This is totally random, but you know what I have never liked? Canned pasta, ie Chef Boyardee or Spaghetti-os. Not even when I was a little kid, and definitely not now. Even the smell of it makes me kind of grossed out. And I'm not trying to be all fancy or elitist here; there's plenty of disgusting food that I did/do eat (Dinty Moore beef stew, anybody?). I think it's obnoxious when people make out like they can't understand why anybody would ever eat food like that. I was just looking at this blog where somebody commented that you could make a delicious lentil soup with the same amount of effort; bullshit. Dinner from a can takes 60 seconds max, faster than any other food except maybe a bowl of cereal or, like, a candy bar. I'm no Gwyneth Paltrow, saying I'd rather die than give my kid soup from a can...Campbell's chicken and dumplings FTW, that's my motto.
Anyway. I was just thinking about Chef Boyardee and I wondered if I'm the only child of the 80s/90s who doesn't like that stuff. So, what about you? What cheap/childish foods (Easy Mac; Hot Pockets; Spam; etc.) do/don't you like?
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
I didn't break my back today!
But I tried. This morning I stepped out on to my front steps, completely oblivious to the fact that everything was completely covered in a sheet of ice, and on my first step my feet flew up from underneath me ("just like in the movies!" said the nurse. Yes, how glamorous...) and I came crashing down, spine first, onto the concrete steps. It was so painful, you guys. I was totally trying not to go all hysterical while I rang the doorbell 8 million times because I could not bend over to pick up my keys. I went inside and put some ice on my back and took some of Bill's leftover prescription pain medicine, but it wasn't really feeling very much better and one of the vertebrae seemed to be twice the size of the other ones, so eventually I decided to go to urgent care and get it looked at. Oh yeah, that was after my family doctor's office told me they couldn't get me in until tomorrow afternoon. Like, yeah, no problem, my SPINE X-RAYS can totally wait a day and a half.
Anyway, the undramatic end to my story is that the exam and x-rays seemed fine. I actually even went in at 2 for a half-day of work, because my stubborn refusal to take ANY time off for the next three months even extends to possibly serious back injuries. I'm feeling okay now, but my back hurts like crazy if you touch it at all, and I can almost guarantee you a rad bruise to rival the one I got...well, the one I got the last time I fell down the stairs. Watch this spot for pictures.
Anyway, the undramatic end to my story is that the exam and x-rays seemed fine. I actually even went in at 2 for a half-day of work, because my stubborn refusal to take ANY time off for the next three months even extends to possibly serious back injuries. I'm feeling okay now, but my back hurts like crazy if you touch it at all, and I can almost guarantee you a rad bruise to rival the one I got...well, the one I got the last time I fell down the stairs. Watch this spot for pictures.
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Snot rude, is it?
What are people's thoughts on nose-blowing? When I'm at work and have to blow my nose, I never know how "polite" I have to be about it. Do I have to go in the bathroom and shut the door, or what? Usually my rule is as long as I'm not looking at somebody while I do it, it's not a big deal. Like, if I'm sitting at a desk looking at a computer and other people are at other desks or whatever, I would probably just blow my nose right there assuming it is not some huge, disgusting post-cold epic event. Am I totally out of line on this? I was just looking at something online that made it sound like blowing your nose anywhere other than a closed restroom is inexcusable. Oops.
Sunday, December 07, 2008
What's cookin good lookin
I feel that this is not the most exciting or cutting edge web site out there, but I have to say, I freakin' love allrecipes.com. Let me tell you why.
1.) Lots of people use it, so there are a ton of recipes and usually a ton of feedback on those recipes. The feedback is my absolute favorite thing about the site. You can obviously get recipes anywhere, but having 5-500 people leaving comments really helps you to figure out how to perfect the recipe. People who have actually made the dish will leave suggestions about cooking time, a different type of dish or pan to use, a change in technique, or about what ingredients to increase, decrease, add or omit. You also don't have to waste your time making a recipe that a bunch of other people have found to be no good. This feedback is invaluable, especially to a beginner/intermediate cook like myself.
