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Category Archives: Lunch
Happy Spaghetti Day! (1/7)
When we’re talking pasta, we’re talking about pretty much the exact same ingredients constructed into a variance of shapes. Make them flat, thick and long, and you got lasagna. Small curvy and hollow, it’s a pasta masata. Shape it like … Continue reading
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Tagged Food, jim clark, kinds of pasta, national english toffee day, national spaghetti day 2013
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Happy National Buh… Buh… Buffet Day! (1/2)
Giant feasts of seemingly endless portions of food is not an American invention by any stretch. Royalty has thrown down in such fashion in every account ever told, from ancient Egypt to King Arthur’s court. Hawaiians have held whole pig roasts at … Continue reading
Happy National Bouillabaisse Day! (12/14)
After a thoroughly successful day of fishing, catching their limit of fish, shrimp, mussels, and whatever else, and then after gutting, cleaning filleting, and shelling the lot, there would likely be a massive amount of unused little fishy parts that one could … Continue reading
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Tagged best seafood soup ever, fish stew, Food, jim clark, National Bouillabaisse Day 2013, national lemon cupcake day
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Happy National Gazpacho Day! (12/6)
Confession. My first taste of Gazpacho Soup was from a Campbell’s can. Don’t bother trying to look for it, they don’t make it anymore, I’m pretty sure. Of course, I was fifteen at the time, and I heated it in the microwave … Continue reading
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Tagged campbell's gazpacho soup, Food, happy national cotton candy day, jim clark, National Gazpacho Day 2013, soups
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Happy National Fritter Day (12/4)
To “fritter away” means to work down to nothing, a little bit at a time. That’s why it is also the perfect word assigned to fried batter that is sometimes, but not necessarily cooked around a meat or vegetable. Eating a basket of fritters in … Continue reading
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Tagged calico jacks tallahassee, conch fritters, Food, Happy National Cookie Day, jim clark, national fritter day 2013
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Happy National Pizza With Everything (except anchovies) Day! (11/12)
Poor anchovies. What is it about those little guys that everyone hates so much? Is it the fishiness? The saltiness? The little mini bones that are still in there? Ok, well, maybe I get it now that I put it … Continue reading
Happy Deviled Egg Day! (11/2)
The Deviled Egg seems to only exist as a function of a pot luck dinner. It isn’t a side served with T-bone steak, it isn’t served with bacon and grits, it’s not even served as part of a fancy brunch. … Continue reading
