So I finally broke down and got some goat chops at the City Market. Now my chore is to figure out how to best dress them. And no I’m not talking in a frilly dress either. 🙂 Seriously though… I’ve got nothing on this one, so it’ll be an adventure.
Read moreLemon Lemon Lemon
As you may or may not remember, I made a lemon cordial at the same time as I made the lime and cherry cordial. I’m very pleased with the Lime and meh about the Cherry. The Lemon has a LOT of potential, but I think it’s going to need to age a bit before it…
Read moreLimey
So I managed to pull it off… I made a double batch of the Lime cordial and I’ll be a monkey’s aunt if it didn’t turn out better than the last batch! I’m really excited about it! I tried some straight and with the Lemon Codial and then finally with some Sierra Mist…. I wasn’t…
Read moremore cordials… Yay!
I’m trying my hand at some more cordials. I’m thinking this batch should turn out pretty good, though I’m concerned that I may have added the simple syrup too early and it may cause the flavor to not be what I want. Apparently adding it too hot can cause some degradation in the flavor overall….
Read morePortable Feast in “Old Town” Lansing
Bryan and I have found a new breakfast spot that we absolutely love, Portable Feast & Friends. The restaurant is on Turner Street in Old Town. We’ve gone there the last 3 Saturdays and every time the quality of the food is superb and the staff keeps my coffee cup topped off. That is one…
Read moreNew stout experiment – followup
As you may have read, Bryan and I broke the stout recipe into 5 separate 1 gallon carboys to test that addition of various things in the secondary fermentation. We bottled the Dry Hopped one and the Control on Tuesday and we bottled the remaining 3 last night with the help of our Igor. (Thanks…
Read moreSea Urchin Battleship sushi
So I decided to try sea urchin in sushi form the other day. I would not suggest trying it to any one else unless they had a strong stomach. Not that it tasted bad, it was the texture that so COMPLETELY grossed me out. I can say that I’ve had it and that’s as far…
Read moreNew stout experiment
We’ve brewed a new Stout, but this one (Dark Horse 4) is going to have a little twist going into the secondary… or should I say secondaries. We are going to split the batch into 5 separate 1 gallon batches and see what happens when we do a few different things to it. We will…
Read moreCordials and Liqueurs
I’ve made the foray into the realms of happy little cordials. It seems a rather straight forward process, so I’m hopeful that it will work out a bit better than my first attempts at sodas. I’ve started out with some rather simple ones: Banana Lime Hazelnut The Hazelnut one was kind of a cop out. …
Read moreCosta Rican Peaberry coffee
I think I’ve finally found my favorite coffee. I tend to float around and drink whatever coffee is at hand. I’ve had really bad coffee and really good coffee, but there was never a coffee that stood out and said, ” Hey you, yeah you! You want to drink me!”. That is until I had…
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