Ketchup = Makeup 💋
Free Roadtrip Cooking Guide inside!
Good morning. T-minus 27 days until fall. Now would be a great time to Google “best US cities to visit during fall,” pick the one with the most Instagrammable pumpkin patches and start planning your next road trip!
Lamenting about the lack of a playbook to help with the planning? Well, we have one teed up for you! Our Ultimate Road Trip Guide will teach you all the Xs and Os of planning your next adventure. But thats not all… We’re giving two lucky winners a chance to win an amazing portable barista kit, loaded with all your coffee essentials along with the guide!
How it works: Refer a friend to Simmer. Both of you’ll will receive the Ultimate Road Trip Guide and have a chance to win the prize. But don’t stop at one referral —the more you rack up, the more “tickets” get entered into the raffle. We will announce the results on Friday, Sep 9th as we are taking a break next week. So…
In the food world
💄 Ketchup = makeup?: Have you ever dipped a French fry in ketchup, then carefully applied it to both lips? If so, then you're going to be very into this limited edition collaboration between Rihanna's Fenty Beauty and art collective MSCHF. "Ketchup or Makeup?" is a box of six squeezable packets that contain either lip gloss or actual ketchup which you won’t know until you rip it open.
🍗 Winging it: Prices of chicken wings, which surged during the pandemic, have now dropped below pre-Covid levels. In fact, wings are the cheapest they’ve been since 2018, mainly because no one is buying them now. When the NFL season gets going, and we all get elbows deep in Honey BBQ sauce, prices will almost certainly rise.
How to train your coffee?
Sometimes a big banner and giveaway isn’t enough. For all of those “I need to watch the trailer before going for the movie” people, here is an excerpt from our Ultimate Roadtrip Guide. We hope you turn over to the light side of the force and get sharing!
"There may be nothing better than waking up to a stunning vista and knowing that you’ve left the hustle and bustle behind. But what if you’ve also left something behind that you can’t do without — your morning coffee?
Be it from the Nespresso at home, the Starbucks on your drive to work, or the acquired taste of that free coffee at work, caffeine is an integral part of everyone’s lives. Camping without it is the kind of mistake that you only make once #yolo. Here are five different ways to make coffee when out and about. All requiring minimal equipment and negligible effort.
Instant: Probably the easiest way — heat water or milk, mix and you’re all set. And although the reputation of instant coffee is like that of Facebook’s with the DOJ, the process of making instant coffee (spray drying and freeze drying) has come a long way over the years. Here are a few options available.
French press: Be it a kiss or coffee, if instant is not your thing and you like to take things slow.. then French it up! All you need is a French Press rig. Add hot water, followed by ground coffee beans, stir and steep for 4 minutes. Plunge the press, pour and enjoy!
Americano: Americano isn’t just a fancy term for regular black coffee. It’s an espresso tempered with some hot water for a smoother taste. To make this on the road, a contraption — the moka pot — seen often in Italy suffices. Use it to make a shot of espresso, to which you simply add some hot water.
Cappuccino: This small but mighty cup is one of the most famous espresso drinks of all! Add a tsp of sugar and a shot of espresso (using the Moka pot) in a cup. Top it off with foamed milk, made by using either a handheld frother, French press or whisk.
Cold coffee: Perfect for those hot summer days after an intense hike. Simply add a cup of milk, a tsp of instant coffee (or a shot of cold espresso), 1.5 tsp sugar in a Blender Bottle and shake well. Pour the frothy, velvety cold coffee in a glass and enjoy! "
Scan & go
America runs on Goldfish: Dunkin' has teamed up with Goldfish, the cracker maker, to launch a limited edition Goldfish Dunkin' Pumpkin Spice Grahams. The results are described as offering "all the flavors of fall including notes of pumpkin, donut glaze, and warm spices” and will be available from September 1st.
Crustless pizza: If choosing between a thick and thin crust is confusing enough, Papa John’s added a third choice — no crust. Their Papa Bowls are combinations of toppings, baked and served in a bowl instead of on a crust. And unlike a slice of pizza, you won’t be judged for eating it with a fork and knife!
Girl power!: Stacy’s Pita Chips, is launching a limited-edition sweet pita snack in collaboration with Girl Scouts of the USA from September. The woman founded brand will combine the crispy thinness of Stacy’s pita thins with the chocolate-mint flavor of Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies.
Quiz
This week we take you back to school with a game of True or False. Some of these facts are true whereas the other are as fake as the bots on Twitter, as recently revealed by a former employee turned whistleblower. How many can you guess correctly?
It takes about 42 coffee beans to produce a single shot of espresso.
Caffeine is great for killing a hangover.
Women are more sensitive to caffeine than men.
Water can make or break a cup of coffee.
*Answers at the bottom
Sweet indulgences on the road
by Lauren — @mykitchenlitte
Bringing the right dessert on a roadtrip can be tricky. It should be easy to transport, simple to serve, taste good and most importantly not look like the cords of a headphone after it has spent 30 minutes in the pocket.
We called upon Lauren and her 15 years of crafting deliciously doable recipes to help solve this puzzle. Here are some great options for you to indulge on, while outdoors. After all.. everyone needs some sugar in their lives!
Strawberry Lemonade Sugar Cookies: These cookies are full of fruity flavors and beautiful to boot.
Chewy S’mores Cookies: Better than the real thing, these cookie-fied s’mores are to die for, and simple to make.
Choco-Dipped Oatmeal Cream Pies: Chewy, warmly spiced oatmeal cookies filled with sweet vanilla cream and, dipped in shiny chocolate.
Cooking tips
Tossing teeny baby potatoes in egg whites before roasting means you’ll have crispy-crackly spuds—in record time.
To rehydrate sun-dried tomatoes, soak them in hot water or stock for about 20 minutes. Make sure it’s on a gloomy day to thoroughly reverse the process.
When life gives you lemons, cut the bottom before juicing them. That way the juice runs through the fruit instead of the rind.
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Answers
True; False; False; True