madmax
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Post by madmax on Oct 11, 2020 14:24:07 GMT -4
Hello. I opened this at 3am, but didn't get a chance to type until around 430am due to falling asleep. I still don't feel 100%, and have been getting a bunch of spelling errors. I've fallen asleep more since then, and feel a lot better, but it is 642 now, so I have a lot of catching up to do. I also have a case of the burps, and am now getting the big farts. Soon, I'll probably have to rush to the bathroom to take a dump.
I guess I can finally get to the food.
Sat: This was a meal I've had several times before. I had a 8oz block of generic brand mozzarella. It was good. I had a can of Armour Treet. It was good. I had it in the fridge before I ate it. I had 2 snack items. The second one was a bag of Flamin' Hot Cheetos. They were good.
The first snack I had was a box of Cheez-It crackers. They were Buffalo Wing flavor, which I think is a recent addition to the lineup. As for the taste, they were good. There was kind of a buffalo flavor. They didn't have the flavor all the other varieties except for the Hot & Spicy have.
Like I said above, I've had this meal several times before. I don't know how many times I'll have it in the future. This is because the price on Cheetos has gone crazy. When they are on sale, they used to be maybe $1.88, and sometimes even 3/$5. Now they are on sale for 2/$5. I think I saw them somewhere for 2/$6 a while back. I do have a box of Cheez-Its and a can of Treet, but I don't have any Cheetos. I don't want to use either the ALDI or Save A Lot ones. Hopefully Cheetos will go back to a normal sale price, and I can pick a bunch up. Of course, I also have to have cheese.
Sun: Unfortunately, my notes are missing for Sun. Hopefully, I just forgot to notate what I had, and didn't fuck them up a little bit ago when I was editing the .txt file I use.
I'm pretty sure I had a little bit of cereal and pb.
My "meal" was half a bag(8 of 16oz) of Snyder's of Hanover pretzels. They were the Olde Tyme variety. They were good.
I opened up a new condiment/ingredient. It is a bottle of store-brand Worcestershire sauce.
Mon: My snack was a bag of ranch flavor Bugles. They were good.
My meal was fried rice and veggies using ~8oz of peas. I made it using the curry method. I added Worcestershire sauce during both rounds of spices.... It was good plain and with my 3 items. I also tried using the Worcestershire sauce. It seemed ok.
Tue: I think this was a stressful day at work, so I did a little more snacking.
I opened a box of shredded wheat and had some with canola oil. They were good.
I had 2 actual snacks. One was a bag of Clancy's Potato Pops. They were the Salt & Vinegar variety. They were rather good. I also had a 5oz can of store-brand chicken breast. It was good. I don't think I had it in the fridge.
My meal was fried rice and veggies using ~8oz of peas. For the rice, I made it the old way; toasting it with canola oil. When I added the water, I also added some Worcestershire sauce. I cooked the meal the old way. There was a lot of sticking, but I was able to scrape most of it off the pan when I was cooking; probably because I used a ton of oil. While there were crunchy spots, there weren't as many as there used to be. As for the taste, it was good plain and with my 3 items. I also tried using the Worcestershire sauce, which was ok. When I was done eating, there were 2 relatively small burnt spots stuck on.
My meat item was a can of Pampa sardines in water. I had them in the fridge. They were good.
Wed: I had some shredded wheat with canola oil.
For my snack, I got something in the hot section of a grocery store. I saw what looked like chili with corn and potatoes in it. I asked the worker what it was, and he said soup, and maybe later beef stew. I got a medium cup-style container of it. I heated it up in the microwave. It was good. It did taste like beef stew, even though it had hamburger meat.
My meal was fried rice and veggies using ~8oz of peas. I cooked this using a mix of the 2 methods. When I was using the original method, after letting the first round of spices/condiments/waters cook down, I would add the rice, and some canola oil. I would wait 3 min, then add the second round of spices.... Then I would let it cook in 10min intervals, flipping the mix each time. With the curry method, after the spices.... cooked down, I would add the second round. I would then wait at least 20 min for it to cook down, then add the rice. Then I would take it off the burner. After coking on Tues, I came up with the new method. I did it the fried way, but after the first 10min interval after adding the second round of spices...., I stirred it up, then took it off the burner. I think it came how I intended it to when using the curry method. It was good plain and with my 3 items; and also the Worcestershire sauce.
Thu: I had some shredded wheat with canola oil.
My snack was a sandwich from Wendy's. It was a Pretzel Bacon Pub Cheeseburger. I wanted to warm it up before I ate it. I couldn't use the microwave because the wrapper is a bit foil-ish, and I didn't want to take the burger out. I used the oven. I put the burger on the cookie sheet, and put it in the oven, which I think was at 350F, for maybe 5min. When I took it out, it was warm, not hot. As for the taste, it was good, but not worth the high price. It probably would have tasted better if I ate it right away.
I got my meal at Arby's. I got 2 large orders of fries. I warmed them up in the microwave before I ate them. They were good. I got 4 French Dip & Swiss sandwiches. I warmed them up in the microwave. They were good. I do have a negative. They are skimpy with the liquid; I think it's called au jus, but I'll just call it beef juice. I barely had enough for my sandwiches. I could only quickly dunk them; soaking was out of the question.
Fri: Due to my meal, I didn't want to do any snacking. Around 5am Sat, I was getting hunger pains. I had a bag of Food Should Taste Good tortilla chips. They wee the Spicy Jalapeno flavor. They were good.
A few hours later, I felt the need to have some shredded wheat and canola oil.
For my meal, the main component was a 2lb bag of Bremer Italian Style Meatballs from ALDI. I cooked them in my pot on the stove. The instructions said to add a can of pasta sauce. I used a 24oz of Hunt's Zesty & Spicy. As for the taste, I had the problem. The meatballs didn't seem to have any Italian flavor. They just tasted like meat. I had them both with just the sauce they cooked in, and sometimes also with parmesan. These meatballs seemed like they would taste better with beef gravy.
I made garlic bread using a bag of bolillo rolls I got at the grocery store I went to the last time I got them. This time, there weren't any day old bags, so they were $1.69. This is the store where I got that hamburger soup/stew on Wed.
Let me copy paste from my previous post: "I cut each roll in half. Since I don't have butter or margarine.... I used canola oil. I dumped some in a container, and mixed in garlic powder. I then used the synthetic bristle paintbrush I use for food to brush this on the rolls. I repeated mixing the oil and garlic powder until I had coated all the roll halves. On one of the halves, I also added parmesan cheese. They were on my large cookie sheet. The oven was at 425F. I put the sheet in the oven."
This time I set the timer for 5min. After that, I opened the oven. The top didn't look cooked. I left them in for 2 more min. This time they were crisp on the outside, and soft on the inside. I am trying to get the top soft also. As for the taste, they were good. I did dunk a few times in the pasta sauce, but don't think I used parmesan.
Sat: I didn't have anything to snack on because I was feeling full for quite a while, and my "Sat" meal will also be big. It is stuff I've had before, but there is a bit of an experiment. That'll make sense when I post next week.
The only thing I want to add about food is that my Sun meal will be an experiment.
It is now 124pm. This has been a shitty 12 or so hrs. SNL was new, so I watched that. I did reading during commercials. At midnight, I turned on PBS, and watched a show about the making of John Lennon's Plastic Ono Band album. I think I fell asleep around 1250, and woke up near 130, when the show was basically over. I then finished up my reading right before 2. I went in for my nap at 2, but laid there for a while. When I woke up for TMZ at 3, my arm and neck were hurting. I fell asleep during TMZ, near the start, and woke up about 415am. I think I fell asleep again. I think I woke up after 630. Thankfully I looked at the tv listings, because NBC put Meet The Press on at 7 due to the French Open. I was trying to type during that, but was getting cramps due to getting the burps. At 8am, I went in and took a dump, and had to go back in 1 or 2 more times before I was done, which was after 830. I wanted to take a nap from 830-930 to get up for ABC's This Week. I got in bed late and laid there for a while. I slept for about 30 min. Before I went to sleep, I felt like I had to poop again. When I got up, I did, and then some. I had to go at least 5 times. I was spraying out poo water. For the last 2 times, I just put my ass over the tub, and sprayed into that. Since I'm a croucher, I was afraid I was going to end up making a mess outside of the toilet bowl. It's easy to rinse out the tub. I spent all of TW shitting; I did have the sound cranked, so I could hear it. I then was typing during Washington Week and the local show. I've continued typing since those, stopping occasionally to look at what I'm listening to on YT.
I think I need to poo again, but it feels like it's not water. I'll lay on my bed first to see if it's just farts I can release.
I guess I'll be here next week, hopefully without diarrhea.
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madmax
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Post by madmax on Oct 18, 2020 12:41:00 GMT -4
I'm finally typing this up at 507am. This is because of my shitty weekend. I'll get to that later. I just want to get to the food now.
Sat: For my meal, I had a steak. Around this time of year, one of the two main grocery chains have these steaks on sale for under $4/lb. This year it was $3.97/lb. I think I bought it when I had my saga with the English muffins. It was between 1.8 and 1.9 lb(I think 1.82). That was the biggest they had, or else I would have gotten a bigger one. I put it in the freezer when I got home. I think I took it out the Thu before I ate it. I opened up the package Fri afternoon after I was done working. I was going to cut it in two, but it came apart when I took it out of the package. There was a solid piece of fat on one side, which I cut into with my knife to help it melt off when I cooked it. I did marinate it. I started with the biggest piece. I put on soy sauce, hot sauce, Worcestershire sauce, regular mustard, and some of the blood/juice/liquid from the package. I don't know the order I did them in. I think I rubbed the items in one at a time. I then turned the piece over and repeated. I did the same with the smaller piece. I then put them back in the package, put that in an empty food bag, and put it back in the fridge. When it was time to cook, I used my cast iron pan. I put the burner on 6. When it was hot, I put in some canola oil. I then put the big piece in. I cooked it for 2min. I then went to turn it over. The fat line in the steak cooked away, so it broke into 2 pieces. I turned them over. I then cooked them for 2 more minutes. While this was going on, I dumped some of the b/j/l on the big piece. I then turned the pieces over and cooked for 2 more min. Since there was a bunch of smoke, I turned the burner way down, like 3 or 4. I dumped some of the b/j/l in the pan, and it somewhat solidified into a slimy-looking mass. I turned the pieces over and cooked them for a final 2min. I did the Steven Raichlen hand check method, to tell the steak was done. I took the pieces out and put them on my plate, and covered them with foil. I then repeated this with the other piece. I dumped the rest of the b/j/l in the pan. It acted like the other bit. I think they both turned into flakes of burnt.
I took an onion and cut it in half crosswise. I set one half cut side down. I made 2 or 3 cuts straight down, making the onion in the shape of a horse racing track or a square with one side bowed out. I took thee cut off pieces and cut them lengthwise.
When I took the second steak piece out of the pan, I put in the cut up onion, I let it cook for a few minutes. When I was done, I put them on the plate with the steak.
As for the steak. It was very good. It was very red, but soft to cut. There were 2 lines of fat; the one on the outside, and the "seam" where the pieces split while cooking. They were a bit chewy, but I was able to eat them. The steak also tasted good with the onions.
I had 3 things with the steak. One of them was a Knorr side. It was the Teriyaki Rice. I fucked up when I was cooking it. I let the water come to a boil, then added the stuff. Instead, I should have added the stuff, then wait for it to come to a boil. When it was done cooking, I took the lid of the pot off, and saw that there was a lot of liquid inside. That's when I looked at the instructions and saw the error of my ways. I turned the burner back up and let it cook for a few minutes. I then took it off the burner. It did taste good, despite my not following instructions.
I also had a can of white hominy. I must've cooked it too long, since the pieces were not as soft an usual. It was good though.
I also had a can of black olives. I put them in the fridge beforehand. They were good.
I almost forgot to mention there was quite a bit of smoke in the air after I was done cooking the state.
Sun: By the time I got to where I wanted to stop reading, it was getting late. I decided to make the meal I was going to have later that night as my Mon meal. I instead had 2 snacks. One was a can of store-brand tuna in water. I put it in the fridge beforehand. It was good. I also had a bag of Clancy's cheetos. As always, they were the Fiery Hot variety. They were good.
Mon: As I just said, this was supposed to be my "Sun" meal. I heated up the cast iron pan, then put in canola oil. I then put in a package of hot Italian sausages(5) from ALDI. When they were done, I took them out and put them on my plate. I then cut each sausage crosswise, then lengthwise. I cut an 8oz block of mozzarella into 10 crosswise pieces. I opened up a package of flour tortillas(10). I took some of the oil from my deep-frying pot and put in the pan. I took each piece of cheese and split it lengthwise horizontally. I took these resulting 2 pieces and put them on a tortilla. I then added 2 pieces of sausage. On 2 of the tortillas, I also added parmesan. I would try to roll the tortilla into a burrito shape. I was unable to get the triangular bits to tuck in, but the tortillas stayed rolled if I kept them seam side down. I would then put a tortilla in the oil, seam down, to seal it. When it got brown, I would flip it over. When it was browned on all sides, I would take it out an set it in my big pan. I did each tortilla by itself. When I was done with all 10 tortillas, I put my small pot on the burner. I dumped in a small(8oz) can of tomato sauce(aka plain/unseasoned pasta/spaghetti/marinara sauce). Since it was plain, I added black pepper, red pepper flakes, garlic powder, and a few drops of Worcestershire sauce. Since the burner was hot, it didn't take very long to cook the sauce.
As for the taste, the....uh....I don't know what I would call them. Maybe Italian burritos. Whatever they were, they were pretty good. I had them plain, and with the tomato sauce and/or parmesan. Since they had cooled off, the cheese wasn't gooey.
I don't know if I would make these again. They seemed to take much longer to cook than I thought. When I was done, cooking, there was a bit of a smokey haze in the air. I don't recall it being actual smoke, like with the steak.
This meal did give me an ideal for an experiment of what would be Italian enchiladas. I'll hold off on that for a while.
Tue: I finished up the shredded wheat(except for the crumbs) and had it with canola oil.
My snack was a bag of Clancy's funyuns. They were good.
