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Canada Food

Jalapenos: A Canadian Business Opportunity

Given the following: WLBOTT sees a business opportunity! But first, let’s get to know Yellowknife a bit better Getting there…. Real Time Weather The good news: no pollen and minimal concerns about skin cancer. Canadian Jalapenos! Time for some innovative marketing! Produce Maple Jalapeno Syrup Canned Genetically Merged Herring/Jalapenos Sponsorship Opportunities: Canadian Jalapenos Cute Canadian […]

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Fine Arts Food Meaning of Life Scholarship/Erudition

Lost Gift of the Maji

[Today we are treated to a BLOTT by Elders UC#3, UC#1, and UC#1-SU] UC#3 (from an undisclosed location in HousTex) As is little known but I am sure UC#2 [staff spiritual advisor] will discover during his academic pursuits, in addition to gold, frankincense and myrrh, the Maji also brought jalapeño cheese biscuits to the Blessed […]

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Adventures of the Elders Food The Lowcountry

Lives of the Elders (part 2)

More Culinary Adventures UC#3 =>Hoppin’ John Even so, it appears that Hoppin’ John is popular among the staff and doctors at Johns Hopkins. [see Footnotes] Friend of the Blog “H” Friend of the WLBOTT (Amicus WLBOTTis) “H” reports in: Listening to Roger Miller songs as I write this … he was such a witty prankster […]

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Adventures of the Elders Food Heros

WCK and the Elders of WLBOTT

Elders – in lieu of holiday presents, we’ve made a contribution to World Central Kitchen (WCK) in honor of the Elders to be used to provide food in places like Gaza and Ukraine. I’ve been following WCK for years and believe it is a worthy cause to be associated with WLBOTT – food to those […]

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Adventures of the Elders Food The land, the people, the culture Work-Life Balance

Happy Birthday, Sally the Intern!

Sally the Intern has always enjoyed twine-themed birthday celebrations. Now get back to work. The Office Party Sally’s 20th Century Ancestors Sally’s 19th Century Ancestors Sally’s 17th Century Ancestors Sally’s 14th Century Ancestors Cake Ideas Party Guests An eclectic group of well-wishers attended Sally the Intern‘s party.

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Food Mildly Interesting WLBOTT Corporate

What is Nog?

Merry Christmas, WLBOTTers! Today we explore Nog. In essence, a nod to a nog. But this got really heavy really quickly…. If we’re asking questions like this, we’re only one step away from: Which brings us to The Big Dog Luckily, truth is available in many flavors…. Eggnog On Cereal Isn’t the 21st Century, for […]

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Food TOTOT Will there be a buffet?

Is Twine Edible?

No. This may be Goggle’s way of saying, “get a life.” A Glitch in the Trader Joe’s Matrix? From Eat This Much: For reference purposes only: Failed Twine-Concept Restaurants To emphasize the inedible qualities of twine, consider these failed restaurants: And a massive loss for investors: Eating Twine Brings Discordance to Domestic Tranquility These people […]

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Iceland Will there be a buffet?

Icelandic Volcano

Iceland is currently experiencing a volcanic eruption on Reykjanes peninsula (about 50 miles southeast of the capital Reykjavík). Luckily Iceland is extremely well prepared, and all the citizens are safe. Iceland — which sits on a tectonic plate boundary that continually splits apart, pushing North America and Eurasia away from each other along the line […]

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England New Zealand Will there be a buffet?

Exploring Cook

Captain James Cook FRS (7 November 1728 – 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, cartographer and naval officer famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean and to New Zealand and Australia in particular. He made detailed maps of Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific, during […]

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Adventures of the Elders Food Japan TOTOT

Casserole of Death (COD)

[ed. note: UC#3 and UC#3-SU return from Japan.] Up with jet lag. Cleaned out eggs, cheese, rice, jalapeño and dubious ham from fridge and baked it up. Keeping with my mission to keep food waste from landfills and to test the scientific fact that you won’t get sick from spoiled food cooked above 165F (75C) […]