Friday Follies VII
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Okay, last week’s Follies were a bit top-heavy, but fun. This week’s will be short and sweet, thanks to a bandit with a sweet tooth. Among other oddities…
Madison, WI: Just Rollin’ Along…
It’s a good thing cops use carcams these days, or this story would have been missed by most folks. Seems a drunken bandit, one Warrent G. Whitelightning (See? There IS a God, and with a sense of humor!), carjacked (truckjacked?) a Krispy Kreme driver while a delivery was being made. A moderate-speed chase ensued, with doughnuts flying all over the road. The bandit’s ploy of plopping fat pills on the tarmac didn’t work. One cop, A University of Wisconsin policeman, had the discipline to follow in the food-strewn wake of the stolen truck. I guess the others were stopping and picking up the free breakfast or something. But hey, it only takes one when the vehicle is a large delivery vehicle driven by an impaired operator.
You can see the video here. A trial has been ordered for the alleged assailant; rumors are that law enforcement will be greatly in attendance, hoping for free samples.
In related Krispy Kreme news, their stock was reportedly up 20% the next day. I guess the old saw that “any publicity is good publicity” must be true…
Newsweek: The Baby-Bakin’ Business
The current issue of Newsweek has an interesting article on food and fertility. Up to now, food’s been blamed for everything from the “obesity epidemic” to bunions to nose hair. Fortunately, this article doesn’t take a simplistic approach to the issue of how nutrition affects human reproduction. It does point out, however, that we know a lot more about how food affects fertility in pigs and sheep than we do in people. Puritanism strikes again!
There’s a nice adjunct article with some great recipes. They may not help you get pregnant, but some of them look like they’d be tasty!
When my wife was pregnant some years back, she had several months of “morning sickness.” So I searched and cooked and found a meal she could eat, enjoy, and most importantly, keep down! (Her comment at the time: “Nothing tastes great the second time around.”) We called it Pregnant Stew. Here’s the recipe:
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 yellow onion, chopped
- 2 tsp minced garlic
- 2 stalks celery, sliced
- 1 can diced tomatoes
- 1 can (16 oz) tomato sauce
- lemon pepper, to taste
- salt, to taste
- ½ to 1 lb carrots, sliced
- 1½ lb potatoes, sliced
Brown the beef and onions; transfer to a stewpot. Add garlic, celery, tomatoes and sauce; season and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Add carrots and potatoes; reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until veggies are tender, about 20 minutes. That’s it!
Unlike the Newsweek article, this stuff won’t help your fertility (I think), but it tastes good enough that you’ll think you’re carrying twins after you load up on it…
This Little Piggie Went to the Baseball Game (on Market Street)
You think your life is hard? Think of those poor sports mascots! This poor guy didn’t even get to start his job with his fan-favorite name before he was embroiled in controversy. Then again, what do you expect when your “name” is PorkChop?
The Lehigh Valley IronPigs, an affiliate (AAA level) of the Phillies baseball club, held a contest to choose a new name for their mascot, an oversized, furry pig. More than 7,300 folks voted, and PorkChop won. But before the first game with PorkChop on the field, complaints were filed. Guillermo Lopez, vice president of the Latino Leadership Alliance, said he was called “pork chop” when he worked at Bethlehem Steel years ago, and that his parents (now deceased) would be upset to learn about the mascot’s new name. (I could get on a rant about names, considering what I was called as a teenager working a construction site; sometimes, these folks need to get a life. But I digress.)
Anyway, the mascot still has a job. The same job. Only now his name is the much more exciting (and food-relevant) Ferrous. As in the wheel at the carnival, right next to the hot dog stand you like so much…
Enjoy the Heat!
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