My meal was fried rice and veggies using ~8oz of frozen peas. I cooked it using the hybrid method I tried on Wed of last week(look at the post above). My meal was good plain and with my 3 items. I also used Worcestershire sauce, both by itself, and with the 3 items. It was ok I guess.
Wed: I had a can of Northern Catch Smoked Oysters With Red Chili Peppers for a snack. I don't put these in the fridge. They were good. They weren't hot(spiciness-wise). Due to an OCD issue, I didn't eat these with my chopsticks. I used a fork instead.
Later, I had a bag of Snyder's of Hanover Pretzel Pieces. They were the Hot Buffalo Wing flavor. They were good. I recall there being a buffalo taste, but not being hot. I also didn't eat these with my chopsticks. I almost forgot to mention that something with my fucked up tooth wouldn't really allow me to chew these on the right side of my mouth.
My meal was the same as Tue.
I did have a different meat item. I had half a package(8 of 16oz) of Bar-S bologna. I cut the whole stack in half. It was the garlic variety. I let it sit for a few hours outside of the fridge. It was ok. It didn't have a garlic taste, but did taste a bit different than the plain variety. I had it plain, and with regular or horseradish mustard.
Thu: I had 2 snacks. First was a package of Maruchan Instant Ramen. It was the Sriracha Chicken variety. It was good. Later, I had a bag of store-brand wonton strips. They were good.
I got my meal at Little Caesars. I got an Extra Most Bestest pepperoni pizza and an order of Cheesy Bread. I set the oven to 400F. When it was ready, I put both boxes in there for 10min. Both items were good.
Fri: I had 3 snacks: First, I had a Main Street Kitchen entrée. It was Creamy Chicken Rigatoni. It was good. I had it at around 11pm when I watched the Thu episode of TMZ online. Later, I had a bag of Mrs. Cubbison's croutons. They were the Classic Seasoned variety. They were good. I had these at 330am Sat during the rebroadcast of the Fri episode of TMZ. I then had my bag of Pop Weaver popcorn. I cooked it for 1:36 and added canola oil. I also added garlic powder. It was good. I didn't really taste the garlic. There were only 6 unpopped kernels. I had this after 9am.
My meal was fried rice and veggies using ~8oz of frozen peas. I cooked it using the hybrid method. On Thu, I bought an 8oz package of mushrooms at ALDI. I cut them up. I added them after I cooked the mix for 10 min after adding the second round of spices/condiments/waters. My meal was good plain and with my 3 items. I also used Worcestershire sauce, both by itself, and with the 3 items. It was ok. I only tasted the mushrooms a little bit.
My meat item was the other half of the Bar-S bologna I had for my Wed meal. Go look there for more info.
Sat: I did have my sweet snacks, albeit much later than usual, which I'll explain in a bit. I first started out with cereal and pb. I opened a new jar of ALDI honey roasted peanuts. They were good, even though they did not have any honey taste. I had some more of the tiny peanut butter cups from the h/n/o store. They were good. I also had a Yoplait yogurt. It was the Boston Cream Pie flavor. It was good. I'll try to remember to mention next week why I have Yoplait yogurts. I was going to have a beverage, but I decided against it. It'll make sense later.
That's it for the food. I'll have my meal in a little while. There is no cooking involved. I already took 2 items out of the fridge to warm up, and 1 to cool off.
I needed to mention I had a case of the burps on either Tue or Wed. The reason I'm mentioning it is because I had to take 3 runny dumps during work.
I'll now talk about my weekend so far. The shittiness started near the end of work on Fri. Due to the calls, I was going to take all my breaks at the end of the day. I lost my first break due to having to call a caller back and finishing something I forgot. I then was going to take my lunch break, but I got a Skype message from a guy who was in the same training class as me, but has since been promoted. He was in a different unit than mine. He sits one aisle over from me in the office. The guy who sits next to him said he had to clean out his desk because there are going to be a bunch of people moved into that room. I had Skype chats with 2 different people who I thought were going down there. They didn't completely know what's going on. I then called somebody who deals with employee relocations. She said she didn't think I had to move, but would be able to confirm it Mon. After I was done with the day, I stayed on the computer and did the reading I was going to do on my lunch break and other break. This means after doing all the other stuff I was going to do after work, I only had about 20 min for a nap. One thing I didn't get to do was cut my cabbage. I did that between 630 and 7. I finally got my reading done a bit before 230am. I did take my nap before TMZ. I forget when I fell asleep after TMZ, and when I woke up. I got my reading done late again. When I was cooking my meal, I had to kill a bunch of flies. I don't know how they got in. I think I had to kill 2 between my main meal and my meat item. Actually, there was a dead fly I moved. I then went to sleep for about 2 hrs. I had the pillows arranged on my bed so I could sleep in a reclined position instead of laying down. I couldn't sleep, so I had to lay down to do so. I got the burps last night, which I think was partially due to me laying down to sleep. SNL was new, so I watched it, but it started glitching during Weekend Update. I then tried to finish my reading. I fell asleep, then woke up around 130am. I got a tiny bit of reading done. I then fell back asleep. I woke up a bit after 4, so I missed TMZ. I think then I was having pressure and had to take a dump. I then finished up my reading. I started typing at 507am. About 530, I felt another bout of pressure, so then took an almost watery dump. When I was done, I got my snacks out, which took more time. I then continued typing until a bit after 8 because I was feeling fatigued, so went in and took my nap for 9am. I then watched MTP, typing during it and reading during the commercials, except the first, because I forgot to. I then did the same during the 2nd half of This Week. I then have been typing during Washington Week and the local show. I'm also doing so now, and will do some reading after that, and before my meal.
It is now 1141am.
Hopefully my week will be better at and off work. I should be back next week.
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Post by madmax on Oct 25, 2020 15:25:09 GMT -4
Hello. I'm starting this at 321am. I guess I'll get right into the food.
I decided not to use the Worcestershire sauce this week. I did use it for my Fri meal. Look down there for more info.
Sat: Like I said last week, this was a meal I've had many times before. It was many small items. I had half of an 8oz block of discount brand mozzarella cheese. It was good. I had a 3oz package of store-brand peperoni. It was good. I had a can of Brookdale Vienna sausages. They were good. I had them in the fridge before(I let the cheese and peperoni warm up before I ate). I had a can of Pringles. They were the Parmesan & Roasted Garlic variety. I didn't think the were that good, which surprised me as I like both parmesan and garlic. I also had a bag of Chex Mix. It is the Hot & Spicy Ghost Pepper. It was good. This is one of the few products that actually is hot. I recall my eyes watering.
Sun: I first had some cereal and pb.
My "meal" was half a 16oz box(2 of 4 packages) of Savoritz saltine crackers from ALDI. They were ok. They tasted like they were kept in the oven long enough.
Mon: I had 2 snacks. The first was a 5oz can of store-brand chunk chicken breast. It was good. Later I had a box of discount brand chicken crackers. They were ok.
My meal was fried rice and veggies using ~8oz of frozen peas. I cooked it using the hybrid method. It was good plain and with my 3 items.
Tue: My snack was a bag of store-brand popcorn puffs(they call it Pop Fresh). It was good.
My meal was the same as Mon.
Wed: I had 2 snacks. First was 2 Salisbury steaks I got in the hot/deli section of a grocery store. I heated them up before I ate them. They were good. Later, I had a bag of store-brand veggie straws from the h/n/o store. They were good.
My meal was the same as Mon.
Thu: My snack was a bag of Snyder's of Hanover Pretzel Pieces. They were the Honey Mustard & Onion flavor. They were good.
As for my meal, let me first sum it up by saying it's complicated.
I got most of my meal at Long John Silver's. They are still doing the $10 promo. This time, I got the 6 crab cakes and 15 (battered)shrimp. (The only item I haven't bought is the 15 grilled shrimp.) I also got 2 orders of onion rings, and an order of fried clams. I heated the stuff up in the oven. I didn't take any notes, so I'm going by memory. I think I set the oven to 400F. I first put the crab cakes and shrimp on the cookie sheet. I put it in for 5min. I took it out, and put the stuff in the pan, which was moonlighting as a serving platter. I then put the onion rings on the sheet. I then put them in the oven for maybe 2min. I then took it out and put the o rings in the pan. I then put the clams on the sheet, and I think only put them in for 1min. They also went in the pan afterward.
Now let's get to the good, the bad, and the ugly.
First, I want to say everything tasted good, so no issues there. While that is very important, it's not the only thing to consider.
The clams cooled off right away. They are naturally kind of rubbery, but I think they are moreso when cooled off. I don't know if things would have been different if I had microwaved them. I used the oven in an attempt to crispen(or dry out) the outer coating. (That's why I used the oven for the other things also.)
As for the meat items, there were 15 shrimp, making each one $.06666.... They weren't that big. I was going to look at the ones in the freezer earlier to compare how big they were. I think they were, at most, 31/40(which means 31-40 per lb). I f I get up to take a dump before I post this, I will try to remember to check. While the shrimp were small, the crab cakes were tiny, especially for how much the cost($1.6666.... each). I think they were 3/4in thick and the same diameter as a soda can. A grocery chain has them on sale for $1 each, and they are WAAAAY bigger. You have to cook them, but still....
Finally, the onion rings. These used to be the best because they used the same batter they use for the fish, shrimp, and chicken. I also need to mention that the LJS restaurants are also A&W's, which is a burger joint. The onion rings were in the A&W section of the menu board. I think there was a pic of them, but if so, I can't remember if I saw it before or after I placed my order. Either way, when I got home, I saw they DID NOT have the batter coating; it was the same coating as other onion rings that looks like bread crumbs. They were $2.49 each, which I think was the same price as Arby's, but Arby's gave you quite a bit more.
Due to the small size of the LJS items, I decided to have 2 other things. One of them was an Rueben sandwich from Arby's. I had a coupon for this. I originally bought it as a snack item, but that changed. I warmed it up in the microwave before I ate it. It was good.
I also had a bag of Utz Ripples potato chips. They were the Fried Dill Pickle variety. They were good. They did taste like pickles, but I don't know about the fried aspect. I think the first ones had the strongest taste. One good was that they were not salty.
Fri: I had 3 snacks. First was a Totino's Party Pizza. It was the Supreme variety. It was good. I ate it when I was watching the Thu episode of TMZ online. The regular showing of Fri's episode is at 11pm(but wasn't even on due to the World Series), which is when I was intending to watch the Thu episode. I ended up watching it at around midnight. I then had a bag of Mrs. Cubbison's croutons. They were the Cheese & Garlic variety. They were good. I had them when watching the "rebroadcast" of Fri's episode of TMZ. Later, I had a bag of Pop Weaver popcorn. I cooked it for 1:36, and put canola oil in afterward. It was good. There were 9 unpopped kernels. I had this after 10am, after I mowed the lawn for the last time this year.
That was my last bag of Pop Weaver. It is a bit of a pain to get, which I'll explain some other day.
For my meal, I was intending to have fried rice and veggies using ~8oz of peas. I was going to make the old way, which I won't explain why. Due to starting late, if I made it that way, the curry method, or the hybrid method, it would have meant I wouldn't be done eating until after 5pm. I wanted to get more sleep. I decided to try something different. I first cooked the rice. I mixed in canola oil when I was toasting it before adding the water. I then took the pan and put canola oil in it. I then put in some cabbage. A bit later, I put in some onion. I didn't wait for either to get browned before adding the peas, which I had cooked in the microwave. I waited until the water from the peas had cooked off. I then added the rice with some canola oil. I then let the mixture cook for 3min. I went to stir it, and it was kind of sticking, so I considered it done. As for the taste, it was good plain and with my 3 items. I also tried it with the Worcestershire sauce, which was ok.
Sat: I snacked on sweet stuff. First was a little bit of cereal, and pb. I finished the jar it was store-brand honey. It was good.
I finished the jar of ALDI honey roasted peanuts. They were good. I had some of the tiny pb cups from the h/n/o store. They were good . I had a Yoplait yogurt. It was the Strawberry Cheesecake variety. It was good. I was intending to have a different flavor, but I grabbed the wrong one. I still need to explain the Yoplait.
I also had a beverage. It was Jumex Mango Nectar. It came in a soda can, but was not carbonated. I guess it was good, but I don't think I'd buy it again. It had a fruity flavor, but I can't tell if it's mango, since I have never had it. I had it in the fridge for a bit over an hour. I didn't want it to bee too cold, because my bad tooth has started hurting if I drink cold liquid.
That's it for the food. I'm going to eat after I do some reading. Thankfully, it is a companion meal to last week's, so again, no cooking. I may need to take another dump, but hopefully I can lay on the bed and fart.
It is now 225pm, which is again late. SNL was new, so I watched that, and did some reading during the commercials. I was slow, and didn't finish my regular reading until a bit before 2am. I finished up reading something else, then took my nap at 2. I then got up for 3 am to watch the weekend edition of TMZ, but it wasn't on due to the schedule being fucked up from the World Series. I was typing after I sat down after getting my food. I kept going until maybe after 430am, when I fell asleep. I woke up a few times, but fell back asleep. I fully woke up at 741am, but did some stuff, then went in to take my 8am nap. I got up for 9 for Meet The Press. I was typing, and reading during the commercials. Did the same thing from 10-1030. I then went in to take a large dump. I then sat down and typed until 11am. From 11-1130 I watched the local show. I didn't type during it because I wanted to pay 100% attention. I did some reading. I also pooped 2 more times.
I want to do some more reading, so I'm going to cut it short. I'll see you next week.
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Post by madmax on Nov 1, 2020 15:10:38 GMT -4
Hello, I'm starting this at 337am. I'll explain later. I just want to get to the food. I'm sure there was something I wanted to bring up from last week, but I can't remember.
Sat: Like I said last week, this was a meal I've had many times before. I had the other half of the 8oz block of mozzarella I ate the previous week. It was good. I had 2 boxes of Keebler Toasteds crackers. First I had the onion, then the sesame. They were both good. I don't feel like the putting the actual names. My meat item was a can of Deutsche Kuche Herring Fillets in Mango Pepper Sauce. They were good. I let the cheese warm up, and had the herring from the fridge.
Sun: First I had a bit of cereal and opened up a new jar of pb.
