Sorta retro snack time
Marshmallow Peeps are around at Easter but found these gems at a store that sells overstock food and merchandise. Watermelon and blue raspberry flavored. They are not that bad. As a matter of fact they are pretty good. If you love peeps and jolly ranchers than try these. The flavor is very strong and there is none of the annoying hard candy teeth breaking involved. I opened both boxes because I like them stale. Also froze them. Second is a soda. I don't drink a lot of soda but when I heard it was back I had to get one. Thanks to L.A. Beast ( Kevin if you are reading this I would love a shirt) an YouTube celebrity and his push for Pepsi to bring back Crystal Pepsi it is not available to everyone for a limited time. Not the perfect taste of Pepsi but still good. And if you need a sugar kick st 69grams you will not be disappointed. Get it while it lasts. Found mine at Sheetz and also at Royal Farms. Sorry for the short blog but not much else to say on these two items. God bless, thanks for reading and see you at the snack counters.
Saturday, August 20, 2016
Sugar snack attack
Monday, August 15, 2016
Something for everyone
Last night Ellen made dinner and it was spot on. We had roasted veggies that consisted of
potatoes, onions, peppers, squash, Brussel sprouts, and broccoli. She baked them in the oven with some garlic
powder and other seasonings. They came
out very tender and delicious. Second she
made falafel. Yes it was from a box but
still very good. She made a dipping
sauce for it from scratch with cucumbers from our garden and yogurt. I did not care for the sauce but she and
Banner-Wolf loved it. We had three
different tomatoes from our garden. They
all have a different taste. I prefer the
regular red tomato over the others but believe me they all taste and look
amazing. Nothing like fresh veggies from
the garden that you know were not treated with a bunch of chemicals. Last
but not least she made some cornbread.
Not the normal cornbread but peach cornbread with stroodle topping. It was the best I have ever had. It was very moist and held together pretty
good. It was more of a dessert than part
of a meal but who cares. I will be eating
a piece tomorrow for breakfast with some hot tea. The crunchy top matched great with the sweet
peaches and the corn bread texture. That
was a winning dish in my book. The
peaches were fresh as well. We just got
them from the peach festival we went to that afternoon.
We had dinner the night before at my parents and they made
deer steak subs with tomato from their garden.
The deer was last years kill. My
mother cooks the meat that is sliced thin and melds with the onion in the
pan. There is not a hint of gamey (is
that even a word) taste to it. Everyone
that has tried it not knowing it was deer never had a clue till they were told
and by that time they were hooked. I
topped mine with salad dressing, lettuce and tomato. This is what we all look forward to in the
summer. We do eat the same subs all year
long but the fresh tomato makes it great.
You can top your anyway you want but in my opinion the more you put on
it the more you mask the flavor of the meat.
Add a side of potato chips and that is a meal. I suggest if you ever get a chance to have
this sub at my parents do not pass on it because you don’t like deer meat. You will be sorry. But hey, more for us if
you don’t want one. I will not complain
about eating your share. That’s it for
now. God bless, thanks for reading and
see you at the table.
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Jefferson Carnival
The Jefferson Carnival Jefferson Pa.
Let me start by thanking all of you that read my blog and
those of you that comment. I welcome all
to have their input and opinion. Now for
the review.
Ample parking. Glad
we got there when we did because even with all the parking they had, if you got
there late you were parking a good distance away. And when pushing a baby you don’t want to
have to do that over a football field of grass. First the rides. Not impressed. They had a few standards but that’s about it.
Nothing special. I did not care because
I don’t ride them but some of you might.
The area that the carnival covered was larger than most that I have been
to this season. That’s a good thing
because the amount of people there space was needed. The only real area that was packed was the
food area. Like most carnivals they had
live music. This one was different. They had a full big band with the trumpets,
drums and many wind instruments. I do
not like the music at carnivals because it is so loud you have a really hard
time talking or hearing others. This was
a nice break from that. No singing. Just
music. Banner-Wolf never takes notice to
what is playing till tonight. The first
song was played and he perked right up, standing on my lap and trying to see
what was making the music. Bonus points
for that. Now for the food. I got the double cheese burger and 2 orders
of fresh cut fries. The burger was
better than the McDonalds McDouble. The
fries were very good and fresh. I like
being able to see them cutting the fries on the spot. Ellen got the fish sandwich because the crab
cake did not look too good. She said the
fish was alright. We both saw the pizza
and passed on getting it. It was super
thin and did not look good. I might have
made a mistake so correct me if I did. The
last thing we got was an item that they are known for and that was suggested to
me to get. The Waffle and ice cream sandwich. Very tasty.
