Monthly Archives: February 2012

Leap Year Facts & Folklore

A leap year (or intercalary or bissextile year) is a year containing one additional day (or, in the case of lunisolar calendars, a month) in order to keep the calendar year synchronized with the astronomical or seasonal year.[1] Because seasons and astronomical events do not repeat in a whole number of days, a calendar that had the same number of days in each year would, over time, drift with respect to the event it was supposed to track. By occasionally inserting an additional day or month into the year, the drift can be corrected. A year that is not a leap year is called a common year.

In Britain and Ireland, it is a tradition that women may propose marriage only on leap years. While it has been claimed that the tradition was initiated by Saint Patrick or Brigid of Kildare in 5th century Ireland, this is dubious, as the tradition has not been attested before the 19th century.Supposedly, a 1288 law by Queen Margaret of Scotland (then age five and living in Norway), required that fines be levied if a marriage proposal was refused by the man; compensation was deemed to be a pair of leather gloves, a single rose, £1 and a kiss. In some places the tradition was tightened to restricting female proposals to the modern leap year day, February 29, or to the medieval (bissextile) leap year day, February 24.

 

Davy Jones on a Pizza Hut Commercial

As we continue to mourn the passing of Davy Jones today (my mother just texted me her sorry – she still had a steady crush on him for 35 years) let’s take a look at this humorous Pizza Hut commercial from the early 90s. While Ringo Starr stars in the bulk of the commercial, Davy Jones and two of the other Monkees get the punchline!

One Fat Frog • 11473 S. Orange Blossom Trail • Orlando, FL • 407-480-3409

Cafe Equipment List; Refurbished Cafe Equipment

If you’ve been thinking about opening up your own cafe or looking to upgrade your existing one or maybe if cafe equipment just gets you randy, come into One Fat Frog Restaurant Equipment and check out the wide variety of refurbished cafe equipment. One Fat Frog Restaurant Equipment gets truckload after truckload of used cafe equipment in every week amongst the mountains of used commercial restaurant equipment, so come in fast before it’s gone!

Espresso machines, airport/thermal brewers, tea brewers, decanter brewers, grinders, panini grills, refrigerators, freezers, undercounter refrigerators, Vita-mix blenders, frozen drink machines, airpots, coffee decanters, grab and go coolers, and of course cafe furniture.

One Fat Frog Restaurant Equipment is the only dealer in the nation with its own in-house finance manager. This gives One Fat Frog Restaurant Equipment an edge when it comes to getting you financed for your first cafe or second or third.. No matter what shape your credit is in the One Fat Frog Restaurant Equipment finance manager can get you approved for the cafe equipment you need! One Fat Frog Restaurant Equipment also welcomes quick cash and package deals for cafe equipment. Come into One Fat Frog Restaurant Equipment today and give us all the coffee.

One Fat Frog • 11473 S. Orange Blossom Trail • Orlando, FL • 407-480-3409

Yer Gonna Love These Used Prep Tables

Turn off your walkman, jump into your Gremlin, and come check out the ridiculous selection of used refrigerated prep tables at One Fat Frog Restaurant Equipment! One Fat Frog Restaurant Equipment just got in a grip of used refrigerated prep tables, perfect for storing the heaps of prep items you would normally just pile up on the floor where your server monkeys can mess it up. You can even dance on these refrigerated prep tables. You’re gonna love One Fat Frog Restaurant Equipment’s refrigerated prep tables!

One Fat Frog Restaurant Equipment just got in a ton of used refrigerated prep tables from brands like Delfield, Victory, True, Hobart, and Cold Tech. Sizes of used refrigerated prep tables range from 27″ to 93″. There are used refrigerated pizza prep tables and used sandwich prep tables. Refrigerated prep tables with raised backs and cutting boards. One Fat Frog Restaurant Equipment offers free custom cutting boards as well.

One Fat Frog Restaurant Equipment offers and easy financing plan open to established restaurant owners as well as people who have never been in the restaurant business. No one will be turned away from the One Fat Frog Restaurant Equipment financing plan. One Fat Frog Restaurant Equipment welcomes quick cash deals as well as package deals towards the entire stock of used commercial restaurant equipment – including the used refrigerated prep tables mentioned above.

