Review: Chicken of the Sea – No Drain Tuna mark November 27, 2012 Reviews 1 Comment Not all canned food is a bad thing. Canned tuna may not be high end cuisine but properly handled, I love a tuna sandwich. The only thing that I, and most other people don't like about opening a can of tuna, is...
I Try It So You Don’t Have To: Budweiser Chelada mark November 20, 2012 Bizarre, I Try It So You Don't Have To, Interviews, Reviews 4 Comments This was a target of opportunity for me this week. Eick mentioned this years back and its mysterious appearance on the shelf of one of my favorite beer stores was a bit of kismet. I decided to go with...
I Try It So You Don’t Have To: Emergency Meal Lasagna mark November 13, 2012 I Try It So You Don't Have To, Interesting, Reviews 2 Comments Seems that I have found myself in a disaster preparedness theme. This week I received three modern MRE's from Wise Food Storage for my continued culinary adventures. My options were cheesy lasagna, noodles and...
I Try It So You Don’t Have To: The Last Food On The Shelf, Part 2 mark November 6, 2012 I Try It So You Don't Have To, Interesting, Reviews 2 Comments When I left you last week I was making this face. With such a delightful selection of food in front of me I bet you can't imagine which one might have caused such an adverse reaction. Perhaps it was the...
I Try It So You Don’t Have To: The Last Food On The Shelf, Part 1 mark October 30, 2012 I Try It So You Don't Have To, Interesting, Reviews 5 Comments As the East Coast furiously prepared for the impending Frankenstorm, emergency preparedness lists began to pop up all over the place. While all these items fit the criteria, I hope for your sake you are...
I Try It So You Don’t Have To: Bitter Gourd mark October 23, 2012 I Try It So You Don't Have To, Interesting, Reviews 3 Comments Who could look at this lovely thing and not want to dig in? Most people I imagine. Not me. A while back I saw this on an episode of Chopped and added it to my list of things I should try some...
I Try It So You Don’t Have To: Fish Pickles mark October 16, 2012 I Try It So You Don't Have To, Interesting, Reviews 3 Comments I took a trip this week to my local Indian market, which I have been wanting to do for quite some time. Every time I try to get it together to cook some Indian dishes in my kitchen I realize how woefully...
Review: Mediterranean Gefilte Fish mark October 9, 2012 Interesting, Reviews Shortly after I did my I Try It article on Gefilte Fish I got contacted by a firm doing work for Manischewitz. They offered me a sample of their new Mediterranean style Gefilte Fish. Who was I to refuse....
I Try It So You Don’t Have To: Cuitlacoche mark October 2, 2012 Bizarre, I Try It So You Don't Have To, Interesting, Reviews 1 Comment I have been asked to do this one a couple of times and it took quite a while to find it. Cuitlacoche, aka corn smut, aka corn mushrooms, aka raven droppings is a delicacy in some parts of the world and a...
I Try It So You Don’t Have To: Pickled Pork Rinds mark September 25, 2012 Bizarre, I Try It So You Don't Have To, Reviews 5 Comments I love pork. I know bacon in particular, and pork in general are pretty well played out in the foodie world but pork is good and I won't apologize for my love of all things porcine. I was wandering around a...
