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Change one ingredient; then we’ll talk.

I like cottage cheese, but not like this! Swap it out for oatmeal or yogurt, and then we’ll talk.

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Food funny

Yup, that’s EXACTLY what I took away from this chart!

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Food funny

More like a SALMONELLA machine, amirite?

Man enjoying a plate of egg salad in a late 1960s/early 1970s office beside an egg salad machine.
Presumably generated image.

That dispensing slot looks too small and too clean.

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Food funny

Recipe of the day: Frankfurter loaf!

Recipe card for “Frankfurter Loaf.”

Ingredients:
- 8 skinless frankfurters (not all beef)
- 1 10-ounce package cornbread mix
- Canned mushroom gravy
- Bottled barbecue sauce

Recipe steps:
1. Start heating oven to 375°F.
2. Heat frankfurters in water; remove and dry; slash at 1 inch intervals.
3. Prepare corn-bread mix as package label directs. Alternate layers of franks and batter in greased, floured, 1½-quart oven-glass loaf pan.
4. Bake 35 minutes; cool to lukewarm in pan. With sharp knife, slice 1-inch thick. Pass gravy and barbecue sauce. Makes 6 servings.

Ingredients:

  • 8 skinless frankfurters (not all beef)
  • 1 10-ounce package cornbread mix
  • Canned mushroom gravy
  • Bottled barbecue sauce

Recipe steps:

  1. Start heating oven to 375°F.
  2. Heat frankfurters in water; remove and dry; slash at 1 inch intervals.
  3. Prepare corn-bread mix as package label directs. Alternate layers of franks and batter in greased, floured, 1½-quart oven-glass loaf pan.
  4. Bake 35 minutes; cool to lukewarm in pan. With sharp knife, slice 1-inch thick. Pass gravy and barbecue sauce. Makes 6 servings.
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Recipe of the day

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Charcuterie advice for your New Year’s Eve party

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Filipino Food Tampa Bay

Amazing ube ice cream sandwiches at Mata’s Philippine Cuisine

Ube ice cream sandwich — purple ice cream between two “rice krispies squares” dyed purple.
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If you’re looking for a different kind of dessert, check out the ube ice cream sandwiches at Mata’s Philippine Cuisine in Tampa (on West Waters, a quick drive west of Dale Mabry)!

Ube (pronounced “OOO-beh”) is a sweet purple yam from the Philippines. It has a flavor that I describe as a mild mix of vanilla, white chocolate, and hazelnuts. It’s been a Filipino sweets staple for centuries, but only in the past decade has it become popular in North America. That’s a shame, because you’ve been missing out on some amazing, colorful dishes as a result!

They put the ice cream between “krispy treats” made out of sticky puffed rice (which often gets called pinipig in the Philippines, but that isn’t accurate). Just think of it as ube ice cream between Filipino rice krispies treats and enjoy the flavor.

Joey deVilla smiles with his ube ice cream sandwich.

It was great, and I’m coming back for more!

We also left with dinuguan, chicken adobo, pinakbet, and ginataang bilo-bilo.

Mata’s Philippine Cuisine’s storefront.

Mata’s Philippine Cuisine is in Tampa at 4350 West Waters Avenue — east of the Veterans Expressway, west of Dale Mabry.