I was flying home from FCO, stopped at ORD and taxied out to a suburban airport to hook up with a friend, and bum a ride on his plane back to Santa Barbara. He was held up with a ground stop at TEB, so I was gonna have a couple of hours to kill. Luckily,… Continue reading Schaumburg, IL – Pilot Petes Restaurant Review 10/2015 Update
Category: Ham & Bacon
Volpi Prosciutto Review
I’ve looked at a lot of deli meats lately and written them up – the quality and prices cover the full spectrum. Not surprisingly, I tend to prefer the more expensive meats, the low cost ones have a texture I find unpalatable. But that’s just me. The smaller manufacturers seemed to have not lost their… Continue reading Volpi Prosciutto Review
Holi Cannoli Review – Elkhorn, WI
Seems like lately I’ve been hitting “out of the way” pizza places like this one, on US Highway 12, 6.5 miles north of Elkhorn, WI and the junction of 12 and I-43. It’s about a 15 minute drive from the popular Lake Geneva recreation area in Southern Wisconsin. I’ve driven by this place many… Continue reading Holi Cannoli Review – Elkhorn, WI
Lunchable Waffle Stick Breakfast Review
Well this is a curious thing, spotted at WalMart for about a buck. “Lunchables” are “complete” meals to go, to eat heated or at room temperature, and were introduced in 1988 by Oscar Mayer, now part of Kraft. They were created by a team at Oscar Mayer as a way to sell more bologna, and… Continue reading Lunchable Waffle Stick Breakfast Review
Genoa Illinois VFW Breakfast
This small VFW post does whatever it needs to in order to maintain their solvency and funds for projects; they have found a niche with breakfast, dinners, and events for the community and environs. The third Sunday of each month, they have an AYCE breakfast, loaded up with French toast, biscuits, hash browns, SOS, sausage… Continue reading Genoa Illinois VFW Breakfast
7-Eleven Meat Snack Review
I love, love, love, beef sticks and jerky. They are tasty, relatively harmless health wise, and an inexpensive ‘pick-me-up.’ Better for you than a Red Bull, I imagine, and certainly better for you than a Snickers. I’ve even journeyed to outlet stores in search of quantity stock-up deals to satisfy the late Mrs. BurgerDogBoy’s jerky… Continue reading 7-Eleven Meat Snack Review
Better Bakery Ham and Cheese Pretzel Melt
New from Better Bakery, the Southern California specialty bread and pretzel manufacturer, is the Ham and Cheese Pretzel Melt, deli sliced ham, cheese within an enclosed pretzel roll. Oven or microwave prep is allowed, and I went with the former, 350 for 25 minutes, from a frozen solid state. It’s good, fast, and cheap. Salty… Continue reading Better Bakery Ham and Cheese Pretzel Melt
Appleton Farms Ham Steak Review
I have written about a lot of Aldi products; Aldi is the global discount grocer owned by the same German family as Trader Joes. At Aldi, you won’t find many big brand names, but rather Aldi concocted brand names that are manufactured under contract to Aldi’s specifications. (Also it will cost you a quarter to… Continue reading Appleton Farms Ham Steak Review
Big Skillet Review – Elgin, IL
Another suburban Chicago breakfast, this one in the town of Elgin, far west of the city straddling the Fox River. The 8th largest city in Illinois, it was founded as a dairy center (there was a Borden factory) and home to the Elgin Watch Company, maker of timepieces big and small. It was the largest… Continue reading Big Skillet Review – Elgin, IL
Paul Bunyan Cook Shanty Review – Wisconsin Dells, WI
How I love breakfast buffets, let me count the ways: bacon, sausage, ham. You (I) get to eat literally pounds of breakfast meats (if I chose) and skip the other stuff. This joint (and a sister location upstate in Minoqua) has been serving up “lumberjack style” meals for decades. That descriptor actually refers to being… Continue reading Paul Bunyan Cook Shanty Review – Wisconsin Dells, WI