Untitled Hyena Thread

[sameyeyam]

I think I've been watching too much Anthony Bourdain No Reservations. Those bowls of chicken feet soup from South Korea are starting to look really good!

 

[Alex2kMommy]

Sounds like a fun afternoon. I could just spend all day in a bookstore. Don't you hate it when giftcards don't work right. I've gotten to where I either go online or have them check it when I first go into the store. I've had too many surprises when I get to the checkstand.

I intended to check the card first, but thought we'd do it at the Customer Service counter (toward the back.) And DS had ketchup on his face from lunch, so actually we went to the bathroom to clean up his face first, then Customer Service. She said we had to go back to a register in the front (wait in line), so instead we went to pick out some more books, then got in line.

 

[staley7580]

I think I've been watching too much Anthony Bourdain No Reservations. Those bowls of chicken feet soup from South Korea are starting to look really good!

I love that show! He is so snarky, and bitter. Right up my alley! I dont get bugged TOO much by what he eats, but that other guy... I forget his name. Andrew Zimmern? GROSS! Dh is convinced that these guys spend 90% of their trips in their hotel rooms with the poos.

 

[sameyeyam]

Ill bet that it has been great recuping with out having any drama around the house. Have I mentioned how excited I am for Mikalah to be a teen?

Those must be a pain in the tushy.

Having a teenager is a lot of like having a 2yo. They can be so sweet and times and you just want to love them to death. Then there are the times when you would just like to pretend they don't belong to you. But for the most part I have found it to be fun. You just have to write up a lot of their behavior to hormones and not take the things they say too personally. Pick your battles is what I say.

My bff and DD don't get along at all. My bff says that she is disrespectful and sometimes wants to just smack her. But then again, she is older and never had kids. My DH says DD is just like I was when I was that age, so I just tend to shrug her behavior off. Besides, she doesn't act like that all the time. I have gotten to where I can't go shopping with the two of them together!

 

[Alex2kMommy]

ALEX!!! Whats up chickadee? We are big fans of bookstores too...Except Mikalah cant seem to chill out long enough for us to find anything.

Yeah, well... DS3 has a B&N gift card, too. But we went to the mall earlier today (for me to get some funeralwear ) and StrideRite was having their annual spring sale (buy 1 get 1 half off) so we also got a bunch of shoes. Don't even wanna know how much those 4 pair of shoes cost.

Oh, and DH bought an Apple laptop! I couldn't believe it, an Apple!!!
(It's a computer geek thing. Most computer geeks go for IBM compatible, so this is a BIG DEAL, PEOPLE!!!)

 

[sameyeyam]

I love that show! He is so snarky, and bitter. Right up my alley! I dont get bugged TOO much by what he eats, but that other guy... I forget his name. Andrew Zimmern? GROSS! Dh is convinced that these guys spend 90% of their trips in their hotel rooms with the poos.

Yeah, I don't like Andrew Zimmern. It just seems kind of strange to me to go looking for gross foods. I mean it's one thing if it's part of the presentation. Really, even an American could go to the grocery store and find gross things.

Have you noticed that Anthony Bourdain drinks lots of alcohol with his meals. Usually it is bottled beer, but on occassion it's hard liquor. I think that's his secret, let the alcohol kill the funky germs!

DH and I were just discussing how American's "sterilize" their food. Our food doesn't even remotely look like what it started out as. I know my SIL won't even eat whole chicken. The veins & bones gross her out. She has to have chicken strips or boneless, skinless chicken strips. I'm pretty much up to trying anything. If I don't like it I won't try it again. We are going to try to start going to more street festivals and ethnic restaurants in Portland. We need to broaden our culinary tastebuds and expose the kids to foods that are outside of their comfort zone. Ahhh....they're gonna love us!

 

[Alex2kMommy]

My bff and DD don't get along at all. My bff says that she is disrespectful and sometimes wants to just smack her. But then again, she is older and never had kids. My DH says DD is just like I was when I was that age, so I just tend to shrug her behavior off. Besides, she doesn't act like that all the time. I have gotten to where I can't go shopping with the two of them together!

Sam, I thought she was pretty typical when we met up at DL. And I thought it was really sweet of her and her friend to give DS3 and Cooper their little critters from their drinks.

 

[sameyeyam]

Yeah, well... DS3 has a B&N gift card, too. But we went to the mall earlier today (for me to get some funeralwear ) and StrideRite was having their annual spring sale (buy 1 get 1 half off) so we also got a bunch of shoes. Don't even wanna know how much those 4 pair of shoes cost.

Oh, and DH bought an Apple laptop! I couldn't believe it, an Apple!!!
(It's a computer geek thing. Most computer geeks go for IBM compatible, so this is a BIG DEAL, PEOPLE!!!)

