Boise Food Truck Rally – Oct 26

26 Friday Oct 2012

Posted by Bob and Robin in Boise Adventures, Brown Shuga, Local Markets, Photos By: Guy, Special Events, What's For Dinner?

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Another good Food Truck Rally in Boise. The location keeps moving around and this one was held in the lot at 15th and Bannock Streets. I think a good location. The trucks all were in really good positions and the patrons had ample parking. Maybe this could be a more “permanent” location. But I have heard rumors of an apartment building being constructed here. But we have heard that before for this location. Several times. We’ll just have to wait and see. But for now, enjoy these photos of some of the area. Left-Click any of the photos to see Full Screen. Cheers!

The food Trucks are lined up. This is looking East. The photo above is looking West.

This is just one of the 12 trucks that were there.

One of the BBQ trucks.

From Brown Shuga Soul Foods, Fresh Made Gumbo and Smoked Turkey Legs. Yvonne, owner of Brown Shuga, is especially known for the way she prepares the turkey legs. They are awesome. If you want one at this affair, you must go early. She usually sells out.

This is a Boise Cheese Steak from Saint Lawrence Gridiron, the red food truck in the opening photo. Different. Not a Philly cheese steak by any stretch of the imagination. “Where’s the beef?”, to coin a phrase. And I have no clue as to what that sauce was. The beer is a Payette Brewery IPA. Very good.

So there you have the Boise Food Truck Rally for October. These rallies are usually held on the 4th Friday of each month at rotating locations. They open at 5:00pm and usually run through 9:00pm. If you want to buy beer – there are other beverages available – make sure you have ID. They do card you! Everyone must show some ID. Everyone! Hopefully, I’ll see you at the next one. They really are fun and there is a good variety of food available. Follow the Food Truck Rally on FB. I will try to get the information for the next affair in a timely manner. Those in charge, should advertise somewhat better and use the available advertising media, ie. – blogs, etc. Cheers!

Ginger Scallion Crusted Copper River Salmon

24 Wednesday Oct 2012

Posted by Bob and Robin in Food, Main Dish, Photos By: Bob Young, Recipes, Seafood, What's For Dinner?

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beet salad, crusted salmon, food, red beet

This was a really great dinner. The salmon was scrumptious and easy to do. It just took a little time. For the recipe, Click Here or look on the recipe page above. Either way will get you the information. Enjoy it for as I said, it is really good. To the left is the salmon ready for the oven.
Here the dish is plated.

Ginger Scallion Crusted Salmon
Spinach and Red Beet Salad
Corn

Who could ask for more? Actually we asked for more. We watched the movie, I Like Killing Flies. A strange documentary movie, but interesting. Here is a synopsis of the movie. If you can, get a copy and watch it.

A quirky documentary about Shopsin’s, a hole-in-the-wall Greenwich Village restaurant that’s been dutifully serving comfort food to satisfied customers for more than 30 years. Lording over the eatery is hilarious, ersatz philosopher/owner Kenny Shopsin. He is just as likely to throw his customers out as he is to take their orders. If you come in with 5 in your party, you will not be served and told to leave. This is a hilarious documentary and well worth watching. We got a copy on Netflix. Rated R (for language) and 1 hour, 19 minutes long.

The Buzz Quarterly Wine Dinner and Le Cafe de Paris Breakfast

22 Monday Oct 2012

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butternut squash, cameron hughes, carrot soup, food, mac and cheese, restaurants

Sunday, Oct 21, found us at another fantastic Quarterly Wine Dinner at the Buzz in Boise.Great event and great food and wines. Look at what we had and sorry if you missed this. Be sure to Left-Click for a larger view of the photos. And as a matter of record, Christi will not tell you the cost of these wines before the end of the evening. She wants you, and rightly so, to judge the wine on its attributes and not on the cost of the wine. Cheers!

