Author: Eats Like A Duck
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Postum
To be clear. I have not prepared a tax return or build a supercomputer for this blog entry. I just made the postum. Also, what the hell is postum? Wikipedia defines postum as “a powdered roasted-grain beverage once popular as a coffee substitute. The caffeine-free beverage was created by Postum Cereal Company founder C. W.…
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Willie’s Haggis
I’m not sure who thought haggis would be an appropriate food item to sell at the Springfield Elementary School Carnival. Carnivals usually involve foods like hot dogs, which are made up of various random parts of animals all encased in intestines…hmm. Perhaps the only problem with haggis is that it has an image problem? Full…
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Window to Weight Gain – Homer’s Shopping Cart
Homer’s Shopping Cart contains a variety of interesting purchases. The following is a breakdown of what he buys while at the grocery store: Of those items, I think I would especially like to try Ham Ahoy. Mostly because I can’t resist a pig wearing a captains hat. What it would actually taste like is up…
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Gummi Venus de Milo
Although I’ve been studying for years, I’m still not a true gummi artisan, only a gelatin. So it was with great shame that I ordered a Venus de Milo candle mold online. I figured if you could use the mold for wax, why not for the Gummi Venus de Milo? Sadly, the $7.49 plus shipping…
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Selma’s Trout Almondine
Last year’s American Thanksgiving meal featured Patty’s Swedish Meatballs, so I would be remiss not to include Selma’s Trout Almondine. By the way, making something “Almondine” just means that you’ve added almonds to it. So technically you can make any dish sound fancy and French by throwing some seeds on top. Oh yeah, almonds aren’t…
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Danish Butter Cookies
Traditional Danish cookies usually come in a variety of pretty shapes, think Royal Dansk Danish Butter Cookies. As an aside, the Dansk website is a little odd – what with it “raining” Danish flags all over the place. Not really sure how the person in their marketing department convinced everyone that was a good idea,…