Indian pudding is certainly not one of the prettiest things I’ve made in my kitchen. Its brown mushy look is reminiscent of something that…well, you can use your imagination to finish that thought. But around these parts we have no one to impress with our visual aesthetics, we are much more concerned with the taste of a dish. And I definitely enjoyed that. This dessert [...]
Are you really here looking for vegan calf testicles? If so, sorry, I can’t help you. There will be no vegan bull balls in this post. So why the title? Well, it is an entry about the best vegan food I enjoyed in the Rocky Mountains presented in little snip(pets) thus the oyster part. I know that since I have returned from Denver I have [...]
J-Fur and I attended our first Bradley Method birthing preparation class yesterday. The Bradley Method is a program designed for woman who are intending to have a natural birth without drugs and C-sections. It places some of the emphasis on the father to act as a “coach” during labor. It all seems a bit hippiesh to me. No drugs. Father as cheerleader. I fully expected [...]
My go to wrap of choice has been (and probably always will be) the flour tortilla. There’s just something about that yummy starch roll. It is thin enough to allow the ingredients to shine, unlike a lot of bread based sandwich shells, but it is thick enough to hold everything in place and give your ingredients a nice chewy exclamation point. I know there are a [...]
I’ve already spent a lot of time gushing about the wonders of this Denver thing they call green chili (I mean I gave the chili its own playlist). Now it’s time to get to making our own. First I must hit up the priest for a moment or two of confession. Forgive me father for I have sinned. I am calling this green chili when [...]
Vienna is probably most well known for the log of meat that bears its name. But the Vienna sausage pales in its importance to the city when stacked up against baseball’s standby, the soft pretzels. You see one time pretzels actually saved the city. The story goes like this. During the Battle of 1510 the Turks decided to invade Vienna. Unable (or unwilling) to whittle [...]
Kit Carson, frontiersman and mountain man, allegedly gasped out the words “I wish I had time for just one more bowl of chili” before succumbing to an abdominal aortic aneurysm. Considering he lived his final years in the great state of Colorado, one can infer that Kit wasn’t just talking about any chili. He probably was referring to the green kind. Green chili you say? [...]
Some of the best bar food in Tampa can be found at Mr. Dunderbak’s (despite what J-Fur’s parents might say). Most of the food isn’t vegetarian (let alone vegan) and it certainly isn’t healthy. The good stuff is all fried. I made the mistake of eating there the night before a half marathon a few years back and that was one of the worst runs [...]
Remember when I told you about accidentally booking a spring break trip to Denver? Well I enjoyed the fruits of that late night mistake this past weekend. I must say, it was EVERYTHING I expected. First and foremost, it was cold. How cold? Imagine my ex-girlfriend. Now put her on ice and toss her to the bottom of Lake Michigan in December while listening to [...]
