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Hivejournal: Food Will All Kill Me Dead.
Oct. 11th, 2011 11:59 amWhat the frak CAN you eat anymore? Meat's bad for you. "Carbs" are bad for you. There we go, that's pretty much every frakkin' organic molecule.
I like tea.
I like honey in my tea.
Honey is too damned sticky and messy to deal with at work.
Is there, like, crystallized honey out there? In nice little packets, like sugar?
I like honey in my tea.
Honey is too damned sticky and messy to deal with at work.
Is there, like, crystallized honey out there? In nice little packets, like sugar?
Writer's Block: Between the slices
Feb. 28th, 2010 05:34 pm[Error: unknown template qotd]
Peanut butter and brown sugar, with margarine, on whole wheat bread.
Comfort food with Depression-era roots.
Hell yes, I make it myself.
I use almond butter these days, to keep my "good cholesterol" levels up, but the REAL version uses Jif, dammit.
Peanut butter and brown sugar, with margarine, on whole wheat bread.
Comfort food with Depression-era roots.
Hell yes, I make it myself.
I use almond butter these days, to keep my "good cholesterol" levels up, but the REAL version uses Jif, dammit.
Writer's Block: Between the slices
Feb. 28th, 2010 05:34 pm[Error: unknown template qotd]
Peanut butter and brown sugar, with margarine, on whole wheat bread.
Comfort food with Depression-era roots.
Hell yes, I make it myself.
I use almond butter these days, to keep my "good cholesterol" levels up, but the REAL version uses Jif, dammit.
Peanut butter and brown sugar, with margarine, on whole wheat bread.
Comfort food with Depression-era roots.
Hell yes, I make it myself.
I use almond butter these days, to keep my "good cholesterol" levels up, but the REAL version uses Jif, dammit.
And now, Good Idea, Bad Idea:
Jul. 31st, 2009 01:16 pmGood Idea: putting club soda in a smoothie.
Bad Idea: putting spring mix in a smoothie.
Bad Idea: putting spring mix in a smoothie.
And now, Good Idea, Bad Idea:
Jul. 31st, 2009 01:16 pmGood Idea: putting club soda in a smoothie.
Bad Idea: putting spring mix in a smoothie.
Bad Idea: putting spring mix in a smoothie.
H.G. Wells: This is delicious, far superior to that Scottish place I breakfasted.
Amy Robbins: Scottish?
H.G. Wells: MacDougall's.
-- Time After Time (1979)
H.G. Wells: This is delicious, far superior to that Scottish place I breakfasted.
Amy Robbins: Scottish?
H.G. Wells: MacDougall's.
-- Time After Time (1979)
Myth: BUSTED!
May. 30th, 2009 08:08 amLast night, Your Obedient Serpent and his family had yummy, yummy BLTs for dinner.
During the night, this combined alchemically in my stomach with my acid reflux.
I am now having Bacon Reflux. This was my alarm clock, awakening me after five hours of sleep.
Bacon does not make everything better.
Oorlp.
During the night, this combined alchemically in my stomach with my acid reflux.
I am now having Bacon Reflux. This was my alarm clock, awakening me after five hours of sleep.
Bacon does not make everything better.
Oorlp.
Myth: BUSTED!
May. 30th, 2009 08:08 amLast night, Your Obedient Serpent and his family had yummy, yummy BLTs for dinner.
During the night, this combined alchemically in my stomach with my acid reflux.
I am now having Bacon Reflux. This was my alarm clock, awakening me after five hours of sleep.
Bacon does not make everything better.
Oorlp.
During the night, this combined alchemically in my stomach with my acid reflux.
I am now having Bacon Reflux. This was my alarm clock, awakening me after five hours of sleep.
Bacon does not make everything better.
Oorlp.
Random Bay Area Notes
May. 5th, 2009 10:31 amNote the First: Last week, all the weather sites were reporting that we'd get a single day of rain on Friday.
The rain started Thursday night. Since then, every weather site has been insisting that the rain will clear up "tomorrow". That one day of rain has almost turned into a week now.
It's not serious rain, or even significant rain -- just intermittent spitting and sprinkling, with only occasional, passing moments where it's worth your while to turn on the windshield wipers.
