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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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I’m having a bar of chocolate. Like actual chocolate. A WHOLE bar of it!

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njerry

Like a gold bar of chocolate?

Anonymous wrote:

Like a gold bar of chocolate?

Now you’re being silly. I’m not at Jerry’s mansion on the hill.

It didn’t have a golden ticket either. No, chocolate chocolate. I haven’t had any since whatever date was the Tuesday after Easter.

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njerry

Chocolate is pretty good and I agree that Jerry should send us all gold bars of chocolates as a demonstration of his PURPORTED niceness to us.

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Yes, I agree you should send me shiny gold-tinged cuddles to demonstrate your purported cuddleness to me. Good idea, Tim.

Here, I have sent you one million and forty four gold-tinged cuddles as a demonstration of my actual cuddles to you.

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Can I stay here for one million and forty four forevers?

The supermarket has Boon Oude Geuze, so I bought a bunch of them.

 

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njerry

Anonymous wrote:

The supermarket has Boon Oude Geuze, so I bought a bunch of them.

I wish my supermarket sold 2008 Belgian sours.

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Why would you need that many?

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Dave wrote:

Why would you need that many?

Jerrys shopping habits reflects how his millions of dollars have warped his mind.

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Dave wrote:

Why would you need that many?

Don’t shame Jerry for being an alcoholic.

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njerry wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

The supermarket has Boon Oude Geuze, so I bought a bunch of them.

I wish my supermarket sold 2008 Belgian sours.

 

The ones I have are from 2017-2018, I just took a pic from the interwebs. I don’t know if a geuze from 2008 is still drinkable…

Went out with my friend and his family tonight, we had a “surprise” four course meal that was excellent. Overall, it was a huge amount of meat. The first course was tomato soup and shrimp croquettes, the second course peanut satay and stir fried beef with veggies, the third course a nice little burger and ribs, and the fourth course and desert was creme brulee and apple crumble. If it sounds like a lot of food, it was. I feel like I ate enough for a whole week.

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Anonymous wrote:

Went out with my friend and his family tonight, we had a “surprise” four course meal that was excellent.

I can still remember going out to a restaurant to eat.

Ah, the good old (pre-COVID) days….

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njerry wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Went out with my friend and his family tonight, we had a “surprise” four course meal that was excellent.

I can still remember going out to a restaurant to eat.

Ah, the good old (pre-COVID) days….

I hope they’ll re-open soon in NY. They’re open here, officially with social distancing, seats have to be 1,5 meter apart.

In Western NY restaurants are back to half capacity. As long as you don’t combine tables or stand around everything is good.

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I haven’t made any Italian food in a while, tonight I had goat cheese raviolis from the supermarket and I made a tomato sauce with chicken and parmesan cheese. It was fricking good.

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Anonymous wrote:

I haven’t made any Italian food in a while, tonight I had goat cheese raviolis from the supermarket and I made a tomato sauce with chicken and parmesan cheese. It was fricking good.

That sounds fantastic!

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Todd

I’m drinking Weihenstephaner Korbinian a so-called Doppelbock…it is interesting, but very much on the sweet side for me. I like a bit more bitterness in my beer. The label is pretty though.

 

 

 

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Anonymous wrote:

I haven’t made any Italian food in a while, tonight I had goat cheese raviolis from the supermarket and I made a tomato sauce with chicken and parmesan cheese. It was fricking good.

Di molto!

I’ve mentioned before that on the second night of Rosh Hashanah, it’s customary to eat a fruit you’ve never had before, so on Sunday night, I will try rambutan.

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Todd

Rambutan (translates as hairy one – rambut is ‘hair’ in Malay) grows everywhere here. For all it’s exotic look though its flavour is rather mild, a lot like lychee.

 

garjones wrote:

rambut is ‘hair’ in Malay

What’s funny is, is that I did Indonesian after I bought it, and what word is in the vocab I’m up to? Rambut.

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Also, I meant Saturday night. I was thinking according to the Jewish calendar, where Saturday night is considered Sunday night.

