National Corn Chip Day is Monday Jan 29!

By Nellie Curtiss …. It comes Monday January 29: National CORN CHIP Day started because of a small crunchy snack. The original ORIGINAL “beach snack” was created from frying masa (as you know, Masa is dough from ground corn) into a funky chip.  In 1932 (during the Great Depression) C.E. Doolin, a tinkerer, invented theContinue reading “National Corn Chip Day is Monday Jan 29!”

Loose tomatoes and other dog finds

By Nellie Curtiss …. Historically, all my dogs have been fed healthy dog chow.  Ask any of them.  When my back turned, or when I napped, they rooted out the best prizes. A decade ago, and dog-tired, I came home from shopping then fell into a nap.  I noticed that my spaniels didn’t climb intoContinue reading “Loose tomatoes and other dog finds”