Cuse 31-Cincy 7.....

Go Cuse!

6-2 baby!

Stand mixer-white bread......

I love bread. 

I really love bread.

I love it warm out of the oven with butter.

If you've followed this blog at all that will come as no big surprise.

Upside Down Pizza.......

Just when you think you've made every variation of pizza known to man you get lucky.

I ran across an article on Upside Down Pizza on  Slice (Click Here for link)  yesterday and in the interest of celebrating National Pizza Month (again), I made my own version last night.

NPM......

or National Pizza Month coverage continues with a  sweet looking blog I ran across today.  

If you're in the Syracuse area and appreciate pizza like this foodie does, you'll want to check out the Pizza Geek's Syracuse NY Pizza Blog and Reviews.  

Click Here to go to Pizza Geeks Blog 

Great coverage and reviews. 

Even if you're 175 miles away like me it's good reading for the pizza obsessed.

Pizza @ Kate's......

Last night we had a pizza free for all at Kate's place on the Lake, and what a place it is!

Cuse, Cuse, Cuse!

Cuse beats West Virginia 19-14. 

Huge win for the Orange!!!!!

Go Orange!

Tupper Cheese Steaks.....

Alright, you see a round steak on sale at Shaheen's IGA-It's a nice lookin' piece of meat, but it ain't a Delmonico.

On the other hand it'd be good for something, and that something I decided was Philly Cheese Steaks.

Experimental Pizza Dough......

Can't disclose the details, it's top secret, but the results were good.

Cuse beats South Florida!

I'd be remiss not to note this- Syracuse beat the Bulls of South Florida today, on the road baby!

Cuse is 4-1 for the first time in a long time. 

Go Cuse!

Lisa G's......

Took a tiny road trip today to Lake Placid-

When we got there I wondered why. 

Octoberfest at  Whiteface, and Buy 1 get 2 free sales at Bass Shoes.  I'm not much of a claustrophobe, but I like my space, hell, that's why I live in the sticks.  So, what was I doing here with all these tourists?

First, it'd been a while since the better half and I had gone on a day trip, and Placid is close. Somehow I'd forgotten about the zillion tourists that come here and drive our economy (and please don't stop coming).

So we see a sign at the Bass Outlet, Buy One-Get Two Free (shoes and boots), needless to say we were going there. 
We were THERE!

Parking in Lake Placid sucks bigtime, but we managed to find a spot in the Municipal lot just behind the lot where the Blue Mt. Museum was going to build a branch, for lack of a better word. Economic downturn killed that idea. Now it's just another eyesore, where there used to be a nice little church, but I digress.....

On the bright side, you can use your debit card to buy your parking ticket. $1.00 an hour and you get to drop a bunch of money downtown-beautiful!  So you pay to shop-gotta love it!

We went shoppin' and the better half scored 3 pairs of boots at a decent price. Me, I just dodged tourists, left and right.....

So finally we decided to grab some lunch, and what better place than Lisa G's.  Heading out of Placid towards the Horseshow grounds and Ski Jumps, it's right at the bottom of the hill.  

We've been going there for the better part of the last 10 years and have enjoyed it every single time.

Here's some pics from Lisa's....

 

Evidently there's some Steeler's fans there.

The back deck and patio is awesome. After we ate, we spent around an hour just basking in the sun. 

It had warmed up enough to hang out, and hang out we did.....

So it's October 3rd in the Adirondacks, but check out these flowers that were still in bloom on their patio.\

Alexis, I believe.........

You think Georgia O'Keefe would like that one?

Oh, back to lunch-the better half had an Oriental Salad and I had a sliced prime rib sammy on a toasted baguette. They bring out a toasted baguette and real butter for an app if you didn't order one. The food was superb, as always. The wait staff was professional and courteous.  I give Lisa G's the highest rating Tupper Cooks gives- ummm that'd be (wait I trying to come up with a rating system)  5 Tuppers! There, I did it.  I'll have to explain the rating system later, but 5 is the highest one can achieve.

I did go a little camera crazy- but once again, the flowers and surrounding plants that were still looking fresh in October, blew me away.

Well it ain't a plant, but the colors in the maple were nice......

Not sure what-but they're not frozen yet!

My girl.........

Not a bad day........I think I'd do it again........

National Pizza Month.......

Yes, October is National Pizza Month!  

I read it on the internet, so it must be true........
Click here for link at SLICE. 

With that in mind, we'll have to cook up some special pies this month.

Before we do that let's review.

Here's some of our favorite pies from the past 10 months......

Cheese pie at Little Italy in Tupper Lake. Great pie.

And others I've made at home and camp...

Fresh basil, tomato and onion....

Cheese......

Not sure what happened to the crust......

Pepperoni, of course...

Half and half (peppers and onions and pepperoni).....

My buddy Steve's pizza on the Weber....

Grilled pizza is reallly good.......

Homemade sauce, feta, onion, tomato, pancetta.......

And on and on.....

Some come on kids, let's celebrate National Pizza Month!