Communism

Well, I'm not updating, so I just post this comment from my mother!

"When I was in 7th grade, I said that [girl] scouting was more like communism than democracy and really upset all my leaders. I didn't know I was being politically incorrect, but just thought that all the communal camping activities, etc. seemed more like the communal farms etc. that we had heard about in Russia. Oops! That was during the cold war, which I also didn't really know anything about at the time."

Thanks Mom!

She also commented about my diet, but I'm not posting that (unflattering) part. It's down there if you want to read it. It's also true!

This blog is now about Sweden.

Ovaltine

If you ever think about starting a blog where you have to update 3 or more times a day, I recommend that you discard the idea. It's just silly.

That being said...it's time for a food related posting.

I've heard quite a few commercials about Ovaltine on the radio. Usually it is compared to Hershey's syrup or Nesquick. Many of the commercials feature kids who are rabid for the stuff. I know that commercials are mostly just lies, but something else I now know is that none of those kids who like Ovaltine have ever tasted Hershey's syrup or Nesquick.

I had opportunity to taste a chocolate milk-like beverage made from Ovaltine recently. It tasted just like chocolate milk...that had been poured over coffee grounds...watered down...and mixed with 5 smooth stones from a nearby brook.

Well, that's that. From now on this blog is about Communism.

Lunch

Standard lunch. Except, a little cup of organic applesauce instead of a banana.

Once again, only 5/6 Spiderman shapes.

Breakfast

Standard Breakfast. Except, we didn't have bananas. I had about 22 red, seedless grapes instead.

Dinner

Went to Così and had their Alpine Chicken hearth baked dinner (Grilled chicken and three cheeses in Alfredo sauce. Topped with bacon and bread crumbs.). It was delcious and came with a salad. The salad was average.

Also had about half of an order of warm chopped spinach and artichoke heart spread served with triangles of Così Bread. Così Bread is the bread that they make at Così, simple right?

I drank two cups of Coca-Cola.

Afternoon Hot Cocoa

I almost feel obligated!

Lunch

The new standard lunch.

Although, both today and yesterday, only 5 out of six different shapes in the Spiderman fruit snacks. Too bad.

Breakfast

Standard Breakfast.

Late Night Snack

Ate one doughnut from Krispy Kreme. It was still warm.

Dinner

Pasta with meat sauce, Caesar salad, little croissant things.

Additionally, one glass water and one glass chocolate milk. Both in actual glasses.

Late Afternoon Cocoa

In a Styrofoam cup.

Something has occurred with our cups at work. They have become company-branded!! This is exciting, our company is doing so well that we can afford branded Styrofoam cups!! I will probably get a huge raise!!

Then I realized that the logo on the cups is our old logo. These cups have been sitting in some closet and someone just found them. A relic of the "good old days". I'll probably be fired tomorrow.

Lunch

Standard Lunch, except for...

I had 2 "fudge"-covered peanut butter cookies.
I had grape jam instead of jelly. Maybe you're wondering what the difference is?

Breakfast

Standard breakfast.

Evening Snack

I ate a couple handfuls of popcorn that I found in a bowl in my kitchen. I hope it wasn't popcorn that fell on the floor that someone then put back into the bowl. My brother and his friend caught me with that one once.

Dinner

I ate two chicken legs, one chicken thigh, two helpings of noodles, cooked sliced carrots, and garlic broccoli.

For dessert I had a warm brownie topped with vanilla ice cream.

I drank a can of Diet Barq's Root Beer, but I poured it into a cup first, without ice. Because ice is evil.

Afternoon Cocoa

In a Styrofoam cup.

The cocoa is free at work!

Lunch

Standard Lunch:

Two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches (grape jelly, creamy peanut butter), some Nacho Cheese Doritos, a banana, fruit snacks (Spiderman), two Styrofoam cups of water, 3 "fudge" covered peanut butter cookies (square).

I get two cups of water at once because they are little.

Breakfast

Now we can establish standard meals

Standard breakfast:

Reece's Puffs, banana, orange juice.

Dinner

I ate one piece of bologna. I often eat bologna while things are warming up/cooking. Also, some green beans, a slice of cheese pizza with green crust (both from the green dinner), and two slices of homemade cheese pizza with standard crust. Then I ate a brownie.

I drank a glass of orange juice out of a yellow plastic cup.

Afternoon Snack

I ate one marshmallow.

MLK Day Brunch

I finished up some leftover corn cake casserole and some leftover curry chicken and rainbow rice from Friday's dinner. I also ate 2 pieces of bologna.

I drank two plastic cups (Jungle Book, from Burger King originally) full of orange juice.

Post-Soccer Game Late Dinner

Grilled cheese sandwich, muenster cheese. Glass of water (glass).

We lost our soccer game, which is not unusual, but it was fun, which is usual.

Pre-Soccer Game Drug Cocktail Time

Four 200 milligram tablets of Ibuprofen. One Rockstar Juiced Mango-Orange-Passion Fruit energy drink. It's 50% juice and it makes me play better, right?

