Author Archives: Erik
The Cereal Report: Hershey’s Cookies ‘n’ Creme Cereal
The Cereal Report is a column in which PCFG conducts various cereal reviews, of new or limited products, as well as providing brief backgrounds on the cereal. Cereal is delicious and fairly cheap as far as meals go. Everyone should eat cereal!
It’s been a long, brutal Winter. Fortunately Spring is on its way soon! Probably! To be honest, who the frig knows at this point. The vernal equinox is a day away, and it’s still below freezing here in New York. I give up. No matter, as springtime tends to be a time when cereal companies begin releasing new products, or so I’ve noticed over the years. Both brand new cereals, and limited runs from the past year or so, find their way onto stores, which I imagine might be something to do with the fact that people probably tend to eat more hot cereals during winter months. Either way, it’s an exciting time of year for the budding cereal enthusiast or anyone with an inner child. It may be obnoxiously cold outside, but that didn’t stop me from locating some new cereals to review. Just the other day, Meg and I stumbled onto this exciting, little treasure:
Pizza Lab #15: Mac ‘n’ Cheese Pizza
Pizza Lab is a fun theoretical column in which Meg A. and Erik S. explore their innermost passion for baking and eating pizzas. It exists purely for the sake of experimenting in the kitchen. It may not necessarily be cost-effective everytime, so don’t try this at home kids.
“In epistemology, the prefix meta- is used to mean about (its own category).”
Meta is a bit of a buzzword lately, due to it being a fun prefix, and uber-intellectual way to describe things. For example a movie about making movies is meta. Playing a video game inside of a video game is meta. A dream in a dream in a dream movie about dreams is wayyy meta. Well, Meg and I made a meta pizza. That’s right, Pizza Lab is all about uniquity and experimenting with the combination of pizza with other foods. This time around, we combined pizza with another, more venerable food combination, macaroni and cheese. So it was a food combination of food combinations.
…META!!!
Erik S. Ya know, for some reason I can’t stop craving mac ‘n’ cheese lately. I guess this pizza is partially to blame…
Meg A. We did have a very mac’n’cheese filled week, between mac and cheese bites over the weekend, and then this pizza during the week.
Erik S. Hopefully it’ll pass over soon. That being said, this pizza was preeetty fantastic.
Meg A. It was really yummy. And it was our first Pizza Lab/We Can Do It Better crossover.
Erik S. That is technically true. The findings of this experiment will lead to our next WCDIB focusing on macaroni and cheese.
Meg A. As soon as we tasted the mac and cheese we had a good feeling about this pizza. Luckily it reached our expectations, unlike some other pizzas *cough*discofriesandchinesefood*cough*
Erik S. Yeah, I feel as though the pizza benefited a lot from the fact that this mac ‘n’ cheese recipe was incredible on its own.
Meg A. I’m glad we decided to make our own from scratch instead of just using a box mix (yes, yes, we do use box mixes on occasion, hold back your shock).
Erik S. Yeah, we used a recipe courtesy of our food scientist role model, Alton Brown.
Meg A. We should really hang a picture of him in our kitchen or something.
Quick Recipe: Oreo Pudding Pie
Happy Pie Day everyone! (Or Pi Day if you must.) In honor of this random novelty holiday, why not put together the easiest yummy pie on the planet? It takes 10 minutes to put together, and only an hour to set! You could be eating one in just over 60 minutes from now!
Easy Oreo Pudding Pie
- 1 packet of white chocolate/vanilla instant pudding
- 2 cups of milk
- 5 Oreo cookies, crushed
- 1 chocolate/Oreo pie crust
- Mix pudding mix and milk in a bowl and whisk/beat together for 3-5 minutes until thick.
- Stir Oreo crumbles into pudding mixture until well blended.
- Pour pudding mixture into pie shell and smooth surface flat.
- Place pie in refrigerator for one hour, or until pudding is firmly set.
- Serve pie with whipped cream on top.
Food 101: How to Make a Burrito
I have a confession to make. I once was a Taco Bell addict. I spent a large bulk of my college years running in and out of the venerable fast food institution dropping down $5 bucks and walking away with enough food to feed a family. I was that guy who not only craved crunchwraps at 2:00am, but also who went out and drove there to get one. Even though I didn’t eat any other fast food, I tried to justify it through some sort of backhanded logic about not having access to Latino cuisine. It was not my proudest status. And even though I kicked the habit a couple years ago when I dropped red meat and processed meats, I still long for delicious burritos and tacos and fajitas and whatever Tex-Mex food portmanteau you can think of. So that’s why I offer this very special Food 101, to all the other poor SOBs out there who struggle with cravings for cheap tacos that are objectively terrible for you.
We’ll work through it together.
Cheat Codes: How to Make Quick Yellow Rice / Spanish Rice
Rice is the ultimate side dish. Cultures all over the world enjoy it in a million different ways, and for good reason. It’s versatile as hell. As a pure starch, it absorbs flavor incredibly well and helps fill you up. Personally, I attribute my slim figure partially to the fact the majority of my diet is made up of various chicken and rice dishes. It has relatively no nutritional content, and as such you can eat it all day without having to worry about putting fats or cholesterol into your body. Most importantly though, it can be served alongside virtually any main course. Chicken, fish, pork, vegetables, you name a food and it works. Sweet, tangy, smoky, earthy, all flavors mix with it. Rice is perfect.
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