in yellow mustard as …
Amiamo I’italiano
Benvenuto Stiamo Iniziando Un’Altra Pagina Di Cibo Italiano (Welcome, We Are Starting Yet Another Italian Food Page.) Olio D’Oliva, Pomodori Secchi, Pasta, Salsa…. (Olive Oil’s, Sundried Tomatoes, Pasta’s, Sauces…) We Love It ALL!!! Amiamo I’italiano ————————————– Julie and Gordon’s Spagett (Recipe Down …
Julie’s Drunken Honeysuckle Tea Cake
Rome, Georgia 1964, Glover Street, South Rome… Hello! Come on in through the screen door on the back pore-utch. I’ve been sittin’ heuh fannin’ myself waitin’ fo’ yew. I just made a Honeysuckle Tea Cake out of my Honeysuckle Vines …
A Picnic in the Herb Garden
Meet You In The Herb Garden for a Picnic My Herb Garden means a lot to me. It was one of the first sections on our property that we sectioned off and cultivated into something very productive that nourishes …
A Mother’s Day Aloha
Good Morning, and Happy Mother’s Day This Mother’s Day took place in 2021 on our backyard lanai. I wanted my big day to focus on our time of living in Hawaii. We lived in Waikiki, Pearl City, …
Going Bananas
Our Home Grown Bananas Whether you grow them yourself or buy them…. When I think of Bananas I always think of Babies, Toddlers, Banana Pudding, Nilla Waffers, Banana Bread, and my Grandmother Aycock’s Banana Sandwiches that she would make for me …
Gordon and Julie’s Everyday Seafood
Blackened Grouper Cheek Po’ Boys These are actually based on our love of Grouper Cheeks. The Slaw above is actually an excellent one we did for St. Patrick’s Day and we used the leftovers here. See that recipe below: …
ONO Hawaiian
(I took the photo above when we first moved to Hawaii in 1986. This is Diamond Head side of the island.) We sure do miss riding around the island playing tourists. ————————————————————– ALOHA! May Day is Lei Day When I was a …
An Artsy Easter
Happy Easter Everyone! Welcome to our Artsy Easter (We shot this in 2021) This Easter is actually based on cleaning out the attic and going through many storage containers in our attic, in an attempt to get rid of some of …
Sixty’s, (Sensational or Surviving?) We’ll see, right?
Welcome to My Sixty’s Currently Aging to Perfection (Or Rotting and Disintegrating? But I swear this to you, as long as there are moisturizers and Loreal Superior Performance Medium Blonde, I will always be here for you.) 🙂 When I look …
Kayaking in Florida with Julie and Gordon, Adventure, Food and Fun Blogging
Julie Barefoot Gifts of Julie Barefoot Cookies ——————————————————– The Gift of Bellissima to All ——————————————————— On Our Way….. Gordon and Julie Our March 2021 Still Covid Shy Kayaking Adventure with our Children and their Partners Veronica, left. Brodie and Mackenzie, right. …
Canoeing Hillsborough River, Thonotosassa, Florida
February 13, 2021 Turning 60 with a Pistachio Birthday Muffin WARNING ALLIGATORS Canoeing Through Alligator Infested Waters 60 Today! Julie and Gordon ——————————————————————– We were not disappointed. We must have seen around 35 alligators. We would have seen …
Salads, Seafood, and Turning 60
February 13, 2021 ————————————————————————– Happy 60th. Birthday to ME! Cake Presents and Flowers 60 Who Knew Turning 60 Would be so Much Fun? ——————————————————————————— The Spice Cake my daughter Veronica made for me. Spice Cake with Vanilla Ice Cream …
Our Purple Sweet Potato and Taro Stuffed Steamed Buns and Asian/Pacific Sliders
Do You Love Steamed Buns As Much As We Do? Then You Are Very Welcomed Here This Purple Sweet Potato Steamed Bun was born out of a recipe that we discovered back when we were living in Hawaii. The …
Julie and Gordon Whann Way Mexicana Cuatro
HOLA! HOT! HOT! HOT! Growing Jalapeno’s in our Backyard —————————————————— Sometimes It’s Nice Just Picking up Dinner at The Latin Supermarket Grilled Chicken Breast with Peppers, Yuka Fries and Yellow Rice, Sides of Red Beans, Black Beans, and Gordon’s Roast …
X-Mas X-Tra’s
