Wanna Bite?

Ham sandwich, fresh spinach leaves, Muenster and sharp cheddar cheese, buttermilk bread. Black pepper and yellow mustard.

Taste of Chicago

Also, I'm going to make a near-perfect Chicago-style hot dog (with a couple of concessions: first, I don't eat beef, so I went with pork dogs, not beef franks; and second, I think pickle spears are unwieldy, so I went with sliced pickle spears, instead)...


Fluky's, the venerable Chicago hot dog stand, makes their own brand of sport peppers (aka, "serrano peppers") -- but I didn't think they were worth the price, when I could get simple La Preferida Sport Peppers for cheaper, and which should be easy to locate wherever you live, if you're inclined to make your own Chicago-style hot dogs.


And there you go! Nummers! Easy to do. And so yummy! I think celery salt is really the key, since the remaining ingredients are self-evident.

Let's get Kraken

I love giant squids, the Kraken of old, and I love rum, so when I saw that there was a new rum called Kraken, I just had to get some...





Review of it pending. Stay tuned!

Stinking Vicar

Oh, I'm pleased that my cocktail of old, the Stinking Vicar, has been rediscovered. I recommend RC as the cola of choice...

Subject: New: Stinking Vicar
From: Daibh
Posted: Mon Jan 9. 2006, 17:19 UTC

Stinking Vicar

* one collins glass (coffee mug will work, too)
* plenty of crushed ice
* two or three jiggers of orange curacao
* three dashes of bitters
* one diet soda (cola)
* garnish with a maraschino cherry (red)

Pour the orange curacao and the bitters over the ice, then add the soda.
Stir. Drink. And be merry.

First we drink Manhattans, then we take Berlin!

Peanut Butter Blossoms

I had a craving for Hershey's Peanut Butter Blossoms, and found that I had no vanilla extract on hand, so I used almond extract, which made'em taste great, too. Also, I used dark chocolate Kisses with these. Want some?

Stumblefoot

I was playing around with Calvados today, came up with a tasty, toasty concoction...


Stumblefoot

1 ounce dry sherry
1 ounce Calvados
5 dashes of bitters
3 ounces of apple cider

Serve in an apothecary glass, over ice. Add sherry, then the Calvados, then the bitters, then fill the glass with cider. Enjoy. Garnish with a green and a red maraschino cherry, if you like.