Sometimes you just don’t want a whole meal. You’re not that hungry, or you’re about to go to bed or something. You want to eat a bit, though, maybe what used to be called supper, and you want something that’s flavorful and tasty. Not fattening would be nice too, this time of year.
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Question: Which side of the turkey has the most feathers?
Don’t think about it too much, now; you might get a painful brain sprain. You wouldn’t want me to have that on my conscience during the Holidays, would you? Good. Besides, the answer’s pretty obvious. (I hope.)
Now that we’ve got that out of the way, here’s [...] Read more »

Some men are born to greatness. Some achieve greatness. Some have greatness thrust upon them. And then there’s Abel Gonzalez, Jr., who, through a singleminded pursuit of the perfect State Fair midway food, has invented deep-fried butter. That’s right, folks, step right this way and taste the newest snack sensation to hit the Texas State [...] Read more »

A recent post on Slashfood asks, “What the hell is that?” The author, Jose Ralat Maldonado, explored the “queso” that is Velveeta and RO*TEL prepared tomatoes and chiles (and that’s the last time I’ll use that silly trademark). One of his premises is that Texans love the stuff. Another is that this mix was invented [...] Read more »

I was cruising that World Wide Web thingie, looking for important regional cooking events to give everybody a heads-up about, when I saw some disturbing news. The International Chili Society will be holding their World Championship Chili Cookoff in Charleston, West Virginia tihs year! Yeah; you read that right. How could they move it all [...] Read more »

I spent an interesting Friday afternoon at Texas Lutheran. The fall semester is about to take up, and we have a plot afoot: We’re going to use some of the facilitative methods we’ve built for industry to see if we can push the freshman Chemistry students to be more successful. A big challenge! Performance is [...] Read more »

It doesn’t matter whether you spell it Barbecue, Barbeque or BBQ; it’s still America’s entry into the Great Cuisines of the World. Practically every state in the Union has its own style. Well, okay; maybe California doesn’t; and that’s just fine with the rest of us. After all, they’ve got Schwarzenegger movies any time they [...] Read more »

The fateful day has finally arrived. Although her birthday isn’t until next week, she’s now officially 40. And after that insane donnybrook mayhem and merrymaking boisterous party the Chile Underground may never be the same…
After an early start to the day, cleaning and prepping (mostly sou-chef chores), we got the house in pretty spiffy shape. [...] Read more »