Flynn's Paws: My Thoughts, My Gripes

Tag: food

  • Bring own lunches…

    Monday Muffin
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    In recent news,

    “$16 muffins didn’t exist, according to inspector general”
    By MACKENZIE WEINGER | 10/28/11 4:00 PM EDT Updated: 10/29/11 12:21 PM EDT

    There will be no more huffin’ and puffin’ about that $16 muffin.

    On Friday, the Justice Department inspector general apologized for claiming in a recent report that taxpayers had paid $16 per muffin at a recent department conference. The IG admitted now that such muffins never existed.

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    To those government “officials” (i.e. Senate, Congress and White House) using their food allowances (courtesy of the hard-working America taxpayers): you all should be ashamed of yourselves! Bring your own lunch in brown paper bags like every commoner!

    After you are done eating your meal from home, be sure to recycle your brown paper lunch bags. Instead of throwing it away, you could use your used lunch bag as either a vomit bag or urinal bag. Better yet, if you happen to have a pet dog, you may wish to use your lunch bags to pick up the poop left behind by your mutt.

  • 20111026-Random Pics

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    Here are some old pics taken by my cellphone. One of bitter melon harvested by Paw. One of Maw skinning a chayote squash. One of egg sandwich with tomato and onion for breakfast

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  • Come back, chickens!

    A few minutes ago, I just checked the Support. And in honor of the upcoming Harvest season, this is the message I see:

    “Support is closed while the company meets up and works together for the next week. We will be back on October 29th.

    In the meantime, please use the search box below to find a solution to any problems. Alternatively, head to the WordPress.com Forums if you’re in a pickle, there are some great volunteers who will be able to sort you out, and we’ll also be checking in there regularly.”

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    Almost every WordPress.com user here has issues and the volunteeers over at the WordPress.com Forums have to keep bumping these newbies off.

    I have issues already typed out and now the Contact support won’t get to it until another week! Here are two issues that I wanted to send today but couldn’t because they are “hiding” from the minions:

    • I need a refund for an extra year and I want that domain name deleted. Make it two domain names. I don’t have any use for those domain names. It is such a waste of money. And by the way, I want to make sure the “private domain registration” is still intact until after everything is expired. Actually, I don’t care.
    • I want my Blog Stats fixed/reset for another registered WordPress.com site. I thought the Blog Stats won’t be counted as long as the admin is logged into the account(s). WTF is going on? There has been activities done in Sept 2011 and Oct 2011!

     

  • 20111013-Weathery Ways

    At 10:25am, I finished doing Thursday’s yard work for pick-up by the city tomorrow morning, Friday. The weather was amazingly warm and the sunshine was unusually bright and white.

    At around 8:45am, we had arrived home from this morning’s eight o’clock mass. I quickly got undressed with my gardening clothes, which I had laid out early this morning. Then I quickly prepared the table and got breakfast ready. The hot water for Maw’s hot tea and Paw’s two slices of wheat toast were done.

    I was up and hurrying and at the same time ate my breakfast while standing. I had a piece of left over Subway sandwich from yesterday. (We bought two orders of $5 footlong sandwiches at Subway — Sweet Onion Chicken Teriyaki and Tuna. Paw is still doing yard work. I’m hungry because it’s past 1:36pm.

    At around 1:25pm, I eyed a BIG brown spider. It had crawled on the window and behind my computer workstation. Instead of vacuuming it up, like I’ve done with Maw’s spider of BIGNESS two nights ago, I used my blue-colored, plastic, tootbrush holder to scoop up the critter and placed it outdoors and onto a horizontal branch of the OLD persimmon tree.

  • Heart ramen…

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    During my childhood, my younger brother and I ate “Top Ramen” when there was nothing to eat. Tonight, I am eating my favorite noodle. Lo and behold, I see a heart-shaped strand of noodle. Here is the photo showing the heart up close.

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  • Bar-be-que eggplant…

    Here are two photos showing the bar-be-quing of eggplants. One purple eggplant is in the shape of a dolphin.

