We just got back in town after doing a marathon drive down to St. Petersburg, FL on Friday for a friend's wedding on Saturday. We then drove back up yesterday, spent the night in bumfuck, NC after almost being washed off of the road due to some east coast monsoon action (it truly was terrifying, and I'm glad we made it back safely), and finished the drive today. Upon our return, my scratchy throat from Sunday chose to manifest itself in the form of nonstop sneezing and my feeling like my sinuses want to implode. So, pretty much, this is going to be a very distracted post about ThEndUsr's live podcast. Here we go! Click through to read the excitement.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Friday, September 17, 2010
Not dead!! Just forgetful!!
I mean, I remembered that this site was HERE, I was just too lazy to sit and put my laptop on my lap and type ... stuff.
But yes. Chris is festooning himself with technology, as he just got a wireless mini-mouse for his netbook and a larger, pimpier wireless mouse for a giant deal, and I have to say as somewhat of a technophobe that IT IS AWESOME. I'm aware that it's a computer mouse. It's still awesome.
On the non-technology side of things, the new cat has adjusted marvelously to our apartment. The old cat, however, has taken this as an excuse to sit and hiss at nothing in particular. The air near her face might have had a slight breeze to it each time a hissing fit happens, but that's about it. They're doing MUCH better than they were for the first few days, but there's still nothing as exciting as having Monkey (old cat) sleep near my head every night and without question, in the morning, start hissing and growling like I'm yanking her tail out, courtesy of the fact that Tsavo (new cat) had the gall to walk into her line of sight.
Sigh.
And in people news, we've been lucky to be able to hang out with many of our favorite people over the last few weeks. I had a good friend from Chicago visit and as the genius I am, managed to carve out only an hour in which I could see her, but it was lovely, and we've already started to make plans for July of '11!! (That timeline is 100% serious, by the way.)
But finally, and the main impetus for my actually sitting down and typing this out, is the crazy abundance of this week's farm box. We have more yellow squash than I've ever seen in one place (save the grocery store, but this is muuuuuuuuch better looking squash), four delicata squash (have not yet cooked with those), a small mountain of yukon gold potatoes, and the best thing, a giant bowl of pears (never in my life have I thought "You know what I need? To buy more pears so that I can have a fruit bowl." Ladies and gentlemen, that non-thought has turned into our current reality). We've also got some red chard, which I have also never cooked.
So while you, gentle reader, might not have read this when these fruits and vegetables were ripe and edible (I can't believe you. You ass.), recipe suggestions for any and all of these are welcome. I'm sure this won't be the last time we deal with this non-problem!
But yes. Chris is festooning himself with technology, as he just got a wireless mini-mouse for his netbook and a larger, pimpier wireless mouse for a giant deal, and I have to say as somewhat of a technophobe that IT IS AWESOME. I'm aware that it's a computer mouse. It's still awesome.
On the non-technology side of things, the new cat has adjusted marvelously to our apartment. The old cat, however, has taken this as an excuse to sit and hiss at nothing in particular. The air near her face might have had a slight breeze to it each time a hissing fit happens, but that's about it. They're doing MUCH better than they were for the first few days, but there's still nothing as exciting as having Monkey (old cat) sleep near my head every night and without question, in the morning, start hissing and growling like I'm yanking her tail out, courtesy of the fact that Tsavo (new cat) had the gall to walk into her line of sight.
Sigh.
And in people news, we've been lucky to be able to hang out with many of our favorite people over the last few weeks. I had a good friend from Chicago visit and as the genius I am, managed to carve out only an hour in which I could see her, but it was lovely, and we've already started to make plans for July of '11!! (That timeline is 100% serious, by the way.)
But finally, and the main impetus for my actually sitting down and typing this out, is the crazy abundance of this week's farm box. We have more yellow squash than I've ever seen in one place (save the grocery store, but this is muuuuuuuuch better looking squash), four delicata squash (have not yet cooked with those), a small mountain of yukon gold potatoes, and the best thing, a giant bowl of pears (never in my life have I thought "You know what I need? To buy more pears so that I can have a fruit bowl." Ladies and gentlemen, that non-thought has turned into our current reality). We've also got some red chard, which I have also never cooked.
So while you, gentle reader, might not have read this when these fruits and vegetables were ripe and edible (I can't believe you. You ass.), recipe suggestions for any and all of these are welcome. I'm sure this won't be the last time we deal with this non-problem!
Saturday, September 4, 2010
I ... love vegetables?
I signed us up for a farm-share like program about a month ago (at washingtonsgreengrocer.com) , and so far it's been smooth sailing. I do, however, have a major problem with not eating the produce as is and instead succumbing to my raging need to make stuff unhealthier than it is in its natural form. Obviously my dream of becoming a natural veggie and fruit-loving hippie didn't come true the moment I signed us up for this, which isn't what I was anticipating.
Having said that, there's no getting around the fact that I've got a crapload of zucchini staring me in the face and no desire to sit and eat raw or healthily-cooked pieces of said zucchini. Last time this happened I found a recipe for bread, but it was less than impressive (to me. My brother ate it all in two days, I think, and it made a LOT of bread/muffins). We also have plums, which I know my parents used to eat by the bushelful - this didn't rub off on me as a child, and now I view this fruit with a trepidation often reserved for something like an unfamiliar reptile (ie, a poisonous snake that will chase us and kill us all) in the wild.
I'm so glad we signed up for this one and not a legit farm share, though, because we have the option to choose when we get the deliveries and therefore not get buried under a pile of super-healthy food (a girl can only take so much, for real). We're able to substitute items in one week's list for other items in the list, which has let me avoid confronting my distaste for all things green pepper and mushroom related.
Loosely tying this into the theme of the blog, it's about as technological as a farm share can get, and the fact that we can shoot the owners/deliverers emails about what we've gotten makes my life a BAJILLION times easier. In fact, the zucchini in this week's order was originally left out, but I shot the owner an email and it was delivered the next day. The original omission is probably why they gave us so very, very much zucchini on Friday, so long story short, they rule.
Also, zucchini recipes needed. Seriously.
Having said that, there's no getting around the fact that I've got a crapload of zucchini staring me in the face and no desire to sit and eat raw or healthily-cooked pieces of said zucchini. Last time this happened I found a recipe for bread, but it was less than impressive (to me. My brother ate it all in two days, I think, and it made a LOT of bread/muffins). We also have plums, which I know my parents used to eat by the bushelful - this didn't rub off on me as a child, and now I view this fruit with a trepidation often reserved for something like an unfamiliar reptile (ie, a poisonous snake that will chase us and kill us all) in the wild.
I'm so glad we signed up for this one and not a legit farm share, though, because we have the option to choose when we get the deliveries and therefore not get buried under a pile of super-healthy food (a girl can only take so much, for real). We're able to substitute items in one week's list for other items in the list, which has let me avoid confronting my distaste for all things green pepper and mushroom related.
Loosely tying this into the theme of the blog, it's about as technological as a farm share can get, and the fact that we can shoot the owners/deliverers emails about what we've gotten makes my life a BAJILLION times easier. In fact, the zucchini in this week's order was originally left out, but I shot the owner an email and it was delivered the next day. The original omission is probably why they gave us so very, very much zucchini on Friday, so long story short, they rule.
Also, zucchini recipes needed. Seriously.
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