If you’re wondering, that’s a nickname that my arch-nemesis Swan gave me. She really loves to make fun of me.
If you’ve been to Japan or been exposed to Japanese culture, then you’ve probably heard of Yakisoba. When it comes to Yakisoba, it always reminds me of summer, and all the festivals. Because at just about every single festival I’ve been to in Japan, they’re always serving yakisoba. It’s definitely a dish I love to eat, and gives me plenty of great memories. Yakisoba, in case you didn’t know, is a fried type of noodle, very similar to (and derived from) chinese chow mein. It’s very tasty, and you can have all kinds of additions to it, like pork, cabbage, and so on. Very similar to ramen, except without the soup.
But the yakisoba that I’d like to talk about is an instant Yakisoba called UFO Yakisoba. It’s an instant type of Yakisoba, so it’s similar to cup ramen or cup noodle where you just add water and go. But of course, the question here is simple, why all the water if there’s no soup? Basically the water is to soften up the yakisoba noodles. After 3 minutes or so (just like cup ramen), you remove the water using a very ingenius contraption on the package. You can “tear off” one side of the package to reveal a sub layer with holes in it, just big enough to allow water to pass through, but not the noodles. Incredible you say? Hell, it’s genius if you ask me. Back in the old days you had to strain the water out and well, it sucked. But now UFO noodles makes it easy for you.
But I talk not about how good UFO Yakisoba is, but instead how the aroma of the yakisoba sauce totally brings me back to the old days of youth. It brings me back to Japan and the memories of hanging out with my friends. To me, UFO Yakisoba isn’t just about convenience and good eats. It’s about memories and friendship and mainly, it’s just about Japan. It’s probably a bad thing that an instant Yakisoba makes me think of Japan, but it’s so very true. If you ever get the chance to pick up some UFO brand Yakisoba, try it out. All you need is some hot water and 3 minutes later, you’ll be eating tasty Yakisoba just like me.
Perhaps you’ve seen that Pizza Hut is now offering pasta. You can get 2 different kinds of “Tuscani” pasta, alfredo or marinara. We tried out the alfredo sauce pasta since red sauce seems to be notorious for causing serious heartburn in this household. You know what, it wasn’t bad at all. Actually it was pretty good. If I had a complaint, I’d only complain that it was perhaps a bit too salty for my tastes. But that’s just about it. Each pasta order is enough to feed 4, and yes, it really is a lot of food. It comes with 5 breadsticks, which in itself are pretty good, but nothing earth shattering.
Overall, I’m pretty impressed with it. I think they might have made a pretty decent move. Now if only they’d come up with baked spaghetti, it would be just a bit better! The commercial is after the bump.
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Apparently, Food Network has announced the new Dinner: Impossible chef to be Chef Michael Symon. You may remember Chef Symon as the chef who won the Next Iron Chef challenge and currently also stands as on of the American Iron Chefs.
It looks like they’re also changing the format of the show and making it an hour long. I don’t know about any of you people out there, but that pleases me! I love the show Dinner: Impossible and love that it’s going to be an hour long. It’s really too bad that Robert Irvine is no longer the host, since he’s definitely one of my favourites, but I like Chef Symon as well.
Here’s hoping Chef Symon didn’t exaggerate on his resume either!
So yesterday, I spent some time making some Gyoza. If the word “gyoza” is greek to you, and you’re not sure what it is, I’ll explain. It’s also known as Mandu or Chinese dumplings, or it’s most common name of “pot stickers”. I make mine less vegetarian and quite meaty. I use ground pork and green onions. That’s about it for the filling. Then I put them in Gyoza wrappers or round wonton wrappers and seal them in. Mmmm good. Gyoza makes an excellent side for Ramen. I don’t think there is just anything better to go with Ramen except perhaps beer. Beer, Gyoza and Ramen, quite the combination.
Excuse me while I break into the Gyoza leftovers.
Salmonella from cantalope hits Thurston, Lewis counties - There's an outbreak of Salmonella from Honduran Cantalopes in Thurston and Lewis counties in Washington State. (
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It’s been reported that “Downer" cows entered the food supply. The president of Westland/Hallmark Meat Company admitted that a couple of “downer” cows could have entered the food supply. Prior to this, he had said that no such cows have entered the food supply. So now, he’s admitting he’s wrong.
