– When I was growing up, I had a real aversion to tomato-y things. I went through a phase where I would squish out as much of the tomato sauce from a piece of pizza as I could. I liked ketchup with my fries, but only then just a tiny bit. And forget about actual tomatoes. That’s all changed now, of course, especially my application of ketchup. I don’t think eating it with eggs is all that odd (because ketchup + fries –> ketchup + hasbrowns –> ketchup + eggs), but sometimes I stop as I’m drizzling it over a pile of sauteed green veg and laugh at myself. Broccoli and ketchup, eh? It’s good.
– We’ve been having miserable weather lately, sun-wise, but the temperatures have been very mild (in the 40s!), and the snow is melting pretty quickly now. I’d forgotten what the surface of roads looked like, or how wide my driveway is (since my piles of shoveled snow narrow it considerably in the winter). I brought the garbage out this morning and then had a look around my back yard. There are things! Growing things! I even had to start my Garden 2010 set on flickr today. Quite a few of the hardier herbs seem ready to pick up where they left off, and I was pleasantly surprised to see my (wild) blueberries already growing.
– Did I mention that I bought myself a Cuisinart Ice Cream Maker? And that it arrived a few days ago? I think this will be the weekend to finally make the pudding ice cream dream come true. The only trick is deciding what flavor of pudding to use. I’m thinking stick to the basics: chocolate, but with double chocolate Newman-O’s mixed in. Oh boy, oh boy.
– I’m running a 5k tomorrow! I’ve just checked the forecast, and it’s no longer calling for rain, which is a relief. The race shouldn’t really be a big deal because A) I’m not very fast, so it’s not really a ‘race’ in the usual sense of the word and B) I run 3+ miles fairly routinely. But I’m still excited and a bit nervous. Mainly because it starts at 9:15am. That’s still sleepin’ time! I might have to fall asleep before 2:00am tonight.
I’m right there with you on the ketchup on french fries to hashbrowns, but when you jump food groups to eggs? Nah – totally not! Eww. (to me anyways) But then to each his own, so they say. I’d never do ketchup on hash browns, but I understand it. And I suppose if you did do ketchup on hashbrowns, then it could leak to your eggs and you might develop a taste for it, but it’s still odd to me. But I don’t see it as gross or anything, just not my taste. I also have a Cuisinart Ice Cream Maker and the idea of pudding desserts appeal to me greatly. (I remember the pudding pops of yesteryear and I miss them. The new versions don;t taste the same!) Keep us updated on your Cusinart ice cream maker hits and misses! (Please!) Good luck on your 5k!
Good luck on your 5K! Hope it’s not too drizzly and dreary.
Can’t wait to see what you make with the ice cream maker. Thanks also for all the previous food review, I’d love to try all of them but unfortunately most are not available in UK. After reading about the chocolate stevia that you use, I finally tracked some on us ebay and bought some of the sweetleaf brand ones, can’t wait to try them.