Saint Pete Pride 2012

Frankies

Frankies, they bill themselves as "The Gourmet of Fast Food". I couldn't tell what was "gourmet" about them, but everything tasted clean, the atmosphere was relaxed, and I loved their really long hot dogs. It seemed like a fun place to hang out.

The top song

Very few people can beat South Koreans on style.

Ice cream cookie

It's hard to describe this item of food, a Giant Caplico Cone:

It tastes a lot like a wafer cookie, but in this case the wafer is in the form of an ice-cream cone and the filling is foamed and in the shape of ice-cream:

I can attest to the fact that it is highly edible:

The evolution of a wall

17 June 2012:

02 June 2012:

01 April 2012:

30 dollars worth of food: Sweetbay

What I bought:

Plain yogurt, 907g $2.89
Cereal, 454g $2.59
Cheddar cheese, 227g $2.79
Oats, 1.19kg $2.79
Whole milk, 1.89L $2.49
12 X-large eggs, 766g $1.69
Bread, 567g $1.07
90% lean ground pork, 448g $3.29
Yellow onion, 349g $0.69
Potatoes, 4.54kg $4.29
Collard greens, 454g $2.49
Turnip greens, 454g $2.49

What that equals:

6.76 days worth of calories (@2400 calories per day)
13.8 days of protein (@50g per day)
6.15 days of calcium
16.84 days of vitamin A
7.64 days of vitamin D
10.43 days of vitamin C
5.84 days of iron
4.72 days of riboflavin
4.18 days of thiamin

And that's with cereal which isn't fortified.

The Szechuan Peppercorns of Doom

Found this odd bit of information on a package of szechuan peppercorns. Note, these are supposed to be used the same as normal peppercorns:

"Servings per container: 4"

"Serving size: 28g"

"USER WARNINGS"

"Do not eat as a snack. Raw food please wash under tap water at least 5 minutes before cooking. Please cook in hot boiling water for 30 minutes before consuming."

"Contains sulfites"

Something tells me that the person at this company who knows English does not know how to cook.

Tampa Street Art