Here is an index of some ongoing series on the blog.
Dual/Duel Reviews
Ice Cream Summer--an ongoing series chronicling the ice cream we made at home in the summer of 2022.
Dual/Duel Reviews
- Beers: Sweet Baby Jesus vs. For Pete's Sake
- Board Games: Azul vs. Sagrada
- Bond, James Bond satires
- British Sci Fi Flicks from the 1950s
- Christmas Beers 2012--Caesar Augustus vs. Wonky Donkey
- Cookies and Carrots (though not against each other)
- Dark Horse Super Sampler vs. Dark Horse Vampire Sampler
- Dracula times 2--Christopher Lee plays him twice
- Eastwood on Alcatraz: The Enforcer vs. Escape from Alcatraz
- French Femmes Fight for Fame (Amelie vs. Le vie en rose)
- The Haunting vs. The Haunting of Hill House
- Home Invasion Thrillers (Don't Breathe vs. Hush)
- James Bond Spoofs Austin Powers vs. Our Man Flint
- Juan of the Dead movie trailer vs. World War Z movie trailer
- Little Mermaid vs. Ponyo
- Max Brooks' Zombie Survival Guide vs. Daniel H. Wilson's How to Build a Robot Army
- Max Brooks' Zombie Survival Guide vs. Roger Ma's Zombie Combat Manual
- Max Brooks' Zombie Survival Guide vs. Max Brooks' Zombie Survival Guide Recorded Attacks graphic novel
- Nosferatwo--F. W. Murnau's 1920's expressionism vs. Werner Herzog's 1970s existentialism
- Pat the Bunny vs. Pat the Zombie
- Robocop from the 1980s vs. Robocop from the 2010s
- Scones vs. croissants
- St. Patrick's Day/St. Joseph's Day dinners 2015--who has the better cuisine?
- Titanic movies
- True Grit: The Duke vs. The Dude
- Uno Roboto vs. Uno in a Dalek
- Wafer wars
- X-Men Days of Future Past book vs. movie
Howard County Pirate Adventures (check out their web site)
- December 2020--The Jolly Journey of Jeffers Hill
- April 2021--The Harrowing Hunt of Hawthorn
- May 2021--The Dread Doubloons of Dickinson
- June 2021--The Jewels of Jib-Sheet John
- July 2021--The Colors of Clemens Crossing
- August 2021--We missed it this month!
- Part I--Vanilla, Strawberry, Reese's Pieces/Peanut M&Ms, and Sea Food (vanilla with blue dye, Swedish fish, and gummi sharks)
- Part II--Whoppers, Basic Chocolate, Lemonade slushie, and Cookie Dough
- Part III--Premium Vanilla, Chocolate-Covered pretzel, and S'mores
- Part IV--Chai ice cream and Chocolate Malted (i.e. Whoppers without the name brand candy)
- Part V--Cheesecake ice cream and Vanilla Malted
- Part VI--Pina Colada and Trail Mix (a rocky road variant)
- Part VII--Butter Pecan, Chocolate Malted (with different chocolate), and improved Strawberry
- Part VIII--Chocolate Marshmallow, Chocolate Reeses Pieces, Cinnamon Graham Cracker
- Part IX--Cookies and Cream, Chocolate Peanut Butter, Milk Dud
- Part X--Banana Pudding, Mint Chocolate Chip, Peanut Butter Graham
Naughts and Zeds--an ongoing series of posts on the differences between language, culture, and everyday items in America and in Britain.
- BBC News Olympics copies me!
- Black Friday--not the same in the USA as in the UK!
- Britishisms in America--a blog that helps describe terminology we Americans borrowed from the British
- Chocolate Edition--which candy bar is the same in America and the UK? Your choices are Milky Way, Snickers, or Mars Bar!
- Cotton-Sticking Problem--how to find cotton on the end of a stick in England.
- Drink Driving--in America it's "drunk driving," in England it's "drink driving"
- Easter Bunny vs. Easter Eggs--what's more popular when in the spring-time candy aisle
- Eggs-sell-ent--how the sale of eggs is different in both countries
- Fool's Edition--what's a fool in America isn't the same as a fool in England
- How Much Medicine--measuring fluids in milliliters and teaspoons
- Mother's Day/Father's Day--how they are celebrated differently
- Peek-a-boo or Peepo--what's the name of the kids' game?
- Spelling--Grammar Girl on the color/colour conundrum
- Strawberries, punnet of--how many is that again?
- Valentine's Day--almost exactly the same except for one little difference
- Veterans' Day/Remembrance Day--how it is celebrated, at least by us in 2012
One Ingredient Challenge--an ongoing series where we try a recipe from scratch. Every ingredient on the list must not have its own list of ingredients. For example, we couldn't use Italian Seasoning since that is a mixture of thyme, oregano, basil, etc. We'd start with thyme and oregano and basil separately to concoct a delicious dish.
- Chicken Stock
- Clotted Cream
- Cocoa--Lucy wants a snack!
- Fizzy Fruit--carbonating grapes, blueberries, blackberries, and strawberries!
- Granola bars--a failure!?!
- Macaroons--Christmas-style, though not quite single ingredients
- Pain de Campagne--awesome bread!
- Rosary Bread--pray and eat at the same time!
- Vanilla Extraction Part I--We mix ingredient to make our own vanilla extract (cheaper than store-bought)
- Vanilla Extraction Part II--Three months later, we try out the extract
Pumpkin Beers
- 2023 Edition
- 2024 Edition
Rams Head World Beer Club--Sadly, our local Rams Head Tavern at Savage Mill has closed, so this series will be on hiatus for a while.
- Initial Post
- January 2019
- February/March 2019
- Summer 2019
- Fall 2019
- One beer on our way to Ocean City
The Sequel Was Better? A series of reviews looking at famous movies with sequels that are considered, rightly or wrongly, to be better than the original movies. Typically, sequels are a step down in quality, acting, and/or production value. But not always.
- Alien vs. Aliens
- Batman and Batman Returns
- Batman Begins and The Dark Knight
- Dr. No and From Russia With Love
- The Evil Dead and Evil Dead II
- Frankenstein and The Bride of Frankenstein
- The Godfather and The Godfather: Part II
- Mad Max and The Road Warrior
- Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture and Stark Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
- Star Wars Episodes I and II
- Star Wars Episodes IV and V
- The Terminator and T2: Judgment Day
- Toy Story and Toy Story 2
War of the Christmas Novelty Ales
- 2011 edition (from England)
- 2012 edition (only two British contenders!)
- 2013 edition (another two-fer)
- 2014 edition (first American edition)
- 2015 edition (a bumper crop with some British imports)
- 2016 edition
- 2017 edition
- 2018 edition
- 2019 edition
- 2020 edition
- 2021 editions
- 2022, where were you? Not on my blog, alas!
- 2023 edition
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