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Post by madmax on Jan 14, 2018 4:32:10 GMT -4
Hello again. I kind of feel like crap right now. I watched SNL tonight. The host said fuck, and the 2 Weekend Update guys each said shit.
Since I didn't have many snacks, I'll list them with the meals. I have also been snacking on shredded wheat with canola oil.
Sat: I only have one item from my meal to mention. It is half a bag of the Clancy's(ALDI brand) version of Chex mix. It is the Hatch Green Chili flavor. It was ok. I can't remember if there was any heat. There is one negative. Since it is a special flavor, there is less in the bag. It is only 13oz, and the regular is 15oz. A bag of actual Chex mix is 8.75oz. Mainly due to the smaller size, I won't buy these again.
Sun: I opened a jar of peanut butter that I'll review when done.
For my meal, I had a bag of store-brand tortilla chips. They were Black Bean & Salsa flavor. They were pretty good, but I don't think they tasted like salsa, and I am not familiar with black beans, so I don't know if that was the case.
Mon: For my snack, I had a bag of Pita Chips by Snack Factory. They were the Parmesan Garlic flavor. The flavoring was good, but I wasn't too thrilled with the flavor of the actual chips. Apparently they don't put so much flavoring on that that is the only thing you taste, which is pretty much the case with all other snacks. Also, I kind of didn't like the texture.
For my actual meal, I'm made my fried potatoes and veggies. Instead of using half a bag of frozen broccoli, I used half a bag of frozen broccoli and cauliflower. The company calls this Winter Blend. I didn't add any spices/condiments to the pan. It was good alone, and with my 3 items.
Tue: I made my fried rice and veggies. I used the other half of the Winter Blend, and again no condiments/spices in the pan. It was good alone, and with my 3 items.
Wed: I made my fried rice and veggies. I went back to the broccoli and the spices/condiments. I also added soy sauce water, Sriracha water, and water from the 2 bottles of special mustard. It was good alone and with my 3 items.
Thu: I went to Arby's. I got 2 sliders to snack on since they have the $1 before 5pm deal. I had a Buffalo Chicken while I was driving. It was good. As for the other one, it was the Turkey 'n Cheese. On the menu board, the Chicken 'n Cheese(what I actually wanted), looked like it was the turkey one. I was rather disappointed when I got home. As for the taste, it wasn't too good.
For the actual meal, I got 4 French Dip & Swiss(2/$6) and 2 orders of onion rings. It was all good.
Fri: I went to Subway. They have 5 different sandwiches for $4.99. I got 3 of them. When I got home, I put them in the fridge. A few hours before I ate, I took them out. When it was time to eat, I could feel they were still cold. I put them on a cookie sheet and put them in the oven which was preheated to 170F. After a little bit, they felt warm, so I took them out and turned the oven off. I then went to do something. After that, I popped them back in the oven for a bit. I will do the sandwiches in list form:
Meatball Marinara: Flatbread, provolone, spinach, olives, oregano, parmesan. It was good.
Cold Cut Combo: Italian bread, provolone, lettuce tomato, oil, oregano, parmesan. It was good.
Spicy Italian: Italian bread, provolone, lettuce tomato, onion, banana peppers, ranch, vinaigrette, oregano, parmesan. I did the thing where I made an equivalent of an Arby's Italian sandwich. It was ok. The banana peppers were too prominent.
Sat: I had 2 things to snack on. I opened up a summer sausage from Klement's. It is the Original flavor. It is ok. I'm thinking it might taste better after being refrigerated. I bought this at Menard's. The other item is a bag of store-brand potato chips from the h/n/o store. They are Sriracha flavor. They are ok, but don't taste like Sriracha. They do have a bit of heat though.
That's all for now. I will have my actual meal in a bit.
I get Mon off, so that means an extended weekend. That's why I had Subway on Fri. "Tonight's" meal is a cooking experiment. The Sun meal will also be an experiment, albeit a bit more involved.
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Post by madmax on Jan 21, 2018 6:54:38 GMT -4
I am starting this extremely late; 2am to be exact. I watched SNL and read stuff during the commercial breaks. I then dozed off a bit after midnight. I then woke up before 12:30, and watched the 2nd Bob's Burgers, and continued reading during the commercials. I then tried to take a nap at 1am. I decided to "wake up" and finish my reading. I then checked my email while watching America's Test Kitchen. Thankfully, I typed up Sat's and most of Sun's info ahead of time, so hopefully I will get done sooner.
Since I didn't have a lot of snacks, I'll list them with the meals. I did have shredded wheat, both with and without canola oil. I also snacked on the summer sausage. While it is good, I think the Simms is better.
A lot of shit went down this week, so things are a bit messed up.
First I have to say that I opened up a new bottle of hot sauce. It was the Valentina brand. I got it at ALDI, but I've seen it at other stores. Unfortunately, it seems that ALDI doesn't sell the hotter black label version.
Sat: I had a bag of El Monterey burritos. They were the Taco Beef flavor. I put all of them in the microwave to defrost. I cooked half of them in the microwave. I took the other half and cooked them in my oil pot. I cooked them 1 at a time. I had them plain, with the Valentina, with Casa Mamita medium Chunky Salsa, and a combo of both. They were all good, but the deep fried ones were a bit less good with just the Valentina.
Sun: For my meat item, I cooked a 1lb bag of shrimp in the McCormick Crab Boil. I cooked the shrimp hours ahead of time so it would be cooled off when I had it. It was good. I was drinking the liquid with my meal, and I did finish it all.
The other item was 2 eggplants. First I sliced up an 8oz brick of cheese. I then sliced each eggplant lengthwise. I then put the first slice of each in the small casserole dish. I then put pieces of cheese on top. I then put the next eggplant slice down on their respective counterparts. I repeated the cheese/eggplant thing until I ran out of cheese. I then took an onion and started slicing it. I put a layer of onion down on each eggplant slice. One of them just had the top to put on, so I did. The other had one slice before the top one. I put that down, then put onions on it. I then put the top slice on. I then put the casserole dish in the oven which was then preheated to 400F. After a few minutes, I decided to put the kitchen timer to 15min. After the timer went off, I turned the dish around, then set the timer for another 15min. I opened the oven and poked at it with my big knife. The eggplants were starting to get soft, so I was figuring they were getting close to being done. After that, I turned the dish 90deg, and put it back in for 7min. I then turned this dish around and put it back in for another 7min. I then took it out of the oven and let it cool for a while. There was a lot of liquid in the dish. I first thought the cheese had extremely liquefied, but it seemed to be what cooked out of the eggplants, and maybe a tiny bit of the cheese. I drank the liquid, but don't recall what it tasted like. Well, maybe it tasted like raw eggplant. As for the taste of the eggplant itself, it was pretty good. I do think eggplant tastes better when it gets some browning. I think the very first piece did have a bit of the raw taste. As for the cheese component, I'm thinking I didn't really taste it. I don't remember about the onions.
I have a story about my quest for the eggplants. I saw in the ad for the h/n/o store that they were on sale for $.88 each. The picture in the ad showed ones that were short and plump, which would work best for what I was doing. When I got there, the ones they had were just tiny regular shaped ones. I then went to the nearby grocery store. The eggplants there were $1.88 each. They weren't that much bigger. I then decided to go to a grocery store from the other main chain a few minutes away. They had them for $1.99/lb. I found 2 that had a good shape. Unfortunately, those fuckers had to be the heaviest ones there. I spent like $4.74 or something on them.
Mon: I had fried rice and veggies. I used all my spices, condiments, and waters. It was good alone and with my 3 items, which now included the Valentina hot sauce.
Now, you may know that I usually have my potatoes on Mon. I had the rice instead because I was running low on canola oil, and I think I use more with the potatoes.
Tue: For a snack, I had a bag of Snyder's Pretzel Pieces. They were the Jalapeno flavor. They were good, but didn't really have a jalapeno taste. When I opened the bag, there was a jalapeno smell. The flavoring was very gooey.
The meal was fried potatoes and veggies. Instead of broccoli, I used half a bag of what is called California Blend, which is broccoli, cauliflower, and carrots. I was going to cook this up without adding any other stuff, but I only remembered that AFTER adding the spices. That pissed me off. I then kind of got into my head that if I really browned stuff, the taste of the spices would be diminished. Also, the CB, especially the carrots, didn't seem to be getting brown. I think I mostly tasted the potatoes, even when I used my 3 items.
Wed: I had my fried rice and veggies. I used the other half of the CB. This time I remembered not to add the spices and condiments. The flavor of this by itself was a bit bland. I can't recall what my impressions were with pepper and/or soy sauce. I'm thinking I wasn't very happy with the Valentina. If I remember to, I will elaborate in next week's installment.
Thu: UUUUHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. I went to Arby's. Due to sanitary issues(I wont elaborate), I stuck some of the stuff in the fridge to have on another day. I'll get back to the meal in a jiff.
For snacks, first I had a package of Buddig meat. It was Honey Roasted Turkey. It was good. The other snack was a bag of Gourmet Select popcorn puffs. They were good.
For my meal, I had 4 Arby's French Dip & Swiss(2/$6). They were good. The guy that made them didn't cut them in half diagonally. Cutting them diagonally makes them easier to dip in the beef juice.
I also had a box of Chicken in a Biskit crackers. They weren't good. They might have been stale, or I think sometimes you get a box that just tastes crappy.
Fri: For my snack, I got 2 things from a grocery store. First was catfish. It was ok. I'm thinking maybe I should have heated it up. The other item was seafood salad. It was ok; not as good as last time. I don't know if it would have tasted better if I had taken it right out of the fridge.
For my meal, I had pasta and spinach. The pasta was half a box of spaghetti. It was good. I tried using 4 different things; I had them individually, no combos. The Valentina wasn't good. I didn't really like the red pepper flakes. The parmesan was good. I wasn't too fond of the black pepper, even though I've liked it on other occasions. I just sprinkled it on top, not mixing it in. I don't recall what I did on other occasions.
For my meat item, I had a can of Pueblo Lindo sardines. They were good.
Sat: I had 3 "sets" of snacks.
First I had the stuff from Arby's. I took the containers out of the fridge and put them on one of the hvac vents. I think the stuff (almost)got to room temp. First was the 2 orders of onion rings. They were good. I also had 2 sliders. They were the Chicken 'n Cheese and Jalapeno Roast Beef. They were not good. I know this was because they were not warm.
Next was food an drink. I opened up a box of Little Debbie Honey Buns and had one of those. It was good. The drink was Fresca. It seems to have a weak flavor.
Now I am eating shredded wheat crumbs(I think 2 boxes worth) with canola oil. It is good. I added enough oil this time.
