Out of Pod Experience

Heh. You and my wife would get along fine. Not one for 'rabbit food,' her.

Which is fine. I cook a wicked-good steak, too.

DEEP FRIED MARS BARS ! enough said

'Cause you can't get Twinkies to deep-fry any more.

alright, so I don't eat. usually. in fact, I attempt to eat as little as possible. there are days I'll go on just two or three cokes

summer is approaching. what people don't realize is, eating -nothing- is the best weight loss diet of them all.

Rain used No Food Diet

It's super effective!

anyway. when I -do- cook, it's to impress people. I just stopped at the local grocery store for some imitation crab meat (damn my weird cravings). I happened to see honey chipotle salmon for 2 priced at $5.00. it looks like they have this type of thing available regularly...

so more about my date night cooking. that honey chipotle salmon is on my list, though I won't buy it until the day of a 'date'...

before you roll your eyes about the salmon, check it out: it matters how it's presented. you can't just come out with candles and salmon like Lumiere; you have to downplay it. downplay all the significant things, hype the small stuff.

it's gotta come off nonchalant, like "hey let's eat something... I have... crab meat, frozen shrimp, or... honey chipotle salmon. also cocktail sauce. ...nevermind, i'm going to make a little bit of everything, it just needs to be thawed, it won't take long."

snack on the crab meat and shrimp with some coke over ice on the rocks. also in the boston shakers. ...all this while the salmon cooks, a counter top broiler is perfect (no need to fire up the oven).

also grab some parsley and asparagus from the grocery store, and use real butter. better yet, ask for extra butter next time you're at Lucille's, they give it to you in little paper cups with clear lids--scoop it onto the side of the plate, and get a loaf of fresh baked, sliced french bread.

again, downplay the presentation by just... bringing the plates to the couch while you watch that movie. sitting across from each other in -any- setting is just... too much pressure and it's business-like, sort of like a negotiation [ugh I've done it. kill me!]

after the food settles, in the middle of the movie or anything else you might have going on, hype the strawberry banana shake and prepare it, wash the shakers, serve in the cups, resume the movie if that's what you had going on at the time....

I don't eat for my tastebuds... but I cook to impress

and never mind those awesome dishes you're good at, we all have something, but chances are it's basic and something she's tried at home. the goal is set ourselves apart from anyone she's dated before--save the pasta recipe for mom.

Pabst ruins beer. What makes them think they could get Twinkies right..?!


Hmm. Much more work than I go to. Lightly steamed or grilled, and done. Sometimes, especially with fresh young asparagus, not even that much.

Still, might try that just to see if my kids will eat it.


In regards to crabs: Chesapeake bay blues. Steamed with Old Bay seasoning. Add buttery corn-on-the-cob, and cold beer. Spend an afternoon picking and eating crab, munching corn, hangining out with family and friends, and drinking. Perfect summer's afternoon right there.

Philistine!




Edit:
I grew up cutting wild asparagus. Now I plant it. The wild stuff was better.

Pabst ruins beer?!?!

The stuff has been around since 1844. Do you understand that the methods and techniques that are around today to make rich and more flavorful beers just didn't exist back then? Now I am certainly not old enough to know how much the flavor has changed over the years but I can't find any historical evidence that the recipe has been dramatically changed in that time. Granted I haven't done exhaustive research. That said when you have a product your consumers enjoy it is silly to take a gamble with changing its taste. All things considered for such an old recipe I think it's pretty amazing. There is not much in human history that has that kind of staying power, especially with food or beverage.

Union strike. Thy couldn't come to terms so the plant decided to close its doors.

I've never tasted a twinkie in my entire life.

American treats are pretty rare here.

A few years ago we got Oreos and I'm still not sure how those dry little things managed to cross the Atlantic without being thrown overboard.

They must have mistook them for building materials.


I saw something called marshmallow fluff on an exotic shelf once but I didn't dare touch it. My arteries where clogging just looking at the bottle.

Pabst was crap when I was a kid. It's still crap. Ancient formula does not make it good. That only makes it ancient. I blame the over-worked under-educated masses for their lack of education on what is possible.

But here's a news flash: Using ancient formulas and techniques, good beer can be had.
http://morebeer.com/brewingtechniques/library/backissues/issue2.5/hitchcock.html

So why is Pabst still using that ugly recipe?