Posts Tagged ‘food’
October 25, 2014
Rummy Bears from Serious Eats ( Mark Falkowitz)
This is brilliant! Why did I not think of this? Think about jello shots . . . how much more fun with booze-infused gummy candies.
Here is the How To by Erin Zimmer:
Pour enough liquid over the gummies to completely immerse and cover them, with a little liquid peeking out on top. How long should they infuse? Many sources suggest three to four days in the fridge. We left them sitting out on the countertop and after a few hours, their little bear bellies swelled up and they already tasted pretty boozy. Between five to eight hours was the sweet spot for us to achieve the best squish. The bears will lose their firm chew and take on a texture of jiggly Jell-O. They should still be pleasantly squishy, not liquefied. Over-infuse them and they’ll just become a gelatinous mess of bear ooze.
I am on my way off to the candy store. Here are a few other delicacies to consider:
Gummy Coke Bottles in Jack Daniels
Tequila Worms – forget the worm in the bottle and add your own gummy worms!
And Little Green Apple Frogs in Vodka
Hа здоровье!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged animals, food, gummy bears, Jack Daniels, tequila, vodka, whimsey | 8 Comments »
October 8, 2014
I love the Serious Eats newsletter and have found some truly terrific recipes there (thanks, Jessica, for telling me about it!)
I had to share this posting, however, about all the food at IKEA. Some people, apparently go there for the food.
I have never eaten there. I once had a hot dog there. Don’t go by my experience. This article is a wonderful field guide for people who not only are fans of the flat-pack, but also of the pannkakor.
and the Pastej Krabba.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged baking, cooking, food, IKEA, Serious Eats, whimsey | 4 Comments »
September 18, 2014
Not so much living as vacationing. Did you know that you can rent a fire look out tower at several locations in the US National Forest system?
The National Forests Foundation has information about lookout rentals in the western states
And nine questions about renting one of the lookouts
And lookout rentals by state
These are high, but not high-end, accommodations, but once you get there, the views must be magnificent!
Lookout living is not all blue huckleberries and kinnikinnik jam, however. Like lighthouse keepers, lookout living requires some accommodations.
Here are some of the photos from this delightful book that combines history, drawings, photos and recipes. The book is available from the National Forests Foundation website store, or Amazon.
See also:
Lustron Homes
Quonset Huts
Dymaxion House
Heinlein House
Sears Mail-Order Homes
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged architecture, cooking, fire lookout towers, food, forests, history, lookout towers, National Forests Foundation, National Parks, travel | 4 Comments »
September 9, 2014
Harland David Sanders, born September 9, 1890, in Henryville, Indiana.
Colonel Sanders was an American businessman, best known for founding Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), and later acting as the company’s goodwill ambassador and symbol.
Sanders held a number of jobs in his early life, such as a fireman, insurance salesman and running filling stations. He began selling fried chicken from his roadside restaurant in Corbin, Kentucky, during the Great Depression. Sanders identified the potential of the restaurant franchising concept, and the first KFC franchise opened in Utah in 1952. The company’s rapid expansion across the United States and overseas saw it overwhelm him however, and in 1964 he sold the company to a group of investors led by John Y. Brown, Jr. and Jack C. Massey for $2 million.
Ref: Wikipedia
You can down load Col. Sanders cookbook here. It includes this recipe:
And the tattoo:
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged baking, birthday, Col. Sanders, food, history, Kentucky Fried Chicken, tattoo Tuesday, tattoos | 2 Comments »
July 18, 2014
Today is the 50th birthday of Pop-Tarts.
A little history from Wikipedia:
Originally not frosted when first introduced in 1964, it was later determined that frosting could withstand the toaster, and the first frosted Pop-Tarts were officially released in 1967. The first Pop-Tarts came out in four different flavors: strawberry, blueberry, brown sugar cinnamon, and apple currant. Today, there is a wide variety of Pop-Tart flavors, including chocolate chip, s’mores, raspberry, and French toast.
In 1992, Thomas Nangle sued Kellogg for damages after his Pop-Tart got stuck and caught fire in his toaster. The case gained wider notoriety when humor columnist Dave Barry wrote a column about starting a fire in his own toaster with Pop-Tarts. In 1994, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi professor Patrick Michaud performed an experiment showing that, when left in the toaster too long, strawberry Pop-Tarts could produce flames over a foot high. The discovery triggered a flurry of lawsuits. Since then, Pop-Tarts carry the warning: “Due to possible risk of fire, never leave your toasting appliance or microwave unattended.”
Another note of CAUTION – please tell your kids not to nibble their Pop-Tarts into the shape of a gun if they are eating them in school. Zero Tolerance. Some other shapes to be avoided are:
It is enough to make you turn to . . .
See also this
and this
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged baking, birthday, cooking, food, food art, history, Pop-Tarts, whimsey | 4 Comments »
July 9, 2014
Today is Sugar Cookie Day
To celebrate, this is one of my favorite recipes and is from the Betty Crocker Picture Cookbook that belonged to my mom.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 egg
- 2 1/2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
- Cream the butter and sugar together. Add the egg and flavorings.
- Whisk together the flour, soda and cream of tartar.
- Add gradually to the butter and sugar mixture, combining well.
I admit that I am too lazy to roll and cut out shapes, so I form the dough into a log on a piece of waxed paper. I sprinkle sparkling sugar on the waxed paper and roll up the dough so that it is covered with the sparkling sugar all around the outside. Chill the dough for a couple of hours. Slice (3/8″ thick) and bake on a silpat covered baking sheet (or lightly greased, or on a sheet of parchment paper) for 7 to 8 minutes at 375 degrees.
If you don’t have silpat sheets, sparkling sugar, or baking parchment, take a look at King Arthur Flour’s website. They have everything. My baking sheets are made by Chicago Metallic, large, commercial grade, uncoated. I bought them at Amazon.
A little history from What’s Cooking in America: The earliest cookie-style cakes are thought to date back to 7th century Persia A.D. (now Iran), one of the first countries to cultivate sugar (luxurious cakes and pastries in large and small versions were well known in the Persian empire). According to historians, sugar originated either in the lowlands of Bengal or elsewhere in Southeast Asia. Sugar spread to Persia and then to the Eastern Mediterranean. With the Muslim invasion of Spain, then the Crusades and the developing spice trade, the cooking techniques and ingredients of Arabia spread into Northern Europe.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged baking, cooking, food, history, National Sugar Cookie Day, recipes, sugar, sugar cookie | 4 Comments »
July 4, 2014
Am I the only person who eats radish sandwiches? This has always been a summer favorite of mine when the new radishes appear in the grocery store. When I was a kid, my mom would slice up radishes and serve them on white bread with a little butter and salt – yummy!
The photo shows an upscale version with a slice of melted American cheese on a toasted English muffin – also yummy.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged cooking, food, radishes, recipes, sandwiches | Leave a Comment »
July 1, 2014
While traveling on vacation, we ran into this little fellow in State College, PA at the Berkey Creamery. Someone’s misfortune provided a welcome snack for this chipmunk who slurped up some melted ice cream that had spilled onto the sidewalk outside the creamery.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged animals, Berkey Creamery, chipmunk, food, ice cream, State College Pennsylvania, travel, vacation | 2 Comments »
Gummy Coke Bottles in Jack Daniels
Gunsmoke and Knitting 