January 1, 2012 New Back in Blech!
Everyone is starting off the New Year on a positive note. Here at Late Nite Adobo, we’re going against the grain by: 1) Updating the blog in 10-month intervals, and 2) Reviewing a Thanksgiving-themed product well beyond recommended consumer-based ad campaign guidelines. 
November 23rd will forever be remembered for The Thanksgiving Gumball Experiments of 2011. A slow day at work sparked curiosity to try a gag gift, which was received with an expeditious frowny face.
Hypothesis: The Thanksgiving gumballs as individuals will not shine in flavor, nor Thanksgivingness. However, as with a traditional Thanksgiving meal, the sum of all the components as a whole will bring together the true essence of Thanksgiving – in gum form.
Procedures:
1) Try turkey flavored gumball.
2) Try pumpkin pie flavored gumball.
3) Try cranberry sauce flavored gumball.
4) Try all 3 flavored gumballs together.
Data/Results: The turkey flavored gumball were the worst out of all of them, resembling the aftertaste of vomit after a night of drinking vodka and eating chicken nuggets. The pumpkin pie was quite yummy, but tasted more like maple syrup more than anything. The same kinda thing with the cranberry sauce- sugary sweet, but vague as to what magical fruit it was derived from. All 3 together were a party in my mouth that I wouldn’t want to invite anybody to. The medley of salty/sweet/tangy fused together into something only a child would eat in an elementary school cafeteria after being triple-dog-dared into submission. And as with most gumballs, the flavor lasts all but 30 seconds or so, depending on the ratio of chewing speed per amount of gum in mouth.
Conclusion: Remember Big League Chew? I’m pretty sure it’s not a gateway drug to tobacco use. Buy that instead. Should all acquaintance be forgot? Heavens no. Should all Thanksgiving Gumballs be forgot? The triple-dog-dared child inside of me says a resounding “Yes.”
Tags: candy, Gumballs, Holidays, Spherical Meat Products, Thanksgiving, Wacky
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March 21, 2011 Edible Giant Toasted Leafcutter Ants
by Bananaketchup
What just makes that little darn ant, think he could move a rubber tree plant? Umm…My guess would be to avoid being lightly salted, toasted, and made into a Columbian snack. 
From the creators of such delicacies as Canned Unicorn Meat, the wizards at Think Geek give us Edible Giant Toasted Leafcutter Ants. Doing my best Andrew Zimmern impression (short of shaving my head bald), I dive into the wonderful world of bizarre foods.
For some reason, I was anticipating a big mason jar full of ants, suitable for wannabe Pokemon trainers of all ages. The jar is pretty small, with maybe 15-20 ants per freshness-sealed container.
These leafcutter ants are definitely not your everyday, generic army ants that invade your grandma’s kitchen craving pie. Each individual ant is HUGE and intimidating. Before munching down on one, I had one of those “What am I doing with my life?” moments of existentialism.
Thankfully (or unthankfully if you’re into insect-flavored Gushers), the abdomen section didn’t explode in my mouth with ant guts when I bit into one, as I feared. The texture is crispy and somewhat chewy. The ants indeed have a nutty, smokey, bacon-like flavor. If I did a blind taste test, I would probably guess they were krill shrimp cooked with bacon salt, but then again there’s a lingering aftertaste that screams “cree-ee-ee-py crawler!” 
Even though I would go as far to say that the taste was actually good, I just can’t picture eating handfulls of ants as a snack on movie night. That would make a midnight screening of Never Say Never even more awkward than it should be. Half the battle is getting over that little voice in your head telling you that you’re eatting a bug that once happily roamed the earth, collecting leaves that were probably used to build a summer vacation home for his tiny ant family. Poor poor Timmy the Ant.
Tags: Amazon, Bugs, Columbian, Creepy Crawlers, delicacies, Edible Giant Toasted Leafcutter Ants, exotic foods, Insects, snacks, Think Geek
January 21, 2011 Under the Sea!
by Bananaketchup
G & M Restaurant & Lounge
804 Hammonds Ferry Road
Linthicum Heights, MD 21090
Crabs. Is there anything they can’t do? If The Little Mermaid is any indication…not much. Nevertheless, what better way to celebrate singing, dancing crustaceans than to have some crab cakes?
To the G & M Restaurant and Lounge we go!
G & M serves the biggest Maryland all-lump crab cakes I’ve ever seen. Not quite as big as Giada De Laurentiis’ head — they’re about the size of half a softball, or a partially destroyed Death Star replica. The best thing about these crab cakes is they’re all crab, with barely any filler. It’s pretty much all the best parts of eating crab without any of the messy work of using Thor’s hammer to crack open shells. 
And the taste? Melt-in-your-mouth delicious. The Old Bay seasoning complimented the crab cakes, not taking away any of the sweet, delicate flavor of the meat, and I think the binding to keep the crab cake together had some of the yummy orange fatty “roe” stuff from inside the crab, which added a subtle, creamy richness.
Despite the iffyness of Sebastian’s shell color relative to the shell color of most live crabs, if you’re a seafood lover visiting the Baltimore area, you should definitely check out the G & M Restaurant and Lounge. And now, it’s time to sing and dance!
Tags: Baltimore, Crab Cakes, G & M Restaurant & Lounge, Maryland, seafood, Thor’s Hammer
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