Bell’s Oarsman Ale

Quite a number of beer styles have been brought back from the brink of extinction in the last few decades. Belgian Witbier, for example, would possibly be a footnote in history if it weren’t for Pierre Celis’ efforts in creating his eponymous brewery in Texas; now there are scores of American versions, both good (hello, Ommegang Witte) and mediocre (sorry, Blue Moon). Porter had almost disappeared as well, but craft brewers here kept it alive as a style, and it’s firmly cemented once again. The important part is that the style wasn’t allowed to die. Today’s beer style had merely [...]

High Pearl – Crispy Fried Large Intestines

I’ve posted a number of times about High Pearl, so this time I only took a photograph of one dish – though the other two dishes we ordered are things I’ve never posted here, whoops! (two noodles dishes; when I go to High Pearl with my brother, we inevitably eat rice with our dishes, so noodles aren’t ordered, but I went with just FeistyMom this time and she was like, order whatever you want, so I totally did! Seafood crispy pan fried noodles and wet fried beef broad white noodles, yum!) – the last time I went to High Pearl [...]

La Mexicanita No. 2 (Panama)

Back towards the beginning of the year, CT and I learned that CT’s Sister’s Sister-in-Law would be getting married in Panama at the end of July. Why Panama? The Bride’s parents live down there now full-time. We learned that Panama has a huge ex-pat population mostly because it is so cheap and the U.S. Dollar is the functional currency down there. Since CT’s whole family is quite close with her brother-in-law’s family, we were all invited to the wedding. Since neither of us had been to Panama before, we decided to spend an extra couple days down there to explore [...]

Labor Day – Feisty Family BBQ

FeistySis, knowing I am going through a rough patch, decided to have a BBQ over Labor Day weekend.  Low attendance as my brother couldn’t make it, so it was just her family + our mother and I.    I was put on salad duty… very simple salad.  Romaine lettuce, grape tomatoes and carrot shavings.  I also brought over Beer Boor’s homemade tortilla chips and the pico de gallo I’d made for our homemade nachos.  FeistyMom and FeistySis could not stop raving over this – both the pico de gallo, which they said was very fresh tasting and light (there’s no [...]

Basic Sandwich Bread

When I first decided I wanted to learn how to make bread, I started with a bread machine and a recipe I found online.  I’ve been using the recipe for years now.  For the most part, the basics of the recipe haven’t changed, though I have tweaked it slightly to suit me over the years.  I use only unbleached white flour now as I like how it tastes the best.  I also like the consistency of the bread loaf.  I long ago quit using molasses as I find it makes my dough too gummy.  As well, I’ve graduated from the [...]

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