LETS GO BANANAS - BISQUICK PANCAKES

Maybe not to my liking, I followed all the rules and did not really need them but I blame the Bisquick which is indeed a Great product but they did not come out like Pancakes normally do, No fault of them or I, it just was NOT Pancakes.

These may appear slightly overdone but I was waiting for your typical brown Pancake.

This was not happening.

YES WE HAVE NO BANANAS.

In my case I had Extra Bananas.

When in Rome Do like the Romans Do so I decided with some advice from Sarah to make Banana Walnut Pancakes.

Those Walnuts aint cheap, I could have gotten more "Blowski" for that price.

Whip It Good.

First Pancake looked promising but they all tasted the same.

Le' Entourage.

BISQUICK ONLINE

L & B SPUMONI GARDENS 5/1/15 Brooklyn, New York

THREE SQUARE MEALS A DAY.

The Sicilian Slice from L & B Spumoni Gardens is certainly my favorite "Square" and perhaps my cohorts as well whom I accompanied this evening, being Roberta (Billy Joel song), Sarah Crazy Child (Tyrannosaurus Rex song) and your narrator Spike (Tom Petty song) and what is not be agreed upon, Just Perfect.

A bit non-conformist and leading the pack placing the Cheese directly on the Dough and the Sauce on top making it quite a "backwards" Slice,... or is it ?

L & B's House Salad (Romaine Lettuce, Red Cabbage, Olives, Tomato, Radish, Red Onion) was shared amongst us and is available for weddings, bar mitzvahs and bat mitzvahs alike. At the end only some poor Radishes were left, none of us has ever purchased a Radish in real life nor possibly in the dream world as well but we all agreed and no offense but Radishes taste like Dirt, well they are grown IN the dirt so perhaps they retain this from their infancy.

The Rice Ball Appetizer - I did order Parmigiana so I think they got it wrong as charging $1.50 extra for a light dusting of Grated Cheese seems without warrant, HOWEVER these proved themselves quite formidable as they were the Rice Ball proper or at least the kind with Meat and Peas inside, I can still taste it now. 

Oh Wait, I have one as a leftover and I shall taste it again.

YUMMYYUMMYYUMMYYUMMYYUMMYYUMYUMYUMBURP.

And here you see that "The Proof Is In The Rice Ball"

(Sicilian Slice in the background not included) 

Incidentally as Roberta did not order a Sicilian Slice at the beginning of the evening they threw one in for free. This is extremely nice, good customer service, good business and perfect Pizza symmetry.

And perhaps an inherent fear and reverence for Raphanus, the Radish King of Venus.

Penne a la Vodka with Grilled Chicken, need I say more ?. OK I will

Penne a la Vodka with Grilled Chicken.

The Pasta was done perfectly just under Al Dente in a savory yet mild Vodka Sauce and there were little Mushrooms singing to us from the plate. Sarah Crazy Child swore it was a Macklemore song but Roberta refuted that it was in fact Taylor Swift and I suggested Klaus Nomi so we agreed to disagree and dug in. 

Actually I was late to the game as I was still contemplating a Rice Ball that was singing in a contralto voice "Who Wants To Live Forever" from my plate.

Did someone put something in our water ?

Sarah Crazy Child does not care for the Olive and while me and Roberta protested she plopped them onto her plate and then onto mine. "doop, doop, doop" they went and were quickly speared and devoured.

The Olive Garden has nothing on Spumoni Gardens.

Great Food, Great Evening.

L & B SPUMONI GARDENS WEBSITE

THE RADISH ON WIKIPEDIA

DINNER WITH JOE & JENNIE 4/30/15 Brooklyn, New York

I popped by Joe's this evening for a Drum & Bass rehearsal for our upcoming gig in two days and was invited to stay over for Dinner and this I did without further provocation, now I do know this man does not mess around and he said he had some sausage, then he told me he had a Spiral Sausage upstairs as well so I took him up on his offer knowing I would not be disappointed as I never am.

Chef Joe prepared a meal for Jennie and myself of Cheese and Parsley Sausage, Caesar Salad (with homeade Dressing) and Roasted Potatoes of the Super Ridiculous Delicious Kind.

I do tend to hover around Chef Joe as he prepares a meal even when its holiday time and there are 40 people to entertain in the house but I assumed the Onions and Peppers would be going into the Salad not realizing he had a Sausage up his sleeve.

Questioning him on why he did not Dice or Slice the Onion he informed me they were going to be Grilled.

"Aah-Soooo" my inner Asian self whispered. Joe was making Sausage and Peppers proper to go with the Salad and Roasted Potatoes.

Not to mention the Wine and Bread...

And for the Salad.

Homeade Croutons built from Semolina Bread and sautéed in Olive Oil.

Yes this photo might be a tad blurry but Chef Joe was working. I am certainly not going to stop him and say "Wait I need another shot" besides I had no idea it was blurry anyways.