Its stubborn persistence is amusing, though.
Note the Second: Safeway has surprisingly good store brands.
Their pasta sauces are excellent (especially their Arrabiata sauce). Their frozen entrees are decent.
Their sodas, however, are good enough to warrant a journal entry. Almost any supermarket will slap their store label on adequate orange or black cherry soda. Safeway's "fruit" sodas are really quite good. Their Root Beer and Cream Soda (both sold as "Parker's") are excellent, the equal of most anything in a can.
They even manage a good store-brand cola.
I've never found a drinkable bargain-brand cola before. Cola is the hardest flavor to master -- hell, Coca-Cola hasn't managed to get it right since the mid-'80s -- but even my beloved![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
quelonzia, a cola connoisseur, is replacing her RC addiction with Safeway's "Go2" Cherry Cola.
Of course, this discovery occurred as I was phasing sodas out of my diet again. One can a day isn't a lot, but it's more than I usually drink.
As with anything flavor-oriented, Your Mileage May Vary.
The rain started Thursday night. Since then, every weather site has been insisting that the rain will clear up "tomorrow". That one day of rain has almost turned into a week now.
It's not serious rain, or even significant rain -- just intermittent spitting and sprinkling, with only occasional, passing moments where it's worth your while to turn on the windshield wipers.
Its stubborn persistence is amusing, though.
Note the Second: Safeway has surprisingly good store brands.
Their pasta sauces are excellent (especially their Arrabiata sauce). Their frozen entrees are decent.
Their sodas, however, are good enough to warrant a journal entry. Almost any supermarket will slap their store label on adequate orange or black cherry soda. Safeway's "fruit" sodas are really quite good. Their Root Beer and Cream Soda (both sold as "Parker's") are excellent, the equal of most anything in a can.
They even manage a good store-brand cola.
I've never found a drinkable bargain-brand cola before. Cola is the hardest flavor to master -- hell, Coca-Cola hasn't managed to get it right since the mid-'80s -- but even my beloved
quelonzia, a cola connoisseur, is replacing her RC addiction with Safeway's "Go2" Cherry Cola.Of course, this discovery occurred as I was phasing sodas out of my diet again. One can a day isn't a lot, but it's more than I usually drink.
As with anything flavor-oriented, Your Mileage May Vary.
Random Bay Area Notes
May. 5th, 2009 10:31 amNote the First: Last week, all the weather sites were reporting that we'd get a single day of rain on Friday.
The rain started Thursday night. Since then, every weather site has been insisting that the rain will clear up "tomorrow". That one day of rain has almost turned into a week now.
It's not serious rain, or even significant rain -- just intermittent spitting and sprinkling, with only occasional, passing moments where it's worth your while to turn on the windshield wipers.
Its stubborn persistence is amusing, though.
Note the Second: Safeway has surprisingly good store brands.
Their pasta sauces are excellent (especially their Arrabiata sauce). Their frozen entrees are decent.
Their sodas, however, are good enough to warrant a journal entry. Almost any supermarket will slap their store label on adequate orange or black cherry soda. Safeway's "fruit" sodas are really quite good. Their Root Beer and Cream Soda (both sold as "Parker's") are excellent, the equal of most anything in a can.
They even manage a good store-brand cola.
I've never found a drinkable bargain-brand cola before. Cola is the hardest flavor to master -- hell, Coca-Cola hasn't managed to get it right since the mid-'80s -- but even my belovedquelonzia, a cola connoisseur, is replacing her RC addiction with Safeway's "Go2" Cherry Cola.
Of course, this discovery occurred as I was phasing sodas out of my diet again. One can a day isn't a lot, but it's more than I usually drink.
As with anything flavor-oriented, Your Mileage May Vary.
The rain started Thursday night. Since then, every weather site has been insisting that the rain will clear up "tomorrow". That one day of rain has almost turned into a week now.
It's not serious rain, or even significant rain -- just intermittent spitting and sprinkling, with only occasional, passing moments where it's worth your while to turn on the windshield wipers.
Its stubborn persistence is amusing, though.
