It’s been two weeks since the pie-eating contest, so any remnants that you may have smuggled home are long gone, unless you were smart enough to pop a slice into your freezer for a delicious treat in the future. For most people, though, the pie coma has worn off, the nausea from inhaling the equivalent [...]
Posts Tagged ‘lime’
Honeydew Lime Sorbet (Minus the Ice Cream Maker)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged granita, honeydew, italian ice, lime, sorbet, stand mixer on August 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Written a night or two ago.
Tonight we are desperately clinging to the last days of summer. Sure, it’s still hot out, but Charlie goes back to school in a matter of days, and up here in the downstate-of-upstate New York, some of the trees are already starting to look suspiciously like fall.
Don’t get me [...]
All Over Your Face 2009
Posted in baking, tagged apple, baking, blueberries, dessert, lime, peach, pie, pie-eating contest, strawberry on August 16, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Yesterday, we held the first annual “All Over Your Face” hands-free pie-eating contest and BBQ. I mention this here because, well, it’s ridiculous, and because over the next few days, you’re going to see a lot of recipes related to the contest. The “competition sized pies” were seven inches and each had a double crust. [...]
Watermelon Keg and Punch Recipe
Posted in beverages, tagged cocktails, lemon, lime, mint, pie-eating contest, punch, rum, watermelon on August 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We saw the idea for this in Food Network magazine a few months ago and decided that we absolutely had to make it happen. We procured a plastic tap, added a bit of tubing to make it a little more secure, and made it happen! Warning: This is really, really messy. [...]
