Day 134: Buttermilk Biscuit

When ever I hear about buttermilk biscuits my mind always wanders to the song Buttermilk Biscuits by Sir Mix-A-Lot. The thing is, I've never heard the song. I had a neighbor friend that would sing lines of it when I was 8. Guess it stuck.

I love some buttermilk biscuits. They are crumbly and buttery. It's about the only thing I eat at Red Lobster. Liz picked these up at New Seasons and I heated them up in the oven.

These kick the ass out of any English muffin.

Day 133: Fruit Cocktail

I remember this looking better as a kid. Maybe I'm just more worldly now than I use to be and I know so many other foods that look better. Maybe this is just low on cherries.

It's tastes exactly the same though. Which is to say it tastes fine. It's the creme de la creme of a school lunch plate.

Nummy-nummy!

Day 132: Nutty Fudge

It is unfathomable to me why people like nuts in baked goods. Especially fudge. Why ruin a creamy, smooth chunk of chocolate with icky, crunchy walnuts? Nobody knows. But See's Candy seems to be on the nutty fudge train. We got six (6!) squares of nutty fudge for Alex and some peanut butter patties for me.

I'd like to say it was delicious, but I couldn't even make it through the sample piece. Ew. Alex seems to enjoy it.

Maybe there's a smooth fudge day coming up soon. One can hope.

Day 131: Eat What You Want

Super easy day made hard. Since today is also Mother's Day, I decided to eat something that reminded me of my mom. A number of things came to mind like chili or meatloaf, even rice with soy sauce, but those are mostly things she made me. I couldn't think of many meals that my mom went crazy for, plus I didn't really want a full meal. I decided to go for just one type of food. The first thing that came to mind was Vidalia onions, but that would probably be impossible to find. The next thing I thought of was kohlrabi. I've never really heard any one mention kohlrabi other than my mom. She would occasionally have some raw kohlrabi slices with a bit of salt. So I went with that and started my search.

New seasons was without as well as Fred Meyer. We called Uwajimaya to see what they had and it appeared that they had run out. Well, we were getting closer. We called Fubonn, but they didn't know how phones worked so we just drove there. Thanks to Liz's help we got what we needed.

I just sliced up what we needed and got to eating. Liz probably ate most of it. It does make a lovely snack. Oh, and Happy Mother's Day as well. Love You!

Day 130: Shrimp

I hate shrimp. As a kid, I use to love popcorn shrimp though. Mainly because you can hardly tell there is shrimp anywhere in the breading. Of course, one day I got an order of it at a restaurant and it was more shrimp than breading and my taste for it had been sullied ever since. Today, my friend, is a new day.

I got Gorton's popcorn shrimp at Safeway as well as some cocktail sauce.  The instructions tell you to flip the shrimp half way in. That seems kind of stupid. There are way too many little bits to bother. It still came out fine.

Annnnnnnd... I still like it. Which is to say, I still enjoy that there is a crap load of breading to overcome that small morsel of shrimp somewhere in there. If I really concentrate hard, I can tell just how disgusting it is.

Day 129: Butterscotch Brownies

Why do people keep removing chocolate from things that are meant to be chocolate? I got the recipe from Very Best Baking. It was a bit of a work out since the batter got pretty thick.

It was also some more work to cut these damn things out of the pan. They didn't get any less thick.

They taste exactly like they sound too. Good, but not chocolate. The top has a nice crisp to it though.

Day 128: Coconut Cream Pie

I could have easily gone to Safeway or Albertson's for this, but I really wanted to find a place to just get a slice. My dream is to find a place that serves slices of pie, burgers, and shakes late at night. Basically, I want a 1950's roadside diner. I found Lauretta Jean's. I went to the downtown location during lunch. Unfortunately, it's a very small location and they didn't have any coconut cream pie. I didn't realize until I got back to work that the have a main location on Division. I resolved to go there after work.

It's actually a cute place and I wish I would have known about this place sooner. I've been past the place a number of times, but the trees cover up the sign. DAMN YOU TREEEES! Next time Liz and I want a place for coffee, pie, and a good game, I've got a place.

Now, I'm not a fan of pretty much anything coconut as I'm sure I've stated on this blog before. I was not, then, looking forward to this. But surprise surprise, it was pretty nice. A mellow taste and great flaky crust.  The coconut shavings were only a mild annoyance and easily compensated by the flavor or masked in the crust. Thumbs up!

