I Try It So You Don’t Have To: Vegetarian Peking Roast Duck mark April 16, 2013 I Try It So You Don't Have To I have to admit, I picked this can up at the store, thinking it was actual duck in a can. By the time I got to the register, I had realized that it was mock Peking duck, not the actual fowl I was hoping...
I Try It So You Don’t Have To: Assorted Bugs mark April 9, 2013 I Try It So You Don't Have To 1 Comment One of the nice things about writing this column is that I routinely get recommendations and links from friends and fans. One of the terrible things about that is that it is hard to say no when someone takes...
I Try It So You Don’t Have To: Fish Snacks mark April 2, 2013 I Try It So You Don't Have To I attended an event this past weekend at an Asian market that featured the flavors of Laos and Thailand. All of the food they served was incredible and the cultural background they offered throughout the...
I Try It So You Don’t Have To: Basil Seed Drink mark March 26, 2013 I Try It So You Don't Have To 2 Comments This is one of those items that, when I saw it on the shelf, made me ask myself "Why is this a thing?" I picked up the can and looked over the ingredients list, and it did not alleviate my confusion....
I Try It So You Don’t Have To: Roasted Hemp Seeds mark March 19, 2013 I Try It So You Don't Have To 3 Comments I was actually a bit surprised to see these in the store. I guess I assumed that hemp products in general were verboten. Shows my ignorance. As it turns out we can import it, but we just can't grow it....
I Try It So You Don’t Have To: Ouzon Soda mark March 12, 2013 I Try It So You Don't Have To 3 Comments I had heard some buzz about Ouzon soda recently, so when I saw it in a natural food store, I had to pick up a bottle. Full disclosure here: I already like Ouzo so I expected that I would like...
I Try It So You Don’t Have To: New Lays Chicken and Waffles and Sriracha Flavors mark March 5, 2013 I Try It So You Don't Have To 5 Comments Potato chips can be flavored with just about anything, it seems. When Lays announced the flavors they were testing out I was immediately intrigued by two of them: Sriracha and Chicken & Waffles. I am...
I Try It So You Don’t Have To: Sweetbreads mark February 26, 2013 I Try It So You Don't Have To 4 Comments Much like my old friend head cheese, sweetbreads have a very misleading name. They are neither sweet nor bread. At least head cheese is is half accurate: it has lots of head in it. Sweetbreads are most...
I Try It So You Don’t Have To: Mountain Dew Kickstart Orange Citrus mark February 15, 2013 I Try It So You Don't Have To, Junk Food, Reviews News of Mountain Dew entering the breakfast drink market was everywhere earlier this week. The internet was abuzz with the talk of a new Mountain Dew product that offers a grown-up alternative to soda for...
I Try It So You Don’t Have To: Century Eggs, Again mark February 12, 2013 Bizarre, I Try It So You Don't Have To 8 Comments After my first disastrous tasting of century eggs I received a lot of feedback. Outside of the people who were revolted, there was a large group of people who thought I...