2.) There is a wide variety of recipes. There are some very fancy, gourmet recipes on the site, and there are a lot of very basic, family-friendly type recipes (the type that a lot of people might say are gross or low-class or whatever, but let's face it, that's what a lot of people are eating most days, and frankly a lot of it tastes plenty good). Most of the recipes that I've looked at are good, middle of the road dishes in terms of fanciness and difficulty. In any case, whatever you're looking for is probably on there.
3.) The site has a lot of simple but useful features: you can create your own recipe box to save recipes that you like or want to try; you can upload a photo of a recipe you've made, and view other members' photos; you can print off recipes in a variety of formats; etc.
The only thing that I don't like, which actually led me to write this post, is the hokey-ass terms that so many of the site's members use in their recipe comments. I hate when they use corny words like "zippy" to describe a dish. What does that even mean? I also hate when people say their family/friends/co-workers "gobbled" a dish up, or, similarly, "wolfed it down." I do not need the image of these people as turkeys/wolves, cramming some slop down their pie-holes as fast as they possibly can. Not appetizing at all, thanks. Lastly, the use of the word "hubby" is about to drive me to suicide. I don't even know why, but I HATE it. Is it that much easier to say/type "hubby" than it is "husband?" It's not really a shorter word. It's just so unnecessarily cutesy, and for whatever reason I always imagine the women using it to be the type of women who are totally stupid and fawning/submissive to their men; I think a lot of times I see it in the context of "I made this dish but hubby didn't like it at all; I won't make it again" which makes me think they're just slaving around in the kitchen until they finally find something that Master Hubby approves of.
Anyway. If you like to cook or bake, I do suggest that you check this site out. It has been super, super useful to me and has even earned a place in my bookmarks toolbar thingy. I'm chasemytail on there (natch), although I don't know if I even have a public profile or if you can "friend me" or anything like that.
1.) Lots of people use it, so there are a ton of recipes and usually a ton of feedback on those recipes. The feedback is my absolute favorite thing about the site. You can obviously get recipes anywhere, but having 5-500 people leaving comments really helps you to figure out how to perfect the recipe. People who have actually made the dish will leave suggestions about cooking time, a different type of dish or pan to use, a change in technique, or about what ingredients to increase, decrease, add or omit. You also don't have to waste your time making a recipe that a bunch of other people have found to be no good. This feedback is invaluable, especially to a beginner/intermediate cook like myself.
2.) There is a wide variety of recipes. There are some very fancy, gourmet recipes on the site, and there are a lot of very basic, family-friendly type recipes (the type that a lot of people might say are gross or low-class or whatever, but let's face it, that's what a lot of people are eating most days, and frankly a lot of it tastes plenty good). Most of the recipes that I've looked at are good, middle of the road dishes in terms of fanciness and difficulty. In any case, whatever you're looking for is probably on there.
3.) The site has a lot of simple but useful features: you can create your own recipe box to save recipes that you like or want to try; you can upload a photo of a recipe you've made, and view other members' photos; you can print off recipes in a variety of formats; etc.
The only thing that I don't like, which actually led me to write this post, is the hokey-ass terms that so many of the site's members use in their recipe comments. I hate when they use corny words like "zippy" to describe a dish. What does that even mean? I also hate when people say their family/friends/co-workers "gobbled" a dish up, or, similarly, "wolfed it down." I do not need the image of these people as turkeys/wolves, cramming some slop down their pie-holes as fast as they possibly can. Not appetizing at all, thanks. Lastly, the use of the word "hubby" is about to drive me to suicide. I don't even know why, but I HATE it. Is it that much easier to say/type "hubby" than it is "husband?" It's not really a shorter word. It's just so unnecessarily cutesy, and for whatever reason I always imagine the women using it to be the type of women who are totally stupid and fawning/submissive to their men; I think a lot of times I see it in the context of "I made this dish but hubby didn't like it at all; I won't make it again" which makes me think they're just slaving around in the kitchen until they finally find something that Master Hubby approves of.
Anyway. If you like to cook or bake, I do suggest that you check this site out. It has been super, super useful to me and has even earned a place in my bookmarks toolbar thingy. I'm chasemytail on there (natch), although I don't know if I even have a public profile or if you can "friend me" or anything like that.
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