Carbonation
Today i had my second-ever real
egg cream and this time i really liked it! Both egg creams were from
Gem Spa on 2nd Ave and St. Mark's Place in the East Village. First time, okay but weird. Eight years later = carbonated refreshing chocolatey goodness! Check out this
Great Egg Cream Caper!
I've also been reacquainting myself with
root beer floats. Now if i just add some salsa & chips and cheese & crackers, i'll be eating like my high-school self again.
Over dim sum, we had a funny conversation about college food. My specialty was monterey jack cheese quesadillas from my
trusty toaster but i mainly filled up on capellini pasta & tomato sauce. Apparently, be loved those Lipton packets of pasta or rice + sauce. (Okay, i'll admit those were tasty, too.) What did you subsist on? Hopefully it was better than
napkin sandwiches.
Dumbass
... Situated in a South Philadelphia immigrant neighborhood, Geno's - which together with its chief rival, Pat's King of Steaks, forms the epicenter of an area described as "ground zero for cheesesteaks" - has posted small signs telling customers, "This Is AMERICA: WHEN ORDERING `SPEAK ENGLISH.'" ...
Talk about racist (and not to mention, idiotic!) business practices! And if that wasn't enough, here are even MORE reasons to boycott this place:
... Vento [owner of Geno's], a short, fiery man with a ninth-grade education, arms covered in tattoos and a large diamond ring in his ear, also sells "freedom fries" to protest France's opposition to the Iraq war. He rails against Mumia Abu-Jamal, the black man who was convicted of killing police officer Daniel Faulkner in 1981 and has become a cause celebre among some death penalty opponents. Memorials to Faulkner are posted at his shop. ...
Instead, check out
O Sandwiches, a totally tasty, friendly, Asian American-owned spot right nearby. Banh Mi are the tastiest sandwiches ever invented! (They also have a vegetarian version, too!)
Link to the article about Geno's
here.
Blues
We just polished off our container of excellent blueberries. These things were so tasty, they've redefined "blueberry" in my book! Unlike the usual mealy, flavorless, somehow powdery-coated bluberries, these were crisp, juicy and exploding in sweet tartness. Sadly, we bought 2 more containers but most of them ended up being the usual. As of this moment, i'm fanatically researching blueberry farms so we can pick a few bushels for ourselves!
This
site has some blueberry picking tips as well as listings of "pick your own" farms, sorted by state. If anyone has recommendations, do share!
