This past Valentine’s Day some lucky (?) gal received a free Domino’s Pizza Engagement Ring.

This might seem “Cheesy”

to some but food jewelry is popular thing.

Here are some other Pizza Rings I found.

I actually really like this one! It looks like it’s sitting on a pan. The one slice floating and drippy cheese makes it.

This one is kinda adorable too!

Umm…This one looks yummy!

This is a Pizza Hut set I think.

I also found other Food Jewelry….besides pizza.

Here’s a bowl of Macaroni and Cheese with a spoon!

A very detailed bowl of Ramen that looks like it’s being eating in action by something invisible.

Mama mia spaghetti and meatballs too!

A  detailed Thanksgiving Turkey platter ring even with cranberry sauce.

Who the Fork knew that food jewelry was a thing?

 

 

 

 

 

This is just a recipe idea. I didn’t write down exactly how I threw it together but I had some eggplants and fried them up really well and put them away. Then I cooked up onion, sweet red pepper, sweet green pepper and some spicy and sweet jarred cherry peppers. I added frozen-then thawed reduced tomatoes, tomato paste, garlic, white wine, water, sea salt, pepper, oregano, basil and at the added the eggplant and fresh basil. I came out with a rich thick flavorful sauce that tasted like eggplant parmesan. Ate it with pasta and a day later eat it with eggs added to the sauce for breakfast similar to Eggs in Purgatory. Something you might want to try.

There are many similar but different versions of this kind of dish.

My Eggs in Forking Hell – eggs in spicy tomato sauce with jalapeño Cheddar and Jack Cheese

Shakshuka – Eggs in spicy tomato sauce with cumin, paprika, parsley and Feta Cheese

Eggs in Purgatory – Eggs in spicy tomato sauce with basil and Parmesan Cheese

Huevos Rancheros – (there are many variations that are different and also with different sauces) Eggs on fried corn tortillas with tomato chili sauce, refried beans, sometimes rice and either avocado or guacamole.

Makes for a nice breakfast or a light dinner.

 

Who knew that there are Musical Comedy Cooking Shows Out There?    I like comedies and I like cooking shows so i thought it would be fun to see Cooking with the Calamari Sister’s at the Herberger Theater. This show was unlike any show I’ve ever seen before. Delphine and Carmela are suppose to be sisters (played by men) that have a fictional public cooking show. They joke, sing and dance their way through light attempts of preparing food and are naughty with improvisational audience participation. Delphine plays herself as a nun-like church goer and shuns several audience members for not attending church enough though out the show. Delphine is not feminine and talks with the male voice he has.  Carmela plays herself as a tramp similar to the way cartoon Bugs Bunny does when he plays himself as a female. Carmela can pass as a female and does until he pops out a startling deep male voice once in a while. Then the illusion of female disappears and you remember he is a man.

They told stories a bit about Italian life with stereotypical Brooklyn Italian family members in the show. The sisters sing many Italian songs such as a racy version of Volare, Botcha Me, Mambo Italiano….and a “Cheesy” Pasta Tarantella Song that really was amazing. It was very fast paced and all rhymed naming maybe a hundred shapes of pasta while they were wildly dancing.

They didn’t actually cook. They prepared an Antipasto Salad with an audience member that they ridiculed. (but it was funny) The antipasto platter and a basket of rolls did get pasted around the audience.

Then they filled cannoli shells with another audience victim. The poor guy got to ware an apron that made him look naked.

They had a short quiz show on their show for three audience members.

Then the Pasta Song got belted out and it was great. I thought it was the highlight of the show. They then sung it again but even faster.

The actors-comedians- singers really were very talented. Hilarious fun and also kind of WEIRD.

For more information please visit www.CalamariSisters.com

Your Forking Opinion may or may not differ.

Sorry about the lack of pictures but photography was not permitted in the Theater.

 

 

I’m a BIG Fan of Reese’s Peanut-butter cups so when I saw this new to me variety of Reese’s I thought I’d give them a try because I haven’t met a Reese’s I didn’t like…….at the time. On the package the clusters are described as Creamy Peanut-butter, caramel, peanuts and pecans wrapped in milk chocolate. That sounds forking delicious doesn’t it and they come in a cute fun looking Holiday package.

