The Pawtuxet General™

Welcome in! Send us a text. We'd love to hear from you! You asked for it - and we delivered, more weird food: Vegetarian Chopped Liver , made with green beans. Also, this week in horror, we will get "real."  We're going to talk about Hurricanes in New England.   There's something to fear.  May as well knock back the drink of the same name, The Hurricane Cocktail . Enjoy!  E...

Welcome in! Send us a text. We'd love to hear from you! We've got great tomatoes and we're going to show you 3 ways to stuff 'em!  Knock back a tomato cocktail and let's talk about lightning! Electromagnetic Pinball Museum Pinball restoration and preservation museum arcade, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I...

Welcome in! Send us a text. We'd love to hear from you! All we have left to say is "Huckleberry."  What is it?  How do we eat them?  Where do they come from?  We'll tell you. Also, We'll make a BBQ Pork with huckleberry sauce dish to go with our Huckleberry cocktail, to go with our huckleberry stories.  Enjoy the sunshine. Electromagnetic Pinball Museum Pinball restoration...

Welcome in! Send us a text. We'd love to hear from you! We get hearty, this summer, with a classic New England Kale Soup . Knock that meal back with a Sweet and Sour Martini ( we made it up and it's amazing).  Enjoy those snacks while we tell you a tale of tragic love and dramatic ghosts, in the woeful tale of Hannah Robinson and learn why there is a tower at the beach with her name on it...

Welcome in! Send us a text. We'd love to hear from you! Shrub! Shrub! Shrub N'gurath!  No, but, seriously, we have a lot to say about shrubs (not shrubbery. It's a shrub - you drink it). We'll also tell you how to stuff your ball squash. Also, we'll tell you about a spooky but amazing cat, who could predict your doom.  So, welcome in! Electromagnetic Pinball Museum Pinball...

Welcome in! Send us a text. We'd love to hear from you! Get seasonal! We'll light you up and cool you off with a watermelon basil margarita, before we stuff you with pesto - Then, we'll chill you with Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado." Tune into this one - you won't be sorry. Electromagnetic Pinball Museum Pinball restoration and preservation museum arca...

Welcome in! Send us a text. We'd love to hear from you! We're back! We hope you were hungry, because we brought a ton of iced cream - and we're going to tell you all about its history.  We'll also cool you down with a batch of whipped frozen limeade to sip on, as we regale you with the hosts and haunts of Seaview Terrace. Enjoy! Electromagnetic Pinball Museum Pinball restoration...

Welcome in! Send us a text. We'd love to hear from you! This week, we, literally, take you for a walk from farm to table, as we patrol our local Farmers' Market, in search of the best seasonal local ingredients, to make the best summer bacon potato salad with egg . This is for serious snackers only.  AND, a cucumber mint lemonade, with tequila to make your mouth sing with joy.  We'll...

Welcome in! Send us a text. We'd love to hear from you! Greetings!  Come and drink a rattleskull (a drink) and lean about what it is to make and a flummery (a snack). We'll also chill you and thrill you with the thrilling conclusion of " The Shunned House ."   Electromagnetic Pinball Museum Pinball restoration and preservation museum arcade, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island Disclaimer...

Welcome in! Send us a text. We'd love to hear from you! This week, we'll learn, together, about the miracle food, known as Swiss Chard , or in our case Rainbow Chard . We'll get to know more about the Pina Colada , hold the rain, and we'll delve deep into Chapter 4 of HP Lovecraft's "The Shunned House!" Electromagnetic Pinball Museum Pinball restoration and preser...

Welcome in! Send us a text. We'd love to hear from you! Welcome in!  Let's talk about ZOMBIES (the drink) and Clam Strips (the snack)! And, we'll hit you with "The Shunned House" Part 3. So grab a snack and curl up. You won't be sorry! Electromagnetic Pinball Museum Pinball restoration and preservation museum arcade, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island Electromagnetic Pinball*...

Welcome in! Send us a text. We'd love to hear from you! The basics of Gaspee haute cuisine: Gelatin shots and BBQ drumsticks.  Also, "The Shunned House" Part II.  Enjoy! Electromagnetic Pinball Museum Pinball restoration and preservation museum arcade, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no e...

Welcome in! Send us a text. We'd love to hear from you! Drink a "Radler!" Learn how to make a Tiramisu, and listen to the the story of HP Lovecraft's "The Shunned House." Listen up! You won't be sorry! Electromagnetic Pinball Museum Pinball restoration and preservation museum arcade, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you...

