Category: Food

  • Buffalo Wing Rating Scale

    I have an informal Buffalo Wings rating scale of 1-10.? This is not your normal scale where 1 is awful, 10 is perfect, and everything in between could be graphed linearly. My scale is more of a logarithmic function like this: As you can see, there is a difference between wings rated a 3 and…

  • Chili post

    Doh, I am making a batch of my chili today and clicked on the link on the right to make the shopping list. The link was broken! It has since been fixed. I also noticed I had 6 Tbsp of garlic, which I think must be a typo.? That would mean 36 cloves of garlic!?…

  • Another Rib Try

    I made baby back ribs again for the game today (argh!) and they turned out great. The main difference was that I smoked them with hickory chips and I cooked two racks at a time instead of just one. A neighborhood cat tried to eat them right off the grill. I almost screwed up the…

  • Baby Back Rib Recipe

    You can count me among the fans of baby back ribs, but they’re a little intimidating to make. Here’s why: Long marinating times Long cooking times Tricky heat settings Removing that damn membrane from the bottom My first attempt at making ribs was about two years ago and I spent all day working on them,…

  • Doritos X-13D

    Doritos has a promotion going on right now to name their new flavor. They’re selling it in a black bag with the code name X-13D and I’m here to tell you it’s gross. I bought a small bag at Wawa and my first thought was “relish” as in, “Doritos came up with relish flavored chips.”…

  • Toby’s New Trick

    I saw this on TV tonight while Jeanne was watching Oprah. Hilarious.

  • Best Quote Ever

    I hate television. I hate it as much as I hate peanuts. But I can’t stop eating peanuts. – Orson Welles