Author: Mark Linton

In a humble log cabin off an unregarded back road, somewhere, deep in the heart of Pennsylvania’s hill country, we find our intrepid hero — the Brush Valley Brewer.
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Food Log

Breakfast was two cups of coffee, a glass of orange juice, half of a white grapefruit, a cheese omelette, three strips of bacon — using the grass fed bacon we got the other day which was very nice and fresh tasting — and a toasted piece of Gretchen’s whole wheat raisin bread. I weighed 155 pounds.

During the afternoon we had a snack of a slice of banana bread.

Dinner was an open faced hot turkey sandwich with gravy on a slice of home made bread with roasted winter root vegetables on the side and a glass of Bolla Sangiovese Di Romagna with a snifter of Harvey’s Bristol Cream as a digestive.

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Food Log

Breakfast this morning was three cups of coffee, a glass of orange juice, half of a white grapefruit, and three buttermilk biscuits with home made strawberry jam. I weighed 156 pounds.

Lunch was one and a half quesadillas made with our own frijoles refritos and some grated cheddar cheese, green chilis, and a little screaming hornets hot sauce, along with a glass of Bolla Valpolicella.

Dinner was two bowls of multi-bean ham soup, three refrigerator biscuits, and a glass of Bolla Valpolicella, with a slice of banana bread and a hand full of mixed nuts for dessert, and a snifter of Harvey’s Bristol Cream.

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Breakfast this morning was half of a glass of orange juice, a cup of coffee, and a bowl of steel cut oats with brown sugar, and milk. I weighed 156 pounds.

At work this morning I had two cups of green tea with a cinnamon stick. Apparently somebody had a meeting this morning for which they bought donuts but did not eat them all, so I grabbed a left-over cream-filled chocolate iced donut. Oink!

Lunch was the Panda Express orange chicken with mixed vegetables on chow mein noodles with hot and sour soup, a small sierra mist and a fortune cookie.

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I had to stop by the call center to get some help with a conference call this afternoon. They had a bowl of pretzel rods out, so I grabbed one. Oink, oink! On my way out, one of the operators asked if I wanted a soft taco that they had left over from their lunch, so I had that, too. Oink, oink, oink!

Photograph of the Harvest Shop at Tait Farm

After the conference call, I left work early — with approval — so that Gretchen and I could stop by Tait Farm. We spoke with Sara — sorry, last name unheard — about their CSA program. That would be Sara Eckert. We also got to sample some of their organically grown winter root vegetables — carrots, parsnips, celeriac, and rutabaga — and some greenhouse grown spinach. We also spoke with Sarah Rider from Blue Grass Beef about her grass fed meats. We also got a Delmonico steak, some beef cubes, and some bacon. The cows are raised in a field down the street from us… in a field we once kept our horses in. They are butchered in a shop a few miles the other direction down the valley.

Dinner was a salad made with some of the spinach and one of the carrots, along with some apples and romaine, cheese and chow mien noodles that we were going to have anyway. The spinach was tasty, with a good texture. The carrot was sweet, not bitter. Good. We had a glass of Bolla Valpolicella with our salad, a slice of banana bread and a hand full of mixed nuts for dessert, and a snifter of Harvey’s Bristol Cream as a digestive.

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Food Log

Breakfast this morning was a glass of orange juice, a cup of coffee, half of a white grapefruit, and two slices of toasted buttermilk white bread with homemade strawberry jam. I weighed 155 pounds.

This morning at the office I had a cup of green tea with a cinnamon stick.

Over lunch I went for a four mile walk through the neighborhood north of campus. While I was out the temperature rose from 43°F to 52°F. I started out wearing a sweater, jacket, and hat. I ended up shedding all of them and having to carry them back.

When I got back I bought a Nature Valley Apple Crisp Granola Bar from the vending machine.

Dinner was two bowls of multi-bean ham soup, three refrigerator biscuits made using the dough we made the other day, and a glass of Bolla Valpolicella, with a slice of banana bread for dessert, and a snifter of Harvey’s Bristol Cream.

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More Food Feeds

Yesterday I posted a list of food bloggers who syndicate their content. Today I am posting links to some food related topics on about.com. While not food blogs in the truest sense, they are what you might call “proto-blogs.” I have been keeping an eye on these people since they were The Mining Company back in 1997. Each topic is generated by a “guide.” Each topic contains some original content as well as links to related sites. The articles are grouped into subjects. The topics are updated on a semi-regular basis, and now they provide syndication. All very “blog-like.” The advertising is a little overpowering, but they do have quite a bit of content if you can get past it.

Once again, the link will take you to the home page of the topic while the XML badge has the URL of the topic feed.

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Food Log

Breakfast this morning was a cup of coffee, a glass of orange juice, half of a white grapefruit, and a bowl of toasted oat cereal with sliced banana and milk. I weighed 156 pounds.

The office kitchen was out of green tea today, so I had a cup of Awake™ Black Tea. I thought it was definitely so-so, but then I am not a real fan of black tea.

Photograph of yogurt container front. Photograph of yogurt container back. Photograph of yogurt container open.

Over lunch I walked to the HUB and picked up a copy of the New York Times food section. After that I walked to the IST building and grabbed a Penn State Creamery low-fat strawberry yogurt.

The other day one of my “customers” was particularly pleased with the job I did for them and they got me a Hershey’s Milk Chocolate with Almonds candy bar by way of thanks — which I ate.

Gretchen and I split a sautéed onion and red pepper pizza. It was excellent. I think we are very close to the perfect recipe. When we get it down, I promise to post a step-by-step procedure.

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Food Feeds

A lot of food bloggers also have feeds so you can monitor updates through your aggregator. I have collected the ones that I know about here. If you know about others, please let me know.

The link will take you to the site while the XML badge has the URL of the site feed.

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Food Log

Breakfast this morning was a cup of coffee, a glass of orange juice, half of a white grapefruit, and a bowl of toasted oat cereal with sliced banana and milk. I weighed 156 pounds.

This morning at the office I had a cup of green tea with a cinnamon stick.

For lunch, since it was a beautiful 59°F day, I decided it was time to get my locks shorn. I walked downtown and got my hair cut and then on the way back I walked over to the HUB and got a slice of cheese pizza and a chocolate chip cookie to take away. After that I walked over to the Business Administration II building to pick up a piece of equipment that we need to test. All told I am guessing it was around four miles of walking.

Dinner was a pan fried ham slice, cloved onions, half of a small roasted butternut squash, and a sliced apple, with a hand full of dried apricots for dessert.

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Food Log

Breakfast this morning was two cups of coffee, a glass of orange juice, half of a white grapefruit, and a bowl of toasted oat cereal with sliced banana and milk. I weighed 158 pounds.

This morning at the office I had two cups of green tea with a cinnamon stick.

Photograph of today's salad at the HUB.

For lunch I walked over to the HUB — about two miles, round trip — and had a salad.

Dinner was a salad with a slice of Rustic Country Bread.