Day 12: National Glazed Donut Day

I think the word was out that today is glazed donut day. But I'll take the glazed twist. It's like bicho bicho... except a different sugar coating.

I wonder if they make these in store. Not a sign of Rockland Bakery in sight.

Day 8: National English Toffee Day

Toffee. 

That's just a misspelling of coffee, right?

Sigh.

If I had to pick a candy, toffee wouldn't be it. Hard candies are just... bleh. To me.

I forget how I came across this recipe for layered toffee bars. Pinterest, most likely. Crackers... sugar... butter... chocolate? There are more ingredients, of course, but I'm hitting the highlights. And I had all the ingredients, even the crackers, go figure.

Making this was surprisingly easy, but be careful when making the toffee part. Because. Molten hot liquid that hurts like a mother when you accidentally splash it on your skin. And drop the pot.

Needless to say I had to redo the toffee part.

I tried a little bit. It was okay, but still not my thing. My co-workers loved it, and it disappeared quickly.

Day 5: National Whipped Cream Day

If I have to have whipped cream, it would be on a pie. Like the ones your would see at Grandma's. Swiss Chocolate Almond. Chocolate Cream. Strawberry. And the like. Otherwise, it's just not my thing. 

Long day at work called for ice cream. And I suppose some whipped cream. See that glob? That's my partaking in this day. Let's move on.

And if you are wondering, there are a couple of donuts and a glass of wine behind the ice cream. Like I said, it was a long day at work.

Slushies and 99 cent Pizza

For some reason I cannot rotate this picture. The problem with stealthily writing at work. Anyways, the plan yesterday was to grab some sushi with my cousin after a gym session. As with most plans with her go, they fell through and I was left with the option of eating solo.

I tend to do that a lot. Don't really mind it, but sometimes conversations while eating are nice.

I was going to get sushi. Really was. But then I had to fill up the car and it just so happens there is a Cumberland Farms by the gym. So here I am, post-workout... exhausted and gym messy. The water I had been guzzling was not cutting it.

Screw it. Slushies all around! And while I was there, I spied their 99 cent cheese pizza slices. How could I possibly pass it up?

I quickly ate that slice in my car so no one knew what I just did. Meh. Tastes like gas station pizza. I suppose I should try the Stewarts pizza and see how they compare.

Less Mess, More Work?

Holy cow... it's March already! And admittedly, I was hoping to write more on this, but that just isn't happening. Oh well. Try again I suppose.

The other day I stopped over at Wendy's while out on errands. Something light, but of course with french fries. They've switched over to the sea salt, but I don't really see a difference. What is new are the packets of ketchup. Normally I just don't get one... and once in a blue moon they'll ask if I want any. But this night was special. As I was blindly reaching in for the fry container, I felt a small container next to it. Thinking they had put a sauce in by mistake, I was surprised by this. Not like your usual packets, it has a solid container. But it was made for dipping. Which I would have done, were I not eating while driving.

Cute though.

Shopping Wisdom

And I Lived To Tell The Tale

The humidity isn't helping with the fizzing. It's making my candy flat :(

Can't Stop

I'm not really a chip eater anymore, but ohmyohmy... I finished these off in one sitting.

Good thing they were on sale.

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Having It My Way

Sweet, salty, fried... what I need after a long night.

Jets - Vikings

If I had to pick a team to root for other than my beloved Steelers, I’d have to go with the Jets. The reasons behind this are simple:

1. M is a Jets fan (although I know deep down he’s still rooting for the Detroit Lions).
2. M gets us tickets to Jets home games. Monday night games, no less.

Left Behind

 

Went to the Yankees-Rays game with my dad last night. We got there late, but just in time for the rain delay. I don’t know exactly how long that rain delay was, but I guess it was long enough to make people just go home. When it finally stopped (the game resumed at 10:05), we sat down in our seats and watched the Yankees bullpen self-destruct. Lots of homeruns, and I’m pretty sure Gaudin was the pitcher that gave up the back-to-back homers.

It was around this point (I just had to find something else to look at) I noticed all the things that people left in their seats during the rain delay. Particularly, lots of unopened things. Like this bag of chips, which probably went for five bucks. There were also several unopened bottles of Sierra Mist. I don’t know about you, but I would have brought that stuff with me.

Malta Drive-In Theatre (Malta, NY)

 

I’m really starting to like the drive-in. Two movies for less than the price of one, and I get to watch them with a nice starry back drop. Not that it doesn’t have its drawbacks (SUVs parked in car parking, people making loud obnoxious phone calls… and the mosquitoes), but it’s still a fun thing to do in the summer.

