Pennington's Foodstory

I got stuck with a bunch of fizzy, yellow, piss beer after New Year’s Eve that I’m trying to get creative in its depletion from my refrigerator through the use of crafty beer cocktails.   I mean this beer has been through NYE, the Super Bowl, a random party, and God knows what else and it still won’t disappear. The only reason I got it in the first place was for some friends who were supposed to come to town, but cancelled at the last minute. I’ve gone as far as sneaking some of it into a friend’s refrigerator during a visit. Usually it’s the other way around; beer disappears never to be seen again. I had the bright idea of concocting some beer cocktails to help get rid of this crap with a great deal of success. Nothing helps a shitty beer like the addition of liquor.   Now I’m talking actual cocktails as opposed to a Boilermaker or a shot dropped into a beer. I had my first beer cocktail in France called a Monaco: Beer, 7-Up, and grenadine.   Not bad, very r...

I was in Hawaii in January for a little week long vacay and made a conscious choice to eat Spam every day I was there.   Hold the phone! Did the supposed snobby food writer and wine tool just say he ate Spam for seven days straight? Yes. He. Did! Spam, the canned meat product extraodinaire, has become a beloved staple for Hawaiians for over 70 years. It all started before WWII when folks in the military brought the “meat” to bases around the state because it was not only tasty, but convenient and it didn’t need to be refrigerated. Long after the war ended, Spam decided to stay. Now I didn’t crack open a can and start gnawing away, I preferred my Spam in a more unique fashion. One of Hawaii’s great treasures is what is called “Spam Musubi”, basically a slice of Spam placed on hand shaped hunk of rice much like a piece of sushi wrapped in nori(seaweed). These little jewels can be found wrapped in plastic in every convenience store, grocery store, and roadside stand in every...