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Eggs-Zavier Week: Back to Comfort

by bsherm on February 18, 2015

Egg-ZIt’s that time of the year again, the time when the University of Cincinnati Bearcats battle “crosstown” rival Xavier in the Crosstown Shootout.

Four years ago I started what was going to be an annual tradition of highlighting egg dishes in “honor” of rival Eggs-Zavier (I am a Cincinnati grad myself).  By the next year, my blog had fallen in my lists of priorities, and as it would happen, we had our worst game as both teams showed a total lack of self-control with a bench clearing brawl. I was happy I had let it slide. The competition was renamed “Crosstown Classic” (because THAT would fix the issue) and moved to a neutral site. This year, the name Shootout returns, and the game also returns to alternating sites, this year at the Shoe.

So in honor to the return of the old moniker, and in hopes that I can start posting again at pFoody, I decided to bring back the Eggs-Zavier week post. And since what is old is new again, I thought I would go with a comfort food. Baked Custard.

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The Amazon Appstore for Android has a daily free application. Today it is Jamie’s 20 Minute Meals, usually priced at $7.99, available for free today. I’ll definitely do a more thorough review later, but wanted to let you know about it now, since it won’t be free then.

Looks like there is 80 MB of additional data (pics, video) to download, but it stores them on the SD card. There are 60 recipes with pictures and videos.

Here is a letter from Jamie from the Amazon description:

Hi Guys,

Thanks for all your messages asking for 20 Minute Meals on Android. It’s finally here, and will help you to prepare and cook loads of delicious meals; each one in around 20 minutes.

There’s 60 recipes in total; each one presented one step at a time, with photos along the way, so you really can’t go wrong! There’s also a cool shopping list feature which sorts your ingredients by aisle so you’ll be really speedy in the supermarket too.

Breeze through the store using aisle view on the shopping list

As well as all that you’ll find 21 videos of me shot exclusively-for-mobile with useful tips, tricks and kitchen skills from sharpening a knife to chopping an onion. Download it today and get cooking!

Big love,

Jamie Oliver xxx

So if you have an Android phone, go get the app today. So far, it looks pretty cool, I’ll review it later.

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A Day as a Schlep at Virgil’s Cafe

February 11, 2011

I have won a fair number of nice things on Twitter. Tickets to one of the Cirque shows in town, a UC basketball game, and Skyline Crosstown Shootout paraphernalia. And of course I am always hoping to win one of Scott Bourne’s killer camera give-a-ways (even it it is never Sony Gear). However, the best […]

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Queso Producto con Tomate y Chiles Verdes

February 6, 2011

It’s Super Bowl Sunday, and that means snacks and dips. I already shared a simple Hummus recipe, today I share an even simpler dip. I used to just call it Rotel, because it was Rotel and Velveeta. I loved the combination, and first encountered it over 25 years ago (ouch… I am old). It was a stand by. […]

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Hummus

February 3, 2011

We are coming up on Super Bowl Sunday, which means snack time. I have two snacking ideas that are essentially diametrically opposed to each other. I am going to start with the healthier of the two. I do like to occasionally eat something relatively healthy, and Hummus is one of my go-to good snacks. For me, Hummus is essentially a […]

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Eggs-Zavier Week: The Celebration Sandwich

January 7, 2011

Well, things ended well last night. Yancy… wow, but really I think Holloway should have received the MVP, the Bearcats could not have secured a 20-point victory without his “effort”. So we celebrate the Crosstown Shootout victory with my new addiction, the bacon and egg breakfast sandwich. If you recall, I have ready praised Red […]

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Eggs-Zavier Week: 3-Way Omelette

January 6, 2011

Today is Crosstown Shootout day, and we reach the penultimate post of Eggs-Zavier week. Skyline has sponsored the Crosstown Shootout for a long time, so to honor this, we are going to combine the 3-way with the omelette to create the delicious 3-way omelette.

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Eggs-Zavier Week: Omelette

January 5, 2011

So now we move on to the Omelette. This can have a fussy vibe, but the similarities to scrambled eggs are significant. No surprise, my epiphany regarding omelettes came courtesy of Alton Brown yet again. This time it was in Season 7, Episode 3 in the episode The Egg Files VI.

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Eggs-Zavier Week: Scrambled Eggs

January 4, 2011

Eggs are an incredibly versatile food. They work well in many applications. They can even take on many forms when they are the main event. These includes: Scrambled Fried Poached Soft-Boiled Hard-Boiled Omelette In this list, one application stands out as boring. The scrambled egg. It has all the sex-appeal of a mid-major basketbal team […]

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Holiday Treats: Buckeyes

December 22, 2010

I think the first buckeye I ever had was 30 years ago. We got the recipe from a neighbor and it has morphed a little over the years. Now, while a real buckeye is poisonous, these buckeyes are a peanut butter core wrapped in chocolate. The core is pretty simple. Butter, Peanut Butter, and a LOT […]

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