Raw Red Bell Peppers make me sick..

Raw Red Bell Peppers piss me off.. especially if they're not roasted before trying to incorporate them into a legitimate food-stuff. 

For example, lunch at Jimmy's Steer House was destroyed by these little f*ckers.. When the hell did people start adding chopped red bell peppers to Baked Stuffed Schrod?!  It's offensive. I mean, it seems like these days raw red bell peppers are sneaking it into food recipes as a filler, or a last ditch attempt to flavor food. Sorry Jimmy, but that's pretty amateur.. The raw acid infected all of the buttery-bread-crumby-goodness that could have been had and on top of that you're insulting a billion years of Italian culinary expertise!

What ever happened to Roasted Red Peppers?

Waking up at 11:30am for Sunday Dinner with Nana & Papa once a week was special, but it was even more incredible when I awoke to the sweet fiery scent of roasted red peppers.. Roasting slowly pulls out all of the acids that make your tummy go "Oof" and bring out the reason why you left that little guy hanging on its plant to ripen for a little while longer in the first place.. Add these bastids to salads, sandwiches, sauce, tapenade, hummus, salsa.. whatever! ..but please roast them first if you want to see your guests reaching for another glass of wine, rather than the pepto..

Raw Red Bell Pepper consider yourself Roasted!

- Niki

F*cking Peanut Butter..

I hate peanut butter. I bet most people think of something deeply embedded in their childhoods like Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches, or Fluffernutter..  All I think of is.. death. It's sticky, gloppy, and it takes forever to scrape off of the roof of my mouth. The shit gives me panic attacks when I have cotton mouth, making it the not-so-munchie-friendly food. 

I kinda like the taste, but not enough to forgive peanut butter's way to put a downer on good things like Cinnamon Graham Crackers.. 

After food shopping at the Ol' Trader Joe's, Tommy gleefully applied his newly acquired Organic Creamy Peanut Butter to Cinnamon Graham Crackers.. "Want some?" 

"No, I do not want some thank you.. I will stick to my butter with no peanuts."

<3 Niki