Lunch

I was in transit during lunch so I packed a lunch and ate in the car. Two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, a few Nacho Cheese Doritos, two "fudge"-covered peanut butter cookies, one pouch of The Amazing Spider-Man Fruit Flavored Snacks, one banana.

I drank one bottle of water.

Breakfast

I was in a hurry to go see my new nephew in Virginia. I ate a banana and had two cereal bars. I had a This Blueberry Walks Into a Bar blueberry cereal bar and a This Fig Walks Into a Bar fig cereal bar.

I did not drink anything.

Late Night Snacks

Ate a bunch of the Hot Wing & Blue Cheese Doritos chips over the course of a few hours. Okay, I ate most of the bag. A 12.5 ounce bag.

Also ate two pieces of Hershey's Cacao Reserve chocolate. The first piece was milk chocolate that was 35% cacao (it's seeds are used to make cocoa and chocolate). It was fine, but nothing super special. I disclaim that I don't really like chocolate that much. The second piece was dark chocolate (which I strongly dislike) that was 70% cacao (all from São Tomé by the way). I ate it because it was the highest number and I wanted to win at eating chocolate. It matched all of my previous feelings about dark chocolate.

I drank 2 or 3 glasses of water. Not out of a glass though, out of a blue disposable plastic cup.

Dinner

Home brewed Green Tea was the drink. I had two glasses. Yum!

Homemade cheese pizza, the crust had green things in it. Also, green beans (canned) and Caesar salad. All in all, an extraordinary feat of greenery!!

Lunch

Ate some leftover Crock Pot Swiss Chicken. Also had a couple of bites of macaroni and cheese. I think I may have prepared the macaroni and cheese with a portion of expired butter. It did not taste very good at all. I ate one piece of bologna and one "fudge" covered cookie; at different times. Oh yeah, I also ate the last piece of the sweet pepper pizza roll thing from the other night.

Drank 1 large glass of chocolate milk (created with Hershey's syrup Breast Cancer Edition) and a few sips of chocolate milky water afterwards.

Breakfast

1 bowl Reece's Puffs cereal (yellow smiley face bowl). Also several grapes, perhaps, 5 or 6. They were red seedless. I drank nothing, except the milk at the end of my cereal, which I think is a civic duty. Just like careful driving. And voting. God bless America!!

Dinner

Ate a tasty dinner of rice (saffron?) with peas, apples, raisins, and red peppers. A rainbow of flavour! Also ate curry chicken and garlic naan.

I drank two glasses of water, consecutively, not simultaneously. And yes, that's right, a real glass!

Lunch

As usual, two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Also, some Hot Wing & Blue Cheese Doritos. Neither type of chip really tasted like either hot wings or blue cheese. That's not such a bad thing, because I don't like Blue Cheese at all. I was generally pleased with the taste which could be best classified as "Dorito" flavoured. I had two "fudge" coated peanut butter cookies. I finished off the eating with a package of The Amazing Spider-Man Fruit Flavored Snacks. I can verify that I received all 6 different shapes in this package. I saved them for last because I really like fruit flavored snacks.

Drank a 20 oz. Mountain Dew straight from the bottle, in addition to 2 cups of water (8 oz., Syrofoam).

Breakfast

Mmm...my wife bought Reese's Puffs, my favourite. I had a bowl of them! The bowl was a yellow, plastic, smiley face bowl. I also ate a banana, and drank a plastic cup of orange juice.

Dinner

I ate seasoned french fries, cheesy broccoli soup, and some of each of a sweet pepper pizza roll and a jalapeno pepper pizza roll. For dessert, I ate a single chocolate coated peanut butter cookie. The package says "fudge", but come on, who are they kidding? I know what fudge tastes like, and sir, you are no fudge!!

Late Afternoon Snack

As I was leaving work, I had to wipe snow off my car. My snow wiper/sweeper/scraper was in the trunk. Also in my trunk, I found a bag of Gustados*. I had a couple handfuls. They'd been there a couple weeks, but I don't think that they were old enough to be included in the recall. I mean, I didn't taste any soy protein isolate.


*As a sibling product to the previously introduced “Festingos” line, this name for Nacho Cheese flavored tortilla chips from Ahold USA stores (including Stop & Shop, Giant, BI-LO, and others) connotes intense flavor while reinforcing the Hispanic heritage of the category.

Afternoon Snack

I drank some hot cocoa out of a Styrofoam cup. It's not really food, but I feel bad not reporting it.

Lunch

I ate two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches (you'll be seeing that a lot here). The peanut butter was creamy and the jelly was grape.

I also had some very small pieces of tortilla chips. That's how it goes when you finish the bag.

Additionally, had a banana and some "Crazy Berries" Yogos Bits.

Drank two cups of water. These cups were both Styrofoam.

Breakfast

This morning we were out of milk, so I had strawberry-vanilla yogurt and a string cheese, instead of my normal cereal. I also ate a banana and drank a glass of orange juice. When I say glass, I really mean plastic cup, not an actual glass container. Sometimes I do use a glass though.