Entries tagged with "food"
OM NOM NOM NOM
posted by srah on April 30, 2008 10:27 PM
I went to Charlottesville, Virginia last weekend to visit friends. We had a gang of seven and did a lot of fun things like live karaoke and wine tasting, but what sticks out most for me about this weekend is that I ate The Most Delicious Sandwich Known to Man. This sandwich was perfect in every way. The bread was warm and fresh and delicious. The fillings were delectable and varied. The taste of the mayonnaise perfectly complemented the salmon. The textures all worked beautifully together and there was neither too little nor too much mayonnaise, salmon or onion. The...
In which I call shenanigans on United Airlines
posted by srah on April 19, 2008 12:52 PM
Tags: airlines, california, food, san francisco, travel, united airlines
Tuesday, March 25 - Wednesday, March 26 When I woke up on Tuesday morning, I checked my flight status and discovered that my flight from San Francisco to Chicago was delayed something ridiculous like 4.5 hours. So I called United and asked them to change this in some way, even if it involved putting me on a different airline. "Okie doke," the operator replied (although perhaps not in those words), and she booked me on a US Airways flight leaving slightly earlier that would take me through Charlotte instead. However, she told me, I would have to stop by the...
She's my daughter! She's my sister!
posted by srah on April 19, 2008 11:32 AM
Tags: california, chinatown, food, san francisco, travel
Oh yeah, I'm not done with this, am I? Monday, March 24 On Monday, Cari took the day off work and we went to Chinatown. We went on a tour where the group was made up of us, a mother-daughter pair, and a half a billion German high school students and teachers. So there was this weird Chinese-American-German amalgamation as the Germans translated things for each other. The tour took us around Chinatown and taught us a bit about the history of Chinatown and the people there, especially focusing on our guide's own family and experiences growing up in Chinatown....
No family and too much money makes Mrs Winchester something something.
posted by srah on April 8, 2008 8:22 PM
Tags: california, food, san francisco, travel
Sunday, March 23 Looking back at the pictures, I can believe we packed so much stuff into one day! It seems like this had to have been spread over several days! Cari and I got up bright and early Sunday morning to go to the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose. We thought we were going to be the only people out being touristy on Easter Sunday but there turned out to be a sizable tour group. This was one of my favorite parts of the trip, I think, just because it was something I knew nothing about before going...
Feel my cocoa beats. Je m'appelle Joe le Lait.
posted by srah on April 4, 2008 5:34 PM
Tags: alcohol, bridge, chocolate, fears, food, san francisco, travel
Saturday, March 22 On Saturday, Cari, Matt and I went to Berkeley to go on a tour/tasting at the Scharffen Berger factory. Unlike the last time I went to a chocolate tasting, I was actually able to appreciate the quality chocolate and the different flavors therein. The key is not to use your teeth at all. You break the chocolate into little pieces, then let each individual morsel melt in your mouth, releasing all the fruity undertones that come from the fermentation process applied to the cocoa beans. IT WAS AWESOME. I tasted all kinds of flavors that I don't...
When I grow up to be a man...
posted by srah on April 3, 2008 6:49 PM
Tags: california, food, san francisco, sea lions, seals, travel
Friday, March 21 Cari and I got up bright and early on Friday morning. Actually, only I got up bright and early, because - even though I was exhausted from my travel - I was still pretty much on Eastern time. That gave me some time to get myself organized before Cari and I left for our morning drive to Año Nuevo State Natural Reserve, where we went on a tour and learned about the elephant seals that come there every year to lay their eggs have their babies. Then the mothers go back out to sea to feed, and...
Hey, look over there!
posted by srah on March 18, 2008 5:57 PM
I guest-posted at Jamelah.net today. So if you're interested in insane rants on the intersection of food and children's literature, that is where you should be....
Say hello to Bono and Sandra Day O'Connor!
posted by srah on March 17, 2008 12:19 PM
Tags: food, green beer day, holidays, music, srahtown, st patrick's day, the university i work at
("Those are the stupidest fist names I've ever heard.") Danny boy, don't be afraid, to shake that ass, and misbehave Danny boy, I know you got time, but what are you waiting for, Anyway the dust may just blow away, if you wait for a windy day But you may find the chance has passed you by; - "Sewn" by The Feeling, who are probably slightly more Irish than the author of "Danny Boy" because at least they've been to Ireland before There is a yearly tradition associated with Srahtown and The University I Work At, wherein local bars start...
All the decisions have to be ratified at a special bi-weekly meeting by a simple majority in the case of purely internal affairs...
posted by srah on February 27, 2008 11:25 AM
I have been eating a lot of peanut butter this week. This can mean only one of two things: My body is telling me, "Sarah, we¹ need more protein! We will make you crave peanut butter so that you will put more protein in us!" OR My body is telling me, "Sarah, you bought peanut butter on impulse at the store last week. Why did you waste money on peanut butter when you don't even like peanut butter? We have to use that stuff up!" I don't know why my body is so concerned with my spending habits. ¹ My...
This is an outrage!
posted by srah on January 2, 2008 12:57 PM
Tags: egg salad, food, parking, srahtown
I wanted an egg salad sandwich, so while out running errands on my lunch hour, I swung by The Place Uptown That Sells Egg Salad Sandwiches. Unfortunately there was no parking available anywhere near TPUTSESS so after driving around the block three times, I gave up and bought an egg salad sandwich from the student center cafeteria. It was half as expensive, but not half as good as the egg salad sandwich from TPUTSESS (and I would have gotten a pickle from TPUTSESS!). If the economy of Srahtown comes to a crashing halt because I'm not supporting it with expensive-but-delicious...