Cool!! Our decorator at our office bought an Apple once. It was recommended for more artistic application. However, he was completely computer unsavy and kept coming to me for help. That was probably about 15 years ago, but even then I was completely lost on what to do. I think they are more like IBM compatible's than they used to be aren't they? I always worked on DOS based computer and had a hard time switching over to Windows. Windows is nice, but it's really set up for non-computer people and really slows me down. I had a really hard time getting used to a mouse. I'm still one of those people that tend to use the function and shift keys to get things done. Guess it's just a habit!

Wasn't there some controversy that Bill Gates sort of stole Steve Jobs Apple based computer operating system and tweaked it a bit and made it into Windows? So I would think the two systems are pretty close to each other aren't they??

 

[Alex2kMommy]

DH and I were just discussing how American's "sterilize" their food. Our food doesn't even remotely look like what it started out as. I know my SIL won't even eat whole chicken. The veins & bones gross her out. She has to have chicken strips or boneless, skinless chicken strips. I'm pretty much up to trying anything. If I don't like it I won't try it again. We are going to try to start going to more street festivals and ethnic restaurants in Portland. We need to broaden our culinary tastebuds and expose the kids to foods that are outside of their comfort zone. Ahhh....they're gonna love us!

One of my former bosses used to seek out gross foods. He was in the Navy in his youth and brags about eating balut, a Philippino delicacy.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balut) And he also bought freeze-dried bugs and worms at the Pacific Science Center one time and dared us all to eat one. Most of the women, myself included, declined, but of course all the guys had to cave to peer pressure or look like wimps.

We had a party at our house once and he and another guy dared each other to eat my catfood. Of course they both did, and when I found them, I said, "Damn it, that's expensive!" (I wasn't really mad, I just didn't want them eating the cat's food!)

 

[sameyeyam]

Sam, I thought she was pretty typical when we met up at DL. And I thought it was really sweet of her and her friend to give DS3 and Cooper their little critters from their drinks.

Yeah, they can be sweet when they want to and I really shouldn't complain. She really has been a pretty good kid so far!

One of my former bosses used to seek out gross foods. He was in the Navy in his youth and brags about eating balut, a Philippino delicacy.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balut) And he also bought freeze-dried bugs and worms at the Pacific Science Center one time and dared us all to eat one. Most of the women, myself included, declined, but of course all the guys had to cave to peer pressure or look like wimps.

We had a party at our house once and he and another guy dared each other to eat my catfood. Of course they both did, and when I found them, I said, "Damn it, that's expensive!" (I wasn't really mad, I just didn't want them eating the cat's food!)

Note to self: If ever invited to Alex's for a party be sure to stuff PB&J sandwiches into my purse before going. Then won't be subjected to eating cat food for hors devours!

 

[staley7580]

Yeah, I don't like Andrew Zimmern. It just seems kind of strange to me to go looking for gross foods. I mean it's one thing if it's part of the presentation. Really, even an American could go to the grocery store and find gross things.

Have you noticed that Anthony Bourdain drinks lots of alcohol with his meals. Usually it is bottled beer, but on occassion it's hard liquor. I think that's his secret, let the alcohol kill the funky germs!

DH and I were just discussing how American's "sterilize" their food. Our food doesn't even remotely look like what it started out as. I know my SIL won't even eat whole chicken. The veins & bones gross her out. She has to have chicken strips or boneless, skinless chicken strips. I'm pretty much up to trying anything. If I don't like it I won't try it again. We are going to try to start going to more street festivals and ethnic restaurants in Portland. We need to broaden our culinary tastebuds and expose the kids to foods that are outside of their comfort zone. Ahhh....they're gonna love us!

that probably is his secret! He drinks like a dang fish. It has probably killed all his taste buds, so he doesnt know how gross the stuff he eats really is.

We love all the ethnic food places. We exposed Alex to it early, and now he is game to try anything. Mikalah wont eat anything but hot dogs and macaroni and cheese though. But we live in an area wher ethere are TON of odd little resturants, so we like to try them out.

 

[tinkermell]

One of my former bosses used to seek out gross foods. He was in the Navy in his youth and brags about eating balut, a Philippino delicacy.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balut) And he also bought freeze-dried bugs and worms at the Pacific Science Center one time and dared us all to eat one. Most of the women, myself included, declined, but of course all the guys had to cave to peer pressure or look like wimps.

We had a party at our house once and he and another guy dared each other to eat my catfood. Of course they both did, and when I found them, I said, "Damn it, that's expensive!" (I wasn't really mad, I just didn't want them eating the cat's food!)

Hi all!!

One of my post has already been lost, so I get to start all over again.

My message here was that my second son tried balut in the Phillipines. He'll almost try anything. But he hates onions!!!

