{"id":403,"date":"2012-06-21T04:09:43","date_gmt":"2012-06-21T04:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeinspice.com\/?p=403"},"modified":"2012-06-21T08:39:10","modified_gmt":"2012-06-21T08:39:10","slug":"me-n-martha-project-day-29-pigs-in-a-blanket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeinspice.com\/?p=403","title":{"rendered":"Me n&#8217; Martha Project: Day 29, Pigs In A Blanket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lifeinspice.com\/?attachment_id=404\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-404\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"404\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lifeinspice.com\/?attachment_id=404\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/lifeinspice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/pigBlanket_0012.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1800,1487\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D90&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1340222558&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"pigBlanket_0012\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/lifeinspice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/pigBlanket_0012-300x247.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/lifeinspice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/pigBlanket_0012-1024x845.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-404\" title=\"pigBlanket_0012\" src=\"http:\/\/lifeinspice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/pigBlanket_0012-300x247.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeinspice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/pigBlanket_0012-300x247.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lifeinspice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/pigBlanket_0012-1024x845.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lifeinspice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/pigBlanket_0012.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>It&#8217;s hard to believe I&#8217;m approaching one full month of my experiment in extreme Marthaosity!\u00a0 Although I&#8217;ve been cooking most of my life and moved up to a professional level after I graduated from The French Culinary Institute, this is the first time in my life I&#8217;ve worked one cookbook this consistently.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve used cookbooks in the past, my favorites being Julia Child&#8217;s Mastering the Art of French Cooking (a must for any serious student of the culinary arts) and various books by my idols, Emeril Lagasse and Alton Brown.\u00a0 Still, this is a different type of focus.\u00a0 I think I started this a bit tongue in cheek, but as the month has moved on I find myself taking it more and more seriously by the day&#8230;which brings us to the oh-so-serious topic of Pigs In A Blanket, from the Midwestern section on page 234.<\/p>\n<p>Ah, pigs in a blanket, it&#8217;s hard to even say the name without chuckling a little bit!\u00a0 This is an easy one to make; get some cocktail wieners, wrap them in pastry dough, give them a touch of egg wash and put them in the oven &#8212; and voila &#8212; you have a tasty snack that&#8217;s perfect for a game day party or a fun after school treat for the kids.\u00a0\u00a0 These really brought me back to my childhood when my grandmother only made them for parties so they were really a special treat for me!\u00a0 The only change I made from Martha&#8217;s recipe was to omit the poppy seeds because they&#8217;re tough on my teeth.\u00a0 This recipe was super simple and so much fun to eat!<\/p>\n<p>The reason I haven&#8217;t burned out on Martha&#8217;s American Food is its diversity.\u00a0 In a matter of days I can go from salads, to desserts, to dinner fare, to comforting nostalgic appetizers like pigs in a blanket&#8230;how can I get bored?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s hard to believe I&#8217;m approaching one full month of my experiment in extreme Marthaosity!\u00a0 Although I&#8217;ve been cooking most of my life and moved up to a professional level after I graduated from The French Culinary Institute, this is &hellip; 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