Tuesday, December 11, 2007

KC Wings and Ribs Preliminary Investigation

Flavour: AMERICAN (butter & hot sauce)

They became a bit mushy by the time I took the take-0ut order home



A nice flavour - tradition. This could be my new place . . .


Check out the full review HERE

Saturday, December 01, 2007

Ottawa to Belleville: Ghost Towns and Creepy Dolls



Jason scares me when he drives AND navagates ... at the same time




Welcome to Balaclava Ontairo: NO TRESPASSING







The Old Mill: Worth the Drive to Acton. . . I mean Balaclava





I had to have this old photo . . . they look like they are about to come to life!




Creepy? yes. Expensive? yes. Child Appropriate? no.




How did this not completely mess up generations of girls?




The fact that it is so lifelike really scares me




Reason #8 why I hate X-mas.
PLEASE TELL ME WHY SANTA LOOKS SO ANGRY???


Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Monday, September 10, 2007

Neustadt Antique Trip



Mr Pankratz and myself went on a day trip to various antique stores, Starting at Tillsonburg's EXTRAVAGANZA all the way to the Old Mill in Neustadt. Here are some photos of that trip.






EXTRAVAGANZA!!! Giant indoor yardsale to raise money for the local hospital.
I had never heard of it and yet this was the 31st year of it!
The line-up to get inside was huge!!!







Neustadt's Old Mill antique store - 3 levels of old stuff





Creepy doll!




Creepy cat!!!




Another creepy doll!!!





The tunnel beneath the mill . The staff at the Old Mill told us it was
for prohibition, which was in the 1920's. Upon examining this picture of
their plaque, it says 1857-75. What the heck were these tunnels for???




Mr Pankratz travels down the lit tunnel

Sealed at the end



Very small tunnel - what were they for???


The brewery, where the tunnel leads. And some tasty brew too.


CREEPY CLOWN LIGHT!!!

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Hong Kong Reunion trip to All Star Wings & Ribs

What a beautiful line-up!

Watching Eric try eating the 2nd hottest wings available

Having a good time



Vitra discovering her photography talents with Karen


The gang's all here. Well, mostly here. The whole crew couldn't make it.

Mark having trouble eating a spicy wing?


Jeremy tearing apart those wings. Go Growing Boy, go!!!

You gotta love this reunion, and these wings!

Check out the review HERE

Friday, January 05, 2007

Deep Fry-Day: Side Dishes

So more dishes than just wings were made. One was a recipe I got from an episode of "Everyday Italian" with Giada Delarentus called Italian Street Food. The Fried Ravioli she did looked so good. I simplified the recipe, mainly for budgetary reasons. Here is my quick version:

SIMPLE FRIED RAVIOLI:

STEP 1:
-Thaw frozen ravioli. Dip it in milk (Giada says buttermilk, but regular milk works just as well)




STEP 2:

-Take ravioli out of milk letting any loose milk to drip off. Dredge in Italian breadcrumbs


STEP 3:

-after ravioli is covered, place several in deep fryer for about 1-2 minutes or until they float and are crispy brown. Place on paper towel to collect excess oil. Serve.


Giada suggests sprinkling on Parmesan cheese, but I didn't have any. I also didn't have any marinara sauce, but Nee and I did dip it in the dip that came with my celery and carrots from Dominion. They turned out great - crunchy, full of flavour - a definite hit.


Nee is not a fan of chicken wings, so she brought some chicken nuggets. I just popped them in for about 3-5 minutes and they came out crunchy - the way they should! Nee wasn't a fan of the dark meat nuggets, but a little bit of plum sauce and you didn't notice the difference. Ok maybe you do, but it was still good.


Nee also brought over some french fries. The instructions only had microwave or oven, so I deep fried them for about 2 minutes. They were shoe string, and came out with a nice crunch. They didn't take long, so I popped them in the toaster oven to keep them warm. With a little salt, some vinegar and ketchup, they tasted just like the average restaurant would.


It was a great spread - wings, nuggets, fries, veggies and dip, fried ravioli, Cherry-Vanilla Dr Pepper to drink AND Nee brought chocolate chip cookies AND Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream.

Hey, if your going to go bad, you might as well go all out.

Blogivirsary Dangerous Dan's - The Return

The bird droped out of no where scaring the
bejezus out of me when I opened the door.
2 seconds later I noticed it was IN the car.
(look @ the small window top of pic - the bird is in flight)



It was going crazy in the car, barely stopping in the
back window in time for a photo


Last time I had wings here, they were flowing off the plate
Note: thank you DD's for larger plates


They were steaming hot when they came.
Too bad the sauce did not make me steam

Amanda's Birthday

Amanda Enjoying the Cake She Made - boy was it good


Randy Upset about being Number 2


Cosmic Bowling in T'Burg - Actually a Lot of Fun
Despite the Little Girls beside us Kicking Our Asses in Score


Funky Funky Cosmic Bowling


Dude and I stuck DEEP in the mud down the Dude Witch Road
The Road Won