My meal was a bag of Clancy's fritos. They were good. I also had a can of store-brand refried beans. The were the Traditional(aka plain) variety. They were good. When I went to the store, I wanted to get another version. I think it was spicy black bean, but all they had left was Traditional, Vegan, and a low fat. A while back, I had intended to get a can of the sbb, but at the checkout stand, the can fell on the floor before I put it on the conveyor belt. I just left it there.
Mon: My snack was a bag of Clancy's hot funyuns. They were good.
My meal was fried rice and veggies using ~8oz of frozen peas. I used the hybrid method. It was good plain and with my 3 items.
Tue: I had 2 snacks. First, I had a can of Vienna sausages. They were good. I had them in the fridge. I'm pretty sure the liquid didn't gooify. Later, I had a bag of store-brand kettle potato chips from the h/n/o store. They were the olive oil flavor. They were good.
My meal was fried rice and veggies using ~8oz of frozen peas. I used the hybrid method. It was good plain and with my 3 items.
Wed: My snack was a bag of Clancy's Fiery Hot cheetos. They were good.
My meal was a Mama Cozzi's Pizza Kitchen Rising Crust pizza. It was the Supreme variety. It was good.
The reason I had the pizza was that I needed something relatively fast to make because I wanted to get done eating before midnight. That was because I was going to the doctor on Thu, and getting blood tests.
Thu: I was out of the house most of the day, starting with the doctor. I then did an absentee ballot, and then did other stuff. In the span of about an hr, I had 5 or 6 people almost pull out in front of me to cause an accident.
I got my first snack at Long John Silver's. It was the grilled shrimp that was part of the $10 promo. I know I did complain about the size to price ratio previously. I got these because I was curious about the taste, and just for the sake of completeness. As for the taste, these were good. I did take a pic, and will post it after this one. I put a pen next to the dish for comparison. I think the shrimp were the 31/40 size.
Later, I had 2 things from Walmart. I had 6 jalapeno poppers and 6 mozzarella sticks. I got these on the way home. I stopped to get gas after WM. When I did get home, I did a bunch of stuff. I then ate these while I was shaving. The poppers were good. The mozzarella sticks were good, but not as much as they would've been if they were hot.
My meal was 4 packages of Maruchan Instant Ramen Chicken flavor. They were good. Like I do when I make 1 package as a snack, I cook them way ahead of time so they soak up the liquid. I was able to finish them with no problem. Due to falling asleep, and wanting to finish reading, I both cooked them way later than I intended, and did the same with eating. When I ate them, they were still warm. I had originally intended to make 6 packages. I decided not to because I thought I would not be able to finish them. I thought maybe the WM snacks filled me up. When I cooked these, I wasn't feeling very hungry, was a bit tired, and generally shitty. When I ate them, I was having hunger pains. I was also concerned about the amount of liquid. I was surprised with the amount of liquid in the pot; there was less than I thought there would be. I think I will try 6 in a few weeks.
Fri: I got my first snack at Arby's. It was a Reuben sandwich. I got it because I had a coupon. I had originally intended it to be a driving snack(dun dun dun). I decided against that because I was having bad heartburn. I was debating bringing a bottle of water with me to drink, but decided not to. If I had, I may have been able to get rid of the heartburn. Also, when I was at the doctor, I got my very first flu shot. I was felling shitty when I was driving around, and didn't feel like eating. I think I'm one of those people that gets sick from a flu shot, so that appears to be my last one. I had the sandwich while watching Smackdown. I warmed it up in the microwave for 40sec at 50% power. It was very good.
I had a second snack while watching the Thu episode of TMZ online, which I think was around midnight. It was a bag of TGI Fridays Mozzarella Sticks. They were good.
My third snack was a bag of store-brand popcorn puffs. They were good. I had originally intended to eat them during the 330am rebroadcast of TMZ, but fell back asleep about 5min before it started. I think I ate them about 630am.
My meal was an experiment. I first cooked a 16oz bag of 31/40 shrimp using the McCormick shrimp boil spice pack. When they were done, I dumped the shrimp and liquid in the pan. I put 2 cups of liquid back in the pot, and used it to cook 1 cup of rice. While the rice was cooking, I took the shells and tails off the shrimp(and ate those), counted them, and put them in a container. There were 37 shrimp. I ate one because it was tiny, and another because I ripped it in half when pulling the tail off.
When the rice was done, I put the pan with the remaining liquid on the burner. I had added some onion I cut up, and some cabbage. I heated this up until the veggies softened. I then dumped the veggies and liquid in the pot with the rice and mixed it up.
I used a package of flour tortillas. On the first 5, I put the mix on the tortilla, and 3 shrimp. The order I had them in regards to condiments were: plain hot sauce black pepper soy sauce shrimp cocktail sauce(from a small container I got from some restaurant) As for the taste, they were all just ok. Maybe I liked the hot sauce the least.
When I went to grab the next tortilla out of the package, I looked, and there were only 4 left. There should have been 5, since there are supposed to be 10 in the package. I wasn't really pissed off about this, which I would've been if I was using them for my fajitas. On these last 4, I put the mix on, and 4 shrimp. On the first one, I used the rest of the cocktail sauce. I think I put my 3 items on the next one. I think I just used soy sauce on the next one. On the last one, I just put the shrimp and mix on it. I finished the mix, and there wasn't "enough" there. There would've if I hadn't eaten some out of the pot. I don't think there would have been enough if the full 10 were there. I could've put 5 shrimp on the last 4, but instead used 4, and just ate the last 4 by themselves.
I had originally planned to wrap the tortillas up and fry them in canola. I decided not to after my experience with the Italian sausage and mozzarella ones.
I'm leaning toward not making these again. My main issue was that they really weren't that good. The condiments did not help things. If I do make them again, I'd use some other ingredient in the rice and/or as a condiment. Maybe the taco seasoning would work. I'd also make a bit more rice.
One last thing. There was no taste or smell of ammonia this time. Doing a Google search yields the result of the ammonia being likely due to the shrimp being bad. I don't recall getting sick from eating them.
That is all for the food. I will be making my meal in a while. It will be a variation of something I made before. The main thing is I will be omitting 2 ingredients. I'm going to test a bit with 2 other ingredients though. I'll explain that next week.
I'm going to try to take a dump before I eat.
It is now 110pm. I watched SNL, and did reading during commercials. After SNL, I did reading. Due to my brain fucking up, it took me 2hrs to finish. For the time change hour, I shaved with my actual razor. It took longer than I thought, and ate into my nap time. I got up at 3am, and was intending to watch the TMZ weekend edition. Due to college football running over, and the people at the tv station being fucktards, TMZ didn't start until 330, and they started it "in progress". If I had known that, I'd've set my alarm for 330. I didn't feel like typing, so I just fucked around and read some stuff. When I did start, I went until about 430, when I fell asleep. I woke up between 7 and 730. I think I did some typing. At 748, I went and set the clocks. I then did something else, then took my nap. I got up for 9 for MTP. I typed during it, and read during commercials. At 1030, I watched Washington Week on PBS. It started to glitch, so I watched it online. It was a special 2-parter, so I watched both. I then did some reading. I then watched the local show online, and typed during it. It has been over for a while. I just now decided to put on Street Corner Talking by Savoy Brown.
I'll put the shrimp pic below.
That's it for this week. I'm going to start pretyping something else. I don't know if I'll get it done or not.
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Post by madmax on Nov 1, 2020 15:12:54 GMT -4
And here's the shrimp pic I promised:
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Post by madmax on Nov 8, 2020 13:56:03 GMT -4
Hello. I think there was something I wanted to bring up last week, but I forgot. Or was I thinking of last week regarding the week before that.
I think I can just get to the food now.
Sat: The main part of my meal was cheesy bread muffins. I used a 12ct bag of small store-brand English muffins. For the cheese, I used an 8oz block of generic brand mozzarella, and an 8oz bag of Borden shredded mozzarella. I cut the block into 24 slices, and divided the shredded into 24 small piles. I made 2 batches of 12 muffin halves. On the first half, I put the slices on, then the shredded. On the second half, I put the shredded on, then the slices. On a few of them, I added some other stuff before the mozzarella. I did 1 of each in each batch: parmesan canola oil canola oil and parmesan canola oil/garlic powder canola oil/garlic powder and parmesan
I preheated the oven to 425F. I put the 12 halves on a cookie sheet, put the stuff on them, then put the cs in the oven. I cooked them for 6min. I turned the sheet 180° and cooked them for another 6min. I forget if I left them in for longer, but I do remember there was the slightest bit of browning on the cheese. I took them out and set them in my pan. I then repeated everything for the second batch.
As for the eating, I had most of them as-is. I also used some parmesan. I also used a small container of marinara I got at Sonic. I forget if there was enough for just one, or for two. On a few of those bites, I also added parmesan.
For the taste, they were pretty good. They would have been better if they were warmer; they cooled off pretty quickly.
I did have a meat item. It was an 8oz package of Sugardale peperoni. It was good.
Sun: All I had was some cereal and pb. I'm pretty sure I was feeling stuffed from the muffins.
Mon: My snack was a bag of ranch Bugles. They were good.
My meal was fried rice and veggies using ~8oz of frozen peas. I cooked it using the hybrid method. It was good plain and with my 3 items.
Tue: My snack was a bag of Clancy's Fiery Hot cheetos. They were good.
My meal was fried rice and veggies using ~8oz of frozen peas. I cooked it using the hybrid method. When I cooked the rice, I added garlic powder to the water. For my 2 rounds of spices...., I just used garlic powder and water from the faucet. It was good plain and with my 3 items. I forget if I noticed garlic flavor.
Wed: My snack was a bag of Clancy's funyuns. They were good.
My meal was fried rice and veggies using ~8oz of frozen peas. I cooked it using the hybrid method. It was good plain and with my 3 items.
My meat item was half a package of Bar-S Bologna. instead of taking half the slices, I put the stack on my cutting board and cut it in half. Ergonomically, it's easier to eat them that way. Mentally, you feel like you are getting more. They were good plain, with regular mustard, and horseradish mustard. I didn't use both mustards at once.
Thu: For my first snack, I'll wait and explain it below when I bring up my meal. It will make sense.
My main snack was a bag of store-brand deep fried onions. They were good.
Now for my meal. Due to OCD, I went shopping in Independence. I was planning to get my meal at McDonald's. When I got to the one I was planning to go to, the doors were locked, and there was a sign saying the drive thru was still open. I then went to the grocery store across the street. I didn't check the map on Google before I left, so I had forgotten there was another McD along the route to the second store. After I went to the second store, I figured there was a McD kind of in the area where I was travelling, but I knew there was an Arby's in the area. There is a McD on the way to the third, and final, store, but I wanted to get my food. When I was in Arby's, the guy behind the counter did something unsanitary. Fortunately, my "sandwiches" were already wrapped. But, my sides weren't. When I got home, I cleaned the wrappers so my main items were ok.
The sides I got at Arby's were 2 large orders of potato cakes. These are large triangular tater tots. The large order is 4 of them. I was originally planning on putting them in the fridge and eating them on Sat while shaving. I decided to eat some when I got home, and put the rest in the fridge for some other time. I was only going to eat 2, but they were so good(even cold), that I ate 5.
For my meal, I got Gyros because they are still doing the 2/$6 promo. I didn't get French dip sandwiches because there was no Arby's coupon sheet in the mail for this month. I warmed the Gyros up in the microwave before I ate them. They were good. I had, in order: Turkey, Greek, Beef, Beef.
Since I wasn't having the Arby's sides, I had something else. It was a bag of Utz Ripples potato chips. They were the Sour Cream & Onion variety. They were good. They weren't too salty, except for the small pieces at the bottom of the bag, where all the salt and stuff that falls off the chips ends up.
Fri: When I was doing stuff after my workday was done, I ate the last 3 of the potato cakes. I heated them up in the microwave for 40sec. They were good.
My first main snack was a box of Totino's Pizza Rolls. They were the Triple Meat variety. Instead of cooking them in the oven, I used the microwave. They were good. I think the main difference of using the microwave vs. the oven is they weren't crispy(ish) on the outside, and that they were a little chewy. That is ok, since you get to enjoy them a little more. I ate these during the 2nd half of Smackdown. I think it was specifically during the Otis vs. Seth Rollins match.
My second snack was a bag of store-brand croutons. They were the Seasoned variety. They were ok. I had these a bit after 11pm when I watched the Thu episode of TMZ online.
My last snack was a bag of store-brand popcorn. It was the Lightly Salted variety. It was good. There is more in the bag than the Pop Weaver microwave. The main reason why I ran out of Pop Weaver is that I only get it at Menards, which is a hardware superstore. I don't know if any of the grocery chains sell it, since I've never seen it on sale in their ads. There is an issue regarding Menards I will expound on at a future time.
I was going to have the popcorn during the 330am rebroadcast of TMZ, but I had fallen asleep. I think I had it after 4am.
I had my meal late. The main reason was I had slept a lot. When I was doing my reading, at around 851am, I heard a loud noise outside. I looked out the window, and there was some fuckhead leaf blowing his yard. That lasted for about an hour. When he was done, I commenced reading. About 30min later, he started up again. Thankfully, it wasn't for as long. Both those things meant I got my reading done late.
It was really too late to make my fried rice and veggies the normal way. I tried something else. First, I cooked the rice, putting canola oil in the pot when I toasted it. After the rice was done, I put the pan on the burner. I added canola oil, then some cabbage. I cooked the ~8oz of frozen peas in the microwave. I then added some onion to the pan, and some more oil. A little bit later, I added the peas, and a bit of oil. I then let this cook for a bit. When I saw the peas get a bit of browning, I added the rice and some canola oil. I then let this cook for 8min. When that was over, I stirred the mix. There were a few burnt bits on the bottom, and there was some minor sticking. I took the pan off the burner to cool off.
As for the taste, it was good plain and with my 3 items. I was pleasantly surprised how good it actually was. I didn't do a time comparison, but I know it took a LOT less time than the other 3 methods.
My meat item was the other half of the Bar-S Bologna. It was good plain, with regular mustard, and horseradish mustard. I didn't use both mustards at once. I think that was the end of the horseradish mustard.
