SMELL YA LATER?????? ? ??? ?
Hi.
This is a really great article that discusses both the sense of smell (and the loss of it) and how we as a species have kind of lost our connection to food due to how we treat it as a “product” and have removed the sensory experiences of it.
Thanks, I…don’t hate it
I have ranted on here multiple times about companies changing their logos for no goddamn reason. My Google one is probably the most…passionate.
(Edit: when searching my blog for this post, I realized I’ve ranted about Google’s logo multiple times. Why? BECAUSE THEY KEEP CHANGING IT LSFJDSLKDFJSLKF)
Anyway.
I saw an article on CNN titled “Jell-O’s new look emphasizes its ‘jiggly goodness’” and I was like aw hell, here we go.
BUT…
Looky:
I’m…I’m not mad about that. It’s more simplified than the previous logo, which is a really crappy trend that’s been removing recognizable features from famous logos/symbols for a while now, but I think it actually works here. I’m not sensing ‘jiggly goodness’ anymore than I did with the original logo (I guess the lemon and lime are WIGGLY BITCHES in the new one), but I think it looks more retro and more “summery,” which is the perfect time to have Jell-O.
And I like that the “O” is a little elevated compared to the rest of the text; it matches the little “J-E-L-L…O!” jingle.
Salt of the Earth
So like any standard white person, my favorite “spice” is salt. Likely because of my anosmia, salt is really the one thing that can alter the taste of something for me.
One thing that I like to add some salt to is scrambled eggs. I often put cheese in them, but I can’t really taste the cheese itself. The only thing I can actually taste is added salt (because eggs, to me, don’t taste like anything).
Anyway, this morning I was really wanting some nice, salty scrambled eggs, and I was remembering back to one Christmas when my mom got me a Himalayan salt block. Himalayan salt blocks are chunks of smoothed pink Himalayan salt and are designed to be cooked with or used as a serving plate. The food that is cooked/served absorbs some of the salt and gets that nice salty flavor.
I never cooked with the one my mom got me, but I did put cooked scrambled eggs on it after cooking them separately and they were always so good. I know I carried that salt block with me for quite some time, but I think it eventually broke on one of my (many) moves around the continent and I’m pretty sure I don’t have it anymore.
But I’m tempted to get a new one!
Yo
These are the BEST NAANS IN THE WORLD!
They’re so soft and floury. If you’re ever in Canada (or anywhere else they sell these, haha), grab them. Nom them. Ascend.
BOMBARDONIS AWAAAAAAAAAAAAY!
Hi, sorry, LOOK AT THIS PASTA
Look at how ENORMOUS those noodles are, yo. Like, compare them to the regular-size rigatoni on the left.
I COULD FIT MY WHOLE HAND IN THERE
(Okay, not really, but I could probably shove like two fingers in it)
(Giggity)
I’d have to cook these for like an hour to get them to the mushiness I like.
Fantastic.
Flamin’
This is super interesting, yo.
I’ve never had the Flamin’ Hot variety because I don’t like hot/spicy stuff, but I think even just regular Cheetos are pretty addictive. Love that powder.
It’s interesting what science (and greed) can do to our food.
I WANT CHEETOS
THAT’S THE WHOLE BLOG, BYE
My CHILDHOOD
I don’t know why, but I suddenly really wanted some Nutter Butters today.
And this is probably the first time I’ve even thought about Nutter Butters since, like, high school. My dad always used to have them in his condo and I would frequently have them as snacks. I wonder if you can even buy them up here?
First World Problems: My Raviolis Come From Two Different Packages
So I have this thing where I don’t like to combine food items from different packages. Like, if I have a package of spaghetti and I don’t have enough left in the package to make a batch, I will leave the remaining noodles in the package and open a new one, making the batch of spaghetti completely from the new package.
I currently have seventeen bags of spaghetti that have less than a serving of noodles in them because I don’t want to throw them away but I can’t use them because using them means I have to combine them.
They are perfectly good noodles. There is nothing wrong with them. But I just can’t combine them because they come from different packages.
It’s the same with ravioli.
It’s the same with parmesan.
It’s the same with feta.
Hell, it’s the same with broccoli and broccoli doesn’t even come from a package. If I have two heads of broccoli that I bought at two different times, I can’t combine them.
What in the actual HELL.
Anyone else have this stupid issue?
Oodles of Noodles
I love how chill and informative this is.
“Oh, I can see the guy inside!” That was super cute, haha.
I feel like I wouldn’t get the full enjoyment of this ‘cause I can’t taste garlic, but it looks good! I love how happy he looks when he tries it.
White Chocolate is Unnerving
That’s it. That’s the blog.
Take it to the Rax
Okay, so I’m pretty sure Rax wasn’t ever in the Pacific Northwest, but GOD these commercials look familiar. Anyone else?
I know we had a Hardee’s in Moscow when I was younger. I think.
As a lot of the comments say, Mr. Delicious would be the height of humor today.
Also, “Rax. You can eat here.” is 100% late Millennial/early Gen Z garbage humor.
Party time.
Look at this FREAKING PASTA
It’s GODDAMN DAINTY
They’re LITTLE STARS
You could EAT A GALAXY
I like a lot of CAPS LOCK TODAY
(BYE)
I want carbs
Specifically, THESE carbs:
That looks so freaking good, haha.
