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Bon appetit and salut!

The Texas grocery store chain, H-E-B, has a Mexican Hot Chocolate ice cream from their store brand line. It is fantastic.

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[Arjan Dirkse]

I like this hummus with sundried tomatoes on crispbread as a snack, but after a few days I get tired of it, I buy something else and about half of the hummus just rots away in the fridge until I throw it out.

 

 

 

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Todd

The Polish supermarket here sells soups that are cheaper than the common Dutch soup in the regular supermarket, 2 euros for a bag of 500 cl. And Polish soup (Central European in general) is great. I like the sauerkraut soup a lot.

 

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Todd

Amstel Radler is a pretty good low alohol beer, if you don’t want to have too much alcohol. Good refreshing lemon taste.

 

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Todd

I like the Italian wines from this brand, Riporta: they sell Italian wine in different styles, from different regions and different grapes. The pecorino is a white wine that is nice and fruity and sparkly, easy drinking. At 8 bucks it is not expensive.

 

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Todd

I have to share this recipe video since I was desperate to make it after seeing it on youtube – I did make it, and it was impressively delicious.

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De Molen is a craft brewery in the Netherlands that makes really good beer. They have a lot of different beers but you can always make out their flavor. I think it’s the yeast they use that makes them so recognizable.

 

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Over a year ago it was revealed all of the cheap honey supermarkets sell is fake. It is still in the stores. Wonder what that tells about our food supply.

Ugh.

My partner insists on buying only at organic supermarkets like Alnatura, which is financially challenging but at least we’re actually consistently eating good food.

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Todd

I try to buy my food from smaller shops as much as possible. I don’t trust the supermarket chains at all. They sell chemical slop.

The list of meat consumption by country has some interesting surprises…they often talk about the “Mediterranean diet”, don’t eat a lot of meat, eat lots of veggies, maybe a little bit of fish bla bla. But both Italy and Spain and also Israel are some of the most meat consuming countries. France and Portugal and Malta also are high on the list. Greece a little bit lower, but they still consume quite a lot of meat.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_meat_consumption

Suddenly I want a porterhouse steak…

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Hong Kong is crazy. People there at almost half a kilo of meat a day.

 

I’m pretty average for my country in terms of meat consumption but I do buy good quality meat from the local butcher as often as I can. They sell meat from animals that are ethically raised. It is a little bit more expensive.

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Christian

Texels beer, from the island of Texel, is pretty tasty but they charge prices for it that are like the prices for craft beer or trappist beer, and it just isn’t really that special. It’s just a good beer, but it should be just a little bit less expensive.

 

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Todd

I had Erdinger Urweisse, it’s a very good weissbier. I’m a fan of this German beer style. Schneider Weisse is my favorite, I had several of these when I was in Vienna. I wish I could buy that over here (with some real weisswurst)

 

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The regular supermarket Gouda can be very bland but aged Gouda can be great, especially if you buy it from a cheese specialty store. It’s best if it’s one year old or older. Slice little blocks off it and serve with a good beer or wine.

 

 

 

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This is pretty good. It’s meat replacement. (It’s based on dairy so not vegan)

 

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So on a family group text my brother sends out “It’s that time of year! Pumkin Spice everything!”

Now do I really want Pumkin Spice in my cheese?
I do think it’s overused, but maybe I should just try it once before I slam it. Maybe I’ll like it.

Then my brother-in-law throws down “I see your pumpkin spice cheese and raise you a ketchup smoothie”

Kraft Heinz and Smoothie King Weigh in with First-Ever Tomato Ketchup Smoothie

What in the actual fuck!
The adult in me (last 16 years) says no, absolutely not.
The kid in me (the first 40 years) says I have to try this.

Hmmm

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Todd

Chouffe redesigned their labels. It looks a lot better now I think, the fonts on the old labels looked messy and unprofessional.

 

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Arjan Dirkse wrote:

Chouffe redesigned their labels. It looks a lot better now I think, the fonts on the old labels looked messy and unprofessional.

 

I had a Chouffe Blonde last time I was in Belgium, I always forget how strong it is. At 8% one was enough!

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Todd

Belgian booze, FAFO.

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Todd, Dave

Yeah you have to drink those Belgian beers slowly! I think my absolute favorite is the Gouden Carolus whisky infused, which is 11.2 %. Two of those is enough to have a fun night.

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Arjan Dirkse wrote:

Yeah you have to drink those Belgian beers slowly! I think my absolute favorite is the Gouden Carolus whisky infused, which is 11.2 %. Two of those is enough to have a fun night.

I always stop by the Cantillon brewery when I’m in Brussels and pick up a few bottles of their lambic beers. Very tasty.

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