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Eggland’s Best Blogger Event

Alright, I felt stupid not knowing what Eggland’s Best was when I showed up to their blogger event. I didn’t really read the invite. All I knew was that it was across the street from my work at the Institute of Culinary Education. So what is Eggland’s Best? According to them, they’re the #1 branded egg in the U.S. And for this party, we were going to drink, cook and eat. I got the feeling from the bartender that he knew he was going to be my best friend that night.

They gave us aprons, cooking hats and put us to work. I volunteered to cut the duck prosciutto, because it sounds the most awesome. Eating the remnants from my fingers, it was pretty good. Almost like pork prosciutto, but maybe more like jerky. I moved onto poaching eggs. I fucked a lot of them up, but did make some nice ones.

I soon got bored and went back to drinking and watched everyone else work. I asked Roger, one of the managers at Eggland’s Best, if he got to take home all the eggs he wanted for free. I’m not sure what happened, but he soon went off on a whole spiel on eggs as if I blogged for PETA or made the movie, Food Inc. He told me the complexities of running an egg business, the effects of biofuel to the cost of corn (chicken feed), eggs being food that not only rich people should be able to afford (if we were to spend the money to free range every chicken), and why he won’t eat organic, cage-free eggs (which they do also sell). His reasoning: chickens on a free range kill each other and eat their own shit. That’s interesting for someone who can eat any egg he wants. All this might sound like a downer for a fun food blog event, but I really appreciated his honesty and I was genuinely interested.

We went on to eat some food. The CEO gave a Q&A and showed us the Hard Cooked Peeled Eggs in a Bag I posted earlier. I don’t know if it was just me, but I got the sense that some people there were as wasted as me. I believe the CEO gave one of the hard cooked eggs to the bloggers, then immediately took it back so he could squish it in his hand. Did that really happen?

It was an interesting event. I got some perspective from the business side of eggs and learned that with a few drinks, people seem to be a bit more human and in my case, relatable. When I left the building, I had no idea where I was even though I was right across the street from my work.

…I’m not really choosing sides here as far as animal ethics. I know it would suck to live in a cage, but at the same time the chicken probably thinks it sucks that I’m going eat its babies. As far as Eggland’s Best, they are a co-op owned by the farmers, they do sell organic & cage free eggs along with their regular caged ones, and are seemingly eco-conscious.

Eggland’s Best website – http://www.egglandsbest.com

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Senagalese Summer @ Le Grand Darkar

I had a good time at the Senagalese Summer event at Le Grand Darkar in Clinton Hill. I surely took advantage of the unlimited sangria. Plenty of fritters. My favorite thing there was the Oven Roasted Dates stuffed with Spiced Lamb and Habanero. It was mad good. Thanks Jenn and Lake Isle Press for the invite.

More coverage at the Examiner by Ultra Clay.

Le Grand Darkar – 285 Grand Ave (btwn Clifton Pl & Lafayette Ave) Brooklyn, NY 11238

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Senegalese Summer Ticket Giveaway

I have a free ticket to giveaway (courtesy of Lake Isle Press) to this awesome food event, celebrating Pierre Thiam’s battle on Iron Chef America. There will be a special screening of this upcoming episode where he battles Iron Chef Bobby Flay, unlimited sangria & Senegalese food and music.

All you have to do to enter for the ticket giveaway is email me at jason@mightysweet.com and I’ll either pick one from random or choose the strangest message. If no one enters, I’ll just take your mom.

Tickets are also available here for $25 advance ($30 door). No need to tell me to drink $25 worth of sangria and try new ethnic food I’ve never had.

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Fudgie the Whale Cake Birthday Bash

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We celebrated Rusty’s birthday with a Carvel Fudgie the Whale Cake, Boca Nuggets and Coors Lights. This is my first Fudgie. It sorta tasted like a Hot Fudge Sunday from McDonalds. It was really good. We cooked up some Boca Nuggets and real Chicken Nibblers. It’s crazy that real chicken costs a lot cheaper than fake chicken and the fake chicken tasted much more like real chicken. Baby Ike really liked the fancy sauce (mayo and ketchup).

Then headed out to check out Neil and Diane’s new club in Park Slope, The Rock Shop. They have an awesome upstairs and rooftop and the stage looks like it has a pretty rad sound system. I can’t wait to try it out. Their Grand Opening party was catered from Oaxaca across the street. Some nice tacos there and green hot sauce.

Rusty’s mother sent him this old school assignment he did when he was a kid.
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Natural Tofu Korean Restaurant

We had pre-karaoke dinner at Natural Tofu. It’s interesting that there’s also BCD Tofu House on the same block. You get the usual Korean (banchan) side dishes, but the fish on the side is the some of the best I’ve had at a Korean restaurant. I believe it’s smelt and has a very fishy flavor. Much more interesting than the usual fried fishes. There’s some darker meat close to the head that shook me up with a strong oily flavor, similar to cod fish oil. I wonder if you can just order complimentary fish & side dishes, because that’s mostly what I like and just want to eat.

