Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Supibrot - the invention edition.

Invention 1: Let's create a spoon smaller than a thumb and make people try to eat yogurt with it.

Here is an example of the invention idea life cycle: Spaghetti spoons! We should invent spoons specifically designed for twirling spaghetti. It can have walls. And serrated edges to cut off those pesky longer noodles. Or little knives can come out and just cut the spaghetti automatically. We can call it the Spaghetti Spife. That might end up being very dangerous as you try to eat the spaghetti off of the spife. Idea dies.

Idea 3: Edible napkins! Dessert arrives on a plate. But there are napkins sprinkled with cocoa and whipped cream on the plate. If I was not paying attention, I certainly would have tried to eat these. Solution: Edible napkins.

Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

Swiss Fondue! An adventure story.

We finally arrive on the Swiss/Italian border. Hospitably, the restaurant provided some treats. Mainly a combination of cucumber/liver supibrots!

This meant the subject received a bonus liver supibrot! The night was off to a good start for the subject.

Next up, a colleague politely ordered a mountain of local meats for each person at the table. We each received a plate with salami, proscuitto, parma, something else and the white stuff on top was fat. Just slices of fat.

The "something else" was the subject's favorite.

And as an accompaniment: Over pickles and onions we all agreed the Amish people from Lancaster seem very trustworthy.

Subject and said colleague enjoyed the local specialty: cheese fondue. This shows the flame is up really high.

Dip the bread in the cheese and eat. It's that easy.

Best kept secret: The browns at the bottom are even more delicious! Offered to the guest, you are to scrape up the brown bits and eat. Scrumptious!

Quite seriously, after indulging in ~ 1hrs worth of cheese eating, the subject was informed that if he was thirsty, under no circumstances was he to drink water or cola as he could die of a cheese stone in his stomach. If he was hungry, he was to stick to one of three things: wine, cherry brandy, or grappa! We all decided grappa would be the safest choice.

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Bonus: Common cheese fondue conversation -US Citizenship questions: (post answers in comments section)

1) How many senators are there?

2) Can Puerto Ricans vote?

3) How many Supreme Court Justices are there (hint: it's an odd number)

Grazie! Tonight was a fun night.

Sunday(!), January 16, 2011

Supibrot is going international this week! We are about a week behind in lunch posts - to be caught up next week sometime - but in the meantime, we'll have to see what the subject gets himself into in the hills of Switzerland (quite a lot I imagine, since the last international trip involved eating a horse and I just ate in a restaurant with calf's head, beef kidney's and something else I didn't want to get involved in).

In the meantime, here is a rather well done guest Supibrot! all the way from Australia:

"Adventures in Australian cuisine: Breakfast. Prior to arriving in Australia, the one thing I knew about Australian cuisine was that they love their Vegemite. I had heard mixed field reports on the subject from my fellow Americans. I decided to investigate myself.

It turns out you can not just put Vegemite on bread and expect it to taste ok. I tried this method. I do not recommend it. *shudder*

With the offending corner of bread removed, we can proceed. First, toast the bread. Wheat or white will do (this was actually multigrain). Next, use a lot of butter.

Once the butter is appropriately spread, move to the Vegemite. The ratio of butter to Vegemite is crucial for your success here. I would estimate at least 50:1? I always was a sloppy scientist, I guess I should have more accurately determined the amount required.

The end result.

Yum! Imagine heavily buttered bread with a little extra salt, and a Vitamin-B kick. Bonzer! (That means good, I think.)"

And there you have it folks. This appears to be more of an advertisement for the miraculous powers of butter than anything else, but at least all Supibrot! readers now know what they need to do if ever faced with a jar of Vegemite. *shudder*

Wednesday, January 05, 2011

What is in here? It is so small compared to normal lunch tupperwares.

No comment.

Action shot!

No comment.

And a jam sandwich.

New trick for 2011: nesting the tupperwares at the end of

the meal.

Tuesday, January 04, 2011

Always so many tupperwares.

Ham swamped in sauce and sweet potatoes. Left over from Christmas! A mere 10 days prior. Plus a side of potato salad.

Afternoon sweet tooth hit and we all got a chocolate caramel (from ALDI)!

Approximately 25 empty wrappers already lined the trashcan. I can attest these are deliciously smooth as the package suggests as I am eating one as I type this.

Monday, January 03, 2011

Happy New Year!


In the new year, a neatly stacked pile of 3 tupperwares, and one sandwich was left at the table.

We all exclaimed that we would eat this meal! (But maybe not everything at the same time). 2011 is starting out well.