Welcome in! Send us a text. We'd love to hear from you! We'll cook a merganser. We'll drink a strange juice. We'll tell you a ghost story about a monster in an old church. Let's get weird. Enjoy! Also, welcome in our newest Patron, Jagaimo!   Electromagnetic Pinball Museum Pinball restoration and preservation museum arcade, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island Disclaimer: This post c...

Welcome in! Send us a text. We'd love to hear from you! Try some Gaspee flavor for Gaspee days!  If you don't know what a Gaspee Day is, this is the place for you!  If you DO know what a Gaspee is, this is the place for you!  We will have 3 revolutionary cocktails, We will make some 1776 Dumplings, and we tell you about how Edgar Alan Poe's Ghost pines, through Providence, for his lo...

Welcome in! Send us a text. We'd love to hear from you! The deep dark chocolate brownie recipe.  Cosmo's famous "Dirty Shirley," loosens us up, while we take a tour of the haunts and history of Sprague Mansion! Enjoy! Electromagnetic Pinball Museum Pinball restoration and preservation museum arcade, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If yo...

Welcome in! Send us a text. We'd love to hear from you!  This time, we will stuff shells .  We will make a " Dirty Caecilian" Martini and we will listen to the ultimate conclusion to HP Lovecraft's "The Rats in the Walls! " Welcome in!  Electromagnetic Pinball Museum Pinball restoration and preservation museum arcade, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island Disclaimer: This post co...

Welcome in! Send us a text. We'd love to hear from you! Welcome in!  We're back with a Cinqo De Mayo cheer and Spicy Margaritas !  We'll teach you the ways of the "Johnny Cake," a Rhode Island Tradition, and the penultimate reading of HP Lovecraft's "The Rats in the Walls." Part IV. Enjoy!  Electromagnetic Pinball Museum Pinball restoration and preservation m...

Welcome in! Send us a text. We'd love to hear from you! Welcome in!  We're back with a local favorite: The Clam Cake .  The history, the making of, the eating of.  Wash 'em down with a Rhode Island Red Cocktail and get scared of "The Rats in the Walls" Part III. Electromagnetic Pinball Museum Pinball restoration and preservation museum arcade, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island Dis...

Welcome in! Send us a text. We'd love to hear from you!  This week, we will show you the marvel and delights of "The Ultimate Lasagna."  We will wash that back with a Lemon shrub, while we scurry with "The Rats in the Walls" Part II.  Enjoy!  Electromagnetic Pinball Museum Pinball restoration and preservation museum arcade, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island Disclaimer: This post c...

Welcome in! Send us a text. We'd love to hear from you! TRIGGER WARNINGS : Cooked scary things, We will teach the horrors of fried calf's brains, lamb tongue, and mean old coot.  Those are real things to eat. On the reasonable side, we'll talk about the best way to keep your bread feeding you, well past day-old.  We'll sip a Singapore Sling or two, while we woo you to HP Lovecra...

Welcome in! Send us a text. We'd love to hear from you! Greetings, friends and neighbors!  This week, we will make a ginger-carrot soup to go with our spicy rum punch. We'll weave tales of Pawtuxet's older ghosts, and we'll top it off with some frosting. Enjoy! Electromagnetic Pinball Museum Pinball restoration and preservation museum arcade, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island Buzzsprou...

Welcome in! Send us a text. We'd love to hear from you! Flashback to the 80s with us, and we'll teach you about great guacamole, Phillipe and Jorge's Chicken a la Leo's. And, we'll drink an Irish Old Fashioned, as we tell you a harrowing tale of Jess' trouble in Kennedy Plaza and explore the history of the old haunted Biltmore Hotel!  It's a good one, this week. Y...

Welcome in! Send us a text. We'd love to hear from you! We will give you the secrets of The Pawtuxet General's own Vegan Spinach pizza strips. (No real vegans were harmed). We will teach you all about gin and how medicinal this stuff really is. And, we will take a local history lesson - about how the Gaspee burning changed the face of America (and England). Electromagnetic Pinball Museum...

Welcome in! Send us a text. We'd love to hear from you! We're "all in" for the secret booty: The Rhode Island pizza strip secrets.  We'll get into some fishy martinis, the kind you can eat and the kind you can drink - and we'll talk about the real pirate booty (Captain Kidd's), right here in Rhode Island, and the Gloucester Ghoul, who guards it! Cranston Herald ht...