Random Articles

• 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
• Juicy Lucy in Hometown Tales #189 In Hometown Tales #189, Gene describes a pretty tasty variation of the Juicy Lucy It might be the first Jucy Lucy Resturant east of Georgia, but I’ll leave final judgement to Ed, Dave, Scott, and the other experts.
• 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.
• Italian-American Comfort Food at Cossetta’s Last night, Darrel and Mark W. from MNteractive.com and I grabbed a bite at Cossetta’s in downtown St. Paul. When we were in Evanston, IL, Jen and I lived right next to Panino’s Italian Cafe. Panino’s is a little takeout italian place with decent pizza, soggy italian beefs, and overdone onion rings. All 5 minutes past
• A Warning to Restaurants: I Can’t Taste You There’s been more than a couple times I’ve ordered something to drink or eat out with family and the order gets mixed up and we don’t realize it until I’ve already eaten not my order. Turns out, unless the food’s flavors are obvious, loud, and complex, I don’t notice them. This so clearly explains why I can’t