The waffle was cooked perfect, homemade and was handed to us hot. The ice cream was nothing special but the
entire dish was very refreshing. Was it
worth the $5? Maybe not but it did go to
the locals and that is what counts. We
thought about getting a cone of the soft serve but decided not to. The funnel cake did not look like anything
special. One awesome feature at this
carnival that I have never seen before was the Pepsi stand. They had a huge Pepsi stand that was covered
and hand at least 4 coolers with all sorts of drinks. More than I would like to spend on a soda but
it was a great idea. $2 for a soda and
$1.25 for a water. The food there seem
priced high to me compared to other carnivals. We also ran into a few friends
that we have not seen for a while.
Always good to see people we know and chat for a bit. My overall rating is 7/10. Hope this helps and some of you get a chance
to go. Have a great time if you do. Oh and bring your own seat. There are none except in the eating
area. God bless, thanks for reading and
see you at the food stand.
Thursday, July 14, 2016
Thurmont Carnival Maryland
Thurmont Carnival was not the best but not the worst. First impression was not good. We got there only to see that they were
charging $2 for parking. And by now if
you have read any of my reviews I am not out to spend when I don’t have
to. So we drove one block away and
parked for free. Some of the residential
areas had signs put up by the local police stating no parking and must have a
permit to park. I guess they did not want
out of towners parking on a public street in front of people’s homes. Anyway we did find a free parking spot not
one block away. Walking into the
carnival I noticed a few nice rides. A
larger than normal roller coaster, the pirate ship and some spinning plane
ride. There were a good amount of rides
but not as many as most of the carnivals we have been to. There was the usual food set up with most of
the local food under a large pavilion.
The fire company sponsored the food.
Normal food that you would find anywhere else nothing special. I asked about the Apple dumplings or fritters
and I was told they are at their Color Fest in the fall. Oh well.
I got the fried ham sandwich, two slices of pizza, not so good fries,
two waters, a snow ball and a dream sickle float. The ham sandwich was not too bad. I had to get that because there was no pit
beef and was told that the ham sandwich was good. It was loaded with ham so I was not
disappointed. The pizza was the same as
all the others except Ellen said the crust and dough was thicker. The fries were just thin fries that were
nothing special. The snowball was only
$1 so we had to get one. $3 for the
dream sickle float was a great deal. I
have never had one before and it was very refreshing. And like always Banner-Wolf did not complain
about any of his food. There were all
the regular games along with bingo in the firehouse. Free music was playing and a few people took
advantage of it and danced. Ellen looked
over to me as we sat there eating and asked if I thought they would still be
playing the same songs when we were old or would they be singing songs from the
80’s. She thought they would be the same
and I said I could picture a band doing Vanilla Ice cover songs…hahaha. For the most part this was a normal
carnival. Nothing special. The reason for just a little below average
review is because of the parking and lack of food choice. I was hoping for something different. I ask now when I go what to order, what they
are known for and they did not have a dish that was Thurmont local. My rating is a 4/10. Having gone to as many carnivals this year as
we have it is getting harder to impress me.
They will have to have something really different to top some of the
earlier ones and something really really bad to be as bad as Delone. Hope this helps. You have till Saturday night to go.
Friday, July 1, 2016
3 Hogs
Thursday we treated ourselves with a late lunch. My parents were watching Banner-Wolf so we
had a chance to go someplace that I have been wanting to try for a long time
now. Now I want apologize for going and
not doing my first food video for YouTube but let me be clear. I will be going back and I will make sure I
get video because the pictures I took this time do not do the food
justice. Also I told a few friends we
would all go and enjoy it together.
Again I apologize and you all know who you are, we will go together
before too long. I will need others to
enjoy the food and have fun filming with me.
Eating at this place you really need a group of people. To see the looks on their face and their
reaction to the awesome tasting food.
Now for your reading pleasure I present my first but not last review of 3
Hogs BBQ in Hanover, Pa. http://www.3hogsbbq.com/
First off if you live within 20 miles of
3 Hogs and love pit beef or grilled food in general then the first chance you
get gather family and friends and take a road trip. You will not be sorry and your mouth will
thank you a thousand times over. Bring
some antacid because you will over eat.
