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The statue of Lincoln was completely carved from cheese (MyFoxDC)
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Friday, July 10, 2009
mac and cheese.
Last night I got home from work and I realized there was nothing in the fridge but milk, cheese, and butter. Perfect I thought: homemade macaroni and cheese. Mac and cheese is a great comfort food and there are so many variations, you can really prepare it to suite your personal taste. Here is my recipe, and feel free to add peas, pancetta, broccoli, mushrooms, red peppers, etc.
Cook 1 1/2 cups elbow macaroni in boiling, lightly salted water per package directions. Then drain in a colander, rinse with warm water, set aside. In a pan, melt 3 tablespoons of butter; and blend in 2 tablespoons flour. Then slowly whisk in 2 cups of milk and stir constantly until thick and bubbly. Add 1 1/2 cup of graded sharp cheddar cheese, and 1/2 cup of graded Parmesan; stir in until melted. Toss in the cooked elbow macaroni, blending well. Turn out into a lightly buttered 1 1/2 quart casserole (top with bread crumbs if you want). Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until golden brown on top and bubbly. Makes about 6 servings.
*** If you want to make personal servings as I did, fill lightly buttered ramekins with mac and cheese and bake for about 20 minutes at 350.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
tear.
His bologna had a first name. His bologna had a last name. So did he. More than simply a brand name or the punchline to a catchy ad jingle, Oscar G. Mayer, the former chairman of his family's eponymous meat products company has died. He passed away Monday at the age of 95 in a hospice facility in Fitchburg, Wis., reports the Daily Herald.
Founded by three German immigrant brothers, Gottfried, Max and Oscar Mayer, the company began selling sausages in Chicago in the 1890s. The basis of their success was the bratwurst, weisswurst and liverwurst made by Gottfried, a trained wurstmacher from Nurnburg. His sausages proved so popular that the Mayer brothers were soon making deliveries by horse-drawn wagon throughout Chicago, expanding their reach well beyond the city's German enclaves.
They began using the Oscar Mayer brand name in the 1920s, stamping it on the country's first packaged, sliced bacon, which the Mayer brothers introduced in 1924 -- an innovation that earned them a U.S. government patent.
Oscar G. Mayer began working for the family business in 1936, the same year the company introduced its popular Wienermobile. Mayer was named president in 1955 and chairman in 1966. He retired from the company in 1977 after 41 years. No word on whether the funeral procession will be led by the Wienermobile.
-- Elina Shatkin
source: latimesblog.latimes.com
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Monday, July 6, 2009
Being from the Land Of Lincoln, I couldn't resist
Abe Lincoln Cheese
Sculpture in DC
Updated: Friday, 03 Jul 2009, 7:30 PM CDT
Published : Friday, 03 Jul 2009, 6:11 PM CDT
(MYFOX NATIONAL) - Those strolling through the nation's capital this Fourth of July weekend might catch a glimpse of Abraham Lincoln in the form of cheese.
For the past three years, Troy Landwehr has been commissioned by the Cheez-It cracker company to carve a sculpture with a patriotic theme to be displayed in Washington, D.C.
The Post-Crescent reports that Landwehr created the life-size statue of Lincoln out of 1,000 pounds of cheddar to commemorate the bicentennial year of Lincoln's birth.
"I think it's a big honor to carve Lincoln," Landwehr told the Post-Crescent last week while working on the sculpture.
Landwehr spent five days carving the masterpiece after looking at every detail of the president's face. He made sure to capture Lincoln's beauty mark, sunken cheeks and even his smirk. "It's a lot of research," he said. "I really enjoyed this carving so far -- nothing's fallen off or broken."
source: http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/offbeat/dpgo_abe_lincoln_cheese_sculpture_lwf_070309_2636922
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