Month: February 2010 (Page 1 of 6)

We had parent/teacher conferences after school last night. I foolishly hadn’t packed any dinner, so by the time I was done at 7:45, I was really hungry. I decided to stop at Burger King and get some good ol’ greasy junk food. I prefer cheeseburgers over Whoppers. There is a different flavor to them… a different meat-to-bread ratio. I ordered a cheeseburger and large fries. It would be a feast!

But when I got home, something was wrong. My cheeseburger was too heavy. There was extra meat on it! Had they made a mistake? I had clearly said “cheeseburger”. I looked on the receipt. It said: “BK Double”. Then I realized what they had done. Double cheeseburgers are part of some $1 promotion. Regular cheeseburgers are more expensive. They had changed my order to save me money. But they did it without my permission. I don’t like that.

I prefer cheeseburgers. I would pay more to have one. Of course, this morning since I am out from under the haze of my ravenous hunger it occurs to me that I could have simply removed one of the meat patties. But I still don’t like that they didn’t ask me. That wouldn’t fly under other circumstances:

“I’d like a Honda Civic please.”
“Here is your Honda Ridgeline for less money”

I wanted to order from my barbecue place (Big Bad Wolf) last night. They always have dinner specials, and I was hoping for a pork loin or pork chop. It was steak. I wanted pork, so I ordered something I haven’t eaten for many years – I ordered pork ribs.

Whenever I’ve eaten ribs in the past, it seemed like they didn’t have much meat. All I was chewing on was fat and connective tissue. Eeewww… So just as a matter of course, I never order ribs. But these ribs I ate last night… They were soooo good. It seemed like the only thing on the bones was meat. I stripped the bones bare. Have I just never had good ribs before? Or is there a difference between beef ribs and pork ribs? Or has my tolerance of eating fat and connective tissue increased? Or maybe ribs were always this good, but I once had a dream that they were fatty?

Whatever the case, last night I had the best ribs I’ve ever eaten. I will definitely be ordering them again.

I’ve been drinking coffee pretty regularly lately. I like to have a warm drink in the morning, and coffee is calorie-free. And a lot cheaper than tea. The caffeine was getting to me, though, so I started drinking some decaf I had at school. I can’t remember when I got it, but it was some time before Christmas. Being curious about it, I looked on the label to see the expiration date. This is what it says:

2003?!? Can you even drink coffee that old? I guess you can, because I’ve been doing it since last week. And I guess that goes to show how sophisticated my coffee-tasting palate is. I can drink seven-year-old coffee and not even notice it.