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Food Network

  I never watch the Food Network.  I do think often that I would like to learn to cook. 
I went to the Food Network web site and it looks good.

  I am looking right now at a recipe for slow-cooker Texas chili.  I have a slow-cooker. 

  I do not have any of the ingredients that I need.  I just got stock up on some of the stuff so that I have it here.  Then I could try and cook something. 
  I have no brown sugar, no Kosher salt, no vegetable oil, no onion and no clove garlic, green chiles, cumin, chili power, tomatoes etc. 
  I guess that gives me something to do.

  I make chili sometimes and I even made it recently with my slow-cooker.  But I just toss in what I have and do not follow a recipe.  I think my chili is always good but it never taste the same.
 
  I would also like to get a digital rice cooker and food steamer.  I think about a 16 cub size would be good.  I like rice.  I have not done it recently but I used to make rice and I would spice it up with whatever I had around and I would toss in different things I had to the rice. I think it was good but again it never tasted the same.
 
  Russ and I for a time were eating a lot of rice.  I would get the rice in the boxes and make it and add whatever I had to it.  Russ has now gone to liking certain foods and most of them frozen.  I am not sure I could get him to eat rice that I made anymore.

  Dar and Jimmy are going to Kroger today.  She always goes to Walmart for food but today is going to try out Kroger.  She will pick up some stuff for Russ and I. 
  I like that Kroger store.  Jimmy used to work at that store.

Walmart’s Great Value Lasagna

  Well the Braum’s Lasagna was not bad but not great.  On a scale of 1 to 10 I would give it a 6.  If I had not had a much better tasting frozen lasagna I would have given it a higher rating.
  So far the best frozen lasagna I have had is the Walmart’s Great Value Lasagna.  I would rate it a 9 on the scale of 1 to 10.

  I did a search on the web and found directions on how to make your own “Meaty Cheesy Lasagna.”  I do not have ingredients around here.  I would have to make sure I make a point of getting what I need. 
  We have a big store close by but walking to it takes 15 minutes.  It is a down hill walk.  That is OK but coming back up the hill with a few things, we do not have a car, is a killer.  I feel like I am going to have a heart attack each time.  Sometime I need to walk down to the store with a long list of ingredients and then get a bunch of stuff and call a cab to bring me home.
  There is a small Mexican store close by here.  They have a big meat department.  I am going to have to see if I can find most everything I need over there and start making home made food.

Braum’s Lasagna

  I just put Braum’s Lasagna in the oven.  It has to cook for an hour and 30 minutes.  I think it will be good. Russ and I like lasagna.  I think it cost about $13.00 but I think it will feed four.  I will check and see if Dar and Jimmy want some when it is done.

  I made pork chops last night.  Russ would not eat any.  They were good.  I ate both of them.
I love pork chops.  I love bacon. 

  Well the 80 mg of Furosemide (water pill) is working.  I have more output.  The only problem is I am going all the time.  It is hard to get very far away from the bathroom.  I can not say the swelling is down a lot in my left foot yet.
  I took my first potassium pill today.  I got it down OK.

  I think Amazon will get some of my compression socks here tomorrow.  I will let you know how they work and how they feel.  I got a feeling it is not going to feel good.  I do not even like normal socks.  Of course normal socks cut into my legs big time because of the swelling.

  Back to the lasagna I am going to have soon.  I love the microwave but I cook the lasagna in the oven it is better.  But in the microwave it would be ready in 23 minutes.  In the oven it takes 1 hour and 25 minutes.
  The package says one serving is one cup!  I think I eat two or three cups.  I never measure calories or worry about them.  But one cup is 300 calories.  Are you ready for this?
  One cup of this lasagna is 1320 mg of sodium. 
  
  With that much salt you know it will be good.

  I just got an email from Dar.  She said that she and Jimmy both want some of it.

Manzana

  I am out of Coke.  I had to have something.  We had a bottle of Manzana (Spanish for apple) in the ice box.  I got it at the Mexican store.  Been there for some time.
  It is made by TopoChico.  (since 1895)
  It was very good.  Next time I get over to the store I will try and remember to pick up some more of it and I will try some of the other stuff that they make.

Going to BestBuy Today

  I am going to BestBuy today.  I know I bad mouth them often but they still get my business sometimes.
  I am going for Sodamix for my new SodaStream Jet device.  They sell the Sodamix.  I am going to get a couple of cola, a energy, a orange and zero cola. They are $4.99 each except for the energy one is $6.99 for it.

  Russell likes the orange.  Jimmy, my son, likes the energy drink.

  Since I am going to be at BestBuy I am going to pick up the Logitech Z313 speakers.  They are on sale for $39.99 and they been getting a pretty good review for low end speakers.  The plan is to use them on my computer but I may hook them up to my LCD TV and see how the sound on the TV set.

  It is 47 degrees right now and will get to 66 degrees today in Fort Worth.
  
  I would like a couple more bottles for the SodaStream but two of them are $20.00 and I will just make do with the three I have now.
  I hate to spend money for speakers because my hearing is so bad.  Sort of a waste.

  It is 2 AM.  I better get to bed.  I want to get to BestBuy early.

