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World's largest six pack of beer
Filed under: Beer, Midwest Cities, On the Blogs 
Here's something for all of you who love all things large and beer. As fans of So Good and Fast Food Critic already know, the world's largest six pack of beer can be found in LaCrosse, Wisconsin.
The statistics on this six pack are amazing: 688,200 gallons of beer, enough for 7,340,796 cans, "would provide one person a six pack per day for 3,351 years." The six pack was created by the City Brewing Company in LaCrosse.
My only question is did they drink all that beer before...
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Midnight Sausage: Polish Village, Chicago
Filed under: Beef, Midwest Cities, Pork, America, North America, Meat 
I'm posting images of sausage counters the world over each weeknight (and occasionally weekend) witching hour (until I run out), so please use the comments section to post links to your Flickr or personal site faves, and perhaps you'll see 'em posted here late some evening.
VIA: Joelen's Culinary Adventures
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Beer powered cars for the Democratic National Convention
Filed under: Beer, Midwest Cities, On the Blogs  Denver is the home of Coors Brewing Company, and this summer the city will also host the Democratic National Convention. Beyond that locational proximity, what could the two possibly have in common? Beer! Well, waste beer to be more precise.
According to RealBeer.com, the Dems will be shuttled about in flex fuel cars using waste beer as the bio-diesel. Coors will be donating all the waste beer-ethanol needed by the fleet of GM flex fuel cars.
Not only is beer good fresh, but perhaps waste beer would be a good...
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Chicago Tribune Food section in 60 seconds: farmers' markets, leftovers, and grocery savings
Filed under: Grains, Vegetables, Nuts/seeds, Midwest Cities, Fruit, Newspapers, in sixty seconds  The feature story this week is on the "greening" of Chicago, with farmers' markets returning to new locations with sustainable produce. The Tribune shares some tips for shopping at the farmers' market, as well as recipes from cookbooks that focus on market fresh produce: Scallops with three peas and prosciutto from Blue Eggs and Yellow Tomatoes, Savory mashed potatoes with garden herbs from Rosalind Creasy's Recipes from the Garden, Butter Lettuce Salad from Fresh, and Watercress, snow pea and shiitake mushroom stir-fry...
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Seattle Times in 60 seconds: Savvy shopping, scratch cooking, and stretching food dollars
Filed under: Midwest Cities, Recipes, Newspapers, Lists, America, in sixty seconds, Food News 
This week, the Seattle Times devotes the entire food section to stretching your food dollars in anticipation of tight financial times:
And one of the better ways to save when cooking at home is to use less expensive...
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Chicago Tribune in 60 Seconds: Olive Oil, Seafood, and Community Cooking
Filed under: Midwest Cities, Newspapers, America, in sixty seconds 
Leading the charge at the Tribune is olive oil, with recipes for Orange salad with olives and cilantro and Peppery red aioli. Also, ...
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Best fortune cookie ever?
Filed under: Midwest Cities, Pop Food, On the Blogs, America  After many years of reading fortune cookie messages that are not so much predictions as truisms, such as "Ideas are like children; there are none so wonderful as your own," many dismiss them entirely. To counteract this boredom with fortune cookies edgy, depressing messages have begun cropping up.
But there are still fortune cookie romantics who save their favorite little scrolls. I count myself among them. When I stand in front of the fridge at 2 a.m. eating roast beef with my bare hands I close the door and take comfort in reading, "Believe in your...
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And the winner is...
Filed under: Beer, Restaurants, Midwest Cities, On the Blogs  Maybe you remember the post a few weeks ago about the Wynkoop beer drinker if the year. Well, just in case, here's a little reminder. A big brew pub in Denver holds a contest every year to find the "Beer Drinker of the Year". That person has to be knowledgeable about every aspect of beer and have the personality to evangelize the beverage.
Now they've finally chosen a winner. Drum roll please! And the winner is Matt Venske from Yorktown, Virginia, the second Virginian in as many years. Matt beat out two...
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Another win for Sunday alcohol sales
Filed under: Wine, Beer, Business, Midwest Cities, Trends, Spirits  A lot of states here in the U.S. have laws banning alcohol sales on Sunday's. I've never really understood why. People are still going to drink if they really want to, so there's no big moral reason. That's even less of a reason if the state allows restaurants that sell adult beverages to operate on Sunday. It would be more moral to let people buy alcohol and drink at home than to make them go out for it and drive home drunk. I...
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Almost time to choose the beer drinker of the year
Filed under: Beer, Midwest Cities  It's not what you think. When I first heard about this, my first question was how much do you have to drink to be awarded this honor? It turns out the title doesn't have much to do with how many beers you can drink in one sitting.
A brew pub in Denver, called Wynkoop, asked for entries in this contest last fall and have narrowed the list down to three finalists. I gather that the winner must be a great ambassador for beer. Here is what Wynkoop asked...
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