Marchese's Olive Pit

(it's sideways and won't go right :) )

We've been meaning to go here for a while now and, man, it was worth it. If you are a fan of the thin crust, fantastic taste, pizza this is one of the best places in Milwaukee. I picked Jim up at work and we headed down the road to Marchese's before heading back to where we started for a gallery night stop. Parking was nice and easy as we arrived there at 5:30pm. There were a few folks in there already and the atmosphere was really nice and friendly. We were served right away. This place is just pizza too which is why we were there!
We got a regular size 'create your own' with cheese, red sauce, green olive, mushroom and onion. We also ordered some plain bread and oil that was super tasty.



We're definitely going back to have a white sauce pizza and then a no sauce pizza. Web info Marchese's Olive Pit

Appetizers Only

Well when you go to a classy establishment such as Village Pub, you should fight it. Go directly to the bar food. Yesterday we did just that.

Beth, Hostad, Crass and I shared a lovely combination from the appetizers menu.

Chicken Nachos

They come with salsa and sour cream cups.

Chicken Fingers

Comes with ranch sauce, of course. Also in this picture is Beth's Newcastle.

Broccoli and Cheese Poppers

Comes with a tasty marinara sauce.

To accompany this meal, I had a Leine's Sunset Wheat.


When you combine these with various beers, it a delicacy like no other. Ok I'm kidding but it was tasty.

Sorry about the pictures we were eating off a small bar table and we had already started to eat.

Turkey Sandwiches and Cheese and crackers (Jazz in the Park)

Last night a bunch of went to Jazz in the park and we all brought various foods to eat.

The main part of our meal was Turkey Sandwiches provided by Shane and Jess. Here's a pic of how the sandwiches turned out. Also we brought cheese and crackers, and hummus and pretzals. Here's another picture of Mike and the some of the

wonderful cheese that we had. I opted to put some hummus on my sandwich with turned out to be quite good idea.

It was all pretty simple yet delicious!

Marinaded Chicken w/ Rice (7/26/2007)

What: Marinaded chicken w/ rice.

Why: I had frozen (boneless) chicken breasts that i needed to do something with since i normally think chicken is bland and boring.

Total time: Excluding chicken prep and marinade time, this can be done in appx 30-45 min.

How: -McCormick's Chipotle marinade packet after thawing (mostly) the chicken breasts. Stab the chicken with a fork a bunch of times so the marinade can soak in better and so that it'll me a bit more tender. Make sure to cut off excess fat since most chicken breasts are sold untrimmed and thus have gobs of fat which are gross. Remember that the fat on chicken isn't very deep or thick so you're just going for the garbage on the edges. Don't go to crazy because this fat also keeps it moist. You just want to nip off the overly excessive junk (commonly found on frozen chicken breasts in a bag). I should also note that the marinade packet is for 2# of meat and i was using appx 1.2#. Thus i had leftover marinade goo but that's not a bad thing!

-Marinade supposedly takes 30 min but obviously longer is better. I was short on time (and hungry) so i only waited 15.
-Start cooking the rice since it's not the minute rice crap and takes a bit longer.
-Cookie sheet with tin foil on it and the edges curled up which means less mess to clean.
-All 3 chicken breasts placed on the foil and baked at 350 for 15-20 minutes.
-Pull out chicken breasts and pour some extra marinade onto them. Just enough to cover them a bit one more time.
-Place back into oven for another 15-20 min.
-Somewhere in here you should be keeping an eye on the rice.
-Appx 30-40 minutes later, both rice and chicken are done and ready to be served.

Thoughts: I should note that the extra marinade at the 1/2 mark helps add flavor AND keep the chicken moist. The marinade is kind of a paste which works nicely. Once the chicken was done, you could take the excess marinade off with your fork and add it to your plain rice making the rice less boring.

Overall, a semi healthy recipe considering. The marinade packet had it's share of salt n nasty stuff but that's the only down side. Everything else was completely bland and simple. Only thing lacking was a veggie to which i am open to suggestions. Perhaps taking one of my bazillion fresh tomatoes and dicing it up to top the chicken breast at the half way point? I'm thinking some corn would have been good with this. Maybe some green beans. Suggestions?

Verdict: "This shite is f'ing good man. Know what i'm saying?" (kjolly)
"Damn dude, i think he'll be done with my leftover chicken before i finish my rice." (kratt)
"How are you going to tease me with good shite like this and only give me one piece?" (kjolly)
"*Burp!* Who's doing dishes?" (me)

BLT

Last night I was too tired to come up with anything fancy.....so I opted on BLT's.

There's something about a nice BLT on a HOT SUMMER DAY. We had ours on Toasted Wheat Bread. And of course Michael did not add tomotoes to his, so I had them all to myself!

Dinner 7/24/2007 - Jimmy Johns

Yesterday's dinner was special. It happened to be the anniversary of our friend's death. So we all order from his staple, lunch, dinner, just need food location. Jimmy Johns. I forgot to take a picture of my actual sub because I was cranky and really needed to eat. There is a picture of the group of us holding our subs. I will post it as soon as I get it.

Update: Here is the picture of everyone holding their Jimmy Johns.



But until then I will post a picture (although slightly blurry as it is from my phone) of Castner eating JJs.

What are we doing?

Through many internet travels we have come across other blogs that featured food or people dinner. So Pam and I have decided that it would be fun if we did something like that. Also to take some of the pressures of blogging out of it, it will be a multiple person blog, could be fun. Well as an experiment Pam and I are going to start off and see if we can do this with some consistency.

The plan is to take pictures of what we eat for dinner. Whether it be something that we spent time laboring over, dinner at a friend's house (if they don't mind), or the fast food (delivery). Then discuss it. You know look, taste, smell, or the all-important texture. Whatever works for the poster.

I am thinking this will be a lot of fun, so if you want to join us in this venture let us know.

Tam