Trio Bacon Potatoes
Butternut Squash Spread
Fried Mac and Cheese
2010 Toad Hollow Unoaked Chardonnay
13.9% alc. best with the Mac and Cheese [18] $14
2010 Barnard and Griffin Fume Blanc
12.8% alc best with the butternut squash [17] $12

Three Bean Salad
(I don’t normally like 3 bean salad, but this was awesome!)
2009 Blacksmith Syrah
14.4% alc hot! salad came through this wine. good food pairing [18] $16
2011 Alamos Red Blend
13.5% alc 50% Malbec, 25% Tempranillo, 25% Bernado great with the mushrooms in the salad [18] $13

Cream of Chipotle and Carrot Soup
(Great soup!)
2011 Tranche Rosé
12.9% alc Walla Walla great pairing with the spicy soup [19] $19
2007 Amador Foothill Red Blend
14.4% alc Grenache and Syrah blend in the Rhone style [18] $19

Pork Tenderloin
with
Whiskey Glazed Sweet Potatoes
Jalapeno Cornbread
(A superb main course!)
2009 Barton and Guestier Red Blend
13.5% alc [19] $13
2010 Tabali Pinot Noir
13.5% alc both of these wines were an excellent selection with this entrée [19] $20

Pistachio Tea Cake
Panna Cotas
(What a great way to end a superb dinner!)
2010 Mothers Milk Shiraz
14.5% alc best to open this one 24 hours before serving [19] $25
2010 Cameron Hughes Zinfandel
15% alc a little “hot” for the delicacy of this dessert; still a good Zin, though [18] $16

So there you have our great dinner and adventure at the Buzz. An awesome dinner as usual with some really excellent wines. If you missed this one, maybe we’ll see you at the next Quarterly Dinner or maybe at the monthly Wine Dinner. Cheers!

And then on Monday morning – Meatless Monday Morning – we went to Le Café de Paris to meet a friend of us from Homedale, Gina. There we had breakfast. Some great toast and jam, but no pastries! That’s almost a Cardinal Sin. Almost. Gina bought several and took them back to Homedale with her. But here is what we had for breakfast and it was good. Enjoy!

Robin had this really delicious looking
Fried Egg Croissant
Fresh Fruit Bowl

I had an excellent
Omelet
asparagus, Gruyère cheese, mushrooms
Fried Potatoes with Green Onion

So, as you can see, we ate our way through the weekend. Oh. I didn’t tell you? For the homecoming game at BSU (they beat UNLV, 32-7) we had a great meatloaf. See Comfort Food at Halftime on this blog. Super weekend. It’s salad tonight. Cheers!

A Little About Bacon

21 Sunday Oct 2012

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missoula mt, seaboard foods, twin falls id

Last week, Robin and I took a little sojourn to Mundo, Idaho to check the camping out. It was good. And the onsite Mundo Bistro, run by the daughter of the owner’s, was excellent! (It’s a family business.) Owner Becky Nolan was kind enough to chat with us for a while and the subject turned to bacon. She said that she really likes Daily’s Brand Bacon and uses it at the Bistro. Robin and I have always liked and used Falls Brand Bacon. I have finally decided that the brand and the thickness of the slices is a very personal “thing”. I found some Daily’s Bacon at the local Albertson’s. Here is a copy of an email I sent to Becky about Daily’s Bacon and Falls Brand Bacon.

I found Daily’s bacon at Albertson’s at 16th and State in Boise. A little, but not much, cheaper than Falls Brand, which is made in Twin Falls.
Daily’s is made in Missoula, MT and it is a division of Seaboard Foods. Daily’s (http://www.dailysmeats.com/) – Serving size – 2 slices. Sodium/serving – 500mg. Cholesterol/serving – 10mg.
Falls Brand is made in Twin Falls, ID (http://www.independentmeat.com/falls-brand/bacon/), a division of Independent Meats – Serving size – 1 slice. Sodium/serving – 190mg. Cholesterol/serving – 10mg
That is probably more than you ever wanted to know.

But I do believe it is in the taste and both Robin and I agree that the Falls Brand, is a little more “tasty” and has a little more “smokey” taste. Daily’s will probably be a good backup if Falls Brand is not available.

Comfort Food At Halftime

20 Saturday Oct 2012

Posted by Bob and Robin in Bronco Nation, BSU, Captain's Shack, Comfort Food, Party Time, Photos By: Bob Young, What's For Dinner?

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It’s a great Fall day. Partly cloudy; 62 degrees F,; wind NW at 8mph. And a good BSU vs UNLV football game. At halftime, BSU 25, UNLV 0. Here’s what we had for halftime meal. Great comfort food. Left-Click to see full screen. Cheers!

Homemade Meatloaf
Gaston’s Bakery Bread
Baked Potato
Ayinger Oktober Fest-Märzen Lager

I know where Waldo is. But, Where Is Mundo, Idaho?

