Food: June 2008 Archives

First off, there is this pie recipe that I made 2 weekends ago. Before a whirlwind visit to NoVA, I had made a blueberry ginger ice box pie, which we dug into before we left my parents’ house. They were willing participants in the experimental tasting, and so far as I know, it was a hit. (At least no one came up sick.)

OK, those who tried it actually raved about it. It’s relatively easy to make and tastes oh-so-good, as long as you have a few hours ahead of service time to have it chill.

The headline on the story says it all: Judge agrees: Duke football as bad as it gets. And it was Duke that asked for this ruling. You’re just going to have to read the story to find out why.

I’m knocking on wood as I write this, as I certainly hope it never comes to this for Rice.

OK, one of these days, I’m going to finish cleaning up and organizing my office. In the meantime, I can shoot off this quick tidbit from today.

We took the kids to eat at a restaurant called Noodles & Company. We had one open recently in a nearby shopping center. I don’t know if any of you have eaten at one, but the food is good. I had eaten an one several times (when I traveled to Milwaukee on business), but Kellie and the kids had not eaten at one. We went today because a church parishioner had opened the restaurant and was offering a fundraiser for the church youth program if enough people ate there. It was fairly busy when we were there, so I’m guessing it might have been successful.

The kids all had macaroni and cheese, while Kellie and I tried a couple of different Asian-inspired dishes. Please realize, Sean will eat anything. Seriously, we put it in front of him and he’ll eat it — asparagus tips, squash, Daddy’s Texas-style chili, etc. Daniel isn’t quite as adventerous, but often will try things.

Well, Sean saw the bean sprouts on my dish and started pointing at them. I thought he just wanted my chopsticks, but no, he wanted the bean sprouts. So, I gave him one, and in the mouth it went. Crunch, crunch, and suddenly it was gone. OK, I go back to eating. Except there is this insistent grunt to my right, and Sean wants more. A whole lot more, it turns out. And getting one with a bit too much spicy sauce (from my dish) only temporarily deters him. A quick drink from the sippy cup, and he’s back at the pile. He was shoveling them in.

When Daniel saw Sean trying these out, he decided he too needed it. So he picks up the bean sprout, looks at it, then takes a small bite. Then another, and another bite. He doesn’t eat as much as Sean, nor as quickly, but he does get a second helping.

Don’t worry — Will is still like a normal kid. He wouldn’t try it. (Even said No Thank You.)

We wished we had the camera with us. Watching Sean eat them was just jaw-dropping - eating plain bean sprouts over mac and cheese. Not that you would expect to have a camera-worthy moment when just eating bowls of mac and cheese; hence no camera.