Sat: I snacked on my sweet stuff. I first started with some cereal and pb. I had some of the tiny pb cups from the h/n/o store. They were good. I had a Yoplait yogurt. It was the cookies 'n cream variety(the flavor name is not capitalized at all on the container). It was good, but tasted more like cream than cookies. I also had a cherry fruit pie. It was good. I bought it a while back and put it in the freezer. On Fri, I put it in the fridge. A little over an hour before I ate it, I took it out of the fridge. I didn't heat it up in the microwave at all.
That's it for the food. I'll have my meal a bit later. I had the burps a few hours ago, but my stomach still feels a bit queasy. It took me a while to figure out what to have, but I've pretty much made up my mind now. I'll explain that next week.
I took a large dump around 830pm last night, but I'm not sure if I need to go again.
I wanted to mention that on Thu, there was a Burger King near each McD, but I didn't feel like going to check those. Near the Arby's, there is a Hardee's, and maybe a Wendy's.
It is now 1156am. I watched SNL. It came on late due to the Clemson/Notre Dame game going into overtime. I did some reading during the commercials. I then finished my reading a bit before 2am. I then went in and took my nap for 3am. I then got up for the TMZ weekend edition. For some reason, it started in progress about 8min in. I started typing around 312am. I kept doing so until I fell asleep, which I think was between 430 and 5. I woke up and fell asleep a few times. I finally woke up after 7am. I think I did a bit of typing, but I did some other stuff. I then went in around 8 for my nap until before 9 for MTP. I then watched that while typing, reading during the commercials. Same with ABC's This Week until 1030. I then watched WW on PBS. I then watched the 2nd part online since our PBS affiliate didn't show it. I typed during that. I did a bit of reading until I heard a lawn mower. I'm now watching the local show online.
I just wanted to end with saying it looks like America is going to tell Trump the chump "You're Fired!" Our county also voted to change the government. 2 evil regimes overthrown in one election; that is a good thing.
I may be back in a bit. If not, I should be next week.
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Post by madmax on Nov 15, 2020 14:14:11 GMT -4
Hello. It is once again Sun morning. It is actually 319 am as I'm starting this. I can't think of anything I want to say to start off, so I guess I'll get right into the food.
Sat: I had 2 cans of Progresso soup. It was the Lasagna-Style Soup variety. It was good. These have the same noodles as the Chef Boyardee Lasagna(and discontinued Roller Coasters).
My snack item was a bag of Doritos. They were the Flamin' Hot Limon flavor. They were good. They were hot. I can't recall if there was any "Limon" flavor.
Sun: I first snacked on some cereal and pb.
My "meal" was half a bag(8 of 16oz) of Snyder's of Hanover pretzels. They were the Olde Tyme variety. They were good.
I had bad heartburn on Mon due to the "Sat" meal. I think it went away after taking 2 WM version of Gaviscom tablets.
Mon: I had 2 snacks. First was a box of generic brand ranch flavor crackers. I was expecting these to be like this brand's version of Chicken in a Biskit, but with ranch flavor. I'm 99.99999999% sure these were like Wheat Thins. They did have a ranch taste, which was good. Since I eat WT as a Sun meal, if I had known it seems that these are the same thing, I would have eaten them on a Sun.
My other snack was a can of Vienna sausages. This time, I took them off the shelf. They were good, but not as much as from the fridge.
My meal was fried rice and veggies using ~8oz of frozen peas. I cooked them using the hybrid method. It was good plain and with my 3 items.
Tue: I opened up a box of shredded wheat, and had some with canola oil.
My snack was a bag of Clancy's cheetos. They were the Fiery Hot variety. They were good.
Since I had Wed off for Veterans Day, I wanted to make something a bit special. I decided to make my fried rice and veggies, but do something a little different. I cooked 1 cup of rice ahead of time like normal. I put some cabbage in the pan with some canola oil. A bit later, I added some onion. After that, I added ~8oz of frozen peas which I had cooked in the microwave. I then let the veggies cook for a while. I don't recall if I then added water and then waited for it to all but completely steam off. Whatever I did, the next step was to add the rice, and some canola oil. Again, I have forgetfulness in that I don't remember if I let this cook a bit, or took it off the burner right away. Either way, the next step had me taking the pot and putting in 2 cans of Campbell's style(you have to add water) tomato soup. I then cooked that until it started bubbling. I turned the burner off, and added the rice/veggie mix to the pot. When I was done mixing everything together, the mixture was very loose. I let it cool. When I came back, the mixture had solidified. Due to the original consistency(and something else), I didn't want to use my plate. I was going to use a bowl, but didn't want to have another item for me to clean. I decided to use the small plastic TWA food tray I use for my hotdogs, since I don't clean that after every use. Due to the mixture solidifying, it was a good choice.
As for the eating, it was ok plain. I didn't add anything to the mix when cooking because I wanted to try different things. I tried everything but mustard. The Worcestershire sauce gave a bbq taste. The parmesan was good. The canola oil and ALDI mrs dash didn't make any difference. For the other 5 items, I'm trying to think of how I want to word my description. They were good. They were mostly giving a different flavor than the plain mix, but not identifiable. For the garlic powder and soy sauce though, there was maybe a hint of their respective flavors. With the black pepper, red pepper flakes, and hot sauce(Valentina black label), there was no heat.
My meat item was a can of Pampa sardines in water. I had them out of the fridge. They were good.
Wed: I had some shredded wheat with canola oil.
My meal was fried rice and veggies using ~8oz of peas. Instead of rice, I used 3 packages of Maruchan Instant Ramen, Chicken flavor. After I added the peas to pan and let the veggies cook for a while, I'm pretty sure I added water to the pan and let it cook down. I then put in the ramen and mixed it with the veggies. I then took the pan off the burner to cool. The meal was good plain and with my 3 items.
Thu: I had some shredded wheat with canola oil. Later, this caused me anxiety because I was afraid I wouldn't finish my meal. It was unfounded.
For my meal, I went to Arby's and McDonald's.
At Arby's, I got 2 large orders(4ct each) of the potato cakes I had last week. This time, I was able to eat them with my meal. I heated them up in the microwave for 1min. They were good.
At McDonald's, I got 6 of the basic hamburgers. I didn't realize how small they were until I took them out of the bag. I don't know if the hamburgers were always this big, and I just got bigger, or they are making them smaller now. I warmed them up in the microwave at 50% power. I think I did it for a total of over a min. As for the taste, they were ok. I recall the pickles were a little chewy.
I was not full when I was done eating. I could've eaten a snack earlier and/or had more hamburgers.
Fri: I had some shredded wheat with canola oil twice. First when I got done doing stuff after my workday was over, then when I was making my meal.
I had 3 snacks. First I had a pair of hot pockets from Save A Lot. They are sold under the store brand Easton's. They were Peperoni Pizza flavor. I cooked them in the oven. They were good. When I took them out of the oven, they cooled off pretty fast, so I was able to eat them not long after I cooked them. I ate them close to 9pm.
Later, I had a bag of store-brand croutons. They were Ranch flavor. They were really good. I ate these when I watched the Thu episode of TMZ online. I was going to do it at 11pm, but I got delayed. I think I started between 1130 and midnight.
Then I had a bag of store-brand popcorn. It was the White variety. It was good. I was going to have this during the 330am rebroadcast of TMZ, but I was feeling drowsy, and eventually fell asleep. I had this after 7am after I woke up and started a Windows update install on my work computer.
My meal was fried rice and veggies using ~8oz of frozen peas. Again, I got my reading done very late. I made my meal the same way I did last week. It was good plain and with my 3 items.
Sat: I snacked on sweet stuff. I had some cereal. I finished a jar of pb. It was a store-brand creamy with honey. It was good.
I finally finished the tiny pb cups from the h/n/o store. They were ok. I opened up a bag of "Fun Size" Snickers bars. They were good I ate a bunch of them. I think it was more than half the bag.
That's all for the food. I will have my meal later. I have to take a second dump before I do. I was debating what I was going to have, but I've made up my mind. It will just entail putting something in the oven.
It is now 1214pm. I watched all of SNL because I fell asleep after 1130pm the last time it was on. Last night, there was a lot of glitching due to the wind(it's still windy outside). I read during the commercials. I got my reading done right before 2, when I went in to take my nap for 3. I got up and there was some other entertainment show on. TMZ was started in progress(I need to call and complain). I got my food and started typing. I was typing until sometime after 4, when I fell asleep. I woke up and fell asleep a few times. I finally woke up after 8am. I then went in to take my nap for 9. I got up and watched MTP. I typed during it and read during the commercials. I did the same during the second half of This Week on ABC. At 1030, I went in to take a dump. I was trying to listen to WW, but there was some glitching. I read some until a bit after 11. I then was typing while listening to WW online. I then did the same with the local show.
I wanted to do some reading, but it sounds like that fucker with the leaf blower is out again. I think I'll take my dump now, then type some other stuff. I'll get to the reading when he's done.
See you later, or next week.
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Post by madmax on Nov 22, 2020 14:49:52 GMT -4
Hello. I'm starting this at 438am. I'll explain that later. I do have a couple things I forgot from last week.
I notated having the burps. I think that was on Sun when I was typing up last week's post.
I forgot to mention one of the items from my sweet stuff snacking. It was a container of Belfonte yogurt. It was the Gummy Bear flavor. It DID NOT taste like gummy bears. At most, it had a fruity taste; at the least it was either no taste, or just some general sweetness. It didn't taste bad or anything, so I just have to say it's just ok.
When looking up about the crackers below, I saw something else. On my Oct25 post where I said " They tasted like they were kept in the oven long enough", I meant to say "They tasted like they weren't kept in the oven long enough".
It's now time to get to the present, or recent past, as it were.
Sat: I snacked on the rest of the shredded wheat(except for the crumbs) with some canola oil.
My meal was 4 Banquet pot pies. They were the Chicken variety. They were good. I also had the other half of the box of saltine crackers I opened Oct18. They were the ALDI Savoitz brand. These were better than last time. The reason I have these with the pot pies is I put the pp filling on them.
When I have the pot pies, I cook them in the oven. You can also cook them in the microwave. They go on sale a lot for way under $1. Recently, I saw them for something like $0.54 or $0.59. The sale prices are making me think of buying some as Fri snacks. If I did, I would try them in the microwave.
Sun: I first had some cereal, and opened a new peanut butter.
My "meal" was a box of Triscuit crackers. They were the Dill, Sea Salt & Olive Oil flavor. They were good. There was some dill flavor, but not very strong. I think there was more of just a sense that there was some kind of flavor.
Mon: I had 2 snacks. One was a 5oz can of store-brand chicken breast. I took it off the shelf. It was good. I also had a box of Priano Taralli Crackers from ALDI. They were the Traditional variety, which is marketing speak for "plain". They were good. Since I'd never had taralli crakcers before, I did some research on Google before buying them. I read somewhere that they were similar to pretzels. I strongly disagree. I think I can elaborate, but I don't feel like it.
My meal was fried rice and veggies using ~8oz of frozen peas. I used the hybrid method. It was good plain and with my 3 items.
Tue: I had 2 snacks. First was a package of Maruchan Instant Ramen. It was the Chili flavor. It was good. It was hot, spiciness-wise. Later, I had a small(3oz) bag of Herr's Cheese Curls. They were the Jalapeno Poppers flavor. They were good
My meal was the same as Mon.
Wed: I had 2 snacks. One was a bag of Clancy's funyuns. They tasted good. I think they were a tad soft, which means they were getting old. I also had 2 small Salisbury steaks I got from the deli/hot section of a grocery store. I warmed them up the microwave before I ate them. They were really good.
I think I ate these at the same time, having the funyuns first, then the ss.
My meal was the same as Mon.
Thu: my snack was 4 chicken and cheese crispitos(aka flautas) from the deli/hot section of a grocery store. I warmed them up the microwave before I ate them. They were really good.
I got my meal at Little Caesars I got an order of Cheesy Bread. I was going to get a Peperoni Cheeser Cheeser, but they didn't have any ready, and they said it would be a 15-20min wait. Instead, I got an Extra Most Bestest peperoni pizza. I heated them up in the oven at 400F for 15min before I ate them. They were both good.
Fri: I have a bit of a story behind my first snack. I was planning on getting something at Taco Bell. When I went to the one near the first store I visited, the lobby area was closed, but I think the drive thru was open. There was a grocery store(and a Wendy's and McD's) on the way to and from the TB. I had called ahead, and they didn't have the variety of a sale item I wanted. If they had, I would have probably gotten something from their hot section. I could have stopped there after TB just for a snack, but I was having some anxiety about my purchase(I'll mention that when I eat it). Mostly on a slightly indirect route the other store I was going to, there are a bunch more restaurants(including another TB), and another store from the same chain that I also called and didn't have the specific sale item I was looking for. I just wanted to go to the store where I was picking up stuff, then go home.
When I was cooking my first snack, I opened a jar of Specially Selected stuffed olives from ALDI. They are stuffed with pepperjack cheese. I had 4, and they were good. I can't recall how much/if I tasted the cheese. Twice, I almost forgot to mention this.
My first snack was a Totino's Party Pizza. It was the peperoni flavor. It was good. That being said, I wish I had something else since I had pizza the night before. I could have had a Maruchan, but I had one on Tue, and I don't like to repeat snacks. I also could have had some ALDI instant soup, but I didn't feel like it. I don't know if there was anything else, but what's done is done. I ate this around 9pm.
My second snack was a bag of store-brand croutons. They were the Garlic Butter variety. They were good. I ate them while watching the Thu episode of TMZ online. I was going to do this at 11, when the Fri episode of TMZ was on. I decided to wait until I got my reading done, or closer to it at least, so I ate these around midnight.
My third snack was half a bag(4of 8oz) of Brim's popcorn from Dollar Tree. It was good. It wasn't too salty. I think I had this after 7am since I fell asleep and woke up a few times, and finally woke up a bit before 7.
