Category: Food
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kit kat kit kat kit kat kit kat kit kat
A birthday gift I couldn’t let sit around any longer Some folks know me real well, and I have to thank ’em for pegging me with a bagful of “limited edition” candy bars for the birthday. I love this crap and I have no idea why. Of course, we don’t get the fun ones yet,…
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Pomegranate
It’s okay to eat the seeds There’s soup on the stove. TV’s on mute. Listening to the most beautiful version of Joy to the World by Clem Snide (and thanking the folks at Coudal for pointing it out). Eating a pomegranate until the soup is ready.
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Dinner Club: Lunch Edition – Benihana
You smell like it for hours after you leave With the holidays around the corner, we moved Dinner Club to the daytime as an optional lunch. Actually, a handful of us were craving Benihana, which has much better prices during the day. Everyone seemed to be in excellent spirits and we managed to cram 11…
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more goods from trader joes
Not M&Ms I’m really not getting kickbacks from Trader Joes, but my brother does work at the store here in town, and he gives us insight to new things we might like. And I really like the chocolate covered sunflower seeds.
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tempura
from the freezer Trader Joes makes shrimp and vegetable tempura (they’re in separate boxes) that taste better than a restaurant. But I can make these anytime wearing whatever I like, and they go great with Sunday afternoon football. Not your normal pigskin fare, but it is just as bad for you. The Bengals won, making…
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No turkey, please
Good with grilled cheese If I have Turkey with mashed potatoes one more night, I’d have gone postal. So tonight I broke out the Campbells.
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pizza
Good
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Liquid Cereal
Natural and artificial fruit flavors Lady Behind Counter: Huh (insert beat) This costs as much as one of those energy drinks. Me: It’s made with real cereal. Zoom in to see can in fridge where it will probably stay until someone throws it out or drinks it.
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Camp Detox
with S’mores Even though it was super-dooper gross hot this weekend, I went camping. A fairly level site under cover of trees afforded some break from the sun’s rays, but the humidity was ever present. Every drink just went right through the skin, soaking clothes. Hanging things up didn’t even get them dry. Heat bonus:…
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Dessert compartment
…Just another sheep boy, duck call, Swanson, idiot song of Donkey Kong… I remember TV dinners growing up, they were special diversions from my mom’s cooking. The little dessert thing with the cherry goop that burbled up over the crust in its little aluminum compartment. Oh how I tried not to eat it first. Thank…