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beans

note to self: next time you make a pot of pinto beans, add beano or soak them over night so self and dinner guests don't need immodium, pepto, and tums for dessert!

ironic food review

the original house of pancakes in los altos is delish and i've been craving the baby dutch pancake that i ordered on sunday, ever since!  how ironic, i find an awesome breakfast place at a time when i'm trying to not eat weekend-style breakfasts!  not fair. 

anyways, everything i had there was great: the pancakes, canadian bacon, sausage, and oj.  the oj is freshly squeezed and it's not too sweet.  the wait was about 10 minutes which isn't bad for a party of 2 on a sunday morning.  anyways, must not think of eating there for at least 2 weeks.  that'll be my "free" meal.  but you should definitely try it out if you haven't already.

feast-full

tomorrow denise and i are experimenting with fancy tapas dishes, tres leches cake, and sangria.  we've invited amanda, joe, lee, and amanda's friend (who will be visiting from chicago (i think?) can't recall name right now) to the feast!  should be lots of fun.  i'll post recipes if things turn out tasty!

old eggs

i was once a guest at a dinner where 10-year old eggs were served, and i was actually expected to eat it.  they host had good intentions since many see this as a delicacy but i nearly barfed on my plate and lost my eyeballs.  it was rude of me, but i couldn't hide my reaction to what i had just ingested.

so on the topic of very old eggs, i was seduced by the bird's nest of cadburry eggs i have in my snack drawer stashed away from last easter.  i was so hungry that i decided it'd be best to eat one than to let them sit there getting older and older.  let me just save your taste buds by saying i strongly advise against eating one year old cadbury eggs.  the chocolate was okay tasting, though it was white-ish but the fondant filling had hardened and tasted like band-aids.  yes, band-aids!  how do i know what those taste like?  well, i don't really seeing as i've never eaten one but sometimes i just know what things would taste like based on their smell!

the half-eaten cadbury and his other 3 friends are going to straight to my trash bin!  history in being made- this is the first time i'm ever tossing uneaten chocolates!