My meal was fried rice and veggies using ~8oz of frozen peas. I made(or attempted to) the original way. When toasting the rice before adding the water, I used some canola oil. The meal was a bit of an experiment. For the spices...., I used a packet of Casa Mamita taco seasoning from ALDI. It was the lower salt variety. During the first round, I used most of the packet, even though I was intending to use only half. For water, I used 5 cups of water from the faucet. Skipping ahead after adding the rice and letting it cook for 3 min, I added the rest of the taco seasoning and 4 cups of water. As I've mentioned before, I can't really do the original method because the mix now sticks like a motherfucker to the bottom of the pan. The other experimental aspect of the meal was that I tried waiting less time between stirring/flipping the mix. When everything was good, I would wait 10min. This time I tried 6. Unfortunately, that didn't help. The mix was sticking even though I added a bunch of oil. It was harder to scrape the stuff off the bottom this time. There were a few places on the pan where there was no sticking.
As for the taste, it was good plain and with my 3 items. The browned stuff that wasn't stuck was good.
I started cooking the rice around 1pm. I think I started my meal around 5pm. After I was done, I wanted to finish up looking at Nextdoor. I didn't get that done until around 645pm. I then slept for about 45min, and got up to watch Fawlty Towers.
Sat: I snacked on some sweet stuff. First was some cereal and pb.
I finished the Snickers bars. They were good. I had a Belfonte yogurt. It was Hawaiian Delight. The container has a drawing of a pineapple and coconut. The first few spoonfuls tasted like coconut, with maybe a little bit of pineapple. I think the rest just tasted sweet. I also had a store-brand pudding cup. It was good. I didn't refrigerate it beforehand.
That's it for the food. I will have my meal later. It's 3 things. I already took 1 out of the fridge, and another needs to be cooked.
This Thu is Thanksgiving. I did get Fri off this year. While I won't be having a turkey, I will be doing something similar. I also won't be having it for my Thu meal. That meal will be kind of a redo, which will make sense when I explain.
It is now 1250pm. I watched most of SNL, and read during commercials and parts I didn't watch. I got my reading done a bit before 2. I went in to take my nap. I got up for 3. I had seen in the tv listings that TMZ wasn't going to be on. I did get up to confirm it. Once I did, I went back into bed. I set my alarm for 30 min later. I can't recall if I hit the snooze button a few times, or had turned off the alarm, but I got up close to 4. I got my snacks, but don't recall if I ate them right away. I was looking at some other stuff online, so that's why I didn't start closer to 4. I think I was typing until close to 6, when I fell asleep. I think I woke up close to 7, and dozed off again. I think I woke up at 713. I was doing some typing, and I think I dozed off yet again for a few minutes. I did some stuff before going into bed at 8 for my nap. I got up for 9 to watch MTP. I was listening to it, but not typing because I was watching all the birds outside. I did so through the first commercial break. I think I sat down, but was feeling too much colonic pressure to type. During the second commercial break, I went and took a massive dump. I hadn't gone since Thu night. It took a bunch of flushes before it went down. I also had to do a bit of extra cleaning because I got splashed, even though I'm a croucher. I think I was finally able to get back to the computer at 10. I then typed while watching the last half of This Week, and read during the commercials. I then watched Washington Week, the local show, and a local special about black people getting pulled over, all on PBS. I typed during them, and read a bit between each show. A bit after noon, I did reading until maybe 1227pm. I've since resumed typing.
I got a case of the burps sometime after midnight. I think I still had them after 10am. I think they're over, but I don't know when that happened. I have to take another dump, but I don't know if that's due to the burps, or that I've had to go twice on other Sundays.
I guess that's all for now. I should be back next week.
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Post by madmax on Nov 23, 2020 2:40:12 GMT -4
I guess I'm back sooner than I thought. I'm pretty sure I won't post until next Sun.
On the Thu before Halloween, I went to the thrift stores in my former town. I guess I'll just get to it then.
At the first store, the Baldwin Orgasonic was still there. This time it was plugged in, so I spent time playing on it. I remember trying the intro for UH's Stealin, and Mama by Genesis.
Later, I went to Goodwill. There was a piano.
I then went to the one music store. Last time, I got there too late. There was a PRS CE 245. I think it was $695. There was an Ibanez guitar with 24f, hsh, and a whammy bar. There was a Squier strat. There was an Epiphone SG. I think it was a Special version, due to it having 2hb and only 2 knobs. Since the regular Standard model has 4 knobs(2v, 2t), the Special name is being used like when it's used not in a good way. There was a PRS CE 245. I think it may have been $695. There was also a bass I didn't pay any attention to. The amps were all Fenders. There was a Yamaha digital piano. There was also a Yamaha PSR-E273 keyboard.
I then went to the Savers thrift store in the same shopping center. In the toy area, there was a baby thing that looked like a tiny piano, but only had 3 notes. There was also a ukulele. It had Dia de los Muertos stuff on it, but I don't think it was a Coco merch item. In the glass case, one of the Radio Shack pa amps was still there. There was also an Atari 2600. I don't recall if there were any games with it, or on the side.
The final stop was the thrift store where I know the manager. There were no music items. There was a Super NES with 3 games. They were Mortal Kombat II, Pacman 2, and maybe Wheel of Fortune, but I'm not very sure on that one.
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Post by madmax on Nov 29, 2020 14:28:10 GMT -4
Hello. It is 123am, and I am starting. I don't have anything non-food related to bring up.
I do have something related to food though. The stuffed olives from ALDI I opened last week are of the Jalapeno Jack Cheese variety. I called them pepperjack last week.
Now back to the regular food.
Sat: I snacked on some olives.
The main part of my meal was a large(45oz?) can of Sweet Sue Chicken & Dumplings. It was good. I had an 8oz of generic brand mozzarella cheese. It was good. I also had a bag of Utz potato chips. They were the Red Hot variety. They were good. There was quite a bit of heat. I think it actually got a bit painful.
Sun: I first snacked on some cereal and pb. I finished a box of cereal. It was Reese's Puffs. It was good. I also opened up another box of cereal. I'll review it when done.
My "meal" was a bag of Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Pretzel crackers. They were good.
Mon: I had 3 snacks. First was a small(3oz) bag of peeled Snacks Baked Pea Crisps. They were the Garden Herb flavor. They were good. Later I had 2 snacks. I think I ate them at the same time, but I may have did them sequentially. One item was a bag of Bugles. They were the Hot & Spicy variety. They were good. I recall them being hot. These, and not the "Sat" Utz, may have been what was a bit painful. The other item was a can of Vienna sausages from ALDI. They were good. I took them out of the fridge. I couldn't tell if the liquid gooified.
My meal was fried rice and veggies using ~8oz of frozen peas. I made it using the hybrid method. It was good plain and with my 3 items.
Tue: I had some olives.
My snack was a bag of Clancy's cheetos. They were the Fiery Hot flavor. They were good.
Wed: My meal was stuff from the hot section of a grocery store. I won't mention it all. I was going to get some Sweet & Sour chicken because I have them not put the sauce on it. This time it was because I wanted to dip the pieces in some turkey gravy. This time, they didn't have the S&S. Instead, I got some Sesame Chicken. The pieces didn't taste that great dipped in the gravy. I tried licking the sauce off, but that didn't help. Other than that, Everything was good.
I know I ate later than I wanted to, but can't remember how late.
I would normally a meal like this on Thu. Since Thu was Thanksgiving, I considered Wed night the beginning of the holiday, and wanted to have something special.
I felt full most of Thu, and I think I had a case of the burps.
Thu: I first had 2 olives.
My meal was 6 packages of Maruchan Instant Ramen. It was the Chicken variety. It was good.
I was going to start cooking it at 2am. I went to take a nap at 1am, and set the alarm to get up for 2. The problem was, I forgot to turn the alarm on. I woke up at 227(actually 225 because I have my bedroom clock 2 min ahead). I went in and made the ramen. The longest part is waiting for all the water to come to a boil. I got done mixing all the flavor packets in right before 330am, and the "rebroadcast"(it wasn't on at 11pm due to sports shit) of TMZ. I did a bunch of stuff before I ate. I think I started eating around 630 am. I had turned the light off so I wouldn't have to get up when I was done after eating to do it, so I could go right to sleep. When I was done eating, the sun had come up.
Like I said above, I was feeling crappy on Thu. This is the same thing that happened when I made the multiple ramen packages for my Thu before Halloween meal. That time, I only made 4. This time I made the 6 I wanted to try. I think when I finally ate, I was feeling hungry, and was able to eat it all. I think I was a tiny bit full. There was even less liquid in the bottom of the pot than there was with 4. That could have been due to me waiting a lot longer to eat. I think it was still warm though.
I don't think I had taken a dump since I came back from shopping on Wed. I got up Fri, and was doing some reading before I went out shopping. I felt pressure in my lower intestine. I toke a huge dump. It was in log form for the most part. It was soft enough though that it was shaped by my butthole. It looked like a dark brown churro.
Fri: I had an olive because I was having some hunger pains.
This was my Thanksgiving meal. I didn't want to have it on Thu(Fri) because I wanted to go shopping on Fri, and didn't want to feel full and/or tired. I also didn't want to have any digestive issues.
The first thing I did was cut up an onion. It was about the size of a pool cue ball. When you cut up an onion, it takes up more space than before it was cut. I then took the chicken out of the fridge. It was made by Tyson. I cut the package open with scissors, and took the chicken out. The instructions on the package said to pull out the neck and gizzards. There weren't any. I looked in it, and stuck my hand in there. I then stuffed it with the onions. A few pieces wouldn't fit. I then looked at the package, and saw I was supposed to rinse the chicken inside and out. Since I already put the onions in, I couldn't rinse the inside. I propped the chicken up and carefully rinsed it off so as not to get water inside. I was also supposed to dry the chicken off, but I was pissed over the rinsing, and just wanted to get it in the oven. I put the chicken in my large casserole dish, which I had previously rubbed with some canola oil. I then rubbed the chicken with some canola oil. I then put some pepper on the chicken. Finally, I put the chicken in the oven(sideways), which was set to 350F. The instructions said to cook the chicken for 20 min for each lb. Since the price tag said 4.20lb, I was going to cook it for 84 min. I set the timer for 20 min. While that was going on, I washed the scissors, and the drying board that I put the chicken on. When the 20 min expired, I took a look min side the oven. I then set the timer for 22 min. When that was done, I opened the oven and turned the dish 180deg. I then set the timer for 22 min. When that was done, I looked inside. Not a lot of grease/juice/liquid cooked out. I then set the timer for the final 20 min. When that was done, I took the dish out of the oven. There was quite a bit of juice/liquid/grease in the dish. I opened up the back of the chicken and tried to get out as many onions as I could. I then set the chicken in the small casserole dish, and set that in the microwave to keep warm.
I took a pot, and put some canola oil in it. I heated it up. I mixed in flour to make a roux. I added a ton of flour, and still couldn't get it as solid as when my mom would make it. I guess I could have added even more flour. Oh yeah, I used canola oil because I don't have butter or margarine. I then dumped the stuff from the casserole dish in and mixed it with the roux. I then heated up for a few min. I then took it off the hot burner because I wasn't ready to eat.
I then made a box of store-brand stuffing. It was the Cornbread variety. I fucked up on the water because I thought it said 1 1/4 cups of water, but was actually 1 1/2. I always set a bit of the water aside to rinse stuff out, so I don't leave food in the bag/package/etc. I think I added a bit extra water than the instructions said. They also said to add 4tbsp of butter or margarine. Since I had neither, I used canola oil. I added 4tbsp, and a tad bit more just in case. When I t was done, I took it off the stove and brought it to my tv tray.
I then opened up a can of discount brand chicken gravy. I was going to get a can of turkey gravy, but they were all out. While that was cooking, I put the homemade gravy on the still hot burner where I cooked the stuffing. When the canned gravy was bubbling, I took it off the burner and brought it over to the tv tray. I did the same with the other gravy and the chicken.
As for the eating, everything was good. The homemade gravy tasted homemade, and almost tasted like turkey gravy. There was enough there that I pretty much used it on all the stuffing and some of the chicken. I think I put some of the canned gravy on the stuffing, and on the chicken. When there was just breast meat left, I cut it all up and dumped it in the small casserole dish. I then mixed in the rest of the canned gravy.
I was full, and feeling discomfort. I then went to sleep for a while. I went to my bed. I moved the pillows so I was kind of propped up. I felt full for a long time.
I started prep at a bit after 1pm. I forget when I actually started eating, but I got done around 530pm.
I don't know if I'll do this again. Baking a chicken was something I wanted to cross off my cooking list. Next year, I may just get a rotisserie chicken. Or, I may get turkey, stuffing, and gravy from the hot section of a grocery store. When I went shopping, I was going to get something for a future experiment. I didn't do so, because the store ad was wrong, and the sale price was a ripoff. If the sale price is normal next year, I may do the experiment next Thanksgiving.
I didn't snack on any thing because my "Sat" meal is a big one. I will eat a bit later. There is only one component to cook.
It is now 1228pm. I watched SNL because it was glitching the last time that episode was on. I did read during the commercials. I then read from 12-1am. I then felt like watching the 1am episode of Law & Order. I could have started typing then, but wanted to finish my reading during the commercials first. I then was typing until 2, when I took my nap. I got up for 3am, even though the TMZ weekend edition wasn't on. I eventually fell asleep. I woke up and fell back asleep a few times. I woke up a bit before 7. I typed for a while, then did some other stuff. I was feeling some intestinal pressure. I went in to take my nap at 8. When I laid down, I farted. I farted again when I got up. I then went in and took a dump. It pretty much looked like lumpy turkey gravy. I then did some stuff I would have done Sat if I wasn't stuffed. I also prepped part of my meal. I didn't sit back down here until 1030am. I then was typing until about 1108. I then took a reading break. I then have been pretty much typing.
That is all for this week. I will get back to something else. For the past 10min, I've been listening to July Morning by Uriah Heep. RIP Ken Hensley.
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Post by madmax on Dec 6, 2020 15:26:35 GMT -4
I'm starting this at 410am. I'll explain that later of course. I don't see anything annotated to bring up, but I do recall one item which I wanted to discuss before I got to the food.
Is it just me, or does EVERY OTHER person's house have a distinct smell? While mine doesn't, I'm sure others would say it does, and say it is a combo of b.o., dirty socks, sweaty balls, farts, onions, garlic, and cabbage.
