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mizducky
Eugene, Oregon, USA
Social waterfowl and general duck about town
Interests: Internet, social media, and online communities; writing, theater, and spoken word performance; gourmet/healthy cookery and weight management; rock music (classic, plus a very few current obscure cult artists); anime (especially Lupin III); alternative culture of all kinds (especially pagan, queer, and artsy); leftwing hippy-dippy pacifist politics; mystical woo-woo spirituality.
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Her memory for a blessing
My ailing friend, who I previously mentioned on this blog, died this past Friday night. I had been driving up to visit her every couple of weeks, in the skilled nursing facility in Portland that her daughters carefully researched out... Continue reading
Posted Dec 8, 2013 at The Duck's Nest: online home of mizducky
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Cassandra-musings
At the risk of sounding grandiose for stating such a big issue so baldly, I confess I am very pessimistic regarding the future of the human race. It seems to me that as a species we are bound and determined... Continue reading
Posted Nov 5, 2013 at The Duck's Nest: online home of mizducky
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Intimations of mortality
I am currently going through another one of those close encounters with mortality that are the peculiar fate of our conscious and social species. This time it is occasioned by a dear old friend whose long-term incurable health issue has... Continue reading
Posted Sep 4, 2013 at The Duck's Nest: online home of mizducky
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My grandmother's bread pudding
Posted Aug 23, 2013 at The Duck's Nest: online home of mizducky
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An outburst of irrational exuberance (heh)
Spring is sprung, The grass iz riz, I wonder where The duckies is ... Continue reading
Posted Apr 13, 2013 at The Duck's Nest: online home of mizducky
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mizducky is now following HURT Hawaii
Jul 5, 2012
mizducky is now following Cayman Westin

Jun 29, 2012
Omnivore bean cookery: beans plus meat-aromatics FTW
Recently, by economic necessity as well as changing food and health preferences, I have really been cutting down on my meat consumption. So as soon as I got settled in my new digs, I hauled out the pressure cooker and... Continue reading
Posted May 5, 2012 at The Duck's Nest: online home of mizducky
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The Magical Loaf Studio: Create Your Own Adventist-Style Vegan Dinner Loaf!
The Magical Loaf Studio: Create Your Own Adventist-Style Vegan Dinner Loaf! This handy little web form lets you choose your ingredients from lists, then creates a customized recipe containing your ingredients. Its creator cautions that she has not tested every... Continue reading
Reblogged Apr 22, 2012 at The Duck's Nest: online home of mizducky
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Oh sigh. While I am beginning to locate some decent Mexican eats here in the wet wilderness of central Oregon, the local offerings are so far only a shadow of this post's bounty. Another reason for me to start planning my first Portland run (besides severe Vietnamese food withdrawal symptoms). Thanks for the cravings, Kirk! :-)
South Bay Taco Run: Birrieria's La Guadalajara, Mariscos El Pescador, El Gallito Tortas Ahogadas, Tacos El Kiki, Birrieria El Prieto, and Mariscos El Prieto
Recently, my good FOY (Friend of Yoso) TammyC requested a "taco crawl" something that I've done a couple times before...once even with this group of folks. This time, YY and her husband MrQ had to be done by 1230, so this would mean a fairly close proximity.....I pretty much had the plan done. I...
Another blog to love: The Spamwise Chronicles
Reblogged Apr 12, 2012 at The Duck's Nest: online home of mizducky
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There most certainly is your blog, and a lovely thing it is too! Glad we met up on the Net again! :-)
In search of simple vegetable-centric vegetable recipes.
I have a pet peeve. I go searching for vegetable-centric recipes -- usually on the Web, but even in many cookbooks -- and I keep finding recipes in which the vegetable is a bit player instead of the star, or gussied up with all sorts of other ingredients as if in an attempt to disguise that OMG ...
Post-relocation recovery and recap
I've been living in my new nest in Eugene, Oregon for a month now, but things have only recently settled down enough for me to check in about them. First, the big drive from San Diego to here: very beautiful,... Continue reading
Posted Mar 29, 2012 at The Duck's Nest: online home of mizducky
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Two days to departure: random relocation weirdnesses
I have gotten rid of a few large pieces of furniture through Freecycle, which is an organization with a wonderful concept: people giving and/or getting stuff that one person no longer has use for but somebody else does, rather than... Continue reading
Posted Feb 19, 2012 at The Duck's Nest: online home of mizducky
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Vintage Sears Forecast makeup case: silly but quite useful
Just to show I'm not being completely hair-shirt and getting rid of every frill in my life, I wanted to show one of the cuter functional items I am keeping: my vintage Sears Forecast makeup case (which looks like this... Continue reading
Posted Feb 13, 2012 at The Duck's Nest: online home of mizducky
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Eight days to departure: it's getting real
T minus eight days and counting until I leave San Diego and start driving up the coast to my new home in Eugene, Oregon. I've hit the point in packing for my move where I'm essentially camping in my own... Continue reading
Posted Feb 13, 2012 at The Duck's Nest: online home of mizducky
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In search of simple vegetable-centric vegetable recipes.
