We Smelled It ... It Had To Be Eaten! Christmas Eve Food Porn posts #1170 & #1171!!

[disgrits]

Another amusing entry, sistah.

I hate it when "they" dump a bunch of cayenne (or sometimes black pepper) in a dish and call it "cajun" or Louisiana authentic. It's not fun when you can't taste the food......But your pics sure looked good.

 

[oybolshoi]

Oh Man... too bad the pain pills are just starting to kick in... I'll be back to read later...

If I read it now... I'm not sure if we'd agree you had the same experience...

I hope you feel better soon. But you know ... I write most of this stuff with pain pills in my system so we may both end up in the same place after all.

You are hilarious... I love it... Thanks for the laughs this morning... I'm really enjoying your food report! Tina

Hi Tina thanks for reading! Glad you were able to get a few chuckles on us this morning ... that's always my goal!

Another amusing entry, sistah.

I hate it when "they" dump a bunch of cayenne (or sometimes black pepper) in a dish and call it "cajun" or Louisiana authentic. It's not fun when you can't taste the food......But your pics sure looked good.

Sistah P! So glad to see you posting again!

The gumbo was excellent and so was the bread pudding, so two outta three ain't bad.

Thanks for coming over to see what we've been up to ... keep feeling better!

 

[KristinAnne]

Great update! That food from Louisiana looks great. It makes me want to visit. Too bad about the mini-golfing though.

 

[onelilspark]

I think America in Epcot is modeled after Independence Hall in Philadelphia. I'm not 100% positive, but I'm pretty sure.

 

[TigerKat]

Too funny to come and read this just after shoving a beer can up a chicken's butt........

 

[njprincess]

Thursday, November 27th - We Cooked Some of It ... We Smelled All of It ... And We Ate Most of It: A Stinktown Thanksgiving!

Picking up from where we left off ... Jon makes the best homemade rolls at the holidays, and he shapes them like little birds! He knows how much I love bread so he always makes these at Thanksgiving and again at Christmas.

Bird rolls!

And now ... the glorious turkey breast!

Fresh out of the oven ...

Sliced up and ready for hungry guests.

A close up ...

Jay's dessert plate...

And thus ends our Turkey Day feasting. It was a pretty darn tasty meal, if we do say so ourselves! Thanks for letting me share ... I'll get back to the WDW food porn in a couple of days with some more F&W booths and then a trip to Party for the Senseless.

The turkey is beautiful, but my favorite thing is Jay's dessert plate! I want to sit next to him and hope for a distraction!

 

[njprincess]

Thursday, November 27th - We Cooked Some of It ... We Smelled All of It ... And We Ate Most of It: A Stinktown Thanksgiving!

With nutmeg...

Looks great! I noticed your King's Arms Tavern glasses - oh boy, do I love that place! Peanut Soup please

Our tasty port-poached pears with blue cheese ...

Nice to see these again - I can't wait to try these!

Our fur-baby Handsome Pete sitting at the kitchen table waiting for tasty scraps...

I'm behaving ... now gimme something good!

How can you resist my irresistableness???

Oh, he's a cutey pie!

 

[teruterubouzu]

It looks like San Francisco had a fine showing except for the beets. Gross!

I just love that you guys are Colonial Williamsburg fans. I have fond memories of the King's Arms Tavern. First (and only) time I've had rabbit. My BF and I really want to make a trip there soon and stay in one of the colonial houses.

 

[DisneyMom5]

Not trying to out-geek you (like that's possible ),
but as I was reading your amusing anecdotes to my family,
my 14 yo dd informed me that red is the correct color
for the musicalmembers of the American revolutionary forces.

Red, with blue trim.

My Archeaologist/Historian approves that response.

I know, I know...I have to live with them. Sigh.

And we're all up for Viking Day. Bring on the pork and beer.
"We're vikings, whatta ya know, the terrors of the sea,
Vikings, where ever we go, pillaging happily..."

[That's Veggie Tales, not mine. LOL]

Great update!