One Fat Frog • 11473 S. Orange Blossom Trail • Orlando, FL • 407-480-3409

Angela Lansbury on What’s My Line

Here’s Angela Lansbury’s appearance on the classic game show WHAT’S MY LINE. God bless YouTube – there are so many hilarious clips from WHAT’S MY LINE, the Salvador Dali clip is downright hysterical, but Angela holds her own to in a high-pitched, bizarro voice.

FREE COOKIE DAY AT SUBWAY! AND ONE!

Following up the tragic news of Davy Jones’ death is some incredible and delicious news: IT’S FREE COOKIE DAY AT SUBWAY! Go into Subway, place any order, and get a cookie for free. And since it’s a leap year, making today still February, you get a bonus day for Subway’s FIVE DOLLAR FOOT LONG MONTH! BOOOOOONUS!

PS: “Five Dollar Foot Long” was my nickname is middle school.

One Fat Frog • 11473 S. Orange Blossom Trail • Orlando, FL • 407-480-3409

RIP Davy Jones: Singer & Star of The Monkees

We’re sad to report that Davy Jones, longtime singer of the Monkees and actor, has died at age 66 from a heart attack. This is a total bummer, especially since Mr. Jones was still pretty young. I was too young to experience Monkees Fever while it was happening, but I used to watch the reruns of their television show on Nick at Night just about every night. Is there anyone over 25 who doesn’t know the Monkees TV theme? Then there’s their totally insane, beautiful film HEAD from 1968. God, I love that movie. And, of course, one of the classic episodes of the BRADY BUNCH in which Marsha stalks Davy until he agrees to perform at her prom. Music, television, movies – what couldn’t Davy do?!

RIP Davy!

One Fat Frog • 11473 S. Orange Blossom Trail • Orlando, FL • 407-480-3409

Used Taylor Soft Serve Machine; Soft Serve Maintenance Tips

Just arrived at the One Fat Frog Restaurant Equipment Super Mega Warehouse in Orlando is a fantastic used Taylor soft serve machine. This is a single phase soft serve machine that has been cleaned, refurbished, and tested by the One Fat Frog Restaurant Equipment staff of in-house technicians. C’mon, this is Florida – ice cream never goes out of style! It suitable to devour any month in the Sunshine State, it only becomes more melty in the summer months.

When purchasing your used soft serve machine, there are some food safety items to consider. Always be aware of the cleaning and maintenance considerations that these units require. Along with the information below, it is important to follow manufacturer recommendations so as not to compromise food safety.

Certain local health departments require daily cleaning of convectional soft serve machines, but it is generally recommended that foodservice staff disassemble and clean these units no less than twice a week.

Some manufacturers recommend replacing all O-rings and seals every three to six months. It’s important to have these checked periodically for tears or breaches.

Come on down to One Fat Frog Restaurant Equipment and check out this fantastic, used Taylor soft serve machine. One Fat Frog Restaurant Equipment offers an easy financing program – bad credit is not a problem! One Fat Frog Restaurant Equipment also welcomes quick cash deals and package deals towards the entire stock of used commercial restaurant equipment – including the used Taylor soft serve machine!

One Fat Frog • 11473 S. Orange Blossom Trail • Orlando, FL • 407-480-3409

Average Thursday Night in Kentucky

Another shameless publicity stunt by Reese’s.

One Fat Frog • 11473 S. Orange Blossom Trail • Orlando, FL • 407-480-3409

Diners Concerned About Food Waste

Turns out, U.S. consumers hate waste. Coulda fooled me. Nearly 80 percent of U.S. diners concern about food waste in restaurants, according to a report by Unilever Food Solutions, which surveyed 4,000 diners in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, China, Russia, Poland, Brazil, and Turkey.

Food waste comprises about half of a restaurant’s waste stream and is the largest matter in landfills – a single restaurant in the United States can produce approximately 25,000 to 75,000 pounds of foodwaste in a year depending on the size of the establishment, according to the Green Restaurant Association. The World Menu Report findings also noted that 72 percent of consumers are concerned about the transparency of environmentally friendly disposal of food waste and 60 percent of consumers would like restaurant’s sustainable practices to be more transparent. Nearly hald of the surveyed U.S. diners say they would spend more for meals at restaurants and other foodservice operations that are clearly taking steps to limit food waste.

