The Food N00bs

Not only do I now own "Ratatouille" on DVD...

I also own the character "gift set" with little figures of Colette, Linguini, Remy, Django, Gusteau, Emile, and Skinner.

It's okay to be jealous.

Sorcha

In Swedish, they call it "mus."

by Sorcha

Here's a hypothetical situation for you: you're sitting in one of your favorite restaurants, which is admittedly somewhat rundown. Something catches your eye, and you glance down to see a mouse run out from under the booth across the aisle, into the next booth. This happens a couple of times during dinner. What do you do?

If you're me, you squeak in delight, say, "Hello, little friend! Run! Run for freedom!" and say it's a shame that it didn't come out while you were actually eating. So you could, you know, share.

*headdesk* Yeah. I know. But it was a mouse, for heaven's sake, and it's not like it ran right out of my food. It was cute and I like rodents. If I'd been dining someplace ritzy, or it had been a cockroach, that would've been different.

He made one more appearance as the waitress was bringing our bill. I can only guess that this was some kind of mouse gang initiation and he was brave enough to make the cut.

And no, I'm not going to say which restaurant it was.

Spam, spam, spam, spam...

by Sorcha

Because the N00bs have nothing better to do tonight than post a lot.

Kal is on my couch for our Monday night ritual of watching "Hell's Kitchen" (and as an aside, how cool is it that Gordon's sending Julia to culinary school? I had a feeling he'd do something like that.) She turns to me and says, "We just got a menu at my office for a new Thai place. They offer 'streamed rice'."

Me: Oooh. You can get it directly from the Internet.

Mr. Sorcha: Yes, but you can't save it for later.

Well, we thought it was funny, anyway. Of course, we're all computer geeks.