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The Snack Report: Mckenzie’s Pumpkin Jack Hard Cider

Halloween is less than a week away. We’re excited, you know it. If you’ve been with us from the beginning of the month, you’ll know I took to reviewing some seasonal hard ciders, the only perfect drink of the Fall (sorry pumpkin ale). While reviewing ciders this month, I decided to save the best for last. A cider so delectable, it’s strong and formidable, yet tastes reminiscent of liquid dessert. The last of our seasonal Fall cider reviews is McKenzie’s Pumpkin Jack Hard Cider.

 

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Recipe Time! Apple Fries

Sometimes we know exactly how we came up with the idea for some of our recipes. This was not one of those times.  We can’t remember what inspired us to try making apple fries, just that one day they appeared on our list of food experiments.  Though it isn’t a stretch to assume that it originated out of Erik’s love of apples.  And boy am I glad we did come up with this idea.  These may be one of my new favorite fall desserts.  Crisp on the outside, soft on the inside…sweet, tart…they’re so many awesome combinations in one.

Burger King has apple fries, but we all know they’re not really fries. They’re just apple sticks.  They just call them apple fries to trick small children into eating fruit.  These, my friends…these are apple fries.

These apples know their destiny, and they are proud to accept that fate.

These apples know their destiny, and they are proud to accept that fate.

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Food 101: How To Make A Root Beer Float

Soda’s bad for you. That’s a fact of life, and more people need to realize that. It’s one of the biggest culprits behind why America has gotten so fat, considering the average American drinks over 40 frigging gallons per year. Considering each serving is a good 150-200 calories, there’s plenty of evidence for why people shouldn’t be drinking multiple cups of it per day. Hell it reminds me of a friend of mine who even into high school, ate his cereal in Pepsi instead of using milk, since he was vegan. Hooray, no animals were mistreated, you just consumed nearly a pound of sugar! But I digress, this post isn’t meant to be a soda-bashing post. Soda should be considered a treat, like a dessert. Like ice cream. Oh boy, here comes a segue!

Vroooooooooomnope!

Vroooooooooomnope!

 

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The Snack Report: Mochi Ice Cream

Thanks to our status as foodies and my growing up as a total weeaboo dork, Meg and I have developed quite a fondness for Japanese food. Lately we’ve been hitting up Asian markets like crazy in search of exotic snacks. Most of these have been good, but nothing particularly impressive; that is, until we came upon an awesome Summer treat in the form of these mofos:

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Pizza Lab #21: S’mores Pizza

August is one of my favorite months. And yet it’s a shame this August has been one of the coldest ones in recent history, here on Long Island. We might be approaching Fall at an annoying pace, but that doesn’t mean we can’t squeeze out a few more weeks of Summery activities, so long as the weather doesn’t go completely to hell and we somehow end up with snow in September. We decided to squeeze in one last grilled pizza for the season, and ohhh man was it a good one. Pizza Lab takes on the firepit favorite, s’mores, marking our very first grilled dessert pizza.

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