Food and other such holidays

[Squirrel]

 

I felt bad you were doing all the work lately.....I had no idea what day it was until I looked.

Yeah, right ... no way you convince me you weren't lying in wait for that one!

[twinsnorth49]

Well, two shower Mike aside, showering with someone else usually sucks because you typically can't stand under the water together and you get cold. I hate that, National bathing together day makes more sense.

[Craig Arko]

Well, two shower Mike aside, showering with someone else usually sucks because you typically can't stand under the water together and you get cold. I hate that, National bathing together day makes more sense.

Sauna.

[twinsnorth49]

Sauna.

That works too. A Nordic spa opened near my house recently, I never realized how many different types of saunas there were, very interesting.

[Mike Sixel]

It is national kite flying day, in the US, where it is too cold in about 89% of the country to do that. Wtf?

 

 

National Boy Scout day, I can get behind that. For all it's flaws (and there are many), it is still a great organization.

[Vanimal46]

Boy Scouts is something I wish I would have stuck with thinking back on it. I did the cub scouts thing, and that was what, when you're 6 or 7 years old? I remember the cub scout leader was boring, and lost interest in continuing on. 

[Vanimal46]

This is turning out to be one of my favorite days of the year....

Today is National Bagel Day! It's a good way to start out the morning if calories aren't a concern to you. A toasted bagel with creme cheese is delish.

 

Today is also National Pizza Day! Pizza is a food that I would be happy to eat on a near daily basis. 

[Mike Sixel]

National PIZZA day (and bagel day).

 

Coincidentally, someone here brought bagels today. So I ate half of one......

[Mike Sixel]

 

This is turning out to be one of my favorite days of the year....

Today is National Bagel Day! It's a good way to start out the morning if calories aren't a concern to you. A toasted bagel with creme cheese is delish.

 

Today is also National Pizza Day! Pizza is a food that I would be happy to eat on a near daily basis. 

 

Ha, posted at the same time.

 

And yes, I love pizza.

 

We just went to the herbivorous butcher (mostly to buy food for my son and his vegetarian gf), and we* made pizza out of the "mozzarella" and the Italian "sausage". Other than the cheese being runny and not browning, it tasted like the real deal.

 

*by we, I mean my wife did all the work, while I sat on the couch 

[Vanimal46]

I'm trying to think if there has been any time when I'm with friends, and the idea of ordering pizza comes up, if I've ever declined the option. I don't believe I have. 

[biggentleben]

 

I'm trying to think if there has been any time when I'm with friends, and the idea of ordering pizza comes up, if I've ever declined the option. I don't believe I have. 

 

Pizza's on my no-go list right now, so I've turned it down plenty of times lately. People look at me as if I'm a victim of the plague or something. However, my scale tells me I'm doing what I need to be doing.

[Mike Sixel]

 

Pizza's on my no-go list right now, so I've turned it down plenty of times lately. People look at me as if I'm a victim of the plague or something. However, my scale tells me I'm doing what I need to be doing.

 

We've tried several different ways to have crust, none work all that well yet......

[biggentleben]

 

We've tried several different ways to have crust, none work all that well yet......

 

It's not crust, it's just pizza. It's like an alcoholic having a drink for me. It's one of the things I just need to cross off the list, and honestly, I haven't missed it at all.

[Mike Sixel]

I'm off coffee, mostly.....and nearly off sugar.

[Squirrel]

I can't eat pizza ... unless I get one with no tomato sauce and no spicy, greasy meats. Some would say 'Then that's not pizza,' but it's how it goes. Oh, and no thick crust or deep dish ... just no. Thin crust or flatbread pizza if I go that route. Mostly I just don't eat pizza and I don't really miss it.

[Craig Arko]

Pizza is okay once in a while. Mostly I'd eat Thai, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese foods every day if I could.

 

Life was great when we had a Vietnamese student as a renter, and she loved to cook.

[biggentleben]

 

I'm off coffee, mostly.....and nearly off sugar.

 

Added sugar is a big one, as is fast food for me. I've not had fast food outside of sub sandwiches since November. Coffee, however, will have to be taken from my cold, dead hands.

[formerly33]

 

I can't eat pizza ... unless I get one with no tomato sauce and no spicy, greasy meats. Some would say 'Then that's not pizza,' but it's how it goes. Oh, and no thick crust or deep dish ... just no. Thin crust or flatbread pizza if I go that route. Mostly I just don't eat pizza and I don't really miss it.

Maybe you'd like Italian fries. If you don't know what those are, it's basically just pizza without the sauce - you know, your style. Make a thin crust, sprinkle onion and garlic powder on it, and then cheese ... oh, and use less cheese than you would for pizza. No need to cover up any sauce or anything. And cut it like this:

 

http://www.italianpieshoppe.com/images/photos-homepage/nov11-italianfries.jpg

 

It looks like they folded the crust over the cheese and sprinkled the spices on top, but that's not the way I do it. The Italian sauce is really optional, and truth be told, it's better plain. And besides tasting much better than pizza, it's probably a healthier alternative as well. I don't know ... I just really like them.

[twinsnorth49]

Me like....PIZZA!!!!!

[Vanimal46]

*Browses the Twins forums*
*Still sees that Mauer's blurred vision is a main topic of conversation*
*Crawls back into the Sports Bar*

Well we haven't updated this in a few days... 

Today is National Almond Day! I like almonds, but are they the best nut for a snack? Debatable.

 

Today is also National Do a Grouch a Favor Day! I think we're all doing Mike a favor by keeping him more positive...... 

[Mike Sixel]

Nicely done.......

 

I prefer cashews or pistachios (which I am eating now, or was just before I started typing).

[Squirrel]

I prefer cashews as well but almonds are fine, especially covered in dark chocolate.

 

As for the other, good! I like having favors done for me!

[Craig Arko]

So who here is not a grouch?  

[Mike Sixel]

 

So who here is not a grouch?  

 

Me.

[Squirrel]

I'm not one to put my grouchiness out there ... I'm fairly private about such things. Just ... don't come near me without just cause.

[Craig Arko]

I've made it all the way to curmudgeon, myself.

[Squirrel]

 

Me.

 

I think you are going to have your hands full today, then, doing the rest of us favors.

[twinsnorth49]

So who here is not a grouch?

I'm not a grouch, a cynic yes, but not a grouch.

[twinsnorth49]

I prefer cashews as well but almonds are fine, especially covered in dark chocolate.

 

As for the other, good! I like having favors done for me!

Like anything isn't good covered in dark chocolate, let's look at things on their own merit please.

 

Salted almonds are good, otherwise, not so much. Pistachios are very good, as are cashews and Brazil nuts.

 

Remember red pistachios? Trivia question, how are the disappearance of red pistachios and the 1979 Iran hostage crisis linked?

[Vanimal46]

I'm in alignment with everyone here that pistachios>>almonds. One of my coworkers has me hooked right now on the salt and pepper pistachios from Costco. Those things are crazy addicting.