I have not been a big fan of McDonald’s for some time now. After eating so much of their food for so many years I got totally burned out on it some time back. I do have to say that their sweet tea is the best iced tea ever and you just can’t beat the price anywhere else, a large sweet tea anywhere else will cost you at least double that and if you dine in you can have free refills as much as you like. Just don’t purchase it through the drive through or as take out because trying to get a refill that way is a real non-no. So as much as I like zipping through drive through it is worth it for me to go in and order and eat in the cool air conditioning and get as many free refills that I can guzzle down before heading out again into the summer’s heat.
That’s a BIG Burger!
This burger is the biggest grilled ground beef on a bun that I have ever seen. I can just imagine going to a restaurant and ordering “the biggest burger you can make,” and then having the server walk up to my table with THIS! I would definitely need a doggie bag with this order!
Full moon
I ran into some friends today at the Tractor Supply Store. We hadn’t seen each other in a while, so we decided to have coffee together at the local diner before we all headed home again. We started talking about how tonight was the full moon and swapping stories about how the full moon sometimes effects them or people that they know.
Bob said his wife is a nurse in the local Emergency Room and that they get a lot busier during the full moon than any other time of the month. She said that they get more incidences of violence, saying the people’s tempers flare up more easily. She also claimed that more babies are born during the full moon.
Gary said that his youngest daughter gets a lot crankier than usual during the full moon, and tends to start arguments with her brothers and sisters on full moon days.
I’d heard that the police department has more people scheduled to work during the full moon too, because they have more domestic disturbance calls during the full moon. I don’t know if that’s true or not…. just something I’d heard. I think it’s an interesting idea, that the full moon effects our moods in that way.
Cake Boss
I can’t believe that I have been watching the new TV show on TLC, Cake Boss. It isn’t normally the type of show that I would enjoy watching, but I do like cake! The show is about a large extended 2nd generation Italian family that runs a very busy and well known bakery in New Jersey. The owner is an inspiring baker that enjoys making the most outrageous cakes that people request from and pay dearly for and it is all filmed and narrated, an enjoyable hour to watch some times when there isn’t all that much on anywhere else.
Too Cold to Grill
When I cook steaks I like to use my gas grill that is out on the deck. But it is pretty cold this week. I don’t think I want to stand in front of a grill out in this cold weather just to eat a well cooked steak.
I might go down to the home goods store and buy one of those George Foreman grills that you use in your kitchen. I have heard several people say they got one for Christmas and that they love it. So maybe I should try that out. I don’t really see how an electric waffle maker looking appliance can cook steaks as good as a grill with open flame, but I’m willing to give it a chance just for the sake of not having to be outside when the temperature drops below 20 degrees.
How To Cook A Turkey
TURKEY RECIPE
I thought this sounded good for people who are buying turkey for their holiday dinners!
Here is a turkey recipe that also includes the use of popcorn as a stuffing ingredient. I like traditional stuffing, but I’m OK with trying something new. When I found this turkey recipe, I thought it was perfect for people like me, who are not sure how to tell when turkey is thoroughly cooked, but not dried out. See what you think.
- 8 – 15 lb. Turkey, thawed
- 1 cup Land O’Lakes butter, melted
- 1 cup dry stuffing (Pepperidge Farm is Good)
- 1 cup un-popped popcorn (ORVILLE REDENBACHER’S low fat version is best)
- Salt and pepper to taste
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Brush turkey well with melted butter, salt, and pepper.
Fill cavity with stuffing and popcorn. Place in baking pan, making sure the neck end is toward the front of the oven, not the back.
After about 4 hours listen for the popping sounds.
When the turkey’s ass blows the oven door open and the bird flies across the room … it’s done.
And, you thought I didn’t know how to cook … !!!!!
Holiday Ham
For Christmas dinner I have decided to get a ham instead of a turkey. We just had a huge turkey dinner a couple of weeks ago and I want something different for our holiday dinner table.
There was a good selection of spiral cut, precooked hams at the Sam’s Club last week, and I considered picking up one then. I probably should have bought it while I saw it there – if I go back to buy it today there is a good chance that they have sold out. But I’ll go check and pick up a few more things I need in bulk. If they don’t have any hams left, I’ll head over to Honeybaked Ham and pay a little more for the ham – but it will be a really good ham.
How To Start A Fight, Part II
I took my wife to a restaurant the other evening. The waiter, for some reason, took my order first. “I’ll have the rump steak, rare, please sir.”
He said, “Aren’t you worried about the mad cow?” I replied “Nah, she can order for herself.”
And that’s when the fight started…..
Cantaloupe
One of my favorite healthy snacks is the good old cantaloupe. There are only a few days that you can cut into and eat a cantaloupe before it gets too soft and mushy. That is always the challenge. I’ve had to throw away way too many melons, all types of melons, not just cantaloupe, that have gone bad throughout the years because I waited too long to cut them up. I’m trying harder to only buy them when i know I can get around to eating them either the same day or the next morning. Longer than that and I’m afraid I’ll be wasting the money.
Farm Humor, Part II
The first batch were so funny I had to try a second round of “Farm Humor for Twisted People”
