06/10/2026
Happy Wednesday!
We are doing a Mexican style Pulled Pork again because, why not? The ongoing struggles and frustrations of owning a business are rewarded with being able to do whatever we want.
The soup this week is by request. We’ve never made such a soup. I was confused when I looked it up, because every recipe was very different. One had steak sauce and ketchup. That’s cool, that’s not how Graham made it, but you what they say about variety and life… (Keeps it spicy — not the soup, the soup is not spicy).
I’ve made pumpernickel for Thursday because I messed up and made light rye last week. But we don’t have many pumpernickel fans, so most of you probably don’t care.
Our patio has been open (and is surprisingly busy), although it’s not “finished” - we’ve had to rearrange things this year and need some new structures to improve the view, and it’s a slog when time won’t stop for us.
I’ve included a screenshot of the AI created post the website provider offers up every time I publish the menu. Isn’t it cute? Basket weaving is artisanal. While we fall under the category of Artisanal Baking, because we make everything by hand with minimal machine intervention, I don’t believe I have ever used that word to describe us or our work. It feels…braggadocious? Sure, if someone were to describe us as such I wouldn’t mind, but it’s been coopeded a bit by Big Business, and is sometimes confused for meaning “made by hand” and not “handmade by highly skilled worker”, like it’s been dressed up in a romantic way that ignores the fact that it’s hard work and requires years of repetition and practice. But do words mean anything anymore?
That’s enough of that for today.
Maybe my posts aren’t always the most uplifting, but they definitely aren’t AI. Whenever I struggle with what to say, I remind myself every human post fights the slop. DOWN WITH SLOP.
Have a great day!
