Friday, January 27, 2012

Rolo Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe. Not for Wussies!

1 ½ cups butter; softened
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla
2 eggs
3 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
2 cups dark (or semi but I prefer dark) chocolate chips
30 Rolos; frozen at least 2 hours

DIRECTIONS:
1. Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, beat butter, sugars, vanilla and eggs with mixer on Mix in flour, baking soda and salt. Mix in chocolate chips and pecans.
2. Measure dough using a medium cookie scoop (about 1.5 tablespoons). Roll into a ball and then flatten in the palm of your hands.
3. Place a frozen Rolo in the centers of the flattened dough balls and form dough back into a ball around the Rolo.
4. Place Rolo stuffed dough balls into the freezer for 30 minutes before baking.
5. On cookie sheet lined with parchment paperplace dough balls 2 inches apart.
6. Bake 11 to 13 minutes or until light brown (centers will be soft). Cool 2 minutes and remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack.

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

More Funny Flathead Beacon Police Reports! #5

More funny (yes, these are real) police reports from Flathead Valley Montana:

12/25/2011

11:54 p.m. A woman called from Whitefish Stage to report that while her jammie-wearing, intoxicated boyfriend was taking the dog for a walk, the neighbors shot at him with a pellet gun. The neighbors, described as an elderly man and a “manly” looking woman, claimed they shot an air gun into the air in an attempt to get the dog to stop barking at deer.


12/26/2011


11:11 p.m. A woman on First Avenue West thought that people at the mall were spying on her with binoculars. 


12/27/2011


10:35 a.m. A man on Third Avenue East reported finding a gloomy, sad poem on his door.


6:39 p.m. Someone called from a Kalispell gas station to report that kids were in the store a "hootin' and a hollerin'," making the cashier nervous. The cashier reported that she was not nervous.

7:30 p.m. A woman on Fifth Avenue West reported that a drunken man was bumbling around in her back yard. 


12/28/2011


3:39 p.m. A woman on Highway 209 near Bigfork reported seeing a man wearing a Jason mask scurry across the road. She claimed that he pointed and stared at her for a moment then disappeared into a Christmas tree. She last saw him walking with a limp toward Ferndale.

8:10 p.m. A man called in to talk about some bad vibes he was getting from two guys in a gas station on Highway 93 South.

8:18 p.m. A man on Sixth Avenue East reported that a drunken man was in his neighbor's backyard howling "like a goofball." The drunk and his bicycle were taken home.


12/29/2011


7:54 a.m. Three baby cows and three adult cows wandered into a Douglas Drive resident’s front yard for a snack. They were taken home.


3:17 p.m. Someone saw a man wearing a green sleeping bag run down Woodland Avenue.

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

What The Media Won't Tell You About Iowa - "We're Nice - Fuckwad."

Ristorante Il Melograno - Best Italian in Bucks County!

 Ristorante Il Melograno is really difficult for me to prounce so I just refer to it as the 'best Italian restaurant in Bucks County). An "authentic" Italian restaurant in a SHOPPING CENTER?? - hell yeah bitches! We've been here twice, once for lunch and for dinner (I chose this for my birthday celebration - that's how much I love it).
Small, but inviting and cozy.
Staff - excellent, attentive, but with heavy Italian accent - just nod and smile if you can't figure out what they are saying.
Owner is also the Chef.
Food is SO DAMN GOOD.
I mean, seriously.
LOML(love of my life - gag, right?? - but it's true...) had lobster bisque both times. He was astounded by the actual LOBSTER in the bisque. He loved it and said he could eat it everyday for the rest of his life and not get sick of it.
I had the Mozzarella all Caprese salad - who knew mozzarella, tomatoes and roasted peppers could taste so fresh and explode with flavor at the same time?
The second visit, I had a special of the night salad, which was beets with blue cheese - HELLO, this was FABULOUS.
The first visit, I had Pollo all cacciatora which was just perfect. LOML had Scampi e Faggioli and gave it a hefty thumbs up.
We both had dessert - he had Creme Brulee (of course) and loved it so much, he had it the second visit and proclaimed it the best he's ever had. And seriously, it's about all he ever orders for dessert, so he has many different Creme Brulee to compare it to.
I had Italian Rum cake the first time (soooo good and moist) and the second time I had a special of the night dessert, which I can't remember what it was called, but it was fabulous (see the picture).
The second visit, we split the gnocci al pomodoro - little pillows of potato goodness. I wished I'd ordered a whole dish to myself so I could take some home...
LOML had the Scampi al Aglio for his main dish (he loved) and I had the beef medallions sauteed in a peppercorn sauce (divine).
No "quirky" food here (I love quirky food) - just authentic, fantastically flavorful food, brought to you by friendly attentive staff.
OH! And my cappuccino came with a snowman rendering in the foam!
Hands down, my favorite Italian restaurant in Bucks/Montgomery county!!! And so far, even beats out the Philly places I've tried!!
Make it a New Years Resolution to try it!!!

Located at:
73 Old Dublin Pike, Doylestown, PA 18901 ·
Phone
2153487707