Salad Dressing Flavors

The grocery store shelves offer many types and flavors of salad dressing.

Have you ever wondered which ones are bought most often?

Me neither.

I look at calorie content first then think about which low calorie dressing will taste best.

I seldom consider what other people are buying when I make a purchasing decision.

Considering the ignorance of the huge herd of bleating USA citizen-sheep I wonder why any rational thinking non-sheep would give a moments reflection as to what the HUGE mass of ignorant, ill-educated buffoons are buying.

While the wise buyer will use their own judgement it can still be interesting to view general statistics, trends, etc. while making ones’ own buying decisions.

Our friends at The Food Channel recently posted an article titled:

Top Ten Most Popular Salad Dressing Flavors

1. Ranch Dressing

2. Vinaigrette

3. Caesar Dressing

 

You will have to follow the link to see the remaining 7 of the top 10.

 

Never cook with extra virgin olive oil

 

I can neither agree or disagree with the guy but that means little to nothing since I still eat condensed-type soup straight from the can.

Pizza Making

Do you apply the sauce first or the cheese first?

However you obtained it, either making your own pizza dough or making the dough from a store-bought kit or buying a ready-to-fix pizza thing at the store, it is time to place the goodies on top of the raw, bare, naked dough.

Should you do the typical thing and apply the sauce first or should you be different and put the cheese on your young uncooked being-assembled pizza?

Thanks to Scott’s Pizza Tours blog there is an answer!!!

 

Cheese First vs. Sauce First

Interesting Recipe

At the awesome Serious Eats Web site I saw a post about S. H. Fernando Jr.’s Spicy Lentil Fritters.

The fritters page has a link to a page with the recipe so that you, too, can create your own fritters.

However, one part of the recipe made me cringe for a brief moment:

“Cup each ball in both hands and flatten slightly so the middle is thicker than the edges.”

I quickly returned to my normally abnormal state of statelessness and realized that the round objects were future fritters needing but to be immersed in hot oil for awhile to be made ready for biting.

And life continues in the shanty where a peanut butter sandwich has become a budget breaker.

 

 

 

Past and Present Pizza Packaging

Today’s history lesson covers to-go pizzas from a brick-and-mortar pizza purveyor.

The pizza can be a baked to-go order with you, the customer, carrying your delight out the door and eating it wherever you eat your food.

Or the pizza may be delivered by a delivery person to your shack, tent, shanty or wherever an address to narrow down your location so the delivery dude or dudette can hand you the pizza.

Do not be a cheapskate.

Tip the driver.

Many benefits that you may never be aware of.

A HUGE “Thanks!!!” to Scott Wiener for doing the research and posting this:

Scott’s Pizza Chronicles: A Brief History of the Pizza Box

And the ever-reliable Wikipedia—> Pizza delivery

 

(pic courtesy of Valerio Capello)

Bodacious Burger King Bacon Burger

 

“Whopper with 1,050 Strips of Bacon from Burger King in Japan“

Yummy!!!!!

 

Acres of bacon goodness in every bite.

 

 

Last Meal

“The last meal is a customary part of a condemned prisoner’s last day. Often, the day of or before the appointed time of execution, the prisoner receives a last meal and religious rites, if they desire.”

Dead Man Eating Weblog

“Texas stopped serving so-called last meals to death row inmates this week after a state lawmaker complained about an inmate request he considered excessive.“

“State Sen. John Whitmire, a Houston Democrat, was outraged at the meal request“

So, one guy doomed to die decided not to eat his “last meal” so some politician decides to “ruin” things for all those facing death by whining about the act of one.

There are “last meals” and then there are “last meals.”

“…the 100th anniversary of the Titanic sinking in an attempt to replicate the last meal served aboard the ship.”

Critters can also have a last meal:

Sad Day. Millions Weep. Entire World Mourns.

Me exaggerate?

Nay, I say!!!

As reported about at the incredibly awesome SFist news paper;

“Iconic Chinatown Joint Sam Wo To Close“

May the memory of Sam Wo and his firm endure until the sun no longer shines, the rivers stop flowing and the grass stops growing.

And politicians stop being lackey puppet lap-dog figureheads of their ruling-elite masters and corporate USA.

Banana

As typical, to learn much about the beloved banana head over to the ever-helpful and informative Wikipedia——> Here

For a good time do not call. No!!!

