And Let the Gut Sort ‘Em Out. January 12, 2012

  i have just been informed of the existence of macon, or macon’s bacon, and am now dying to try it. mutton bacon? i mean, shit. i admit i’ll be woefully disappointed if The Old Foodie is correct in their claim that its name derives from the collapsing of the words mutton and bacon, but [...]

Aren’t We All Feeling A Little Abused By Turkey And Peas These Days? December 26, 2011

~ i may as well say right out that i am not a huge fan of poutine. i respect and appreciate it, as a culinary phenomenon, especially in its living of the principle of Go Big Or Go Home, but perhaps as my once-ardent love for french fries has receded over the years, it has [...]

Addendum: On Fudge. December 5, 2011

  since writing in passing yesterday about fudge, in connection with Oh Henry bars,* i have been reminded that this is the second time in a matter of days that the uncertain status of fudge has come up. looking at a package of Fudge-Covered Ritz that a friend brought back from America, i wondered aloud [...]

“Such Praise Inspires With Diviner Lust Your Friends, Who Guttle With Greater Gust”* October 19, 2011

(or, Actions Louder Than Groans, Part 2) ~ someone once told me something interesting about G sounds in linguistics, but i don’t remember what it was. i am inclined to think it had something to do with the prevalence of G words involved in eating, specifically eating to excess (see also this, this, and this), although [...]

Without Being Totally Clear On What ‘Your Cabbage’ Is, I’m Going To Hazard That I’d Prefer It To A Milkshake, Most Days. February 14, 2011

on the topic of songs about food, that are or are not about food, i recently picked up She’s Your Cook, But She Burns My Bread Sometimes, volume 14 of the Saga Blues collection, which if you’re not familiar with, and you like rhythm and/the, blues, you should definitely check out. if you live in [...]

Food For Thinkers: Does Not Butter Ennoble Enough? January 19, 2011

~ This post is a part of Food for Thinkers, a week-long, distributed, online conversation looking at food-writing from as wide and unusual a variety of perspectives as possible. Between January 18 and January 23, 2011, more than thirty food and non-food writers will respond to a question posed by GOOD’s newly-launched Food hub: What does—or could, [...]

“I Believe That’s ‘Reindeer.’” “No, That’s Snow, Darling.” December 27, 2010

* * * our family did not have a wealth of distinct christmas traditions, outside of participating in the standard array of secular-Christian-gift-giving-turkey-eating-family-tolerating-activities. two, however (the only two?), come to mind. the first, i do not know when it was established, but i’m going to throw 1986 out there, was that of my brother and [...]

HANDY KITCHEN/LIFE TIPS. November 12, 2010

1. crush garlic (just with the flat of the blade, or like, yr meaty little fist) before you peel it, then chop the rough bit off. makes it a jillion times easier to peel. 2. ditto for olives. almost any kind. just mash that shit down, it basically pits itself. 3. wine goes in everything. [...]

We Are To Imagine That Petekurous Ate Mostly Wasa Crackers And Meat Tea, I Suppose? October 26, 2010

~ today i stumble across some forgotten, preliminary notes for an Archaic Food Words post, and so, in deference to the paucity of detail in the original, i reproduce them here: under the cryptic, what i can assume to be a note-to-self, “Tell someone about QUAG” we have:   obligurate (v.) “prob. to spend time [...]

“Those Sots…Flask After Flask Ingurgitate, Til Drown’d In Their Own Spews, They Wallow On The Ground.” September 20, 2010

well, if sot is the worst i am called before This Is All Over… anyway, ingurgitate (v.) a. to swallow greedily or immoderately (food, or, in later use, esp. drink) to glut or gorge oneself. (fig.) to engulf. (from L. ingurgitare – to pour in [like a flood].) b. to eat or drink to excess; [...]