National ‘motel kids’ problem

  I just read California chef feeds children for free on CNN. 
The “hero” Bruno Serato feeds more than 300 children each night in Anaheim, California.  
 
  We should not have hunger in America.  But most of all we should not have children in the United States going to bed hungry.

  NPR has some information on Hunger in America. 
 
  I suspect that politics is part of the problem.  I am sure the evil empire (the Republican Party) will say that we can not afford to feed American children.  I am sure the evil empire will say well they need to get a job.  The evil empire will say that the problem is that we give foreign aid to other nations.  I am sure that the evil empire will say it is all the wet back Mexicans here in the United States. 
  The Republicans will say if we would just cut the taxes on the rich people that somehow that would feed the children. 

  We have so many problems here in the United States that we need to work on.  I just do not see how we can get anything done with the evil empire in Washington.
 
  To tell you the truth I did not think about the problem of “motel kids” but I am sure that is a real problem. 
  Thank God for people like Bruno Serato.

Water water everywhere

  I just ordered a Pur 18 Cub Dispenser with one Pitcher Filter.

  If you been reading ShowMeBlog and Howard’s Notebook you will know that I drink just about zero water.  I get all my water from Coke.  Russell drinks a lot of water.
  My hope is that I can get Russ to use the water dispenser with filter and we will not have to haul in bottled water.  I also am telling myself that I will start drinking some water.  We will see about that.

  I also ordered a Sodastream Jet Starter Kit. 

 

  The goal is not so much reduce the cost of the drinks we get as it is to cut out the need to haul all the bottles and cans home.  If the cost is less that will be great.
  I am not sure if I will like the taste of the “sodamix” or not.  We will see what happens.  I will let you know how it works out for me.

Crockpot

  I got a 7 quart crockpot today.  I make chili sometimes and I think using the crockpot might let me make more of it at a time and keep it warm and ready to eat longer.
  I also want to make some home made soup.  I like pot roast but have never made any so I want to try making it.
  We will see if I use the crockpot.  I often want something and get it and never use it.

Fried Green Tomatoes

  I hate to admit it but I loved the movie “Fried Green Tomatoes.”  The reason I hate to admit it is that I think it is a “chick” movie.  Real men do not like movies like that we love movies like “Road House.”  I, of course, not only loved the movie road house I used his line “My way or the highway.”  I was working hospital security at a small hospital next to 71 highway and a guy was at the admitting desk being a prick.  So I went over and ended up telling him “My way or the highway.” 

  Back to “Fried Green Tomatoes” movie.  I been wonder what in the hell fried green tomatoes taste like and are they any good.
 
 

  Yesterday I ate at Captain D’s (see photo on left) and they offered fried green tomatoes.  I got three and I think it was 99 cents for them.  I am glad I did not order the 7 of them.
  Now I am not sure if their fried green tomatoes are a true sample of them or not.  I was not impressed and I did not even eat two of them.
  Now I know what fried green tomatoes taste like after all of these years.

 

  I was the “mayor” at Caption D’s but the other day someone beat me out.  This visit did not get me back as mayor yet.  The mayor thing is a Foursquare thing. 

Braum’s Light Key Lime Pie Ice Cream

  I am a very simple guy and I often do not try new things.  Tonight I went down to Braum’s to pick up some frozen chili and some ice cream for Russell. 
  Russell wanted Vanilla Bean.  I got some French Vanilla for myself.  They had Light Key Lime Pie ice cream.  I am not into any “light” foods.  I know I should  be but I try to avoid them.  But I decided to get some Light Key Lime Pie ice cream.
  I am eating it right now and it is great.  I love it.  I am sure glad I decided to try something different for a change.

  The last couple of days I been watching a lot of the Military Channel.  That is one of the new channels I got from Charter.  I signed up for their “Digital View and Digital View Plus” package.
  I have taken a look at LOGO the gay channel.  Oh man all their stuff sucks  (errr.. you know what I mean).  I wonder how that channel is doing?  I have not sat and watched it .. but I checked it out a few times for a few minutes and it is not good. 
  I was watching “Morning Joe” when I was getting MSNBC or whatever channel it was on and enjoying it.  Well I would rate it 3 stars (out of five).  Now I do not get that channel but I get Fox Business Network and I can start watching “Imus in the Morning.” 

  I been out of bird seed for over a week.  Ken gave me some seed and a small bird feeder to stick on the window.  So tomorrow I will see if the birds return.  He used the bird feeder on his window and he said the birds never came.
  I was getting my bird seed at Walgreens but I think they may not sell it now.  I got the last bag and it was on sale for $1.49 and the normal price was $6.00 and they were selling their feeders on sale.  
  I am not sure I can afford to feed birds. I am not sure how much I was spending I think it was at least $12.00 a month. 

  I just had a small amount of that Key Lime Pie ice cream because I was not sure I would like it.  I loved it.  But now I sort of got some sort of after taste in my mouth. 
  I guess that is sort of normal for me.  Dairy products do not agree with me.  I do not think I have a problem with hard cheeses but ice cream for sure causes some problems for my system.