I open up one of the individual wrapped candies and I notice that it is a very small size for a Reese. Actually it’s the perfect size. Not too little and just enough for a sweet. It smells good…sort of like an original Reese’s Cup. I decide to take my first bite.

Ohhhh it’s sweeter than a Reese.

It’s doesn’t have that signature Reese’s Peanut-butter taste at first bite. It’s more like the center of a candy bar filled with nougat and caramel mixed with a little lumpy Reese’s Filling. The chocolate almost taste slightly darker than the milk chocolate from a Reese’s cup……maybe because of the different flavors….?…..I was expecting a cluster of nuts since this candy is called Reese’s Cluster but the inside is only sort of lumpy and not like a cluster……

Eating it I thought that this candy might not contain actual nuts..but when I looked at it I was wrong…..It does contain a few broken pieces of nuts that are stale and very soft and some sort of .mixed lump object…….that I don’t know what it is but I think are  lumps of flour with nut dust…..The Reese’s cluster leaves a weird chemical aftertaste in my mouth.

I did eat a second candy to confirm my thoughts. I found that if I ate the candy much slower with tiny bites I could taste more flavors and in some parts of the candy I did get that Reese’s Peanut-butter taste but it became overpowered by the other flavors for the majority of the time laced with a weird chemical aftertaste.

For a Reese’s Lover like me The Clusters are a disappointment.

But on the other hand my husband who is in the 1% of the world that doesn’t like Reese’s Cups really likes the Reese’s Cluster. He thinks the caramel over powers the peanut taste and they are great to him.

He doesn’t know but that means the candy might to some be a failure as something associated with Reese’s. People that enjoy Reese’s Cups and other Reese’s Candy enjoy that unique salty and slightly lumpy in a good way peanut taste with milk chocolate.

I like the size and shape and aroma of the candies and…I also like that these candies are heavily  coated with chocolate….but…for the reasons mentioned-

I won’t eat them. They don’t appeal to me.

People that want to mix up the Reese Taste with an added sweet nougat like taste, caramel and lumps might enjoy this candy.

Those were my thoughts on Reese’s Clusters.

Your opinion may or may not differ.

 

Here I am soon to receive my 9th GE repair in 10 years of owning GE Monogram Appliances.

1-My first GE problem was a slow leaking GE Monogram dishwasher that ruined my floor and cabinets and trim. (was under warranty and was replaced)

2- My GE Monogram wall oven kept shutting off. Spent $300. for new control pad.

3- My wall oven still kept shutting off and I didn’t need the $300 control pad but only a $10. connector wire that caught on fire. (problems were both diagnosed by a certified GE Repairman.

4-GE Monogram Microwave repaired 10-25-07 – needed magnetron

5-GE Monogram Microwave repaired 6-30-08 – needed magnetron

6-GE Monogram Microwave repaired 11-13-08 – needed magnetron

7-GE Monogram Microwave repaired 10-26-09 – needed magnetron

A few months latter the microwave stopped working again. Didn’t get anywhere with GE. Someone named Tommy told me all they could do for me was give me a 20% off on a new GE microwave oven but I was on my own for a wall kit. His deal was about the same price as I could do on my own so I threw my over $1,000 dollar microwave oven in the TRASH. I had to spend $100.00 every time I needed a magnetron so I replaced that lemon with a $200.00 microwave oven that works better and hasn’t needed a repair so far.

8-GE Monogram refrigerator and freezer stopped cooling and freezing. Needed an inverter kit ($551.76) 4-29-2014

9-GE Monogram refrigerator and freezer stopped cooling and freezing. Waiting for repair to be done…December 2016…diagnosed as needing a new control board….Got the new control board installed.

Other GE related problems are the plastic inside refrigerator cracks and my egg tray fell apart.

GE used screws that rust in my dishwasher.

The Forking Truth is that when you have GE Monogram Appliances you FORKING need a Home Warranty Service for all the repairs you are going to need. I note that this is typical of GE Monogram Appliances as I learned that all my neighbors and strangers I met at appliance stores have similar stories to tell.

GE Monogram Appliances and GE Repairs and Consumer Service is….

With GE Monogram Appliances you Forking NEED a Home Warranty for all the repairs you will encounter.

 

 

Those were some of my dishes of 2016.