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Simple food that has made my life better this week:

* A costco-sized bag of smoked salmon at work, with a sippy cup of lemon juice and some fresh dill for garnish
* Sauerkraut made by rising_moon and dreda with meat CSA hot dogs
* Raspberries by the quart with Natalie
* Some crazy marinated greens that ceelove made from our backyard, at a picnic IN our backyard ( Read more... )

Poll

This post brought to you by the fact that spike just managed to score me some of the awesome and delicious Belizean habanero sauce that I fell in love with when dilletante and I went to "Scotland" last year.

Poll rottin' tomatoes

Edit: when did LJ's checkbox percentage numbers TOTALLY BREAK?

+ Cafe near my office sells hot grits in the morning!
- The tub next to them apparently contains margarine, and now so do I
++ Ran a 5k on Sunday
- Stressed my knee a little bit
++++ Biked to the start
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I hate bacon*, but I have to admit that the bacon rainbow is strangely beautiful.

* You are free to love it, just don't feed it to me.

I am so groggy this morning that I forgot my own food allergies and ordered an egg and cheese croissant. At least I left off the sausage...

Poll

Note: when I say "bring", if you usually eat lunch at home, substitute "eat". I meant this poll to be for everyone, not just office workers. :)

It turns out I actually like to take N grocery shopping. She's good company - sure, she'll ask me to buy princess fruit snacks or Lunchables or whatever, but when I say "no, that's not healthy food" or "no, that's not on The List", she usually just accepts it and moves on. And the rest of the time, well, she's turning into a good conversationalist ( Read more... )

It exists! Last night redheadedmuse and I I tried Bard's Tale sorghum beer that I picked up at Ball Square. Not only did it taste like actual beer, unlike New Grist, it tasted like a beer I would willingly pick out of a lineup. It was complex, a little dark and a little sweet, with really just a hint of sorghum. I would buy and drink it even if I wasn't looking ( Read more... )