Friday, October 31, 2003

Happy Belated Halloween!!!Yes it's that time of the year again...candy day has come and gone....i ate me share of candy. I hope you did as well..

Did you Know???
CANDY
American adults (18 and over) consume 65 percent of the candy that's produced each year.

The Dutch are the biggest eaters of candy, at 65 pounds per person a year; Americans eat about 21 pounds a year.

Halloween, Christmas, Easter and Valentine's Day are the biggest candy selling days in that order.

If you look in the garbage of the average American home after Halloween, you find empty candy wrappers. However, after Valentine’s Day, you will find the wrappers, boxes and candy all thrown away.

It is supposedly against the law in Idaho to give anyone a box of candy that weighs more than 50 pounds.


Just some brain candy for you to munch on...
I hope you enjoyed it!!!!



Wednesday, October 29, 2003

Hello all...
Here's a little ditty about I've been up to th last few days::


By Friday noon i was playing with food, while my husband was happy and good in good mood. I fussed an fussed to feed so many faces, he boarded the plane with little suitcases. I had to feed 175, he was on his way and soon would arrive. The party was over in a little while, when greg was on his last air mile. I cleaned and cleaned my little kitchen that i love, as he checked in to his room above. So i came home from the place i call work, he was in San Antonio talking to some hotel clerk. Later that night he gave me a call, he gave his warmest greatings above all. I s oon had to say goodnight and all that good stuff, so did he, and he promised he would call me soon enough. Then saturday came, it was a day not to pay much attention, he ran around learning at his big fancy dietetics convention. I sadly took myself to work this day, while he talked, to many pro's while eating from a fruit tray. I didn't do anything exciting, i'm sure he ate dinner somewhere inviting. This was my day all in all, I'm sure he was busy because he did't call. Sunday came around while i was asleep, He sure was up early from his beauty sleep. I felt i slept to long, forgot about the time chang, he headed off to church across the Texsas range. Before i knew it i was at The River dance, He headed back from the convention by happy chance. I went to the theatre with Karen and Joe, while Greg hit the downtown with electric glow. We watched the preformers sing, dance, and play, he hung out with eight other students on this lovely day. Before to long the night was done, that when his fun had just begun. I recieved a little call later, He told me he had a time greater. That was our Sunday in a few silly words, But i guess we sound like a bunch of goofy nerds.. THE END.

Excuse the bad rythming...i didn't relise i was doing it at first...but who knows i just may be cursed.So i hope you enjoyed it just a little...because i really don't need an accquitle. So i say chat with you folks later...trust me folks it will only get greater..


Friday, October 24, 2003

Chocolate Quote of the day:


There's nothing better than a good friend, except a good friend with CHOCOLATE !

Are you a sinkie? Well if your not sure than read on. I know I am!!!

Hungry?
No time to cook?
No time to eat?
Don't like to clean up?

Become a SINKIE!
Delicious! Nutritious! No Dishes!

SINKIES know the difference between fast food
and REALLY fast food.

SINKIES prefer refrigeratorlight to candlelight.

Eating and snacking over the kitchen sink.
Millions of people around the world have been enjoying this casual dining style for many years.

Their casual dining style can also include standing in front of their open refrigerators, rummaging around the leftovers, taking inventory of the contents.

Drinking milk straight from the carton.

Eating on the run.

Grabbing a jelly doughnut, while racing out the door in the early afternoon(morning in most peoples cases), late for work.

Dashboard dining in the car.

Having a lunch of M&Ms and Pepsi from the vending machines in the break room.(In my case i would grab it from room service..

IN OTHER WORDS, IF IT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH HAVING A QUICK BITE, IT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH BEING A SINKIE.

No dress code, reservations, tipping, annoying table conversation; no "soup or salad" decision (have both if you like), no trying to catch the waiter's eye, no deciding whether to use the everyday dishes or the good stuff, no having to endure the waitress calling you "Hon" or "Dearie."

I say it loud and proud..Yes I'm a sinkie..are you?




Wednesday, October 22, 2003

A helpful hint:

The 12-step chocoholics program:
NEVER BE MORE THAN 12 STEPS AWAY FROM CHOCOLATE!!!



HEAT IT - EAT IT AND BEAT IT
This how it all went down hill...
Does anybody remember the home cooked meal ???

When aromas coming out of the kitchen kept you in euphoric ecstasy and joyful anticipation for 2 or 3 hours.

Then you sat down and devoured a 7 course delectable meal in all it’s glorious grandeur .Okay maybe not quit that fancy.

