My local Hy-Vee is running buy one-get one free specials on the Original Soup Nazi soups, one of which was reviewed by me here. This makes a price of a 15 oz serving little over $3, which is reasonable ($6 for the same thing is a total rip-off). They have 4 or 5 varieties, today [...]

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In calendar years I am 38 but just like dog years go by much faster then human years, I think I am much older then an average American born in 1969. To prove that, I will list a few items that I and my parents used in our everyday life, they were not antique, just [...]

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I finally found the old KC Star article I was referring to:

The Art of bread Old World artisan loaves are growing in popularity, picking up where Wonder Bread left off

The Kansas City Star - April 14, 1999
Author: MARY SANCHEZ, The Kansas City Star

Everything about Manuel de la Rosa speaks of Old World ways. [...]

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Since the subject of bread caused a mild interest I’d like to share a short list of bakeries that sell the real stuff.In Kansas City:Hen House at Deer Creek - I can’t find the article about the oven but if I remember correctly they invited a specialist from Europe to build a real [...]

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Some production notes: this will conclude my ground-breaking series on this subject. I received requests not to link self-respecting bloggers to posts of this nature, all I can say is some people don’t recognize greatness when they see it. I would also take requests for subjects you’d like me to cover in the future.
The [...]

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Since the invention of the sliced bread Americans were deprived of the taste, aroma, texture and pleasure of eating the real bread. Bread is not supposed to be squashy, buttering a slice of bread should not require some yellow substance (it’s not frigging butter no matter what the box says), bread should be satisfying, filling, [...]

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Before I move on with the continuation of my ever-popular crapper series I’d like to clarify something. The reason I am writing these is not to get some compassion for the misery that I and my countrymen had to go through. Even with the lack of modern conveniences millions of happy and meaningful lives were [...]

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Although this blog completely went to the toilets, my life still goes on and every day brings new questions:
Went to the bookstore the other day and noticed Internet Yellow Pages - in paperback.If you are browsing the Internet with this book, please turn off your computer immediately and return it for a refund, you are [...]

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With toilet paper question solved you ask your host where the restroom is.2. Communal (shared) restrooms.After the Great October Socialist Revolution in 1917 the housing problem was solved by adding more tenants to the existing apartments sometimes leaving original owners with a small room in their previously spacious quarters. This went well together with some [...]

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After a nice time in the living room you may be thinking about visiting the restroom because…well, let’s just say you want to. Toilets, restrooms, outhouses, toilet paper, outdoor plumbing and all the related paraphernalia is the next chapter of my “Behind the Iron Curtain” series.1.Toilet paper. Toilet paper was hard to find. If it [...]

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