If you are looking for ideas on how to help prevent food waste at your restaurant, come into One Fat Frog Restaurant Equipment and we could help you strategize a green initiative as well as supply you with greener used restaurant equipment. Come into One Fat Frog Restaurant Equipment today and start going green, Frog style!

One Fat Frog • 11473 S. Orange Blossom Trail • Orlando, FL • 407-480-3409

2012 Restaurant Trends & the Restaurant Equipment You’ll Need

Recently, the National Restaurant Association released its “What’s Hot in 2012″ survey of 1,800 professional chefs. Here’s a look at some of those trends and the commercial restaurant equipment, design, and operational implications that come with them.

• Locally sourced meats: this calls for more cold storage, prep space, and very sharp butcher knives.

• Healthy kids meals: calls for fewer fryers, more use of combi ovens, traditional equipment like range ovens, and gluten-free workspace.

• Hyper-local ingredients: diverse distribution streams, new purchasing guidelines.

• Sustainability as a culinary theme: better waste management, improved composting and reuse of scraps and other foods for multiple meals.

• Sustainable seafood: refrigerated prep tables and fish-specific workstations, under counter refrigeration, reusable tubs for deliveries and storage.

• Newly fabricated cuts of meat: multi-use equipment like combis and a return o convection ovens and flattop griddles; newer styles of indoor grills like wood-burning and robata (charcoal-burning Japanese grill).

• Food trucks and street food: fully equipped trucks and consultants zeroing in on that niche; green disposables.

If your restaurant wants some help keeping up with these 2012 trends, come into One Fat Frog Restaurant Equipment and we’d be happy to sit down and strategize with you. One Fat Frog Restaurant Equipment has Florida’s largest selection of used commercial restaurant equipment with the lowest prices and best services. One Fat Frog Restaurant Equipment offers free delivery to nearly every point in Florida, free gas conversion, free custom paint jobs, free custom cutting boards, and more! One Fat Frog Restaurant Equipment is also much more attractive than the competition.

One Fat Frog • 11473 S. Orange Blossom Trail • Orlando, FL • 407-480-3409

Chicago’s Uncommon Ground Named “Greenest” Restaurant in America!

Located in Chicago’s North Side, the restaurant Uncommon Ground has been named the Greenest Restaurant in the Country by the Green Restaurant Association (GRA). Each Certified Green Restaurant goes through a thorough process of certification to meet the GRA’s environmental standards.

The Green Chicago Restaurant Coalition has also recognized the restaurant for implementing 116 environmental steps, making them a Four Star Certified Green Restaurant in 2011.

Uncommon Ground owners Helen and Michael Cameron operate two locations, one on Devon Avenue in the Edgewater neighborhood, which was deemed the greenest restaurant in America, and the other in Lakeview on Clark Street, which placed second. The Devon location features a rooftop garden made from reclaimed wood where many of the restaurant’s fruits, herbs, and vegetables are grown for used in the kitchen, and the restaurant sources as much locally grown and/or sustainably produced foods as it can, including spirits and beverages.

In addition, Uncommon Ground strives to produce zero waste, in part by powering its vehicle with used fryer oil as well as through an elaborate composting, recycling, and well-managed food purchasing program. Uncommon Ground also captures the sun to heat its water. Congratulations, Uncommon Ground!

One Fat Frog • 11473 S. Orange Blossom Trail • Orlando, FL • 407-480-3409

Used 10-Burner Range Oven & Taylor Soft Serve Machine

One Fat Frog Restaurant Equipment is Florida’s largest dealer in high volume used restaurant equipment. Each week, One Fat Frog Restaurant Equipment is getting in truckload after truckload of used commercial restaurant equipment – then the One Fat Frog Restaurant Equipment staff of technicians goes over each piece of used commercial restaurant equipment; cleaning, refurbishing, and testing until the piece of used commercial restaurant equipment is like new!

One Fat Frog Restaurant Equipment just got in a 10-burner range oven and a single phase Taylor soft serve machine. Ice cream never goes out of style in Florida, so take advantage of One Fat Frog Restaurant Equipment’s super low prices and 30-day parts and labor warranty and get yourself this high quality, reliable Taylor soft serve machine today! I’ll take a chocolate swirl dipped in sprinkles and whiskey, please. As far as that 10-burner range oven goes, man alive could that bad boy crank out orders. Perfect for keeping up with your busiest periods with ease.

