VIDEO: Deep Fry... Everything

This video comes courtesy of The Stranger in Seattle, the video counterpart to an article about what happens when you deep fry as many goodies as possible? You discover that some of those goodies are not so good.

BLOG OF INTEREST: We Eating

I just watched a great movie called Lumpia for the first time, and I was doing a search for one of the actresses in it. She does some publicity now, and through discovering that I discovered this, a food blog site called We Eating, started by Big Jon and Gus. They're two friends who go around looking for some quality food, and find out a little about the food and the restaurants they go to. Jon and Gus are the self-proclaimed "big guys" who love to eat, and they seem very down to Earth too.

There are only four episodes so far, but I like what they're about so check them out.

Snack Food: Beer Chips

I heard about Beer Chips a year or two ago, not sure if it was profiled on television or if I read it in an article in a magazine or blog. I was in Vancouver, Washington this weekend and I found it in, of all places, Whole Foods. It's odd because it's not exactly a healthy snack, and one doesn't think of Whole Foods when it comes to beer or chips. The company originates in Portland, Oregon, the city across the river, so I had to try it.

In typical potato chip fashion, there was much more air than chips. I tried it a day after I bought it and three things came to mind as I tried it:

1) it's very greasy
2) it's malty
3) it reminds me of Maui style potato chips, flavor wise

It did catch me by surprise, but it was a nice chip. Not hearty, but nice. It's definitely a chip I would eat on a side with a bigger meal, not that I'd ever eat chips as a main dish but it's also not a chip I would buy again for myself if there were other choices. However, it is a chip I would buy for a party so that others could try it.

Beer Chips also make a Margarita Shots variety (which was at Whole Foods), and their website also shows a Spicy Bloody Mary flavor.