Monday, September 24, 2012

Swedish

This technically falls under the category of Minnesotan misc. but we met
someone who has actually had Swedish egg coffee, which I may
have previously mentioned seeing (and wondering about) at the Minnesota
State fair.   Thanks to my native Minnesotan classmate Lindsay for
enlightening us about its possible culinary merits.  I probably still won't
try it because of my dislike of eggs.

Sunday, September 16, 2012

edits

Just to add to that, the dog's name was Nom Chompsky.

Also, I have to say I'm pretty disappointed with the whole concept of the walking taco.  It's basically just a taco salad served in a plastic bag, these little single-sized servings of chips type bag.  Except even to say "salad" would be stretching it, because I don't think there are vegetables, unless you count corn chips as a vegetable.  But it's the big thing, especially for tail-gating parties and the like.  Whoopee...

Friday, August 31, 2012

biting

My linguistics professor used to have a dog named: Chompsky

Aaah...those linguists and their puns...


Monday, August 20, 2012

Grammy rocks

"I can do anything- I'm a grammy!" - this is what the bagger at Dahl's said!  We didn't have our usual, large
canvas grocery bags with us, so in a pinch, found a drawstring plastic bag in the trunk of the car and brought
that in when stopped to pick up a few items.  Well as it often does, a few items turns into several, and before you know it, we're at the register with 4 boxes of cereal, milk, etc. etc.
The grammy-bagger at the register assured us she could certainly fit everything in our bag!

Sunday, August 12, 2012

coolness

I went away and the heat wave passed.

It's 63 degrees right now!  It's glorious.


Saturday, August 11, 2012

Thursday, August 2, 2012

fair devotees...

http://www.iowastatefair.org/fair-attractions/food/
I do appreciate the fact that "healthy choices" are listed alongside my "on a stick" choices!
Only 7 days til the Iowa State Fair begins!

If you are curious, there are currently 57 items on a stick, including, improbably enough,
salad (?), a hard- boiled egg, honey, Hot Bologna,
  1. Chocolate-Covered Deep Fried Cheesecake
  2. Griddle Stick (turkey sausage wrapped in a pancake)