After I fill out bill checks and do some other stuff, I will have my actual meal. I will be having the other half of the bag of Clancy's chex mix, which I will discuss next time.
Thanks to the US Senate, it looks like I won't be at work on Mon unless they come in on Sun and pass the budget. If this is the case, I think I will have something different than what I normally have on Sun.
See you next week.
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Post by madmax on Jan 28, 2018 7:32:14 GMT -4
Here we are again. Again we have another late start. I was looking at tv listings, and before that, I was checking out news items from Winter NAMM 2018. And I was watching SNL also. And on top of that, I got distracted watching train stuff on YouTube.
This was a bit of a bad week. Better than some, worse than others.
Time for the food. I'll put the snacks with the meals.
I've snacked on shredded wheat and summer sausage on various days. I had quite a bit of the summer sausage
Sat: The only thing to mention was that I had the other half of the bag of the Clancy's Hatch Green Chili flavor Chex mix. It was good. I don't recall if it had any heat to it.
Sun: Like I said last week, I didn't have to go in on Mon, so I decided to change things up. I had some more of the Fresca(I may have finished it). It was good. I had another one of those Little Debbie Honey Buns, which was good. When I bought those, I also bought a box of LD Nutty Buddy pb bars. I had one of those which was good. For my actual meal, I tried some new stuff. I fried up some cabbage and onions. I intended to just soften them, but they got brownish. I added this to 3 cans of store-brand condensed(aka add water) chicken and noodle soup. While I didn't exactly enjoy the taste of the browned veggies, they didn't ruin the soup. I also had 2 snack items. First was a box of Toasted crackers. They were the Harvest Wheat flavor. They were good, but I still prefer the Savory Onion and Toasted Sesame flavors. The other item was a bag of Snack Factory Pretzel Crisps. They were the Garlic Parmesan flavor. I could smell the flavoring, but didn't really taste it. Ignoring the lack of flavor, they were good.
Mon: I had my fried potatoes and veggies. Instead of using half a bag of frozen broccoli, I used half a bag of frozen store-brand Japanese Blend. I didn't put anything extra in the pan, but I did use my 3 items while eating. I didn't really have an opinion on this, which I will explain below.
For my meat item. I had a can of sardines from ALDI. They have a new variety, which is in some kind of hot sauce. I didn't really have an opinion(see below), but I did recall they weren't that hot.
Before I had my meal, I was snacking on some shredded wheat crumbs and canola oil. I swallowed, and this got stuck in my esophagus. This has happened before, but I think it was mostly when having Italian sausage and pasta with marinara sauce. During hose previous times, it would clear up if I drank some milk or water. This time was different. It made my chest hurt real bad. I put water in my mouth, but couldn't swallow. I was afraid I was going to have to go to the hospital. I sat down. I started bouncing to get myself to burp. I did like 2 tiny ones. They seemed to loosen my esophagus up, and the stuff went down. A while later, I did 1 or 2 big burps.
Tue: I had fried rice and veggies, using the other half of the JB. Again, I didn't add any extra stuff. I had it plain and with my 3 items. It was ok. I did miss the addition of the spices/condiments.
Wed: I got agitated at work, and it made me feel sick, so I left and saw the doctor. I won't go into all that, but it did change my snacking. I went to Arby's and picked up 2 sliders. First was the Jalapeno Beef. It was good. The jalapenos did provide heat, but they tasted more like regular green peppers. The other was the Chicken & Cheese. It was ok. I think it would have tasted better if I had eaten right away. Later on, I had a bag of TG Friday's Mozzarella Sticks. These are not actual cheese sticks; they are in the Cheeto family. They didn't seem to taste that good. Maybe they were old.
For my actual meal, I made my fried rice and veggies. I was back to the broccoli. I used all my condiments/spices/waters. I had it plain and with my 3 items. It was good.
For my meat item, I had half a package of Bar-S cotto salami. It was good alone and with mustard.
Thu: I went to Arby's, but the same one from the previous week. Unfortunately, a similar unsanitary condition occurred, causing me to throw my onion rings and sliders in the fridge!!!!!!!! For a snack, I had 2 things. One was a can of Brookdale Vienna sausages. They were good, and the liquid gooified from being in the fridge. The other item was a bag of popchips. They were the sea salt variety. They were ok. Since they are expensive, even when on sale, I most likely won't buy them again.
For my meal, I had 4 Arby's French Dip & Swiss sandwiches. They were good. I had a bag of Flamin Hot Cheetos also. they were good.
I asked how long the 2/$6 deal lasts, and they said at least to the end of the month.
Fri: For snacks, I went to Taco Bell. I also bought a medium drink that I drank in the car. It was a Mountain Dew Baja Blast. It was good. It tasted more lemon/lime than regular MD. The snacks were 1 hard taco, 1 soft taco, and 1 bean burrito. I had Diablo sauce on all of them. They were good. The Diablo sauce did make the end of my tongue burn.
For the meal, see Wed, including the meat item.
Sat: For my snack, I had the Arby's stuff I didn't want on Thu. The 2 orders of onion rings were good. I had a Chicken & Cheese slider. Like last week, it wasn't that good due to not being fresh and hot. I also had a Pizza slider. It was ok. It would most likely been better being fresh and hot also.
I didn't snack on anything else because my meal might be a bit big. The main component is something I've had before, but never prepared myself.
Before I eat, I need to do some stuff first, including cut my fingernails.
I should be back next week.
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Post by madmax on Feb 4, 2018 7:39:35 GMT -4
Greetings again! Unfortunately, more shit went down this week that I had to deal with. I'll get to one thing in a bit, and something else a little later. I will list the snacks with the meals. So I'll get going now.
As for the first item of shittiness, it happened Mon or Tue(or maybe even Wed). At work, I felt something hard in my mouth. I thought it was maybe a piece of fingernail. I eventually didn't feel it, and forgot all about it. Later that night, I felt something funny in my molars on the lower left side of my mouth. I took my dental tool(handle with angled pokey thing on each end) and poked around. I don't 100% recall what happened, but there was something hard in my mouth. I got it out, and it was a small piece of tooth. It apparently was a corner of one of my molars. I don't know if my poking around broke it off, or that was the thing I felt at work. To complicate matters, a couple days later, I pulled another hard thing out of my mouth. It looked like a piece of browned rice. I hope that wasn't the thing I felt in my mouth at work, and I ended up chipping a tooth over it.
Now it's time for the food.
As always, I also snack on summer sausage and shredded wheat.
Sat: I had a rotisserie chicken. I've had these before when I was living with my parents, but this was the first time at my house. It's precooked, so I just had to heat it up in the microwave. It was ok. I had it with gravy. It was Chef's Cupboard turkey gravy fro ALDI.
I also had a snack item. It was a box of Club crackers. They were good. I have to get back to the chicken for a bit. I do something weird when I eat a rc. After eating the wings, legs/thighs, and back/tail/sides, I cut up all the breast meat and dump the rest of the gravy on top of it. The reason I mentioned that here and not in the previous paragraph is that eventually I ended up putting some of the chicken /gravy on a cracker. That was really good. Had I known that, I would have done it sooner, and not gone through the crackers as early.
There is one thing I also wanted to mention. I thought Mrs. Dash would taste good on the rc. I left some in the bottle when I was using it. I forgot all about it. I'll have to remember next time.
Sun: I had a box of Wheat Thins. They were the cracked pepper and olive oil flavor. They were good. I think there was some pepper flavor, but I don't reacall any olive oil taste.
Mon: For my first snack, I had a package of Maruchan ramen noodles. They were the Chicken flavor. They were good. I ate them with my chopsticks. I'm still using them , but haven't made mention of it. The next snack was a bag of Snyder's Pretzel Pieces. They were the Hot Buffalo Wing. They were good, but not hot. There was buffalo wing flavor. They flavoring was not gooey this time.
I have 2 other things listed in my notes. It seems odd that I would have these things in addition to the other 2 items. I'm wondering if I actually had them Tues, but I fucked up my notes. They were a Little Debbie Honey Bun and Nutty Buddy. They were good. I tried putting them in the freezer for a few hours. They didn't get hard; they just got cold.
My meal was frozen potatoes and veggies. I used all my spices/condiments/waters, except for soy sauce. I have to go back in time
I went to ALDI 2 weeks ago. I was going to get another bottle of the low-sodium variety. They just had the normal kind. Instead, I bought a bottle of teriyaki sauce. I went the next week and got the soy sauce. It ends up that I had enough soy sauce that I wouldn't have had to have bought the teriyaki sauce.
I used the teriyaki sauce in the pan, and as one of my 3 items with my meal. The meal was good. I didn't notice a difference with the teriyaki sauce when eating the meal plain. I don't remember my impressions of the meal using the teriyaki with it.
Tue: This was my fried rice and veggies. I used all the stuff including the teriyaki sauce. The meal was good both plain and with my 3 items. Again, the plain taste was not affected by the teriyaki sauce. I can't really remember what I thought about it with my meal.
The teriyaki sauce is much thicker than the soy, so I am going through it much faster.
Regarding the fried rice, I was wondering if it was actually a paella. I was actually watching America's Test Kitchen where they made paella as I was typing this post, so I can tell it is not. They way I fry the rice, it gets browned and forms something similar to the socarrat of a paella though.
Wed: For a snack, I had a bag of the TGI mozzarella sticks. They were ok.
The meal was Bar-S hot dogs; the turkey ones. I had 4 on buns and for naked. I fried them in the pan. Again, they were wiggling when I was frying them. I had mustard on all of them. On some of them, I had chopped up onions. I also used something else, which will require another brief detour.
I took the liquid from the garlic stuffed olives and jalapeno stuffed olives and put them in their own plastic containers. I then added cut up cabbage and onions, and put the closed containers in the fridge. Now back to the meal.
On the other hot dogs, I used the cabbage/onion from one of the containers; I think the jalapeno. They were good for the most part, but I was distracted, which I'll discuss in the next paragraph.
For the snack item, I had a bag of Clancy's potato chips. They were the Limon flavor. I didn't taste much lime flavor. I don't know if this was because they were past the date(Dec 30), or they don't put much flavoring on them. It could also be due to the distraction I alluded to earlier. I mentioned up at the top about chipping my molar. Well, when I was eating the potato chips, they were getting in the space of the broken molar, irritating the area of my gum(gingiva), likely due to that part not being used to getting in contact with food. The chips were also getting stuck in there, which also added to the distraction.
Thu: I went to Arby's to get my meal. There was a possible sanitary incident, but I chose to ignore it for the most part. I was going to get 2 sliders to snack on, but they told me the $1 deal ended the day before.