 

The concession stand. Normally when I go to the movies I refrain from getting food because there’s not much space for it in a packed room. In your own car… different story. And I was pretty hungry that night, and everything sounded good. The prices seemed reasonable enough, and definitely much cheaper than a regular theater.

 

 

What I ended up ordering – large bucket of popcorn, chips with nacho cheese, a large drink and… DEEP FRIED OREOS! I’ve never had them before, and they were selling it. I just had to try it. They also have fried Twinkies, which I am definitely interested in. I was going to get a huge bag of Twizzlers, but M put his foot down. I think this ended up costing about 16 dollars. Not too bad.

Popcorn was pretty salty, and that’s with me not adding any. Definitely not enough cheese to go with the chips, and while I was excited to eat fried Oreos… it could have used chocolate syrup. The batter they used tasted exactly like the batter some restaurants used for their fried ice cream. I need to know what this stuff is. It’s good. The Oreo itself was slightly soggy, but I guess that’s to be expected. I want to bite into a fried Oreo and have the cookie still crisp. But that just means I’ll have to make them for myself.

In time.

And if you were wondering, we watched Inception and Eclipse. Inception was good, and it literally had me sitting on the edge of my seat, in anticipation of what would happen next. And Eclipse? Team Jacob’s body.

Malta Drive-In Theatre
2785 Route 9
Malta, NY  12020
(518) 587-6077

Box Office opens at 7:00, first movie starts just before 9:00

Admission fees – 12 and up: 8.00
                                    12 and under: 3.00

Outside food permit – 5.00

Hollywood Drive-In Theatre

I've never been to a drive-in before. There was never a need, and being that I grew up in the urban sprawl... they just didn't exist in my world. Until I moved upstate, and every time it was suggested I shot it down. Why bother watching movies in a car when a sit down theater is so much easier? Plus there's that whole sit down theater experience that you don't get in a car, but we don't need to go into a whole debate about things like that.

Saturday M and I kept going back and forth on what to do for the evening. Most of the events didn't appeal to us, but we needed to get out of the apartment (I had been playing a video game that I will not name because it's still not out yet and I don't want to get in trouble... but it's awesome and cannot wait until I can get it on my Wii down here). Watching movies are a pretty safe bet, so M looked up showtimes.

"Do you think the drive-in is open?"
"I don't see why not. What's playing?"
"Um... Toy Story 3 and the A-Team."
"uuuuuuugh. Okay, I guess so."

The Hollywood Drive-In is about a 15-20 minute drive from M's apartment, right off of Route 66. I know you have to pass by Jack's Drive-In and Okinawa to get there... which I forgot was there when I was thinking of something to eat for the movies.

When you go in, they do give you a menu of foods offered at the concession stand, along with the theater rules and a plastic bag for your trash. They offer the same things that you would find at other theater concession stands- popcorn, french fries, nachos, hot dogs, etc. The building that houses the food also has the bathrooms. FYI, the line gets long during intermission... so hit it early, or if you're brave enough, use the portables.

I was planning on buying some popcorn. I really was. But I went evil and got Taco Bell. And sneaked it in. It was good... tasty even in its unhealthy, forbidden glory.

The movies? Toy Story 3 was cute, A-Team was... let's not go there.

Skittles!

How do they decide how much of each color goes into every package? Instead of gobbling it all up like I normally do, I went ahead and did a count. Here are the results:

Red - 15
Yellow - 13
Orange - 13
Green - 9
Purple - 8

Is It Kosher?

Why yes... it is.

It is a common misconception belief in my class that food will help retain the audience's attention. I can tell you that this is not true at all- I don't remember the content of any presentation where they gave me food. There may have been talk about vaccinations, but I'm not entirely sure. There was a lot of candy, that's definite... and a lot of time for me to figure out the pattern in which to eat this candy (but don't tell everyone, my OCD is still on the low)

Back to the picture above. This day was an exceptionally long day, so long that I started losing my mind and now I have a tumblr page. Near the end of one presentation, they started distributing food, which I paid no attention to... until these chips came my way.

I've never really had good experiences with kosher food. I worked at a facility that was Kosher and the bringing of non-Kosher food was a big no-no (but we did it anyways). The meals they provided always seemed to be missing something (coughcoughflavorcoughcough) and almost always undercooked (especially the chicken). These chips? Okay, but it seemed very taste muted.

I ate my handful and refused additional helpings. My classmates on the other hand, kept on eating.

Obviously, hunger beats out taste any day.