RESSIPEES
Have some tasty things blah blah blah I don’t care about anything anymore bye.
Can you tell I like carbs?
THE FRUIT
Y’ALL, they have Fruitopia up here!
WTF is Fruitopia, you ask? This.
This gave me a serious nostalgia trip. Fruitopia was something I used to drink a lot of in junior high because it was in one of the vending machines in the cafeteria. Mongolian BBQ also used to have it in their mini fridge. The green flavor always tasted SO GOOD with noodles, yo.
Edit: the green flavor is called Kiwiberry Ruckus. They don’t have that flavor up here, but they have something called Raspberry Kiwi Karma, which might be the same. I’m so tempted to get some and try it, haha.
Anyway.
Stir Fry!!
I haven’t made stir fry since I lived in Vancouver, which was 2011. But I made some tonight and it was great!
Freaking tasty!
I ain’t ‘fraid of no toast
Mother Nature: Gentle humans, I bestow upon thee the Hawkeye apple – a beautiful red apple with a delicious, appealing taste.
Humans: Yum! Let’s call it a red delicious!
Mother Nature: Marvelous!
Humans: But it’s ugly.
Mother Nature: U…ugly? It’s a gorgeous naturally red apple.
Humans: It’s got some yellow stripes on it.
Mother Nature: Ah, but that’s part of its beauty! Each apple is unique!
Humans: Yellow stripes are unappealing. We want a perfectly red apple. Let’s start selectively breeding these bad boys to get rid of the yellow and make them red as a gaping flesh wound.
Mother Nature: K that’s gross but do you realize that a lot of the genes responsible for flavor are on the same chromosomes as the genes responsible for the yellow stripes?
Humans: I WANT UNIFORM FACTORY FRUIT SO HELP ME GOD LET’S GET ON WITH THE INBREEDING TO MAKE THESE SONS OF BITCHES LOOK LIKE THEY WERE SPRAY-PAINTED WITH BLOOD
Mother Nature: Alright, alright, whatever.
*decades pass*
Humans: ???Why do red delicious apples taste like ass???
(True story).
M&M’s THROWBACK!!!!!!!!1
I bought a baby pack of M&M’s today.
Why?
Because I was feeling nostalgic.
I used to have a very specific way of eating these packs of M&M’s for a good amount of my childhood/teenhood. This is how I would do it: I would dump the whole package out, sort the M&M’s by color, and then order each color’s candies by size from smallest to largest. I would then line up the ordered colors in the order yellow, orange, red, green, blue, brown. Finally, I would take the biggest candy from each color and order them from smallest to largest in a final row.
To eat them, I’d start with the smallest yellow M&M and just go up the lines.
I have no idea why I always used to do it this way, but I felt the urge to replicate this old ritual this afternoon.
So yeah. I know nobody cares, but it’s something I remember doing a lot when I was a kid/tween/teen.
A Recipe for Disaster (or tasty noms, at least)
It’s the semi-monthly recipe list, ‘cause I like sharing tasty-looking things with people who may actually cook them (as opposed to just gawk at them and then make the same broccoli and penne or spaghetti that they make every night).
GO!
Potato gnocchi with mushroom sauce (this one’s for you, mom!)
A clone of those phenomenal Gardetto’s rye chips
ZOOM!
Remember when life was fun?
HAHA PSYCH LIFE WAS NEVER FUN
Have some foods. (Note: some of these were added after this blog was written on the 7th)
One pot creamy mushroom tortellini
Cheesy everything seasoning crescent rolls
Super moist cornbread (have I mentioned enough times on here that I EFFING LOVE CORNBREAD?!?!?!?)
Creamy Peanut Butter is a Culinary Abomination
That’s it.
That’s the blog.
It’s the rye chip, you palateless sheep
So in a super scientific Twitter thread, people are debating the best Chex Mix piece and it’s getting heated about that rye chip.
- Rye chip, followed closely by circle pretzel. Throw the mini breadsticks in the trash
- if you said rye chip block me
- Anyone who doesn’t say Rye Chip is a cop.
- rye chip got weird ass flavor but in a good way
- Idk about the best but the worst is definitely that hard ass rye chip
- I can deal with them all, except that rye chip aka the red headed stepchild……
- The rye chip was like that person who you didn’t like but you had him in the to not be mean to him
- Rye chip can jump off a cliff
- Rye chip is the skin of the gods. Children weep at the site of it, men bow down to it.
- CORN CHEX IS THE OG THEY DON’T CALL THAT SH*T RYE CHIP MIXXXX WTF IS WRONG WITH YALLLLL
- literally anyone who says anything other than rye chip deserves to step on a mfriggin LEGO BRICK
In case anyone’s curious, for me it’s:
- Rye chip
- Mini breadstick
- Corn Chex
- Square pretzel
- Wheat Chex
- Circle pretzel
Come at me.
Do you nerds want some INTERNET RECIPES?!?!?!?!?
Probably not, but you’re going to get them anyway.
Roasted rosemary garlic potatoes
Pappardelle with mashed peas and pecorino
Creamy tortellini with spinach and mushrooms
K bye.
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