For a snack, I had 2 items. First there was a package of Buddig meat. It was Corned Beef. It was good. As for it tasting like corned beef, I have to make a correction. I forgot there are 2 "types". You have the kind that is sliced up and put on sandwiches, and the kind that is boiled for corned beef and cabbage. I think the Buddig does actually taste like the sandwich variety. The other snack item was a bag of Specially Selected Gouda Cheese Bites. They were good even though they tasted like some flavor of Cheez-It crackers(not the Hot & Spicy, and I don't know how the original flavor tastes). I don't know if they tasted like gouda even though I've had the actual cheese before.
Like I said above, I got my meal from Arby's. I got 2 orders of onion rings which were good. Right now they are doing a 2/$5 fish sandwich deal. I got 4: 1 regular on a bun, 1 regular on flatbread, 1 Nashville Hot on a bun, 1 Nashville Hot on flatbread. I seem to recall the NH weren't actually that hot, but that could be due to them being room temp. I didn't remember everything due to another major distraction.
About halfway though my meal, I had trouble swallowing. This was different from the week before. This time, it was like the back of my tongue wouldn't work in getting the food down. I had to swallow a second time to get the food down. I talked to a lady at work on Fri, and she said it could be that my mouth was dry. She also said it almost sounded like my tongue was swollen; possibly due to a food allergy. The only thing different was the seasoning of the Nashville Hot fish. I've had all kinds of spices/flavorings, hot and not, and they didn't cause me to have any reaction. I think it also may be related to my chipped tooth. I get into running my tongue over it just because, or to get out food stuck in there. Also, sometimes I've tried to chew food on the left side of my mouth.
Since I've seem to be having bad luck related to Arby's stuff all theses weeks I've gone, I'm going to refrain from going for a few weeks. Since Arby's does the 2/$5 fish quite often(at least compared to the French dip), I can just wait a while. I think I do want to do a do-over in terms of what I actually order.
Fri: For my first snack, I went to Long John Silvers. I got a piece of chicken and an order of fried clams; both of which were good. The other item was 2 bags of shredded wheat crumbs with canola oil. This was good, but could've done with some more canola oil.
For the meal, I'll list the side item first. It was the other half of the bag of store-brand crinkle-cut fries. I deep fried them in my pot of canola oil. They were good. They were not greasy. Maybe that has to do with what I'm cooking them in. Maybe if I used Crisco, they would be greasy.
When I was cooking the fries, I threw 2 shredded wheats in the fry basket. They were ok. I also threw in a piece of summer sausage. Since I went to do something else, I let the ss cook too long. When I took it out, it was darker in color, and shrunk. As for the taste, it tasted a lot like bacon, even though it contains any pork. I then put another piece in the oil, holding it with my tongs. It wasn't in for a long time. I don't remember how it tasted.
For the main item, I had Bar-S hotdogs. I think they were the Jumbo variety. Again, I had 4 on (the remaining) buns and 4 naked. I had some with chopped onions, and others with the cabbage/onions from the other container(which would be garlic if Wed's were jalapeno). Since the oil was hot, I decided to cook the hotdogs in the oil. They didn't take very long. For the buns, I opened one up and put it open-side-down in the fryer basket. I then put it partially in the oil. The part in the oil got crunchy. I then put another bun in the basket, still closed. I also partially submerged that one in the oil. I would take it out and turn it every so often. As for the taste, everything was good. The opened bun I put in the oil absorbed some before it got crispy. The other cooked bun was crunchy on the outside, but I don't recall if it was oily.
I did have the swallowing problem just once.
Sat: First, I finished a jar of store-brand Creamy peanut butter. It was good. I also had a Little Debbie Honey Bun and Nutty Buddy. They were good.
I will have my actual meal in a bit.
This took me almost 5 hr to type.
For the past few days, I've been having some nasty smelling farts. I don't know what to make of it. I should be back next week.
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Post by madmax on Feb 11, 2018 7:02:29 GMT -4
It's another Sat night, so that means another installment. Tonight I am starting earlier because SNL is not on due to the Olympics. I do have a local wrestling show(NWL) on though. Watching it kind of makes me regret not watching wrestling on Saturdays from promotions like AWA and NWA in the 80's when they were on regular tv.
I'll list the snacks with the meals. So, let's get to it.
I finally finished that 2lb summer sausage Sat morning before I had my "Fri" meal. I have another on deck waiting to be opened up.
And of course, I've been eating ALDI shredded wheat.
Sat: I'll only mention 2 of the 4 things I had. First is a can of actual SpaghettiOs. They were the ones with meatballs. They were decent. There was a fair amount of meatballs. The actual brand has a flavor that I'm not 100% fond of. I usually have a store-brand version. I think those have a different flavor, that I like much more. Also, they might have more meatballs. The other item is a box of Keebler Town House Flatbread crackers. They were the Spinach, Artichoke & Feta flavor. While they may not have tasted like those items, they were still ok.
Sun: I opened up a new jar of pb. I'll review it when I finish it. For my meal, I had a bag of Goldfish crackers. They were the Parmesan flavor. They weren't that good. They suffer from that generic flavor thing like the cheese crackers on Thu in the previous post. There is a glaring negative in that there are only 6oz in a bag. The pretzel ones have 8oz in a bag.
Mon: I had 2 snacks. First was a Maruchan Yakisoba noodles. They were the Chicken flavor. They were pretty good. They take less time than the ramen noodles since you don't have to wait for the water to boil. Since you cook them in their own plastic container, they cool off a lot faster than the ramen noodles; but that may be because I cook the ramen in a metal soup pot. The ramen noodles are way cheaper. Soon after eating these, I had a pain in my digestive system. It decreased a bit, but I decided to use the toilet just in case. A lot of liquid shot out. Also, the pain didn't go away. When I stood up, I could see that my stomach had majorly bloated. After 1 or 2 smaller squirts, I went back to the living room and sat down. I did 1 or 2 big burps. Those, and a good sized fart a little while after deflated my stomach. The other snack was a bag of Bugles. They were good. Like I said before, they taste like a less strong version of Fritos. Fritos can be a bit strong. The Bugles also have a lighter texture.
For the actual meal, I had my fried potatoes and veggies. I changed something this time. Usually, the order of stuff going into the pan is: potatoes, cabbage, onion, spices..., broccoli, spices....(2nd round). Even though the potatoes go in first, they don't get crispy, just burnt. This time I put a little bit of the shredded potatoes in the pan. When they got browned, I took them out of the pan and put more in. When the potatoes cooled off, I broke them up. I repeated this until all the potatoes were cooked. In the empty pan, I put in cabbage, onion, broccoli, spices.... I then put the potatoes back in the pan. I then added a 2nd round of spices.... The potatoes didn't get burnt. They did get quite soggy though. This is probably due to the 2nd round of spices.... The taste was better than usual. I had it both alone and with my 3 items. The main negative is that cooking the potatoes took so fucking long. If I make these again, I'll have to start cooking earlier and/or cook the potatoes ahead of time. The main thing I want to try if I make these again is to not add the 2nd round of spices.... and see if that keeps the potatoes from getting soggy. This also gave me another meal idea.
I almost forgot the meat item. It was the sardines in hot sauce from ALDI. They were good. The hot sauce was a bit hot, and didn't stick much to the sardines. I have more cans, so I'll see if there are any differences from this review
Tue: It was just my fried rice and veggies. I added all the spices/condiments/waters to the pan. The meal was good alone and with my 3 items.
Wed: I made my veggie fajitas. I used cabbage, onion, 1/2 bag of frozen broccoli, and 1/2 cup(before cooking) rice. I added all the spices.... They were good. I had 2 by themselves, 1 with pepper, 1 with Valentina, and 1 with both.
Thu: For a snack, I had 2 things. First was a can of Brookdale Vienna sausages. They were good. I just took them off the shelf. The other item was a bag of store-brand Cheetos. They were good even though they were not hot.
The meal was pretty much the same as Wed. I had basically run out of teriyaki sauce the night before, so I only got maybe a teaspoon in the pan. I put water in the bottle, but don't think I added any. I opened up a bottle of soy sauce and added some. They were good.
Fri: This day was fucked up. The night before, the gov shut down. Congress actually got off their asses and passed the budget before my regular wake up time. But, the Trumpkin hadn't signed it yet. I set my alarm clock 1hr ahead. I woke up and still nothing. I set my alarm again. Then after I woke up(8:50) he did sign it. I then got up and went into work.
As for snacks, first I had a bag of Simply Nature Green Pea Crisps from ALDI. They were good. They only have a plain variety. Later I had some stuff from a grocery store which was good.
For the meal, I had a can of store-brand beef stew. It was good. It tastes like Dinty Moore, but is much cheaper. For a snack item, I had a box of Keebler Town House Pretzel FlipSides Thins. They were good even though I didn't seem to taste the flavoring.
Sat: At 2am Sun, I had a bag of microwave popcorn. The brand is Clancy's. I think it is Movie Theater Butter, but I'm not going to look. I had in the microwave for 1:42. There were only about 10 unpopped kernels. I added canola oil to the bag. It was good.
That's it for the food.
Later "tonight" I'm going to have my meal. It is an experiment in that it could be considered a fusion of 2 different meals.
I think Sun night will see me finally finishing a box of cereal.
I will likely be eating with my parents next Sat, and I don't know what I'll be having on Fri.
It's after 5am. I was hoping to wrap up earlier, but I took a nap for about an hour. I also got sidetracked looking something up, and watching a show about the Petersen Auto Museum.
See you next week.
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Post by madmax on Feb 19, 2018 8:10:42 GMT -4
Anybody who has read this on a consistent basis knows that I am a day late. I did a lot of shit on Sat, which I'll go into in the next post.
I also had fucked up shit happen this week. I will mention some of it below. On Mon my computer at work fucked up, and apparently didn't get fixed until the afternoon.
I'll list the snacks with the meals.
Here we go.
I opened a summer sausage I bought at Menards. It was a 2lb by Klement's. It is the Garlic flavor. A quick tip is to refrigerate it before you open it. I didn't do that, and it didn't taste that great when I first opened it. After putting it in the fridge, it tasted real good, even though I don't think I tasted garlic.
And I've been snacking on the shredded wheat from ALDI.
