May 2018 Ogdensburg Oddities

Strawberry Kit Kat - not so good

We went to the Seaway Diner and Smokehouse BBQ restaurant.  It is close to Ogdensburg.  Pretty fun inside and good food too.  This is a cheeseburger with macaroni and cheese and bacon on it.

pulled pork sandwich

ribs

a visit to Olive Garden in Watertown,  NY

Dragon Breath is a cup of fruity cereal puffs in liquid nitrogen

A visit to Applebee's

Two new types of oreo: Cherry Cola and Pina Colada

New Watermelon Perrier and Mackin Cheese chips

Coca Cola from Mexico

pita chips and Cheez Waffies

caramel pretzels... and another new type of oreo

May 2018 Local items

This is a Cobb salad from a food truck called Urban Cowboy Eats.  It parks at the 19th Tee mini golf.  It was ok but left me hungry, and as you can see, the chef wasn't careful about the lettuce (brown worm holes on 3 pieces).

I made Rice Krispies squares with Fruity Pebbles.  I liked it and so did 1 coworker but most others did not like.

This time I used chocolate Lucky Charms cereal

We went to Pham Le this week.  Just fine! Two thumbs up.

Strawberry lemonade is just fine.  Ripple drink is gross, like drinking pea protein shake

Onion soup from The 3 Brewers. It was ok.

Nachos from The 3 Brewers. They were kind of dry and crumbly.

Sweet & Spicy lays.. the bag says it's a flavour fusion but it doesn't say of what.  Not so good.  Didn't taste anything like chicken wings

Canada Dry lemon ginger ale. It was ok.  I will bring the other 11 cans to work

April 2018 Ogdensburg Oddities

This Blue Bunny ice cream cup was pretty lame (flavourless with gross chunks of "fudge").  It gave me "issues".

These Tate's Bake Shop cookies were just fine.

Albanese gummy worms and Lay's Munchies cheese fix.  The worms tasted fresher than the usual ones we can buy here.

In search of NYC style pizza, we went to Cam's pizzeria, a new restaurant in Ogdensburg.  It has several locations in upstate NY.  The flavoured cokes were disappointing.  Somehow adding peach or raspberry to the coke made it taste not like coke at all.  The pizza was also not so good (not zesty or saucy enough).  The rainbow cookies were delicious (almondy).  The black & white cookie was stale.

Pizza rolls or logs from Cam's pizzeria.  They were OK.  Like egg roll wrappers with cheese, tomato sauce and pepperoni inside.  This is also popular in upstate NY only.

two new types of ice cream: Graeter's and Steve's

I will use these to make rice krispies squares

Nathan's Authentic Philly Beef Cheesesteak Sandwich

I bought this pizza out of curiosity, but it is not authentic at all. It was a whole wheat crust with just oozy cheese liquid inside (no tomato, no pepperoni, no other toppings)

April 2018 local items

I saw this chocolate pizza at walmart.  did not buy.

I made a tuna casserole in the instant pot. I found the recipe in a library book.  It turned out OK.  Still kinda fishy.  I have been eating it for 3 days in a row.

Every "April Tools Day", Ottawa Fastener Supply store in Bells Corners has a customer appreciation event with free food.  I got a smoked meat sandwich.

March 2018 Ogdensburg Oddities

Fancy Italian ice cream cups from Aldi and Rocky Roadhouse ice cream

RAP SNACKS potato chips featuring some famous rappers

Faygo, Bubly

More RAP snacks and a chocolate chip brioche

Chilly cow ice cream

March 2018 local items

Now that there is an Arizona can shortage, I got this Brisk iced tea/lemonade/watermelon.  The liquid was fluorescent yellow.

Carrot cake Hershey kisses

New kinds of M&Ms: raspberry crunch, espresso and mint, as well as sweet heat skittles.

February 2018 local items

this is a Joanne Fluke recipe: chocolate chips, butter, pretzel and marshmallows. uhhh I was supposed to crush the pretzels. I was having a hard time handling them in my plastic gloves. I did not cough or sneeze anywhere near them too. Now I am waiting for it to harden.

It was my first time making aloo gobi (potatoes and cauliflower) in the instant pot.  It turned out just fine.

the brand name was UFC so I had a high expectation. It did taste a lot more like real watermelon juice compared to some other brands but it also tasted a bit rotten.

Walmart Great Value Trio Mini Appetizer collection.  Do not buy this. It was pretty gross.

I have noticed that in stores around here the giant cans of Arizona and other brands of iced tea are being replaced with Peace Tea, which I could only find in USA before.  WHY?

This is the tallest pineapple I have ever seen. It could have kept going too, if it didn't get picked

worst idea for a candy ever: chocoalte covered salty pistachios

It does not taste like banana bread

I never noticed that you can buy stuffing on its own and heat it!

Hormel Gatherings.  I got this at walmart. It is like lunchables for adults that you can eat all week.