Wookin' pa nub... and recipes

I know what you're looking for.

Thanks to the wonders of the web age (such as site statistics), I can now confirm all kinds of suspicions that would have been simple conjecture back the early days of blogging.

I know, for example, how many of you are reading this piece right now. (Not many, since I know that most of you don't really read blogs like this on the weekends.) I know that a lot of you sneak peeks during the workday. I know that a whole heaping bunch of you use Google to do your searching and you're checking out the web on a Windows machine with Internet Explorer.

I know how you got here, and according to my the data provided by hosting client, I get the tiniest inkling of what was through your head right before you got here.

Turns out, you folks are very interested in food. And sex. Very id, yes? (Also very predictable. This is the internet, after all, and it may have been created for military use and research, but it belongs to everyone now, and deep down, people are pretty attached to their vices.)

Here's a few recent searches:

how to make black walnut hull tincture (Good question. Anyone know this one?)

pierre herme chocolates in paris (Clearly a web user with good taste and deep pockets.)

patel brothers in nyc (Here's Patel's in Minneapolis and Patel Brothers in Queens.)

mahnomin porridge recipe (I wish I knew. I'll do some research and post the results.)

bad things that christopher columbus did (You should probably check the Wikipedia entry.)

organic hot chocolate reviews (Try Dagoba)

n.y. style spiedie marinade recipe (Links to recipes plus sandwich history here.)

cooking huitlacoche rice recipe (I don't have one. But you can find one here.)

wasted drunk (Sorry. I got nothin' for ya.)

apocalypse kit (No foodie should let an apocalypse start before they buy these things.)

aphrodisiac ingredient list (Check with this book.)

tomato haiku (Simple. Efficient. Elegant. Tomato Haiku is my medium of choice.)

tomato and watermelon salad (Far tastier than you'd guess.)

holy shit a talking muffin (Yay! My favorite muffin joke!)

And, quite surprisingly, these are the most popular searches of all...

miss ginsu (Aw, thanks!)

what is kritamo (A valid question. A valid answer here.)

marshmallowy treats (Maybe marshmallowy Peeps?)

how to make wild lard and recipes (This was a strangely popular search for Canadians. A terrific lard tutorial [how often do you get to say that?] can be found on An Obsession with Food)

bona calda recipe (Find both garlic love and bona calda info here.)

You guys like strange things. And it seems like you enjoy learning. Bully for you. I'm all for that.

With all this in mind, you can be sure I'll continue peeking into the dimly lit corners of the world, unearthing more recipes, tutorials and sources for strange and wonderful foods. You're on your own for the sex and drinkin'.