Sat: I had an Italian meal. I cooked up half a box of spaghetti. I fried up a package(5 count) of Italian sausage(from ALDI) in the cast iron pan. I also cooked a box of frozen spinach. I put the spinach on both the sausage and spaghetti. I used a large(24oz) can of Hunt's pasta sauce. It was the Mushroom variety. I also used parmesan cheese, which I think is a store brand. The meal was good. I don't think I noticed the spinach due to the sauce. As for the sauce; even though it was a big can, I actually ran out. I had 2 theories that put the blame on the spaghetti. First, I cook it a lot longer than the instructions say, and it gets quite fat. Second, I didn't seem to drain all the water, so the spaghetti was quite wet, which diluted the sauce. I almost forgot to mention that the Italian sausage was the hot variety. I think only 1 or 2 of the sausages was actually somewhat hot.
Sun: I just had a box of Triscuits. They were the Roasted Red Pepper flavor. They were good.
Mon: I had 2 snacks. First was a box of Chicken in a Biskit crackers. They were ok. I also had a can of Brookdale Vienna sausages. They were good. I don't recall if I put the can in the fridge beforehand.
My meal was fried potatoes and veggies. Like I said last week, I was going to try something different. Like last week, I fried up the potatoes and took them out of the pan. I then fried the other veggies. I then added the spices...., then put the potatoes back in. I didn't add more spices.... The potatoes did stay crunchier, but this was actually a bad thing. I was getting potato in between my 2 molars due to the chip that I mentioned last week. It didn't feel too good. I can't remember what I thought of the taste. I had them alone and with my 3 items.
Tue: For the snacks, I opened a container of Fisher Honey Roasted peanuts that I bought at Menards. They didn't seem that good for some reason. At night, I had 2 more things. First was a package of Buddig Pastrami. It was good. The second item was a bag of Paqui tortilla chips. They were the Haunted Ghost Pepper. They didn't taste that good to me because I was in a hurry to finish them. As for the heat, they were very hot. They made tears stream down my face. When I was just about done, my nose started running. I didn't sweat though. There was burning on my tongue and lips afterward.
For the actual meal, I had my fried rice and veggies. I had it both alone and with my 3 items. It seemed to taste better than usual.
Before I proceed to the food for Wed, I have to mention something. On Wed on the way to work, I felt massive pressure in my colon. I was actually worried that I was going to shit myself in the car. I was able to make it there fine. I then did some stuff before hitting the shitter. After pooing, my butthole felt warm. I think a combo of the Paqui chips and peanuts made my take that emergency dump. Later at night, I had to go poo again. This time, my butthole was burning.
Wed: I didn't have any snacks because I wanted to give my dig sys a break. For the meal, it was fried rice and veggies. I had it both alone and with my 3 items. It didn't seem to taste that good. I think I may have overcooked it.
Thur: This was a really shitty day. I left work late because I met with the manager for a long time, then had to fill out my time sheet. At home my monitor started crapping out.
For snacks, I was at the grocery store, and saw in the deli section that there were boneless wings on sale for $3.99lb. The employee was doing something with a trash can, and didn't change gloves and/or wash her hands. Needless to say, I didn't get any. It was a shame since they had some parmesan flavor that I would have liked to try. The first snack I had was a bag of Red Hot Potato Chips from a company called Backer's. The first chip tasted like bbq flavor, but otherwise they were good. The heat was cumulative in that it seemed to increase the more I ate. Later, I had 2 other things. First was a bag of TGI Friday's Mozzarella Sticks snack. They were good. The other item was a container of Crab Seafood Salad by Little Salad Bar that I got at ALDI. It wasn't good. Even though there were a lot of big pieces of crab, I couldn't taste it, just the onions and celery. Sat I picked up the shrimp version that was also on sale. I'll of course review it when I have it.
My meal was the fried rice and veggies. I had it alone and with my 3 items. It was good.
Fri: For a snack, I had some more of the Fisher's HRP. They were good.
I didn't have a big meal because I was anxious about doing stuff the next day. I had a can of Brookdale Vienna sausages. They were good. I put them in the fridge ahead of time. I also had half a box of Zesta crackers. They were ok.
Sat: I went to 2 places for snacks. First at a grocery store, I got a mini(5 or 6in in diameter) mini quiche. They had 3 to choose from: loraine, broccoli, and spinach. I would have gotten the spinach, but it was sunken in and looked a bit dried out. I got the broccoli instead. It was good even though it had cheddar cheese. Later I went to Walmart and got some stuff. I got 2 chicken wings that were hot flavor. They were good even though they weren't hot. I got 2 chicken wings that were parmesan flavor. They were good, and made me pissed that I didn't get the ones on Thu. I got some jalapeno poppers that were good. I also had some (real)mozzarella sticks. They were ok. They would have been better if they were hot.
My meal was an experiment of 2 items.
The first item was a large salmon filet. There were instructions on the package. I preheated the oven to 400F. I put the filet in my long casserole dish which I presmeared with canola oil. The filet was longer than the dish, so it stuck up on the skinny end. I put it in the oven and set the timer for 12.5min. After that time, I opened up the oven and turned the dish around. I then set the timer for 12.5 again. After that time, I left it in for a bit longer, then took it out. I let it sit for a while before eating. It was really good. I had it plain and with all my spices and condiments. I'll show my impressions in list form: plain: Good Mrs Dash: Good, but not strong mustard: This was ok, which was a surprise Valentina hot sauce: Ok paprika: No difference cumin: Slightly below ok red pepper: No difference pepper: Ok garlic powder: No difference chili powder: Not much diff canola oil: Ok soy sauce: No difference parmesan: No difference
The other item had me cooking a cup(uncooked) of rice. I put some canola oil in the pan and heated it up. I then threw in some onion and cabbage. When they started to soften, I put the rice in and turned the heat down. I didn't want to brown anything, just keep it warm. It was good. I had it plain and with all my other spices and condiments. I'll list the stuff below: plain: Good Mrs. Dash: Good, but not strong mustard: Just mustard taste Valentina hot sauce: Just hot sauce taste paprika: Ok cumin: Not good; just cumin taste red pepper: Not much difference pepper: Ok garlic powder: Just garlic taste chili powder: Ok canola oil: Ok soy sauce: No difference parmesan: No difference
Sun: As I've been typing this, I've been snacking on some of the honey roasted peanuts which were good.
That's it for now. I'll be making my meal in a bit. While that is cooking, I'll be typing up my next post.
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Post by madmax on Feb 19, 2018 11:04:48 GMT -4
I'm back.
I did a lot of stuff on Sat, including visiting thrift stores and a pawn shop. I'll be going by memory, which I'll explain later.
After getting a medical test in Lees Summit, and getting my oil changed and my license renewed in Blue Springs, I was ready to look at stuff.
First was a Salvation Army in BS that I didn't know about. I only learned about it when I used Google Maps to find the license office. The only thing of note in there was some Disney Princess kiddie kb. It actually had batteries in it, so I could play with it. It had some kind of piano-y sound. It had a button that said Instrument, which made me think it had different sounds. If it did, pressing the button didn't do anything. I thought it odd that it didn't have an on/off switch. I think is a pic, or else, a similar model: d2ydh70d4b5xgv.cloudfront.net/images/1/2/disney-princess-music-lot-keyboard-and-harp-belle-cinderella-sleeping-beauty-b1778952c01a2d7deef666429e6cd2fc.jpg
The next stop was the pawn shop. There was a small Randall amp. I didn't pay attention to the price, but my brain is saying $49. Right behind it was a halfstack. The head was a Marshall JCM2000. The cabinet looked like a Marshall, but there was no badge on the front. There wasn't any label on the back either. The price tag said $699, which I assume was for both the head and cab. I then went behind them to the wall. On a shelf was a Danelectro Honeytone amp, and it still had the box. There were also 3 Behringer pedals, in their respective boxes. I think they might have all been about $15. One was the UC200 Ultra Chorus, one was the UO300 Ultimate Octaver, and the other was a TO800 Vintage Tube Overdrive. The TO800 is a (circuitwise) copy of an Ibanez TS808. I might have been interested in the octave pedal if it did octave up and not just 1 and 2 oct down. I think Ritchie Blackmore used an octave pedal on the solo for Street of Dreams by Rainbow, even though it sounds more specifically like the MXR Blue Box. I then looked at the guitars. They all had humbuckers. There was a Starcaster that only had a bridge one; the other guitars all had one in the neck and bridge. There was a PRS SE Singlecut. I think it was a 2 knob model. There was an Ibanez RG. I didn't look at what kind of tailpiece it had. There was an American Strat. It had EMG pickups. It might have been there before, but I'm not looking that up.
That's all for now. My meal is ready. I might have had more posted, even done, if I didn't have to go and take a dump.
See you next time!
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Post by madmax on Feb 25, 2018 7:18:32 GMT -4
Hello again. I'll jump back to the food now. I had more shit to deal with, including just now, when I knocked a bunch of peanuts on the floor. I'll have to deal with those later, and try to put them out of my mind for now.
Speaking of peanuts, I was wrong last week about the name of the peanuts. It is Fisher, not Fisher's.
I'll list the snacks with the meals.
Time to start.
As always, I also snack on the summer sausage and shredded wheat. Oh yeah, I also snacked on the Fisher Honey Roasted Peanuts.
Sun: I had a bunch of stuff I never had before. This will be a big block of text. I will devote a paragraph to each item.
First up is tuna. I'm pretty sure I bought this the same time I bought the salmon. The tuna was frozen in a vacu-seal pack. It consisted of a few small filets. I had put the package in the fridge to defrost the day before. The package didn't have any cooking instructions, and I don't think there were any defrosting instructions. I took the large casserole dish I used the day before for the salmon and smeared half of it with canola oil. I then put it in the oven which was preheated to 450F. After 5 minutes, I turned the dish around. Then I waited another 5 min. I kept it in there for a couple more minutes then took it out. It was pretty good. I think I may have overcooked it a bit since it was a bit firm and dry. The salmon was better. I tried with all my stuff. Of course I made a list, which is right here: plain: Good Mrs. Dash: Good mustard: Not much difference Valentina hot sauce: Not much difference paprika: Not much difference cumin: Ok; taste wasn't strong red pepper: Not much difference pepper: Not much difference garlic powder: Not much difference chili powder: Ok canola oil: Not much difference soy sauce: Not much difference parmesan: Not much difference
The next item is artichokes. That's right, more than one. The store I bought them at had a 3/$5 sale. There were no big ones, so I got 2 medium ones. To cook them, I put them in the pot and filled it with water. I brought the water to a boil. Then I turned the burner to low and put the lid on the pot. About every 20 min, I took the lid off and turned the artichokes over. This is because they float, so you have turn them so they get boiled on all sides. I cooked them for at least an hour. I then took them out of the water and put them in the casserole dish next to the tuna. They were ok. They were not the same shape. One was the classic short and plump shape. The other was taller and skinnier. The classic one had a bunch of small leaves. The taller one had less leaves, but they were bigger. I liked the bigger leaves better. I don't know if the leaf size is related to shape. I used all my stuff, so I listed it: plain: ok Mrs. Dash: ok mustard: Just mustard taste Valentina hot sauce: Just hot sauce taste paprika: Just paprika or no difference cumin: Not good; just cumin taste red pepper: Not much difference pepper: Not much difference garlic powder: Not much difference chili powder: Not much difference canola oil: Not much difference soy sauce: Just soy taste parmesan: Ok
Next up is hominy. The brand is Bush's. It was Golden Hominy. I just put it in the pot and cooked it. It was pretty good. The previous time, I had the white version. I don't know how the 2 compare. Maybe one day I'll be in a mega hominy mood and cook up a can of each. And yes, there is a list: plain: good Mrs. Dash: ok mustard: Not much difference Valentina hot sauce: Not much difference paprika: Not much difference cumin: Not good; just cumin taste red pepper: Not much difference pepper: Not much difference garlic powder: Not much difference chili powder: Ok canola oil: Not much difference soy sauce: Not much difference parmesan: Not much difference
The next product is a store-brand can of Seasoned Black Beans. Again, just put them in a pot and cooked them. They were good. As for the "seasoning", I think it was the kind of thing where it was more noticeable when the beans were hot.