One Fat Frog Restaurant Equipment offers an easy financing plan that anyone can be approved for. One Fat Frog Restaurant Equipment is the only used commercial restaurant equipment dealer in the nation with its own in-house finance manager – this gives One Fat Frog Restaurant Equipment the serious edge when it comes to getting you approved for the financing you need. One Fat Frog Restaurant Equipment also welcomes quick cash deals and package deals towards the entire stock of used commercial restaurant equipment – including the 10-burner range oven and Taylor soft serve machine listed above.

One Fat Frog • 11473 S. Orange Blossom Trail • Orlando, FL • 407-480-3409

Artists Meeting at OLV Cafe

This Wednesday, February 29, 2012 from 6:30pm to 10:30pm, Artists@Work will be meeting at OLV Cafe for food, wine, and art. This gathering of artists will be creating live art on the sidewalk outside of OLV Cafe. This is a great opportunity for Orlando artists to flex their creative muscles, network, and socialize with other like-minded folks. The public is welcome to watch, devour some food and wine, and buy some art if the urge strikes you.

OLV Cafe is located at:

25 West Crystal Lake Street  Orlando, Florida 32806

One Fat Frog • 11473 S. Orange Blossom Trail • Orlando, FL • 407-480-3409

Historic Graves & Forts in Savannah, GA; Savannah Restaurant Equipment

One Fat Frog Restaurant Equipment sees clients come in from all over the east coast beyond the borders of Florida. Restaurant owners looking to take advantage of One Fat Frog Restaurant Equipment’s low, low prices, financing, and warranty know that it’s always worth the drive to Orlando. Customers have driven in from places like Alabama and Arkansas and even flown in from NY. SAY WHA? It’s true, mon ami, people come from all over to shop at the Frog. Even from our historic neighbor to the north, Savannah, GA.

Here’s a look at various historic cemeteries and forts in Savannah, GA:

Colonial Park Cemetery (an early graveyard dating back to the English colony of Georgia), Laurel Grove Cemetery (with the graves of many Confederate soldiers and African American slaves) and Bonaventure Cemetery (a former plantation and the final resting place for some illustrious Savannahians).

Fort Jackson, one mile east of Savannah’s Historic District, was originally built between 1808 and 1812 to protect the city from attack by sea; during the Civil War it became one of three Confederate forts defending Savannah from Union forces. Fort Pulaski National Monument, located 17 miles (27 km) east of Savannah, preserves the largest fort protecting Savannah during the Civil War; the Union Army attacked Fort Pulaski in 1862 with the aid of a new rifled cannon that effectively rendered brick fortifications obsolete.

If you’re asking yourself if the drive from Savannah, Georgia to One Fat Frog Restaurant Equipment would be worth the trip, it would definitely be worth the drive! I wouldn’t lie to you! Whether you own a Savannah restaurant, Savannah bar, Savannah food truck, Savannah pizzeria, Savannah cupcakery, Savannah bakery, Savannah cafe, Savannah deli, Savannah diner, etc., One Fat Frog Restaurant Equipment has the equipment you need to feed the residents and tourists of Savannah. One Fat Frog Restaurant Equipment is also happy to provide restaurant equipment for Savannah churches, Savannah nursing homes, Savannah hospitals, Savannah retirement homes, Savannah daycare centers, etc.

One Fat Frog Restaurant Equipment has everything you can imagine at severely discounted prices for Savannah restaurants, including used range ovens, used convection ovens, used conveyor ovens, used ice machines, used cook and hold ovens, used slicers, used fryers, used refrigerated prep tables, used commercial coolers, used commercial freezers, used walk-in coolers, used walk-in freezers, used flat griddles, used char broilers, used steam tables, used sinks, used restaurant furniture, and even used smallwares! One Fat Frog Restaurant Equipment has everything for daycare kitchen equipment, nursing home kitchen equipment, hospital kitchen equipment, church kitchen equipment, etc.

One Fat Frog Restaurant Equipment can get any Savannah restaurant owner financed for all the used commercial restaurant equipment you need for your Savannah restaurant. One Fat Frog Restaurant Equipment will turn no way away from Savannah restaurant financing. One Fat Frog Restaurant Equipment also welcomes quick cash deals and package deals to all Savannah restaurant owners and future Savannah restaurant owners.

