Clovis Elementary Monday: Breakfast — Breakfast pizza, cereal, toast, juice and milk. Lunch — Grilled chicken sandwich, pork and beans, lettuce and pickle chips, vanilla cookie and milk. Tuesday: Breakfast — Egg biscuit, cereal, toast, juice and milk. Lunch — Chicken and cheese quesadilla, Spanish rice, corn on the cob, Jell-O cup, fruit and milk. […]
Tough times will eventually pass
By Grant McGee: Columnist To me, a good Christmas is about lifting your spirits. A good Christmas is about smiles and sharing and stuff. The presents, the food and all the other Christmasy things are just icing on the cake. What was your best Christmas ever? I’d have to say mine was 23 years ago. […]
Culinary creations best when well done
By Helena Rodriguez: Freedom Newspapers I’ve been thinking about burnt toast and tortillas lately, staples of my childhood. Before you label me weird, there’s a Web site advertising a Museum of Burnt Food that celebrates “The art of culinary disaster.” My childhood wasn’t exactly a culinary disaster. In fact, I thought I was a master […]
New Mexican cuisine not just green chile
Ryn Gargulinski Real New Mexicans don’t eat green chile quiche, someone recently told me. After thanking the person for the insightful information, I pointed out I never asked in the first place. But it did get me to thinking what real New Mexicans do eat. When I lived in the Land of Enchantment, I ended […]
Peanut butter a diverse miracle spread
By Grant McGee Sunland Peanuts, on U.S. Highway 70 between Clovis and Portales, recently had the grand opening of its peanut butter plant. I got to go on a tour of the place. The peanuts go in, get roasted, mooshed up, seasoned and the delicious stuff is shot into jars. Then I saw what, to […]
School Menus 5/9
Clovis •Elementary Monday: Breakfast —Breakfast burrito, juice, milk. Lunch — Chicken patty on a bun, fries, lettuce, pickles, pears, milk. Tuesday: Breakfast — Egg and biscuit, juice, milk. Lunch — Spaghetti, green beans, salad, ranch dressing, roll, milk. Wednesday: Breakfast — Cowboy bread, juice, milk. Lunch — Taco salad, salsa, pinto beans, strawberries and bananas, […]