Hit that perfect meatball
No, not totally loopy today, just go here to see what I mean.....and while you are at it, check out the rest of this insane genius' work here.
There is a bit of a meatball theme, or perhaps a bit 'italiano del faux', to make up some Fremdwoerter, since I've been cooking all afternoon and enjoying myself immensely. It's like work, but you get to eat what you make. So there are now a vast number of meatballs, a big pot of tomato sauce and an ish-pizza on the go downstairs. Lovely. It'll all last me to the end of the week, which is good since I'm trying to do things on the cheapo and food is my biggest expense that I can do something about. So it's carbohydrate-heavy meals with a lot of mince or tuna for me for the next weeks, months, years.....good job I like the stuff. But, to point out the completely obvious, have you noticed that the cheapest foods are generally the carb-rich ones? I mean, if you are trying to eat on the cheap you want maximum nutrient for minimum cost, and it's usually low-grade pasta, lower-grade bread and cack-ass rice (dont buy the american long grain stuff, people, it's useless....stick with something much nicer like basmati or jasmine - or arborio to stick with the italian theme), all of which are not that delightful to eat: and veg is unbelievably overpriced, if you want variety. I'm totally gutted about not living close to a greengrocers like I have almost everywhere else, with the in-season and cheaper pricing things going on....and come to that, I want a local butcher again, like my friendly australian guy in brizzle who would joint chickens and pound out cheaper steak for me (no gags about some Ozzie beating my meat, please). Personal service, it's the way forward. And I shall stop here before I turn into Hugh Fernley-Whittingstall.
I'm also rather disturbed by certain new aspects of Blogger; I can no longer click on the little icons at the top of anyone's blog, I have to go through mine or (tediously) type in the whole url. After which it then logs me in totally automatically, which is slightly unnerving. Still, I'll get used to it; I always do.
Not much else has happened today, a bit of pancake breakfast (still all about the layered foods), clean of the kitchen (my turn, *groan*) and some shopping, and a lot of repeat listening to music since my ipod has very little on it at the moment. And so to evening.....have a good one, bloggardes!
There is a bit of a meatball theme, or perhaps a bit 'italiano del faux', to make up some Fremdwoerter, since I've been cooking all afternoon and enjoying myself immensely. It's like work, but you get to eat what you make. So there are now a vast number of meatballs, a big pot of tomato sauce and an ish-pizza on the go downstairs. Lovely. It'll all last me to the end of the week, which is good since I'm trying to do things on the cheapo and food is my biggest expense that I can do something about. So it's carbohydrate-heavy meals with a lot of mince or tuna for me for the next weeks, months, years.....good job I like the stuff. But, to point out the completely obvious, have you noticed that the cheapest foods are generally the carb-rich ones? I mean, if you are trying to eat on the cheap you want maximum nutrient for minimum cost, and it's usually low-grade pasta, lower-grade bread and cack-ass rice (dont buy the american long grain stuff, people, it's useless....stick with something much nicer like basmati or jasmine - or arborio to stick with the italian theme), all of which are not that delightful to eat: and veg is unbelievably overpriced, if you want variety. I'm totally gutted about not living close to a greengrocers like I have almost everywhere else, with the in-season and cheaper pricing things going on....and come to that, I want a local butcher again, like my friendly australian guy in brizzle who would joint chickens and pound out cheaper steak for me (no gags about some Ozzie beating my meat, please). Personal service, it's the way forward. And I shall stop here before I turn into Hugh Fernley-Whittingstall.
I'm also rather disturbed by certain new aspects of Blogger; I can no longer click on the little icons at the top of anyone's blog, I have to go through mine or (tediously) type in the whole url. After which it then logs me in totally automatically, which is slightly unnerving. Still, I'll get used to it; I always do.
Not much else has happened today, a bit of pancake breakfast (still all about the layered foods), clean of the kitchen (my turn, *groan*) and some shopping, and a lot of repeat listening to music since my ipod has very little on it at the moment. And so to evening.....have a good one, bloggardes!
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