Comments on: On The Side: small bites during the month of January

By: Amy

Amy — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:15:30 +0000

Mom & Dad – there were definitely some goods snippets this month. The coke machine video and job app were everyone’s favorites.

Dani – LOL. I have ADD, too…in the tangent sense. Can they make a flowchart for that? You should actually see how long this list is before I start eliminating some of the links!

By: Dani H

Dani H — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 02:14:25 +0000

You know how much I love, love, love your Small Bites. I have something akin to ADD though ~ not a short attention span, but I click on a link then something there reminds me of another site, so then I go there. Then I think maybe you (and/or someone else) may like it, too, so I open another tab and go back and forth between the site and email so that I can include the links. Then that reminds me of something else, so I open another window to go to yet another site, and then…… Well, you can see that (a) I have a problem and (b) it takes me days to check out all of your links! :P I loved every one this month. One highlight for me was the whole chicken in a can. *snort* & *eeewww* I LOVE everything at the site that you linked to for the chop sticks! I think I may have to get myself a talking Moo-Mixer. Er, I mean get one for my “grandkids.” I also like how you group the food products together. The Herb-Saver looks great! Okay, I’ve rambled on long enough. Just so you know, I want to retweet the link to this post again, but I’m staying off Twitter right now so that I will do things like laundry. I will be doing it as soon as I go back into the Twitterverse. Thanks for taking the time to compile this list for your readers, Amy. You rock! *hugs*

By: Mom

Mom — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:24:24 +0000

Loved so many of these, especially the Coke, Job application & Comical Flow Chart. Food expiration brought back so many memories of conversations with Nan! She kept things FOREVER. I’m convinced it added years to her life but am afraid to follow her lead. I must admit I find things in my cabinets that are so old it’s embarrassing, but do end up throwing them out. My students would love cookies with their initials. Very clever. The herb saver looks interesting, too. Now I know I’m getting old, because I couldn’t identify most of the cupcakes. Heavy sigh…. All in all, this was a great post.

By: Dad

Dad — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:00:27 +0000

Loved the Coke vid and the job app, and am amazed that anybody had that much time to come up with a flow chart for food dropped on the floor. As for how long after the expiration date is food safe, it’s what you have eyes and a nose for: if it’s blue and should be green, throw it out. If it’s green and has turned blue, it might be freezer burn, but throw it out anyway. If it smells like cheese, but it’s meat, throw it out. If it smells like meat, but it’s a liquid, throw it out. If it’s sushi, throw it out. Sushi expired before it was caught and/or prepared.

The reason that Dave Bell, Al Bernardin, and Curt Allina lived to be in their 80s is that, once they made their fortune inventing this stuff, they never had to eat it again – except for Allina who proved that the future was in plastics.

I’m sorry, but the FDA has decided that all chopsticks are hazardous to your kids’ health, and should be discarded by returning them to the manufacturer so that jewery can be produced without lead or cadmium.

And as for edible crayons, everyone over 2 knows that they always have been.

By: Joanne

Joanne — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:24:54 +0000

These are so much fun Amy, really. I am going to spend my day reading all of them. And not doing any studying. You enabler, you!

But seriously I think I will check out that herb saver. It could be very very useful.