The taste...

I wish I had taken more pictures at the taste. But its kind of hard enough to carry around food and a drink dodging through thousands of people without having to worry about a camera too. I did catch a quick snap of what turned out to be my favorite selection... the fried potato chips from Harry Carrys, I got them each time we went....



By the way, this is the AFTER picture... it used to be a huge mound about a foot tall :)

Yes, I love the deep fryer

Ok, are you seeing a trend here? We like to deep fry things.



These onion rings are a casually followed version of a Barefoot Contessa recipe.

But really, we don't discriminate against any type of frying... Mike is getting good at the rice.

A couple new things

I know I haven't posted in a while... there hasn't been much cooking done in the little kitchen in the studio "apartment" (its really a dorm) that we have. But I do have a couple of pictures to share.

First, before we left Champaign, Mike and I made creme brulee. I don't know why, we were bored, and with a Meijer 200 yards away, why not. Why yes, I can buy ramakins and a flame thrower 5 minutes from my house.



One of them didn't set, but they turned out nicely overall. I want to flavor them next time.



We also made some fried olives.



Mmmm.



Next time, I really would like to do black olives or at least fresh ones... these tasted very briney.