Braunschweiger

What great food is best described as the food of the Gods?

There are many really great eats out there that are epic, or shall I say "Legend- Dary" including: Pizza, Beer (not a food, but if consumed enough, can become major source of vitamins), Sushi, Peanut Butter, and Hot dogs. But of all those great eats, there is one item that always wins my heart over:

BRAUNSCHWEIGER
BRAUNSCHWEIGER
BRAUNSCHWEIGER

Anywho, Braunshweiger is a liverwurst with pork liver, pork, and bacon. It tastes great on just about anything as long as it hasn't been heated. What is also great about this meat that derives from the Gods' Bosoms is that it is a rare meat that few people are aware of. On an extremely rare occasion, you may come across it at a sandwich joint.

My father first introduced me to Braunschweiger when I was a child; going on nice hikes in the countryside and enjoy a thin slice paired with some crackers. When I eventually got around to college, I rediscovered my passion for this meat fulfilled with JOY and dead unicorns. With its relatively low price and its great peering with peanut butter I started making masterpiece meals. This leads me to my top five list for....

TOP FIVE BRAUNSCHWEIGER MEALS OF ALL TIME

5. Braunschweiger Sushi roll: I have never made it nor tried it, but I can still dream

4. PB & B: Peanut butter and braunschweiger sandwiched between toasted bread, preferably rye bread. Simple cheap and easy. Pico Pica optional

3. Classic on crackers: cut quarter sized slices place them on some RITZ (Must be RITZ). Maybe add some cheese and paired with a bottle of wine.

2. Horsepower Wrap: A tortilla wrap with Braunschweiger of course, bacon, avocado, swiss cheese, peanut butter, smothered in Pico Pico. I just created this tonight, and I was so proud of it that I had to share.

1. The Triple-BLT: This is by far one of the greatest things I have ever created. Sure the Horsepower Wrap has a lot going for it, but that is its flaw; too much competing flavors. The Triple-BLT has Braunschweiger, Bacon, and Bologna toped with thinly sliced lettuce and juicy tomatoes drizzled with olive oil, salt, and pepper. I hope I go down in fame for this one.

The Plan

Well here is the plan: To summit The Tooth within two weeks.

For obvious reasons, I would like to make an epic summit in a day of clear skies and clear crowds: both of which are hard to come by in Seattle. So the goal is to leave work early on a weekday, roughly 2:30-ish and get to the summit of The Tooth before sunset for a relatively safe decent in dim light. The Idea is that weekends are notorious for obnoxious crowds, and there are only a couple of days a week that are sunny (even though it is mid-June, the NorthWest does not realize that it is summer); so a supposedly sunny weekday evening run up the mountain will definitely give me my fix of Nature's mountaineering blissfulness.

This week I will head up after work and hike to the base of the climb to assess the approach and climbing route. That way I will get an idea of how long of an approach and how difficult of a climb The Tooth will be. If this turns out in my favor, I will make an afterwork summit attempt next week when the weather is more agreeable.

In other news. I have been a weekend warrior climber. Roughly 50/50 sport/trad. I have been fortunate enough to be the lead climber for this season except that I had to top-rope a route this weekend in order to clean the chains. I have been working as an accountant with the Red Cross and a Sales representative with REI putting in roughly 46 to 65 hours a week. Over the next couple of months I might either become really crazy, or I will be too busy to think about it.

Piece.

NewBelgium

I know this blog is in much need for an entry, but I just want to point out how sad I am that:

A.New Belgium Brewery has removed the artwork from a small portion of their beers.

B.It was my worst ski season ever. Living in the Northwest equals Wet snow if your lucky if it snows at all. I got four days in this season; my worst since I started at age nine. The bright side is that climbing season starts really early here, so climb on.

Peace.