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  • 20110825-Noticing Numbers

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    Here is an image showing:

    “To Go Order 66”

    It’s from Carl’s Jr. We are having Hand-breaded Chicken Fillet, Portobello Mushroom Six Million Burger 100% Angus Beef”, a Famous Star, Beef Nachos and three Hand Scooped Ice Cream Shake (Banana, Strawberry, and Vanilla.)

    Notice the double digit number six.

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  • 20110808-Noticing Numbers

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    We are eating breakfast here at Carl’s Jr (store # 7044). We ordered two Big Country burritos and one Sourdough Ham. All three orders are combos with hash brown nuggets and coffee.

    Our item number is 33.

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  • Berryessa Farmer’s Market

    The three of us are shopping for organic food, which is mostly veggies. Maw got some green beans, talbos ang kamote, okra, bitter melon, opo salmon head, strawberry and other veggies for her stew.

    The place is normally opened on Saturday morning’s ONLY Parking is horribly limited and so far we are lucky to find parking at the very back. Some park on the residential streets. Parking far is good for walking, a form of exercise.

    It is located across Piedmont High School in San Jose, CA. We spent $17.55.

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    P.S. After shopping, I noticed my car’s dashboard read as 71,755 (odometer) and 466.4-5 (speedometer).

  • Embutido logs…

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    Here is an easy recipe for a type of Filipino meatloaf:

    Chop the following ingredients:

    -Smoked or sweet ham chunks.

    -One cup of bell peppers (red, green and/or yellow).
    -One small box of those raisins, soaked in water to rehydrate.
    -Three cloves of garlic.
    -One cup onion.
    -One tablespoon of pimentos.

    With disposable gloves, mix ingredients into:

    -Three to four pounds of ground pork.
    -Salt and pepper to taste.
    -Add bread crumbs. Since we ran out of bread crumbs, we substituted dried potato flakes!

    -Place one pound of meat loaf into aluminum foil.

    -Form into desired shape of loaf – long or short.

    -Place one can of sliced Vienna sausages and sliced three to four hard-boiled eggs into “middle” of canal formed into loaf.

    -Roll up meat loaf in foil and secure ends.

    -Place completed loaves in oven pan.

    -Bake in 350 degree Farenheit oven for one hours or until you smell it burning good.

    -Cut into desire shapes and serve warm.

    -Enjoy.

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  • Banana blossoms in coconut milk…

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    Here is an easy dish to make:

    ~Fry chopped garlic and onion and sliced ginger in veggie oil until slightly brown.
    ~Add chopped pieces of pork and until slightly brown.
    ~Add shrimp (chopped whole raw shrimp).
    ~Add small amount of water to keep from burning ingredients.
    ~Add salt and/or “alamang” (which is salty shrimp paste) to taste.
    ~Add six cans (13.5 fl oz) of banana blossoms, drained of canned liquid and washed well with water.
    ~Add one can (5.6 fl oz) of coconut milk, shaken first to mix/dislodge coconut pulp from inside the can.
    ~Mix well each time ingredients are added.
    ~Add more water to cook well and reduce water to desired stew.
    ~Serve warm and enjoy.

    Note: This dish is supposed to last a few days, depending on how many are eating this delicious Filipino stew.

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  • Stir-fried bell peppers…

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    Here is an easy recipe for bell peppers:

    ~Chop garlic and onion.
    ~Chop 1/2 cup of meat stuff (preferably pork).
    ~Prepare 6 pieces of whole shrimp, deveined of course.
    ~Chop green, red and/or yellow bell peppers, and sliced carrots, too.
    ~Slice ginger into strips and white straw mushrooms, too.

    -Fry garlic and onion in veggie oil until slightly brown.
    -Add preferred meat stuff and shrimp and fry until slightly brown.
    -Add water to boil meat stuff until cooked.
    -Add veggie ingredients and flavorings of favorite stir-fired sauce, salt and ground pepper.
    -Stir occassionally, while adding water to “steam cook” veggies further and to avoid burning.
    -Serve warm and enjoy!

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