rachael ray drinking game

Hilarious! I'm so doing this.

The part about taking an extra drink when one of her cutesy made-up abbreviations is followed by an explaination of what it means...brilliant. It always drives me nuts when she does the "EVOO...(extra vergin olive oil)" thing. Whay not just say "Extra virgin olive oil"?!?!?

But I think one needs to be added for the dramatic "OMG this food is sex" eye roll when she's tasting something.

Ruby Reuben

Last night I got a little creative with dinner. I had some German dark wheat bread...that's what the package said...it's pumpernickle, basically. I got some turkey pastrami from the deli as well as some Lorraine swiss. So I have to make a Reuben, right? Only I don't really like Thousand Island dressing...so I used spicy mustard intead. The "creative" part was, I also didn't feel like sauerkraut.I remembered Aunt Nellies sweet & sour cabbage. It's milder than sauerkraut, and prettier, and really really cheap.

I put my pastrami on one slice of bread, my swiss on the other, stuck them under the broiler for a few minutes, added the cabbabge and voila! A yummy modified Reuben! I'll call it a Runy Reuben, because Aunt Nellie's is red, and with the pink pastrami and dark brown pumpernickle the colors of tha sammich were lovely. It was quite healthy too.