Defunct Cookbook Doomsday: KFOR 1240AM’s Slow Cooker Classics

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I made the mistake of catching up on reading today.

I got a fair dose of past, present, and future bloodshed and perpetual campaign promises for more stupid shit, and now I feel pretty useless and bitter/green trying to write anything at all – so I’ll share this Humans of New York post with y’all.

Can’t let bastards grind away the slightest bit of humanity. Especially the messy, discordant energy of basic human worry. That’s a starter kit for survival in any wilderness. Start a fire and you’ll meet who needs light.

Forward with the crapola.

Every week, Side/Dishes showcases a recipe from an out-of-print or defunct (or vintage – call it what you will) cookbook. This week’s featured text is brought to us courtesy of Lincoln, Nebraska’s KFOR 1240am Problems and Solutions  radio call-in show. Slow Cooker Classics, is a pretty little pamphlet delivering grody timeless southeastern Nebraskan comfort food recipes to the, uh, time-crunched Capital City commuter.

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Slow Cooker Classics, published by KFOR 1240am (December, 2014.)

Exhibit One: Cheeseburger in a Bowl? Trust you on the lettuce? A populist classic for sure!

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Exhibit Two: Back to the womb we go…Grape jelly meatballs? If I had to guess, probably the number one, go-to Super Bowl party recipe for Vikings and North Dakota State fans.

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Those grape jelly meatballs…are talking to you. Talking to you.

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Side/Dishes was born of Jim Baker on February 18, 2016 in Lincoln, Nebraska, sprung fully formed from the consummation of two enduring loves: music and food. The First and Guiding Thought was to write short (~200 - ~400 words) observational commentary on lunches and meals enjoyed while listening to one "side" of music: maybe the first side of an LP, maybe 25 / 35 minutes of music - hence the name of the blog "Side/Dishes." Conceptually, the name unifies a few threads I've been fussing with for years - wherein the beloved "side dish" is a metaphor, a distraction, a moment at the family table between grace and argument, a work of starch, a shared thing done outside the work of preparing the main course for the evening - or a panoply of small plates to which all else (save conversation) is secondary. Banchan, for readers acquainted with Korean cuisine - a digest of myriad ideas for collective gustation. Thank you for joining me here. Feel free to reach out to me at james.eugene.baker@gmail.com.