I don’t have a clue where you get one of these, and I know that this might give you the impression that I am some sort of animal, but I really want to find one… SOON!
I stumbled upon this image of… well, lets call it a super-stromboli-taco-pizza. Isn’t it magnificent?
I did a search on Google just now for the term “food blog”. Do you know how many results it reported?
695,000,000 results. That’s six-hundred, ninety-five MILLION, for those of you confused by all those zeros and commas.
I wonder how many of these Oprah has been to?
Tonight, as I handed out final exams in to my class, I looked forward only to a dreary night of reading term papers and trying not to stick a pen into my neck out of sheer, massive boredom. Things looked bleak, and my heart would not sing.
Then, while digging into the dark recesses of by laptop bag, trying only to locate my power cord, my eyes happened upon something decidedly out of place. Within the pocket, where there should only have been dark shadows – the grays and blacks of the various cables, adaptors, pens, and such that fill the space – there instead shone incongruent color. A flash of mystery, as brief as the snapping of fingers.
Derailed from my humdrum path, I reverted back to the bag, digging deeper, half convinced that the blue and red I saw was only some mirage, some cruel trick played on me by my ravaged psyche. As my finger tore through the gloom, my ears got in on the rouse – is it a crinkle they detect? Nonsense! It can’t be.
But for all my intervening common sense, for all my dread and pessimism, the surprise that the bag held was not a mirage, it was not a farce brought on my monotonous thinking.
There was a package of Pop-Tarts™ I’d forgotten! (more…)
I go through the drive-thru at a local Burger King and I notice something on the menu.
If you can’t see this clear, click on the pic and it will open in full size. The line of text under the menu reads “PICTURE MENUS AVAILABLE AT WINDOW”.
There are so many things wrong with this.
In movies, when a prisoner is on death row and he day of his execution rolls around, he gets a meal of his choice.
His last meal.
With that in mind, I offer the Maple Bacon Donut.
They take the usual conglomeration of ingredients to make the dough – flour, eggs, etc. – then, as usual, submerge it in boiling lard. Once finished, it is topped with a generous portion of maple flavored sugar icing. Then for good (or bad) measure, they top it with to slices of bacon. Apparently, somewhere out there was a person who dod not think that donuts were bad enough on their own.
From what I can gather, there are various version of this culinary treat, but most references point to the idea that a place called Voodoo Donut were the pioneers of this cake and pork feast. They are even available to do weddings.
Other sources give credit to Swirls Bakery, Omaha, Nebraska, where the item is referred to simple as, “The Elvis”.
I’ve never visited Portland or Omaha, but both have been featured on a wide variety of TV and blogs (now including this one.)
I asked this question recently by way of Facebook status – certainly not the standard means of doing a poll – and I received varied responses. One person mentioned “sex”, which I thought to be a pretty good possibility. Another commentator voted for “fresh sheets” – a bit specific, but nonetheless a decent entry. Yet another friend told me he was “waiting on sliced toast”. I confess, I haven’t a clue what that means.
The initial winner was “water into wine”. That one was difficult to argue.
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This is the site you MUST go to if you like cheeseburgers.
I’m not in the habit of doing site reviews on this blog. Add in the fact that my doctor has instructed me to shed some pounds or risk being assigned my own zip code, and it would make one wonder why I pick this site to break my rule for.
First, the concept is cool. Gourmet burgers with an emphasis on the cheese (sponsored, of course, by the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board.) Navigation through the list of burgers is done with a virtual recipe Rolodex-thinga-ma-bob – very nifty! The voice over guy sounds like Puddy from Seinfeld. Finally, for each burger you get the recipe as well as the “Meet the Cheese” tab to click on.
Don’t go to this site if you’re within driving distance of a Red Robin unless you’ve got some time to spare. My personal favorite so far? No. 7.
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