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2009: The leftovers
Food Crypt is still just a little dude with only six months under its belt. I’m glad ya’ll have been sticking with us as we figure out what exactly blogging about food means to us. It seems like there have been a million countless (and awesome) food blogs popping up since we started. There were definitely a few times when we worked on an ambitious meal or concoction only to see it blogged with great detail somewhere else – but that’s never stopped us! I think it’s fair to say that we cooked and thought about the cooking and eating of food more than ever this year. Maybe next year we’ll figure out why exactly that was, but for now we have all these leftovers to deal with.
After the jump, 2009 in photos: incomplete and out of context.
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“Just like regular human food”
Hey! Guess what? You’re treating your cat like a CAT. Feed it human food, already!
Friet Out!
If you’ve ever listened to the car crash that is the WBEZ radio programme called “848″ you probably know that the bar is set pretty low for Richard Steele to considering something “news.” But 848 may have just earned itself a pass for life by reporting on what I consider the most important food story this year:
A REAL DUTCH FRIET STAND IN CHICAGO!
Netherlands-native Jeroen Hasenbos brings Amsterdam’s traditional Frietkoten ‘fry shack’ experience to Chicago for the first time, with hand cut Belgian fries that are served in a paper cone and distinguished by a crisp outside and soft, delicious potato inside.
In keeping with the popular ‘fry shacks’ in Amsterdam, Frietkoten offers these traditional Belgian fries with up to 20 different sauces to choose from every day. Frietkoten also serves up Dutch and Belgian beers and ales to complement these traditional grab-and-go Belgian fries.
Have you ever had Patatje Oorlog (french fries “war style”)? It’s fresh cut fries topped with diced onions, mayo (a special frite mayo, actually), and peanut satay sauce! If that doesn’t give you a total boner i don’t even know.
Although, I have some serious doubts that they’ll have the famous Rotterdam treat “Patatje Kapsalon” (French fries “hair salon” style).
Apartment Status
We’ve been making sweet potato gnochi. Almost every day this week.
Beer and bread are becoming rewarding endeavors.
Eat in Rockford, Illinois
Selections from Rockford, Ill., Yelp reviews.
The Illinois Machine Shed
Good breakfast. Portions very good sized.
REVISED: portions still big, but quality inconsistent. First time was great, second not so much. Had my second time been my first, there wouldn’t have been a second.
Uncle Nick’s
the best gyros i have ever had in my life. i once saw a prostitute out in a police car here. it’s the best.
Smoke House
The owners are a family of very cool black people who make me picture giant family bbq reunions like on American Gangster when Denzel Washington went to go visit his family. They were super-friendly and told us their life story about how there were about 10 siblings and a bunch of their kids worked in the restaurant too.
Now I’m getting hungry. Game over.
As sick as I am of the “foodie” moniker, this brother and sister team made a great, easy to follow video on replicating the Bo ssam dish at Momofuku.
Carbonation actually tastes sour.
Chicago’s tamale guy has a myspace.
Guy Fieri has a twitter. And, no, i’m not expecting you to be surprised – but it IS hilarious!
Certs
I love Certs. I love the packaging and I love the Retsyn and I love eating 12 of them in less than 30 minutes.
Certs was the first breath mint to be nationally marketed in the United States, and has been a fixture at American drug stores and convenience stores since its debut on the market in 1956.
Though classified as mints, Certs contain no mint oil. Instead, as has long been advertised, the mints contain Retsyn, a mixture of copper gluconate, hydrogenated cottonseed oil, and flavoring. It is the copper gluconate in Retsyn which gives Certs its signature green flecks.
Not a true disk, a Certs exhibits a pronounced bulge emerging from the edge, subsiding to form a depression at the center. Certs were not always this shape. Prior to the current form, they were more regular discs with beveled edges. Each Certs is counterembossed on one side with the legend “CERTS RETSYN” in letters about 3 mm tall, approximately midway between center and edge, each letter oriented away from the center.
Certs are packaged in rolls of 12.
Unlike Tic Tacs and Mentos, Certs, in standard American usage, takes the plural form for both plural and singular references. (e.g.: “Would you like some Certs?” and “Would you like a Certs?” both represent the most common use.)
Update:
The debate over whether Certs is in fact a breath mint or a candy mint may finally be over. In 1999, the United States Customs Service classified Certs as a candy mint for tariff purposes (candy is taxed differently from oral hygiene products). In the ensuing suit before the United States Court of International Trade, Cadbury introduced expert testimony that Certs stimulate the flow of saliva, thus flushing bad odors from the mouth, and that its flavors and oils mask bad breath. But the court ruled that, since Certs do not contain antibacterial ingredients, they are, indeed, just a candy mint. On appeal, however, the ruling was overturned, fixing Certs’s status, at least as far as the United States Government is concerned, as a breath mint.
(via Wikipedia)
15 Uses for Vodka
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Pour five liters of vodka into a utility bucket for a soothing, sterile footbath.
You can keep away insects and plant pathogens by lining the edges of your lawn with glasses of vodka.
Wash your car with vodka. You’ll need anywhere from 7-10 bottles of vodka, depending on the car. Remove excess vodka with vodka.
Instead of paint, use vodka. Your friends will be impressed: “Wow, you painted your dining room vodka?!”
Save water with a quick vodka shower. Just pour vodka onto your head, lather, and rinse. Go ahead, sneak a sip… nobody’s looking!
Construct a footstool out of empty vodka bottles so you can reach your vodka cupboard.
Vodka your plants.
Take a vodka bath. 15-20 bottles. While you soak, bleach your whites in the same vodka. It’s cost effective and pretty safe.
A few drops of vodka into the eyes will instantly clear up any redness or irritation.
Make your own vodka sauce. Pour vodka directly onto food. Vodka sauce.
Clean your gun with a vodka-soaked rag. Now your gun will smell like vodka when you show it to people.
Distill your own vodka by boiling a pot of urine.
Build a tree house for the children.
Pour vodka into a paper bag. Stick your face into the bag, but do not inhale (WINK).
Poison your neighbors’ pets.
Some Summer and Some Other Pictures
This is as good a time as any to let you know about our new FoodCrypt Flickr Group. We would be THRILLED if you (yes, you) added your pictures to this group. I believe the idea is to eventually integrate a stream of these photos into the site. What do you think?
http://www.flickr.com/groups/1188661@N25/