I have a pet peeve. I go searching for vegetable-centric recipes -- usually on the Web, but even in many cookbooks -- and I keep finding recipes in which the vegetable is a bit player instead of the star, or... Continue reading
Posted Jan 15, 2012 at The Duck's Nest: online home of mizducky
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The New Year's resolution: return to the Pacific Northwest
Somehow, without deliberately planning it, my adult life has assumed a pattern in which, every decade or so, I pick myself up and relocate to an entirely different region of the country. I spent the 1980s in Boston, the 1990s... Continue reading
Posted Jan 9, 2012 at The Duck's Nest: online home of mizducky
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I just adore roasting veggies--any and all sorts. Brings out their natural sweetness. And yes, a nice vinaigrette--or even just a shot or two of balsamic--is a great tart note to add, to play against the sweetness. I've cut way back on the meat consumption too--it's now more a treat when I go out for pho/bun bo Hue/etc. than an everyday thing--and roasted vegetables are a great consolation to a reformed meat-eater who misses that meaty density in their meals.
Roasted Parsnips and Kabocha with Caper Dressing
The Missus has been trying to cut down on meat consumption over the last year and I'm really trying to support Her. However, there's just so much roasted vegetables, which we make twice a week one can really deal with. This started me off on trying other vegetables and greens, stuff like Chard, ...
Hi Kirk! I know this post is old, but I just wanted to mention that this place has changed its name to Thuan Kieu (I wonder if that's meant as a pun!). The menu, or at least the Dac Biet page, still looks just like your photo. Of course I had to have the bun mam -- you know what a sucker I am for hearty Vietnamese soups -- and I loved it like crazy. The waitstaff, however, was very concerned that this Euro-looking lady wanted to order the smelly soup; the waitress did her best to try and point me to another and I had to gently-but-firmly insist I knew what it was and I knew what I wanted! The older gentleman who then delivered the soup hesitated before putting it in front of me, and again I was warned about the smelly soup. I think they were amazed and amused when I did lash into it with great gusto -- definitely pungent but sooooo good! Anyway -- thought you'd be amused too.
Nhu Y Restaurant
*** Nhu Y is now Com Tam Thuan Kieu you can find an updated post here. A few months back "Larry" commented on my post on Saigon Restaurant, and mentioned a few interesting dishes, one of which I've heard of, one which I'd never heard of, both of which I'd never tried. He mentioned eating these d...
Yeah, the chilly weather's been getting to me too, Kirk. I've been working my way through the soups at Hoai Hue. Their bun bo Hue and banh canh tom cua warmed me right up!
Feeling Pho-rozen: Pho Lucky and Pho Hiep and Grill (Linda Vista)
Man, the cold has hit me like a ton of bricks........ I've even mentioning adopting another pup to the Missus since we've definitely had a couple of three dog nights and we're one mutt short! I'm usually not so wimpy. I'm not sure if I became used to the 80 degree plus weather on Oahu over ten s...
Heh. Love you guys, but I feel you kind of wimped out on your food derring-do on this trip. I think I would have at least tried every single thing on that list--and in fact have already encountered and loved the meat floss stuff. Okay, maybe the bugs on sticks would have given me pause. But c'mon! What do you think crayfish and lobsters are? :-D
The Wackiest Food We Encountered in China
We like to think of ourselves as adventurous eaters who'll try just about anything. That was, until we went to China. During our trip to Shanghai, Beijing and Yangshuo a couple weeks ago, we encountered a number of wild food items. We were thrilled to see them -- and just as happy to let them ...
Welcome back, Kirk! Your fondness for your home is so great to read - and who wouldn't be fond of a place full of flowers and food? Looking forward to all the details.
We're Back......
Over a year ago, when we visited China, we promised the Missus' cousins that if they visited Her parents on Oahu we'd be there. Of course we had to keep that promise, right? So we're back after ten or so days and countless visits to Ala Moana and Waikele Outlets...... And during the in-between t...
A belated Happy Thanksgiving to you, Cathy, and all the rest of the mmm-yoso crew. Wow, brussels sprouts on the stem, I had no idea TJ's would carry those. Wonder if they have any left? I adore those little mini-cabbages -- roasting has become my favorite way of preparing them, though the bacon method also looks amazing (but then bacon makes just about anything amazing).
Thanksgiving Eve
Welcome to mmm-yoso!!! the food blog written pretty much regularly and mostly by Kirk, ed(from Yuma) and Cathy. Everyone is busy today, but Cathy has a bit of free time at the moment, so she's writing today. Hi. It's a hectic short week for a lot of us and tomorrow will most likely be a day of ...
NaBloPoMo dropout ... ah, well
Barely halfway through the month, and already I am FAIL at the daily blogging thing. Ah well. I am more laughing at myself than anything else: oh dear, I couldn't come up with one meaningful thing to say per day,... Continue reading
Posted Sep 22, 2011 at The Duck's Nest: online home of mizducky
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