Quite a while ago, someone linked me to a recipe for bacon chocolate chip cookies. I was immediately interested and while in St. Louis visiting my friend Erin, we decided to make them. Since then, I have made them twice. I really like them, and kind of modified the recipe a bit so they weren’t overpoweringly bacony.
Because I love video crap so much, I decided I should make a video of myself making them. Dan filmed and I talked. He also edited, since, you know, that’s his job and all. I’m probably going to be starting a series called “How You Cook When You Don’t Give A Fuck.” I actually said that at one point in the video but Dan cut it. I just liked the line a lot because I am lazy and cut corners or make up my own random add-ins quite often.
Hope you enjoy it! If you make them, let me know what you think.
For a couple short periods in my life, I have attempted vegitarianism. The first was an utter failure because I was in high school and my stepmom made dinner so I was pretty much eating whatever they served. My dad’s and stepmom’s families also aren’t really open minded (a story for another time) so they relentlessly mocked my decision. The other attempt was in 2006, but after a short period of time, I couldn’t help it: my body craved meat.
It’s never fat that I’m interested in. I eat lean meats, fish, and drink soy milk because dairy products fuck with my stomach something fierce. I’m an omnivore, eat a lot of plant product too. And I like what I eat and keep any opinons about what other people eat to myself.
But I find that there are people who are militant veg*ns (meaning veggies or vegans) who treat what they eat like it is a religion. And I don’t mean like Buddhism, but like Christian Fundamentalism, as if there is one true way to eat and anyone else who is doing other than what they do is harming themselves, the world, and other people.
I’m just as offended by those people as I am by Fundies, the people who participate in Critical Mass (a bike ride that takes place to protest people driving but just disrupts traffic and alienates people who are interested in the cause) and anyone who takes such an extreme stance that says, “what I am doing is the only right way, no excuses.” Making your dietary choices akin to some kind of communion with nature is not superior. It is possibly a more conscious decision, and it may work for you, but while some people believe in God, not all of us want to or even can.
You are not superior because you eat vegan or ride a bike. Dan rides his bike to save money, not to feel smug that he’s not destroying the planet. Being better at something doesn’t make you a better person. Morality doesn’t work like that. You just look like an asshole when you say you wouldn’t even hold hands with someone who eats meat.
This website, thisiswhyyourefat.com, has a lot of fattening foods on it. I can understand how the foods there could turn you into a fat ass. The thing I notice though is that all of the foods on the site take extra steps.
You don’t just make a hot dog. You take that hot dog and you load it with bacon, cheese, and chili, and then you deep fry it and put more cheese on top. Fuck, that sounds good. I should make that.
But sometimes I marvel at how lazy the products at grocery stores are now. Two of the ones that amaze me most of all are hot dogs in the fridge already in buns and frozen peanut butter and jelly sandwiches without crusts. Especially the hot dogs.
All the prepackaged hot dog with bun does is save you one step. I can understand a peanut butter and jelly sandwich taking a few minutes to make, yes, but the hot dog still has to go into the microwave for the same amount of time and then you put it in the bun. It doesn’t make any sense.
What really made me think of this was this pancake making machine a friend linked me to. Upon looking at the website, I see the thing is meant for large groups of people, but I can only imagine someone purchasing one for his house.
Making pancakes is an experience. Cooking can be fun. I can understand cutting corners in a lot of areas of your life when you’re short on time. But being so lazy that you can’t put a hot dog in a bun. Wow.
When I got Wii Fit back in May 2008, I used it every day for about four months. I lost a bunch of weight and got in good enough shape that I had abs. But then, I got bored with it since it was the same stuff over and over again and way too easy. And laziness and unhealthy eating took over and I gained back 2/3rds of the weight that I had lost.
But yesterday, Dan bought the Gold’s Gym Wii game and I gave it a shot this morning. Since I’m officially “overweight” again and out of shape, I’m gonna start slow, but it looks fun already. Boxing and a lot of cardio, something Wii Fit doesn’t have.
This isn’t about food though, to be honest. I’m not going to change my eating habits, since they’re not horrible. My main issue is being lazy. I need to be more physically active. Going to the garden on Wednesday helped remind me that it’s fun to walk around and get exercise.
It’ll probably be slow going, but I gotta work on it.
I am honestly surprised at how many people believe they can’t cook. A lot of food may be difficult to make, but the majority of things you probably like to make are super easy as long as you keep it simple.
I’ve been thinking about making some kind of cooking show videos on youtube because the food I make is so random and base but every time I start cooking I forget I actually wanted to do that (or I just didn’t do dishes and I don’t want to show people that).
But today I made spaghetti sauce. I don’t know why people buy the jars of sauce when you can take only a few ingredients and make much better sauce without things like corn syrup and sugar in it. Here’s an example of what I made today (and it’s unintentionally vegan!).
My mom took me to dinner tonight and then gave me this pay as you go phone that used to be my grandfather’s before he died. He died in 2006. The phone is ancient. I am just glad to have a phone.
We went out for dinner at this place that serves BBQ Duck, so we ordered one. The waitress brought it out to us, cut it up in front of us, gave us the meat and some vegetables, and then took the carcass back to the chefs, who made soup and fried rice out of it. It was really delicious, though the fucking soup had cilantro in it, which is the devil’s herb.
Anyway, it was cool to hang out with my mom and I feel a lot better now that I have a cell phone, even though it’s pretty limited use.
For some reason, for the new Transformers movie, they have “Strawberried Peanut Butter M&Ms.” I’m a candy-a-holic. I had to try them. And the verdict is that they’re ok. I wouldn’t rush out of my way to buy them again, but if they were there, I’d eat them.
It made me think about shit like chocolate Skittles and Pepsi Blue. Sometimes these random flavors to try to entice people to buy your products work, and sometimes they don’t. Thing like white chocolate Reese’s cups and Thingamajigs (instead of caramel like Whatchamacallits have, they have peanut butter) really work. Chocolate Skittles suck a fuck.
Maybe I just like peanut butter too much.
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As a poet, I feel like any photography I do will always be a reflection of the words I use. When I think, I think in words, not images, unlike visual artists. This site houses a minimalist dream log, my poetry including poems from You May Waltz To Your Doom In Sanguine Stained Shoes, my photography, and a blog with Let's Play related entries.
