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Based on Turkey Hill Ice Cream, the Phillies Should Win
Pshaw... it'll be all over tonight. :)
Eggo Mini Muffin Tops Should Not Exist
If this article was linked to on Fark.com, it would get the "obvious" tag.
Here's a question: do the muffin tops need the bottoms to be the awesomeness that they are? If you tried to just bake muffin tops, would it fail? Do muffn tops draw much of their greatness from the body of the muffin?
Video: Obama Drastically Scales Back Goals for America After Visiting Denny's
Mmmmm... pound of eggs covered in syrup. *drool*
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Cakespy: Cherry Almond Osgood Pie
This pie looks very familiar to me. I'm pretty sure I had it once in the 80s or 90s at some family barbeque or something.
I would have guessed that the name Osgood comes from a person since Osgood is a pretty common last name.
Based on Turkey Hill Ice Cream, the Phillies Should Win
Pshaw... it'll be all over tonight. :)
Eggo Mini Muffin Tops Should Not Exist
If this article was linked to on Fark.com, it would get the "obvious" tag.
Here's a question: do the muffin tops need the bottoms to be the awesomeness that they are? If you tried to just bake muffin tops, would it fail? Do muffn tops draw much of their greatness from the body of the muffin?
Video: Obama Drastically Scales Back Goals for America After Visiting Denny's
Mmmmm... pound of eggs covered in syrup. *drool*
Food in Iceland During the Global Economic Crisis
Meat pudding, sheep heads, and haggis....... oh my.
Culver City, Calif.: Surpassing Expectations at Rush Street
I have a burning urge to draw eyes on the photo of the burger with the tongue-like strip of bacon sticking out of it. I also have a burning urge to bite into it. Great mouth-watering photos.
Banning fast food near schools? Your take.
Nah. Silly idea. If they are going to ban fast food near schools, then they also need to ban pizza joints, ice cream parlors, candy stores, movie theaters, convenience stores, super markets... all places where kids can go to devour junk food. What schools need to do is provide a good cafeteria with good food so kids have no reason to go elsewhere.
Are Frozen French Fries My White Whale?
Aw, give them a break. The tiny shake shack kitchen probably can't handle the logistics of fresh french fries.
Does Your Grocery Store Have You Crying Tears of Joy?
Wegmans is great. It's truly what a "Super" market should be, not just a big place with shelves and shelves of junk.
Try their seasoned hamburgers. Cooked right, they rival the best restaurant burgers you can find.
Photo of the Day: Warty Pumpkins
They are apparantly bred to wart up nice and ugly on purpose. Here's an interesting link:
http://www.superfreakpumpkin.com/about.html
Wendy's Onion Failburger
Dwarf burger or mutant onion?
Photo of the Day: What Is This?
I was thinking donut, too. Fail.
Foods We Loved as Kids, Maybe Not as Adults
When I was a kid, my mom would never buy Fruity Pebbles no matter how much I begged. So on the rare occasions I could get a bowl of those flourescent colored flakes of sugar-death, it was an awesome experience. Now I retch at the thought of eating them.
And here's another vote in favor of fig newtons. I think I actually like them more as an adult than I did as a kid.
Photo(s) of the Day: Happy Birthday, Robyn!
Ha! She was rick-rolled by a singing telegram? That's awesome.
Group of College Presidents Wants to Lower Drinking Age to 18
Let your kids have an occasional sip of warm Budweiser when they're young, and the allure of booze will be dashed before they even reach high school.
In Videos: 12-Mile Walk for Free Cheeseburger
This weekend I'll be going to NYC for a visit, and whenever I do I tend to do a lot of walking all over the city... close to 12 miles worth I'm sure. In the end, I'll be rewarded with a Shake Shack burger.
Ruby Tuesday Punks Us All, Blows Up Wrong Restaurant
Sounds like a "had to be there" type of thing, which doesn't work very well for a national marketing campaign. I imagine if you're standing there watching the Ruby Tuesday's waiting for it to blow and the restaurant across the street goes up in smoke you'd be effectively suprised. But in print, it's boring.
