Spudisms #9: Please pass the tortuga noodles

Spud: What are we having for dinner?

Me: Chicken and tortellini noodles.

*Later*

Spud: Are these the turtle noodles?

Me: Turtle noodles? You mean tortellini noodles?

Spud: Yeah. Well, they kinda look like little turtles.

Me: You think so?

Spud: Yeah.

Me: Well, maybe they do sort of. A little.

Oh, and by the way, here’s some Spanish vocabulary trivia. Tortuga is how you say turtle in Spanish. It kinda rolls right of the tongue. Tortuga. Say it with me. Tortuga. Tortuga. Tortuga.

I think I’m loosing my mind.

Apparently I’m barking up the wrong blog theme

So I just happened to notice recently that I get a lot of hits searching for meatloaf related topics.  In fact, searches relating to meatloaf are second only to topics relating to Black Moor fish.  While blogging, for me anyway, is not meant to be a popularity contest, it is fun to see that people have visited you.  It’s even more fun when they leave comments and nominate you for awards.  But, I digress.

If I was trying to be a blog hit-counter-whore, I guess the public is sending me a clear message that I should write more posts about meatloaf and Black Moor fish.  Or perhaps a meatloaf made with Black Moor fish, then I could combine my search totals and triple my hits per post.

Ewww!  Maybe not so much.

Sadly our last Black Moor fish died a couple weeks ago, and I don’t think we’ll be getting any more anytime soon, so I guess the meatloaf topics sans Black Moor fish will have to carry my blog from now on.  That’s probably a blessing in disguise.  I don’t think people would really like Black Moor Meatloaf.  Black Angus Meatloaf though may be worth contemplating.  Strange how changing just one word can take something from disgusting to delicious.

Any way, I’m just rambling and procrastinating at this point, mostly because I have a writing class assignment I have to complete which I so do not want to do.  But, if I want to get any grade other than a zero, I suppose I’d best put on my big girl panties and get at it.

But first I think I’ll thaw some meatloaf for dinner.  Oh, and go feed all the fish we have left that aren’t Black Moor fish.

Happy Monday.

No rest for the wicked-please pass the fish heads…

A very happy Sunday to all my blog friends.

Yesterday was a very busy day at the Jones household.  It was shopping day.  About every 3 months or so we do the uber-stock-up shop and then for the next several months we can slack off a bit only needing to buy perishables.  While it can be a bit of a hassle, we drove into the big city to shop at some “real” stores and visited with a friend afterward so it’s not all misery and drudgery.  The consequence of said shopping excursion is not only a nice fat larder, but I enjoyed myself a bit too much, got home way late and did no homework yesterday.

So, today, instead of having fun blogging about all the fun I had yesterday I have to do a lot of homework and help the spud with her homework.  However, it’s not all bad news for Janie today.  After just lamenting my lack of Swedish Fish, I was able to procure the multi-flavored fish at the monster grocery store in the Big City.  SCORE!!!  Now, with a ginormous bag of fish at my side, that homework doesn’t seem so bad.

 

Things Janie Loves: Fish heads, eat them up yum!

I can’t exactly remember the first time I ever had Swedish Fish candy.  I just remember loving them for as far back as I can remember.  Used to be, when I lived outside Chicago, that I could find them in every shopping mall candy store.  You know the kind of places, with big plastic flap bins and gigantic metal scoops and you dug out your own bulk candy.

I liked green the best, then orange then red and then yellow.  So, I’d try to dig out the most green fish I could and leave as many yellow behind in the bin as I possible.

They always seem to taste best when they’re warm and soft, so in the winter, or in buildings with first rate Air Conditioning, I’d put one in each hand until they softened, then while working on one, I could warm the next in the free palm so there was always a supply of properly softened fish.

And, naturally, you have to eat the heads off first.

Now a days, in the great white north, seems like the only place you can find Swedish Fish candy is in those tiny movie theater candy style boxes at Walmarz or Walgreens and apparently only in the red color/flavor.  At Christmastime this past year Target had them in “stocking stuffer” packs of mini fish with red and green.  However, something is just not the same in the pint sized version. I know.  I ate my way through two boxes, hoping with each puny fish to recapture a hint of that addictive deliciousness I find in the full size version, but to no avail.

The Ikea down in the Metropolis sells the red ones in fairly decent sized bags, and I stocked up on 2 or 3 when we visited over the holidays.  However, I must now lament having eaten through my entire stash.  And find myself fishless.

*Sigh*  What I wouldn’t give for a green Swedish Fish right now.  I love those things.

Things Janie Loves

Some time ago, I think in my old blog I wrote about how much I loved a particular brand of chocolate graham cracker cookies. I was going to take a photo of the box and share the name of the brand, but that might be copyright infringement or something and as I’m still being a poo-poo head you will get a blank space to imagine what I’m talking about (I’m too busy today to Photoshop you a high quality rendering):

<INSERT A MENTAL IMAGE OF A PARTICULAR BRAND OF CHOCOLATE FLAVORED GRAHAM CRACKER STYLE COOKIES HERE>

So, recently I was at the store and I thought, hmm, haven’t had my favorite cookies in a while.  Let’s splurge and get a box.  Well, lo and behold, they now have my favorite cookies in a mixed flavor assortment with vanilla, chocolate chip, and plain chocolate.  Oh, you rock.  I was sold.  They make excellent munch-upons too as one is driving home from class.

Happy Saturday!

Things Janie Loves

Recently the Jones Household has been on a Nutella kick. I bought a jar on a lark, and Leif kinda looked at me funny. But, then, he discovered how yummy it is and absconded with the jar, hiding it under all the miscellaneous flotsam piled up on his computer table. Later, I go to enjoy some Nutella and the jar is 3 quarters empty. So, I did what any one would do. I went out and bought the jumbo vat o’ Nutella. 26 oz of hazelnutty goodness, baby! Although, on Amazon one can buy a case of Nutella for a mere $17.97 plus $6.95 S/H. I’m not sure about the category, “Used and New” from $15.59. Um, used Nutella? I don’t even want to go there….

However, if I save labels from my Nutella jars I can get free Nutella merchandise. Whoo-hoo! And, buying a case at a time would earn me a highly desirable Nutella Spreader in no time. Sadly, I was too late in discovering the Nutella website to enter the sweepstakes to win a case of free Nutella. That may be for the best. Seriously, I could bankrupt myself on Keebler’s Wheatables Toasted Pecan Nut Crisps, my preferred vehicle for Nutella consumption. Those little elves have a crazy expensive price tag on their Nut Crisps.

Anyway, according to Amazon, there’s an 11 pound jar produced in Italy. I don’t know if that’s true. I think that may fall under the category of too much of a good thing.

So, any of you nuts for Nutella?