Rain Rain Stay Right Here

It rained significantly a couple of days ago for the first time in quite awhile. Coloradoans have a different approach to rain than the East Coast population does. I said to someone at work that 'It wasn't very nice out today'. He replied, 'It's raining right? That's great!' Even when it rains, it's not bad out for long:

My idea of the day is to send some of Denver's health kick and sunny weather to the East Coast in exchange for some water and some crime. It's a win-win. I just have to figure out how exactly to do that.

Endicott and Maxim???

I was reading the 2008 Maxim Food Awards last night and stumbled upon this gem:

Best Chicken
Phil's Chicken House
Endicott, NY
The crazy good baste--vinaigrette enrichedd with egg and poultry spice--was actually invented by a Cornell professor in the '50s ($6).

Once upon a time I ate at their buffet every Tuesday night, so to say I've tried the chicken would be an understatement. About half of those times I tried so much of it that I threw up afterwards. And it's a double bonus because apparently a Cornell professor created the stuff.

Seriously.

I'm Back. And Vegetables

It's been about six weeks since I wrote anything, hopefully somebody still reads this. Anyway, we've been getting vegetables from a CSA this summer, and I just picked them up tonight for the week. As the summer has picked up, we've been getting more and more vegetables. At first it was just lettuce, about four pounds a week. Now we're up to all of the stuff in the picture below.


It's a lot. So if you know anyone that wants any vegetables, we have a lot of extra beets, kale, and carrots. Next Day Shipping for just $9.99. I tried to make some beets last night, and was surprised by what I found inside. The white ones were white on the outside, so no surprises there. The other beets were red on the outside, just like every other beet I've ever had, but the inside was keeping a little secret:


There are no layers or anything in there, it's totally solid. Pretty neat huh?

It's been a slow week, if you couldn't tell from the things that excite me.