I can neither sew, nor cook, nor read or write my name
posted by srah on November 18, 2007 10:49 PM
Tags: cooking, food, nablopomo, nablopomo 2007
This was one of the most productive Sundays I've had in a long time. It helped that I had multitasked by folding laundry and tidying the living room during the football game on Saturday, so that meant I could spend Sunday doing whatever I wanted. I decided that I wanted to make meatloaf, and ended up making meatloaf, mashed potatoes and muffins. If someone would come and do the dishes for me, that would be great. I may be feeling productive, but I'm not that productive. The meatloaf was an interesting adventure. I found the recipe online but there was...
The clue is not in the title this time!
posted by srah on November 4, 2007 9:02 AM
Tags: food, nablopomo, nablopomo 2007, tea
It occurred to me this morning that my breakfast came from a musical. So you get a visual clue today instead of lyrics. I'm shaking things up around here. Guess away!...
Where's the beef?
posted by srah on October 12, 2007 12:06 PM
Tags: chicago, driving, food, lewis, travel
I went to Chicago last weekend! I am very slow at writing these travel-weekend writeups, and even moreso when I spend the week trying to catch up on sleep. Fortunately, the weekend is almost here, so I can clean, claim I'm going to clean and then not clean, and - most importantly - sleep. I drove up to Chicago for Lewis's birthday celebrations Saturday afternoon/evening. It takes about 5 hours to get to Chicago, although it took me a little longer because - no matter how good my directions are - I always second-guess them and get lost when I...
Thank U India
posted by srah on September 22, 2007 12:17 PM
Tags: cheapness, dance, employee health and well-being, food, india, srahtown
Some things that srah likes: things that are Indianthings that are cheap and/or free It has been a good week to be srah! The University I Work At's Office of Employee Health and Well-Being has come through again! Although their toning classes conflict with my Arabic schedule, they're now offering Indian Classical Dance classes on Thursdays from 12:10 to 12:40. I have been to one session and - as I'm sure you can guess - I am ready to go on stage and perform professionally any day now. In reality, I don't think half an hour a week is going...
Carl Kasell, eat your heart out
posted by srah on August 29, 2007 5:19 PM
What a marvelous food is the waffle As are soup and french fries and falafel But while muttar paneer Makes me drool in my kheer "Cock-a-leekie" makes me want to rofl....
... did someone say they wanted toast?
posted by srah on August 16, 2007 7:47 PM
Tags: ann arbor, food, zingerman's
To whom it may concern: Let it be known that Zingerman's Bakehouse is baking their Green Olive Paesano Loaf this weekend. This bread only comes about twice a year as a special bake and I am very fortunately on their call-list but very unfortunately located in Ohio. So all you Ann Arborites, go and buy up this delicious bread this weekend and think of me as you chew. And try not to spew. You can also call ahead and have them reserve a loaf for you. Yay Zingerman's!...
Chocolate Rain!
posted by srah on August 16, 2007 7:41 PM
I don't normally like to post about products in my blog because it feels like I'm selling something. But I want everyone to know what delicious chocolate things I am enjoying right now! Wheeee! I feel like Mindy Kaling. No Sugar Added Fudgsicles are theeeeeeee greatest thing ever. I can't stop eating them, which is okay because they only have 10g of carbohydrates (2g of sugar). Wheeee! Guilt-free sweets! They are artificially sweetened, but don't taste like artificial sweetener. This is good because I hate artificial sweeteners. The only side effect that I've found so far is that they cause...
Did you troy the pline cike?
posted by srah on August 8, 2007 12:05 PM
Tags: doughnuts, food, frosting, ohio, srahtown
It's going to take me a while to tell you all about my weekend in DC, but in the meantime I will give you a short post to tide you over: I am very boring and like plain cake doughnuts the best. Powdered sugar gets everywhere and chokes you when you inhale it. Glazed doughnuts are sticky. Doughnuts with filling explode all over you, and the cavity in the middle is never exactly centered, which bothers srah more than it should. The doughnut shop in Srahtown only sells glazed doughnuts. It makes srah sad and fits into her assertion that...
Maybe my pants will fit better, too (huevos jueves)
posted by srah on June 28, 2007 9:55 PM
Tags: food, in spanish, language week, memes, mexico
En mi viaje en Mexico y en el barco, comí demasiada azucar y ejercité demasiado poco. Estaba dificil tomar buenas decisiones! En el barco, había mucha comida buena y postres deliciosos y los camareros me las trajeron. Y en Mexico, busqué comida y bebidas sin hielo, sin lechuga y sin agua peligrosa. Entonces tomé muchas bebidas con alcohol o azucar (como la Coca-Cola) y comí mucho arroz y tortillas y pan. Ahora estoy en mi casa de nuevo. Nadie me hace comida! Necessito hacerla yo! No es justo. Por lo menos, quizas haré selecciones mejores. (Translation below)...
Eight is Enough
posted by srah on May 12, 2007 5:32 PM
Tags: burgers, eight is enough, exercise, food, friends, low-carb diet, memes, moving, quaker corn bran, sugar
I've been tagged by Tiff for this meme. Here are the rules: Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.Don't forget to leave them a comment telling them they're tagged, and to read your blog. Ever since I started trying to change my diet because of the whole PCOS/insulin resistance thing, I am a big weenie when it comes to sweets. Whereas I could...
