From Brew Pub's Facebook:
Sounds like a good time to me!
Morgantown Brewing Company will be hosting a Summer Kick Off cookout on the deck this coming June 2nd!
The festivities will begin at 4 p.m.with a Steel Drum Ensemble featuring members of the Tom Bachelor Band. And an all you can eat buffet starting at 5 p.m. including Slow Cooked BBQ Ribs, Beef Brisket Sandwiches, Grilled Chicken Quarters, Grilled Sweet Corn, Vegetable Kabobs, Pasta Salad, Baked Beans and Fresh Watermelon. $13 for adults and $9 for children
The feature drink for an evening on our deck will be a West Virginia Blackberry Lemonade, with or without spirits, as well as our 11 amazing handcrafted brews on tap!
We hope to see you June 2nd to kick off a great Morgantown summer on the Best Deck In Town!
Sounds like a good time to me!
A friend's mother made this buffalo chicken dip recipe for us about a year ago. I got the recipe off of her not too long ago and added my own tweaks. This recipe is perfect for a game, a party or any snack. Everybody seems to enjoy this tangy snack. If you like buffalo chicken wings, this is very similar.
Cook Time:
40 Min
Yields: About 2 lbs.
Ingredients:
3 (10 ounce) cans chunk chicken, drained
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1 cup Ranch dressing
1 cup pepper sauce (such as Frank's Red Hot®)
2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
1 (8 ounce) box chicken-flavored crackers
Directions:
- Heat chicken and hot sauce in a skillet over medium heat, until heated through.
- Stir in cream cheese and ranch dressing.
- Cook, stirring until well blended and warm.
- Mix in half of the shredded cheese, and transfer the mixture to a slow cooker.
- Sprinkle the remaining cheese over the top, cover, and cook on low setting until hot and bubbly.
- Serve with tortilla chips, celery sticks or crackers.
This is a butter bowl filled with the dip after it has been refrigerated. |
TEMAKI |
NIGIRI |
MAKI |
SASHIMI |
Sushi can be traced back to 4th century BC in Southeast Asia. As a preserved food, the salted fish, fermented with rice, was an important source of protein. It spread throughout China, and in the 8th century, it came to Japan. Sushi became more of a cuisine rather than a way to preserve food. Now sushi can be found all around the world. In America, we tend to have more westernized versions.
Types
- Sashimi - slices of fish without rice (usually two pieces per order)
- Nigiri - slices of fish on top of a small pad of rice, may have a piece of seaweed holding the fish to the rice (usually two pieces per order)
- Maki - rolled sushi, made with dried seaweed (usually six pieces per order). This is what I always thought of when I thought of sushi. A bamboo mat is used to roll the seaweed and rice, making the sushi uniform. They can be hosomaki (thin rolled) or futomaki (fat rolled)
- Temaki - single, large shaped like an ice cream cone. It is like a Japanese taco, with the cylindrical seaweed filled with rice and fillings.
Terms
akagai, pepitona clam
|
ama ebi,
raw shrimp |
anago,
sea eel |
aoyagi,
red clam |
awabi, abalone
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ebi,
cooked shrimp |
hamachi, yellowtail
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hirame, halibut
|
ika,
squid |
ikura, salmon roe
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inari,
tofu pockets |
kaibashira,
large scallops |
kani,
crab |
katsuo, bonito
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kobashira, small scallops
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kohada, Japanese shad
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maguro,
tuna |
masago, capelin roe
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mirugai, geoduck clam
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saba, mackerel
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shake, salmon
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shiro maguro,
albacore |
suzuki,
sea bass |
tai, red snapper
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tako,
octopus |
tamago,
egg omelette |
tobiko, flying-fish roe
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torigai, Japanese cockle
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toro,
fatty tuna belly |
unagi, freshwater eel
|
uni,
sea urchin roe |
Sides
Sushi rolls are almost always served with these two small sides, as well as soy sauce:
- Wasabi - Wasabi found in most stores or restaurants contains little or no real wasabi. It's usually horseradish and powdered mustard with green food coloring added. It is very strong.
- Ginger - Pickled ginger, it's used to clean the palate between bites of sushi. It is pink, also called "gari."
You probably don't want to jump in with raw fish, so try something cooked, like ebi (cooked shrimp), kani (imitation crab stick) or unagi (broiled freshwater eel brushed with teriyaki). Even better are crunchy shrimp tempura (deep-fried shrimp) or maybe a vegetarian roll (with cucumber, avocado, carrot, etc.)
The most popular roll is the California roll (cucumber, crab stick and avocado). It's sometimes served "inside out," with the rice on the outside, instead of the seaweed. Sometimes they're coated in sesame seeds, tobiko (flying fish row) or masago (smelt roe). Other popular standards include the rainbow maki (California roll draped with tuna, salmon and yellowtail) and the caterpillar maki (avocado, crab stick, unagi and cucumber).
