Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Food Foibles - pt. 2

When I wrote about things people didn't like to eat and other unusual eating habits way back in February 2007 I got a fairly big reaction. (http://popculturesnob.blogspot.com/2007_02_01_archive.html) Probably because I wrote about some people I work with. Even though I didn't identify anyone. Apparently people don't really like their eccentricities bandied about (You should really stop talking about them, you know)

We happened to have another discussion about food at work recently during one of our "still free for the time being" monthly staff lunches. Turns out there are many people who don't like food with bones in it- no chicken breasts or legs- or even wings. I'm guessing lamb chops are out too. I think maybe their mother's only made them boneless chicken when they were growing up and they haven't ventured away from that. When I was a child we would eat what we were given or else. Mom liked to add extra bones to many dishes- for "flavor" she said. I still think meatballs don't really need bones, but what do I know. I also found out that many people will not eat seafood at all (maybe shrimp). I think some of them broke out in hives when I talked about how great it is to eat raw oysters and clams picked right out of the sea.

I tried to play down my own food and eating "preferences" when I last wrote about this stuff, but now I think it's time to come clean. I still don't like broccoli and zucchini (useless), but here are a few more:
  • I only eat during even numbered hours (ie: 12, 2, 6, 10)
  • I like hoagie rolls with sesame seeds on them but not hamburger buns
  • I only eat sandwiches on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays (or certain holidays)
  • When I have a bagel with seeds on it I will cut it in half and put cream cheese on the bottom half and then sprinkle the seeds that fell off on top. Always eat the bottom half first.
  • If there are more than two items on a plate they should be eaten clockwise- you don't have to eat all of one thing before going on, just take bites in that order.
  • Hard boiled eggs will ruin any meal
  • I won't drink any opaque liquids with a meal- sometimes before or after
  • I will eat pineapple in chunks but not rings
  • I like salads with nuts, cheese and fruit- but not all three at the same time
  • The same goes for desserts
  • I don't like grilled cheese sandwiches cut in half into triangles
  • No orange cheese either
  • I like to eat waffles with my hands and plain- no toppings unless there is sausage.
  • Pancakes can be eaten with a fork unless there is a meat - then they should be rolled up like a sandwich, unless it is Sunday, Thursday or Tuesday.

Thursday, May 07, 2009

Who Knew?

  • Dom Deluise
  • Bea Arthur
  • Irving R. Levine
Somehow Still Alive
  • Amy Winehouse
  • The GEICO lizard
  • American Idol
  • Leonard Cohen
Too Soon
  • Danny Gans
  • Marilyn Chambers
  • Harry Kalas
  • Natasha Richardson

Wednesday, May 06, 2009

Have it your Way



You may have noticed I stopped posting right before Obama's inauguration. I guess I figured an inspirational blog like mine just wasn't needed anymore. All would now be right with the world - we had done what was necessary to restore our national reputation. Let the healing begin.

Obama has been been very busy in his first, oh I think its been just over 100 days. Most of the stuff he has done has been right on- so much so that it didn't seem necessary to comment. But now there is an issue that is right up my alley and is often referred to in this blog. That's right- we're talking sandwiches.

Obama and the veep -Joe "Amtrak Joe" Biden somehow got out of the White House to have a hamburger. Now of course you know this probably wasn't really a surprise last minute thing. Obama likes to try to escape the "bubble" of the White House sometimes, but I'm sure it takes a lot of planning on the part of the Secret Service and an advance team and the Press office. To go out and mix with the people and have a burger he has to drag along the press corps with TV and still photographers, his whole protection team and various aides. Apparently they stood in line and waited for their burgers just like everyone else- everyone else who arrived in an armoured limo entourage.

I really like that he chose to go out for burgers and what looked like tater tots. I hope he really does like them and this wasn't some kind of calculated "populist" stunt. I do however question the place they chose to go. First of all it was in Arlington, VA. Now Arlington is just over a small bridge from the White House, but wasn't there a neighborhood place he could go to? Did he already go to Ben's Chili Bowl on U Street- is that too cliche? Also, whoever picked the place should have rejected it out of hand because it was called "Ray's Hell Burger" Even though it is a very clever pun, doesn't the President want to stay away from stirring up the religious right crazies by going to a place with the H-E double toothpicks word in its name? Did the napkins have a little Devil on them? Couldn't they have gone to Hamburger Heaven or Hamburger Paradise or Jesus' Hamburgers? Who picked this spot? Wait for the backlash.

I can't fault the President for trying to be a regular guy- but please try not to be too much of a regular guy like that last fella. It's great to have a President who really is the smartest guy in the room. And who likes a good burger. No matter where it's from.