I have heard many great things about this place and for months I have
wanted to go but just never had the chance.
Weekend evenings are slammed because that is when everyone is out for
dinner so that was out of the question.
So what better than going for lunch?
I suggest going at an off time to avoid the crowds because I have heard
that weekend evenings you might wait up to 1 hour for food. They said it was worth every bite but with a
child they would not last that long waiting for food. I already knew what I was going to order but
Ellen had no clue. Since she does not
eat meat she was skeptical on what she could get. She was not disappointed. Ellen ordered 4 side dishes because there was
nothing that she wanted as a main dish. She
got the Mac and cheese, Sriracha Jalapeno slaw, smoked Brussel sprouts and the
roasted red potatoes. Her first bit of
the sprouts she said was amazing. Best
she has ever tasted. The slaw was not overwhelming
with heat. You could taste the cabbage
and a nice warm burn from the spices. The
potatoes were seasoned just right and cooked tender. She loved the mac and cheese as well. I ordered Brisket mac and cheese grilled
cheese. This was an awesome combo. Two slices of sourdough bread with cheese, well-seasoned
beef brisket, mac and cheese and bbq sauce.
The brisket, mac and cheese and the bbq sauce was between the bread and
grilled like a grilled cheese. Amazing. I am so glad this was the first thing I
ordered off the menu. It came with a
side so I ordered the cornbread balls.
If you look at the menu online it is not listed. They looked like hushpuppies rolled in large
grain sugar but it was dense cornbread balls.
Came out very hot and fresh. It went
great with the sandwich. Our meal was
perfect. Not one thing wrong with it except
it was gone way too fast. Not only was
the food good but the service was really good.
The waitress took our order at the counter and brought it out to
us. After a bit she came back out and
asked us how we liked everything. While
she was talking she was cleaning tables.
She told Ellen one of her favorite sides were the spouts as well. At our table were all the sauces they had to
offer. I am not going to name them all
but they are listed on their menu online.
I tried every one of them. One
that is not listed on the menu was the squealing pig sauce. It was a hot sauce that I really could see
going on hot wings. The pictures of our food below was what we ate and it came at the low cost of $24 after a tip. If you are looking
for a sit down dinner, yes they have seats but they are all outside. We got lucky because of the time we went, we
got one of the few seats inside the area where you order. The smell of cooking meat was in the air,
hair metal music played in the background and a good breeze was blowing. I was a great dining experience. I highly recommend 3 Hogs to any and every
one that loves meat. Support local. If the owners of 3 Hogs are reading this I
will be back and I will be bringing friends. I would love to talk to the owners
if they have time which I know they won’t because how busy they are. Maybe one day. God bless, thanks for reading and see you at
the meat smoker. https://www.facebook.com/3hogsbbq/?fref=ts
Harney Carnival
Ellen and I pushed up the carnival visits because we may be
trying something completely new to us Saturday evening. If we do go out Saturday I will write about
that as well. It is not a carnival. Last night we went to the Harney Carnival in
Harney Maryland. This is a very local
carnival with the vendors, games and limited rides all done by locals. There are no regular rides like the ones you
would see at every other carnival. This
one had kids bounce houses and even a mechanical bull for kids and adults to
ride. Live music was the main attraction
and it really brings out the people most of which were older. The music last
night was more 50’s and 60’s rock. The
band was very animated and even funny.
You did not see the groups of mouthy teens. What you did get was the families walking
with their kids enjoying a nice evening of free music, very low priced food and
a local community coming together. The
games were all run by the fire department or locals that wanted to give back to
their town. They even have turtle races. We did not get much of the food since
we just had a late lunch. Ellen did get
the crab cake that was all meat. The
pizza was the same as every other carnival but the crust and dough was cook a
little softer so Banner-Wolf was able to enjoy more of it. And the best part was the price, $1.50. Yeah you heard me right. Half the price as the others. The funnel cake that we did not get was twice
the size as the other carnivals and only $4.
Every one we have gone to they had the deep fried Oreo’s and candy
bars. I have not tried them because of
not only the price but I can do them at home.
This time the price was right again.
