Pizza night

Friday night I made Ellen and I a deep dish Bisquick pizza. Hers was vegan and mine was not. They are so easy to make and very filling. The pans I used were two 9 inch cake pans. I coated them with a little flower so the crust would not stick. The sauce was home made as well as the crust. Ellen's was topped with onions and broccoli with vegan cheese. Mine just was regular mozzarella and some garlic. 20 minute cook time and very little clean up. I recommend it if you have picky eaters in the house and they want their own pizza. Also I can imagine kids would love to make their own pizza and add toppings. Hope you all try it. God bless, eat well and see you at the table.

French toast

This mornings breakfast was made possible by Hannah and First Baptist Church of Littlestown.
Two pieces of thick sliced fresh bread, one egg, milk and a good coating in the hot pan of Downey's cinnamon honey butter.  It does not take long for two great tasting pieces of French toast to come out perfect. Sad thing is it took longer to cook than it did for me to eat it. Moist fresh bread and the butter complimented one another very nicely. So when you are in the mood for a great slice of French toast you either have to fly to France or dream of mine because there is no topping this one. God bless, Merry Christmas and see you at the table.

Vegans and omnivores unite.

"Meat loaf" is what was on the menu two nights ago. Ellen made lintel loaf with potatoes and carrots along with a fresh loaf of bread. Close your eyes and take a bite and you will not be able to tell the difference. There was onions and cloves of garlic cook in with everything. She had it in the crock pot all day. Would I eat it again. Sure would and will be tonight for dinner. I am thinking I might slice it and fry it in a pan and make a sandwich out if it. How does that sound?  Great now I want to eat and I am stuck at work and it is just going to get worse after the next review. In your home town or travels you have had pizza and on that very rare occasion you were lucky enough to have PIZZA. You all know what I am talking about. That slice of pie that makes you break your two piece rule. Well I had the pleasure to have such a PIZZA. Well to be honest I had a slice from three different pies. All these pizzas were cooked in a huge brick oven that dwarfed other ovens I have seen. Slice one was a roasted chicken pizza. Slice two was shrimp and slice three was roasted red pepper. We also had a sausage pie but I did not try that one. I should have thinking back. Oh well my loss. The chicken was outstanding. Not some cubed chicken pieces but roasted in the oven and cut from the bone white meat chicken. The sauce was not too sweet. Both the sauce and the cheese were over the nomad amounts you would get in other restaurants. I like a lot of sauce so this made me happy. The shrimp were not three baby shrimp to a slice. They were medium size and all over the pie. Not a bite passed your lips that did not have one. Oh and the garlic. A good amount on top and made it taste like a shrimp scampi.  The red pepper slice was my least favorite but good none the less. The crust on all of them was very crispy and you got the black ash on your fingers when you held it. Ask for extra napkins even though you will catch yourself licking your fingers. Now you are asking where this place it and what is its name.  Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana est. 1925. It is located on Wooster St. New Haven Connecticut. http://pepespizzeria.com/  If you ever get there make sure it is early. Parking is tight but this guy, with a lot of Jason squared luck we got a front spot which never happens and never will again. Will I eat there again. I really hope so. That's it for this review. God bless, thanks for reading and good luck with getting a parking spot. 

Here fishy fishy

Tonights appetizer was all for me. Thanks to the Biba's who gave me three salmon steaks. I had pan seared salmon. I seasoned it with some garlic and onion powder, a few pinches of salt, fresh cracked black pepper and wasabi. With the burner on high and just a teaspoon of olive oil it did not take long (four minutes) and I was eating an awesome piece of fish. It just melted in my mouth. For those who enjoy it you know what I am talking about. For those of you who don't oh well more for me. God bless, thanks for reading and see you at the table. 

Deer the other red meat.

My father got his first dear of the season. A doe. The pot of chili my mother made and yes I had a nice size bowl today is deer meat and all fresh from their garden tomatoes, onions and jalapeño peppers. Nothing from a can.  Not the deer you see hanging but I wanted to give you an idea of the work involved. My father shoots (cross bow), guts, skins (as shown in the picture) and butchers his kills. We eat as much of it as we can. They even use the heart for fish bait in their trips down south. We waste very little. We know where he meat comes from. It does not get processed in a factory. It is not shot up with GMO's. low in fat and cholesterol. Tastes great and can feed a family a nice period of time. I grew up on deer and will always eat it. If you get a chance please try it. God bless, thanks for reading and happy and safe hunting. 