18 Thursday Oct 2012

Posted by Bob and Robin in Food, Idaho, Locavore, Photos By: Bob Young, Things To Do, What's For Dinner?

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cambridge idaho, puff pastry, weiser river

Actually, Mundo, Idaho is just a little north of Cambridge, Idaho. About 102 miles north of Boise along the Weiser River. A beautiful drive. I had to break-in the brakes and new tires on the motorhome and to see how Buddy reacted to is collapsible, soft kennel. It has a screen type window all around and it is plenty large for him. We put his pillow in it and placed the kennel on the bed in the back, where he could see out 3 windows. I’m not saying that he liked it, but he was calm. Brakes and tires are great!
Mundo – Idaho RV park. Small, but very comfortable. And John and Becky Nolan are very friendly and pleasant. They just opened a Bistro on site and their daughter runs that. Very good food, as you can see below. Fresh, homemade platters. Very tasty. They also have a hot pool that is kept about 102 degrees year around. We will return! In the meantime, here are the platters we had. Enjoy! We did. Don’t forget to Left-Click the photos for a full screen view. You can see their website by Clicking Here.

Pita BLT
Gumbo
Root Beer

I had the sandwich and the bowl of gumbo. Robin just had the gumbo. I thought it was really good. Spicy, but not overwhelming. Great to have the fresh vegies in it, too.

Huckleberry Puff Pastry and Cream Cheese
We shared this. It was delicious!

Scrapple and Scrambled Eggs and Brown Shuga Soul Food Info

17 Wednesday Oct 2012

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Ah yes! A Philadelphia area comfort food breakfast! Scrapple and Eggs. And don’t even ask what scrapple is made of. It is pork and that should be a sufficient answer. The name should give you a hint. But it is delicious!!! Some like it plain. Some like it with maple syrup. Some like it with ketchup. Difficult to get here in Boise, but possible. You have to change your cooking method, though. It will crumble and fall apart if you don’t. If it crumbles, mix it in with scrambled eggs. I bet Yvonne of Brown Shuga Soul Food has had and likes scrapple. I’ll have to ask her. She’s from “Balt’more”. Close ‘nough to Philly. In the meantime, enjoy.

This is an update on the Brown Shuga Soul Food breakfast times. I stated that breakfast is served at 6:30am and that is correct. But they stop serving breakfast at 10:00am and then start their lunch menu until 2:30pm. Here is the breakfast basic menu. The menu changes daily. Enjoy and let Yvonne know you saw this here!

Were open for breakfast Tuesday – Saturday!
6:30 am – 10:00 am.

Potatoes and Onions
Cheese Grits
Breakfast Burritos
Cinnamon Rolls
Coffee
Hot Cider
Hot Chocolate
Orange Juice

Spaghetti and Meatballs

16 Tuesday Oct 2012

Posted by Bob and Robin in Captain's Shack, Classic Sauces, Italian Food, Main Dish, Photos By: Bob Young, Recipe by: Robin and Bob Young, Traditional Food, What's For Dinner?

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Such an awesome dinner. Just loved it. Be sure to Left-Click the photo to see enlarged. And if you try these recipes, be sure to let us know how you like it. Cheers!

Whole Wheat Spaghetti with
Homemade Italian Meatballs
and
Homemade Italian Marinara

Tavernello Vino Rossi D’Italia Red Table Wine

This was an awesome dinner and the marinara and the meatball recipes are both in the recipe file on this blog. I think they are really good. Glad there is some left over. And the wine went so very well with this dinner. Cheers!

Brown Shuga Soul Foods is Expanding

16 Tuesday Oct 2012

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It is great to see that starting today, Yvonne and Brown Shuga Soul Food is expanding their menu to include breakfast. They are located at 24th and Fairview in Boise. Look for the food truck as pictured at the Boise Rescue Mission parking lot. Here is what is being served. Enjoy!

Were open for breakfast starting today! 630 am.

Potatoes and Onions
Cheese Grits
Breakfast Burritos
Cinnamon Rolls
Coffee
Hot Cider
Hot Chocolate
Orange Juice

Plus, they are still open for their awesome lunches and take some home for dinner! Enjoy. Oh yes! Don’t forget the Food Truck Rally, Friday Oct 19,2012 at 16th and State Streets. This is a different location and I believe it will be in the Albertson’s parking lot. Have a great time!