 

[TinkerBelle_325]

Here for the second time in one day Jay and I struggled with our respective inner history geeks. Is Epcot’s version of America-town supposed to be based upon Colonial Williamsburg? If that’s the case then we can’t quibble as much with the red coats since at that time everyone in the colonies was a British subject. However, if this is supposed to be a more revolutionary or even post-revolutionary setting then we suspect the color of their coats is all wrong. And even if we dismissed the corps' clothing, we had to take issue with their choice of music: The Battle Hymn of the Republic. It's an abolitionist song written by Julia Ward Howe in 1861 – it became very popular with Union troops during the American unCivil War. And lest anyone think in our geeky musings we forgot that all Ms. Howe did was re-cast the lyrics to a song published earlier … we did not! The original version of the song was written circa-1855 as a campfire spiritual.

Either way it’s not an appropriate song for the Colonial-era fife and drum corps to be playing if they’re gunning for authenticity. I turned to Jay and asked him if Disney was growing lazy or if they thought the majority of their guests were ignorant.

Jay paused a moment, his head tilted slightly to the left as he is wont to do when pondering something especially interesting, and then he responded, “I think it’s a little from column A and a little from column B.”

On a purely personal note I was disappointed not to hear them perform Yankee Doodle, but maybe we were too late to catch that tune. Jay was no doubt relieved that we didn't get to hear the song because it would just further encourage bad behavior on my part. But it was already too late ... the lack of musical accompaniment did not prevent me from serenading Jason and any other guests who were unfortunate enough to be within earshot of my less than pleasing vocal stylings.

A fellow History geek has the redcoat answer! Musicians in the revolutionary army dressed in red so as not to be confused with actual soldiers. I must ask then, "Wouldn't they be confused with the ENEMY?" which would seem a more pressing and problematic potential confusion

In the background is a field grade officer, distinguished by his silver epaulettes, inspecting a detachment of infantrymen in blue coats faced with red and lined with white. The infantrymen are headed by their musicians in reversed colors -- red coats with blue facings. The Army of 1784 was not always able to furnish uniforms even for the small number of troops in the service. The New Jersey detachment in 1784, for example, was issued some blue coats with white facings, the old uniform of the New England line. The detachment's captain was forced to stop the men's rum ration in order to use the money to buy red cloth so that the company tailor could make all the coats uniform.

SOURCE:
http://www.americanrevolution.com/his_cont_army_soldier_1786.html

 

[TDC Nala]

A fellow History geek has the redcoat answer! Musicians in the revolutionary army dressed in red so as not to be confused with actual soldiers. I must ask then, "Wouldn't they be confused with the ENEMY?" which would seem a more pressing and problematic potential confusion

I guess that might depend on the musicians. If they're like these guys

it might be preferred that they be mistaken for the enemy.

What really scares me about this photo is that Sir Robin has my hair.

 

[oybolshoi]

Thank you!

That's the exact reason that Jay and I were so sure that the red jackets were incorrect for the revolutionary militia fife and drum corps!!! I kept insisting that if the militia and its officers were wearing blue that it wouldn't make any sense for the musicians to wear red.

Count Jay and me among the ignurnt, as my mom would say.

The bigger issue for us was really the music, which I think we can all agree sounds great but is not era-appropriate. No one else probably cares anyway, but we had fun joking about it.

A fellow History geek has the redcoat answer! Musicians in the revolutionary army dressed in red so as not to be confused with actual soldiers. I must ask then, "Wouldn't they be confused with the ENEMY?" which would seem a more pressing and problematic potential confusion

In the background is a field grade officer, distinguished by his silver epaulettes, inspecting a detachment of infantrymen in blue coats faced with red and lined with white. The infantrymen are headed by their musicians in reversed colors -- red coats with blue facings. The Army of 1784 was not always able to furnish uniforms even for the small number of troops in the service. The New Jersey detachment in 1784, for example, was issued some blue coats with white facings, the old uniform of the New England line. The detachment's captain was forced to stop the men's rum ration in order to use the money to buy red cloth so that the company tailor could make all the coats uniform.

SOURCE:
http://www.americanrevolution.com/his_cont_army_soldier_1786.html

 

[oybolshoi]

I need to find a "screaming with laughter" icon. I nearly wet my pants when I saw that picture of Brave Sir Robin.

I'm sure you look far better with that hair than Sir Robin does.

I guess that might depend on the musicians. If they're like these guys

it might be preferred that they be mistaken for the enemy.

What really scares me about this photo is that Sir Robin has my hair.