Merry X-Mas I had no where to put these little X-Mas X-Tras, so I created this page to place them on. Nothing grand, just something cute and simple. Sometimes, that’s all you need. Have a Safe and X-Tra Special, …
Peanut Brittle’s
Merry Christmas Welcome This 2020 year we have gone through renovations in our kitchen and living room. It was something of a holiday inconvenience but we got through it pretty good. One thing that we wanted to make, and …
Tropical Hawaiian Cranberries and our Mele Kalikimaka me ka Hau’oli Makahiki Hou
Mele Kalikimaka, 2020 me ka Hou’oli Makahiki Hou! ———————————————– Our Tropical Hawaiian Cranberry Sauce Canning and Christmas While Undergoing Home Renovations We Still Managed to Have a Nice Kalikimaka All of my Poi Balls (I made them myself 23 years ago …
Spicy Hot Mexican Cranberries
Spicy Hot Mexican Cranberries Regalos Comestibles (Edible Gifts) We made a similar Cranberry Sauce last year for our Feliz Navidad. Click Here For: Feliz Navidad a Casa Whann You can find the recipe for our 2019 Cranberries on that …
ThanksGrillin’
THANKSGRILLIN’ 2020 Welcome to our Home Renovations Thanksgiving A.K.A. Our Thanksgiving During our Home Renovations With our kitchen under construction, it fell to the outside grill to deliver us our turkey from evil. (Or something to that affect.) Check …
Julie’s Chicken Knot Pies
Welcome to the Recipe for Julie’s Chicken Knot Pies Ready to go into the Oven I have always loved Turkey Pot pies and actually grew up eating quite a few of them. My mother wasn’t much of a cook, …
4 and 20 Blackbirds (Berries) Baked in a Pie
Julie’s Blackberry Pies ——————————————————————– Served with Kool-Whip mixed with Blackberry Jam and Topped with Blackberries Perhaps Eaten with The Cranky Bastard Blackberry Wine ———————————————————— When I think of a pie, Mother Goose always comes to mind: Sing a Song of …
A Charmed Halloween
(I want to dedicate this page to my daughter Veronica. Veronica Whann, Maryland She adored the Charmed T.V. show and she even created a website dedicated to the show when she was just a young teen, when we were living in Maryland. I don’t …
Hey Family Guy! Get a CLUE for Halloween!
The Griffin Residence 31 Spooner Street Quahog, Rhode Island —————————————————— —————————————————————- Meet The Griffin’s L to R: Chris, Meg, Peter, Lois, Stewie, and Brian ——————————————————- Meet The Whann’s L to R Sparky, Gordon, Spooky Lou, and Julie ——————————————————— Happy Halloween Are …
Our Mexican Inspired Thanksgiving Roasted Chicken and Vegetables
Happy Thanksgiving or Feliz dia de Accion de Gracias My Corn Husk Dolls Our Mexican Inspired Roasted Chicken and Vegetables Because it was just going to be the two of us, Gordon and Myself for Thanksgiving this …
Pickled Purple Pearls
‘Tis The Season…. …For Making Delicious Edible Gifts Julie with Red Pearl Onions How About Pickling Some Purple Pearls? Actually, they are known as Red Pearl Onions, they just look Purple to me. I think they are beautiful. Who wouldn’t be …
Barefoot Beach Teas
Welcome to Barefoot Beach Teas I got the idea about 3 years ago to create a nice tea and have it look like the beach. I even thought of putting some sort of seashell candy inside of the tea so that …
Captain’s Galley
Clam Clams (As I like to call them.) (Ensure all your clams are still alive. If a clam’s shell isn’t closed, tap the shell to see if it closes. If the shells don’t close, the clam is likely dead and not …
Summer Seafood, Sides, and Salads
I SEA You’ve Caught Us! Enjoying a Summer of Seafood, Sides, and Salads We decided to start another seafood webpage. If you would like to check out our other one, then click here: Gordon and Julie Seafood We plan on bringing …
Our July 4th. Tribute to the Movie JAWS (1975)
Amity Island Welcomes You We are Gordon and Julie 1975 ———————————————————- Enjoying my Shark Tea and a good book. —————————————————— Salt Water Taffy I have had a love affair with Salt Water Taffy at the shore my entire life. It’s tradition. …
Asian Steamed Buns, Bao and Manapua
