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The End Of Prohibition

First we worked…

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Then we celebrated the end of prohibition!

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Laura let me know that today is National Beer Day and the anniversary of FDR signing the legalization of beer sales on April 7, 1933, effectively ending Prohibition.

When I heard that news I started salivating for some malty brew.

Hello Lagunitas!

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Matt poured us each a sip to share on our porch swing. Of course working did not end because our conversation kept returning to the layout of our merchandisers in the bakery. Le sigh.

Who likes tofu!

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We munched on a few of these new treats – fruit + veggie chips to the EXTREME!!!

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Pumpkin crazy – like crunchy roasted squash

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Thick banana-chip-like taro

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Crunchy okra

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And the ever-sweet crunchy toasted coconut!! AMAZINGNESS!

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Coming to an OpenSky newsletter near you!

Chomp.

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Can you spot the wild animal!?

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Dinner tonight was Extreme Philadelphia Spaghetti

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While I was out of town, the town of Philadelphia [Philly Homegrown] sent me a goodie basket of local gourmet foods – pasta, tomatoes, sauce, jam, chorizo, honey, biscotti, cheese, biscotti, bread flour! All made from local Philly artisans.

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We took the pasta, sauce and chorizo and made a fantastic twist on spaghetti (ok, ok, those who got on me last time for called any-ole-pasta spaghetti when the noodles were clearly not spaghetti style – I don’t know what these were called! Big fat noodles!?)

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We cooked the noodles – which were by Severino Pasta and were thick, doughy and loved – they were like giant lasagna bites! – and topped them with a sauce made of SIW Tomato Sauce (tasted like pizza!), chorizo pieces from the Garces Trading Company, red pepper and spinach. Chickpeas were stirred in and parm on top!

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The dish was divine, but I actually couldn’t finish it and had to let Matt polish off my portion!

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I tried a piece of the Baker Street Bread Co. Biscotti for dessert. Reminded me of the Great Harvest Cranberry Orange bread. What a great combo – and palate cleanser! It was the perfect mix between bread and sweet.

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Have a lovely night!!

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          • Sarah Jane MacMillan says

            every pasta shape is an italian word, derived from a specific meaning. Ex: rigatoni (riga i a line/stripe) thus rigatoni are lined pasta. Anything with one/oni as a suffix means its larger, hence rigatoni are large, striped pasta. Here there are claerly no stripes.

            Pacco means packaage or bundle. This pasta shape is a large hollow tube (usually even larger than rigatoni or other pasta of that shape) and it is used to package up or bundle up the sauce. Hence “paccheri”. Every shape corresponds usually with a specific sauce type that it goes best with. Not just glopping any type of sauce on. However this rule is more flexible 😉

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    • Caitie says

      I agree! The noodle doesnt make the name of the dish to me even though technically thats why its called spaghetti!

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      • Erin says

        I also agree! To me spaghetti is a dish with noodles and tomato sauce, that may or may not actually use spaghetti noodles. I’ve actually had quite the heated argument about this with a friend!

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    • Vicki says

      Are you all Americans? I find it so strange that you call pasta ‘noodles’ or a pasta dish ‘spaghetti’ when it doesn’t have spaghetti in?!

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        • Sarah Jane MacMillan says

          All of you guys sound so ignorant… I mean it’s not that difficult… Italians who invented these types of pasta made from semolina flour, have specific names for each shape. It’s insulting to the people who make them to call everything spaghetti because it’s simply not correct. All it takes is looking at the package or looking online, which you all clearly have access to, to understand the names. It’s like calling all mexican food tacos, when there is clearly a specific variation.

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          • Lindsay says

            Ouch! Your description of the pasta above was so fun and interesting and I really appreciated it! But this comment seems mean spirited 🙁

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            • 'laina says

              I agree with you, that was incredibly rude. At the end of the day is it really going to hurt somebody if someone calls something spaghetti when it’s not, or “noodles” instead of “pasta”. Really?

