Flying Dog Tire Bite Golden Ale.

This was the first Flying Dog variety I ever had. I was going to say a bunch of stuff about how it doesn't have a super distinctive taste but it's curiously fulfilling. But I have to say it's much better out of the bottle.

Yogurt Curry Chicken.

So I actually mangled the recipe for this. It's basically supposed to be sitting in yogurt all the time. Marinade, glaze, and dip. I forgot to set it in the morning, so I ended up pan frying it while I mixed up a yogurt sauce and then baked it all. All the yogurt-based dressings were unnecessarily different and complex. I used yogurt, lemon juice, salt, pepper, ginger, curry, and honey for the marinade/glaze. For a dip, I used yogurt, curry, cumin, cayenne, paprika (which was unneeded), salt, and lemon juice.

The chicken came out well but definitely could have used more heat. The dip was so-so. Also, black rice is awesome but I'm too lazy to make the minor additional effort most of the time.

Sandwiches, Part 2.

Actually, these are all wraps.

Turkey Spinach Wrap

Turkey, spinach, onions, provolone, sun-dried tomato wrap. Also, incredibly flat and reminiscent of the turkey phillies my mom used to make all the time.

Chicken hummus wrap

Chicken, hummus, tomato, tzatziki.

Cheesesteak wrap

Roast beef, onions, peppers, mushrooms, tomato, shredded cheese blend because I didn't have Swiss or provolone.

Flying Dog Old Skratch Amber Lager.

It's my opinion that lagers, on average, are quite unremarkable.

Black Bean Quesadillas.

Refried black beans are awesome. Or maybe it's just that I bought a can of black beans that weren't GV fat-free. In any case, variety is nice.

German Pancakes.

I think I ran across this recipe on Cooks.com while looking at something else. Curiously simple: 1:1 flour (preferable bread flour which makes it go crazy, but all-purpose works fine) and milk (1 cup) and anywhere from 2 to 6 eggs, whipped, which takes a damn long time by hand. Salt and sugar maybe, cinnamon and vanilla maybe. Baked for ~15 minutes at 400. Served with lemon juice and powdered sugar.

Meatballs.

It's surprising that I haven't made meatballs. Actually, I don't think I've had spaghetti and meatballs since I moved out of the dorms. I looked at a few recipes to see if anyone did anything particularly interesting. The surprising addition was milk. I though it would just make things watery, but it turned out awesome.

Minced onions, mushrooms, garlic; breadcrumbs, eggs, milk, salt, pepper, parmesan.