Gordon’s Homemade Manapua ——————————————————————————— Aloha! Steamed buns, such as Manapua, are very popular in the islands of Hawaii. We should know as we lived there for 13 years. Our children were raised on Manapua. They were the perfect little …
The Pot Thickens… Musings of an Amateur Cook
Hi! Welcome! So happy to have you here! My name is Julie Lancaster-Whann and welcome to my: The Pot Thickens… Musings of an Amateur Cook So, what makes me an ‘Amateur?’ Easy! I don’t get paid! And, because I don’t …
A Star Wars CLUE For Christmas
The Death Star (That’s no moon, that’s a space station. Obi Wan Kenobi) ———————————————————— Welcome to a Whann Christmas in the Galactic Empire ——————————————————– Christmas Morning (Brodie Whann and Mackenzie) Captain Tarkin Crunch Hurry! I’ve poured the blue milk! Darth Vader Prize …
Mother’s Day on the Lanai
Gordon and Julie Happy Mother’s Day A Carved Rose in a Turnip and a Small Radish Mouse that sits a Top Julie’s Flowers Welcome to our Backyard Lanai Welcome to My Mother’s Day My Name is Julie This is My Mother’s …
Grillin’ With Gordon and Brodie at Home, Mackenzie’s Birthday
Hello Welcome to our Backyard Lanai This is where we spend a lot of our time in the spring, summer, and autumn. It is a nice big area where we can spread out and entertain, even if it is just for …
Pork, Sausage and Mustard
Welcome to Pork, Sausage and Mustard From the Kitchen of……. Gordon and Julie Today, we will be making MUSTARD, and lots of it! At this writing we are in the middle of a pandemic, the Coronavirus/Covid 19. Gordon and I decided …
From The Smith House to The Whann House, For Easter
The Smith House History Cookbook (Only in the south do you find teaspoons. Especially in silverware sets.) —————————————————– Easter, 1970 Me, my little brother Johnny and my mother, Mary Keith in our front yard in Dahlonega, Georgia. (Although my mother does …
Breakfast With Brodie and Mackenzie
Good Morning Welcome to Breakfast with Brodie and Mackenzie We have a few menu items you might enjoy. ———————————————————- Bagel and Lox Ingredients: One Bagel (I use the Everything or Egg style bagels.) Smoked Salmon (I use Fresh Market’s Nova …
Santa’s Elves Kitchen Favorites
Merry Christmas Hello My name is Julie and I am 59 years old. I first met Santa when I was 2 year’s old at Riches Department Store in Atlanta, Georgia and I’ve been a big fan ever since. Gordon and I have …
Rise and Shine
Good Morning! Rise and Shine! Our Sunny Kitchen Table —————————————————————– Is Everybody Hungry? Juice? Coffee? Oh, I know, how about our: Whole Wheat Heaven and Heat Breakfast Muffins? Don’t they smell absolutely delicious? If you’d like the recipe scroll down the …
Kayak Weeki Wachee Springs, Florida
Me, Taking a Kayak Photo Making Plans for our Mermazing Kayaking Trip to Weeki Wachee Springs Me, Taking a Kayak Selfie ———————————————————- Rise and Shine Kayaker’s Breakfast Today we will be spending our day kayaking Weeki Wachee Springs in Central Florida. …
Cooking With Brodie and Mackenzie, Onion Soup
Onion Soup Topped with Toasted Bread and Melted Crusty Cheese (Pork Tenderloins and Grilled Asparagus compliments of Gordon. Recipe write up at the bottom of this post.) We would like to introduce to you our son Brodie and his girlfriend …
Valentine’s Day
Do Not Disturb (A wooden door knob sign I decoupaged many years ago with cupid graphics.) ——————————————————————– Happy Valentine’s Day I have always loved Valentine’s Day. Probably because my birthday is the day before and I’ve always had these two great days …
Julie’s Southern Birthday Low Country Favorites
Birthday Sweet Beignets ——————————————————- A Birthday “Cake” of Crab Stuffed Beignets With My Magnolia Tree ——————————————————- Welcome to My Southern Birthday Low Country Favorites This year for my birthday my husband asked me what I wanted? You see, we don’t normally eat …
Black and White Pearls