The last item was a container of store-brand feta cheese. It was ok. I almost forgot to eat it. I got a super late start, so I was eating at 9am Mon. I had Dr. Oz on tv. Someone mentioned feta cheese. I then remembered I had it in the fridge. I had originally intended to take it out and let it warm up before I ate it. Maybe it would have tasted better had I done that.
I almost forgot to mention that I took the water that I cooked the artichokes in and put it in containers which I put in the fridge to use later.
One last thing(I promise). When I took the casserole dish out of the oven, I saw a bit of fat had cooked out. I was going to drink it when the dish cooled down. When I took the artichokes out of the pan and set them in the dish, one of them had some water inside, which came out into the dish. I drank this combo of tuna fat and artichoke water. It was actually good.
Mon: This was just my potatoes and veggies meal. Nothing special. I had it plain and with my 3 items. It was good. I almost forgot something else I had during the meal. I told you a while back about how I took the liquid from the olives jars and put it in containers with onion and cabbage. I took the leftover liquid from that and combined them. I then added onion and cabbage. This was a few weeks ago. I used some of this onion and cabbage on my food, but not with the 3 items. It was ok
Tue: I had my rice and veggies. I had it plain and with my 3 items. It was good. I also used the rest of the cabbage and onion that was in the olive liquid. I didn't use it with the 3 items. Again, it was ok.
Wed: Same as above, but 2 extra items of note. First, I finished up the container of cumin. I don't think I'll buy more when I go to ALDI Mon. Second, after using them, I took the remaining water from the 2 specialty mustard containers and put it in an empty container that I hadn't rinsed out yet. I also added some fresh water.
Thu: I got stuff at the grocery store. I usually don't mention anything about it, but today I need to mention something. They are having a sale on pot pies. They have beef and chicken. I went to the hot food section. I asked if they had both kinds. The guy said they only had one kind. He then said they have refrigerated shelves where they have food they prepackaged to heat up at home. I went over there and got a beef and a chicken pot pie. I then asked him, or another worker what they recommended I should do to reheat them. He said they cook them for 20 min at 350F, so I should do it for less time. I cooked them for 15 min at 350F. They were warm or hot on top, so I took them out of the oven. When I ate them, they were cold, if not frozenish inside.
Fri: I had 2 snacks. When I went to the one grocery store, they were having a sale where you could get 1 fried chicken leg and thigh for $1. When I went to the hot food counter, there were a bunch of people in line, so I didn't get any. Instead, I had a package of Maruchan Yakisoba noodles. It was the Teriyaki Beef flavor. It was ok. It did have a teriyaki flavor. Thankfully, I didn't have to run to the shitter after eating them. Well maybe it helped that I did that an hour before I ate those. My other snack was a bag of Haunted Ghost Pepper tortilla chips by Paqui. They were good. My eyes did tear up some, but not as bad as last time. My nose barely ran. My lips burned bad though. I did not have to run off to the bathroom "today", and when I did go, there was no burning.
For the actual meal, I had rice and veggies. I did 2 things different. Since I'm running low on cabbage, I picked up sum Brussels sprouts that were on sale at the h/n/o store. I used some of those. Also, I didn't put my spices/condiments/waters in the pan. As for the taste, it was kind of bland. The browned parts were more burned tasting. I think adding the stuff to the pan helps everything brown better. I also used my 3 items, which didn't seem to make a difference. I also tried using red pepper flakes, which didn't seem to help either.
Sat: I have a bunch of snacks to mention. The Fisher honey roasted peanuts that didn't fall on the floor were good. I finished a jar of store-brand creamy honey peanut butter. It was good. I finished a box of cereal. It was Fruity Pebbles. It was ok. The flavor seems to be more citrus-based. The pieces are different colors, but I don't think the colors correspond to specific flavors. I finished the last of the Little Debbie Honey Buns. It was good. I put it in the freezer many hours before. When I took it out, it was only cold; it didn't harden. I also had a Little Debbie Nutty Buddy bar. It was good. I also put it in the freezer. It also only got cold.
That's it for the food. I still have to have my actual meal. I will have 2 items to review for next week. Before I do that, I have to finish up posting about my thrift store visits last Sat. And I think before I do that, I need to go take a dump. I wonder if it will burn.
See you in a bit.
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Post by madmax on Feb 25, 2018 10:36:08 GMT -4
I’m back. I hope that's all for now. Since it's food-related(digestive system and all), I'll discuss it next week.
Before I get back into things, I do have something to mention. I did see a Technobeat kb at one of the thrift stores, but I’m not 100% sure which one. I’m thinking it was the Goodwill in Blue Springs. I will explain below. As for the kb, it had tiny keys. It was 51/2 octaves, which is 50-some keys, which is not normal for a kb. I think this is a pic of what I saw: d2ydh70d4b5xgv.cloudfront.net/images/8/2/techno-beat-electronic-keyboard-2005-ed364539563e0d52f5f55c4697aca51a.jpg
When I last left off, I was at the pawn shop in Blue Springs.
I think there was also one of those Epi LP Special II there, but I’m not 100% sure, and I’ll explain that later. There was also a an LTD M-1000. It had a natural finish(no paint or stain, just clearcoat). Before I saw the headstock, I thought it was one of those Washburn Nuno signature guitars. They also had a Squier Vintage Modified HH for $189. It was made in Indonesia. I did play on it unplugged, and it wasn’t that bad. The last guitar was an Ernie Ball Music Man John Petrucci signature guitar. After looking at their website, I think the actual model is the JP12. Even though the model name has 12 in it, the guitar is only a 6-string. Usually, a 12 in the model name denotes a 12-string guitar. In this case, it probably means the 12th signature guitar model they've made. JP has a fuckton of signature guitars. The website lists the price at over $2600. The one at the pawn shop was either over $1100 or $1600. I played it unplugged for a bit, and it didn't sound as good as the Squier.
The next place to mention was the Red Racks. It seems like every time I go there, they are having a sale. Behind the counter was a Disney acoustic guitar. It wasn't close enough to see if it was a Hannah Montana version.
Next up is the Salvation Army in Independence. Behind the counter was an Ibanez acoustic. They only wanted $75 for it. I didn't play on it, but Ibanez makes quality products. If I was looking for an acoustic, I would consider it. There was also a Silvertone guitar behind the counter. It was missing (almost?)all of its strings. I'm pretty sure the body was a strat shape, but I don't remember if it was a copy. In the main area, there was a Casio kb. The model number may have been CTK-481; I'll explain in a bit. I went to test it out. I plugged it in and turned it on. The on light came on, and the display was working, but no sound was coming out. I didn't have headphones, so I don't know if the headphone jack works.
After stopping by my old house, I went to the nearby thrift stores. I stopped in the first one. There was a piano. when I was getting to my car, I went to get the sheet of paper with my notes on it. I couldn't find it! I went back to my old house and looked all over, even outside.
I LOST MY FUCKING LIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've been doing all this stuff from memory. It also had my shopping list on the other side.
I then went to the second thrift store. I know the manager there, and was talking to her. I told her I look for musical equipment. She told me had a keyboard in the back. She took me back there. It was a Casio. It was an older model. It might have been a CT-640(remember, no note sheet). I put it up on a workbench. I plugged it in. No sound came out, and the light didn't come on. Either the keyboard or adapter were toast, or the adaptor was the wrong polarity.
Across the street from the thrift store was a library. I should have gone in there and typed up what I remembered, but I didn't remember my account number, didn't have my card, and didn't feel like asking them for my number.
Finally, the last thrift store. The only thing to mention was a kiddie piano. Not an electronic one, an actual acoustic one, like those made by Jaymar.
I'm finally done! In a bit, I can finally go eat. It's just as well, considering my problem earlier. If it wasn't for that, I'd be eating or done now.
See you next week!
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Post by madmax on Mar 4, 2018 9:15:15 GMT -4
Well fuck! I'm getting a mega late start today. I couldn't really enjoy SNL since NBC was glitching bad. I went out side during a commercial, and the wind didn't seem to be blowing. I then did some reading I wanted to get done. I then when to get something ready for "tonight's" meal. I then took a nap for about 30 min. I woke up intending to watch America's Test Kitchen, then Bones. I dozed off, and woke up when Bones was almost half over with. So here we are.
Last week I mentioned I was going to discuss my dump. I can't recall what exactly, but I think it did burn. That would be due to the ghost pepper chips I had previously. Sometimes eating a bunch of peanuts makes me have to poop. I had some of those too. I don't know if it was those, the chips, or a combination that caused the unscheduled dump. I don't remember if there was more than one.
I had more shit happen this week. I will get into some a bit later.
I seem to be putting on weight. It may be from eating to much shredded wheat and canola oil. That's some addictive shit right there. I also have been stress eating. I guess that's that the right term. Eating something to make you feel better, as opposed to because of being hungry.
I'll get to the food now. I'll still list the snacks with the meals.
As I said above, I'm snacking on the shredded wheat. I'm still eating the summer sausage.
Sat: I had 2 items from the total to review. First was a bag of Borden shredded mozzarella. It was good. Next was a can of Spam. It was the Hot & Spicy flavor. It was neither hot nor spicy. There was some flavor though, which was pretty good. According to the can, it has Tabasco in it. Spam tastes better cold, so that may have affected the spiciness. Maybe if I took it off the shelf and/or heated it up, it might be spicy.
