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Author Archives: Jim Vanderveen
Burning ISO images on a Mac
I burn ISO images on my Mac fairly frequently, but not often enough to have the process committed to memory. In the past I’ve always followed the instructions I found in a macosxhints post. It works, but it has always … Continue reading
Unattended port installation and FreeBSD setup
We are currently building about a dozen [FreeBSD][] servers at work. The build process is pretty well documented, but it’s a bit labor intensive. So I had one of my student assistants look into automating the process somewhat. This post … Continue reading
Metric recipe conversion-butter
We have a few recipes from friends in France and Sweden that use metric measurements. Some of the volume-volume (e.g. 1 teaspoon=5 mL) or weight-weight (e.g. 500 g=1.1 pounds) conversions are pretty trivial. Other conversions are more difficult, and I … Continue reading
Thanksgiving pictures
I only took a few pictures of [our Thanksgiving feast][tg]. Fortunately, my cousins brought their cameras and didn’t hesitate to use them (and share)! I’ve included a few crowd shots from Greg and Cal. They also allowed me to add … Continue reading
Cider baked ham
Barb made this *fantastic* ham for our [Thanksgiving dinner][]. The mustard is very subtle and makes a nice change of taste! – 1 ready-to-eat ham, 14-16 lbs, with bone – *lots* of whole cloves – ¼ c apricot preserves – … Continue reading
Thanksgiving 2008-recap
We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year–lots of family and friends, good food and drink, and great company! But as usual with such an ambitious project, there was room for improvement. Here’s what worked well, and how we can do … Continue reading
Thanksgiving 2008
Happy Thanksgiving! It’s been four long years since we hosted Thanksgiving dinner for our extended family. This is the first time we’ve been able to do so since we moved up to Sacramento, and we’re pulling out all the stops … Continue reading
Cornbread stuffing
I was just making the stuffing for tomorrow’s Thanksgiving feast. I noticed that the recipe, (which I wrote down over 20 years ago), is becoming illegible and doesn’t include the changes we’ve made over the years. So I decided to … Continue reading
Macaroni and cheese
From the movie [What’s Cooking?][wc] Ingredients * 8 oz package of macaroni * 4 Tbsp butter, divided, plus more for casserole dish * 1 c fresh bread crumbs * 1 small onion, chopped * 1 Tbsp flour * 1 tsp … Continue reading
Apple pie w/ cream cheese
From the movie [What’s Cooking?][wc] Ingredients * 1 c flour * 1/2 c butter * 8 oz cream cheese * 1 c sugar * juice of 1/2 lemon * 1-2 dashes ground cinnamon * 6 granny smith apples Pre-heat oven … Continue reading