Day 127: Roast Leg of Lamb

This was a difficult one to find and I got as close as I could. Since there weren't any renaissance fares going on we opted for Levant. It's a trendy place, much like Toro Bravo, but a lot less crowded.  We ordered the Hearth Roasted Lamb.

Now it's possible that leg meat was in the sausage. I'm not going to be supper picky with this one.

Other than there being a lot of bone and gristle (the two things I hate most about meat) it was really good. I mostly stuck with the falafel, asparagus, and potatoes.

Day 126: Crêpes Suzette

I'm good with crêpes. I had one when we did that cafe au lait junk. (Oddly enough, I'm even wearing the same shirt as then too. Maybe this is my crêpe shirt.) I have never had a crêpe suzette though, nor did I really know what made it so special from all the other crêpes. When we were looking ahead, Liz was a little worried about where I would find one. I wasn't worried at all. This is Portland, land of the hipster. If you can't make money selling crêpes in this place you should seriously consider an occupation change. I googled for places with crêpe suzette and found a place literally called Suzette. I was assured to get what I needed there. I headed there directly after work.

It's a nice place and it's near a number of places I've stopped already, including the Pied Cow. I was just there for my crêpe so it went pretty fast. He did have to ask if I was 21 since it has a wee bit of alcohol in it.

A very quick snap. Because I don't want to look like the ultimate hipster obsessing over the best pic for his twitter page to tell everyone that he just found this awesome crêpe place to bike to and that he's bummed he lost his Hello Kitty iron-on patch.

I liked it. I probably won't get it again, but only because I prefer the chocolatier crêpes.

Day 125: Hoagie

For our hoagie day, we went to the shop just down the block, Shut Up And Eat. We've been there many a time, and their sandwiches rarely disappoint. Alex got the Italian Hoagie, which included a staggering array of meats and fixins: Mortadella,  copocollo, sopressatta, prosciutto,  provolone, olive caper relish, roasted bell peppers, house marinated mild peppers, cabbage and rapini. Alex told them to ixnay the epperspay, and we were off!

It is indeed a beautiful sandwich. I don't often order the sandwiches because I find them extremely difficult to eat. They are massive! Alex unhinged his jaw and got to work.

His review: "Good but I probably wouldn't order it again." And yes, we are watching The Amazing Race in the background. So entertaining!

Day 124: Orange Juice

You would think I'd have this for breakfast, but that would have meant planning ahead or going out to get it in the morning. Hell, we didn't even make breakfast until after noon.

I think the only time I ever drink this is when I'm sick or out for brunch. Maybe if I'm staying at a hotel, but I can't remember the last time I stayed in a hotel.

I do like the tiny bottle.

Day 123: Raspberry Popover

Well. For some ungodly reason, we thought today was raspberry tart day instead of raspberry popover day. Ahem. So we went and had a huge dinner and Alex downed a raspberry tart and then realized we had effed up. Curses. So now he is hurriedly mixing together the raspberry popovers (he hates popovers: see Blueberry Popover) so we don't miss our deadline. It's a good thing we have so many ingredients available due to this project. Thank goodness they were both raspberry!

They were just about as good as the last popovers. Except the tartness of the raspberry helped. Alex took one bite and declared that he was done.

Yeah. I am not sure that popovers are our thing. But now we're done. Good night!

Day 122: Truffles

Another day where this could be two things. I didn't cover my bases this time though. I just went for the chocolate variety, which are named after the fungus variety because they look similar. I wanted to get the lovely ones that melt in your mouth (and fingers) and have the powdered cocoa on the outside, but I didn't know what brand they were or where to find them. I've only ever gotten them from coworkers.

Liz picked up some mini packs of Lindor truffles at Walgreens. They are just as creamy as the ones from work and leave fewer finger stains.

Of the four I think my favorite is the dark chocolate kind.

Day 121: Chocolate Parfait

This is where the fun really begins. All the good stuff rolls in when the weather turns sunny and today couldn't be a better day. Nice and bright. Maybe a bit to hot, but that what parfaits are for.

I went to Dairy Queen and got a Peanut Buster Parfait. I love Dairy Queen. I usually get a Blizzard, but recently I've switched over to this little treat. I've always wondered why they don't have the bottom layer be ice cream rather than chocolate to have a light finish. I've asked to accommodate once, but they say it messes with the quantities since the order is part of the measurement process.

Even without the light finish it's still tasty as hell.