Sun: I opened up a new jar of peanut butter and a new box of cereal. I'll review those when I'm done. That means it'll be a while for the cereal.
For my meal, I had a box of Wheat Thins. They were the ranch flavor. They were ok.
Mon: I had 2 snacks. First I had a package of Maruchan ramen noodles. They were the Chicken flavor. I did something different. Instead of using water from the faucet, I used some of the water from cooking the artichokes. The ramen was good. The water left in the pot had a good flavor too. The other snack was a bag of those Pasta Bow Ties. They were the Meatball Parm flavor. They were good. They had an Italian flavor, which I assume is what they were going for.
My meal was fried potatoes and veggies. This time I prepared the potatoes differently. I made mashed potatoes. I cut them up and boiled them until they were soft. I then drained the water out of the pot. I started mashing them up. I then added artichoke water and canola oil and continued mashing them. I fried up the rest of the veggies. I don't think I used any spices, etc in the pan. I then added the mashed potatoes and mixed them with the veggies. I then continued cooking until the potatoes got some browning. I can't recall if this took a long time and/or if I didn't get them that browned. The meal was good. The potatoes didn't taste any different than the regular way. I had the meal plain and with my 3 items. I think I also tried using red pepper flakes.
For my meat item, I had half a 12oz package of Oscar Mayer bologna. It was good plain and with mustard.
Tue: I had fried rice and veggies. With the rice, I have been doing something different. Before adding the water, I mix in some canola oil and toast the rice a bit. I don't think it changes the flavor, but it does seem to decrease the starch foam that bubbles out. I've been doing this a while. I think I mentioned it above when I did it for the first time. Also, I used up the rest of the artichoke water. I had to add a bit of regular water to have enough. I added all my spices, etc to the pan. It was good. I used my 3 items with the meal.
My meat item was the rest of the OM bologna. It was good plain and with mustard.
Wed: I had 2 snacks. First was a can of Brookdale Vienna sausages. They were good. The other item was a bag of Late July tortilla chips. They were the Habanero Bacon flavor. When I opened the bag, it had a chemical smell. They were ok. I think there was a bit of heat. As for the bacon flavor, it was more like that of those imitation bacon bits.
The meal was fried rice and veggies. I had it plain and with my 3 items. It was good.
Thu: I went to Arby's. I had the same problem as previous times. If anyone reading this works at the counter of a fast food place, I have a tip. If you drop something on the floor, wait until the customers are gone before you pick it up. I didn't have all of the stuff, I saved some for Sat; like the other times.
I had 2 snacks. First was a bag of store-brand Cheetos. They were the "hot" variety. They were good. The other item was a container of Little Salad Bar seafood salad from ALDI. It was the Shrimp & Dill. It was ok. It was better than the crab version I had a few weeks ago.
As for the meal, my snack item was a can of Lays Stax. They were the Salt & vinegar flavor. This time they weren't good, which was surprising since I usually love these. Maybe it was because I was in a bad mood.
The main component was the Arby's fish sandwiches. This time, I warmed them up a bit in the microwave. They were ok. The Nashville Hot fish pieces were not rust-colored like in the commercial. I don't think I noticed a difference tastewise between the regular and NH on buns. I could tell which flatbread was the NH because I could see pickles. I think that one had a slight amount of heat. They had to cook the fish filets fresh, so maybe they were in a rush and didn't put enough NH stuff on the pieces.
Fri: I had 3 things to snack on. Around 8pm, I had 2 items I bought from a store's hot case. First was some member of the french fries/potato wedge family. They were spiral cut(not curly fries), and had seasoning on them. I heated them up in the microwave for maybe 20 sec. They were good. The other item was 2 crab cakes. They were on sale for $1 each. I heated them in the 'wave for 60 sec at 50% power. They were good. Later(330am), I had a bag of the Paqui Haunted Ghost Pepper tortilla chips. They were good. I didn't eat them all at once, so the heat built up less in my mouth. I also was careful to avoid touching my lips with the chips. Near the end of the bag, I did have some tear streaming and a bit of nose running.
The meal was fried rice and veggies. I had it plain and with my 3 items. It was good.
I think the chips made me take a dump before I wanted to. In almost forgot that I also had to go before my "Fri" meal; one of the reasons I got a late start.
Sat: My first snack was the onion rings that I got at Arby's but didn't eat due to what I'm mentioned. I took them out of the fridge and set the container I put them in on a vent. I ate them later when I was shaving(electric). They were really good. I think I'm going to stop going that Arby's and instead go to one that is a bit out of the way. I think this coming week I'm going to visit BK if they still have a certain deal.
My other snack is some Fisher honey roasted peanuts that I ate while typing this. They were good. But, when I was almost done, my insides started feeling pressure. I took an unscheduled dump, and then my belly bloated up. I looked that up, and it may be IBS.
That's all for now. I need to look at some stuff before I eat my actual meal. I'll have 4 or 5 things to review.
Sayonara!
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Post by madmax on Mar 11, 2018 9:15:31 GMT -4
ARRRRRRRGGGGGHHH!
I'm getting a really late start(after 1:30am?). I watched SNL. I then got wrapped up trying to find the name of the actor who looks like Brian Doyle-Murray(NOT his more famous half-brother Bill). And also there is the time change that just happened.
Before I get to this week's food, I need to make a correction about last week. The can of Spam did not have the Tabasco logo on it.
This week, a TON of shit went down causing me to do even more stress eating. I was intending to limit my snacking to see if I could lose some weight. I'm going in to the doctor on Mon, so I wonder what my weight will be.
As always, I've been snacking on the summer sausage, shredded wheat, and Fisher honey roasted peanuts.
Now for the feature presentation.
Sat: I will do this in list form, since I have a bunch of items.
Brookdale Vienna sausage: Good Borden shredded mozzarella: I had half a bag(4 of 8oz). It was good. Pringles: They were the jalapeno flavor. They were good, but not spicy. Hormel Peperoni Minis: They are slices of peperoni that are the size of dimes. They were good. Clancy's "chex mix": It is the Chili Relleno flavor, which was the other limited edition flavor I bought at ALDI. It was ok. It had a familiar taste. I'm thinking it is like the actual Chex mix Jalapeno Cheddar flavor. Like the other limited edition flavor, this bag is smaller than the regular ones. I only had half the bag.
I also opened up a jar of Great Value(Walmart brand) olives. They are the jalapeno stuffed variety. They were good. Sometimes I would get some jalapeno taste, even though there was no(or just the tiniest amount of) heat. They are cheaper than the ALDI ones, and there is more in the jar. The ALDI has 2 weight listings: NET WT 12oz and DR WT 7oz. I assume DR WT means dry weight, ie the weight of the olives themselves, and NET WT means net weight, the total of the olives and liquid. The GV ones just say DR WT 9oz. GV also have olives stuffed with blue cheese and feta. After I visit the dr. on Mon, I'm planning on picking both of those jars up at WM.
I didn't eat the whole jar, but I've been snacking on them throughout the week.
Sun: I had a bag of Pepperidge Farms Goldfish. They were the pretzels. They were good. I think these are the best dry pretzels.
Mon: For a snack, I had a bag of tortilla chips from a company called Food Should taste good. They were the Sweet Potato variety. I was thinking they were going to be sweet*, but they weren't. I thought they were good, but a bit too salty.
*I usually don't get sweet versions of stuff like this. I got these at the h/n/o when they were having a bogo sale. There were only 5 of the 8 flavors. I got of the other flavors. It was down to either the sp or the cheddar variety. Since I have that thing against cheddar cheese, I got the sweet potato version.
For the actual meal, I made my veggie fajitas. It was an experiment. I had 2 small potatoes left. I shredded them up, and fried them in canola oil until they got brown and crispy. I then took those out of the pan and crunched them up. I then put in cabbage, onion, and half a bag of frozen broccoli. I then put in my spices.... A bit later, I put in half a can of store-brand chili beans after turning the burner down. I tried to smash the beans up in the pan. I finally added the potatoes. I had this with 5 flour tortillas. I had 2 as-is, 1 with pepper, 1 with hot sauce, and one with both. They were ok. I'm thinking the potatoes might have been a bit dominant.
That was the last of the potatoes. I have gotten burned out on them, so I will not buy any more for a while. Since I don't plan on making homemade soup anytime soon, I don't have to worry about having potatoes on hand.
Tue: For my first snack, I had a bag of Quaker popped rice crisps(think tiny rice cakes that have been slightly toasted). They were the buttered popcorn flavor. They were good. They did taste like popcorn.
Later, I had 2 other things to snack on. One item was Brookdale Vienna sausages which were good. The other item was a box of Chicken in a Biskit crackers, which were also good.
The meal was veggie fajitas. I used 1/2 cup(before cooking) of rice. The cooking order is cabbage, onion, broccoli, spices...., rice, spices...., beans(after turning heat down; also smashing them up). I had this with 5 flour tortillas. They were good. I had 2 as-is, 1 with pepper, 1 with hot sauce, and one with both.
Wed: I had 2 snacks. First was a package of Maruchan ramen noodles. They were the Chicken flavor, and were good. Later I had a bag of Backer's Red Hot Potato Chips. They were good. Like I said last time I had them, the heat is cumulative.
The meal itself was fried veggies and rice, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. Well, there were 2 additional things to mention. First, I used up the red pepper flakes. I don't think I'll pick up any on Mon. Second is the onion I used was starting to sprout. I cut the sprout off, and took half of it and cut it up and put it in the pan. I cut off the mushy part of the onion and disposed of it. I do this because I don't like to be wasteful. I think the onion affected me because on Thu morning before going to work, I had to hit the shitter. I then had to go back twice for a squirt before I could head off for work. I need to mention my meat item. It was half of a 12oz package of Oscar Mayer cotto salami. It was good plain and with mustard.
Thu: I went to Burger King to get my food. There were no sanitary issues, but there was something that put a damper on my meal.
For a snack, I had a 10-piece order of BK chicken nuggets. They were good.
BK is doing a promotion where you can get 2 sandwiches for $6. You have a choice between a Whopper, a regular chicken sandwich, and a new hot chicken sandwich. I ordered 1 Whopper, 1 regular chicken, and 2 hot chicken. I'm almost 100% they gave me ONE hot and TWO regular!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think this happened because one girl started bagging my stuff, and another one finished it.
The Whopper was good. The regular(s) was(were) good, but maybe would have tasted better if they were warm. The one I knew was hot was good. It wasn't spicy really. There was a tiny little bit of heat way in the background.
I also had 2 large orders of fries. They were good, but I added some salt, which is something I never do.