Anonymous wrote:

I’m drinking Weihenstephaner Korbinian a so-called Doppelbock…it is interesting, but very much on the sweet side for me. I like a bit more bitterness in my beer. The label is pretty though.

Nice! I spent a lot of my youth in a coma induced by this Weizen-doppelbock:

Got into it when we actually visited the monastery that it originates from. Good stuff, but it’s loaded with 8.2% alcohol, so I haven’t touched it in a long while. Not eighteen anymore and all that.

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Christian wrote:

Good stuff, but it’s loaded with 8.2% alcohol,

Of course, now I’m going to have to look for this. My local shop carries some Schneider Weiss, but I don’t recall seeing the Aventinus doppelbock.

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Christian

Oh man Schneider Weisse is so good…I had a lot of that when I was in Vienna. I wish I could buy that here.

I’m drinking shui xian oolong tea. It is very good stuff, but the first time I made it I let the water get too hot and it was incredibly foul and bitter. Some tea reacts badly to high temperatures and for some tea it’s the hotter the better.  I’m glad I didn’t throw the stuff away after the first failure, because with slightly lower temperature it is great. Brings out sweet and earthy notes with a slightly bitter accent. Puts me in a dreamy state.

 

Anonymous wrote:

I’ve mentioned before that on the second night of Rosh Hashanah, it’s customary to eat a fruit you’ve never had before, so on Sunday night, I will try rambutan.

I forgot to ask sooner but how was it?

Grolsch is a pretty good Dutch lager, tastes better than Heineken anyway. And they come in cool bottles with a re-sealable top.

 

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Dave

Yeah, I like Grolsch. And I have far too many of those bottles at home (I use them in the summer when I make homemade lemonade).

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Dave wrote:

Yeah, I like Grolsch. And I have far too many of those bottles at home (I use them in the summer when I make homemade lemonade).

I just read on wiki people re-se them, I didn’t know that. That’s cool. Do they close off well when you use them for lemonade?

 

I have fond memories of Grolsch. I had a friend who had an artsy family and a cool house where I liked to hang out and play guitar with him and they always had Grolsch.

Anonymous wrote:

I just read on wiki people re-se them, I didn’t know that. That’s cool. Do they close off well when you use them for lemonade?

Yeah, they re-seal and work really well. Although I make still lemonade, not fizzy, so it’s not like it can go flat.

Dave wrote:

Although I make still lemonade, not fizzy, so it’s not like it can go flat.

With a flat, level and empty surface anything is possible.

I know! Trumps political platform!

Anonymous wrote:

Dave wrote:

Although I make still lemonade, not fizzy, so it’s not like it can go flat.

With a flat, level and empty surface anything is possible.

I know! Trumps political platform!

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flat

I see why you went on such a tangent Anders. The definition Dave was looking for doesn’t show up until 7c

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It’s like  green grapes with a slight tropical fruit undertone.

 

Meanwhile, I’ve been home pickling vegetables. For the holiday of Shemini Atzeres/Simchas Torah, it’s customary to eat cabbage, so I made pickled cabbage that’s been fermenting since the day after Yom Kippur. It honestly tastes like real sauerkraut.

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Todd

Making Bakmi Goreng with fake shrimp.

Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

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Todd

This burger erupts with cheese when you take a bite 🤪 pic.twitter.com/yeIGjbBUrz

— Food Insider (@InsiderFood) October 26, 2020

Fun but not only looks messy but a good chance of burning your tongue judging by the steam coming off it at the start.

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I love a baked Camembert and often do one at Christmas (my wife makes these amazing pastry twists with prosciutto in them to dip in it).

I don’t ever breadcrumb it myself but you often see smaller versions of that ‘burger’ on menus, usually as a starter (with salad or some other side rather than a bun).

garjones wrote:

Fun but not only looks messy but a good chance of burning your tongue judging by the steam coming off it at the start.

Yeah, I presume it’s been left to cool a little before he eats the burger. They can be lethal if eaten freshly cooked.

