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For some reason, I have had the bizarre urge to make homemade ice cream recently. So after reading some reviews on Amazon, I settled on the Cuisinart 1 1/2 Quart Ice Cream Maker. I remember when I went to a friend’s house when I was little and having to use the hand-cranked ice/rock salt ice cream maker.

This one is electric and apparently, all you have to do is freeze the container for about a day, then pour your ingredients in and start the machine. My machine just came in yesterday so I’m waiting for it to freeze completely before testing it out.

For recipes, I settled on the highly rated Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Ice Cream & Dessert Book, which has a few recipes for sweet cream (the base on which most ice cream flavors are built upon) as well as some of their more popular recipes, including my favorite, Cherry Garcia. Now I just need to figure out how to make Americone Dream…

I’ll let you know how my ice cream experimentation goes.

This past Friday, I headed out to a Catholic church to partake in a fish fry. This was my first fish fry, and I’m not sure about other places, but this was a crazy fish fry. The line to get inside took us about two hours. So what do these people in line do to pass the time? They drink. and drink. and then drink some more. At our disposal was about 30 cans/bottles of beer. Some people even wheeled in a mini-keg. SWEET! Definitely doing that next time. The only problem is the line at the Port-A-Potty gets a little long as the night goes on.

I can tell you that after the first few beers go down, it doesn’t really matter how long the line is. I think it makes the fish taste better, too.

When we finally made it inside, we were served a huge helping of fried fish, cole slaw, fries, and all the bread you can eat. Sides of tartar sauce, ketchup, hot sauce, and cocktail sauce were plentiful. I couldn’t find the malt vinegar, but that can easily be attributed to my inebriation. If you manage to finish the plate, which I did (hey, I WAS in line for 2 hours), you can bring your plate up for more fish and fries. WOW. What a deal.

The fish fries go on every Friday during Lent and apparently are great fundraisers for the church. I hear that they’re bigger in some regions of the country than others. Last week, the fish fry I attended served some 3,500 people x $8 bucks. That’s not a bad day’s work.

See you there next Friday!

About 10 months ago, I posted about the Burger King, aka my arch nemesis (see Burger King King). At that time, I asked you whether or not Jack (from Jack in the Box) could kick Burger King’s ass. Since that time, I’ve seen the King of Burgers pretty much everywhere, including in football where he intercepts a pass and running it for a touchdown. He’s been unchallenged and still remains at his throne, while Jack has had problems ordering food from his own restaurant with his Jack Cash card.

I just learned that The King will be invading one of my favorite games, Fight Night (a boxing game), in its upcoming version. The line must be drawn here. Since Mr. in the Box won’t do anything, it’s time for me to step up. I’m gonna relish the moment I punch the King in his face and wipe that cocky grin off of it. And don’t worry. I’ll record a video for all of you to watch my crowning achievement and then I’ll show off my trophy: a bloody, demoralized King. And then, the Burger Queen, Brooke Burke, will be mine. What’s that you say? You didn’t know they’re together? Well, apparently after they destroyed Hootie’s career in that Tendercrisp Cheddar Bacon Ranch wonderland, things heated up. Don’t believe me? Take a look for yourself.

What’s going on here?

Take a look at an image of the upcoming game. Note the cockiness of the King and the fear of the scantily glad girl, as she has her hands raised.

“Please King, don’t hurt me!” - scantily clad girl

King, I will fight you to defend the honor of scantily clad girls everywhere. Your days are numbered.

Here’s another place to start eating for the next week… Quizno’s!

“Buy any size Toasty combo and get a second sub of equal or lesser value free!”

Time to get my Black Angus on.

Here’s the coupon. Expires Feb. 8.

Source: ben

From an email I received…

Buy a $5 Chipotle Gift Card for your Valentine at any Chipotle restaurant from Jan. 31st to Feb. 11th. Then bring the gift card receipt back to Chipotle on the 12th, 13th or 14th and you’ll get a Free Burrito.

Starting tomorrow, I’ll be buying a ton of gift cards. Anyone want to be my valentine?

Head over to chipotlefan.com to calculate the caloric havoc you’ll be wreaking on your body.