You can call us Aaron Burr/ From the way we're dropping Hamiltons
posted by srah on April 30, 2007 9:59 PM
Tags: food, lazy sunday, new york city
I knew this was going to happen. I'm always coming across interesting things and places, only to discover that they only exist in New York (or LA or San Francisco or wherever). So I sigh sadly and continue on my slightly-less-merry way. Then when it turns out I'm actually going to NYC, I can't remember what I wanted to see, so when I discover that the NBC Studio Tour is sold out (sad), I end up just wandering around Manhattan aimlessly instead of picking up 2 6 12 BAKER'S DOZEN cupcakes. I don't even like eating cupcakes, but that's beside...
Today I had a cheese sandwich.
posted by srah on April 17, 2007 12:29 PM
Tags: food, grilled cheese, sandwich
April is National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Month. So that totally justifies buying a grilled cheese sandwich from the school cafeteria for lunch today and yesterday. I like mine with worcestershire sauce. You?...
Cup cup cup cup of of of of...
posted by srah on April 10, 2007 12:47 PM
Tags: cheapness, drinks, food, neuroses, tea
Dear The Tea Industry, I really don't like drinking my tea with the tea bag still in it. I thought it was just that I don't like my teabag and milk to touch, but now that I have been forced (by Science!) to branch out and find a tea that I can enjoy without milk or sugar, it turns out that my craziness extends to drinking the tea while the tea bag is still in it. Restaurants and cafés never provide them, so what you should do, The Tea Industry, is to market a line of tea bags that come...
Sorry, Champ. I think I ate your chocolate squirrel.
posted by srah on March 28, 2007 10:03 PM
Tags: bunnies, chocolate, food
Let it be known unto the world that Hedonist Artisan Chocolates is now selling their truffles over the Intarwebs and shipping them to places that are not Rochester, NY. I am quite sure they are delicious, because Zahra and Jennie said so. Go forth and buy! If truffles are not rabbit-shaped enough for you, then you should take a gander at these delicious little bunnies. I am told that the Lepus Corsicanus has but one desire in life: to have his head violently bitten off by me. Good bunny!...
Dem pancake bones
posted by srah on March 8, 2007 7:46 PM
Tags: food, pancakes, search results
Awesomest search term I've seen in my stat counters lately: are there bones in pancakes? Depends on the pancakes. Blueberry pancakes, not usually. Bone pancakes... probably....
What... is your favorite word?
posted by srah on January 30, 2007 12:29 PM
Tags: crepes, food, holidays, la chandeleur
Pancake! This is just a reminder, since I never remember about this until the last minute, that this Friday is Candlemas. So get your crêpes and tamales ready! I never seem to manage to hold on to one crêpe recipe from year to year, so I don't have a tried-and-true favorite to give you. Here's the one I'll probably be using, though....
It's a marshmallow peppermint world in the winter
posted by srah on December 5, 2006 6:19 PM
I am caught up in the baking season! I went to Kroger this weekend and saw some Andes Peppermint Crunch Baking Chips for sale. Like the excellent savvy shopper that I am, I thought 'Ooooh, neat! I see something pretty and new! I want to buy some, even though I don't know what I will use them for!' Yes, it's amazing that I'm poor. I don't understand it either. Fortunately, I later remembered a recipe that Slashfood published a few days ago, which involved crushed peppermint candies. The baking chips seemed a perfect alternative to unwrapping and hammering at dozens...
I have something in my pocket that belongs inside my face...
posted by srah on September 6, 2006 9:11 PM
Tags: baking, brownies, food, recipe
I posted this as a response to a call for brownie recipes in the LiveJournal Cooking community, but it occurred to me that a) you might like to read it too and b) (and possibly more importantly) the front page of my blog was starting to get empty. So here you are: srah's favorite brownie recipe 1½ stick butter 4 oz. unsweetened chocolate 2 cups sugar 3 eggs 2 tsp vanilla ½ tsp salt ½ tsp baking powder 1 cup flour Melt butter and chocolate together in a saucepan, remove from heat. Stir in sugar, then eggs, then vanilla, then...
Waiter, there's a DELICIOUS in my soup
posted by srah on August 11, 2006 12:11 PM
Tags: food, rapid city, reviews, road trip, soup, south dakota, travel
It is lunchtime and all I can think of is the Gorgonzola Ale Soup at the Firehouse Brewing Co. in Rapid City, South Dakota. I don't like beer and I don't like cheese soup, so I don't know why I ordered it. I suppose I was intrigued and I had a headache and didn't want anything more complicated than soup. And it was DELICIOUS. And it is SO FAR AWAY. And it is IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. And I will probably NEVER RETURN. And I didn't even think to TAKE A PICTURE, which I very strangely did with a...
Boba-fed
posted by srah on May 16, 2006 8:19 PM
Tags: bowling green, bubble tea, drinks, food, reviews, tea
I have discovered the joys of Bowling Green, Ohio! On my way home this weekend I set off with half a tank of gas just so that I would have an excuse to stop in Bowling Green. A little birdie named BobaFind had told me that there was bubble tea to be found there. I had planned to take my aunt out for bubble tea while she was in Ann Arbor, but I forgot all about it until after she'd returned home. No bubble tea for Aunt Pat and no Ann Arbor bubble tea for me, which only made me...
A slight tetch of insulin-resistance denial
posted by srah on April 25, 2006 5:11 PM
Tags: candy, easter, food, insulin resistance
You know what I don't particularly like? Butterfingers. You know what else I don't particularly like? Peanut butter. You know what is totally awesomely awesome? Butterfingers "creme" eggs, made of a hollow chocolate egg filled with a mixture of peanut butter and little bitsy bits of Butterfingers. Quick! Go out and buy them if there are any left! They are probably on sale! Go now! Quickly! Someone will take your Butterfingers creme eggs and then you won't get any and then you'll be sorry but don't come crying to me because I told you to hurry, foo'! Of course, this...