Black and White Pearls Our Very Elegant Pickled Pearl Onions and Balsamic Pearls How About An Elegant Edible Gift? Welcome to The Recipe, Gordon and Julie ——————————————————————- Be Sure To Also Check Out Our: Pickled Purple Pearls Also Check Out Our: …
Shoo Fly Pies
Shoo Fly Pies (Literally and Figuratively) Gordon was born in Pennsylvania in 1965. The Whann family grew up around the food and cultures of Pennsylvania. Germantown, The Amish, The Pennsylvania Dutch, The Mennonites…. They had friends that had a restaurant …
In a Christmas Pickle
From The Kitchen Of……. UNDER CONSTRUCTION ———————————————————- ———————————————————– ———————————————————— ——————————————————————- ———————————————————- Be Sure To Also Check Out Our: Pickled Purple Pearls —————————————————— AND, Black and White Pearls ————————————————————– ————————————————————— Roasting Pearls on the Grill ——————————————————— UNDER CONSTRUCTION Clutching My …
Current Website Updates
The Bulletin Board pictured above is hanging in our Hallway. I put it there when we bought our house, and moved in. Nothing ever seems to get taken off of it although for some reason we keep cramming things into it through these …
Kitchy Kristmas
Merry Kitchy Kristmas My name is Julie, and our dogs are Spooky, (the Chihuahua) and Sparky, the Chug. I am standing in our Kitchy Kristmas Nook. I Want to Welcome You to our Kitchy Kristmas! You will not find beautiful magazine photographs of …
Weeki Wachee Weekend for Christmas
It’s December, 2019, a beautiful weekend for the two of us to get away and immerse ourselves in all things Weeki Wachee Springs, and Mermaid’s. 🙂 Weeki Wachee is a State Park in Florida located in Spring Hill. It …
Feliz Navidad a Casa Whann
————————————— SHOPPING, DAY OF…….Feliz Navidad O.K. I’ve got my lists. Right Here! ——————————————————— We have our Feliz Navidad on Saturday. I think Joseph is coming so we need to include him. Veronica is in Tennessee now but she will …
Our Haunted Honeycation
COMING SOON!!!!! OUR HAUNTED HONEYCATION Honeycation: A Honeycation is a Vacation and a Second Honeymoon combined. The term was originally coined by a woman who resides in the state of Florida whose name is Julie Lancaster-Whann. That would be ME! …
Pumpkin Carving Party
Happy Halloween! Welcome to The Pumpkin Patch Ready to Pick Out Your Pumpkin? ———————————————————— Halloween, 2019 Hoarding Pumpkins Throughout the House ———————————————————— To kick off our Halloween celebrations we all went to Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights for the …
A. Hitchcock CLUE for Halloween
Welcome to our Halloween Home We are Gordon and Julie and we LOVE Halloween, and Alfred Hitchcock! ———————————————– Psycho! I’ll be out of the shower in a minute!! COMING SOON FOR HALLOWEEN!!!!! Lock your doors and windows. You awake …
“Old” Miami
Welcome to “Old” Miami I had originally entitled this post “Vintage Miami” because I wanted to harken back to those lovely old days of Miami in the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s. But the name “Vintage Miami” kept bothering me. It just …
The Meaning of Mother’s Day
(The photo above is of a few pieces of the China Set that belonged to my Great-Grandmother Keith, then passed to my Grandmother, and then given to me. It’s Blue Willow.) My Grandparents My Grandmother’s Blue Vase and Her Blue …
Stay Out of the Water, JAWS Week
JAWS Good Morning! Welcome to our JAWS Shark Week Dessert post: Microwave Note: Make Dish that looks like the Beach I’ve had that note on the microwave for the past 2 years. Then I finally created a dish that …
Meet Sparky and Spooky
Meet Sparky and Spooky They are the newest members of our family. They are rescue dogs. A mother and her son. Spooky is a Chihuahua, and Sparky is a Chug. A Chug is a Chihuahua/Pug mix. …
Shark Week Feeding Frenzy
We Love Shark Week! I couldn’t think of a better start to Shark Week than this! Shark’s Enjoying their Feeding Frenzy (Carved wood sharks that Gordon purchased in the Philippines during his Navy career.) Various Sushi’s with Ginger and …
