Archive for August, 2008

Omnivore’s List

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

From VGT:

Below is a list of 100 things that I think every good omnivore should have tried at least once in their life. The list includes fine food, strange food, everyday food and even some pretty bad food - but a good omnivore should really try it all. Don’t worry if you haven’t, mind you; neither have I, though I’ll be sure to work on it. Don’t worry if you don’t recognise everything in the hundred, either; Wikipedia has the answers.

Instructions
1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
4) Optional extra: Post a comment at http://www.verygoodtaste.co.uk/ linking to your results.

The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:

1. Venison [when i was a kid, my dad made the best venison jerky.]
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros [i would probably try it, but i dont like eggs, so i probably wouldnt like it]
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue [would try]
8. Carp [i dont think i could make myself eat seafood]
9. Borscht [i am a pollack, remember?]
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari [i dont think i could make myself eat seafood]
12. Pho [i dont eat beef]
13. PB&J sandwich [but i dont like them.]
14. Aloo gobi [LOVE IT]
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream [LOVE IT]
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras [no way]
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters [seafood grosses me out]
29. Baklava  [LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE IT]
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas [LOVE LOVE LOVE THEM. I love all things wasabi flavored.]
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl [yuck. no seafood plz]
33. Salted lassi [never had it salted, only sweet.]
34. Sauerkraut [THE POLISH IN ME LOVES THIS HOT OR COLD OR IN A DISH OR ON CRACKERS OR WITH ANYTHING.]
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat [adam eats it at indian restaurants, but i couldnt eat a goat]
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal [too hot for me]
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala [LOVE IT]
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut [mmm hot n fresh]
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer [delicious!]
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal [never have, never will. i dont like beef or french fries]
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips [yuck. dont let anybody tell you “its just as good as chocolate!”.]
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads [no effing way]
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian [i would try it.]
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers [ive had rose petals on a salad and dandelion pizza…not bad.]
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate [i dont know what this is]
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake [NO EFFING WAY EVAR]

i totally just bought these shoes off etsy.com

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

the cows were near the fence this morning beside my house

i wanted to see if they would come closer but i didnt have any cow food

so i fed the cows some dog biscuits

there are also some baby cows

Saturday, August 16th, 2008

this is such an awful tattoo

Saturday, August 16th, 2008

this and that

Saturday, August 16th, 2008

1. Adam was sick for four days this week. Now since Wednesday, I have been sick. Its awful. I wasnt terribly careful while taking care of Adam cuz we thought it was food poisoning, but I guess it wasnt, since I have something now. I also have a bladder infection so that makes things worse. My head feels all weird and confused so if my post doesnt make total sense I apologize. I have had the same headache since last Saturday. As in, I got a headache last Saturday and it still has not gone away. Im nauseated but sometimes I can eat some soup and I keep getting hot and cold and hot and cold.
2. Do you remember in school when you had to go to all those assemblies and pep rallies and what not? That sucked. I am now a college graduate though.
3. I am drinking ginger ale. It is good when you are sick but that is the only time I really drink it. My mom does the same thing.

Dont you know that song by loverboy?

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

So, I got the dogs DNA tested to see what breeds they were.

Pepe’s heritage has been up for debate since he was like, 6 months old. When I got him, I was told he was a chihuahua. However, the guy was just selling the puppies because his mom bred them or something and died and had to get rid of them. So yeah, he didnt know anything. At about 6 months old, I had him neutered. After that, he hit a growth spurt. He went from weighing about 6 pounds to weighing about 11 pounds in 3 months or so. 11 pounds is too big to be a purebred chihuahua!

I purchased a dog DNA test kit off the internet. You swab the dogs cheek for cheek cells and send it off. The results came back Wednesday morning. It only took about two weeks.

Results were surprising for Pepe, but make sense.

Toto=

Poodle

+

Bichon Frise

Pepe=

Chihuahua (mostly)

+

Italian Greyhound (which apparently is an actual breed of dog. sometimes referred to as a miniature greyhound cuz they are 15 pounds and under).

So this really made sense for Pepe.

He is built sorta like the Italian greyhound with that big chest thing, tiny waist, longer snout, and long legs. He has big chihuahua ears and is smaller than the greyhound though, with more similar chihuahua markings.

Oh, when looking for a chihuahua picture, this came up:

It looks exactly like Pepe.

This is Pepe close to that age:

his ears even are floppy at the top like that other dog!

weird.

Hi guys, I am Toto!

Sunday, August 10th, 2008

I love to eat and I dont like my face washed afterwards.  My brother Pepe and I like to wrestle around all day. Also, I have the stinkiest dog farts ever. I am the cuddliest, fluffiest, best behaved dog in Georgia.

It kinda looks like he is smiling in the picture, weird.

omg wtf RIP chef

Sunday, August 10th, 2008

I will miss you Isaac Hayes, even if you were a Scientologist and left South Park because you couldnt take a joke. I hope that scientology had nothing to do with your death. But I bet they killed you.

horrified child is horrified

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008