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• Different Words for a Sandwich with Meat Cut from a Vertical Rotisserie Last night, over a dinner of thinly-sliced lamb in a small, round piece of bread with tomatoes and onions, we wondered what we should call this sandwich. According to Wikipedia, here are our options: Gyros - this is the Greek term, ‘jeeros’, and the first time I had one at Drag’s Pizza in Rice Lake, WI
• Hunting For a Non-HFCS BBQ Sauce Today, Jen slow-cooked some pork loin and when it was fall-apart with a fork tender, we drained it, smothered it in BBQ sauce, and ignored it some more. After ignoring it good and long, we forked it onto some sesame-topped buns, threw on a scoop of ’slaw and called it dinner. Yeah. Tasty goodness. Worth staying in
• Corn Soda Good conversation over at Marginal Revolution on how corn subsidies and sugar quotas have contributed to the fattening of America with a secondary debate on the superior soda sweetener.
• The Power of 1 Slice of Bread Every wonder why there aren’t as many open-face sandwiches for sale in your local supermarket. No?…..well, it’s political: “USDA inspects manufacturers of packaged open-face meat or poultry sandwiches (e.g., those with one slice of bread), but FDA inspects manufacturers of packaged closed-face meat or poultry sandwiches (e.g., those with two slices of bread).” - U.S.
• Coke Blak? Bleeech Inspired by Eric Rice, I just recorded a Coke Blak tasting podcast.