For my diet I’m going to make a change from sandwich meats, salami, ham etc to eating bread with spreads like almond butter, jams, hummus, tomato tapenade, etc. My cholesterol is pretty high, so that would lower the saturated fats (or is it unsaturated? the bad one.) I’ll still eat the occasional bit of salami though, just a bit less.

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I’m drinking this baby, the Tripel Karmeliet…it is one of the best Belgian tripels. It tastes smooth and creamy and is made with three types of grains, namely wheat, barley and oats.

 

edit: spooky, the image I posted keeps disappearing

 

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Trying a Sephardic ( Jews from Spain who escaped the inquisition) leek pancake called Keftes de Prasas.

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Todd

I think I did something terribly wrong in the recipe, because it didn’t taste so good. I could tell, though, that if done properly, it would be very good. Maybe I should have used matzah meal instead of flour? In any case, I will try a simpler Sephardic recipe, Prasas con Sofrito, which is a leek salad in a tomato- olive oil sauce with garlic and black pepper.

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Just looked up presas con sofrito, it looks really good but all the recipes I can find are in Spanish so it will be a challenge for me to make it :D

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Todd

DavidM wrote:

Just looked up presas con sofrito, it looks really good but all the recipes I can find are in Spanish so it will be a challenge for me to make it :D

Are you sure they’re in Spanish? Sephardim have a language called Ladino, which is to Spanish as Yiddish is to German. The word Prasa for leeks is Ladino, not Spanish, as it comes from Turkish pirasa, so you could be getting hits in romanized Ladino.

Either way it’s not going to help David understand the recipes. 😂

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garjones wrote:

Either way it’s not going to help David understand the recipes. 😂

I know, but I was being pedantic.

The recipe is simple: fry crushed tomatoes and minced garlic in olive oil, and then when it’s still a bit hot, add tomato juice, chopped leeks, and a dash of black pepper, and mix. I found it in a recipe book my mother has, where it was called Sephardic Turkish Leeks, and the Ladino name was just noted after the recipe

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Also, given who I said the Sephardim were fleeing from, I’m surprised no one made a “I didn’t expect…” joke

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My jar of honey was finished so I bought a new one. I had yoghurt with honey tonight and my God, it was fucking delicious. Finding out about good honey is like a food revolution, it’s a different sort of experience. It’s something worth spending a bit more on.

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Anonymous wrote:

My jar of honey was finished so I bought a new one. I had yoghurt with honey tonight and my God, it was fucking delicious. Finding out about good honey is like a food revolution, it’s a different sort of experience. It’s something worth spending a bit more on.

Very true. I got my wife spoiled on local honey. She can’t stand the mass produced version any more.

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It’s the bees knees.

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I think there are a few things I spend a bit more money on food wise than most people. I buy coffee and tea that is a bit more expensive I think, and also those Belgian beers, though I do not drink a lot of them, most of the time one beer a night. And honey now too apparently. But it is not super expensive, a jar is 6 euros and it lasts like 3 or 4 months. I only eat a little bit with the yoghurt.

 

Loose leaf tea seems expensive sometimes but it also lasts quite long. 100 grams of tea is like 80 tea bags.

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Dave wrote:

It’s the bees knees.

Technically, it’s the bee’s vomit.

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njerry wrote:

Dave wrote:

It’s the bees knees.

Technically, it’s the bee’s vomit.

Not as catchy a marketing slogan though.

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It’s the bleeaurgh ruuuuuuhhhrhrhrg!!

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After watching Mediocre Cartoon Capitalist Propaganda The Princess and the Frog while being stoned yesterday, I decided to make Gumbo today.

A decision I do not regret. Turned out really tasty, although tbf I have no idea at all what it’s supposed to taste like.

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The Brazilian steakhouses in NYC are by law allowing a certain amount of indoor dining.

Personally I don’t like to eat in the middle of the street. I am still a bit apprehensive about it as the pandemic is going up these days.

There is always next year if I live that long.