Water Works: How To Make Seltzer at Home
I live by bottled water. I can't drink tap water, at least not here in New Jersey. *shudder* I've looked closely at a glass of NJ tap water in the light, and there's definitely *something* in there, and on a bad day the taste and smell can be really offensive. I can't believe it's healthy to drink. Anyway, I don't really like anything carbonated, so this club soda thing is not for me. I DO recycle all of the plastic water bottles, at least.
Viral Stride Gum Videos Featuring Matt Dancing Around the World
I am so jealous of this guy. What a job.
The videos are fun to watch, but I bet they were even more fun to make.
Photo of the Day: Individually-Wrapped Bananas, Freaking Us Out
I can't find it right now, but I've seen a photo of individually wrapped peanuts from Japan. I hope those trays are biodegradable.
The Great Strawberry Ice Cream Debate
Ice cream, like jelly beans, should be available in as wide a variety of flavors as human imagination and food-chemistry will allow. Strawberry isn't even a particularly odd or exotic flavor. It fully deserves its place in the list of good ice cream flavors.
Hall of Fame of Ice cream? Well, I'm not so sure about that. I guess it depends on the Hall. If your Hall of Fame of ice cream flavors includes the top 100 flavors, then sure, I can see Strawberry in there. Somewhere around #37, I think. But I wouldn't put it on a top 10 list.
Photo of the Day: Baby Pig Wearing Boots
So cute. Almost makes me want to give up eating pork.
Almost.
If Obama and McCain were food... What food would they be?
McCain = Prune
Obama = Can of Mystery Meat
Marvelous Mint Ice Cream
Wow, this hits right in my sweet spot. For as long as I can remember, I've been on a fruitless hunt for good PLAIN mint ice cream. What is it about mint ice cream that makes ice cream makers always think they must add chocoloate chips or cookies or something? Whenever I buy "mint-chip" ice cream, I'm always doing that dig for the parts of the ice cream with less chips. I guess I just need to finally get an ice cream maker and make chipless mint ice cream myself.
Cakespy: Cherry Almond Osgood Pie
consider basalmic vinegar ...
:-)
Cakespy: Cherry Almond Osgood Pie
Thanks for sharing, Carol! I also just had a friend who made it and didn't have cloves so she omitted them, and it tasted fine like that too!
Cakespy: Cherry Almond Osgood Pie
I printed it out with the TBL directions but as I was grating my nutmeg it occurred to me that I had never in my life put a TBL of spice in anything, much less 3 of them. I came back to find the revised recipe and I still cut the spice to 1/2 tsp of each and it was delicious.
Cakespy: Cherry Almond Osgood Pie
Aww thanks for the sweet comment, Brunswickstew! I am still really sorry for the confusion. When less clove-ified it is quite good. Hopefully I can redeem myself next week with another delicious and studiously proof-read recipe.
Cakespy: Cherry Almond Osgood Pie
@cakespy: Well, if nothing else I hope I saved someone else from clove overdose.
@cybercita: Normally, I would taste for seasoning, but with raw eggs you can never be too safe...
To everyone else: This is probably an excellent recipe (the revised one) because (I'm embarrassed to admit it, but...) my husband and I were so starved for sugar that we ended up eating the whole spiced filled nightmare of a pie anyway!?!?!?
Cakespy: Cherry Almond Osgood Pie
I am so sorry about that, @brunswickstew -- you are right, I mis-typed. I am so terribly sorry - I did mean teaspoon. Would love to make it up to you by swapping pie recipes! Feel free to email!
Cakespy: Cherry Almond Osgood Pie
Oh my gosh! I am so sorry--I DID mean teaspoons. I can't believe I did that to you, brunswickstew!! I have updated the recipe. So sorry about that!