I ordered the Natural Tofu hot bowl + beef short ribs. The menu says you can get it “vagetarian”, but I went with the combination instead. You have to be quick and crack the egg into the hot bowl right when you get. I’m always too slow because I’m taking photos and the egg never really seems to cook. I don’t know about these tofu hot bowls (in general). It’s never as exciting or flavorful as it looks. Disappointing for being the entree. The beef short ribs were really tasty though.

Then karaoke at Duet 35. Lot’s fun. You can ask for the Jesus fish tambourine at the desk.

Natural Tofu – 34 W 32nd St (2nd floor, btwn 5th Ave & Broadway) New York, NY 10001
Karaoke Duet 35 - 53 W 35th St (2nd floor, btwn 5th Ave & Avenue Of The Americas) New York, NY 10001

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MayDay Danger Party

This party was bad ass. Lot of great spicy food. My favorite was the Jambalaya and Red Beans & Rice that Dan & Wesley (from Static Television) made with quality meats from the Meat Hook. I had the most delicious chunk of pork in the beans and rice. I’d buy all this regularly if it was sold around these parts.

David Jaffe from Garbage Gourmet, who blogs about food he finds in the trash outside of groceries and restaurants, brought some wild ramps he just picked from Winchester earlier that day. He actually sold some to Roberta’s before bringing them to the party. My first time eating a ramp. Pretty good. The end bulb is like an onion and the leaf is like spinach.

Mike brought his danger food, the stinky Durian fruit (see durian ice cream) …and an apology food, Chinese roast pork. I’ve been really wanting try a durian for a while now. But by the end of the night, I totally I forgot about it. Luckily I found the fruit cracked opened and hidden behind the bushes when I was wrapping up the extension cord. It was sweet and creamy and my finger stunk the rest of the night.

Brett easily won the Bhut Jolokia (Ghost Pepper/World’s Hottest Pepper) eating contest by putting down three. Adam and Aaron had one each and saw the holy ghost and perhaps suffered the consequences. I took the tiniest nibble (avoiding any seeds) and my mouth was on fire. That tiny bit was the hottest thing I’ve ever put in my mouth. How the hell did Brett eat three (almost four) without his face turning color. Brett is the devil.

I’m glad we brought the Lightning Reaction Shocking Game. Tested it the night before and it was the hardest I ever laughed and the most scared I’ve ever been since my food blog.

The music was great –Brad/This Frontier Needs Heroes, Matt, Tigers and Monkeys, Justice of the Unicorns and late night crooning with Marcellus Hall.

Happy Birthday Matt Gill and thanks to the bands, the Lock Inn Bar and everyone that brought food, ate it, and had a good time.

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Hot Sauce Round Up

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We ain’t playing around for our MayDay Danger Party this Saturday. I went out to Kalustyan’s, where they have a pretty amazing selection of hot sauces. They even had the Melinda’s Naga Jolokia sauce about $2 cheaper than the place I bought mine. I stood in the aisle for quite a while, memorized at all the crazy ass labels. Brought four interesting ones back to the office to try. Note that I’ve been running on the Melinda’s ghost pepper sauce, so maybe my tolerance is different –not to sound macho or like Randy Savage. Here are my thoughts as I go…

1) Swamp Gator hot sauce (Gator Hammock, $6.99) – Not too spicy, more easy pour, somewhat cajun flavor with that cayenne peppers and garlic. I remember my friend Ryan had this in his cupboard and thought it was tasty on whatever we were eating. This is more like a dousing sauce. Go Gators!

2) Rectal Rocket Fuel (Sauce Crafters, $5.99) – Not really too spicy on first bite. Slight afterkick, but still not bad. My butt did feel sweaty, but it might have already been that way.

3) Dumb Ass sauce (Southwest Specialty Food, $7.99) – dumb, not spicy. vinegary smelling. wtf? …I guess it’s a standard habanero sauce. Any other day, this could be a good go-to hot sauce on my baked beans.

4) Blair’s Ultra Death Sauce with Jersey Fury (Extreme Food, $12.99) – Made with Bhut Jolokia (Ghost Pepper) and Habanero. Smells kinda like dates. Tastes similar to Melinda’s, but sweet on first taste, then the kick comes swelling in and hotter than Melinda’s. Feeling it now. Alright now, I’m sweating. Staying with me. 5mins later. still sweating, and still feeling the heat in my mouth. Feels good though. Seems to enhance the food more than drown it out with heat. I suppose because this is just a dab. You really gotta do this one dab or droplet at a time. …I think I just got high off this. I wonder if I can get fired for hot sauce.

I’ll be bringing these hot sauces, including Melinda’s, whole dried Ghost Pepper pods & chocolate truffles to the party Saturday for you guys to try. Feel free to bring your own favorite hot sauce to show off or maybe a loaf of bread to soak up the spice.