Sugars be damned!
posted by srah on April 19, 2006 1:13 PM
Tags: food, free stuff, ice cream
Next Tuesday is Ben & Jerry's Free Cone Day! Thou shalt eat iced creams and thou shalt enjoy it. So let it be written, so let it be done....
Tales from tiny srah
posted by srah on April 6, 2006 8:20 PM
When I was much younger and an avid reader of food packaging, I was always fond of diglycerides. Mostly this is because in my mind, "diglycerides" was pronounced "diggly-CER-uh-deez," which sounds like a totally awesome dinosaur. I still pronounce it that way in my head, although I've since learned the correct pronunciation and know better than to call them by their dinosaur name in public. Strangely enough, my brain has always pronounced "triglycerides" as "triglycerides" and has no desire to turn that ingredient into a three-horned version of the first dinosaur. I got a kick out of the ingredients in...
Adventures in protein
posted by srah on April 5, 2006 5:27 PM
Tags: almonds, food, low-carb diet, reviews
Alright, you've convinced me - the point is not to avoid carbOHYDRATE-rich foods altogether, but to eat them in moderation. So I will buy myself almonds and convince myself to snack on those instead of all the lovely lovely candy in the candy bowl on my desk. For the record, Blue Diamond Lime 'n Chili Almonds are awesome (I went out and bought some the last time I got on a protein kick). Sunkist Buttered Up Almond Munchies are not, but in their defense I should have read the package better. With a name like "Buttered Up" I thought they...
Like the deserts miss the rain...
posted by srah on March 21, 2006 5:50 PM
I am eating a Dole Tropical Fruit Bowl¹, which is made up of pineapple and some pinkish chunks and some yellowish chunks and some other yellowish chunks with a slightly different texture. I can't decide if the pink chunks or the firm yellow chunks are my favorite, but the point is, while this fruit salad is delicious, I have no idea what I'm eating. I think there's papaya in there, and maybe some guava. There might be passion fruit, or maybe mango. Because of my ignorance of the world of tropical fruit, I feel that it is time to make...
Stranger in an even stranger land
posted by srah on February 28, 2006 7:01 PM
Tags: fat tuesday, food, frosting, holidays, ohio, paczki
Dear Southwestern Ohio, Who the hell puts cupcake frosting on a friggin' pączek?...
Haiku is a way/ to make a boring entry/ tons more interesting
posted by srah on February 17, 2006 12:07 PM
Tags: couscous, food, haiku, poetry
Srah has a craving for couscous, although she would accept tabouleh. Searching for restaurants? Fruitless. The school dining halls Likewise are devoid. Couscous here must be prepared at home, which is not Feasible for lunch. Alas....
Two legs good, fake 'water' beverage baaaaaaaaaad
posted by srah on February 6, 2006 4:52 PM
Sometimes my blog posts serve to inform others, and sometimes they serve to record my thoughts so that I do not make the same mistake over and over again. For the record, Glaceau Vitaminwater "Focus" kiwi-strawberry flavored beverage is a mistake I would prefer not to make again and also one that I would like to warn the world about. Isn't that handy? All that this beverage is managing to make me "focus" on is the fact that it tastes bad. That and the fact that it claims to be a drink made up of vitamins + water but also...
Pancakes is ready!
posted by srah on February 2, 2006 1:01 PM
Tags: crepes, food, holidays, la chandeleur
I have just realized that today is La Chandeleur, or Crêpe Day. I had actually been planning on this all week, but somehow the date snuck up on me and left me with no eggs in the house. Never fear: Kroger's shall be visited and I shall be a-flipping this eventide! Join with me! P.S. Damned rodent....
As I bit into the burger, it had a crisp juiciness about it that was very pleasurable...
posted by srah on January 17, 2006 12:51 PM
My parents and I went to Miller's Bar on the way back from the auto show yesterday. The burgers were moist and juicy and the onion rings were addictive. I want moooooooooooooore....
The world is not sufficiently marshmallowy this winter
posted by srah on December 20, 2005 12:06 PM
Tags: food
Dear Nestlé, You so stupid¹! Marshmallows and hot chocolate must be in separate packages, so that when you stir the hot chocolate, you do not disturb the marshmallows. When you disturb the marshmallows, they melt and look like little maggots floating atop the steaming mug of brownness. That is, quite simply, just not right. Not that resemblance to maggots usually prevents me from drinking things. ––––– ¹ NOTHING! NOTHING is in the box!...
'Tis the season of yuletide amnesia
posted by srah on December 12, 2005 5:02 PM
Tags: christmas, egg nog, food, holidays
Just think of it!, thinks srah, Egg nog! It sounds so delicious and seasonal! Then she goes out and buys for her candy dish at work a holiday variety pack of tasty chocolates in egg nog, cinnamon almond and peppermint flavors. Which shall I sample first? ponders srah the simpleton. She takes a dainty nibble of an egg nog flavored chocolate and suddenly has no desire to eat anything ever again, for her taste buds have been tainted by the horror that is The Nog. Christmas comes but once a year, and fortunately, so does egg nog. Unfortunately, I never...
'Oh, that's nice. Is he Cuban?'
posted by srah on November 14, 2005 7:43 PM
Tags: food
I was looking up Everfresh Juice online, because it is Teh Nast, and noticed a little animated logo that proclaimed the following: We care more than others think is wise, We risk more than others think is safe, We dream more than others think is practical We expect more than others think is possible If I were a juice company - or in any food-related industry - I don't think I'd like to go around advertising that we're not as safe as others think we ought to be. I would half expect to swallow a jagged metal Krusty-O along with...