Cakespy: Cherry Almond Osgood Pie
Could there possibly be a substitute for the cloves? And I concur with the previous statements. Your illustration is hilarious! I'll have to dig up the rest of your recipes to check the rest of them out. Can't wait. ;)
- Anthony Shelley
Cakespy: Cherry Almond Osgood Pie
@brunswickstew: yipes! i just looked at the recipe. i would have added a perhaps an eighth of a teaspoon of cloves to start and then tasted. same with the other spices. next time i suggest going with your own judgement!
Based on Turkey Hill Ice Cream, the Phillies Should Win
Turkey Hill's "party cake" ice cream is something that has to be tasted to be believed. Pure sugar -- it may make you diabetic instantly.
Cakespy: Cherry Almond Osgood Pie
Jessie:
I just made the pie and it's all kinds of awful. I questioned the full tablespoon of cloves as I was mixing it up, but thought I'd defer to your judgment. Bad, bad, bad. This is the cloviest monstrosity ever. I can't taste anything else. Did you maybe mean "teaspoon"?
Cakespy: Cherry Almond Osgood Pie
love the illustrations, and this pie looks GREAT! i love this recent vein here and at NYT of 'vintage' recipes that are getting needed recognition/innovation.
Based on Turkey Hill Ice Cream, the Phillies Should Win
Well, naturally, Turkey Hill Philadelphia flavors would be better. Turkey Hill is based in Lancaster County, PA, outside of Philly. Not exactly neutral territory! Also, that Phillie Phanatic Double Play sounds divine.
Cakespy: Cherry Almond Osgood Pie
I have to protest -- raisin pie is delicious! We've always made an Amish raisin pie called "funeral pie" and it does feature a splash of vinegar. Lovely, and different, but very, very sweet.
Based on Turkey Hill Ice Cream, the Phillies Should Win
you know what the saddest flavor is? not-so-peachy pittsburgh pirates...
my poor team-i still believe in you! :)
Eggo Mini Muffin Tops Should Not Exist
Haha - I just commented on the Muffy/Bogel post that the muffies are totally from Seinfeld.
On another note - I totally have had these sitting in my freezer for months and have yet to open. Something about them looked appealing in the store but not anymore...
Eggo Mini Muffin Tops Should Not Exist
No problem here with homemade muff tops, but here I was thinking we are moments away from the country understanding what is really food and what isn't. Thanks a lot eggos!
Eggo Mini Muffin Tops Should Not Exist
And Eggo keeps making money while people buy this crap.
Eggo Mini Muffin Tops Should Not Exist
Hahaha! Well done!
Eggo Mini Muffin Tops Should Not Exist
They look like the batter for the muffins was wet and lacking a proofing agent. Besides nothing beats my beloved blueberry muffin TOP AND BOTTOM heated up with butter! yummmmmm
Eggo Mini Muffin Tops Should Not Exist
These are SO weird. I hope they don't advertise them as healthy!
Lisa
Water Works: How To Make Seltzer at Home
Soda-Club and SodaStream are the obvious and best in my opinion choices for home soda making solutions www.makeyoursoda.com is a site I recommend to learn more about soda making and get a discount on your purchase as well
Water Works: How To Make Seltzer at Home
actually unless it makes you feel really really good, putting the bottles in the recycling bin is the worse of the two options because recycling them wastes a bunch of money, energy, and time.
http://www.econlib.org/library/Columns/y2007/Mungerrecycling.html
Video: Obama Drastically Scales Back Goals for America After Visiting Denny's
Mares is right! Why aren't we getting more serious journalism out of The Onion?
Video: Obama Drastically Scales Back Goals for America After Visiting Denny's
I can only imagine what he'd say after visiting a Wal-Mart...
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Location: New Joisey
About: I'm an omnivore from New Joisey. I can't cook worth a lick, but I love when people cook good stuff for me. I love going to New Yawk for the good foods people cook for me there.
Favorite foods: The staples of a pudgy American's diet:
Pizza
Burgers
Ice Cream
Last bite on earth: Hopefully a really good piece of meat - a good burger or steak.

This pie looks very familiar to me. I'm pretty sure I had it once in the 80s or 90s at some family barbeque or something.
I would have guessed that the name Osgood comes from a person since Osgood is a pretty common last name.