That’s over folks!

Look how many thousands of years it took us to ‘advance’ to “Fleeting Eating.” (Eating on the run)

Look how many people got rich from this advanced form of eating. Companies like Rolaids…Tums…Maalox…Mylanta.

We no longer have to look for flavor, succulence or edibility.

Just grab a bun and run.

Restaurants today are meeting competitive racing standards for dining. Some get very creative. Some of them have their own racing forms. Some put a cute clock on your table and you’re clocked on ‘food arrival’ and you’re clocked on how fast you can ‘glom’ it down…so they can have your space for the next Olympic ‘glommer’.


You’ve heard the expression “we hate to eat and run.” You’ve also heard diners burping all over the place. That folks, is the fast food frenzy!



Just think back thousands of years. The very first meal in a cave took 32 hours because they didn’t know how to start a fire. It wasn’t until Murray who was impatiently dawdling with two sticks, caught fire…and before they could put the fire out, they roasted two iguanas, a rhino and Murray. The Rhinoburger took a week to eat…it was tough!

That was the first home cooked meal.

If they had a microwave in those days, they could have saved Murray and a lot of time.

Today it’s fast food - junk food and processed food. Stop eating for one minute and just think where we are going next. Ponder this: Your wristwatch alarm goes off…you reach into your watchband and peel off a ‘pill’ and you will have just dined on your favorite gourmet meal. That Simple!


Dominos and Pizza Hut have made driving in traffic rather dangerous and some of them have crashed into our living rooms trying to beat the delivery deadline. The race got so competitive a company is now offering a 15 minute delivery ‘cook your own pizza’. See where we are going! It didn’t stop there. All you can eat restaurants are popping up all over the place. You can always spot them by the ‘Medics’ parked outside.

But we cannot , and should not , get so complacent that we forget the unsung heroes who gave their lives in agonizing torture, ‘tasting - testing and touting recipes so you and I can go to McDonalds today with a minimal amount of pain!

So hang in there you fast food freaks, and until we ‘meat’ again.

Bon Appetite!

Tuesday, October 21, 2003

Hello everyone..Well i've heard some positive feed back about this blog..i would like to thankyou for keeping up with me..Some says it;s silly, funny and even a little bit crazy..But of course it is. Would you expect anything less?

Not to toot my own horn, but I am a little bit funny.You may ask me me how do I do it? I ask myself the same question. The answer is I have NOOO Idea.

Okay i have a few ideas where it comes from. Here's a short list:
1) Being exposed to paint fumes from a very early age
2) It could be genetic..If you know my family there a little wacky, too.
3) Being exposed to the workers in the food industry
4) A few to many mixed drinks
5) Too much heat..remember i worked in many kitchen
6) Too much cold...the kitchen i currently work in is about 54 degrees

NAh...the real answer is my little sister. And you are saying to yourself.What does she have to do with this? EVERYTHING...My folks told me that i was born a mild tempered child...And was she was born thats when it happened. Do you really think I was going to let some cute curely haired child take my spot light? I think not..I call it a little bit a genus...yep that me...

That's Just alittle bit of rambling on about little ole me

What do you think????

Sunday, October 19, 2003

Chocolate quote of the day:

"When life presents you with a rocky road, just eat your way out of it."

I think that an excellent piece of advice don't you?
Bid You Know?
M & M CANDIES
Originally made as a high-energy field snack for American soldiers, because "they melt in your mouth, not in your hand." M&M's were named after Forrest Mars and Bruce Murries, the inventors.

Red M&M's were discontinued for 11 years from 1976 to 1985 after the FDA banned Red Dye No. 2, even though M&M's did not contain this dye. They have always used Red #'s 3 and 40!

Many consumers protested, and a student at the University of Tennessee (Paul Hethmon, the photo editor on the student newspaper, the Daily Beacon) started a society for the Restoration and Preservation of Red M&M's. Eventually the company relented and began producing it again. It was reintroduced it at about the same time as glasnost and the crumbling of the anti-Red scare. Focus groups were held to decide the correct proportions for the gradual reintroduction of the banned variety during the Christmas season of 1985.

The new proportions were 30% brown, 20% red, 20% yellow and 10% each of orange, green and tan for plain M&M's.



A little food history lesson for everyone. I hope you enjoyed it. I think at least once a week there will be a little lesson..So pay pay attention you might have a quiz..just kidding...hehehe...