The meal that never was

I wanted to be able to write a review on a restaurant that is in Baltimore Md. that I saw on TV a few times on the shows Man vs food and Bacon Nation.  I say I wanted to write a review because when I was there on Sunday at Geppie's comic museum I tried to go but ran into a roadblock.  One, the exit door was right outside of the museum and we could not get in there.  Two, I asked where the entrance was and it was inside the gate of the baseball stadium.  The guard said because it was game day I needed a ticket to get into the restaurant.  WHAT?  REALLY? So I am not going to give them a name mention and just say that they lost business Sunday.  I don't think I want to try again just for a matter of principle.  They will remain nameless.  Some of you may know the name and if you ever go tell them what I said.  Bad for business not letting in paying customers.  They get no review, no pictures and no promotion from me.  Not that I am some big deal in the food world I am small beans in the blog world and foodie world.  So one good thing came out of it.  I saved money..hahahah..
God bless, thanks for reading and see you at the table......if that table is open to paying customers.

Carnival night.

This past week was the Littlestown carnival. As always we had our two favorite nieces with us.  I did not ride any rides but Ellen road the zipper. I was there for the food. Imagine that. The only new thing I saw his year was the Lady Bolts selling The Walking Taco. A small bag of Doritos with all the taco toppings in it. The taste was what I expected and it was not filling but a good snack and helped them with their fund raiser. Try it if you go there or see it other places. God bless, thanks for reading and see you at the tables.

Everlasting Life Cafe

Ellen and I had dinner out and she picked a place right down the street...NOT.  We went just outside of Washington DC on Georgia Ave NW to a place that she found on the internet that has vegan food.  http://www.everlastinglifecafe.com/  Fried chicken, collards, ribs and steak subs to name a few things on the menu.  If you know me and you do if you are reading this you know that I like to try different things so I was game to go.  We spent some time shopping and she got some things at MOM's Market a natural/vegetarian/vegan/everything good for you store.  After that we went walking in Bethesda and almost decided to eat there but I am glad we held out and went to the place she found.  When we got there I was skeptical.  We found parking on the street just fine and the area was not bad but not what we are use to either.  We walked in and the sign at the front said "First time here, come see us at the register" So we walked back and talked to the only person we saw.  He greeted us and shook my hand, walked us back to where they cook the food and where they serve the hot and cold sides and walked us through the dishes they had, even told us what he liked the best.  Everything was cooked fresh and made on site.  No outsource of food.  We made our selections of mac and cheese, garlic greens as our sides.Ellen ordered a fried chicken sandwich.  I order the steak and cheese sub.  The cook brought it out to us at our table and we dug in.  I was very surprised.  The mac and cheese was awesome.  The garlic kale was really good and loaded with garlic. Together they worked great.  My sub was very good.  Onions, cheese and tomato topped it.  I left off the green peppers and mushrooms.  Ellen enjoyed her "chicken" sandwich very much.  I tied it as well.  If you were not told you would think it was a chicken sandwich.  My sub had BBQ sauce on it which I would have left off and replaced it with a gravy but it was good none the less.  We had enough food that I could not finish my sub and brought half home which Ellen ate the next day.  Would I eat there again  yes I would.  Do I recommend it to everyone I sure do. God bless, thanks for reading and see you all at the table.

Off the land and Birthday lunch

Survival of the human race may depend one day on how well we can adapt to the world around us. If you slow down and look when you are out and about you will learn a lot. How many of you out there would take a half eaten sandwich or slice of pizza out of the trash and eat it?  I am guessing maybe one or two of you. As much as a burden the homeless population is on society we can learn a lot from watching them. They survive on the streets with little to eat or clothing to wear. I have wondered for a long time why do they stay in the city during the hot summer months and long cold winters?  Go south for the winter and north for the summer. Feed off the land and survive. Walking today on the Georgetown trail right through downtown Bethesda Md I picked a hand full of black berries. They were delicious. As I was picking them a lady walked past and saw me, slowed down an watched for a second. She did not ask what I was doing or eating but he saw me eat something I was picking. If she would have asked I would have shown her so she could enjoy some of them. So the next time you are out and see what you know is safe to eat. Pick it. One day it might save your life. Being so comfortable with shopping for our food and having a supply on hand has made us soft. I will admit I am. The next rabbit I get out of our yard I will eat it. I will survive. On another note the ladies in the office today had a birthday lunch for all those born in July. So I pigged out out. God bless, thanks for reading and remember, eat to live don't live to eat.

Two meals two nights

Well this is what I get for not writing these meals in here the same night I eat them.  I forget what they are made of and the names.  Thank goodness that the one I photographed with the recipe.  The other one was a curry dish for Ellen and some garlic naan that she made and I cooked on the open grill.  I ate the salad part of the meal and the naan.  I will write next time the same night I eat the meal so that way I can make you all drool  and want to eat the meals.  So for this time enjoy the pictures and my very short write up and look forward to the next review.  God bless, thanks for reading and see you at the tables.