Hooray for snack-sized candies!
posted by srah on November 1, 2005 12:46 PM
Tags: candy, food, halloween, holidays, junior mints
I bought Halloween candy just in case I had trick-or-treaters, but was pretty sure I wouldn't, since I don't have a porch light and there was nothing to indicate that ascending three flights of stairs would be in any way fruitful. Or candyful. As a result, I have candy galore leftover. I've brought some to work but it isn't disappearing nearly fast enough - especially since several of my coworkers have mentioned that they didn't have any trick-or-treaters either. I suspect there are a lot of adults with candy on their hands this November 1. *licks fingers* Well, what with...
'As I bit into the nectarine, it had a crisp juiciness that was quite pleasurable...'
posted by srah on October 24, 2005 10:29 PM
Tags: food
Dear nectarine, I don't reckon you're supposed to make a noise like an apple when I bite into you. You were delicious but¹ the texture was all wrong. Please try harder in the future. ––––– ¹ I wanted to write "delicious, but toooo filling." As in a breakfast burrito. YOU know what I'm talking about, don't you? OH YEAH. Crap, I'm nuts....
In which I do not use subliminal messages
posted by srah on September 24, 2005 1:56 AM
Tags: brownies, food, my favorite posts
make me some cheesecake brownies! You know what I would really like right now? Cheesecake brownies. you know you want to!...
Make me a dang quesadilla!
posted by srah on August 12, 2005 3:52 PM
I had a light lunch and now I'm hungry and I want some cheese. But I'm at work and there's no cheese here. *cries* What's your favorite kind of cheese? Tell me all about cheese and perhaps that will ease my craving. :'(...
Tastes like... chicken?
posted by srah on July 30, 2005 1:30 PM
Tags: ann arbor, apete, chocolate, food, reviews, zingerman's
Apete, SarahM and I went to a chocolate tasting at Zingerman's earlier this week. I never got around to blogging anything about the balsamic vinegar or sea salt tastings we went to earlier this month, so I decided I had to make an effort to get this chocolate thing blogged! What this chocolate tasting did was confirm my worst suspicions: I am a chocolate philistine. After a lengthy explanation of the chocolate making processes and everywhere where the cheapo chocolates cut corners, we were given little cups with samples of different chocolates. We tasted them, then were asked to describe...
Rule #1: Sarah is always right. Rule #2: If Sarah is wrong, see rule #1.
posted by srah on July 14, 2005 4:24 PM
Tags: apete, argument, food, my favorite posts, pie, sandwich
Dear Internet, I would like your assistance in a little argument that apete and I are having: If you use one of these machines to make something consisting of pie filling between two slices of bread, is the resulting confection a sandwich or a pie? I will refrain from sharing which of the arguments is mine (and therefore correct) until you have discussed it amongst yourself. I'm sure that you will all come to the correct conclusion....
Reason #45934 Why I Should Be Locked In My House And Not Allowed Out
posted by srah on July 12, 2005 4:28 PM
Tags: food
Snyder of Berlin Sea Salt and Malt Vinegar Potato Chips are the best salt and vinegar chips I've ever had. But I may just think that because I'm being disgusting and licking the salt and vinegar off before eating them. At work....
Mardi
posted by srah on July 5, 2005 5:00 PM
Tags: food, french, in french, language, language week, memes
Punaise, que je suis nulle! Je viens de decouvrir que j'avais supprimé le fil RSS de Kim de mon agrégateur sans me rendre compte. Ça explique, un peu, pourquoi je n'ai pas eu de nouvelles de sa part depuis quelques semaines (je dépend des fils RSS!). Craints pas, cherie! Je t'ai rajouté et j'ai ajouté le fil de from rooster to donkey en plus. Alors, c'est assez difficile de bloguer tous les jours en anglais et c'est même plus difficile en langue étrangère. Mais aujourd'hui c'est Kim qui est mon sauveur (ma sauveuse?), parce qu'elle m'a transmis une mème en...
You would think they'd be able to save themselves, what with the friggin' lasers on their heads...
posted by srah on May 26, 2005 7:08 PM
Tags: apete, chilean sea bass, common grill, endangered species, fish, food
Apete and I went to the Common Grill last night, filled up on appetizers and split the Chilean Sea Bass as our entrée. As the waiter set the plate on the table, he informed us that we were the lucky eaters of the last Chilean Sea Bass. That the Common Grill would be serving. EVAR. Apparently the sea bass have been put on the endangered species list and their suppliers are just selling off the stock that they have left. At first, we felt guilty about it - when the waiter stopped by to see how our food tasted, I...
'I get it! French class!'
posted by srah on May 25, 2005 3:07 PM
Tags: food, honey i shrunk the kids, movies
I bet Little Debbie® allowed their product to be used in the movie so that whenever we saw Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, we would think of Oatmeal Creme Pies. But whenever I see Oatmeal Creme Pies, I think of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. Do you have any examples of your own of this backfiring product-placement?...
Skim is fo' suckahs!
posted by srah on May 16, 2005 10:13 AM
On the way to work today, I stopped to get an iced chai. I need some kind of beverage to keep me awake in the morning and iced chai is my new kick. "Whole milk or skim?" the counterperson asked me. I replied that I wanted whole milk and both of the people working there cheered. Apparently skim is the popular choice, so they get really excited when someone chooses the other. I said, "Life's too short to drink skim milk" and they agreed. We bantered some more over my newly-acquired punch card and now we are Best Friends. I...