But look at that Ring Grilling away and the Veggies right there on the grill. 

RIGHT THERE ON THE GRILL !!!

Presentation does mean a lot and this might as well have been a Hollywood production by Louis B. Mayer.

And the table is set. Of note is the Hotel Bar Whipped Butter with Butter Knife * (Joe and Jennie will know what I am speaking of) and a nice Bottle of Layer Cake Malbec Red Wine, mind you this tasted nothing like Layer Cake Cake it was a good Malbec. Layer Cake is the brand name.

Lets take a look at my plate of Food again, a first for this Blog to repeat a photo but...

Heavens To Betsy.

Look at those Potatoes mingling with the Roasted Veggies and that Sausage humping that Pepper,That Salad is a little slut just everywhere hiding her precious Croutons and that piece of Semolina as yet unbuttered trying to pimp them all out...

BUT I digress.

A Much Honorable mention goes to the Stuffed Pepper.

This was the first photo I took on this night as I spied these little babies in the fridge as Joe was gathering his wares and I munched on a Delicious Slice of Sopressatta.

Known also as the "Pepper Shooter" I and most call them Stuffed Peppers, the delineation I assume appeared because of the other larger Bell Pepper filled with Rice,Cheese and Meat so as not to confuse the counterperson or Deli Man.

All Hail The Stuffed Pepper.

* - I have come across quite a few people over the years who do not know what a Butter knife is, the conversation goes something like this.

Me - Might you pass me the Butter knife

Them - The What ?

Me - The Butter knife

Them - What ?

THE CUMBERLAND SAUSAGE ON WIKIPEDIA

MAC N' CHEESE N' SPAM

So what happened was my friend Roberta and I were texting back and forth at 3 in the morning and the idea of SPAM with Mac N' Cheese came up and it got me to thinking so much that I slowly became obsessed and just had to have it. I cannot remember ever making anything aside from Frozen Food at such an hour, Leftovers are fine but any type of undertaking does not happen at 4 a.m.

Well we are not talking about making a 5 course Meal but still I had to do it.

And it was really good too and I have Leftovers which just makes it all the easier now.

Yes its a bunch of powder but it is Cheese Flavored powder.

I am relatively new to Mac N' Cheese but its quite interesting how at first during the mixing process it really seems that this is never going to make enough Cheese Sauce to cover all those Elbow Macaroni's but as you stir something magically happens and it truly does become a Sauce of decent proportions.

This is the only point of possible ingenuity during the preparation process but was done out of complete laziness.

So I would not have to clean the Mac N' Cheese pot AND the SPAM pan I decided to rinse the pot thoroughly and Fry up my little SPAM wedge in the same vessel, it worked fine and now variations on SPAM with Mac N' Cheese are already being quietly considered.

SPAM ONLINE

KRAFT MAC N' CHEESE ONLINE

ON THE GO

Well, Actually not bad at all but they did add sweet Pickle Relish so it is a bit masked but tons of people add Relish to their Tuna Salad, I am pleasantly surprised.

WHITE TRASH EASTER BASH 2015

HOOOOO-WEEEEE !!!

This is your Pardner Billy Bob Beauford Thornton McCray Steppin' up to plate to gives you a gander at mine Easter Feast and aint she purdy, don't be afeared tills I tell you whats on the plate, and I brought out mine finest china too as the god damn paper plates gone to the dog house.

This am a full Meal that will make the Food Triangle aproud and will make ya' as happy as a puppy with two peckers. 

Now don't get uppity till I explains it to ya'.

We gots some Club Crackers (Fats,Oils,Bread,Cereal,Rice & Pasta Group), Easy Cheese from the can (Milk,Yogurt & Cheese Team), Delicious Tater Salad (Vegetable and Fruit Crowd), Canned Mixed Vegetables (Vegetable Group) which is very healthy specially from the can covered in a patty of Creamery Butter (Milk Group), Them Olives with the red thing inside (Vegetable & Meat Stuff) and Americas Favorite Luncheon Meat which my pappy agrees can't be beat the SPAM which is my Ham of choice (Fats,Oils,Sweets,Milk,Yogurt,Cheese,Meat,Poultry,Fish,Dry Beans,Eggs,Nuts,Vegetable,Fruit,Bread,Cereal,Rice & Pasta Group).

Put that in your yapper and call me son.

Taint' no holiday without suckin' down some suds.

The prince of beers, Budwater.

The wives an chiblings like some sweets with their mud in a cup and I only bring the best, mmm mmm I reckon my sweet tooth would be actin' up if I still had it.

Dang that aint no piddling' meal, dems good eats.

* - Thanks to Roberta for her indirect inspiration towards this entry

PEPPERIDGE FARM REMEMBERS

so far pretty normal Milano Cookie, tastes a bit Cinnamony, Wait For It.

There it is, just a wee tinge but hey they have to start making Extra Spicy kind, Really Good.