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Category: Enablers
September 17, 2009
Get on the PartyBike!
I stumbled across this PartyBike site on the net and thought it would be perfect here. Its a rolling Oktoberfest complete with beer keg, bartender and German Festhaus music, but you gotta pedal to make it go.
August 28, 2009
McDonalds Goes Moroccan
mcarabia, originally uploaded by BelchSpeak.
McDonald’s Restaurants in Morocco have introduced the “McArabia” which is a sandwich with cumin spiced ground beef served on a flatbread pita-style pocket.
From GlobalPost here:
Walk into a McDonald’s in Morocco and you’ll find a sandwich you can’t get anywhere else in the world: a cumin-spiced flatbread creation called the McArabia Tagine.
The McArabia was launched across the Middle East in 2003, but this year the 23 McDonald’s franchises in Morocco further localized the recipe by tweaking the seasoning and sauce.
“Honestly it tastes Moroccan,” said Noor El Ghoumari, 34, a man who had just paid 53 dirhams, or about $6.60, for a meal with one of the ground beef sandwiches in Rabat on a recent afternoon.
August 24, 2009
CupCake Pops
My wife cooked up this basket of Candied Cupcake Pops for my pal’s birthday. They were a big hit! Thanks to Bakerella for the recipe.
August 20, 2009
Cheers, Angelo!
After 77 years of pouring beer and tending bar, Angelo Cammarata is quitting.
From the PostGazette here:
Angelo Cammarata, whom the Guinness Book of World Records recognized as the world’s longest-serving bartender, is coming up on last call.
At least at Cammarata’s Cafe, the West View watering hole where he’s been pouring for most of his 77 years of tending bar.
“Camm,” as people call him, started serving beer at his father’s North Side grocery the moment Prohibition ended at midnight on April 7, 1933. The memory is as clear to him as the strike of the library clock that signaled it was time to start opening bottles of Fort Pitt.
Way to go Angelo. You’ve undoubtedly made a lot of Joes very happy over the years.
August 9, 2009
Jack Daniels Master Distiller
Jack Daniels Distiller , originally uploaded by BelchSpeak.
Sad Day. Jimmy Bedford, the former Master Distiller of Jack Daniels died at age 69. From MSNBC here:
Jimmy Bedford, the slender and silver-haired former master distiller of the Jack Daniel’s whiskey during a 40-year career with the company, died Friday. He was 69.
His body was found outside a barn at his farm in Lynchburg, apparently the victim of a heart attack, company officials said.
Bedford retired in March 2008 after spending 20 years as the master distiller supervising the entire operation at the 143-year-old distillery in Lynchburg, the oldest registered one in the United States. Among his duties was tasting the whiskey before it was sent to retailers.
This master craftsman will be missed.
July 1, 2009
Chew on MeatWater
Yum. Dinner in a bottle and all the meaty flavors you love in a beverage. Flavors include cheeseburger, Fish’n chips, Texas BBQ and Fired Oysters. Yum! Get some today!
Thanks to Mary for alerting me to this tasty beverage which is best served warm!
June 16, 2009
My First Cajun Meal
I am currently on travel to Shreveport, LA. I stopped into the Blind Tiger pub to have my first cajun meal. Now I realize that bar food is not often the best judge of a category of food, but sometimes it is. In my case, the Blind Tiger was awesome! I loved the blackened catfish, at 9 o’clock on my plate below.
This food was awesome! Starting from the 9:00 position on the plate, I ate the following:
- blackened spicy catfish
- deep fried corn on the cob
- spicy meat pies
- shrimp et touffe
- Jumbalaya
- Crawfish tails
- Cajun dipping sauce
For me, the best part was the fried catfish. I have to stay in Shreveport for two more days and I promised myself that I will eat at least three more helpings of this catfish. YUMM!
June 4, 2009
How to Build an Exploding Drink
Thanks to Wired Magazine and Neatorama.
1. Shop
Buy the ingredients at your corner store: 2 liters of Diet Coke (warm, diet only because it isn’t sticky), one pack Mentos candy (mint), and some rye whiskey (cheap)… Manhattans also call for a splash of sweet vermouth and 2 small dashes Angostura bitters
2. Prep
Fill an ice tray so that each section is half full of water and stick it in the icebox. Once all of the half-ice cubes have frozen, fill them up to the top placing one candy into each cube. Freeze again.
3. Mix
Combine four cubes and 8 oz. of Diet Coke. Top with 2 oz. of whiskey. The Vermouth and bitters are optional but necessary for an authentic taste. Of course, Manhattans don’t actually ever make use of cola or soda so authenticity has already been sacrificed to the prank. Garnish with a naive smile and serve. Wait five minutes.
4. Flee
When the ice melts enough to expose the dense candy’s gum arabic to the cola, it’ll erupt like a fifth-grade science project.
May 17, 2009
Stop Drinking My Beer
Ever been at a party and you catch someone drinking out of your glass? This is one solution to this problem. Glasses with chalkboard paint on them so people can label their glasses! Available at World Market.
March 27, 2009
KFC Wants to Fill PotHoles
Got potholes in your town? Let KFC fill them in!
From the Trib here:
KFC has sent off a letter to the nation’s mayors, offering to patch their potholes for free. Well, the company will leave behind a stenciled brand on the patch informing people the road has been “Re-Freshed by KFC.”
“In honor of our “Fresh Tastes Best” campaign, we want to come and Re-“Fresh” your roads!” KFC president Roger Eaton says in the letter. “Every patched pothole comes with the Colonel’s very own stamp of approval.”