Moderates
"A nice piece of sake is a beautiful orange with streaks of white and will have a luxurious, buttery texture to go along with the unmistakable flavor of salmon. Hamachi is a rich tasting variety that will almost melt in your mouth, while toro is proof that the best flavor comes from the fat." - Mark Lo
Etiquette
Eat your sushi in one bite if the size permits. Larger pieces may be taken in multiple bites, but finish a piece without putting it back down on your plate. It is not considered good form to place the wasabi or ginger into your dish of soy sauce. Your sauce should remain pure of bits of food or other contaminants. When you dip your nigiri sushi, turn it upside down so that only the fish touches the soy sauce. Dipping the rice side will absorb too much sauce or cause it to fall apart and make a mess, thereby violating the previous rule. - Mark Lo
Common Rolls
Food | Definition |
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Alaska roll | a variant of the California roll with raw salmon on the inside, or layered on the outside. |
B.C. roll | contains grilled or barbecued salmon skin, cucumber, sweet sauce, sometimes with roe. Also sometimes referred to as salmon skin rolls outside of British Columbia, Canada. |
California roll | consists of avocado, kani kama (imitation crab/crab stick) (also can contain real crab in 'premium' varieties), cucumber and tobiko, often made uramaki (with rice on the outside, nori on the inside) |
Dynamite roll | includes yellowtail (hamachi) and/or prawn tempura, and fillings such as bean sprouts, carrots, avocado, cucumber, chili and spicy mayonnaise |
Hawaiian roll | contains shoyu tuna (canned), tamago, kanpyō, kamaboko, and the distinctive red and green hana ebi (shrimp powder). |
Philadelphia roll | consists of raw or smoked salmon, cream cheese (often Philadelphia cream cheese brand), cucumber or avocado, and/or onion. |
Rainbow roll | a rainbow roll is a California roll with typically 6-7 types of sashimi (yellowtail, tuna, salmon, snapper, white fish, eel, etc.) and avocado wrapped around it. |
Seattle roll | consists of cucumber, avocado, and raw or smoked salmon. |
Spider roll | includes fried soft shell crab and other fillings such as cucumber, avocado, daikon sprouts or lettuce, roe, and sometimes spicy mayonnaise. |
I'm not an expert, so what do you have to share? Any added tips or your favorite sushi rolls would be awesome! Let me know in the comments below
Because of some unfortunate circumstances, I had to make an unexpected trip home to Wellsburg. That trip turned into another unexpected trip to Cadiz, Ohio, to a cemetery. After burying a loved one, my family headed to leave Cadiz and return to some semblance of normality. We were trying to unwind, and get out of there when we saw Ice Cream Island.
If I could give better directions to this place, I would. I just know we passed it on our way leaving. We were all down in the dumps, and hey, when is ice cream better? It was kind of warm out, and this small little stand seemed to be right up our alley. We stopped off into the gravel parking lot and walked up to the window.
They had sundaes, cones and some fried food - like pickles! My parents both got chocolate shakes, and I opted for a Moosetracks cone. It did take a little while, but I think that's because people in front of us ordered food. I didn't notice them when I first came in, as they were sitting off to the side on some picnic tables.
We didn't stick around for long and instead left for home. I focused on that cone instead of the day's events. It was sweet, the peanut butter cups were like little hidden treasures, and it was packed to the very bottom of the cone - a difficult feat for non soft-serve ice cream. I know they didn't make the Moosetracks, but they did pack that cone the best way possible. Plus it was overflowing from the top, too. For only $6, they not only gave me an excellent cone, but they helped bring a little cheer to my day.
Grade: A
If I could give better directions to this place, I would. I just know we passed it on our way leaving. We were all down in the dumps, and hey, when is ice cream better? It was kind of warm out, and this small little stand seemed to be right up our alley. We stopped off into the gravel parking lot and walked up to the window.
They had sundaes, cones and some fried food - like pickles! My parents both got chocolate shakes, and I opted for a Moosetracks cone. It did take a little while, but I think that's because people in front of us ordered food. I didn't notice them when I first came in, as they were sitting off to the side on some picnic tables.
We didn't stick around for long and instead left for home. I focused on that cone instead of the day's events. It was sweet, the peanut butter cups were like little hidden treasures, and it was packed to the very bottom of the cone - a difficult feat for non soft-serve ice cream. I know they didn't make the Moosetracks, but they did pack that cone the best way possible. Plus it was overflowing from the top, too. For only $6, they not only gave me an excellent cone, but they helped bring a little cheer to my day.
Grade: A
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