Most of the carnivals sold them for 5 for $5. Harney had them 3 for $1
and 3 snickers for $2. And they were covered in powdered sugar. I
could not pass them up this time. Ellen
did not like them but I enjoyed them. I
also got a shaved ice for $3. It was very shaved very fine and melted in your
mouth without having any ice chunks that you would have to chew. Banner-Wolf enjoyed that as well. We sat in the shade, enjoyed our food and
watched people. The overall carnival
experience was very nice. Relaxing and
low key. If you are looking for a nice
night out with the family I suggest this carnival. Just don’t go looking for rides. Go with knowing you are supporting the
locals. You have till Saturday to enjoy
this one as well as Gettysburg.
Saturday, June 11, 2016
Sweet Breakfast
I normally make my own breakfast but this morning Banner-Wolf and I were alone and it was a beautiful morning. We decided to take a walk and ended up at the local bakery here in town. http://www.gateaumonique.com/ Opened a year and a half ago and is going strong. Homemade sweets and amazing breads this little shop is a one of a kind in this small town. Two tables set outside for those who want to eat and watch the cars. It was a great cool morning to do just that. We relaxed with a madeleine, blueberry pastry that was so flaky and moist it was perfect and a milk. I brought Ellen home a small treat as well. A personal cheesecake. If you are in town and need a nice place to grab a quick treat please visit them. God bless, thanks for reading and see you at table.
Saturday, May 21, 2016
Milkshake, burger, fries and pizza
Making this first part short since I typed about 100 words then deleted it with a hit of a finger on the wrong key. Burger and crab mac and cheese at Frank and Nic's Baltimore md. Try it for yourself. We were not impressed. Had better crab mac and cheese at The Varsity in Hanover Pa which is now shut down. I will not go there again. Now to the better meals. I have always be on the look out for the best milk shake. I think I have found it. Hull's Etc made the best in the area. What was once just a video rental store is now a convenience store and has ice cream. Thick milkshake and super tasty. I got the Heavenly Hazelnut. Chris Hall has made a great place to grab some good ice cream along with many other things. Great service and a local business. Can't beat that. Now if you are in Gettysburg and are wanting some fries and maybe a cheese steak you have to check out Hunt's https://www.facebook.com/Hunts-Battlefield-Fries-and-Cafe-110327159002185/
Great hidden gem that locals go to and tourists stumble upon. Large fry is a gallon bucket of boardwalk fries. Amazing taste and come out really hot. Don't pass them up. Grab a bucket and then walk down the street to Mr. G's https://www.facebook.com/mrgsicecream/ for a great scoop whatever your taste buds want. Great Friday night combo. Now for the last one. Tonight I made a tortilla shell pizza with hamburger on top. It was a great light dinner snack and was easy to make. This I did take a picture of. Now this is just the new beginning of my blog. Stay tuned for more awesome meals and places to eat. God bless, thanks for reading and glad to be back. Look me up on facebook for updates to the blog or subscribe here. Jason's Super Heart on facebook.
Great hidden gem that locals go to and tourists stumble upon. Large fry is a gallon bucket of boardwalk fries. Amazing taste and come out really hot. Don't pass them up. Grab a bucket and then walk down the street to Mr. G's https://www.facebook.com/mrgsicecream/ for a great scoop whatever your taste buds want. Great Friday night combo. Now for the last one. Tonight I made a tortilla shell pizza with hamburger on top. It was a great light dinner snack and was easy to make. This I did take a picture of. Now this is just the new beginning of my blog. Stay tuned for more awesome meals and places to eat. God bless, thanks for reading and glad to be back. Look me up on facebook for updates to the blog or subscribe here. Jason's Super Heart on facebook.
Thursday, April 21, 2016
Sorry I have been so long
Welcome back all. Sorry for the "vacation" from blogging. As many of you that know me are aware of what has been going on. For those of you that do not know let me tell you. Oct 8 2015 our first son Banner-Wolf Midnight was born. 2 months later I got a call from the hospital and said they have a donor heart for me so I went in and had a heart transplant. It was an exciting end to the year and a beautiful beginning to a new one. I am as of tomorrow 4 months post transplant and doing very well. I am driving and able to carry around my son. I am doing some of the things I use to do. Over time I will be healthier than before. I have changed my diet some because of the restrictions I now have on food. No buffets no raw seafood or rare meats. No deli meet or raw milk/cheese. I think it is something I can live with. I will be eating and making many new things this year and hope you are here to enjoy every bite with me. Thank you for reading. God bless, enjoy every day and see you at the table.
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