Rue The Day!

While many of the weird ice creams on this list are cringe-inducing, this ice cream sushi looks utterly decadent.

All you need is:
1 Packet Flavor Aid Orange
1 Packet Flavor Aid Tangerine [Ed. Note: we used Kool-Aid brand Orange and Tangerine packets and it worked fine]
3/4 Cup Orange Juice (No Pulp)
3/4 Cup Tangerine Juice
1/3 scoop Countrytime Lemonade
1 3/4 Cups Sugar
Green and blue food coloring.

Yummy!

She might look good in a slave costume, but she’s never looked this delicious before.

The Jell-O mold competition is always a good time and here are the winners of this year’s contest.

I want this Japanese cookie now!

Over at BuzzFeed, there are 20 drinks inspired by Harry Potter for your fandom pleasure. Personally, I think the Gryffindor sounds pretty tasty:

1 part Liqueur, raspberry (Chambord)
1 part cranberry juice
1 part orange juice
1 Maraschino cherry
1 twist (of peel) orange

It’s a great glass, but I don’t think I’d want to drink out of something that told me I’ve just been poisoned when I get to the bottom, even if it is just mimicking a scene from The Prisoner.

If you want to celebrate by eating the most American pie in the world, be sure to check out this recipe I wrote over on my new blog, Noms and Nibbles.

This week I got to check out the food, fun and frivolity that is the San Diego Fair and here is the result. While I didn’t eat any wacky doodle foods (just fried calamari and a cinnamon roll), I did document all the craziness.

This was the one booth that did tempt me, being as how I am a huge cheese fan and macaroni and cheese in a cup sounded great, as did deep-fried cheese curds.

Last year, this booth made all kinds of waves with their deep-fried butter and chocolate-covered bacon, and this year they stepped up their disgusting fatty food game with deep-fried bacon and chocolate covered corn dogs.

While I didn’t get any of the crazy food, my friend did try the chocolate-covered corn dog and the result was surprisingly boring. According to him, the melty chocolate covering completely covered up the flavor of the corn dog. I had some of the chocolate-covered bacon last year and I have to admit, it suffered from the same problem -mostly because the bacon slice was so thin it would be hard to taste without a chocolate covering.

This is the most famous of the food booths, featuring deep-fried Girl Scout cookies and deep-fried Kool Aid.

They’re so popular that they actually have two connected kitchen trucks.

One of the fair’s longest-running food stands, this barbeque joint serves up killer smoked ribs and grilled chicken for the greatest prices of any fair booths.

Inside the wood-working room was this sexy wood bikini.

There was also this incredible replica of every wand from the Harry Potter movie series. A geek’s dream.

All in all, a great time was had by everyone and I highly recommend anyone in the area stop by and enjoy yourself.

Update: It occurred to me that this video from Charlotte’s web was a suiting addition to the post.

If you’re ready to get your drink on, be sure to check out my guide to making your own delicious watermelon, strawberry or mango margaritas over on The Cheapskate’s Handbook.

If you’re still inclined to make dinner after drinking too many margaritas, I’ve also written up a great fajitas recipe.

Image via pink_fish13 [Flickr]