This is the 99th blog entry. That means the next one will be the 100th. I hope it is a good one. But for today, this is only the 99th. Today I baked a cake. I had some carrots left over from last week and I needed to do something with them. So I'm headed out to one of the gay's tonight and I decided to bake a carrot cake. Now here is my question: does it count as eating more vegetables if I bake them into a cake? I know it doesn't but I wish it did. While I baked my cake I listened to ABBA. I love ABBA. I mention this because on a blog I occasionally write on someone posted a video clip of ABBA from 1974. They were awesome even though a bit cheesey.
Today in my farm box I got bok choy, a pepper, some apples, green beans, salad greens, sweet potatoes (Does potato have an e in it? I am so Dan Quaye.) more carrots, and pistacios. Yay for pistacios. Apparently next week I can expect brocolli. How exciting is that?
For all of those out there with young children I read today on the internet that the Bumbo was recalled. The Bumbo is this foam seat for young babies. The child can sort of sit up. Well apparently there have been reports of children getting hurt on the chair, some even with fractured skulls. Now here is the thing. That is awful. Awful. However, the way they are getting hurt is that the chair was placed up on a table or a counter and then the child falls off not only the chair but the table/counter. Now I get it. I get why someone would put them up on a table or a counter. I also get how a parent could turn their backs for a minute and then the child fall. But can you really call it a recall when it is not based on the product but actually on human error? I mean there is nothing wrong with the Bumbo, the fault lies in the users of the Bumbo. Seriously, I think I just wrote that whole paragraph because I liked saying the word Bumbo. Bumbo. Bumbo. Bumbo.
I also like the word panacea. And persimmon. And now bok choy.
Alright, until number 100.
Peace out.
8 comments:
Okay, since you asked, I just can't resist. You spelled potato/potatoes correctly, but you misspelled Quayle, pistachio, and broccoli. One out of four is still good, though. Mark says your batting average is 250. That's better than some dudes playing in the World Series. We love you. Thanks for the shout out the other day, by the way.
Glad to hear you were inspired by ABBA! Though I can't imagine what you mean by cheesy?
Once you throw a vegetable into a cake, it no longer qualifies as a cake. I realize that we have mistakenly called it a cake up to this point, but it is a misnomer.
I second herb's philosophy. It becomes a carrot loaf (or a zucchini loaf, etc.) and we all know that loafs are loaded with vitamins.
One of my favorite cakes to make (and eat) is chocolate zucchini cake. It's definitely a cake, not a loaf, but I still think it counts as eating vegetables. All the chocolate chips just help the veggies go down better :)
On words I like (although not better than "dasypygal"): pulchritudinous. It means "beautiful," if you can believe that.
And I hate the word "loaf." Such a strange, ugly little word. And it always makes me think of poo, for some reason. (Speaking of which, on the Judge a Book blog recently, there was a picture of an unfortunately out-of-print book with that loveable yellow bear: "Cooking with Pooh.")
I'm in trouble if veggies no longer count once they're in cake, because thats the only way my kids will eat them, though we call them muffins and use whole wheat flour, so I can pretend I am a good mother. Seriously, I can puree almost anything and cook it in a muffin and the kids will eat it. Good thing too, because otherwise they would be at risk for scurvy, I think.
And the bumbo? How dumb do you have to be to put your kid in that thing on a counter. OK, chair maybe, but counter? And yes, I agree with you on the recall. That's silly.
The problem is, you cannot ontologically change the substance of a vegetable. However, the vegetable can change the essence of the cake. Behold, the dominion of the vegetable.
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