Saturday, November 3, 2012

Phill(y)ing the Phridge

Living in Philly for 5 years, there was no shortage of ph-substituting-for-f puns. Since leaving, it is definitely not one of the things that I've missed about Philly. What I have missed, is the food (and drinks) that became a very common part of our diet.

So we recently purchased a 2nd fridge for storing a few things long term that we didn't want in the primary space. My first order of business, Philling the Phridge with my Philly Phavorites (I promise to quit):


So in the freezer we have assorted raviolis, sauces, and ready-to-bake pastas from Superior Pasta from Philly's Italian Market. Most importantly we have several meals worth of the goat cheese ravioli and port wine marinara combo that had me returning to this store every 3 weeks when we lived about 1.5 miles away.

In the fridge we have Yuengling. Yuengling is brewed just outside of Philadelphia and is billed as America's Oldest Brewery. I still don't drink, but the popularity of this beer spreads wherever it is introduced, so j and I like to have it on hand  whenever we have guests. In Philly, you can just ask for a lager, and will be given Yuengling.

Finally, we have assorted flavors of Hanks Gourmet Beverages. These are pure cane sugar sodas made just outside of Philly and have delicious varieties including root beer, vanilla cream, orange cream, and black cherry. The latter 2 we would buy by the case. We don't drink a lot of sodas (and these are super-sweet), but when we do, we go all out.