Black Gold or 2,4-Dithiapentane

There was a big flap a few years ago when someone figured out that most truffle oil doesn’t contain any truffles at all. Since then, I have gone back and forth on whether to use it. The bottom line is, I like the way it tastes. If I never knew that there were such a thing as real truffles and someone said “hey, try this 2,4-Dithiapentan oil I have”, I would still dig it. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want to pull on a HazMat suit to finish some pasta, but I am hard pressed to name anything that tastes like truffle oil (either real or imagined).

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Switched to Gourmet Medley

I named this pie the Polka Dot because of cherry tomatoes on top. I had been using those tomatoes that come on a vine, in a red mesh bag. They are good, but something else caught my eye: Sunset Gourmet Medley. It’s a mix of different color and size cherry tomatoes. The flavors are sweeter and the mix of color adds a little more pop to the top of the pie. I picked these up at Central Market.

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For some grub while we watched UT slaughter University of Central Florida I tried a variation of a favorite: Guacamole. I mean, why not mix it up a little bit? Especially if you don’t have all the proper ingredients for what you were suppose to make. I was missing tomatoes for the guac. Tomatoes add color, but they also add acid to balance the richness of the avocado. So, I looked around for some acid. Marinated artichokes have acid! So, I present to you Artichoke Guacamole. Not enough to screw it up, but just enough to balance it out.

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