Oops! There was a food-related item I needed to bring up. It is regarding the bags of store-brand deep fried onions. The bag actually calls them Crispy Onions. Underneath that, it says "garlic pepper", which I'll assume means they've been seasoned with garlic and pepper. My most recent mention of these was my 11/8 post.
Now we can get to the food for this week
Sat: I bought a loaf of Italian bread at the same store I got the chicken gravy at. I used it to make a big sandwich. I fried a package of hot Italian sausage from Save A Lot in the cast iron pan. I put some canola oil in the pan beforehand, and I think I set the burner to 4 or 5. While the sausage was frying, I sliced the loaf horizontally. When the sausage was done, I took it out of the pan and put it on the plate to cool off. I dumped the grease on the bread. I then took a 16oz container of store-brand ricotta cheese and spread it on both halves of the bread. I then put parmesan cheese on the bottom half of the bread. I sliced the sausages in half and put them on the bread. I then took an 8oz block of discount brand mozzarella that I had sliced up earlier(see last week's post), and put it on top of the sausage. I then put some more parmesan on the top half of the loaf, then put it on top of everything else.
As for the taste, It was very good. I'm pretty sure the sausage did have some heat. I don't think I was that stuffed until I drank a bunch of water afterward.
Sun: First I had a little bit of cereal and pb.
Since I was still feeling full from my "Sat" meal, I didn't want to eat one of my normal Sun items. Instead, I had a bag of store-brand kettle cooked potato chips from the h/n/o store. They were the Jalapeno variety. They were good. There might have been heat, but I cant remember.
Mon: My snack was a bag of Bugles. They were the Ranch variety. They were good.
My meal was fried rice and veggies using ~8oz of frozen peas. I used the hybrid method. The meal was good plain and with my 3 items.
Tue: My snack was a bag of Clancy's funyuns. They were good.
My meal was fried rice and veggies using ~8oz of frozen peas. I used the hybrid method. When I cooked the rice, I added garlic powder to the water. For the rounds of spices/condiments/waters, I only used garlic powder and water from the faucet. The meal was good plain and with my 3 items. I can't remember how much I tasted the garlic.
On Wed, after I came home from shopping, I took a big dump. I swear I caught a whiff of what I termed "other people's house smell".
Wed: My snack was a bag of Clancy's cheetos; the Fiery Hot variety of course. They were good. I think I actually detected some heat this time.
My meal was veggie fajitas using ~8oz of frozen peas. For both rounds of spices...., I also used Worcestershire sauce. My meal was good. You can look for earlier posts of mine where I talk about the tortillas and use of hot sauce and black pepper while eating.
Thu: I went a bit crazy with the snacks. I won't go totally into why, but I'll make a slight mention in a bit.
First, I had a bag of the store-brand Crispy Onions. They were good.
Later, I had a package of instant onion soup from ALDI. It kind of tasted funny, but not enough to call it bad. The box has a 2nd packet, so maybe I'll make up my mind when I have it. I did have some parmesan cheese with it.
Even later, I had 2 more things. First was a bag of Food Should Taste Good tortilla chips. They were the Guacamole flavor. They were good. The guac taste was the "flavor" version as opposed to the real version. Also, I've taken 1 or 2 dumps since then, and they didn't turn my poo green. After I had the chips, I had a can of ALDI Vienna sausages. They were good. I had them in the fridge. Even though they sat out for a while, the liquid had stayed gooified. That could be because I didn't open the can until I was ready to eat them.
I got my meal at Arby's. I had 2 large orders of curly fries. They were good. I heated them up in the microwave beforehand. I had 2 Buffalo Chicken sandwiches. I warmed them up in the microwave. They were ok. The actual piece of chicken was rather small. I think I did detect some spiciness. I also had 2 French Dip & Swiss sandwiches. I warmed them up in the microwave. They were good. There was just enough juice in the first container for the first sandwich. There was more in the second container, so I was able to do some soaking.
You may be wondering why I got 2 kinds of sandwiches. Again, the monthly coupon sheets didn't have Arby's coupons. My parents got some other set of coupons that had a sheet of Arby's coupons. There was only 1 coupon for the FD&S. I also used the coupon on the sheet for the chicken sandwiches.
Fri: I had my first snack from Taco Bell. I warmed up the items in the microwave. First was a Chicken Chalupa. It was good. I put a packet of Diablo sauce on it before I ate it. I then had a Beef Burrito. It was good. I used 2 packets of Diablo when eating it. That wasn't enough. I then had a Beefy 5-Layer Burrito. It was good. Again, I used 2 packets of Diablo when eating it, and that wasn't enough. When I had the first burrito, I should have opened up a 3rd packet, then used what was left on the next one. I ate these around 9pm.
I had actually ordered just the Chalupa and the Beef Burrito. Since I was waiting for my food for a while, they asked my if I wanted the 5-L since they accidentally made an extra one.
My next snack was a bag of store-brand croutons. They were the Cheese & Garlic variety. They were good. I think I had them at 1230am while watching Inside Edition, because I think I got my reading done right before it.
My third snack was the other half of the bag of Brim's popcorn I had 2 weeks ago. I think the flavor is actually Movie Theater Butter. It does have the same yellow color as theater popcorn. It was good. Due to falling asleep, I think I had this after 7am.
My meal was veggie fajitas using ~8oz of frozen peas. I did an experiment regarding the tortillas. First, I cut them all in half. I put canola oil on each one, then put it in the pan. When the canola side was frying, I would rub some on the other side. I would also put some in the pan. When the first side browned, I flipped them over. I would wait till that side browned, or at least hardened, and take them out. I then cooked the veggies and rice as normal. Before I added the beans, I let the rice/veggie mix cook a bit too long. There was some sticking, but I was able to scrape it easily. I think it also may have affected the taste of the mix a bit.
As for the taste, they were good. Regarding the black pepper and hot sauce, I had the first 4 tortillas in the following order: plain hot sauce pepper both There was a negative. Even though I didn't think I over loaded the tortillas, when I bit into them, the veggie mix squirted out the sides. For the last tortilla, there was a lot of veggie mix left in the pan. What I did with each half was put mix on it and hold it horizontally while eating to keep the mix from falling off the edge. These were good. I didn't use any pepper or hot sauce on these.
It took longer to prepare the tortillas like this, so I probably won't do it again.
I started cooking my meal around 1, and I think I got done eating after 5pm, if not 530.
Sat: I had my sweet snacks. I started off with a little bit of cereal and pb. I finished one jar and started another. The finished one was a store-brand creamy with honey. It was good.
I then had 3 things. One was a Belfonte yogurt. The flavor was Blackberry & Crème. It was good. I also had some dark chocolate covered almonds from the h/n/o store. They were good. I had them in the fridge beforehand. I also had some mini Baby Ruth bars. They were good. I also had them in the fridge beforehand.
That's it for the food. I will be having my meal later. No cooking involved. I just had to take a couple things out of the fridge to warm up, and open one up to cut in half to have the other half next week. I seem to have a case of the burps, so I think I'll need to take a dump, even though I took one earlier.
I wanted to go off topic for a min. I wanted to give a RIP to Hugh Keays-Byrne who died this week. He played The Toecutter in the original Mad Max Movie. He also played Immortan Joe in Mad Max: Fury Road, even though I haven't seen it. I also wanted to give an RIP to David Lander, who played Squiggy on Laverne & Shirley. Is it just me, or did he look and sound like he had a mild case of DS?
It is now 126pm. I watched SNL because it was a new one. There was some glitching during one of the sketches, but I can't recall which one. I read during the commercials. I also read afterward. From 1230-1am, I spent most of that watching an infomercial about country music from the 70's and 80's. I remembered a lot of that stuff because my parents listened to country music back then, and the format called easy listening. I think a lot of country songs crossed over into the el format. I should have been reading. I got my reading done very late. It was after 230am. I then went to take a nap. I set the alarm for an hr, but hit the snooze button 1 or 2 times. TMZ wasn't on, so I didn't care about the time so much. I then was typing until I fell asleep after 530 am. I woke up and fell asleep a few times. I think I woke up before 7. I then did some typing. I then did some other stuff before taking my 8am nap. I got up for 9am to watch MTP. I then typed during it and read during the commercials. I did the same for the 2nd half of This Week. A bit after 1030, I went in and took a dump. I did some typing. I then took a reading break. I then watched Washington Week online, and typed during it. I then was listening to songs by a band called Lucifer's Friend. I was typing during them, but I also spent time reading the comments. I did some typing, then took a reading break after 1230 until 1, when I turned the tv on to watch Gimme A Break while typing.
I guess I'll go and maybe type some other stuff. Bye.
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Post by madmax on Dec 13, 2020 14:47:28 GMT -4
Good morning. It is 145 am. I was able to start this at a normal time. I think I can go right into the food now.
I do have something to add from last week. If I had remembered I had a box of tartalli crackers, I would have had that instead of the onions and tortilla chips, and maybe even the Vienna sausages or onion soup. I was going to mention that last week, but I was too tired to add that.
Now it's time for what you're here for.
Sat: This is a meal I've had many times before. I had a can of Pringles. They were the Rotisserie Chicken variety. I had a bag of Chex Mix. It was the Sour Cream and onion variety. I had a 3oz package of store-brand peperoni. I had half a block(4 of 8 oz) of mozzarella. They were all good. I took the peperoni and cheese out of the fridge a few hours before I ate them. I also had a big(12.5oz) can of Great Value Chunk Chicken Breast. It was very good. I took it right off the shelf.
Sun: I first had a bit of cereal and pb.
My meal was a bag of store-brand oyster crackers. They weren't that great because they had a bit of an odd taste. It wasn't the not cooked long enough one which these can offer suffer from. I think I've discussed oyster crackers and how they are a hit or miss item, and it can vary between bags from the same manufacturer. I think I have another bag, which I will have in the future.
Mon: I finished the jalapeno jack cheese olives.
My snack was a box of discount brand chicken crackers. They were good.
My meal was fried rice and veggies using ~8oz of frozen peas. I used the hybrid method. It was good plain and with my 3 items.
Tue: I opened up a new jar of Specially Selected stuffed olives. This time it's garlic.
My first snack was a package of Maruchan Instant Ramen. It was the Roast Beef flavor. It was good.
Later, I had a bag of Clancy's Fiery Hot cheetos. They were good.
My meal was fried rice and veggies using ~8oz of frozen peas. I used the hybrid method. When I cooked the rice, I put Worcestershire sauce in the water. That was the only spice/condiment I used when cooking my meal, and I only used water from the faucet. As for the taste, it was ok. I had it both plain and with my 3 items. I could taste the W. I'm not going to do this again.
For my meat item, I had a can of Pampa sardines in brine. They were good. I took them out of the fridge.
Wed: I had some of the olives.
My snack was a bag of veggie straws from the h/n/o store. This time I had a flavored variety. It was Hatch(the bag says "Green Chile & Cheddar" below "Hatch"). I did not like these. I think the flavor was too cheddar dominant. I think a few pieces had some heat.
My meal was fried rice and veggies using ~8oz of frozen peas. I used the hybrid method. It was good plain and with my 3 items.
Thu: I opened up a box of shredded wheat and had some with canola oil.
I had some(I think just 2) olives when heating up my meal.
I got my first snack at Sonic. I had 2 of the Chili Cheese Wraps. I took them out of their wrappers, because they are metallic on the outside, and warmed them up in the microwave. They were good. I used a total of 3 packets of TB Diablo. When I finished the first packet on the first wrap, I opened the second packet, and used what was left after the first wrap on the second wrap.
Later, I had 2 snacks. One was a bag of store-brand wonton strips. They were good. The other was a can of Northern Catch Smoked Oysters In Cottonseed Oil. They were good. I think I had the wontons first, then the oysters.
I got my meal at Little Ceasars. Again, I was intending to get a Peperoni Cheeser Cheeser. The last time I went, they said it would be a 20min wait. Since I think it takes me around 20 min to get there, I was going to order one ahead of time. When I tried calling, nobody picked up. When I got there, they told me they didn't have the special ingredients to make one. Instead, I got a $5 peperoni pizza. I also got an order of Cheesy Bread. When I was ready to eat, I preheated the oven to 400F, then put them in there for 15min. They were both good.
Fri: I had some shredded wheat and canola oil.
For my first snack, I had a Main St Kitchen entrée. It was Creamy Chicken Rigatoni. It was good. I think I had it around 1030pm.
My next snack was a store-brand bag of croutons. They were the Ceasar flavor. They were good. I had them at around 1am. I was going to have them at 1230am during Inside Edition, but I had fallen asleep, and woke up around 1241am. I was able to watch the part I missed because it is shown on another station(owned by the same company) at 107am.
I had half(4 of 8 oz) a bag of Brim's Movie Theater Butter popcorn. It was good. I originally was going to have this during the 330am rebroadcast of TMZ, but thought I should wait a while. I had it around 7 I think, because I fell asleep during TMZ, and I think I woke up between 6 and 630.
My meal was fried rice and veggies using ~8oz of frozen peas. I used the hybrid method. It was good plain and with my 3 items.
I need to mention something about my meal. I used a bit less cabbage and onions than usual. I got to the end of an onion, and didn't feel like getting a new one ready. Due to OCD stuff, I need to wash the next few. With the cabbage, I got to the end. I went to an ALDI every day of the week(2 on Thu) looking for a cabbage. For some reason, ALDI sells them each(currently $1.89), instead of per pound, like every other chain does. All the cabbages were small. the biggest ones I found were 3.25lb. The one I visited on Fri said they were getting a new shipment in on Sat, so hopefully the one I always visit on Mon will have bigger ones. If they did the per pound, I could just go to whatever store had them cheapest and not worry about the size. Also, I want to go shopping somewhere else on Tue for some food(dun dun dun).
If I haven't mentioned it before, when I have my regular meal, I first have the fried rice and veggies, then have my meat item(sardines). It's just another one of my weird things. This time, after I finished the rice/veg, and before I had the sardines, I had 2 olives.
Sat: I didn't snack on any sweet stuff because this is going to be a big meal. It is comprised of items I have had as snacks. I already took them out of the fridge. I still trying to decide if I want to heat them up in the microwave or oven, or do both, primarily the microwave, then the oven to crisp them on the outside.