Note the Second: Safeway has surprisingly good store brands.
Their pasta sauces are excellent (especially their Arrabiata sauce). Their frozen entrees are decent.
Their sodas, however, are good enough to warrant a journal entry. Almost any supermarket will slap their store label on adequate orange or black cherry soda. Safeway's "fruit" sodas are really quite good. Their Root Beer and Cream Soda (both sold as "Parker's") are excellent, the equal of most anything in a can.
They even manage a good store-brand cola.
I've never found a drinkable bargain-brand cola before. Cola is the hardest flavor to master -- hell, Coca-Cola hasn't managed to get it right since the mid-'80s -- but even my beloved
quelonzia, a cola connoisseur, is replacing her RC addiction with Safeway's "Go2" Cherry Cola.Of course, this discovery occurred as I was phasing sodas out of my diet again. One can a day isn't a lot, but it's more than I usually drink.
As with anything flavor-oriented, Your Mileage May Vary.
Food: 50 States, 50 Burgers.
Apr. 30th, 2009 10:16 amFood Network has posted an article about the "one burger you absolutely have to try in every state."
Most of the states have burgers from this classy little bistros, or that hole-in-the-wall diner, or some other one-of-a-kind location.
California? A Double-Double from In-N-Out Burger.
They aren't wrong, mind you.
...I may have one for lunch.
Most of the states have burgers from this classy little bistros, or that hole-in-the-wall diner, or some other one-of-a-kind location.
California? A Double-Double from In-N-Out Burger.
They aren't wrong, mind you.
...I may have one for lunch.
Food: 50 States, 50 Burgers.
Apr. 30th, 2009 10:16 amFood Network has posted an article about the "one burger you absolutely have to try in every state."
Most of the states have burgers from this classy little bistros, or that hole-in-the-wall diner, or some other one-of-a-kind location.
California? A Double-Double from In-N-Out Burger.
They aren't wrong, mind you.
...I may have one for lunch.
Most of the states have burgers from this classy little bistros, or that hole-in-the-wall diner, or some other one-of-a-kind location.
California? A Double-Double from In-N-Out Burger.
They aren't wrong, mind you.
...I may have one for lunch.
Lent Update, Day 2
Feb. 26th, 2009 09:14 amSo, here we are on Day 2 of No Beef/No Dairy/No Fried Foods Lent.
Yesterday, I brunched at Jamba Juice, and for dinner, I served up a Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad with Jalapeno Cheese Bread on the side (that counts as "incidental" cheese).
I started this morning with a few heaping tablespoons of BeneFiber in a 24-oz glass of water, then hit Starbuck's withquelonzia for a soymilk latte and an apple bran muffin.
Let's just say that my system is now in the process of getting rid of all the rotten stuff I've been overindulging in for the last few weeks. Despite the Sudden Activity, I feel surprisingly good.
I'm also adding "No Soda" to the Lent List.
Yesterday, I brunched at Jamba Juice, and for dinner, I served up a Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad with Jalapeno Cheese Bread on the side (that counts as "incidental" cheese).
I started this morning with a few heaping tablespoons of BeneFiber in a 24-oz glass of water, then hit Starbuck's with
quelonzia for a soymilk latte and an apple bran muffin.Let's just say that my system is now in the process of getting rid of all the rotten stuff I've been overindulging in for the last few weeks. Despite the Sudden Activity, I feel surprisingly good.
I'm also adding "No Soda" to the Lent List.
Lent Update, Day 2
Feb. 26th, 2009 09:14 amSo, here we are on Day 2 of No Beef/No Dairy/No Fried Foods Lent.
Yesterday, I brunched at Jamba Juice, and for dinner, I served up a Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad with Jalapeno Cheese Bread on the side (that counts as "incidental" cheese).
I started this morning with a few heaping tablespoons of BeneFiber in a 24-oz glass of water, then hit Starbuck's withquelonzia for a soymilk latte and an apple bran muffin.
Let's just say that my system is now in the process of getting rid of all the rotten stuff I've been overindulging in for the last few weeks. Despite the Sudden Activity, I feel surprisingly good.
I'm also adding "No Soda" to the Lent List.
