SMELTS!!

smelts are my new favorite food with a beer.. right up there with hard boiled eggs and pickled pigs skin.. we picked up a pound at the farmers market for under $2 and left the head on, bones and guts intact.. really didnt do anything other than dredge them in corn meal, fry them and sprinkle with a little salt, fresh blk pepper, and lime.. amazingly satisfying

street vendors in portland...

all over downtown portland are these parking lots filled with street vendors selling ethnic food from every corner of earth.. great stuff.. my spicy chicken for $6 was the perfect cure for a hangover...