Beautifully large Kindai tuna butchered – Vegetarians need not click
If you’re squeamish about raw meat, I wouldn’t recommend watching the video. It’s beautifully carved, but it is still meat.
Otherwise, click and watch in awe. It’s a Kindai tuna, which is rare in the United States and worth a pretty penny. The chefs obviously know what they’re doing and do it well. I particularly like toward the end where it shows diagrams of the fish, along with their respective steaks and cuts.
Creative Smores Variations – How can you make graham crackers, chocolate, and marshmallows any better?
Apparently, it’s quite easy to make them better actually, so why not?
August 10th was National S’mores Day and I was flooded with more smores recipes than I knew what to do with. I marked some of my favorites to pass on, though, and just because the day has passed, doesn’t mean the s’mores season has, right?
Here are the top twelve s’mores variations I saw last month that caught my attention:
1. Smores Brownie Bars – Brownies with a graham cracker crust like a cheese cake, and with toasted gooey marshmallows on top? What could go wrong? I don’t even like marshmallows that much, but this looks delicious.
2. S’mores Sundae – I’m a little disappointed that nothing was done with the graham cracker. It’s not even a cinnamon one, hmph. I’m thinking it would get soggy under all the ice cream and chocolate, but it looks cool, so it gets points there anyway.
3. S’mores Pie – Mom likes her marshmallow burnt. And her cheese burnt. And her hot dogs burnt.
Wait, does she even like real food? Hmm. Either way, the fact that this one is photographed still burning is what pulls me in. I imagine it being insanely rich,b ut it would be worth it.
4. Heart-shaped S’mores Pops – Save this one for Valentine’s Day next year.
5. Peep S’mores – And save this one for right after Easter. I love that each s’mores would be colored different.
6. Smores Cupcakes – I doubt I would be able to eat this one, but I like that they didn’t just mix the marshmallow into the batter. It has a full separated layer to itself.
7. S’mores Pushpops – I’m not even entirely sure how this one is supposed to be eaten. Do you just push it up and eat each layer separate? You can’t heat it up in those plastic things, right? Hmm.
8. S’more Stuffed Strawberries – This just takes s’mores to a whole new level, don’t you think? It combines chocolate covered strawberries with s’mores to created stuffed berries with all the expected toppings.
9. S’mores Rice Krispy Treats – Not sure I like the whole marshmallows on top, but I think it still works.
10. Owl S’mores – Awwww! There’s not enough chocolate there to be really s’mores-like, but still, the basics are there and it looks delicious, right?
11. S’more or Less Cupcakes – There’s nothing to be said about these. I would eat 5 in a heartbeat. I might have to skip some of the marshmallowy goodness, but look at all that chocolate!!
12. Halloween S’mores Packs – Mom never would’ve let me eat these because they’re handmade instead of prepackaged. I love the idea for a fun Halloween trick-or-treat handout, though.
Bonus – S’mores Spaghetti – Bonus s’mores! It’s…spaghetti? Not sure what to say about this one other than “Oh. Cool? Yeah, I’d eat that, lol”
Let’s talk business for a moment
First things first: I’m not at any of my normal residences right now and while I did everything I could to minimize roadblocks during this time, things didn’t go as planned. I brought my various hard drives, CDs, DVDs, memory cards, etc, with me….however, not only did I have some hardware fail not long after getting up here, but I also have some compatibility issues.
What does that mean for you? Some of my posts might look a little funky for a while. I don’t have Windows Live Writer, my main blogging program, so things may be a little less consistent.
Worse news? All of the drafts that I had saved and ready to go before I left, are stuck elsewhere now. I can’t access them. So Kayla, I had some of your creations writen up and ready….like the icing sandwiches and bunny cookies from a while back…. but no go for now. Kyli, I thought I had yours scheduled to post and that it would’ve gone up by now, but apparently I just had it saved as a draft…which means it didn’t make it to the internet at all, like I assumed. I can either re-write it or wait until later….which sucks. Vegas stuff in general is in a mix of places. BlogHer conference photos will go up eventually, but they’re currently on my camera still and Photoshop is flaking out with converting my watermark and whatnot, so editing has been a pain.
Sooo….
Second things second: I’ve got a bunch of pictures already watermarked that will be coming your way as soon as I crawl out from underneath this pile of bill-paying freelance work. I also have a ton of stuff from other people that are awesome.
And in the meantime, if anyone wants to guest post, please please, send it my way. I know you guys are incredible and I’m happy to post any of your creative strokes of genius.
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