I am a geeeeeeeenius!
posted by srah on May 16, 2005 8:41 AM
Tags: food
I went to Cold Stone Creamery last night, home of the most annoying ice cream makers in the world. You know you are singing too often and too loudly when customers' orders can't be heard over your noise. Sigh. Anyway, Cold Stone is a place where you make your own ice cream. They have ice cream bases and things to mix in, then they mix it for you and give it to you. I have to say, it's not that different from something like a Dairy Queen Blizzard, except it's served in a dish instead of a cup and you...
Hop on pop!
posted by srah on April 28, 2005 2:28 PM
Tags: apete, coke, food, pop, soda
Several weeks ago, Apete told me that he was addicted to Coke and wanted to quit. So I became his personal watchdog and yelled at him whenever I saw him with some. Believe it or not, yelling is not an effective motivational tool. I think I learned this in my psychology class. Or perhaps that was electric shock. No wait, electric shocks are always good. He was not very committed to the whole quitting thing until I made it into a personal challenge - like Let's see how long you can go without Coke. I decided that I would be...
Mmmmm, ratburger
posted by srah on April 14, 2005 1:14 PM
Tags: food
The McDonalds nearest to my house was torn down recently and a suspiciously McDonalds-shaped building is going up on that same lot, though it looks like it's turned at a 90° angle in order to trick us. I like to think that it was so full of disease and pestilence that the health inspector recommended they just start over....
For the record
posted by srah on April 4, 2005 11:06 AM
Tags: food
In addition to my Dharma Bums (the name of this drink probably bothers me most because I know someone named Dharma and don't really want to think about her bum), I bought myself a blueberry scone. Because, remember, the whole point was to Put Food In Me, not to Put Beverage In Me. Here is a rule of thumb: real blueberries are good. Fakety fake-ass blueberries of fakery are not good. What are these things? They ain't blueberries, that's for sure. Real blueberries have a nice tartness to them and a crisp juiciness about them that is very pleasurable*. These...
Attention: There is no point to this post
posted by srah on April 4, 2005 9:34 AM
Tags: amer's, ann arbor, food, tea, the simpsons
Right. Haven't blogged in a while, so I guess I'd best do so before I lose the touch. I'm in a foul, cranky mood today, which I thought might be improved by Putting Food In Me*. I had some extra time, so I went to Amer's on the way to work. While waiting in line, I actually looked at the menu instead of mindlessly ordering a chai as I usually do. They had something called Dharma Bums, which I'm almost positive also exists at the Amer's on Church Street, but with a different name. It's half hot milk, half Earl...
As long as I'm trapped at Bubble Island for hours on end...
posted by srah on March 24, 2005 8:04 PM
Tags: bubble tea, food, haiku, poetry
Lychee fusion tea With lychee jellies. It tastes like perfumed fruit juice. Lychee fusion tea has lychee jellies that look like diseased maggots. Lychee fusion tea has lychee jellies that feel like diseased maggots. And yet, overall I find lychee tea to be quite enjoyable....
Poetry corner
posted by srah on March 21, 2005 3:01 AM
Tags: food, haiku, health, medicine, poetry
Ode to my dinner tonight Oh muttar paneer You are made with peas and cheese I have leftovers. Ode to a conversation we had over dinner about Mongolian delicacies I like peas and cheese. I like the two together. I like both of them. I like butter, tea. I like them separate, but Not butter in tea! Ode to yuckiness in a bottle I've just taken some Robitussin to fight off A cold I'm getting. It tastes rather crap. Medicine men, please work hard To make it tasty. It has maken me Jittery - and nauseous too Not really sleepy....
On thought and language... I guess
posted by srah on March 14, 2005 5:03 PM
In French, herbal tea is a tisane, whereas real tea is thé. I like that they have two different words for it, because herbal tea is for suckahs and when you're really desperate. It seems like by having two words, there would be less confusion and you could more easily express the idea that you want REAL TEA as opposed to herbal. Unfortunately, in my experience it doesn't make things any easier because a tisane is usually still considered a kind of thé. I don't know what my point was... probably something about Sapir/Whorf and cultural understanding across languages. But...
Nutrition galore!
posted by srah on January 28, 2005 8:50 PM
Tags: food
I've just realized that I've eaten chicken fried rice for one meal or another for five out of the past six days. I'm so ashamed of myself!...
Reunited and it tastes so good
posted by srah on January 8, 2005 5:06 PM
Tags: food
The best thing about being sick is that once you're over it, you have a new appreciation for food. You know what's good? Cookies. And olives. And tortilla chips. And cheese. And Dove chocolate hearts. And bacon. And... well, food is good. How I've missed thee, chéri....
My analysis
posted by srah on December 5, 2004 9:04 PM
Tags: food
Pepsi Holiday Spice: tooooooootally weird. Weirder with every sip. Strange and bizarre. Seriously very weird. As is this. Update halfway through the can: Forget "weird"... this stuff is nast!...
Never the twain shall meet! If I can help it!
posted by srah on October 19, 2004 9:57 PM
Guess what? I have insane compulsions. I bet you were in no way aware of this. I, myself, am sometimes unaware of my own compulsions until they are pointed out to me. Apparently it is strange to threaten someone with bodily harm when they try to add the milk to your tea before removing the teabag, without being able to explain exactly what it is that you find so distasteful about the two touching. It's just wrong! It just is! Who would do such a thing? GAH!...
Compendium Chicagodus
posted by srah on October 18, 2004 10:13 PM
Tags: chicago, fondue, food, travel
Unchronological, disorganized thoughts from my weekend in Chicago with Jez: My hair and I can never live together in Chicago. If I were to be employed in Chicago, we would have to be parted. (My hair is normally parted, but in this case, it would have to be parted from me.) The Windy City is, indeed, quite windy. My poor head. We went to The Melting Pot for fondue on Sunday night. Mummmmmnummmyummmy. Bread, apples and vegetables in cheese. Seafood and vegetables boiled in oil. Evurrrrrrthing dipped in chocolate. 'Twere wonderful. You know what's funny? Museum space exhibits that list...