Visit the on-line banana museum—–>  Wheeeee!

Sea Kittens

Ahoy ye land-lubbers and those who do float upon the sea for whatever reason.

Look down upon the waters and envision the finny critters below.

Many are edible.

Humans have mechanized fishing so that large numbers of undersea critters can be caught, processed in various ways, and sold to end consumers.

Folks are fed and wealth is spread around and the ruling masters can scrape their percentage of the wealth from the “top” to ensure that those atop the socio-economic hierarchy are wealthy and that their minions and cohorts are well-paid and are kept loyal and obedient via excellent health care and pensions set up so that the lackeys of the masters are well taken care of for life.

So many commoner scum vermin at the bottom of the hierarchy in the private sector of the economy… the part of USA society/economy that actually creates wealth, so often have no pension available or health benefits, etc.

Oh, perhaps a pittance via Social Security but with so many of the master’s politician lackey figureheads pushing for an end to Social Security so as to allow the masters to scrape off even more wealth and get an even bigger part of the money pile……

But… we are gathered to discuss sea kittens.

Urge to Eat

Eat ‘em up, yum.

Give the guy credit for not causing unnecessary damage other than breaking the window.

He may have earned “brownie points” if he had cleaned up the broken glass on the floor.

 

A gentleman would have left the guesstimated value of the food next to the cash register, hidden from easy view so that a thief-type person looking through the broken window would not see the cash sitting there.

 

Scary Stuff

 

Cleaning your BBQ device or any cooking thing with a wire brush?

Be careful.

There are medical reports of folks proven to have required medical care to remove the small metal bristles from the wire brushes used to clean grilles such as the type commonly used on outside BBQ devices.

Any use of any type of wire brush or wire-containing contraption upon a food cooking device cries out for the cleaner to ensure NO small wires remain behind that can embed themselves in your food.

The medical care needed to remove a wire bristle from the body can be painful and extremely expensive!!! I believe that with bad luck an eaten wire could possibly even lead to death!!!

So, an ounce of prevention is worth much more than a pound of cure.

Be aware and take care. And warn other folks you know.

Learn from others’ mistakes.

 

 

Eeeeek!  I can visualize that cleaning method sending small wire bristles all over the place.

 

 

Ewwww! How Can you Eat That?!!!!

Bouncing around the Orient while in the military often leads to tasting various odd foodstuffs at least partially due to peer pressure.

Balut in the Philippines along with monkey and other goodies generally referred to as “mystery meat.”

Korea had weird vittles.

Heckaroni, every country over yonder had weird grub… even grubs for snacks, etc.

Interestingly, the varied spices and sauces were often the main or only taste source with the meat merely providing texture.

A Pizza Essay (left upon a Houston, TX message board)

Good or excellent pizza is a very subjective affair and it is foolish to proclaim anybody’s opinion about this or that pizza or this or that pizza firm is “the best.”

I do want to mention that “great pizza” does not necessarily require that the pizza-type be a bizarre-to-many affair with rare or odd toppings.

Some studies indicate that across the USA pepperoni is the number one chosen topping.

Know Your Tortillas

Meso-Americans

 

As testament to their popularity, the Tortilla Industry Association (TIA) estimates that Americans consumed approximately 85 billion tortillas in 2000 (not including tortilla chips).

Tortilla Industry Association Web site— Here

85 BILLION!!!!!  If true, no wonder there are so many lard-laden skinny-challenged folks waddling around.

Pizza Roulette

All the groovy kids are playing the game.

I guess they are.

Would YOU take the chance?

How daring are you?

Should you consult a doctor first?

Worth a peek.

You can play the same game at home but using a lower strength hot sauce may be advisable.

First seen—-> HERE

Defend Your Right to Eat Pink Slime

 

Don’t Call it a Comeback — Pink Slime Beef Returns

Read all about the wonderful pink slime —> HERE

Hungry for Hardees

There is a Hardee’s close to the shanty.

In the western and south-western sections of the USA Hardee’s are operating under the Carl’s Jr. name.

Grub Grub? Crawly Cuisine?

Picture by Fastily

 

The FDA, for good reasons, has allowable percentages of insect parts and pieces in many (most?, all?) of the foods distributed within the USA.

With the horde of humans seemingly ever-increasing the use of bugs, insects, etc. those critters may be needed to at least partially feed us some day.

Yummy?

