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God, work just sucks sometimes! You know! I don't mind helping out and covering extra shifts when they're short-handed, but it sucks when it becomes expected and there is no gratitude. I could look at two way's, but today is my Friday so I'm not looking at it any way until Wed. ENOUGH SAID! That's where I've been, work, eat, sleep, and work some more SO, ON WITH THE SHOW....... You know, I'm one of the few guy's that actually love's to go shopping! Of course if you have been paying attention, you would probably know that as I'm a people watcher, but I still love to shop none the less! Don't laugh, but I've spent hours wandering around a large grocery store or mall and never purchased a thing! Window shopping I guess it's called, but I call it single, alone, bored, and broke! No, just kidding! Well maybe the first three! And working in the food service industry, I can look into someones<b> basket </font></b>and tell you what's for dinner, not that I go around peering into peoples baskets and checking out what everyone is buying, although that would be a great job! Be kind of like the food police or something, which brings me around to this.... Has anyone ever really looked at all the ready made foods that are now available? I mean does anyone cook for real anymore? I'm beginning to think not as mealtime has been scrunched in between work, home and family causing a small window to create a meal. I just love watching 30 min Meals, as it's funny because it works if you already have every ingredient already in the pantry and fridge, but to create those meals you would have to shop on a daily basis or have a walk-in refrigerator and a huge dry storage area, which last I saw most homes don't have. Don't get me wrong, they're great ideas but not really that practical. I remember taking Home Economics in Junior High School and the teacher taught us how to make Funnel Cakes. Basically, running pancake batter through a funnel into a pan of oil. So when I proudly came home and told my Mom that I was going to make dinner, and told her what I was making, she gladly lent a hand and helped me get everything together. So my meal was Sausage Patties, with Eggs over medium, and funnel cakes. So when My Dad came home and sat down for dinner and I put this in front of him he went off like a skyrocket! He sat there and looked at his plate and said, "What in the Hell is this?" And when I told him what it was he really went off saying, "This is the shit they're teaching you in school?". "This has got to be the biggest waste of food that I've ever seen!" "Instead of teaching you how to make deep fried pancakes, they should have shown you how to cook something that you can actually eat like a pot of beans and Ham Hocks with some fried potatoes!" I stood there horrified thinking what an asshole he was and trying not to cry, when my Mom went off saying, That was the most insensitive thing she had ever heard in her life, and that he should be thankful that at least I was paying attention in school and showing some interest in cooking and that he would just go hungry as there was not going to be anything else to eat and he should shut up and eat his dinner. My Dad wore the pants in the family but every once in a while he would do or say something that would totally piss my Mom off and this was one of those times!! It was the only time that I made dinner as well as the only time that I could remember my Dad sitting there like a little not wanting to eat his dinner, swirling his fork around his plate as my mom sat there to make sure he ate it all, constantly re-assuring me that it was very good, ISN'T IT DAD? And my Father mumbling inaudible words as you could actually see the pain on his face having to eat this for fear of Mom's wrath!!  |
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