Sing Along Snacks: Fruitcake

It's never too early or too late for a snack, so crank up that volume on your computer.

 

The holidays are here and if you haven't made your fruitcake yet it might be too late. But don't worry, here is a catchy little B-52's inspired ode to those rum-soaked, fruit studded doorstops known as FRUITCAKE!

Happy Holidays

They are all nuts,
Citrus peel, lots of stuff,
Add what you feel!
Sticks of butter, cinnamon,
Molasses, lots of dark rum, 
Artificial color, artificial flavor,
If your family don’t want it, 
Give it to a neighbor!
It’s fruit cake! 
It’s fruit cake!

Sing Along Snacks: Lost in the Supermarket

It's never too early or too late for a snack, so crank up that volume on your computer.

Get Lost in the Supermarket with The Clash. It sounds just as fresh as it did when the London Calling album was released in 1979.

"I’m all lost in the supermarket
I can no longer shop happily
I came in here for that special offer
A guaranteed personality"

Sing Along Snacks: Breakfast Club

It's never too early or too late for a snack, so crank up that volume on your computer.

Didn't we all like a big bowl of sugar with our cartoons? 

"Ooh, I love eatin' cereal / when I'm watchin' my cartoons." (All lyrics not 100% SFW, but not so bad.)

This gem was part of an excellent round-up of 13 Rap Songs About Breakfast on the fun new breakfast-obsessed site, Extra Crispy.

Sing Along Snack: Starfish and Coffee

It's never too early or too late for a snack, so crank up that volume on your computer.

Back in the CocoaVino kitchen days, a whole lotta chocolate got made to the sound of Prince. We even named a bonbon Raspberry Beret. 

The loss of Prince is a hard one to bear. Sometimes the only thing you can do is dance it out... with Muppets... and songs about food. 

Starfish and Coffee is a classic. We'll miss you, Prince.

 

Sing Along Snack: America Hipster Food Song

It's never too early or too late for a snack, so crank up that volume on your computer.

 

Oh my....We ran across this very Pet Shop Boys-esque homage to all those out there who seem more interested in taking pictures of their food than actually eating it! Listen closely to the lyrics for a few great gems such as...

I’m just a kid in a candy shop

with culinary dreams that can’t be stopped

On the search for the perfect ingredients

To post on my social medias…

.............

It's unthinkable to dine out and not record it

I want the world to know I can fucking afford it

 

 

 

Sing Along Snack: Hoy Es Domingo

It's never too early or too late for a snack, so crank up that volume on your computer.

On a recent trip to Mexico I ran across this very singable and delicious song. I must say that at first I thought it was an ad...but then I just settled in and watched, wishing I could be at any (or all!) of these fabulous Sunday tables.  Not to mention that I'll take any Sunday, or any other day for that matter, with Diego Torres & Ruben Blades!

Destapo un vino en la cocina,
y un buen asado espera en el carbón.
Aunque tengamos mil problemas, hoy descansamos de las penas,
alimentando al corazón.

Hoy, hoy es domingo,
no hay compromisos con el reloj.
Porque hoy, hoy es domingo,
no hay nada mejor.

Sing Along Snacks: Sauerkraut

It's never too early or too late for a snack, so crank up that volume on your computer.

'Tis the season for folksy kitchen fun. Riley Puckett sings about Sauerkraut from way back in 1926.

"When sauerkraut commence to smell, when ye can smell no better,
We put him in that little barrel, way down in the cellar"

We found this gem in the background of a great New York Times video about fermentation guru Sandor Katz: Sandorkraut, A Pickle Maker

 

Sing Along Snacks: Rapper's Delight

It's never too early or too late for a snack, so crank up that volume on your computer.

The Sugarhill Gang in 1979 with Rapper's Delight has a little something for everyone.

"Have you ever went over a friends house to eat
And the food just ain't no good?
The macaroni's soggy, the peas are mushed,
And the chicken tastes like wood
So you try to play it off like you think you can
By saying that you're full
And then your friend says, "Mama, he's just being polite
He ain't finished, uh-uh, that's bull!"
So your heart starts pumpin' and you think of a lie
And you say that you already ate
And your friend says "Man, there's plenty of food"
So you pile some more on your plate"

And now there's a Rapper's Delight cookbook. 

