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Escapee crawdad
Rosauers market in Hood River had live crawdads for sale (a holiday treat?). Of course you want to keep them on ice, but some seemed to have busted out and headed across the polar wastes to the pile of salmon. Related posts The Chef (1) Supplement Evidence Graphic (0) Nitrates in Bacon (2) Neglected burrito [...]
Tagged crawdad, Food, hood river, salmonNitrates in Bacon
Very interesting note on nitrate/nitrites found in bacon from the always-excellent Cook’s Illustrated. Nitrate-Free Bacon I often see “no nitrates or nitrites added” bacon in the grocery store. How does this differ from regular bacon? — Eric Williams, New Orleans, LA. Nitrite has long been a controversial food additive, with studies showing it forms carcinogenic [...]
Tagged bacon, Food, nitrates, perry bible fellowshipNeglected burrito cart
Portland is lousy with these lunch carts, most of them one-trick (often a tasty trick) affair set up at the edge spaces in a parking lot or a driveway. This cart sits off the intersection of Belmont and 34th avenue and I’ve yet to see it open. But if you look closely there’s still a [...]
Tagged burritos, Food, foodcarts, hippies, Oregon, PortlandThis one’s for John
Found at the Fubonn grocery in southeast Portland. And yes, that’s five pounds of chili flakes. Related posts No related posts.
Tagged asian market, chilies, cockMancos State Park
So we were feeling all cool and prepared from our Durango shopping and ready to take on another chilly night in our next stop, Mancos, CO. The campground was unmanned and completely empty. The reservoir, Jackson Gulch Lake, was so low that the boat ramp ran out before you reached the water. We drove around [...]
Tagged camping, Colorado, Mesa VerdeThe Chef
Really tasty breakfast at The Chef in downtown Manhattan, KS. It’s quite cold and forecast for the Colorado campground we’re heading to calls for flurries. Passes over the Rockies are still open. Related posts La Pine, Crack in the Ground (0) Supplement Evidence Graphic (0) Nitrates in Bacon (2) Neglected burrito cart (2) Little Dixie [...]
Tagged breakfast, diner, Food, Kansas, ManhattanTasty beer recommendation: Vuuve
Had this at Spuyten Duyvil on Sunday. A nice wit, needed the sediment to push it from “yeah, good” to “mmm.” From Belgium. Related posts No related posts.
Asperatus Clouds
A new category of cloud is proposed by the Cloud Appreciation Society to a panel of meteorologists from the Royal Meteorological Society. Fine and well, but what we’re here for is the gallery. via the BBC (who have larger versions of some of the photos) Related posts No related posts.
USA #1
From the high street in Abergwuan, Cymru (Fishguard, Wales). Related posts No related posts.
It Was a Dark and Stormy Night and the Rain Came Down In Torrents
Last night I had the opportunity to once again taste a delicious “Shaggy” at the old reliable Great Jones Cafe. It wasn’t the best I’ve had, but still hit the spot. A Shaggy is actually what is usually called a Dark and Stormy, but with really good ingredients. – Blenheim’s Ginger Ale – Gosling Black [...]
Easy And Yummy
Baking squash whole. It’s all the rage! Related posts No related posts.
Scallions
Scallions can be grown at home in a container or pot or in a corner of your garden. They are apparently not very fussy. You can grow them from seed or bulbs or from a scallion from the store–as long as the roots have water and you leave an inch of green on the stalk, [...]
The Indignity of Ice Cream Licking
Leon Kass, head of President’s Council on Bioethics until 2005, feels public ice cream licking is disgusting and undignified. Worst of all from this point of view are those more uncivilized forms of eating, like licking an ice cream cone–a catlike activity that has been made acceptable in informal America but that still offends those [...]
Illicit Liquor (“Moonshine”)
This simple government statistic graph seems strange. Why the remarkable drop in illegal distilling? Well, in a general sense, because it’s become legal, of course. Imagine that, you legalize something pleasant, and the criminal activity drops…. Related posts No related posts.
NYC Chinatown Bakeries
Hot on the heels of the restaurant inspections post, here’s a very handy guide to the bakeries of the major section of Manhattan’s Chinatown, via Kottke. Related posts No related posts.
NYC Restaurant Inspections
Bored at work? Why not look up your favorite restaurant on the NYC Dept of Health Restaurant Inspection page and see all the health violations it has (and very few get off without any). It’s sort of creepy that the Health Dept is also the Mental Hygiene dept. Are you practicing good mental hygiene, flossing [...]
Kimchi in Space
Ko San will be South Korea’s first astronaut, and he gets to take kimchi with him. Originally buried in clay pots during fermentation, his kimchi will instead be canned in a special bacteria-free version. My favorite quote from the NYTimes version of the story: “Three top government research institutes spent millions of dollars and several [...]