September 14, 2007
Posted at: 11:45 pm by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Food and Drink
Below is a picture of the seven layer dip that I made for the cook-in at my work today!
This is a very easy and amazing tasting dip to make. The only time consuming part is cutting up the ingredients.
Ingredients: (depending on your pan size)
1 Head of Lettuce
2 Tomatoes
2 Cans of olives
2 Container’s Sour Cream
2 lbs of Shredded Cheese (Taco/Mexican style)
1 Large Onion
1 Container Salsa
1 Large Pan (container)
Preparation:
Cut up tomato into little pieces
Cut olives in half
Cut up onion into little pieces
Rip up lettuce into small pieces
Putting it all together (the way I make it)
- Place Lettuce on the bottom of pan
- Spread out tomatoes after lettuce
- Spread onion after tomatoes
- Spread olives after onion
- Pour container of salsa into pan and spread evenly
- Spoon out Sour Cream on top of the salsa spreading it evenly around pan
- Spread cheese evenly over sour cream – no white should show (picture after it was moved around)
- For special occasions I like to make a design with whole olives (SB = Spring Break for StudentCity.com)
- Eat using Tortilla Chips
Enjoy!!!
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August 27, 2007
Posted at: 11:38 pm by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Food and Drink
Lately, I have really enjoyed Sea Dog’s BluePaw which is a Blueberry Wheat Ale. I tried it when my sister bought it one night when she came home from work and it has become the drink that we buy. Each time we run out, the other person goes and gets another 6-pack.
There are four tests for rating beer: Aroma, Appearance, Taste and Finish (Aftertaste).
Aroma: Your nose can detect so many aromas that you want to make sure to smell it before tasting. As you first pour the beer, you can smell a hint of blueberry which makes sense and it adds to the flavor. Since Bluepaw is an Ale, besides the fact that it is a blueberry flavor, it has a fruity aroma to it because of the warmer fermenting temperatures.
Appearance: To most people, they define their beers by the color. Many say that if you are drinking a dark beer, than you know how to drink beer, but that depends on what type of beer you are wanting to drink and for what reason. BluePaw is a light amber color with semi-clear clarity (it could be the glass thats throwing it off though).
Taste: It has a medium body with a little bit of a tartness to it as it goes down, but very enjoyable. Not really that much more to say except to try it for yourself to understand what I am saying (not a professional beer judge).
Finish: The aftertaste sticks with you for a while, but not too long. It stays just enough so that once it goes away, you want the taste back, which is the point I guess. After you swallow it, there is a nice kick of blueberry that rises back out to your taste buds for an extra treat.
Overall: I am really happy with the brew and the overall taste of it. I would definitely recommend this to anyone to enjoys a nice fruit flavored ale. Zach has created a Black and Blueberry (Black and Tan variation) using BluePaw as one of the ingredients.
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August 17, 2007
Posted at: 9:07 pm by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Armenia, Food and Drink
While I was in Armenia, I had the opportunity to try Kotayk and I was very pleased with it. The medium-bodied pours a dense, dark straw color which offers a mild hop bitterness followed by a slightly crisp hoppy character. If you can get your hands on Kotayk, I would highly recommend it for people who enjoy trying new types of beer. Check out the products page of their website to find out descriptions of the following types of beverages that the Kotayk brewery makes besides the Lager. Here is the list Kotayk bitter, Kotayk Tshani, Kotayk Alcohol free, Erebuni, Kotayk Moscowyan, Kotayk Water, Kotayk Water, Limo Apple, Limo Rapberry, Limo Cream Soda, Limo Estragon, Limo Chocolate, Limo Lemon, Limo Orange, Limo Pear.
HISTORY:
The KOTAYK Brewery was built by a Czechoslovak company in 1974 during the Soviet age with a view to satisfying the demand of beer of the Caucasian population. Due to its high production capacity of 500 000 hl, the KOTAYK Brewery supplanted the small breweries from neighborhood by offering to the Armenian, Georgian, Azeri and Russian consumers a high-standard beer produced with the last developments of the Czechoslovak technology in the domain. Since the Armenian independence, this brewery has been affected by the same problems that jeopardized the whole country. In 1996, the owners of the brewery were eventually aware that they would not be able to face alone the lack of funds and the technological deficiency of their company. That was the reason why they looked for a western partner to assist them to face the new challenge of the year 2000. Thanks to its broad international experience, the French group Castel, which had already been very successful in Africa, Russia and Asia, got the bargain because of its know-how. The investment of Castel group (18 million dollars) was one of the first and the most important investments realized in 1997 by a foreign company in Armenia.
AWARDS:
Argentina 2003 – “Golden Medal for Quality & Service”
New York 2001 – Premium Quality Award
France – 2001 Abovyan Brewery. Gold medal
Moscow – 1999,2001,2002, 2003 Beer “Kotayk”
Madrid 1999 – International Platinum Star For Quality.
Madrid 2000 – Diamond Star For Quality
Yerevan 2001 – Beer “Kotayk”. Gold medal
Yerevan 2003 – ”Armprodexpo”. “Kotayk”. Gold medal
Yerevan 2002 – ”Armprodexpo”. Abovyan. Gold medal
Yerevan 1999 – Gold Medal for High Quality
Yerevan 2000 – Beer “Erebuni”. Gold medal
Yerevan 2003 ” – “Moscowyan”. Gold medal
Yerevan 2003” – ’Limo Rapberry’’. Gold medal
Yerevan 2003 – ‘’Limo Estragon’’. Gold medal
Yerevan 2003 – ”Armprodexpo”. “Erebuni”. Grand Prix
Yerevan 2000 – Beer “Kotayk”. Gold medal
The products of Kotayk Brewery are exported to many countries of the world, such as the United-States, France, Germany, Lebanon, Australia, England as well as to Russian Federation, Turkmenistan and other CIS countries.
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