What to do on a lazy day? Play a quiz and donate at the same time!
I think I've already mentioned freerice.com (which has now expanded beyond vocabulary to other subjects).
My wife pointed me at another one, freepoverty.org, which is a timed geography quiz. I was abysmal. But after first boning up on Africa (freerice helped here!) I posted a pretty respectable score:
Posted at 01:03PM Dec 30, 2008 by AceOfSpuds in General |
Where is Door-Knock Dinners when you need them?
There used to be a show on Food Network called Door-Knock Dinners, where the host and a chef would show up and produce a gourmet dinner from whatever they found in your kitchen. I vividly remember one show where the chef bemoaned the lack of fresh vegetables in American home kitchens.
Well, in my house we are awash in fresh veggies, organic, no less. We get a boxful every week in the warm months and more sporadically in the winter, from our CSA, Live Earth Farm. We do our best to keep up, but with a child who doesn't like leafy greens, and a spouse who is restricted to limited kinds and amounts of veg on her Atkins diet, only so much gets eaten at a meal. The favorites--cauliflower and brussels sprouts this week--go quickly, but this morning's inventory includes: Meyer lemons, lettuce, chard, collard greens, kale, beet greens, red AND green cabbages, beets, carrots, apples, heirloom tomato preserves, and celeriac.
I made a dent: with the opportunity of a potluck coming up, I found a recipe for Celeriac Remoulade, which is quite tasty and takes a little bit of pressure off the bulging fridge.
So, please Gordon Elliott...if you're listening, come over and cook something! You might want to bring Emeril: I think I see the makings of Gumbo z'Herbes...
Posted at 11:42AM Dec 14, 2008 by AceOfSpuds in General |
A Christmas Wrong?
Or a Christmas scramble, at any rate:
Jack Frost firing an Eskimo,
Carol nipping at your roast.
Yuletide noses dressed up as open beings
And chestnuts sung by choir folks...
Posted at 07:45PM Dec 12, 2008 by AceOfSpuds in General |