The Fridge and Ode to Beets

2/26/13
The Fridge: Dinner

I was driving back from class and thought “I need a beer and a pizza.” And was fortunately left class early enough to make it to the Fridge, which does exactly those two things. Oh sure, there are some peripheral items, some baked tofu, a few sandwiches, some cupcakes and a soda – but mainly: Pizza and beer. We decided their niche is more of the interesting flavor combinations, such as fig and brussel sprout and bacon, of the pizzas, as the plain pizza was less than exciting. However, so many beers! I had a delightful organic chocolate stout and Bryan had some lambic. You can mix and match for your own six-pack to take home, or can order a flight, and they are very pleasant.  Would certainly go here again for just that purpose, have a beer or two and a pizza or two.

2/26/13
Food share update

Beets! Beets to make your bodily fluids pink! Red beets are one of those wholly unnatural looking foods. Beet hummus, my snack food this week, looks like food they make put into sci-fi movies to make you think “oh, you can’t tell we’re not on planet earth anymore! we’re in weirdo space because looks at this crazy food!” Like that scene in Galaxy Quest with the water beetles. Beet hummus belongs there.
Other foods you can make with beets include amazing savory pastries – which is what I did with the remaining beets. First I made a pie crust ala Smitten Kitchen’s all-butter crust. I didn’t do all the chilling and rolling though, just mixed and spread the dough in a pie dish with my fingers. Then layered apple slices and beets with chevre between the layers. Stuck it in the oven at 350 for 30 minutes. Probably could have squeezed out two thin layers of crust rather than one chunky bottom crust and some décor on top, but whatevs. And maybe could have been improved by several additional layers with some chopped walnuts. But really, even just this lazy rendition was pretty great.
Next I’m eyeing some parsnip cupcakes.