Fri: I tried a new beverage. I opened a bottle of the new Mtn Dew Ice flavor. It is a lemon lime flavor. It is ok. The flavor is really weak to almost being nonexistent.
For a first snack, I had a pair of Little Debbie Nutty Buddy bars(there are 2 to a package). They were good.
Later, I had a bag of Paqui tortilla chips. They were the last bag of the Haunted Ghost Pepper. They were good. They seemed to affect me less headwise this time. I'll elaborate about some other aspect in a bit.
For my meal, I had the fried rice and veggies it was good alone and with my 3 items. I didn't miss the red pepper flakes.
My meat item was the other half of the OMcs. It was good plain and with mustard I got a mega super late start, so I didn't get done eating until after noon on Sat. When I was cooking the rice, I had to take a trip to the shitter. It didn't burn, so it might not be the Paqui chips. Maybe I ate too many peanuts. Since I got done eating late, I went to sleep late and woke up late. A little while after I woke up, I had to go poo. It burned coming out, so it was probably due to the Paqui chips. If I had gotten up at my regular time, I would have taken a dump by that time. I don't think I'll buy those Paqui chips again.
Sat: I finished the MD Ice. I finished the Fisher hrp. I think they were fast acting, since soon after I was done, I had to go of to the toilet. I finished the last package of Nutty Buddy bars. They were good, but I had a bad experience. When I was getting them out of the box, they fell on the floor. When I was backing up to pick them up, I stepped on one end. Thankfully they were still in the package, so all I had to do was wash it off. I also finished a jar of peanut butter. It was Skippy Creamy Honey Roasted Nut. It was good for the most part, except for "tonight". It has a story. There was a sale at the local grocery chain where it was on sale for $.99 with your discount card. I went in 2 different days at different locations and picked one up. My mom picked one up on 2 different days. She says she was charged full price the second day. I went back and found my receipt for the second day, and sure enough, I was too. I remembered the ad saying "1 per customer", which means you can only buy 1 at a time. Often, you can go back though the checkout to get another one at the sale price. I found the ad, and it said "1 per customer per card". That is actually still a bit ambiguous. It should say "1 per customer during length of ad", which means you can ONLY EVER get 1.
My actual meal will be mostly the same as last week's, except I will be having a different flavor of Pringles, and I will be having a can of Tuna instead of peperoni.
Before I have my meal, I'm going to change the clocks, read some stuff, etc. It's a good thing I don't have to cook anything since due to my late start, the time change, my unscheduled dup, and dozing off, it is 815am Sun.
See you next week.
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Post by madmax on Mar 18, 2018 4:48:22 GMT -4
Let me get started here. I watched SNL, then got some reading done. I then had to get a splinter out of my little finger. I probably got it when I was working outside earlier. I kind of got one in my index finger, but I took care of that right away since I felt it.
Like I said last week, I went to the doctor on Mon. Apparently I put almost all of the weight I lost back on. I'm going to try to cut back on my snacking; especially the shredded wheat and canola thing. The doctor said canola oil is high in fat(or was it calories). I'm also going to try not using as much when I'm cooking.
I finished the container of paprika. I think it was Mon or Tue, but could have been Wed. I don't know if I'll buy some more.
I'll list the snacks with the meals since it's easier, and there's not many this time.
I have been snacking on (probably too many) shredded wheat, but no oil with them.
Sat: This was just about a repeat of last week's meal. This time my chips were a can of Ranch flavor Pringles. They were good. Instead of peperoni, I had a can of StarKist tuna in veg oil. It was good. The olives were good, but didn't have any heat.
Sun: I finished(other 2 packages) the Zesta crackers. They were ok.
Mon: After going to the doctor, I was at my parents house. I ate a bunch of store-brand no salt potato chips. They were good, and you don't notice the lack of salt. I usually wouldn't mention that, but I just wanted to let you know the extent of my ironic snacking. After doing some shopping, I went to Burger King. I got one each of the chicken sandwiches. They both were good. The spicy one still wasn't very spicy, even though I ate it when is was still warm. There was that small amount of latent heat on the back of my tongue. I finished the olives, and there was a bit of heat
For the meal, I had my fried rice(remember, no potatoes) and veggies. It was good alone and with my 3 items.
Tue: I had my fried rice and veggies. It was good alone and with my 3 items.
Wed: I had my fried rice and veggies. It was good alone and with my 3 items.
Thu: I got stuff from the deli/hot section from 2 different grocery stores, and something else. I just had a few items I wanted to highlight. At the 2nd grocery store, there were doing a bogo deal on reuben sandwiches. While they were good, I did have 1 criticism. The corned beef was all piled up in the middle of the sandwiches, so you got bites of "just" bread, and thick bites of meat. I guess I could've opened them up and spread the meat out. Often times when I get this stuff at the 1st store, I also pick up a bag of Chester's Flamin' Hot Fries. This time, I had a bag of Andy Capp's Hot Fries that I bought at Menard's a while back. They were good. Also when I get the hot fries, I would often get a small container of beef gravy to dip them in. The store didn't have any this time. I did want to try dipping the Andy Capp fries in it.
Fri: I did have a bit of summer sausage to snack on.
For my meal, I had the fried rice and veggies. On Wed, I basically ran out of Valentina hot sauce. I got maybe a teaspoon out that I squirted in the pan. I opened a bottle of Sriracha, which I squirted in the pan. The meal was good by itself and with the 3 items(which now includes Sriracha). I didn't seem to notice the lack of red pepper flakes or paprika.
I also opened up a jar of Great Value olives. They are the blue cheese stuffed ones. They were good. I can't think if they are better than the ALDI ones or not. There were a lot of cheese pieces floating on top of the liquid.
That's all for the food.
I am doing an experiment right now. I didn't have anything to snack on since there is A LOT there.
I'll see you in a bit.
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Post by madmax on Mar 18, 2018 5:48:06 GMT -4
Like I said above, I went to the doctor Mon. I also visited the thrift stores in my former town of residency. I visited 5, and there were items at 1, 3, and 4.
At the first one, there was a piano. I don't know if it was the same one as last time. This was the thrift store where I discovered I had lost my notes last time.
Next up is Saver's. There were 2 kiddie kb. There was a piano for $99. There was a Lowery Jamboree with the Magic Genie functions for $15. It wasn't plugged in, so I don't know how it sounded, or if it even works.
Then was Goodwill. There was a kiddie kb with 31 keys. I should call it a kitty kb since they keys were so tiny, only a cat could play it. A baby could, but they don't know fuck about music. I don't know why a company would make a kb with keys that small unless it's intended to be played by people with Bugles on their fingers.
There was also something odd at the first store. There were a bunch of headphones from a company called Lakeshore. Here is a pic: s7d9.scene7.com/is/image/lakeshore/fn2924c_1?id=04WuF3&fmt=jpg To me, they looked like either headphones from the 70's or something a helicopter or private plane pilot would wear. They looked too new to be from the 70's. I looked them up, and they are for grade schools. I don't know how good the sound quality is.
That's all for this time. I'll see you next week.
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Post by madmax on Mar 25, 2018 7:58:11 GMT -4
Hello again. Excuse me for a moment, F U C
K !
I had shitty days on both Thu and Fri. This made me do stress eating on those days, which I was trying to avoid after my trip to the dr. Some of it had to do with work, and the rest afterwards. I'll discuss the non-work stuff on their respective days.
I'll list the meals first and the snacks afterward, since it's easier that way this time.
Before I get to the food, the actor's name I was trying to find last week was Richard Riehle.
Sat: This was a food experiment day. I made corned beef and cabbage. I bought a package of corned beef that was point cut(I don't know what the fuck that means, but it was on sale for $1.99/lb), that I think was about 2.3lb. I cut open one end and squirted out the liquid(blood/picking liquid) into the pot. I then cut the package all the way open and put the corned beef in the pot. Then was the cabbage. The store was also having a sale on those for $.25/lb. I bought 3. A large one to cut up and use for my regular meals. A smaller one I would cut up and use for this meal. The last one was a tiny one that I was going to cut up some of and use for this meal, and cut the rest up to use for my regular meals. I cut up the slightly smaller cabbage and put it in the pot. There was enough in there that I didn't have to cut up the tiny one at all. I then poured in 2 boxes(1qt each) of chicken broth(that I bought somewhere else previously, for maybe $1each). I also added 2 cups of water. The cabbage wasn't completely covered, but I figured it would cook down. I then turned the burner up to 7 to bring it to the boil. When it was doing that, I heard a weird crackling sound. I attributed it to the beef being on the bottom of the pot. When it came to a boil, I set the burner to simmer and put the lid on. Every 20 min, I stirred the cabbage around. It did cook down, and the rest that would stay above the liquid got softened by the steam. About halfway through, I turned the beef over. I saw something odd on the bottom but chalked it up to the beef sitting on the bottom of the pan when it was getting heated up. The instructions said to cook for 50 min per lb of meat, so I did. It also said to let rest(aka sit off the heat before cutting) for 20-30 min. I had stuff to do, so it was more like 1 hour. Everything was still hot though. I used some tongs to pull the beef up and I cut it into smaller chunks with my big knife.
It was extremely good. The cabbage was nice and soft, and the beef was very tender. About halfway through, I found something weird. I forget the way it went down, but it was a piece of plastic that was partially melted. The instructions said to empty spice package into the liquid. I figured it was some kind of thing you buy at the store, like the spice bags I use to boil my shrimp in. Apparently there was a spice package IN WITH the meat. I'm guessing it was between the meat and the top of the meat package, which had the writing(the sides and bottom were clear). I finished all the corn beef and cabbage. There was only a quart of liquid left over. I ladled that into a container and put it in the fridge.
The burnt/melted spice package left a burst spot in the bottom of the pot that was a pain to clean out.
I was surprised that Sun was not a fart fest, seeing all the cabbage I ate.
This meal was very cheap. It was like 1/3 or 1/4 the cost of what I paid last year for cb&b in the ready-made area at that grocery store.
Sun: I had a box of Nabisco Vegetable Thins crackers. They were good.
Mon: I made my fried rice and veggies. It was good alone and with my 3 items.
Tue: See Mon.
Wed: See Tue.
Thu: The shittiness may have started technically Wed night. I was looking at my pills and saw that I could refill them. It wouldn't be a pain to go to Walmart since I was only visiting 1 grocery store after work on Thu. It was too late to call them in. That means I would have to do it work. Normally that wouldn't be a problem. But when we moved to a different part of the building, the 'tards in charge decided not to give our unit(but did for the other 2) phones at our desks. This means I had to walk somewhere else to use a fucking phone. And that was NOT what I was referring to in regards to work bullshit.