This is either a poem or a collection of thoughts.
posted by srah on October 15, 2004 3:41 PM
Tags: food
Junior Mints are a little firm and standoffish on the outside, but the inside is soft and comforting. They are like a hug, in candy form. I like Junior Mints....
Inspired by a conversation overheard on the bus
posted by srah on October 6, 2004 10:02 AM
Tags: food
I like a good caramel apple, me.* That's not entirely true. The idea of the caramel apple is a delicious one. The sweetness of the caramel combines with tartness of the Granny Smith (the best variety of all for caramel appling) for a delightful mixture of flavours. Unfortunately, it is impossible to eat a caramel apple without looking ridiculous eating off a stick and without getting your face and hands all sticky. And as you may know, avoiding messiness is one of my top priorities in life**. It's a conundrum for me, so I often only catch myself halfway through...
People Are Stupid, #412 in a series
posted by srah on August 30, 2004 12:31 PM
Tags: food
I received a sample of Ice Breakers Liquid Ice™ Instant Liquid Mints, stuck to the cardboard protectory-thing on my chai tea today. On the back of the package is written: Safety Warning: Avoid contact with eyes. Right. I hate it when that happens. Update: People Are Stupid, #413: Especially me. These mints are awful!!!1...
'Or as the Indians call it, 'maize'. In conclusion, Libya is a land of contrast.'
posted by srah on July 9, 2004 5:27 AM
Tags: blackadder, cultural differences, food, my favorite posts, popcorn
Dear France, Popcorn is meant to be salty. Sometimes it is also meant to be buttery and delicious. We are the continent that spawned popcorn, so we should know. Stop your crack-smoking, popcorn-sweetening ways! You are wrong and we are right; get used to it! Sincerely, SRAH who got her hopes up when she found out there was, for some reason, a brand-new popcorn vending machine in the abbey...
My compliments to myself!
posted by srah on June 29, 2004 6:38 PM
Tags: food
Dear World, I would have it known that today, June 29, 2004, I did make The Greatest French Bread Pizza Known To Man. Except we're in France, so it's just a Bread Pizza. Whatever. Of course, when you finally get around to eating dinner at something like 10pm, anything is good... but I highly suspect this may have actually been tasty. But why would anyone be eating dinner at 10pm? you ask. You nosy bugger. As a matter of fact, a new look for the blog is underway......
Mrs Igor
posted by srah on June 28, 2004 4:01 PM
Tags: food
The woman in front of me at the supermarket today was buying brains. Braaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaains! Echhhhhh....
'Ze fast and ze furious!'
posted by srah on June 25, 2004 4:05 AM
Now that I'm sober, I can tell you about last night's meal in more detail, without the danger that reviewing it bloggily would cause me to review it vomitally. Becky and I went to the nice restaurant in town, sort of on a whim, after discussing how much we both like food. Becky told me that although she'd never been there, she'd heard that they don't like Americans, so we had to be on our best behavior and I had to do all of the talking because we'd have to speak French. We went in and asked for a table...
My salsa makes all the pretty girls want to dance and run around fanning their mouths
posted by srah on June 14, 2004 12:11 PM
Tags: food
When I went to the grocery store last week, I bought some tortilla chips and salsa, knowing that at some point, I would be homesick and need some good old-fashioned American food. As I stooped by the exotic foods shelves, I saw one kind of dipping salsa. I couldn't see a label indicating whether it was Mild, Medium or Hot, but I knew that this is France and they are afraid of spicy things here, so if they only had one salsa style, it would probably be fine. So I tossed it in the cart along with the triangular chips,...
Wasaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaabi!
posted by srah on May 6, 2004 12:59 PM
Tags: food
On the way to work this morning, I picked myself up some sushi for lunch. The sushi place where I went serves eleven-piece sushi boxes. Why eleven? Not ten, not quite a dozen. Is eleven a lucky number in Japan? It's made even weirder by the fact that most of their sushi boxes are labeled as 1/2 and 1/2... or, you know, 5 avocado and 6 crab. In a restaurant, I always feel compelled to eat with chopsticks and make a mess of myself. Luckily no one is in my little desk-pool at work today, so I am able to...
I'm a little tea-snot
posted by srah on April 9, 2004 5:01 PM
I have always been a snob and am no less snobby when it comes to tea. As a tea-drinker, I like to think that I have something over all of the coffee-drinkers out there. I like to imagine that I am in some way more sophisticated than the java-guzzling proles*. I imagine that one day, scientists will find out that - like cigarettes - coffee is really bad for you, but all of the evidence has been hidden for years. Meanwhile, millions of people will be addicted to caffeine and I, who have only tasted coffee once or twice and...
Wish they all could be California rolls
posted by srah on March 14, 2004 12:34 PM
Tags: food
I love California rolls, but I don't like eating them in restaurants, with chopsticks. I either have to stuff the whole thing in my mouth and choke on it, or I have to try to take bites from it and the whole thing falls apart and falls into my lap. I much prefer eating them at home, where I can eat with my fingers. The whole thing still falls into my lap, but at least no one can see me picking bits of rice and avocado out of my lap....
Glutton for... well, food actually
posted by srah on March 9, 2004 10:00 PM
Tags: food
We went out last night to the Gandy Dancer to celebrate my dad's birthday. I had a mozzarella-tomato salad, Coquilles St-Jacques and coconut sorbet. I don't really have anything interesting to say on that subject, except yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuum....