 

[staley7580]

One of my former bosses used to seek out gross foods. He was in the Navy in his youth and brags about eating balut, a Philippino delicacy.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balut) And he also bought freeze-dried bugs and worms at the Pacific Science Center one time and dared us all to eat one. Most of the women, myself included, declined, but of course all the guys had to cave to peer pressure or look like wimps.

We had a party at our house once and he and another guy dared each other to eat my catfood. Of course they both did, and when I found them, I said, "Damn it, that's expensive!" (I wasn't really mad, I just didn't want them eating the cat's food!)

Oh gross. Yeah, I know what balut is... Thanks Andrew Zimmern.

Your cat food? ICK!

 

[sameyeyam]

You know, why do we kill all of our food way before we eat it? In most Asian countries they keep the food alive until right before they chop it up to eat it, especially seafood. We see a fish that's been on ice for 3 days and consider it fresh. I'm sitting here watching street vendors grab fish & crustaceans out of tanks, whack them on the head, chop em up and cook them fresh! No wonder that food looks so much better than ours.

 

[staley7580]

Hi all!!

One of my post has already been lost, so I get to start all over again.

My message here was that my second son tried balut in the Phillipines. He'll almost try anything. But he hates onions!!!

Onions are gross!! So is Mayo by the way. Hi Melody!!

 

[tinkermell]

Megan, I am responding to the peer pressure on the VIP tour.

I didn't mean to lay it on so strong. I just really wanted to know why you were getting cold feet.

Sorry! I hope you have a good time on it. Otherwise, I might be in big trouble!

 

[Alex2kMommy]

Cool!! Our decorator at our office bought an Apple once. It was recommended for more artistic application. However, he was completely computer unsavy and kept coming to me for help. That was probably about 15 years ago, but even then I was completely lost on what to do. I think they are more like IBM compatible's than they used to be aren't they? I always worked on DOS based computer and had a hard time switching over to Windows. Windows is nice, but it's really set up for non-computer people and really slows me down. I had a really hard time getting used to a mouse. I'm still one of those people that tend to use the function and shift keys to get things done. Guess it's just a habit!

Wasn't there some controversy that Bill Gates sort of stole Steve Jobs Apple based computer operating system and tweaked it a bit and made it into Windows? So I would think the two systems are pretty close to each other aren't they??

Actually, Apple is very user-friendly, particularly if you don't know what you're doing, very intuitive with the icons and menus and so forth. And Windows is based on Apple's software. Microsoft and Apple were working together on an operating system years ago, but disagreed on some key component, so they broke the deal. MS went on to produce Windows, which looked very much like Apple.

 

[sameyeyam]

that probably is his secret! He drinks like a dang fish. It has probably killed all his taste buds, so he doesnt know how gross the stuff he eats really is.

We love all the ethnic food places. We exposed Alex to it early, and now he is game to try anything. Mikalah wont eat anything but hot dogs and macaroni and cheese though. But we live in an area wher ethere are TON of odd little resturants, so we like to try them out.

Not many ethnic food places in a small town. We're just getting used to having a McDonald's finally! Ethnic food here is considered getting tartar sauce to dip your french fries in!

Hi all!!

One of my post has already been lost, so I get to start all over again.

My message here was that my second son tried balut in the Phillipines. He'll almost try anything. But he hates onions!!!

Hi Melody!! I love onions, but think I would probably pass on balut. Although when I was a kid my uncle used to make pancakes with fresh duck eggs and I think a few of them were a little beyond the "egg" stage. So technically I've probably had balut!

 

[staley7580]

Megan, I am responding to the peer pressure on the VIP tour.

I didn't mean to lay it on so strong. I just really wanted to know why you were getting cold feet.

Sorry! I hope you have a good time on it. Otherwise, I might be in big trouble!

Oh no!! I was just kidding about that! Right now it looks like we are going to be splitting off into smaller groups, so that seems like a FAR better plan to me. I just think it was a little odd to try and cram that many people into one tour on a Friday afternoon on what is supposed to be such a busy weekend. Im sure that I will have a good time. Heck, I will be with you guys.. What could be more fun? Well... I could think of one or 2 things, but that probably isnt appropriate for a family board.

 

[Alex2kMommy]

Onions are gross!! So is Mayo by the way. Hi Melody!!

But... the crab cake!

I actually can't stand the smell of mayo, nor too much of the flavor. I like it mixed in for potato salad, tuna salad, egg salad. Or a tiny bit used on my turkey sandwich for a little zing, but that's about it, otherwise I don't use it.

I do love onions, but they don't love me anymore. OMG, I used to loooove onion rings, the big, thick, real ones! Now I can eat only one or two, otherwise things get ugly! It sucks to get old!