Tag: food
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New Neighbor
A Taco Bell just opened across the street from me. This is big news because Taco Bell is my favorite fast food chain. I live in a city with amazing tacos & Mexican/Tex-Mex food, and I know that Taco Bell is none of those. But I still love it. I’m a fairly healthy eater, though,…
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Three Cans
This is my new go-to lunch when I have any leftovers, or cooking up a new batch of slop. Open the cans up, dump them in a bowl, and six microwave minutes later lunch is ready. Delicious (I think), filling, cheap, healthy (though perhaps a tad too processed), and only about 700 calories.
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Fried Chicken Day
I hardly ever eat fried chicken (tenders don’t count), but every New Year’s Day I get some of it. I have no idea how or when I started the tradition, and I sometimes forget it, but it continued this year at Popeyes. The fried chicken is almost never as good as I expect it to…
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Food Trends
The US is trending away from Italy & towards Latin America → https://www.axios.com/2023/04/14/food-trends-us-restaurant-menu-tacos I think on board with pretty much all these trends. I’ve been background-craving Tex-Mex a lot in the last months, and haven’t really given in to it much. So, I hereby declare my return to it in 2024. Expect to hear about…
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Microwave Power
Microwave power settings don’t work like you think they do → https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/15aikko/til_that_microwave_power_settings_dont_actually/ Something to ponder as you’re standing there waiting for your leftovers to warm up today & through the weekend. And with that, Food Week concludes.
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Leftover Shelf-life
Here’s how long each of the Thanksgiving leftover dishes are safe to eat → https://www.verywellhealth.com/thanksgiving-leftovers-food-safety-8404592 Food week is still going. I love leftovers, and really base my whole diet around them: Cook one big batch of something on Monday and then eat the leftovers for the rest of the week. So, it’s good to have…
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Dining Solo
Dining out alone is great, and this article makes a case for everybody doing it once in awhile → https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/23542276/dining-out-alone-solo Food week continues. Thanksgiving week is full of social & gatherings, but is also a nice time to remember that dining out alone can be great. Sit at the bar & it can become even…
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Greatest Sandwiches
A fella searched history for the greatest sandwiches, and came up with a list of the best five & worst five → https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/nov/01/from-compressed-yeast-to-cream-cheese-and-cornflakes-one-mans-search-for-the-worlds-greatest-sandwich Food week continues. Disappointingly, but not surprisingly, three of the best five contain mayo. Why is there so much mayo in the sandwich world, no matter where on Earth you are? I…
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Instant Pot
The Instant Pot is an amazing appliance for easily, safely cooking meat → https://amzn.to/3G6eOYe It’s food week here in the States, so figured this was a good time to drop this recommendation in. This is my second favorite food appliance, and I mainly use it to cook batches of chicken: Empty a giant bag of…
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Food Truths
This food columnist sums up her top science-backed truisms after ten years on the job → https://wapo.st/3QksSlW New nutrition “facts” usually make big news when the results of the first study are announced. But most seem to eventually be proven wrong (ex: that wine every day is good for you), so I try to always…
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I’m back in the States, but still have a bunch of Oslo posts in me. A critical one: The ubiquity of Mexican/Taco shops there. You always hear that you can’t find good Mexican food in European countries, but somebody forgot to tell the Norwegians. Taco places are everywhere, and they’re hugely popular: Every grocery store…
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Going to supermarkets is one of the things I enjoy when traveling, especially outside the States. You obviously get insight into local pricing, but you also get a feel for local values & quirks. Ex: I was surprised to see all the frozen pizzas in the first store I went to here in Oslo. Turns…
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Finally visited the new Tatte near me, and it’s a great hang-out-with-a-laptop spot — I was one of about 20 people on one when I was there today. I’ll definitely be doing lots of eyeintim LLC work out of there.
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That’s it, I’ve decided: Swizzler has the best burger in DC, and it’s steal at $7.50. Thanks for the guidance https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/best-burgers-washington-dc/ . Probably good that it’s across town for me, though.
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