Jelly Knife - Miniature Masterpieces

I'm an artist from Sioux City, Iowa. I grew up in Grand Island, Nebraska and have lived in Sioux City since 1989. Visit my website at www.darrenmaurer.com to see the full volume of my work. For this blog I'm going to try to make a painting each day. I may miss a day here and there just due to that thing called life. The paintings on this blog will be small oils. (I like to call them Miniature Masterpieces.) On occasion I may post a larger painting with the dimensions listed. I'm going to use an auction format (via ebay) to sell the Miniture Masterpieces. Paintings that don't sell at auction can be seen in the archive section and can be purchased with a personal check, money order, pay pal, or major credit cards through pay pal at the listed price.

Shonen Knife-Flying Jelly Attack

Shonen Knife-Flying Jelly Attack from Let's Knife!

My Community Press Column: Asparagus w/Brie, Apricot mustard sauce for pork ...

What a difference a few warm days make. We are picking wild violets for jelly and vinegar.

I was out pulling weeds away from the elderberry bushes when I happened to look over at the asparagus patch. Beautiful asparagus poking up everywhere! And a couple of the stalks were already feathering out at the top, which means they’re too tough to eat. Well, I stopped what I was doing, ran into the house to get a paring knife and basket, and started harvesting asparagus. I got about a pound from his first cutting, and that’s pretty good. Asparagus can help detoxify our system, has anti-aging properties and not only reduces the risk of heart disease, but it can help prevent birth defects. It’s in season now so pick some up at your local farmer’s market or grocery. Like all seasonal, local produce, asparagus contains optimum nutrition levels right now.

Roasted asparagus with Brie

Sound different?  I first tasted this when Tom Keegan of Keegan’s Specialty Seafood in Mt. Washington was a guest on my cable show. “We make this all the time to serve alongside our entrees for our classes”, he said. (Check out his site at www.Keeganseafood.com ). No kidding, asparagus this way is addictive.

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Unique shape reaches under the lip, on the sides and in the corners of containers
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Mayoknife unique shape scrapes every last drop of mayonnaise from the jar
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Serrated edge slices through any bread
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Orange jelly recipe
Orange jelly recipe
Rinse your ring mould with cold water, then pour the liquid jelly into it through a strainer. Cool, then place in the fridge overnight, or for several hours. Just before serving, run a small knife round both edges of the mould, then stand in 5cm of

Sam Venable: On the sharp edge of history
Typically, I prefer to make all of my purchases - hats to hardware, jeans to jelly - in person, in front of a real, live salesclerk, at a brick-and-mortar retail store. Trouble is, retail stores can't match the inventory of a warehouse the size of

Rediscovering the joy of the picnic
A much talked-about dish I bring to picnics is my jelly-fish salad." "Tomato sandwiches. If you don't eat them all straight away they go soft, and then they are more delicious than anything else." "It has to be a Swiss Army knife.

Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls with Caramel Icing
Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls with Caramel Icing
Combine brown sugar and cinnamon, and sprinkle over the butter. Starting with the long side of dough, roll up like a jelly roll. Pinch seam to seal. With a serrated bread knife, gently cut roll into twelve even slices. Place rolls cut-side-up in a

Jelly cakes
When cakes are cold, use a sharp serrated knife to cut rounded tops from the cakes to make a flat level surface for joining the cakes together. Beat cream with sifted icing sugar until thick. Dissolve jelly in boiling water, add cold water,