Monthly Archives: November 2009

A Brisket for Your Thoughts

November 20, 2009
A Brisket for Your Thoughts

Alright kiddos – it’s time to get that heavy-ass oven-proof pot from your cabinet right now. I mean it. It’s the last day before that glorious thing we call the weekend, and I want your weekend to be just as freakin’ delightful as my last weekend was . Not that this coming weekend won’t be fun for me, with the Iron Chef battle around the corner (I am bringing my A game this time), but last weekend I made a fortnight’s worth of food, including what will now unfold before your very eyes. Beef Freakin’ Brisket. And that picture of oatmeal stout is no mirage. This 22 oz bottle o’ stout serves two purposes for those of you willing and able to consume it (gluten free’ers – sub some g-free Redbridge or,...

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Wetzel’s Pretzels

November 17, 2009
Wetzel’s Pretzels

Stop drooling. Well, stop just long enough to read, print the recipe, and drool over your own. I’ve been wanting to make pretzels for a while now and all I needed was a teensy weensy shove – or maybe just a little nudge would have done. Either way, here we are. Maybe you’ve never really thought about this before, but ‘pretzel’ is really the only word I can think of that rhymes with ‘Wetzel’ (my last name…thanks to hubby – my old one was much easier to spell and rhymed with things like ‘fall’, ‘mall’, ‘ball’, and so on). The sad fact of the matter is that I actually have to say something along those lines often when spelling my last name for some idiot on the phone. “Wetzel – like pretzel”. Good times. And sadly enough, we aren’t related to the lucky owners of the real deal Wetzel’s Pretzels....

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