Cartoon Cuisine
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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,…
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Wheatcakes For Mr. Mayor
What exactly are wheatcakes? In the episode they looked like pancakes, so at first I thought these were just a regular pancake made with whole wheat flour. Turns out that the recipe for wheatcakes or wheat cakes (depending on your spelling) is just as subjective as a pancakes recipe. A few constants I found are…
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Window to Weight Gain – The Pop Tart Sandwich
As usual, Dr. Nick really comes through with the solid medical advice…at least when it comes to gaining a ridiculous amount of weight. As much as I wanted to try chewing bacon instead of gum, I knew this would be a bad idea for a few reasons. Speaking of things that probably aren’t good for…
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Window to Weight Gain – The Neglected Food Groups
While some doctors can’t stop talking about things like eating enough vegetables, Dr. Nick is on the front lines of the slow, steady gorging process movement. Let’s take a more in depth look at the Neglected Food Groups, shall we? This chart is dominated by sweet items. While Congealed might be listed, I don’t see…
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