Anonymous wrote:

A decision I do not regret. Turned out really tasty, although tbf I have no idea at all what it’s supposed to taste like.

It looks awesome.

Christian wrote:

It looks awesome.

It’s an interesting mix of things, nothing I would’ve come up with on my own. Celery, bell peppers, red onions, garlic, parsley (and so far it’s pretty normal but it’ll get interesting with:) chorizo, grilled chicken, shrimp and tabasco. Also some salt, pepper, cumin and lemon.

The weirdest part, for me, was to basically fry flour in oil for 20 minutes to make the brown doughpaste that forms the base of it all. Very interesting indeed. And tasty.

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On the old board, I mentioned cooking a Bukharian (Tajiki speaking Jews from Uzbekistan who now mostly live in Queens) food I called plov. That’s wrong; it’s the Russian name, the real Bukharian name is Oshi Savo or Oshi Palov. It’s a pilaf with meat, onions and carrots, flavored with cumin, black pepper a cinnamon. I’m trying a new recipe, with whole garlic, raisins, chickpeas, ginger, and hot pepper flakes.

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I’m drinking Kasteel Donker, a dark Belgian beer with 11 % abv (!) . It is good, but maybe a bit too sweet for my liking.

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This afternoon I had a “special brew” from De Dolle Brouwers (Belgium) commemorating their first official brew from 40 years ago. It’s called X Pale, and I highly recommend it.

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Todd

Christmas day is always at my in-laws’ and they decided this year they weren’t going to have ham; we protested and offered to bring a ham as our contribution (we usually get away with bringing not much). Doing some online snooping it turns out the Aldi triple smoked leg is the pick of the supermarket offerings (yes, we could have sourced one from some boutique butcher for twice the price, but that would have meant making arrangements over a month ago), and we went out tonight to grab one.

I’ve never bought a ham leg before, it’s certainly the most expensive single food item I’ve ever paid for; it’s in the fridge and whatever’s not eaten on Christmas Day will be shared as leftovers.

I think they’re still doing a roast turkey (all that hot food makes no sense here, I know), but there’ll also be a big pile of fresh prawns (wife’s favourite).

FWIW I think ham is vastly superior to turkey; MIL makes it well, and it’s always a high quality bird, but it’s still really nothing that special compared to even a basic ham.

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Todd

“Ham” just means bacon that’s acceptable to the womenfolk, right?

Fried turkey is the best. My brother-in-law made some for Thanksgiving and it was delicious.

Andrew wrote:

FWIW I think ham is vastly superior to turkey;

Pretty much all meat is vastly superior to turkey which is pretty tasteless without a lot of work done to it. I think it’s only chosen for special occasions because it has loads of meat on it to go around.

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I occasionally make turkey burgers from mince, and yeah I have to add a shitload of herbs and spices to make them tasty (cumin works quite well). On the few occasions where I’ve done them plain they taste of virtually nothing at all.

I think this year with the reduced numbers of people celebrating together we may see people opt for something other than turkey in greater numbers than usual, as there won’t be that same need for a big bird.

My wife quite likes the idea of making a game casserole, my daughter would be happy with a pile of pigs in blankets and nothing else, and my son wants spaghetti bolognese. I’m happy to oblige on all counts as it’s not like we have the usual older (and more traditional-minded) family members to keep happy, so it may end up as a weird “anything goes” meal where we all get our favourites.

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Todd wrote:

Fried turkey is the best. My brother-in-law made some for Thanksgiving and it was delicious.

Todd, if I lived in Texas, all my holiday meals would be catered by Salt Lick

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garjones wrote:

vastly superior to turkey which is pretty tasteless

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DavidM wrote:

“Ham” just means bacon that’s acceptable to the womenfolk, right?

Bacon is over-rated – smells better than it tastes, usually. Ham wins.

I’m very sorry that you’ve never eaten proper bacon, Andrew.

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njerry wrote:

Todd wrote:

Fried turkey is the best. My brother-in-law made some for Thanksgiving and it was delicious.

