“To Each His Own”

Some people have food recipes that no one else seems to like. And, from MetaFilter is this site that lists many such questionable recipes. This will give you the general idea:

I like to take bologna and put it on a hot dog bun with string cheese and orange marmalade in the middle of the bologna, then micro wave it to melt the cheese a little--about 1 minute. Yum! I also like grape jelly and roast beef sandwhiches. I like grilled cheese sanwhiches, with strawberry jam and ham as the filling. Hamburgers on a plate, no bun, smothered in syrup or honey is good too. […]

But, even the MetaFilter thread itself is a good source for many such recipes. In particular, I’ll excerpt this one for Jason ;).

Crack two eggs in a bowl, mix with bbq sauce, cheyenne pepper, tabasco and chives. Scramble it, put it on english muffin with bacon, melt cheese over it.

My arteries are fine... so far. [emphasis mine]

Weirdness aside, these two actually seem a bit tempting, though I’d have to tweak the recipe for non-Pillsbury brand dough:

Oddity # 1:

Take small candy bars (typically called “fun size” here in the States — seen the most at Halloween) and wrap them in canned (Pilsbury) crescent roll dough, seal ’em up, bake them according to the directions on the dough.

Butterfingers work best. Crispy and brown pastry shell, melty goodness on the inside.

Oddity # 2:

Grilled peanut butter, banana and honey sandwiches. Smear butter on the outside and grill them like you would a grilled cheese sandwich. Call me Elvis.

British Open

Whew, that was a close one for Ernie Els as he won his first British Open. He had a narrow one-to-two stroke lead for most of the final round. But, in the last holes, he lost some ground to force a playoff with Australians Stuart Appleby and Steve Elkington and Thomas Levet of France.

In the end, Els held strong and avoided mistakes. Ernie Els is the new Open champion.

With one foot in the bunker and the other on the bank Els played a magnificent recovery from the downslope at the back of the bunker, running the ball within five feet of the hole.

Across the left to right slope Levet struck the putt firmly, shaving the hole as it ran seven feet past. He holed for a five leaving Els a single putt for the championship. He holed it.

If you missed any of the Open Championship, ABC is airing final-round highlights at 5:00/4:00c.

More on the Economy

This morning, I woke up and thought to myself, “Thank goodness all that ‘Crash of 2002’ stuff was just a dream.” *boggle*

And, in other news, Wall Street Suffers Worst Setback Since Yesterday:

Stocks took another beating yesterday in what analysts are now calling the worst day on Wall Street since the day before yesterday.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell to a record low, while the Nasdaq plunged even further. The last time either average visited these levels, George W. Bush was president, Alan Greenspan was chairman of the Federal Reserve, and “Malcolm in the Middle” was still on television. […]

HHOS?

Low-Carb Eating

I’ve been following some of the low-carb diets, and Josh passed along that 20/20 had a segment last night on low-carb diets. He happened to e-mail me as it was airing, so by the time I read the e-mail, I had missed it ;). Luckily, though, there’s a good summary on their website.

“The theory was that a low-fat/high-carb diet would control weight and help prevent killer diseases. But most of the studies that followed actually failed to show a direct link between fat in the diet and heart disease and cancer. But by then it was too late — even science couldn't shake the prevailing wisdom that all fats are bad, and all carbs are good,” explained Johnson.

By investigating the genesis of this theory, Taubes found that the government's initial decision 30 years ago to promote low-fat diets was not based on recommendations from doctors or scientists, but rather from lawyers who worked for Sen. George McGovern in the mid-1970s. […]

I also found the “good fats / bad fats” and “good carbs / bad carbs” charts especially helpful. I was confused for a sec when it appeared that pasta was listed both as a “bad carb” and and as a “good carb” — but, it looks like the distinction is that “wheat or oat … pastas” are ok (at least, according to the chart).