“Downer” cows is the term used for cows that cannot stand on their own or are sick. Downer cows are not allowed into the food supply because of the scare of mad cow disease.
He was quoted as saying, “the activities shown on the video are not ‘food safety issues.’ The cows shown in the video could not walk, were designated to be euthanized and were not put into commerce.” What I’d like to know is whether or not that it’s normal that cows that are to be euthanized are subjected to such treatment.
It’s quite obvious that the cows are being treated horribly. I for one cannot believe they would not at the very least be charged with cruelty to animals. Just because an animal is going to be euthanized, I don’t think that gives excuse for anyone to cause any kind of cruelty to them.
Because of the recall, they’ve lost millions of dollars and are possibly going to shut down operations. I say that’s fine, and they well deserved it.
Am I wrong to feel this way?
It seems the phrase “Don’t drink the water” can now be applied to water in the USA. You might may recall cybrpunk being sick because he drank some water in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Well, what if you went to a restaurant in San Francisco and got sick too?
Apparently, prescription drugs are being distributed into the drinking water. How is this happening? Believe it or not, it’s coming from us. It may come from waste water treatment plants. Ask yourself how many medications you have that you flush down the toilet? A lot right? That’s right, guess what, a lot of waste water is purified, treated and then piped back into the drinking water. While the process gets rid of a lot of harmful bacteria and such that will make you sick, it doesn’t get rid of all the drugs that are in it.
You’re probably saying that you don’t drink the tap water, you drink bottled water. Guess what? Most of bottled water is still the same thing as tap water, except it’s filtered out numerous more times. And you guessed it, the drugs still aren’t filtered out.
What can we do? Unfortunately, I don’t think there’s an easy solution in sight. Since we can’t get people to even take some measure to saving energy, I’m pretty sure we’re not going to get people to stop taking as much prescription medication. Honestly. People are addicted to drugs. But that’s and entirely different story.
For more detail, read the CNN news article: Prescription drugs found in drinking water across U.S.
I realize this is old news, but I thought I had to say something about it. If you haven’t heard, it appears that the star of Food Network’s Dinner Impossible, Robert Irvine, apparently lied about various work experiences on his website and books. It would appear he had an answer for all the questions they put towards him. Of course, he did admit to lying about being a Knight of the highest order. At least he came forward about that and admitted it was a big mistake.
I’m not sure if you’ve seen the show or not, regardless of whether he was lying about his experiences (including working in the White House!), the man is a great chef and he knows what he’s doing. However, I do realize this is a great blow to his credibility. Since he lied about his work experience, what else has he lied about? I’m a big fan of Robert Irvine, and while I’m rather disappointed, it doesn’t change my opinion that he’s still a great chef.
So Food Network has decided to go ahead and drop him from Dinner Impossible, and have yet to announce who the new chef will be. (that i know of)
Tagged : Robert Irvine, food network, dinner impossible, food, resume
So the USDA is taking action and suspended 2 federal meat inspectors after this last recall of 143 million pounds of beef. This is interesting because it makes me think of a couple of things.
First, it looks like the USDA is doing something about the corruption in the process of inspection. Obviously someone is getting relaxed and it’s good to see that something is happening. This is a good thing.
Second, the conspiracy theorist in me says, “yeah, but it’s only suspension, and what will happen in a few months when people have forgotten? It’ll go back to the usual thing.” And I almost have to agree with myself on that. It’s scary, but it’s probably true.
What do you think? Will we all forget all about this in a few months?
Tagged : real food, USDA, suspension
This is a crosspost from Kat Scratch Fever
Ok, so have you heard of this? Kimchi in Space. It apparently took them a while to formulate a type of kimchi that wouldn’t be harmful. I mean first of all the smell. Wow, they have to get rid of that. Then aside from that because there’s bacteria in Kimchi (i mean it’s fermented right?), they have to be sure that it won’t be harmed or mutated by the cosmic rays. Whoa, sounds like something out of science fiction or Fantastic Four, right? But it’s apparently true.
I wonder if they’ll ever market the “space kimchi” for general use. I’d like to try a taste.
Tagged : real food, kimchi, space, cosmic rays
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