The sign outside says “German food”, and doner kebab certainly qualifies, despite its origins – it has become one of the most popular take-out dishes in Germany. The words “doner kebab” literally mean “rotating meat”, and you might be familiar with the concept from other cultures – being similar to a gyro, or shawarma. I’d… Continue reading Portland, OR – Doner Kebab
Category: Sausage
Portland, OR – Cara Amico / Delivered Dish
Rang up (ok, logged on) to Delivered Dish tonight for a change of pace. We use them quite often, really, I’ve never had a bad experience with them. They’ve always showed up on time, and the delivery people are pretty courteous. Delivery fees are apparently set by the individual restaurants and can range for… Continue reading Portland, OR – Cara Amico / Delivered Dish
Sausage Update
Cooked up a mess o sausages yesterday, including a couple varieties I picked up from Sheridan Fruit Company last week. Their black pepper garlic pork sausage is a medium grind with bold flavor. In the photo of the cut sausages, it’s the one on the far right, you can see the flecks of pepper in… Continue reading Sausage Update
Portland, OR – Eat Pizza
Had a coupon for a free personal-sized pizza; the proprietor gives these out as business cards, cheap publicity. Only other guy I ever saw that did that was Ron Zapp, the late owner of Zapp’s & Dirty’s Potato Chip brands out of Louisiana. His business card was a coupon for a free bag of chips.… Continue reading Portland, OR – Eat Pizza
Out on a Sausage Hunt in Portland
Thought I had hit all the major sausage purveyors in Portland. So guys, if you are going to put “fruit and vegetables” on your sign, it’s pretty unlikely I am gonna wander in seeking out delectable pork noshes! So, I found you by happy accident, today, on MLK, is not only a purveyor of… Continue reading Out on a Sausage Hunt in Portland
Mary Had a Little Lamb (Until Y’day)
Our friends from Brenalan Farm dropped off our lamb order yesterday. We have 25 pounds of chops, stew meat, ground, and various awful things. Ooops, you know I meant “offal.” Wish we had a dog. I have not been much of a lamb eater in this lifetime, unless it came in a giro, gyro,… Continue reading Mary Had a Little Lamb (Until Y’day)
Corning, CA – Marco’s Pizza
Corning, California, is one of my regular stops on I-5 in California, it’s about 2 hours north of Sacto, and the reason I always stop there is to buy olives. The Olive Pit has a zillion varieties, and I always buy a few giant jugs of them to tide me over until the next time… Continue reading Corning, CA – Marco’s Pizza
Portland, OR – Pizzicato (local chain)
I often wonder what a food entrepreneur is thinking when he/she puts the word “Gourmet” in their name? What does it mean to most people, anyway? According to the Wikidictionary, “gourmet” means “fine”, which is pretty far afield from its etymological root. The dictionary goes on to say “Gourmet has become somewhat debased by marketing usage,… Continue reading Portland, OR – Pizzicato (local chain)
Isernio’s Sausage
Let me be frank about links: I love Italian sausage. In a casing, bulk, sweet or hot, hard for me to find one that I don’t like. And certainly that would not be the case with the Northwest’s own Isernio’s, which I recently was able to try, and (spoiler alert) – in a word, or… Continue reading Isernio’s Sausage
Gallup, NM – Big Cheese Pizza
While I love the old motels on Route 66, I picked a crappy one in Gallup. I love the old architecture and neons, especially the ones that say something like “It’s Cooooooooool Inside,” with graphic of a penguin or polar bear, saying they have AC. Or the ones that have a multicolored sign… Continue reading Gallup, NM – Big Cheese Pizza