'So, Cari... buy any pants today?' [Day 3 of the DC trip]
posted by srah on February 23, 2004 11:00 PM
Tags: alternative spring break, alternative spring break 2004, food, washington d.c.
We went out for dinner last night in Adams Morgan (an area of DC with a lot of restaurants and bars). Half of the group went to an Ethiopian restaurant and the other 11 of us had Indian. We didn't have reservations, but they were still able to seat us all together at one table. Amanda and I ordered a samosa (sort of a fried pie/dumpling thing with potato, peas and spices inside) each as appetizers, but they ended up being two each. I lurrrrve samosas and these were filling enough that I couldn't eat much of my entrée, much...
Any Washingtonians out there?
posted by srah on February 17, 2004 10:37 AM
Tags: food
I spent Fat Tuesday 2000 in Louisiana. 2001 was in Grenoble. 2003 was in Vichy. I didn't expect them in France, but I was disappointed to find that paczki seem to be a Michigan tradition that has not spread around the US. This year, I will be in Washington, DC. Does anyone know where one can find paczki in Washington?! Do I need to go and scratch at the gates of the Polish embassy? My parents are willing to buy and freeze one for me to eat when I get back, but it's not the same. I really don't want...
I'm not an addict (maybe that's a lie)
posted by srah on January 28, 2004 6:58 PM
Tags: bubble tea, food
Today was Crazy Bubble Tea Day for some reason. I was mopey in the afternoon and frustrated at my blog-block, so I dragged Mr B------ down to Bubble Island for a treat to get us through our discussion section. Standing in the hall and waiting to enter the classroom, we raised our glasses to a fellow bubble-tea drinker, who came over to observe our strange hot beverages in their styrofoam cups. Someone else remarked that ours were the largest straws they had ever seen, and we had to explain that the wide straws were for sucking up the bubbles of...
Variety is the spice of life... and mine is very bland
posted by srah on January 26, 2004 6:46 PM
Tags: food
Never let it be said that I don't like to try new things. For the record, cold almond milk tea with black bubbles is nowhere near as good as hot almond milk tea with black bubbles....
Yet another food-ku
posted by srah on December 24, 2003 1:04 PM
Tags: cheese, food, haiku, ossau iraty, poetry
I have spent so much time shopping, wrapping and cleaning that I haven't had more than a cup of soup in over 24 hours. I was at the point where I was so hungry it made me nauseous to think of food. I am now easing myself in with tea and am looking forward to a cheese sandwich. O My Cheese Sandwich! With Ossau and a bagel come to my rescue!...
Savouring flavourless moulded sweets
posted by srah on December 20, 2003 4:58 PM
Tags: food
While generally I am all about clutching any British traditions to my bosom, I am gnawing at a sugar mouse and wondering who on earth came up with this idea. I like the idea of eating a mouse made out of sugar... I just wish it had a flavour. Other than... sugar....
Mind you don't get your terry cloth sticky!
posted by srah on December 19, 2003 6:41 PM
Tags: food
Monkey cooks a bit more with his feet than I care to, but he has a lot of good ideas and has fun while he's doing it. [via The Pie in Paris]...
Mmmm, saaaaalty.
posted by srah on December 6, 2003 11:29 AM
Tags: food
Irony: eating Lipton Cup-a-Soup from an American Heart Association mug....
Am I not... INVISIBLE?!
posted by srah on December 2, 2003 12:27 AM
Tags: ann arbor, food, invisibility, lentil soup, pie, rendez-vous cafe
(Sometimes I think that I subconsciously make things happen in my life so that I can use the titles I want to use) I went to buy some lentil soup at Rendez-Vous Café today, because I am dangerously addicted to it. I could, quite possibly, survive for the rest of my life on lentil soup, tea and Junior Mints. And wouldn't that be healthy? I went in with the intention of buying lentil soup, then realized I was running late, so I would have to settle for potato pie. But they were out of potato pie, so I had to...
'Bubble Tea is not a fad. It's a trend.'
posted by srah on November 30, 2003 5:02 PM
Tags: ann arbor, bubble tea, food
Bubble Tea is the greatest thing ever. Her Cariness introduced me to it at a trip to the local bubble tea joint during one of our ever-productive User Interface Design group meetings and it fascinated me. It's sweet, milky tea with squishy tapioca "bubbles" at the bottom, which you suck up while you drink the tea. While doing my Network Computing homework in the computer lab today, I had a terrible craving for bubble tea. I decided I would have some when I finished my homework and the desire for the squishy sweetness almost drove me to stay on task....
Me so soupy
posted by srah on November 26, 2003 2:36 PM
Tags: food
David and I went to Sushi.Come for lunch today. I had never been there before and had actually only been to a Japanese restaurant once in my life. I had California rolls, which were garnished with fish eggs. When is it caviar and when is it just fish eggs? I don't care. I love the little buggers. I imagine that most people just swallow them down, but I love to bite each little one and feel the tiny crunches between my teeth. I truly am the Queen of the Chewers, which explains why I only ate about four of my...
Early edition
posted by srah on November 23, 2003 4:51 PM
Tags: food
Had a 501 editing meeting this morning at 9 that has not finished yet. And probably won't finish for several hours. I am surviving on a constant stream of Starbursts and chocolate mint Kisses. I have the mother of all sugar highs and I am going to crash and burn when I run out. I think my veins hurt....
Haiku explanation for stains
posted by srah on November 20, 2003 1:05 PM
Lunchtime incident: Lentil soup should stay in bowl Not on Sarah's shirt....