Friday, October 17, 2003

Crazy Day...
well I had a rather lovely day..woke up at about ten.. pretty much like every other day. Biked about 8 miles..still normal..took a shower..still normal..got dressed...still normal.. left for work...That's when i stepped right into the twilight zone...can you hear the music...it weht something like this....

Today we are standing here in the quiet sleepy town of Jacksonville. Just a regular day just like any other..Enter stage left..a young female chef.. She thinks she going to leave for work early. She's a good team player and wants to get ahead of the game..But now you are about to enter the twilight zone...

ok here's the short version of my day.. Car had a flat tire, went to put the spare on, it was flat too. Then I said $%#@!#$! You get the idea..When I finally got to work. It seemed maybe that the Twilight zone was behind me...WRONG...To make a long story short..Umpteen hundred people decided they all wanted to eat at the same time...
Yes today was big fat stinky day... And it's all up hill in the snow both ways tomorrow..
So it will be very interesting..
Hopefully no twilight zone music will play when i wake up in the morning..on the other hand it didn't play this morning when i woke up..it snuck up on me...
hopefully it won't sneak up on you!!!

Thursday, October 16, 2003

Hello all...I'm glad you could stop by.As you my notice I've added a comment section..so feel free to say it... i don't know what it is yet it is but you should..

On to todays news of fun and frolcking...
Lets talk about something wonderful...no i'm not talking about what you think..Hey get your minds out of the gutter. I'm talking about my favorite thing CHOCOLATE!!!! YUM!!

Facts: Chocolate is a vegetable.(o.k. a vegetable by product) It is made of cocoa paste, cocoa butter, and sugar. There are many different types, such as: semi-sweet, unsweetened bittersweet, milk chocolate, white chocolate (which really isn't chocolate at all if you ask me). Did you know that the Swiss (famous for their chocolate) eat twice as much chocolate per person as do Americans but have one of the lowest obesity rates?

Always remember "Stressed" spelled backwards is "desserts".

Wednesday, October 15, 2003

FINALLY, a way to know what to pitch and what to save!
FOOD SPOILAGE TABLE


THE GAG TEST
Anything that makes you gag is spoiled (except for leftovers from what you cooked for yourself last night).

EGGS
When something starts pecking its way out of the shell, the egg is probably past its prime.

DAIRY PRODUCTS
Milk is spoiled when it starts to look like yogurt. Yogurt is spoiled when it starts to look like cottage cheese. Cottage cheese is spoiled when it starts to look like regular cheese. Regular cheese is nothing but spoiled milk anyway and can't get any more spoiled than it is already. Cheddar cheese is spoiled when you think it is blue cheese but you realize you've never purchased that variety. Unless you count the various molds which may take years to consume a block of cheese, but do give the fridge the look of an interesting lab experiment and several exciting shades of blue and green.

MAYONNAISE
If it makes you violently ill after you eat it, the mayonnaise is spoiled.



MEAT
If opening the refrigerator door causes stray animals from a three-block radius to congregate outside your house, the meat is spoiled.

LETTUCE
Bibb lettuce is spoiled when you can't get it off the bottom of the vegetable crisper without Comet. Black is not a normal lettuce color and may be a clue to edibility. Romaine lettuce is spoiled when it turns liquid.

CANNED GOODS
Any canned goods that have become the size or shape of a baseball should be disposed of. Carefully. Leakage is another sign of lowered quality.

POTATOES
Fresh potatoes do not have roots, branches, or dense, leafy undergrowth.

EXPIRATION DATES
This is NOT a marketing ploy to encourage you to throw away perfectly good food so that you'll spend more on groceries. Perhaps you'd benefit by having a calendar in your kitchen.

GENERAL RULE OF THUMB
Most food cannot be kept longer than the average life span of a hamster. Keep a hamster in your refrigerator to gauge this.

And most important rule of all if in doubt throw it out!!!


Tuesday, October 14, 2003

Food
What's the point unless it tastes good?
Pizza is great though I also like burger and fries, egg and fries, egg and Cheerios, egg and burger, egg and pineapple pizza. Hey I guess I like eggs a LOT but you gotta know that they don't HATCH no matter how long you leave them!! Have you ever thought how versitile eggs are..

Some people are vegetarians. Well, fries are vegetables but frankly I don't much like that GREEN MUCK they eat(some of it's not too bad) I like my yummy meatie dishes. Not that there's anything wrong with that either. I can only eat so much rabbit food unless it comes with a nice chunk beef, chicken, fish, pork, or pretty much any animal for that matter.