Yesterday, I brunched at Jamba Juice, and for dinner, I served up a Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad with Jalapeno Cheese Bread on the side (that counts as "incidental" cheese).
I started this morning with a few heaping tablespoons of BeneFiber in a 24-oz glass of water, then hit Starbuck's with
quelonzia for a soymilk latte and an apple bran muffin.Let's just say that my system is now in the process of getting rid of all the rotten stuff I've been overindulging in for the last few weeks. Despite the Sudden Activity, I feel surprisingly good.
I'm also adding "No Soda" to the Lent List.
I no can haz cheezburger.
Feb. 24th, 2009 05:05 pmIt's that time of year again: Fat Tuesday, marking the last big occasion of self-indulgence before the beginning of Lent.
I'm not Catholic, but I've found in the past that Giving Stuff Up For Lent is a good way to push myself into establishing better habits, at least for a while.
I've let my eating habits go to Helena Handbasket over the last year or so, and it's time to get them back on track. The single thing I've found that improves my diet immensely is to Just Say No to Beef and Dairy: that, all by itself, eliminates the worst of the fast food out there.
So, for the next 40 days:
Time to crank up the salads, the salmon burgers, the peanut butter sandwiches, and the fruit-and-soy-milk smoothies.
The nice thing is that I like the salads, the salmon burgers, the peanut butter sandwiches, and the fruit-and-soy-milk smoothies; I just need to fall back in the habit of eating them regularly.
I'm not Catholic, but I've found in the past that Giving Stuff Up For Lent is a good way to push myself into establishing better habits, at least for a while.
I've let my eating habits go to Helena Handbasket over the last year or so, and it's time to get them back on track. The single thing I've found that improves my diet immensely is to Just Say No to Beef and Dairy: that, all by itself, eliminates the worst of the fast food out there.
So, for the next 40 days:
- No beef. Exception: beef liver, because we have some in the freezer.
- No dairy products beyond yogurt and "incidental cheese" (a little grated Parmesan on a salad or pasta, for instance).
- Nothing deep-fried.
Time to crank up the salads, the salmon burgers, the peanut butter sandwiches, and the fruit-and-soy-milk smoothies.
The nice thing is that I like the salads, the salmon burgers, the peanut butter sandwiches, and the fruit-and-soy-milk smoothies; I just need to fall back in the habit of eating them regularly.
I no can haz cheezburger.
Feb. 24th, 2009 05:05 pmIt's that time of year again: Fat Tuesday, marking the last big occasion of self-indulgence before the beginning of Lent.
I'm not Catholic, but I've found in the past that Giving Stuff Up For Lent is a good way to push myself into establishing better habits, at least for a while.
I've let my eating habits go to Helena Handbasket over the last year or so, and it's time to get them back on track. The single thing I've found that improves my diet immensely is to Just Say No to Beef and Dairy: that, all by itself, eliminates the worst of the fast food out there.
So, for the next 40 days:
Time to crank up the salads, the salmon burgers, the peanut butter sandwiches, and the fruit-and-soy-milk smoothies.
The nice thing is that I like the salads, the salmon burgers, the peanut butter sandwiches, and the fruit-and-soy-milk smoothies; I just need to fall back in the habit of eating them regularly.
I'm not Catholic, but I've found in the past that Giving Stuff Up For Lent is a good way to push myself into establishing better habits, at least for a while.
I've let my eating habits go to Helena Handbasket over the last year or so, and it's time to get them back on track. The single thing I've found that improves my diet immensely is to Just Say No to Beef and Dairy: that, all by itself, eliminates the worst of the fast food out there.
So, for the next 40 days:
- No beef. Exception: beef liver, because we have some in the freezer.
- No dairy products beyond yogurt and "incidental cheese" (a little grated Parmesan on a salad or pasta, for instance).
- Nothing deep-fried.
Time to crank up the salads, the salmon burgers, the peanut butter sandwiches, and the fruit-and-soy-milk smoothies.
The nice thing is that I like the salads, the salmon burgers, the peanut butter sandwiches, and the fruit-and-soy-milk smoothies; I just need to fall back in the habit of eating them regularly.