March 16, 2009
Half Black Presidents Love Fried Chicken
At least, that is what this German company thought. They even serve the Obama Fingers with a side of curry sauce.
February 21, 2009
Bacon-Wrapped Meatloaf With Mac-n-Cheese Injection
My wife makes a great bacon-wrapped meat loaf, and whenever she does, we make a big event of it and invite her whole family over to enjoy it. Maybe we can figure out how to get the mac and cheese into it, but I think I prefer mine on the side. Why mess with perfection?
Thanks to ThisIsWhyYoureFat for the recipe idea.
February 21, 2009
Bacon Cheese Pizza Burger Will Be Godzilla. My Tummy Will Be Tokyo
I want to eat this. Right now. Instead of a birthday cake, I want one of these things.
Giant stacks of beef fried and coated with jack and colby cheeses, layered with bacon and eggs and sandwiched between two Meat Pizzas.
I think it could use some pickles. Thanks to Geeks Are Sexy for the tasty snack!
February 1, 2009
Coon. It’s What’s for Dinner.
Now this is what I call organic cooking.
A story in the Sun Journal here talks about what great food raccoon meat is and that a single animal will feed a family of four.
He rolls into the parking lot of Leon’s Thriftway in an old maroon Impala with a trunk full of frozen meat.
Raccoon – the other dark meat. In five minutes, Montrose, Mo., trapper Larry Brownsberger is sold out in the lot at 39th Street and Kensington Avenue. Word has gotten around about how clean his frozen coon carcasses are. How nicely they’re tucked up in their brown butcher paper. How they almost look like a trussed turkey … or something.
His loyal customers beam as they leave, thinking about the meal they’ll soon be eating. That is, as soon as the meat is thawed. Then brined. Soaked overnight. Parboiled for two hours. Slow-roasted or smoked or barbecued to perfection.
Raccoon, which made the first edition of “The Joy of Cooking” in 1931, is labor-intensive but well worth the time, aficionados say.
Raccoons go for $3 to $7 – each, not per pound – and will feed about five adults. Four, if they’re really hungry. Those who dine on coon meat sound the same refrain: It’s good eatin’.
December 24, 2008
New Pepsi Bottles Look Familiar
Over at my BelchSpeak blog here I discuss how the new Pepsi logo looks an awful lot like the Obama logo. Who’s stealing from whom?
December 18, 2008
Flame Broiled Meat Smells for Men
Burger King has a new body spray out to make men smell like flame-broiled crispy beef- a scent that may be more likely to attract overweight hungry construction workers rather than attractive women. But whatever, nothing beats an eye-searing image of BK’s “The King” lying on a fur rug in front of a fireplace with that “come hither” look on his over-sized plastic face.
From the AP here:
Burger King has launched a new men’s body spray called “Flame,” which it describes as “the scent of seduction with a hint of flame-broiled meat.”
The fast food chain is marketing the product through a Web site featuring a photo of its King character reclining fireside and naked, except for an animal fur strategically placed to not offend.
If you want to buy this body spray, go to FireMeetsDesire.Com here. Let me know if you like it.
December 1, 2008
What Every Little Boy Should Get as a Stocking Stuffer
With Christmas right around the corner, you are probably looking for odd fun items to cram into your kid’s stocking this year. Out of ideas? You must be if you came here looking for one, but since you stopped by, why not try get your kid a Spread Head? This is a cartoonish face that oozes ketchup out its nose or pukes bright yellow mustard!
Just replace your regular mustard or ketchup bottle caps with a Spread Head to make lunch and dinnertime fun!
The SpreadHeads website is here.
November 23, 2008
Its About Time Pepsi Made Soda From Yogurt
Take some Pepsi and mix it with yogurt, and you get Japan’s newest taste sensation, Pepsi White.
The AV club has reactions here thanks to a link provided by SoGood. AV says:
• “It tastes kinda soapy.”
• “It’s kinda cream soda-ish, but not as sweet.”
• “Do the Japanese realize they are being sold mislabeled cream soda?”
• “Ooh, it’s weirdly sparkly as you pour it.”
• “It smells like Slice or one of those fruity sodas. And initially it tastes exactly like that: a generic lemon-lime soda. But there’s a strong secondary taste that’s much harder to pin down.”
• “I really can’t get over the smell. I feel like I’m sticking my face in a scented candle every time I take a sip, and it’s throwing me off.”
• “It starts off fine, but afterward, the distinct flavor of Maalox lingers in my mouth.”
• “Usually we say everything tastes like cough medicine, but this actually tastes more like Pepto.”
My reaction? “Waitaminnit… That’s not yogurt!” Another freakish Pepsi drink from Japan is here.
November 10, 2008
Daddy Needs Beer Too
Thought I would post this hilarious sign hanging over a grocery store aisle. If you ask me, if baby gets a job, he should be able to buy his OWN beer. Until then, it doesn’t matter how many signs he makes. He’s not getting his tiny baby fingers on my Bud Light.
Thanks to Failblog.
November 9, 2008
God Exists and He Uses Baconnaise for His Sammiches
I popped over to the SoGood blog and saw the post about the bacon salt packs and the fabulous baconnaise sandwich spread and my mouth instantly started watering. I want some.
I would put this stuff on every sandwich I make. I would spread it on my morning bagel. I would dip carrot sticks and cucumber slices into it. Here is my ultimate fantasy sandwich right now, if only I had some Baconnaise:
Warm dark meat chicken pieces, melted swiss cheese, crispy lettuce and tomato slices, with a dash of salt and pepper on slices of french bread, with creamy Baconnaise spread on each slice.
I shouldn’t blog hungry.
