just.. a little.. more..

slashfood reports: sugar found to be more addictive than cocaine.

i need a candy bar.

trifling

trifle, before
Originally uploaded by jayjayoh.

I.. don't cook. I'll try every now and then, but my prowess is little to none. I've f'd up EasyMac, 'fercryin'outloud. Baking, I think, is an easier proposition. Exact measurements and times mesh better with my more scientific mind than 'a dash' of this, 'some' of that.. 'to taste'ing. So.. this was my contribution to the easter festivities.

Well mostly me. 85% or so. Had the idea [anyone remember tiff's from H's going away thing?], baked the cake, assembled.. some of it gets blamed on me and circumstance.. ingredients being poured, wrong instruments used, killing my shoulder not being able to beat/whip the pudding fast enough.. that and i didnt clean out the kitchenaid bowl of cake batter to just make it in there.. <3 that kitchenaid tho..

Anyway. Turned out to be the hit of the party. Circumstantially anyway- desserts were few, due to the family on pie duty calling in sick :(. But with 8 total people no-showing, there were TONS of main and side dishes; so there was barely a dent in that total, but everyone took a shot at this sucker. [well not the 2 kidlets- weird huh? they don't like whipped cream..] And it was surprisingly light, for how it looked. I tried to offset the imposing look by telling everyone about the sugar and fat free chocolate fudge pudding, and fat free whipped topping [dunno about the aerosol can to finish the top off with a flourish, but.. eh]. Normal box of devil's food cake though. Kinda messed the equality of the strata, however; first cake layer is HUGE, so they kinda graduate on the way up.

Blah blah blah.. My point being: I HAD THE MOST POPULAR DISH AT EASTER. DEFINITE SIGN OF THE APOCALYPSE.

the freaky gourmet

ladies and gentlemen, thanks to the folks at Maxim Online, I've found the next culinary disaster that i just *have* to try: hailing from New York, NY, Ditch Plain's Ditch Dog.
Pictures forthcoming, sometime. whenever we get around to it.. doesn't look all that elaborate. [definitely no "michigan caviar".]

hm. hot dogs just seem like an easy target for these kind of franken-foods.. anyone got any different ideas? remember the fat darrell?

I Am Trying to Break Your Heart

the fine folks of the Seattle paper "The Stranger" have found a way [via Stuff Magazine] to take the Francheesie that one step over the top into the depths of culinary hell.

Erica Barnett wrote a brief but meaty post the other day about the heart-stopping joy of bacon-wrapped, cheese-filled, battered and fried hot dogs...

...I decided to call her bluff and see if she’d really eat such a bizarre concoction of unnatural ingredients.

[Link to arcticle, complete with photographic goodness evidence]


i applaud, and hang my head in shame for wanting to try this just once.

so H.. when u coming in for a visit? i've got an.. experiment..
[ugh jk. i retched a lil just thinking about biting into one]
[ok maybe 90% kidding]