Todd, if I lived in Texas, all my holiday meals would be catered by Salt Lick

I’ve been to Salt Lick, it’s very very good.

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njerry

I’ve got two of these tonight, with this crappy weather a nice heavy dark beer feels good.

 

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Brewdog are doing a free(ish) beer promotion in the UK – 4 cans for just the postage cost:

2021 has been tough so far.

So, we're giving everyone in the UK the chance to get a free 4 pack of our amazing new beer, Lost Lager

Find yours 👉 https://t.co/wKNJb74s8U

Lost is the world's only carbon negative lager – we'll plant a tree in our forest for every 4 pack claimed pic.twitter.com/tp7h5KvWME

— BrewDog (@BrewDog) January 8, 2021

 

I love what happens when I click that link:

YOU ARE NOW WAITING IN A QUEUE
You are now waiting in a queue for access to BrewDog.com because our website is currently over capacity. When it is your turn you will have 10 minutes to enter the website.
Number of users in queue ahead of you: 82950
Expected arrival time on the website: more than an hour
Your estimated wait time is: more than an hour

It seems like there are quite a few people who would like one of those free samples. Ah well. I’d clear the queue as I suppose I’m not elegible…

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everyone in the UK

Christian wrote:

I suppose I’m not eligible…

While the Royals are German than English, I don’t think that you qualify as a UK citizen, Christian.

I am drinking Gulden Draak which is pretty damn great. It is a typical Belgian beer with a special twist, it uses wine yeast in the production process which gives it a nice, fruity taste.

 

Unfortunately I don’t have this supercool beer glass they make, apprently it is supposed to be a dragon egg:

 

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Rocket wrote:

While the Royals are German than English, I don’t think that you qualify as a UK citizen, Christian.

See, there’s my whole problem. Tsk.

Christian wrote:

Rocket wrote:

While the Royals are German than English, I don’t think that you qualify as a UK citizen, Christian.

See, there’s my whole problem. Tsk.

Inject tea into your bloodstream. They’ll never see through that cover.

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Isn’t that Captain Britain’s origin story?

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Christian, Todd

Christian, you shall henceforth be known as “Betsy”.

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[Andrew]

Dave wrote:

I’m very sorry that you’ve never eaten proper bacon, Andrew.

I have, it’s just not as good. I also appreciate something that you can eat as is without having to fry it up – ham’s in the fridge, I can toast some bread, chuck on the ham with some cheese and be eating in 5 minutes without having to get a frypan involved.

Our latest easy meal at home has been the Tik-Tok wrap – you all familiar with it?

• This reply was modified 3 years, 9 months ago by Andrew.

No, what is a Tok Tok Wrap?

Anonymous wrote:

Christian, you shall henceforth be known as “Betsy”.

Wait, I feel like we took a wrong turn somewhere there…

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Todd

Christian wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Christian, you shall henceforth be known as “Betsy”.

Wait, I feel like we took a wrong turn somewhere there…

Don’t worry, it’s in reference to Betsy Braddock, not Betsy Devos.

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I’m drinking Hertog Jan Pilsner, which is a good Dutch lager. Probably my favorite Dutch lager together with Grolsch.

 

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Dave wrote:

No, what is a Tok Tok Wrap?

Sorry, typo.

a tik tok rap sounds like a lot of empty calories.

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Todd

https://iamafoodblog.com/tiktok-wrap-hack/

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Todd

Sounds like a taco quattro stagioni.

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Todd

More like a quesadilla – you’re also eating all four quadrants in each mouthful so quite a different experience to that pizza.

Holy shit, Franziskaner weissbier is so good.

 

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I made meatballs using a recipe from Elizabethan England called “Farts of Portingale”. Yes. They are called Farts. And they are delicious.

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Anonymous wrote:

Holy shit, Franziskaner weissbier is so good.

Yeah it is. I love it.

Ach, Jesus. That’s one thing I’ve certainly been missing this year: Sitting in a biergarten with a big glass of Franziskaner.
(Well, “missing” as in I was only able to do it once or twice…)

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