One Fat Frog Restaurant Equipment offers free custom cutting boards, free custom paint jobs, free gas conversion, and if you drive all the way from Savannah, the One Fat Frog Restaurant Equipment bosses will buy you lunch! So come one, come all from Savannah and save big at One Fat Frog Restaurant Equipment!

One Fat Frog • 11473 S. Orange Blossom Trail • Orlando, FL • 407-480-3409

Angela Lansbury + Restaurant Equipment = Everything!

What can I say – we’ve got Angela Lansbury on the mind this week. So sue me. Today I learned that Mrs. Lansbury will be hosting Career Transition for Dancers’ 27th Anniversary Jubilee. Career Transition for Dancers has helped over 5,400 professional dancers in the U.S. identify their unique talents in preparation for establishing new careers when dance is no longer an option. Way to go, Angela!

What does Angela Lansbury and One Fat Frog Restaurant Equipment have in common? Everything – when you think about it. Angela restaurant equipment…think about it. Angela. Restaurant. Equipment.

One Fat Frog • 11473 S. Orange Blossom Trail • Orlando, FL • 407-480-3409

chairs, chairs, barstools, booths and tables

it’s like a game of duck, duck, goose but instead it’s chair, chair, barstool here at the Frog.  That’s right, we got so many loads of chairs in we’re running in circles.

Come in, buy some, we’ve got all sorts and several different runs.  Buy us out, I dare u!

Why pay for new commercial food service chairs?  let someone else take the hit and you save the money and run~

One Fat Frog- we’re more than your momma’s restaurant equipment dealer

Restaurant Equipment guy likes Angela Lansbury?

I’m still creeped out by this.  Some details of your private life should stay private.  I’m just saying… but I’m betting that somewhere in cyber space is hidden away a very big Angela Lansbury Fan Club.  I’m not just talking Angela Lansbury lonely with our restaurant equipment guy, but I’m thinking Angela Lansburner with her on Con.  Angela- Con as opposed to Comic-Con.  Probably secretly like hundreds of thousands of Angela Lansbury Fans out there.

I’m gonna go google it.  They don’t call me google girl for nuttin!

just in 10 burner range/ oven used orlando fl restaurant equipment

just in at the Frog, a 10 burner range/ oven piece that will put out some food like no tomorrow.  Call us at 407-480-3409 or stop in

we’re always buying- selling- trading- financing- leasing and eating!

Dear Mr. Fama’s Pizza,

Dear Mr. Fama’s Pizza,

It’s me Google Girl here.  I know you were worried about me yesterday since I didn’t order lunch delivery.  I was worried too… I had to get drive thru from Mickey D’s since I was crunched for time.  It was fun to watch the Restaurant Equipment Baby lick their chocolate chip cookies, but let’s face it they just don’t put out a veal parmigiana sub like you do.

I shudder to think how they’d deep fry that.

Sincerely,

Your Google Girl

 

Yup, I’m addicted, I order out to Fama’s for lunch a lot.  Basically it started that he has this great Gorgonzola pizza and I’m all about trying something new.  It was great and it became the rage I’d order about once a week.  I’m a creature of habit so it was hard for me to change but slowly I added in that tomato salad and one day… I actually ordered wings, thinking he’s got a great pizza with a stone deck oven taste dough so he might have passable wings.  Was I wrong- his wings ROCK.  We had not had such good wings in a long time.  So after that I was on a roll, so far it’s been Chicken Parm Sub, Veal Parm Sub, Eggplant Pasta and…   well I do love my Fama and do you think that 10:18 a.m is too early for me to call upand ask for delivery?

Which leads me to another thing you often downplay as an owner b/c it’s just quite frankly a hassle.  But delivery sells me at lunch.  Once I sit down it’s hard to leave the Frog.  Forget about running to a drive thru, I just need it to me, hot fresh and yummy.  Here’s the thing, another guy down the street had awesome food but his delivery was unreliable- some days he had it, some days nada.  Sad b/c his food was so great he could have cultivated a great following.

The other thing is are you flyering your customers in industrial sites and businesses to deliver lunch?  We have a manilla folder at work with just flyers from delivery places for lunch.  It consists of Andy Nice House and Fama’s Pizza.  And why isn’t your delivery menu in our delivery folder?  I’m good for about $30 a day in delivery.  Why haven’t you got that money yet?