Now I hear that people wanne SUE McDonalds for making them FAT. Yeah cuz like getting FAT is something that happens OVERNIGHT and that maybe SIX burgers a day was a BAD FREAKING IDEA. Sorry i tend to ramble on when my inner dialog starts moving lightning fast through me.. You think it drives you crazy think how i feel!!!!

Sunday, October 12, 2003

How 'bout these apples?Recently we..that is my Hubby and myself have jumped on the healthy band wagon.
He's in school for dietetics...so he recommendes before grabbing your favorite snack food chew on this..

Mostly disgusting, weird, bizarre or funny. And to begin with:
o One 15-ounce bag of potato chips = 1 cup of oil
o One 12-ounce can of Coke = 10 teaspoons of sugar
o 1 medium movie popcorn (11 cups) with "butter topping" = 8 potatoes
o 1 McDonald’s Big Mac and large fries = 1 cup of Crisco.
o 1 pint of Vanilla Haagen-Dazs ice cream = 2/3 stick of butter
o One 12 oz. cafe mocha = 1 Taco Bell soft taco
o 1 Bagel with Cream Cheese = 2 ½ slices of pepperoni pizza

Saturday, October 11, 2003

HUH?Broken egg maths
Sampling statistics is a very complex issue and see if you can work this one out!
The following mathematics-related conundrum appeared in the October 11, 2002 issue of "The Salt Lake Tribune": The menu at the Coffee Garden at in Salt Lake City has included a scrumptious selection of quiche for about 10 years. The recipe calls for four fresh eggs for each quiche. A Salt Lake County Health Department inspector paid a visit recently and pointed out that research by the Food and Drug Administration indicates that one in four eggs carries salmonella bacterium, so restaurants should never use more than three eggs when preparing quiche. The manager on duty wondered aloud if simply throwing out three eggs from each dozen and using the remaining nine in four- egg-quiches would serve the same purpose. The inspector wasn't sure, but she said she would research it.

I don't know about you but that sounded like a bunch a crap with a capital C.
When the eggs are cooked the bacteria is killed.. On the other hand the health inspector might not realize that you bake a quiche for extended period of time.
LIKE A HALF HOUR To FORTY-FIVE MINUTES.....

Friday, October 10, 2003

Some silly thoughts about a place i call work
Time to make the daily ramblings. Today was an oddly strange day at work. It was like I walked into the movie Office Space…Every time I turned around one of my many bosses would come in and ask if I got the note for the party tomorrow. It included some changes in the food order. This didn’t start to annoy me until the third person walked in and asked the same question as the previous two. That would have been quite enough until the forth walked in and asked the same question AGAIN. I wanted to say don’t you guys communicate with each other!! Or are you just trying to drive me INSANE!!!!
I think the problem is simple..to many chiefs or in my case chefs…and too few Indians..

On a lighter note…Rated 6 on the insanity scale..

A practical joke involving jello
Here’s a little joke I heard at work from my boss…he’s quite a character
A gelatin mold should be made with Knox Unflavored Gelatin and red food coloring. One would think that a flavorless food would not be at all difficult to swallow, but not so true, he described the looks of people who inserted cold masses of gelatinous glop into a mouth that was expecting sweets. The experience was unexplainably horrifying! That’s some the guests said. Some claimed to be nauseated by the feel of it; others politely swallowed.( They didn’t want to admit it at first) Who wants to act stupid. Remember a chef prepared the meal…HEHEHE I think it’s pretty funny!!!

NOW THAT”S SOMETHING TO CHEW ON>>>NO PUN INTENDED

Thursday, October 09, 2003

Todays thought to chew on....

If everything is coming your way, You're in the wrong lane
I hate to admit it but once in a while I catch myself watching Martha Stewart on TV…Then I must also admit that I have some crazy inner dialog… it goes something like this…

"Did you know that the word 'pancake' comes from the Swedish 'panne kokken'?" asks Martha Stewart.

Aw, gee, I always thought it came from cakes that you make in a pan, Martha!

Jes oh Pete, Martha's making pancakes. She's making them with frigging yeast for the love of god - yes! Yeast! And "let the batter rise for at least an hour - you should refrigerate if you make the batter the night before - then return it to room temperature in the morning before you begin."

You see, this is where I just pour some water in the Aunt Jemima pancake mix. But then, I really like Aunt Jemima pancakeWups again.

I just fling 'em onto de plate

"Be sure to warm the serving platter."

Tuesday, October 07, 2003

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