It is 1247pm when I post this. I watched SNL. I read some stuff on Yahoo! news during the first few breaks. I then did my regular reading during the rest. After SNL, I did reading. At 1230am, I was also watching some of a Steven Seagal movie. After the Sat reading, I read something from Fri that came up after I had looked at its page. I then started typing until I took my nap at 2am. I then got up for 3 to watch the TMZ weekend edition. I was trying to type, but felt tired. I eventually fell asleep. I woke up and fell asleep a few times. I finally woke up a bit after 7. I then did some typing, and some other stuff before taking my 8am nap. I then watched MTP. During the first few commercial breaks, I tried to call my mom, or did talk to her. During the rest of the breaks, I did reading. I did the typing/reading thig during This Week. I then did some reading for about 15 min. I then went back to typing until a bit after 11am, when I went to take a dump. I then have been typing since.
I guess I am done for this week, and should see you again next week.
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Post by madmax on Dec 20, 2020 13:18:04 GMT -4
Hello, I am starting this at 151am, but will be taking my pre-TMZ nap soon. I am having a case of the burps, so I may be rushing to take a dump.
I think it's time for the food.
Sat: I changed what I was planning to have for my meal. I saw in a grocery store ad they were doing a buy one get one free sale for calzones. I had 6. I had to visit 2 different stores in that chain to get them because the first store only had 5, so I got 4 there, and 2 at the other one. I took them out of the fridge to warm up. I wanted to warm them up more, but couldn't decide between the microwave and oven. I decided to use both. I put 2 in the microwave and heated them up. I repeated this for the other 4. I forget how long I cooked them for, and if I used a lower power level. I then set them on the cookie sheet and put it in the oven. I don't recall how hot it was. I also don't remember how long I had them in there, but I think I just felt them to see if they were hot. The order I had them was: chicken meatball Italian sausage peperoni cheese peperoni They were all good. I had them plain and with marinara sauce. The 2 peperoni ones each had a big container. For the other 4, the worker asked me how many small ones I wanted, and said 3.
Sun: I first had some cereal and pb.
My "meal" was a bag of Pepperidge Farm Goldfish. They were the Flavor Blasted Xplosive Pizza variety. They were good.
On Mon, I finished the Valentina black label hot sauce, and opened up a bottle of Taco Bell Diablo. I say a bit more below.
Mon: I had some shredded wheat and canola oil.
Later, I had some olives.
I snacked on 2 things. First was a bag of Great Value funyuns from Walmart. They were good. They were smaller and thinner than real Funyuns, and had a different taste. I then had a can of Brookdale Vienna sausages. They were good. I had them in the fridge before I ate them. I couldn't tell if the liquid gooified.
My meal was fried rice and veggies using ~8oz of frozen peas. I cooked it using the hybrid method. For both rounds of spices...., I used the rest of the Valentina, but no TB. The meal was good plain and with my 3 items; the hot sauce was the TB.
Tue: I had some shredded wheat and canola oil.
Later, I had some olives.
I snacked on 2 things. First was a package of Maruchan Instant Ramen. It was the Beef flavor. It was good. Later, I had a bag of Clancy's Fiery Hot Cheetos. They were good.
My meal was fried rice and veggies using ~8oz of frozen peas. I cooked it using the hybrid method. The meal was good plain and with my 3 items.
Wed: I finished the olives. Just to remind you, they were the garlic stuffed variety.
My snack was a bag of store-brand veggie straws from the h/n/o store. They were good.
My meal was the same as Tue.
Thu: My first snack was a small(3oz) bag of Herr's Cheese Curls. They were the Buffalo Blue Cheese variety. They were good.
Later, I had a snack I got from McDonald's. I got 2 McRib sandwiches. I warmed them up in the microwave before I ate them. They were very good. Even though they are a bit $$$$ for their size, I'd have them again. I would even make a meal of them.
I got my meal at Arby's. I got 2 large orders of curly fries. I warmed them up in the microwave before I ate them. I put a bit of pretzel salt on them. They were good. The main component was 4 Gyros. They are still doing the 2 for 6 promo. I warmed them up in the microwave before I ate them. They were good. The order I had them in was Turkey, Beef, Greek, Beef.
Fri: When I was cooking my meal, I finished the shredded wheat, and of course had it with canola oil. There was the crumbs left over.
My first snack was lasagna I got in the hot/deli section of a grocery store. I warmed it up in the microwave before I ate it. It was good. I was originally going to get 2 McRibs again. I decided to get the lasagna instead. If that wasn't there, they also had "spaghetti" and meatballs. Instead of spaghetti, it was fettuccine. I ate it around midnight, or 1am. I watched the Thu episode of TMZ online.
Later, I had a bag of Mrs. Cubbison's croutons. They were the Caesar Salad variety. They weren't that good. That's disappointing, considering they are an expensive brand. Of course, I got them on sale, for probably $1. I think I ate them when watching the 330am rebroadcast of the Fri episode of TMZ.
Even later, I had half a bag(~4 of 8oz) of Brim's Movie Theater Butter Popcorn. It was good. I think I had this around 9am.
My meal was the same as Wed. I started cooking the rice around 1pm, and got done eating after 5pm.
Sat: I snacked on my sweet stuff, starting with some cereal and pb.
I had some dark chocolate covered almonds from the h/n/o store. They were good. I had some dark chocolate covered walnuts from the h/n/o store. They were good. I had some mini Baby Ruth bars. They were good. I didn't finish them; I think there's 6 left. I had some shredded coconut from ALDI. It was good. I had a Belfonte yogurt. It was the Blueberry Cheesecake flavor. It wasn't very good. The reason is that there wasn't really any flavor. I took all this stuff out of the fridge. The yogurt obviously had to be there. I didn't look at the bag, but I assume the coconut has to be there after the bag is opened. I opened it this morning.
That's it for the food. I'll have my meal later. There is no cooking; just taking one thing out of the fridge, and putting another in, both of which I've done. There are 2 other items, which are just 2 different varieties of the same thing. I think I need to take another dump before I eat though, which I'll attribute to the burps.
It is now 1118am. SNL was new, so I watched it. I was reading stuff on Yahoo! news during most of the commercials. I then did the regular reading during the others. I fell asleep close to the end; maybe during Dua Lipa's 2nd song. I forgot when I woke up. I was doing my reading. Then I got sidetracked reading about the original version of Lost in Space. I then finished my reading and typed for a few min before taking my pre-TMZ nap. I then got up at 3 for TMZ. For some reason, it took me a while to get the snacks together. I think I sat down to type around 315am. I did so while eating. I then started getting colon pains. I went in during the last commercial break of TMZ to take a dump. I forget when I sat back down to type. I did so until after 530, when I fell asleep. I finally woke up after 730. I did some stuff then took my pre-MTP nap. I then got up for 9am. I typed during MTP, and read during the commercials. And I did the same for ABC's This Week. I got sidetracked reading about the Hadid sisters. Washington Week is on PBS right now. Now I have the local show on.
This week is Christmas. I took Wed and Thu off. I will have a regular meal on Mon, but the rest of the week will be special stuff. I won't be doing any snacking, except for maybe some olives(I was going to mention above that I think I'll open a new jar later). I'll be doing 1 experiment, and 1 of those "how much can I eat" meals. The week after is New Year's, so the schedule will be the same. Then, I will be "making" something I've never had before. You can look up my posts from previous years around this time to get an idea of some of the kinds of meals I will be having over the next 2 weeks. I will be doing some other things I also do during this time(dun, dun, dun).
That is it for this week. I'll see you next week. Have a merry Xmas; I'll be more specific and say secular, because more people celebrate that than the actual religious version. Yes, there is a difference.
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Post by madmax on Dec 27, 2020 14:10:04 GMT -4
It is 133am, so I'm going to get started.
Sat: I opened up another jar of Specially Selected olives. This time it was the Feta Stuffed variety.
This was another multiple item meal. I the other 4oz of the 8oz block of mozzarella. I had 2 boxes of Keebler Toasteds crackers. First was the Toasted Sesame, then the Savory Onion. My meat item was Deutsche Kuche Herring Fillets in Curry Pineapple Sauce. Everything was good.
I did have an issue though. After I pull the tops off the cans, I like the sauce off them. This time, when I tried to do that, the pull tab came off the top, sending the top to the floor.
Sun: First I had a bit of cereal. I then finished a jar of pb. It was a store-brand creamy honey. I also opened another jar of pb.
My meal was a bag of store-brand oyster crackers. While they still had the different taste like the bag from 2 weeks ago, they seemed to taste better this time.
Mon: I had some olives. I think it was when I was making my meal.
I had 2 snacks. One was a can of Northern Catch Smoked Oysters With Red Chili Pepper. They were good. I also had a bag of Snyder's of Hanover Pretzel Pieces. They were the Honey Mustard & Onion flavor. They were good.
My meal was fried rice and veggies using ~8oz of frozen peas. I cooked them using the hybrid method. It was good plain and with my 3 items.
Since I had taken Wed off, and also Thu before were given it, I considered Tue night the start of my break.
Tue: I had some olives. I think it was when I was making my meal.
As I said above, since my break had started, I wanted to make a special meal. The first thing I did was cook 2 packages of Maruchan Instant Ramen. They were the Chicken flavor. I did these ahead of time so they had a chance to absorb the liquid. When it was time to eat, I took my pan and put some canola oil in it. I turned the burner to something low, like 2. I then put a 16oz bag of Aquastar 26/30ct shrimp in. Before I did, I drank the water out of the package, which was good. While the shrimp was cooking, I opened up a 14oz package of PortSide(Save a Lot brand) of imitation crab meat. It was already cooked, so all I did was cut it up. I also ate a few pieces. It was good. It had a bit of sweetness, but not in a sugary way. When the shrimp was done, I took the pan off the burner. I took the shrimp and peeled it(and ate that stuff). I ate 2 of the shrimp, which were good. I took the rest of the shrimp and cut them up. I put the pan back on the burner, then dumped in the ramen. I then mixed in the shrimp, then the crab. I then turned the burner up a bit to let the mix heat up. I then took the pan off the burner.
For the eating, I put the ramen/seafood mixture on flour tortillas. It was good. The first one was plain. I tried the next 3 with my 3 items, each by themselves. They were pretty good. I can't recall what I did for the rest; if I did combos, more singular, and more plain. After I had the 9th tortilla, there wasn't enough to fill the last one. I just ate the rest of the mix, and put the tortilla back in the freezer.
Of course, this would have been the perfect time to have a package of tortillas where they only gave me 9. I think I had a container of shrimp cocktail sauce(prob from LJS) in the fridge, but I didn't feel like looking. If I had known I was going to have this meal, maybe I would have opened up a bottle of chili sauce instead of the Taco Bell.
I almost forgot. When I was almost done, I got stomach cramps. I had to go in and take a dump. When I was done with that, I finished my meal.
Wed: This was my dessert meal. First I started out with scraping out the little bit of pb left in the jar I finished on Sun.
I had a package of pecan shortbread cookies from ALDI. They were good. I had a 21oz can of cherry pie filling from ALDI. It was good. I had it both by itself and on the cookies. I had a jar of nutella from ALDI. I had some of it by itself, but mostly on the cookies. The nutella didn't taste very good. I need to try to remind myself of that so I don't buy more in the future. I had a container of cookies and cream(the price tag has that "Crème" shit) I got from the deli section of a grocery store. It was good. I also had a beverage. It was a quart jug of eggnog. It was ok.
I finished everything except the nutella and eggnog. I finished the 'nog after coming back home on Thu(dun dun dun).
Thu: This was my bagels and cream cheese meal. The bagels were a 6 pack of everything bagels from ALDI. I used 2 8oz packages of discount brand cream cheese. It was all good. I had 2 meat items. One was 1/2lb of peppered turkey breast. The other was 1/2lb of turkey salami. Both were good.
Due to (mostly)reading the comments on a YT vid, looking at other vids, and wanting to catch up on my reading, I ate WAAAAAY later than I wanted to. That means than when I woke up after sleeping, I had less time to due stuff before Smackdown came on. I wanted to go outside and cut down a dead tree limb. I started on it, but wasn't able to finish. I also wanted to shave, but didn't have any time.
Fri: I had said to myself I wouldn't do any snacking because most of these meals are big. I got really hungry, so I had to have a snack. It was a bag of peeled Snacks Baked Pea Crisps. They were the Sea Salt variety. They were good.
Later, I had some olives.
My meal was fish and tator tots. The fish was a package of swai that was a bit over 2lbs. I tried to drink the water in the package, but a bunch spilled out. I took each fillet and cut it into thirds. I then took these and covered them in a mixture of flour and cornstarch. I heated the oil pot to over 350F. I put some pieces in the fryer basket and put them in the oil. While that was cooking, I cut up the rest of the fish and put it in the flour mix. I felt the cooking fish with tongs, and it seemed rather crispy. I took the fish out of the oil and set it in the pan. I put another batch of fish in. I opened up a packet of Garlic Butter powder I got from Church's s a while back. When this batch of fish was done, I took it out and put it in the pan. I then put the GB powder on the fish. I had set the oven to 170F. I put the pan in the oven. I put the last batch(just 2 pieces) of fish in the oil. When that was done, I put it in the pan, and put the pan back in the oven. For tator tots, I used half a bag(1 of 2lb) of tator tots from ALDI. I put half of these in the basket and put them in the oil. I cooked them for 3min. When I took them out, they were pretty brown. I then put the rest in the basket and in the oil. I also cooked these for 3min, but they weren't as browned. The instructions said to have the oil at 375F. I was close to that for the first batch, but didn't check for the other one. I was also going to check the temp for the 2nd and 3rd batches of fish, but forgot.
As for the taste, the tt were very good. The fish was ok. I could taste the gb a little bit. I think the fish would have tasted better if I cut it smaller. Part of the fillets had a natural cut going down the middle. I should have cut all the way through this and made those 2 pieces.
That's it for the food. I'll have my meal later. There is no cooking involved, but it is a special break meal. I will of course tell you about it next week.