On the way to the grocery store, I had 2 dumbasses not paying attention and almost run into me.
The main thing I wanted to get at the store were wrap sandwiches that were on sale for $3.99. When I got to the deli counter where they were, they were out of 3 of the 4 kinds I wanted. The lady said she would make more later since she was making regular sandwiches. I decided to do get my other stuff then come back.
Regarding other stuff, Birdseye veggies were on sale for $.79. I called the store Wed to see if the spinach was included. They said it was not. I then asked if they had bags of peas and carrots combo. They said yes. I went over there, and they didn't have any. I just checked the site, and they don't make the peas and carrots combo. The person I talked to on the phone must've thought I was talking about mixed vegetables, which is peas, carrots, corn, and green beans. I don't want corn and green beans.
I then went back to the deli counter. The lady was still working on the regular sandwiches. I stood around waiting for quite a while. I then just thought fuck it and went to check out.
I then went to Walmart. I was going to pick up a jar of Great Value garlic stuffed olives. They didn't have any. When I got back to my car, it was almost 5pm. I was wanting to mail my bills, but they get the mail out of the mailbox at 5pm, and I didn't want my bills to sit in there overnight.
At home, I went to bed to take a nap. I was so amped up, I just laid there. When I was almost going to get up, the phone started ringing. I did it for way longer than normal. After I got up, I called my mom, and she said it wasn't her or my dad.
Later, 30 min before I was going to call my mom, she called me. She said she was taking my dad to the hospital. He is ok and home now.
For the meal, see Wed.
Fri: On the way to work, my colon started rumbling. I thought I would have to take an emergency dump at work. Thankfully I didn't have to. And that's not the work shit I was referring to earlier.
After work, I stopped at the Sears Outlet store. They were having a 50% off sale on cookware. I need a new pot because the one I cook my rice in is starting to warp on the bottom. They had a bunch of pans, but no pots. I then went to a grocery store(near the edge of the 'hood CA). I called the night before, and they said they had wraps. I went to the deli area. There were wraps, But they looked smaller than the ones at the other store. They were only $3.19. I didn't get any.
I went to Little Cesar's, and got one of the Extra Most Bestest pizzas. It was peperoni with mozzarella stuffed in the edge of the crust. I of course didn't have it right away; actually over 12 hrs later. I had it sitting in the oven all that time. I asked the workers what they recommended to do to reheat it. I preheated the oven to 350F. I then put the pizza, still in the box in the oven. After 7 1/2 min, I opened the oven and turned the box around. After another 7 1/2, I turned the oven off and took the box out. I then took a dump. Then I put the box back in the oven and did something else. then I took the box out and ate. It was good. It was nice and warm. The crust seemed a bit flat though. I don't know if it was originally like that, or flattened due to sitting out and/or getting reheated.
Now for the snacks.
Through out the week, I've been snacking on the blue cheese stuffed olives. They were good. I might finish them a bit later.
I also opened and finished a box of store-brand shredded wheat. They were ok. I seem to like the ALDI ones better. The night I opened them up, I put some in the frying pan. They didn't taste as good as the ALDI ones prepared that way. On Thu and Fri, I also did the canola oil thing.
Thu: I had a can of Brookdale Vienna sausages. They were good. I also had a bag of Kettle Brand potato chips that I got at the h/n/o store. They were the Jalapeno variety. They were good. They had a good amount of heat.
I also finished up the last of the summer sausage. It was good.
Fri: First I had 2 items from the grocery store. First was 2 chicken tenders. They were good. They were the spicy variety, but I can't remember if they were. When I saw them at the store, they looked dried out, but they weren't. The other item was some boiled shrimp. They were good. The liquid tasted different than what I use(McCormick).
Sat: I took the tiny bit of crumbs from the shredded wheat and put in my small casserole dish. I then added the crumbs from the 2 previous ALDI boxes, which was a ton. I then mixed in a lot of canola oil. It was good. My digestive feels a bit funny right now, which might be due to this snack. Hopefully I won't have to zoom off to the shitter.
That's all for the food.
In a little while, I will be having 3 new items. 1 is just a new flavor of potato chips.
You may recall a while back I chipped one of my molars. I bought some kind of stuff at Walmart. I tried putting some in the hole earlier. It seemed to work until I had the shredded wheat crumbs. When I get up, I'll look in the mirror to see if the stuff came off, or got squished way down in the hole. I may try adding some more in later today(it is actually Sun morn).
I got a super mega late start today; 2:30am to be exact. It is now almost 7am.
Bye!
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Post by madmax on Apr 1, 2018 7:15:56 GMT -4
Hello everyone, or no one, as the case may be. I'm getting another super mega late start because I was watching train videos on YT. There's some guy that lives in the area, and I was trying to find a way to contact him. I have some pics I wanted to share with him.
Also, I want to put a biggish FUCK! in this post, but it's a bit of a pain to do so. This has to do with Thu. I'll explain later.
I almost forgot to mention my chipped molar. I put some of that stuff back on it Sun night. It worked for at least 1 day, but I don't recall how long it actually lasted. I don't think I'll try it again. I'll have to find something else that works, since I don't feel like going to the dentist and spend a fuckton of $ for him to do basically the same thing.
Now for the food!
Sat: Like I said last week, I was trying new stuff. I'll list the stuff instead of making one big paragraph.
First is a bag of Clancy's potato chips. They were Chili Limon flavor. They were good. There was quite a bit of lime taste. I was tasting it when I burped on Sun. It may have also happened on Mon. I don't think there was any heat. I don't know if this had to do with the chips being old. I think the expiration date was in Dec.
Next is a can of store-brand pinto beans. They were Chipotle flavor. They were good. There was a bit of heat.
Finally up is the meat item. It was a package of Earl Campbell's Hot Links. Earl Campbell is a former NFL player. As for the meat itself, these are bun-sized sausages in the Polish/kielbasa family. I had them plain and with stuff. I made a list: plain: They were good. There was a little heat. mustard: It was good. soy sauce: I was extremely surprised that this was good. Sriracha: This was ok. I think I might have just tasted the Sriracha.
Sun: Nothing worth mentioning.
Mon: My meal was just my fried rice and veggies. It was good.
Tue: See Mon.
Wed: I had hotdogs. They were Bar-S Turkey. I had them all with mustard. I had 4 of them on buns and 4 "naked". A few weeks ago, I put some cabbage and onion in a container, then filled it with liquid from one of my olive jars. I forget if I did this after St. P's day when I cut up the small cabbage, or when I cut up a previous cabbage many weeks before. I'm mentioning this because I used half of these "pickled" veggies on my hotdogs. After that, I used some onion that I had cut up until I ran out. All the hotdogs were good. Oh yeah, I cooked the hotdogs in the microwave.
For the snack item, I had a bag of Lay's Lightly Salted potato chips. They were the Cheddar & Sour Cream flavor. They were good, despite my aversion to cheddar cheese. I didn't taste cheese; it was a somewhat subdued sour cream flavor.
Thu: Ok, here we go. I went to Arby's to get the 2/$5 fish sandwiches. See a previous post above on what I got. They were all good, but the "hot" ones didn't have any heat. When I was there, an unsanitary incident happened YET FUCKING AGAIN!!!!!!!! I got 2 orders of onion rings and put them in the fridge.
Instead of the onion rings, I had a bag of Andy Capp's Hot Fries. They were good. They had some heat.
Fri: I had Bar-S regular hotdogs that I fried. The rest of the info is the same as Wed.
For the snack item, I had a bag of Snack Factory Pretzel Crisps. They were the Buffalo Wing flavor. They were good. While the flavor matched the name, I can't recall if there was any heat. I was a bit distracted by a negative in that some of the chewed up stuff was getting caught in my molar gap.
Now for the snacks.
I opened and finished the other box of store-brand shredded wheat. They were good.
Mon: I had a bag of TGI Friday's mozzarella sticks. They were good. I think this will be the last time I mention them.
Tue: I opened up a jar of Great Value olives that I bought a Walmart the day before. They are garlic stuffed. They are good. I don't taste the garlic, but it might just be part of the overall flavor. I even tried a few of the pieces themselves, and they didn't have any flavor. I've been snacking on these throughout the week
Thu: After going to Arby's, I went to a grocery store. After that, I went to another nearby from the other major local chain. The reason I went there was because I saw on their website that there was a sale($1.69) on "selected varieties" of cereal from one of their store brands. I was wanting to pick up a few boxes of shredded wheat. When I got to the cereal aisle, I saw that the sw was not $1.69. They were still a reduced price($1.89), but I didn't feel like getting any. Then I went over to the deli/hot food section and got 2 things to snack on. First was these chunks of pork that were battered, deep fried, then covered with some kind of Asian sauce. They were good. I think the sauce was kind of sweet, but had some heat to it. The other item was some Asian noodles; In think they were soba ones. They were mixed with seasonings and a tiny bit of vegetables. They were good.
Later, I had a bag of microwave popcorn. I cooked it for 104 seconds. After I took it out, I squirted a bunch of canola oil in the bag. It was good. I think there were only 11 unpopped kernels.
Fri: I had a bag of Bugles. They were the Original(aka plain) variety. They were good. I actually had them Sat morning before my Fri meal. I think they kicked my digestive system into gear, since a few hours later, I took a massive dump. And I wasn't done. Apparently something I had for my actual meal didn't agree with me because I had to go off the shitter again about 4:10pm. That was very loose, and I saw chunks of cabbage and/or onion floating around. Later, I had to go yet again. That was accompanied by some farts and my anus burning due to undigested stomach acid. Later, I farted and didn't think anything of it. A bit later, I touched my crack, and my fingers were greasy. I then pooped a bit more. That was that mixture of mucus and poo.
Sat: I had my onion rings from Arby's. I ate them while I was shaving. They were good. I had them before the slimy fart I mentioned above.
I had a snack I bought at the Asian store. It was a bag of "Fritos" by a brand called Chippy. The company is Universal Robina Corp. in the Philippines. Now you may be thinking "why in the hell are you spending money are basically Asian Fritos when you can probably spend less for the real deal, or even get a generic version for much cheaper?", which is a valid observation. The answer is that they have a flavor I've never seen before. It is Garlic & Vinegar. They were good. There was some kind of flavor, but I couldn't discern it as garlic and/or vinegar. One positive is that they didn't seem salty.
I also technically finished a jar of peanut butter, but I'll review that next week after I get a chance to scrape out what I can(probably tonight). I'll also open up another jar.
I'll be having my meal later. It is something I've had before, but a new version, with some new varieties.
While that's all for the food, I'm taking off yet. See you in a bit.
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