Tuesday tasting: bike trip beers, part one 14 July 2009 3:17 pm
Posted by Tracy in : food snobbery,geekery,Holland,local food,Netherlands,reviews,taste test,travel , add a commentI learned a new appreciation for lagers on this bike trip in Holland, which is that hoo lady do they ever go down deliciously on a hot, sweaty summer day. In particular, I have never enjoyed a Heineken as much as I did with our rijsttafel dinner in Hoek van Holland — but honestly, my judgment was probably completely ruined that night by all the babi pangang spek. NOM NOM NOM. Anyway. It turns out I’m way too long-winded to write just one post about all the beers I tasted during Bike Trip! Holland! 2009! so I will break things up into shorter posts, organized in chronological order. Our first stop is
Erik de Noorman, Huisbrouwerij Klein Duimpje
Monkey Monday: Michael Jackson edition 13 July 2009 9:09 am
Posted by Tracy in : cheese,eating,events,fangirl,Holland,monkeys,news,random,travel,video,weird , add a commentI was eating popcorn when I finally and unexpectedly got emotional about Michael Jackson’s death. Not yucky microwave stuff, but real popcorn, homemade in a pan on the stove, with salt and pepper and nutritional yeast. That’s what makes this a food story. I’m posting it this Monkey Monday because it’s not going to get any more timely, and because it’s pretty freaking random (also, y’know, Bubbles). Anyway. Here goes.
When I got home from Holland last Thursday, (more…)
Very quick hit: live from Oud-Ade, NL 8 July 2009 10:05 am
Posted by Tracy in : family,Holland,hot mess,Netherlands,random,travel , add a commentWe celebrated my grandmother’s 80th birthday on June 28th, Peter’s birthday on Monday, and now I must run back to my grandparents’ house to keep celebrating my mother today. Here’s a very little bit more about what I’ve been up to for the past two-odd weeks. Also here’s the last thing I cooked before going on the trip (consider it a promise to post more pictures of what I’ve cooked and eaten over here):
That’s a hot mess of polenta cutlets in a random cream sauce. (more…)