Today is the last day of my Xmas break. I took Wed and Thu off this coming week, and New Year's Day is on Fri. We get 2 free hours of leave each year to use around this time. I decided to use it on Tue. If Grumpy Trumpy doesn't sign the budget, the gov shuts down at midnight of Mon/Tue. I might have all of Tue off. I still have to wait a while in case he does sign on Tue. I won't go into all the rules on that, but I might just have to wait until 1030am to be free. Mostly, I wanted to mention I will be having special meals during these days also. 2 of them are meals I always have this time of year. If you look at my previous posts, you can figure out what they will be. I will be making a major change to one of them. Check back next week to see what it is.
It is now 1210pm. I watched some of SNL, and did reading during the rest because it was a repeat(Adele, H.E.R). I got done reading before 130am, but spent some time putting "dishes" away that I had washed earlier. I then typed until 2am, when I went in for my nap. I then got up for the weekend edition of TMZ at 3. I fell asleep during it, and I think I fully woke up after 730am. I then did some other stuff, then went to take my 8am nap. It took me a while to fall asleep. I then got up for MTP at 9. I typed during it, and read during the commercials. Same with the 2nd half of This Week. I then typed during Washington Week. At 11, I talked to my mom on the phone for a few min, then read for a few min. I then have been typing.
Before I eat, I'm going to take a dump. I can feel there's something there, but it's not trying to escape yet.
Like I said, I'll see you next week. Here's hoping 2021 is better than this year.
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Post by madmax on Jan 3, 2021 15:31:52 GMT -4
This is my first post of 2021. The clocks say 110, but both my computer and desk clock are fast. I'll get to the food now.
Sat: This was the last of my special Xmas break meals. I wanted to do one of those "how many can I eat" meals. This time, it was cans of Great Value Chunk Chicken Breast. A while back, I bought a 2-pack. I had one of the cans, and it was good. I had bought 3 more 2-packs, making a total of 7. I was able to eat all of them, but they each had a decent amount of liquid. They were good. I also had something else. It was a can of Pringles. It was Parmesan & Roasted Garlic. I guess they were ok. I do know they tasted better than the previous time I had them.
I can't remember how full I was when I was done, or if I drank a lot of water when I was done.
I remember after eating all those, I didn't have any desire to eat those for a while. I don't know if I still feel that way. The only other thing I wanted to say is the chicken looked like what comes in the cans of Sweet Sue Chicken & Dumplings.
Sun: First I had a little cereal, pb, and ALDI nutella.
I wanted to eat something so I wouldn't be hungry Mon. I had a bag of Herr's Cheese Curls. They were the Jalapeno Poppers. They were good.
Mon: I had 2 snacks. First was a can of Vienna sausages. They were good. I had them in the fridge. The liquid had gooified. Then I had a big(8oz) bag of Andy Capp Hot Fries. They were good.
When I was cooking my meal, I finished the feta stuffed olives.
My New Year's break started at 2pm on Tue.
Tue: Even though I had again not planned to eat snacks, I did stress snacking. I had the actual Post Shredded Wheat with canola oil.
This was my first special meal. I made a box of Bremmer's Chicken Parmigiana. It was good. I did use some parmesan cheese with some of it. I also made a box of Mama Cozzi's Pizza Kitchen Toasted Ravioli Four Cheese. They were good. I mostly had them plain, but I had a few with some of the sauce from the chicken. I don't remember if I used the parmesan, but if I did, it was probably on the ones with sauce. I also made garlic bread using 2 bolillo rolls. I cut them in half and put a mixture of canola oil and garlic powder on them. Since I cooked the ravioli at 425F, I kept the oven at that when I put the rolls in. After 4min, I looked in the oven, and the tops of the roll halves still looked wet. I left them in a bit longer. I then took them out. They were good. I don't think I put any sauce or parmesan on them. I wanted to make them so the tops were soft. Again, they came out crunchy. Maybe I should have taken them out after 4min, even though they looked wet on top.
Wed: I decided to make onion soup. I used a 3lb bag of onions I got at ALDI that were on sale for $1.18. The bag had 7 onions, that were about the size of pool balls. First, I took 2.5 onions and cut them up. I put them in the pot. I added 3 cups of water. I turned the burner up to, I think, over 7. I put the lid on. I let this cook while I was preparing the other onions. I would occasionally take the lid off to let the steam escape, and to stir them up. Next, I cut up an onion. I put it in the pan with canola oil. I cooked it unit the pieces were starting to brown. I then took them out of the pan. While they were cooking, I cut up 1.5 onions. When ready, I put them in the pan with canola oil. I cooked them until the started to soften and slightly change color. With all of those onions, I sliced them crosswise, then cut up the slices into smaller pieces. This was to make the cooking faster.
With the last 2 onions, I cut them in half crosswise. I then took each half and placed it cut-side down. I then cut across lengthwise a bunch of times. I cut these when the final batch was cooking. When those were done, I took the pan off the burner. With the ones in the pot, I waited until all off the water cooked out of the pot. They were starting to stick to the pot. I turned the burner off. I put the rest of the onions in the pot in the order I prepared them because it was easier that way. I then added 3 boxes(each a pint) of store-brand beef broth with no salt. I then turned the burner back on, again over 7. I then put the lid on and waited for it to boil. When I came back to check it, it was deeply boiling. I took the lid off and stirred it. I also set the burner to the Simmer setting, which is the lowest setting. I set the timer on the microwave for 20min. I was in the kitchen for a while after that started. I saw there was a bunch of steam still coming out of the pot. I took the lid off, and it was still bubbling a ton. I stirred it a bit. I left the lid off for the remainder of that 20min. When that expired, I stirred the soup, and put the lid back on. I then set the timer for another 20min. After that, I stirred the pot again. I then set the timer to 20min. After that, I took the lid off, and put the pot on a cold burner. I waited for the soup to cool off, which took quite a while.
For the eating, I ladled the soup into a bowl, and ate it with my Asian spoon. As for the taste, it wasn't that good. I also had a bolillo roll, which I tore into pieces and soaked in the soup. I also used parmesan cheese, which I would put on the soaked roll pieces. I also put some on some of the spoonfuls of soup. I was able to finish all the soup. I have 2 theories on why the soup didn't taste good this time. First was that the onions weren't that good. Second is that I used broth with no salt. I should have used regular broth, or added salt to the pot.
I started making the soup way later than I intended because I got sidetracked again. Something I remembered seeing on tv popped into my head, and I wanted to find the answer. I continued looking online while the soup was cooking. I finally found my answer. If I had originally looked closely at a YT vid I opened, I would have made my way to the answer earlier.
When I took a dump on Fri morning, I could've sworn it had a smell of magic marker.
Thu: This was my meal where I had stuff I bought at the Asian grocery store. I'll try to post things in the order I opened them. I didn't eat each item one after the other. I would open some stuff, eat some, then open something else. I think I might have had 5 or six items open at the same time. I'll give each item its own little paragraph.
The first item I opened was called Corn Roll from the Dragonfly company. The distributor is U.S. Trading Co. of CA. They were made in Thailand. These are yellow tubes that are mostly air. As for the taste, they tasted sweet. Some people add sugar to cornbread, which I've never had. I think that would taste like these rolls, because they also had a cornbread flavor. I only ate 2 of them. I put the package in a plastic bag, and close that with a twist tie. I'll eat these at some later time(s).
I opened a package of what was called Fishnacks. The brand is North Sea. The manufacturer is Zhe Jang Abin Food Co. Ltd. The distributor is Walong Marketing Inc. of CA. They were made in China. The variety is Original Wide. They looked like thin strips of white leather. That's what it also seemed like when I was trying to chew them. They were good though. This seems like a snack that would be good to take a bite of and hold in your mouth until it got soft, or even dissolved.
I opened up something just called Dried Bean Curd (Small). The only other relevant info on the label was the distributor is Tiffany Food Corp., and they were made in Taiwain. The pieces were kind of rings. I'm guessing it was tofu. It looked like it was deep fried. It was ok. It kind of had a nutty flavor. A negative was that it was really brittle, which caused the front of my sweatshirt to be covered with a ton of crumbs.
I opened up a can of Baby Clams from Baby Clams. The distributor is Winneram Int Inc. of CA. They were made in Indonesia. They were ok. They were better when I put them on pieces of the bean curd. I also drank the liquid which was ok.
The weirdest item was a can of Quail Eggs from Dragonfly. the distributor is the same as the corn rolls. These were made in Taiwan. The can says Whole In Water, and there was a lot of it. These were tiny hard boiled eggs. They were ok. They didn't taste any better on the bean curd. I drank the liquid in the can, and it wasn't that good.
I had a bag of Piatto's, which the bag describes as Roast Beef Flavored Potato Crisps. The brand is Jack 'n Jill, and the manufacturer is Universal Robina Corp. The distributor is Golden Fortune Import And Export Corp. These were made in the Philippines. They were good. They did not taste like roast beef though. I don't recall what they actually tasted like. I think there were other flavors in the store.
I had something else. The front of the package said Joytofu. On the English label stuck on the back, it said Spicy Tofu Snack. It also said Harvest Team Trading Hong Kong, but doesn't say if that's the manufacturer, distributor, or both. I'll hazard a guess though, and say they were made in Hong Kong. These were tiny little blocks on small skewers, with I think 3 to a skewer. I forget how many how many skewers there were. These were very good. They were spicy. The texture was chewy like meat. These would make a good meat substitute. I don't know if the size had anything to do with the texture, but that would suck if so, because I would like to eat more of this product.
I had what was called Wheat and Tapioca Snack. The brand is PH Foods, and they are made in Thailand. The variety is Black Pepper Flavor. They were good. I think I did taste a bit of pepper.
I had what was called Salted Egg Yolk & Crab Roe Flavor Broad Beans. The brand is Invincible. The manufacturer is Pai Kuei Food Ltd, and the distributor is JL Elite Global Ltd, both of Taiwan. The bag had like 6 or 7 little packages. The taste was ok, but they almost had no taste.
I had what was called Squid Seafood Snack from a brand called Bento. The manufacturer is Srinanaporn Marketing Plc., and they are made in Thailand. The variety was Hot & Spicy. They were ok. They were a bit spicy. The package consisted of 2 stacks of wide strips. Each stack was totally stuck together, so I had to eat each stack instead of the single strips.
I had a bag of Lay's potato chips from China. The flavor was called Grilled Squid Flavor. These were good. They did not taste like seafood; I recall more of a spice flavor.
I had a bag of what was called Shrimp cracker from a company called Golden. The manufacturer is Narita Snack Food Corp, and they were made in the Philippines. These were not really crackers; they were more like strips that were randomly bent. They were not that good, if not bad. There was just the slightest hint of flavoring. I won't get these again.
I opened up what was called Garda from the brand Greenland. They were Rice Ball Cuttlefish Flavoured. The distributor was Eastland Food Corp MD, and are made in Thailand. These weren't good. They had an odd taste, which might have been sweet; it was Asian though.
The last item was Prawn Cracker from Mamee-Double Decker. The manufacturer is Kilang Makanlan Mamee Sdn. Bhd., and made in Malaysia. These weren't very good because they didn't have much flavor. The shape was the same as the Callbee Shrimp Chips, but smaller.
I ate everything, except for the corn rolls, which I explained above. I don't think I felt full until I drank a bunch of water afterward.
Again, I ate way later than I wanted. I can't recall if I got sidetracked, but I had slept for a long time.
I got a small case of the burps, and had to rush to the toilet at 9am Sat morning. Again, my poo had smell of mm, but not as strong.
Fri: I'll call this my ALDI meal because I got everything(except one item) at ALDI. In think I'll do it in paragraph form like above.
I had a 5 pack of pita bread. I didn't really eat it plain. I used it to put stuff on it.
I had a 10z container of Park Street Deli hummus. The flavor was Significantly Spicy. It was good. I recall it being spicy, but not much heat.
I had a 5oz wedge of Carr Valley Cheese. It was Marissa Cheese. The label said it was made from sheep's milk. It was good. I had it plain and on the pita
I had a block of Emprium Selection cheese. It wascalled Leaning Tower Of Chee-sa, and described as Tuscan Inspired Fontina. It was pretty good, except for the rind, which was coated in spices. I had it plain and on the pita
I had a 10oz package of Pueblo Linda Queso Fresco. It was good. I had it plain and on the pita.
My meat item was a 1lb bag of Simms peperoni. It was good. I had most of it plain, but also had a few pieces on the pita.
The non ALDI item was the tortilla left over from the previous week. I put, by themselves, fontina, qf, and peperoni on it. It wasn't that good. I should have saved it for this coming week and put my rice/veggie mix on it.
I finished everything. I was feeling full, but drank a bunch of water after, and felt worse. I was thirsty all night, so kept on drinking water and feeling stuffed.
I got a late start, and don't think I got done eating until after 5pm.
That's all for the food. My meal today was supposed to, at least partially, be leftovers from the soup, Asian, and ALDI meals, but I finished everything. I think I know what I'm going to have instead. It's getting late, but I kind of don't mind because I wanted to not feel full from the "Fri" meal and all the water I drank. I'm also going to try to take a dump before I eat.
It is now 132pm. Since SNL was a repeat, and I didn't have to watch it again due to glitching, I read during a lot of it. I mostly wanted to see John Mulaney's monologue, even though it wasn't as good as earlier appearances, and Weekend Update, even though I missed the beginning of it. I also watched both songs from The Strokes, even though I'm not interested in them. I missed a bit of the second song. Afterward, I did reading until I started typing. I took my 2am nap. I got up for TMZ at 3. I fell asleep a little after halfway, and slept until a few min before 7am. I then typed until I did something else before going in for my 8am nap. I woke up at 9 for MTP. I typed during that, and read during the commercials. Same with This Week from 10-1030. I then "watched" WW while typing. I then listened to it again online because I wasn't really paying attention. I did a little more after. I then have been typing while listening to Skin 'n Bone by Savoy Brown. I then listened to Mississippi Queen, Theme...., and Nantucket Sleighride by Mountain while typing. I then took a break and watched a 10min video on YT about 100 "forgotten" 80's songs.
Tomorrow, I'll be back working like normal.
I'll see you next week.
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