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              • Maria says

                I lived in Italy for a few years and I was always surprised by how american-style food would be described. Some people described every american-style sandwich as a “burger,” which was a surprise when I wanted to celebrate the 4th of July with a good ol’ cheeseburger and ended up with what resembled a club sandwich. Food terms are generally very difficult to translate exactly, so the concept of Italian pasta names describing their shape can be lost on most non-Italian speakers. My favorite type of pasta is “lumache” meaning “snails.”
                Once you have learned some Italian it is fun to look at the names and try to translate them. While it is definitely not accurate to refer to all pasta as “spaghetti,” I do not think anyone would consider it offensive. And it isn’t really like calling all Mexican food “tacos,” since all the types of pasta are under the umbrella definition of “pasta.” It can be fun to learn all of the names though! At little souvenir stands throughout Italy they sell aprons with pictures of the different types of pasta.

                Looks like you had a delicious meal, regardless of nomenclature, and thats definitely more important!

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                • Sarah Jane MacMillan says

                  Maybe this was said a little bit better than how I said it, but it is the gist of what I was trying to say. Mistakenly calling something by a different name is not offensive however considering globalization and the general foodie vibe that’s going on here I just would hope people would at least try to learn the correct names and appreciate them, as they do make sense in the original language and to the people who prepare these foods for a living.

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          • Katy says

            It may have come off a little gruff, but SJM is right. Pasta shapes have many wonderful names for a reason.

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          • Cindy says

            I am fully aware of the name of the pasta I’m cooking because I buy particular shapes of pasta. I’m sorry something silly as the words I use to describe food I’m eating offends you

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  8. Sahira says

    YAY for Tait Farm Jam! Tait Farms is right down the road from me here in State College. We have a PB&J bar here on campus (Penn State) that only uses Tait Farm jam (local, of course). I can’t wait to hear your critique on it. yumm.

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  11. Ashley says

    HOLY freaking delicious looking bowl of pasta. I’m going to dream about those doughy, gluten filled noodles tonight, haha. There are WAY too many things in this post Kath. First of all that okra is adorable. Second, the packaging is awesome. Third, I need Matt’s shirt. Fourth, the beer pour shot is LOVELY. Fifth, still laughing about the pasta!! 😉

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      • B & B says

        He actually looks like Ty Burrell in one of those pics! The guy from Modern Family.

        Those veggie chips look so cool! I recently tried Terra Chips for the first time and LOVE them. Highly addictive though…

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  14. Meg says

    Holy gigantic delicious looking pasta!! 😀

    Those veggie crisps, so sweet to see REAL vegetables in chip form, haha!

    Enjoy your night, Kath! Praying for MORE sunshine tomorrow yeee!! Friday dance for sunshine?!

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  17. Averie (LoveVeggiesAndYoga) says

    Pumpkin crazy – like crunchy roasted squash = that sounds great and the banana, coconut, and okra pieces look just as lovely.

    The spaghetti dinner..perfect. I love the teal blue napkin. It really makes the red POP. The things I notice lately 🙂

    Glad that you were able to celebrate the end of Prohibition properly! 🙂

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  18. Katie says

    I LOVE Matt’s shirt! I think I need to go find one in my size!
    …and since you mentioned it, go have a drink. I mean, it IS National Beer Day and all. 😉

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  28. Eileen says

    Awww, that was nice of Philly! I live pretty close to Baker Street Bread; I’ll have to try some of the biscotti!

    Nice pasta combo!

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  34. Mary (Sisters Running the Kitchen) says

    you’re a very lucky girl to receive those Philly items!! I live in south jersey 20 minutes outside of the city. Severinos is actually in S. Jersey and I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it there. not only do they sell their dried pastas but they have so many different varieties of fresh pastas…egg, whole wheat, etc. in all different shapes. their fresh pasta is so light…it makes my pasta dishes 100x better. Great Place! p.s. Your pasta dish looks delicious.