Read about it!!!    Chirp here—->  Chirp

McGangbang

“The McGangBang: a McChicken Sandwich Inside a Double Cheeseburger”

“…taking two items off of the Dollar Menu and creating an entirely new sandwich for a total of $2.16. Truly, it’s a sandwich that’s more than the sum of its parts.“

Read the incredible edible tale —>   HERE

Pic from here

Spatulas

Every kitchen needs a spatula.

It is an incredibly useful device and makes a great stocking stuffer for Christmas or for any occasion when a gift can be given.

 

For the best possible selection head over to Spatula City:

 

Scaloni

“…a defining characteristic for mollusks, and a disportionately large gonad.”

That, I suppose, is an apt description of a California abalone.

Grab an abalone and a few scallops.

Mash them together and…

Scaloni!!!!

 

Scaloni waiting for cooking

Break your Fast = Breakfast!!! Yum

The many delights of breakfast.

Once upon a time before dietary limitations forced me to greatly limit what I eat I would splurge and eat an oh-so yummy McD’s Bacon-egg-and-cheese biscuit and savor every delicious bite.

Nothing complex about it but the combination was extremely yummy.

Another incredible edible was often sold for 99-cents depending upon location, or if a sale was going on so that the McDs typically charging more than 99-cents also allowed the yummy delight to please the Disgruntled Old Coot for 99-cents was/is the basic, simple and filling and tasty….

Linguicia Again

Northern California allows easier access to the, in my Disgruntled Old Coot Opinion, finest pizza topping EVER!!!

Crumbled linguicia.

Sliced linguicia is a distant second.

Oh how I miss my beloved linguicia.

Pizzas

8 Pizzas That Haunt My Dreams

 

Lots of pics and text and comments.

Follow the “Read more here »” link at the bottom of each “slide” in the slide show for more information about each pizza place reviewed.

No chain pizza joints here.

All are individually owned in the New York City area but…. oh my… those pizzas look oh-so good!

荳腐 đậu phụ เต้าหู้ 豆腐 Tofu

Pondering the Tofu. Wikipedia to the rescue!

“tofu products can be split into two main categories: fresh tofu, which is produced directly from soy milk, and processed tofu, which is produced from fresh tofu.”

Off to the Wiki article to inform yourself about the product.

———-> Tofu    ————-> Stinky Tofu

Oh my. This tofu stuff is complicated —-> “When buying tofu, be sure to read the label first“

(pic from geishablog)

Huge Shrimp

Yep,thems some biguns’ by golly.

“Invasive Black Tiger Shrimp On the Rise in the Gulf of Mexico“

 

Giant cannibal shrimp more than a FOOT long invade waters off Gulf Coast

 

If those critters from Asian waters find the Gulf of Mexico comfortable living and expand their numbers they may force out shrimpier shrimp.

Or, perhaps, hungry folks may be able to catch enough to curtail their numbers.

It may be a blessing for USA folks if these not-so-shrimpy shrimp become regularly available.

“Black tiger shrimp are delicious” according to the linked-to newspaper story.

It would be a time-saver to prepare a few biguns’ instead of a large number of smaller shrimp.

Cheeseburger Salad

Cute, cuddly, adorable and the recipe can be easily altered so it meets your personal tastes, desires, cravings and dietary restrictions, etc.

Lots of helpful pictures and a horde of comments.

Follow the link ——->  LINK

Turkey Dinner

Old Coot Types Words and Rants a Bit

I, Obbop, the Disgruntled Old Coot, rarely eats via the drive-through routine nor at any locale outside my humble hovel, my shanty upon the Ozark Plateau amidst the squalor of the horde of uncivil and anti-social human herd hereabouts.

 

When I did motor through the drive-through grab a burger, etc. fast-food joint I pert-near’ always grabbed some oh-so-fattening french fries, especially in winter when the birds found it harder to find food.

 

Notice the sparrows that often flock to cars parked near a fast-food joint, hopping around and gazing quizzically at the vehicle’s occupants; apparently attempting to communicate; “Hey, fella’, where’s my french fry?”

 

Well, with my thoughts during ordering including our feathered friends I had fries to toss that were eagerly grabbed and consumed.

 

I just hope that as I age further and with the economy sure to grow ever-worse and my descent into the true elderly state likely to propel me to dumpster diving and begging for vittles money perhaps some kind-hearted in-auto diners will toss me a few much-appreciated french fries.