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Perog-y-thon 2025

Dateline WLBOTT HQ: 2025-10-01After successfully concluding all WLBOTT corporate business, the Elder culinary break-out team got to work. For inspiration, let’s reflect on Steven Fromholz’s beautiful poetry: Six o’clock silence of a new day beginningIs heard in a small Texas townLike a signal from nowhere the people who live thereAre up and moving around’Cause there’s bacon to fryThere’s biscuits […]

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Adventures of the Elders ENGin Food Ukraine

Potsdam Perogy Plenary

The WLBOTT Ladle & Lube cooks have consulted with The Great Chefs of Europe, as well as Elder KM (she knows her varenyky!) We have collected a variety of stuffing suggestions. This Conclave of Cooks, the Potsdam Perogy Plenary, has long been a favorite subject of Renaissance painters. Results of the Chefs’ Conclave Savory & […]

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Varenyky Visions

As we prepare for Elder JimZim’s visit to WLBOTT HQ and the associated varenyky culinary adventure, we will also be adding to the digital dumpling database of knowledge. At this point, the WLBOTT team of Perogy Sciences have made two ground-breaking discoveries. The Micro-Perogy In-Vitro Dumpling Technology WLBOTT research explores the many opportunities in In-Vitro […]

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Adventures of the Elders Food Ukraine

Pre-Perogy Prep: Precautions

WLBOTT’s Ladle & Lube Test Kitchen is bubbling over with excitement! In a few days Elder JimZim will be visiting WLBOTT HQ. After a perfunctory review of our financials (we have none), and a quick ISO/OSHA compliance check, we will be making Ukrainian varenyky (also known as perogies). There will be a great deal of […]

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Satan’s Buffet

The WLBOTT team was reflecting on the second stanza of the famous Horatio G. Spafford hymn, It Is Well with My Soul. Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,Let this blest assurance control,That Christ hath regarded my helpless estate,And hath shed His own blood for my soul.- It Is Well with My Soul Time […]

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Plethora of Pickles

The WLBOTT Test Kitchen and Tractor Lube Station (The Ladle & Lube) recently received a large quantity of sliced pickles and sliced onions. Through an interesting curvature of both time and space, our neighbor’s daughter had a tremendous amount of pickles/onions left from her wedding reception. Before continuing, I must say that the wedding was […]

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ENGin Food

Dessert, Like Life, is Not Always Sweet

You know our friend, Elder KM? She runs the organization ENGin to promote English language skills to Ukrainians. The other day, out of the blue, she says how much she hates English desserts. That was enough to spark an idea for a blog post – the absolutely worst, grossest desserts across cuisines, cultures, countries. We […]

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Harissa

Elder JimZim is WLBOTT’s muse-du jour. Lastly, I wrote a Harissa haiku when I was out of harissa: Harissa – how I miss yaA staining red pasteTo spread on shawarma pita Droubi’s Elder JimZim was referring to Droubi’s, at 7333 Hillcroft Street, in Houston. You can see a nice video of the owners in this […]

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WLBOTT Egg and Toast Day

Employee Appreciation Day! Our Employees are our most valuable asset! Corporate Promotion of WLBOTT Egg and Toast (WEAT) Corporate promotion, press releases, and advertising exceeded the cost of providing WEAT by a factor of 27. All is wonderful in WLBOTT world. The Rank and File – Gratitude for WEAT Our Servers Meet the friendly volunteer […]

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Variations on a Theme: Chicken of the Sea

At WLBOTT, bad decisions don’t just happen. We have to be proactive. And the earlier the better. This morning, Elder JimZim commenced his itinerary of bad decisions with his breakfast choices. He started the day with a breakfast of sardines, onions, and jalapenos. Elder G responds….. Ah… bad decisions, you say. The rich fertilizer of […]