I stopped at Mel’s Diner on 50 Highway on my way back from Rolla last week. Mel’s is a little steel building with a ketchup and mustard interior. Service was decent, despite the large party they had in the back. I ordered the Kosher Corn Beef sandwich. The sandwich was fine , but when you …
Category: food
Sep 20
Review: Big D’z Dawgz
Besides being uncomfortable to type, Big D’z Dawgz is a food vendor that can be found during the week on Holmes street between Children’s Mercy Hospital and UMKC Med School in Kansas City, Missouri. Due to an imposed hot dog and french fry diet earlier in my life, I didn’t eat hot dogs with any regularity …
Aug 10
Mmmmm…cloves
Cloves are one of the greatest things ever. If you don’t know what they are, they are those little spiky things you see sticking out of Christmas hams. I first got hooked on cloves back when I used to smoke. I know, I know, I was supposed to get addicted to tobacco and not the …
Jan 12
I made pie
I made my first two pies this weekend. I’ve been re-reading Pascale LeDraolec’s American Pie (nothing to do with movie of the same name). It chronicle’s the author’s drive across America looking for pie, and it includes a bunch of pie recipes. My first two attempts were marriage pies (pies containing two different but complementary …
Dec 29
MadMan Dan’s Antimario Pasta Sauce
Did you ever wonder why spaghetti sauce is cheaper than just plain tomato sauce? Let’s put it this way: would you put carrots in your spaghetti? Heck no, you wouldn’t. You also wouldn’t add all the other stuff on the side of the can that those guys add. Today I made my best batch of …
Dec 28
MadMan Dan’s Emerald Isle Stew
Just in time for Christmas New Year’s! You wanna make some yourself? Here’s the recipe: MadMan Dan’s Emerald Isle Stew 6 potatoes 5 carrots 5 sticks of celery 6 leeks 1-3 lb lamb shank / leg of lamb salt pepper thyme, (chopped fresh thyme is best, but dried is doable) chicken broth fresh parsley Hardware …
Dec 22
My fingers smell like leeks
That’s not a complaint. Last night I cut up all the vegetables for MadMan Dan’s Emerald Isle Stew.
Dec 09
Da Bears
About three years ago Heather’s dad went hunting and shot a black bear. If you have never tried it, let me tell you that it is amazing. It is glorious. It is quite possibly the best meat I have ever had. Contrary to what most people ask me, no, it is not greasy. It is wonderfully …
Sep 03
Chili season has begun
Sunday I made the first batch of chili of autumn. I know it’s not properly autumn yet, but tell that to our pumpkins that have been orange for a month. If you don’t know me, I like to cook. I specifically like to cook chili. I started making it 11 years ago, and when I …