If you need some help getting your groove on, this Soul Train video of the original extended version has moves aplenty.


Sing Along Snacks: Clams Have Feelings Too

It's never too early or too late for a snack, so crank up that volume on your computer.

We don't get many Sing Along Snacks submissions, but we love it when we do. This one of NOFX's Clams Have Feelings Too is from our friend Ray at Aloha Seafood in San Francisco.

"No chowder for you, 'cause clams have feelings too
Actually they don't have central nervousness
No manhatten style, clams have the right to smile
Come to think about it, they don't have a face"

Sing Along Snack: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by the Platters might not be about food exactly, but it come to mind on summer days. This one is dedicated to all you amateur BBQ jockeys out there, standing by the grill tomorrow for the 4th of July. Happy Independence Day!

"Now laughing friends deride
Tears I cannot hide
So I smile and say
When a lovely flame dies, smoke gets in your eyes"

Sing Along Snacks: Jamaica Jamaica

It's never too early or too late for a snack, so crank up that volume on your computer.

As farmers market season gets into full swing, Brigadier Jerry sings about veggies and marketing in Jamaica Jamaica. It's like a shopping list you can dance to.

"I-man borrow my brother van
was making a truck going over these hills, man
to check my grandfather who is a farmer
Lord! who live inna Manchester area....

(He) give me 17 bunch 'a 'di green, green banana
34 pound 'a 'di Irish potatoe
55 pounds of the sweet sweet cassava
Lord, 'im neva have no tomatoe
'im neva have no tomatoe"

Sing Along Snacks: Candy

It's never too early or too late for a snack, so crank up that volume on your computer.

The Presidents of the United States rockin' some Candy in a live version at the Trocadero Theater in Philadelphia.

"Well the devil, she made sweet candy,
Took six days and nights to dream
On the seventh day she rested,
Woke up early and made ice cream
Now the devil, she must be a dentist
With deep jawbreaker eyes"

Sing Along Snacks: Champagne Charlie

It's never too early or too late for a snack, so crank up that volume on your computer.

Champagne, swells & London — a winning combination that's been on our minds as the film A Year in Champagne gets ready for its iTunes UK debut next week.

The song, above, is from the 1944 British film Champagne Charlie which takes us to the 19th century English music hall. 

 

Sing Along Snacks: Pie for Breakfast

It's never too early or too late for a snack, so crank up that volume on your computer.

San Francisco-based The Brothers Comatose sing about Pie for Breakfast, one of our favorite breakfast foods of all-time, at any time of year.

"I'm having pie for breakfast, 

the snow's comin' down,

staring out the window in a cold and distant town."

Sing Along Snacks: Jammin

It's never too early or too late for a snack, so crank up that volume on your computer.

Today we celebrate what would be Bob Marley's 70th birthday with a special Sing Along Snack that is near and dear to my heart. While this is not strictly speaking a food song, it has become a sing along tradition in my family. 

I have a blended family, complete with four amazing kids.  Every summer, they pick a veritable boat-load of plums and we make jam.  The kids even came up with a special name for this annual production: LL Plum. 

One year, while toiling over the steaming sterilization pot and pitting production line, we suggested that Graeme put on some music.  Now, everyone who knows our family is aware of our penchant for all things reggae, so it wasn't shocking that he chose to play some Bob Marley. But when Graeme started singing along "We're jammin..." while filling a jar full of plum jam, all of the girls stopped, rolled their eyes and burst out laughing. "Really Graeme? Jammin!" 

Ever since that particular jammin' episode, we always make it a point to include Bob Marley in our annual production.  We will have to wait for another Sing Along Snack day for the story of how Dillinger's "Cornbread" became part of ALL of our family road-trips.

A heartfelt Happy Earthstrong Bob Marley. 

One Love - Polly & da Easy Crew

 

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