Thought I'd take a short breather from
Matt Fest, et al., to thank everyone for contributing, last night, to an auspicious kick-off to the eve of the anniversary of my birth.
Meeting
Bridgestone and
CubsFanFoodie was a pleasure, especially since sharing BBQ with them and the rest of the group (
GWiv & Ellen, eatchicago & petit-pois/cookie, Trixie-Pea & Pigmon, Aaron Deacon, M'thu'su, and
Germuska) was culturally-enhanced with a surprise sampling of Swedish "penny candies." They provided a range of flavors, from the familiar-tasting (chocolate covered caramel) but evocatively-named
PLOPP, to the novel: a heavily salt-encrusted black licorice drop with a picture of a monkey on the bag and a jungle-y-sounding name, in Swedish of course! (Salt-encrusted licorice--"Mmmm...that's some good drinking candy!")
Follow-on adventures at Map Room were further icings on the cake / encrustations on the licorice.
--Matt
"If I have dined better than other men, it is because I stood on the shoulders of giants...and got the waiter's attention." --Sir Isaac "Ready to order NOW" Newton
"You worry too much. Eat some bacon... What? No, I got no idea if it'll make you feel better, I just made too much bacon." --Justin Halpern's dad