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    • Caroline - Philly Homegrown says

      Severino makes some beautiful artisan pasta. We include South Jersey in Philly Homegrown because it’s part of the 100-mile food shed around Philadelphia. Lots of good stuff coming out of the Jerz (like tomatoes, yum).

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  41. Donna says

    Well, since today is National Beer Day, I can point out your husband’s ape arms after a few beers of my own! haha SORRY! Not a bad thing, though…

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  42. hippierunner says

    I burst out laughing because I was just discussing the word ‘fat’ with my boyfriend, while I read, and when/why would anyone need to use it (for anything other than to berate someone) and then I saw you called the pasta “big, fat noodles”. Lol! Oh and so funny that the pasta form your pretty dinner is by Severino, my bf’s name is Severin and we never see his name anywhere.

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  44. J3nn (Jenn's Menu and Lifestyle Blog) says

    Those are some ENORMOUS noodles! They look delish. My family calls almost all pasta macaroni, except for spaghetti, lol.

    Dustin and my conversations often turn to business, even after we’re done for the day. One of the downsides of working with your spouse: all conversation eventually leads back to WORK! 😆

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  45. Amy says

    Woah, I know Severinos…that pasta is from my hometown! I see that they also sent you some Jersey Tomatoes in a can, which is fine, but you need to try Jersey FRESH Tomatoes for the full flavor effect!!

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  50. Runeatrepeat says

    I like saying spaghetti for all pasta 🙂 It’s how my mom did it and it makes me happy <3
    I want some of those Taro chips!!! Taro frozen yogurt is my favorite thing in the world.

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  55. [email protected] says

    My my the squash and taro look so good! and those noodles are so crazy fat ahhaa they look cheewwwyyy~ I love how you guys always eat outside–your whole area seems so inviting. 🙂

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  56. Caeli says

    Since everyone has specified the pasta already, more specifically Paccheri come from Naples, which they pretty much ONLY eat with red sauce.

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  58. sarah (the SHU box) says

    yeah philadelphia! my mom always talks about bakers street 🙂

    and in other news, in my dream last night you and matt were interns in the hospital (pediatrics interns). don’t worry, you both did great!

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  67. [email protected] Broken Cookies Don't Count says

    Being from NJ near Phila, all of those things look very familiar! We have a rich tradition of Italian dishes and products around here. Dinner sounded perfect, minus the sausage. I have chick peas in the fridge that I cooked in the crock pot. Sounds like dinner tonight! Thanks for the idea!

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  68. Danielle says

    Ooooooh those Danielle chips are so good! I used to get them in college because they have such a cool name 😉 but I’ve never seen them since! Yum, can’t wait for Open Sky deal!

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  70. Katie says

    Omg! Severino Pasta is about 20 mins from me! I love that store ! It can be dangerous tho – they make their pasta there fresh, its amazing! plus all the other fresh food they make! It’s in NJ 🙂

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  72. Katie says

    Omg! Severino Pasta is about 20 mins from me! I love that store ! It can be dangerous tho – they make their pasta there fresh, its amazing! plus all the other fresh food they make! It’s in South NJ 🙂

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  73. faith says

    I hear you on the work talk, most of Tate and I’s conversations these days revolve around insurance! We actually have to make rules about “no insurance talk on Saturday mornings”.

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  74. Jessica says

    I moved to the Tennesee from Philadelphia last year for my job, and I am SO jealous that you got something from Garces Trading Company! I’m obessed with his food and restaurants! Hope you enjoyed 🙂

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  76. Erin says

    Kath,

    I read your blog everyday- love it! I am glad you enjoyed the Philly Homegrown food- I work for Greater Philadelphia Tourism and was aware we were sending packages to bloggers around the country- just did not realize you were one of them!

    Enjoy 🙂

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