July 22nd, 2010
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News — Ryan J. Allen @ 19:53
Today I received my new Broil King Signet 70. This is a 3-burner barbecue with rear-burner and rotisserie. You can read up on the details at the specs page or jump right ahead to my barbecue porn.
I bought the grill at Preston Hardware and was very impressed: free delivery, free assembly, and they [...]
June 28th, 2010
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News — Ryan J. Allen @ 22:28
I went to the International Chicken and Rib Cook-Off on Sunday after church. It was delicious. Alex and Matt came to the city to pickup a subwoofer but couldn’t stay for the cook off, in part due to an incident at a Tim Horton’s.
Later in the day I had a milk emergency, which [...]
June 15th, 2010
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News — Ryan J. Allen @ 7:32
This morning I rolled out of bed, grabbed a bowl, and took the milk out of the fridge. I reached for the box of Mini Wheats that I bought last night and opened them. Imagine my surprise when I looked down into the box of cereal and saw Lucky Charms. I had [...]
April 26th, 2010
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News — Ryan J. Allen @ 9:41
Internet,
For dinner last night I made the family-favourite Pork Hock Sauce. It was my first time making this. I took some photos of the process. My favourites are:
thick enough to hold up a spoon;
real men don’t use a lid (the woman cleans up, of course);
pork stringing off a breadstick;
the finished sauce, already [...]
April 8th, 2010
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News — Ryan J. Allen @ 19:00
Tonight I ate some funny tasting fish for dinner. If I don’t wake up tomorrow you’ll know why.
April 7th, 2010
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Food Challenges,
News — Ryan J. Allen @ 18:58
A coworker of mine had purchased some Hershey Eggies on sale after this past Easter weekend. This lead us to discuss the differences between Eggies and Cadbury’s Mini Eggs. He challenged me on what I thought was universally agreed: Cadbury Mini Eggs are better than Hershey Eggies. His statement was that they [...]
March 7th, 2010
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News — Ryan J. Allen @ 23:34
Let me tell you about dinner.
Soup was a tomato and roasted red pepper soup from the PC blue menu. I added some fresh basil to give it that edge. We had some fresh buns that went really well with the soup.
The entree was a pan-seared chicken breast topped a balsamic vinegar sauce with [...]
November 29th, 2009
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News — Ryan J. Allen @ 23:34
Tonight we started with my home made feta pate, served with sliced fresh baguette. This was followed by an Italian tomato and bocconcini salad with fresh basil in a balsamic vinegar and olive oil dressing.
For the entree I served sloppy joes topped with a slice of avocado and a side of fresh, baked French [...]
September 14th, 2009
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Germany,
News — Ryan J. Allen @ 22:06
I was in Berlin. The proof: I know about the Ampelmann. Oh, and there are my photos from the trip.
Church was lively and fun, the Currywurst museum was great, and the rain saved itself until the end of my weekend. Well, actually, it rained about an hour before I had to set [...]
September 9th, 2009
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Germany,
News — Ryan J. Allen @ 23:40
I know that there is at least one person who has read that headline and become very afraid about what this post is about. But fear not: this is a follow-up to my pumpkin pie story!
You’ll recall that I recently hosted dinner and pumpkin pie for a few colleagues. At lunch today I [...]