 

[oybolshoi]

Great update! That food from Louisiana looks great. It makes me want to visit. Too bad about the mini-golfing though.

Thanks! The Louisiana food was very good - one of our favorites all things considered. And while the lack of upkeep at Fantasia Gardens was disappointing we still managed to have fun. We usually do ... even if we didn't have any alcohol!

I think America in Epcot is modeled after Independence Hall in Philadelphia. I'm not 100% positive, but I'm pretty sure.

That does make sense now that I think about it. I suppose I could have gotten off my lazy butt and gone and looked it up in the park guide, but that smacks of effort.

Too funny to come and read this just after shoving a beer can up a chicken's butt........

We love beer-can-up-its-butt grilled chicken! I hope you enjoy your dinner and thanks for reading!

The turkey is beautiful, but my favorite thing is Jay's dessert plate! I want to sit next to him and hope for a distraction!

If you'd been here that night you wouldn't have needed to swipe Jay's plate, you could have had your own. We had plenty to go around.

Looks great! I noticed your King's Arms Tavern glasses - oh boy, do I love that place! Peanut Soup please

We've been talking about heading back to Williamsburg soon ... it's been a long time since we've visited and the taverns had the best food. Jay loved their peanut soup!

Nice to see these again - I can't wait to try these!

They were yummy!

Oh, he's a cutey pie!

Thanks! He knows it!

It looks like San Francisco had a fine showing except for the beets. Gross!

I just love that you guys are Colonial Williamsburg fans. I have fond memories of the King's Arms Tavern. First (and only) time I've had rabbit. My BF and I really want to make a trip there soon and stay in one of the colonial houses.

I didn't eat many of the beets but I did think they tasted pretty good with the goat cheese.

As for Williamsburg, Jay's mom and dad went there for their 40th anniversary and stayed in one of the houses - they loved it. And it was really nice based on the pictures we saw. I want to have grand tea at the Williamsburg Inn ... and myabe splurge on dinner there too, if the economy ever bounces back to the point that we feel comfortable spending that kind of money on food.

Not trying to out-geek you (like that's possible ),
but as I was reading your amusing anecdotes to my family,
my 14 yo dd informed me that red is the correct color
for the musicalmembers of the American revolutionary forces.

Red, with blue trim.

My Archeaologist/Historian approves that response.

I know, I know...I have to live with them. Sigh.

And we're all up for Viking Day. Bring on the pork and beer.
"We're vikings, whatta ya know, the terrors of the sea,
Vikings, where ever we go, pillaging happily..."

[That's Veggie Tales, not mine. LOL]

Great update!

Hey, it is entirely possible to out-geek us ... doesn't bother me at all. I appreciate the insight from your family - Jay and I didn't know for sure and the whole conversation about the music led to the question about the jackets.

Such smart geeky, funny people hang out on the food boards ... I just love it!!

Thank your research team for me and let's all work on that Viking Appreciation Day, OK?

Thanks for reading!

 

[teruterubouzu]

I want to have grand tea at the Williamsburg Inn ... and myabe splurge on dinner there too, if the economy ever bounces back to the point that we feel comfortable spending that kind of money on food.

Did you happen to catch that Royal Family at Work miniseries they recently played on public television? The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh stayed and ate at the Williamsburg Inn. They installed a fresh throne (toilet seat) just for her!

 

[oybolshoi]

Did you happen to catch that Royal Family at Work miniseries they recently played on public television? The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh stayed and ate at the Williamsburg Inn. They installed a fresh throne (toilet seat) just for her!

I have watched some of that series (which is fascinating, isn't it?) but didn't catch that episode.

Too funny! I guess the royal tush needs a certain kind of throne to feel at home.

 

[ChelleinNC]

Hilarious update

As far as the food goes, those pralines with the bread pudding those look good!

finger looking good

 

[PNO4TE]

Bob and I loved the San Fran food too. Probably our favorite of all the kiosks we visited. Another fine update, Miss Brenda. Thanks.

 

[PNO4TE]

I guess that might depend on the musicians. If they're like these guys

it might be preferred that they be mistaken for the enemy.

What really scares me about this photo is that Sir Robin has my hair.

 

[jeminni]

I love the yankee doodle lyrics. I'll never look at kentucky fried chicken the same again.