Diary of a Fat Man: Food and drink

57 Varieties of Mediocrity

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 21:44:06 GMT

This is a pretty cool idea, however they need to fire whatever shitty ass company did their sample images on the site. A quality company would have had better on the fly image rendering. That said, they WERE smart enought to put a profanity block (although a 10 year old is smart enough to get around it).

Shoculate Vault

Thu, 20 Jul 2006 19:45:14 GMT

This thing is so cool...I need one of these.

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/shockulate-vault-torture-thyself-oh-ye-of-no-will-188729.php

Cake

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 21:12:04 GMT

1 box devil's food cake mix (and all ingredients required to make cake)

1 bag heath bar chips

1 container of cool whip

1 Jar of Caramel Sauce

1 Can condensed milk

-Bake the cake according to the directions on the box. Right after taking it out of the oven, take a knife and cut 1 inch "slits" in the cake - there need to be a lot of them spaced out over the cake.

-Pour can of condensed milk evenly over the cake. Then pour the caramel sauce over the cake

-Let the cake cool at this point - about 1 hour

-After cake has cooled, top with cool whip and then sprinkle the heath chips over the top. Keep refrigerated until ready to serve.

Smoked Gouda Chicken

Mon, 08 May 2006 17:25:59 GMT

Last night, I made one of my favorite dishes. I don't have a fancy name for it, but it's similar to Chicken Cordon Bleu, but not really.

Here's what you need:

Boneless/Skinless Chicken Breasts

Kalamata Olives

Shredded Parmagiano Reggiano

Smoked Gouda-shredded or cut into slightly thick slabs

Bread Crumbs

Eggs

Milk

Seasoning Mix (I use Emeril's Essence--and yes, it DOES sound nasty)

The amount of the ingredients depends on how much you make, so I'm purposefully vague.

Finely chop the olives and set them aside. Hopefully, you bought them without pits, but if you didn't, just smash them a little with the flat edge of the knife and they'll pop right out.

Put the bread crumbs on a plate, sprinkle liberally with the seasoning, and mix it up.

Take your chicken breasts and pound them until they are thin. Sprinkle liberally with the seasoning. Set them aside.

Take two eggs (if you're making 2-4 breasts) and beat it with some milk until you have a gooey mess.

Dip the chicken in the egg wash and place the chicken breast wash side down into bread crumbs.

Fill the center of the breast with chopped olives, parmasiano reggiano, and gouda.

Fold the chicken in half and place in a pan that has about 1 inch of hot oil.

Repeat for the other breasts.

Fry them for about five minutes, flip them over carefully and fry for another five minutes.

Drain the oil and then place the whole pan into a pre-heated oven at 350 degrees.

If your pan catches on fire in the oven, next time use one that doesn't have a plastic handle, douchebag.

Cook for about 25 minutes.

Side dishes vary depending on your tastes, but last night we ate ours with a penne/mozarella pasta salad from Central Market, broccolli with a homemade cheese sauce, and a kickass proscuitto and black pepper baguette also from Central market.

Unfortunately, it's not low fat so save it for special occassions.

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Mon, 13 Feb 2006 20:54:02 GMT

Holy crap! This is the scariest story I've read in months!

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C Is for Cookie

Sun, 11 Dec 2005 19:17:07 GMT

I thought I would be getting off cheap by making my Christmas gifts for the people I work with, but holy shit these have been a ton of work.

They look ok but taste like HEAVEN. I made everything from scratch, including the icing. Food TV is my friend.

I put in about six hours making 4 dozen cookies and two batches of fudge. Next year, I'm thinking gift cards...

Also, check out the pics for some pictures from Ice!, again pretentious exclamation point is NOT mine.

Gott in Himmel

Sat, 17 Sep 2005 16:32:08 GMT

Drive 45Km down the Autobahn

Take the Mahndorfer Exit

Take A Right

Drive 10Km until you see the sign that says "Himmel" (heaven)