September 2, 2009 | Food, Friends, I Just Logged On My Internet, Other Bloggers

I’m not that great of a cook, but I like food.

Gabe does most of the quality cooking in this joint, but I try to do at least half of the cooking.

This is why I was on the internet trying to figure out how to hard boil an egg.

I mean, yes, I know you boil eggs in a pan with water in it on the stove, but I was looking for cooking times. Hard boiled eggs always trip me up.

I went to my handy dandy search engine and I searched for “perfect hard boiled egg”.

And you want to hear something crazy? I chose the third entry because it looked the most promising and it just so happens that I personally knew the person who wrote the article.

I don’t mean that I met her at a book signing or we were introduced once at a cocktail party. I mean she used to be my boss.

I just took 40 minutes finding a picture of us together from BlogHer ‘07 and it turns out I look like a crazy person with balloon head and so I won’t post it, but thanks to the glory that is Flickr (and the genius of Isabel via twitter):

Picture Courtesy  Mom2Summit flickr pool

We are the two in the middle. I am the pasty one. She is the one with the pretty hair.

My whole point is that what are the odds that I find a random recipe on the internet and it turns out to be written by someone I actually know? Maybe this web isn’t so wide after all.

And also, thanks, Stefania. My eggs were perfect.

Posted by Goon Squad Sarah @ 1:15 pm | 8 Comments  

April 2, 2009 | Food, PSA

Unless you are purposely going for that bloated look I would recommend not eating an entire bag of cheddar Chex Mix.

All by yourself.

In one sitting.

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In related news, I may need to get my engagement ring re-sized, but hopefully this is just a temporary situation due to extraordinary salt intake.

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I seriously feel like I am going to explode.

Don’t try this at home.

Posted by Goon Squad Sarah @ 4:44 pm | 15 Comments  

March 18, 2009 | Conspiracy Theories, Food

That’s right. You heard me. I named my post cheese powder. What of it?

I have a theory about cheese powder having addictive properties akin to heroin.

You think I am crazy.

I give you the following examples:

Cheetohs

Doritos

Ritz Toasted Chips, Dairyland Cheddar Flavor

Planters Cheez Blass (their spelling, not mine)

I challenge you to eat one of any of the above, then wait two full minutes and eat two more of them.

Then stop eating them.

There is no way you can stop after that. There are only three things that can stop the madness.

1) Horrible stomach ache.

2) You can run out. You have no choice but to stop, and you feel to sick to drive to the store to buy more.

3) You are in the presence of another adult who calls you out. “Are you seriously going to eat that entire bag of Doritos?”

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In related news, I have a horrible stomace ache.

Posted by Goon Squad Sarah @ 9:36 am | 26 Comments  

February 17, 2009 | Audience Participation, Food, Questions For You

1)    Think about the best meal you ever ate in a restaurant. What was the restaurant?

2)    What is your favorite kind of cheese?

3)    What is your favorite varietal of wine?

4)    Have you ever eaten foie gras? If so, did you like it?

5)    What is your favorite flavor of potato chip?

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Posted by Goon Squad Sarah @ 6:46 pm | 56 Comments  

January 17, 2009 | Food, Proof of My Immaturity

“There are two things in the world you never want to let people see how you make ‘em: laws and sausages.”

- Leo McGarry: The West Wing

(Kemp, you read my mind when you said that on Twitter.

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Sausage anyone?

I’m not kidding. We’ve got a ton left.

I’m trying to convince Gabe to start a food blog.

Posted by Goon Squad Sarah @ 1:16 pm | 16 Comments