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Addiction to Jelly Belly

At first I thought Jelly Belly were merely good and this explained the popularity.  But one can not know at first just from the flavor why they sold so many.  Only after eating enough to develop "The Jelly Belly Addiction" can you know the full scope of why sales went parabolic.  It is as though they add space dust to them and you get addicted.  Once the addiction kicks in look out!   You will madly shove these chewy flavor bursts into your mouth as fast as you can.  I am surprised they do not sell them at crack houses. 
 
You know how it works. Put the money in the mail slot and down the drainspout rolls Jelly Belly's. Sonofa! they rolled me stank flavors!
 
And there in lies why I can never eat Jelly Belly's again.  Once an addict always an addict.  I just have to admit I have a problem. 
 
By Fudgy McFarlen, ago

Who is Freemon Sandlewould? Freemon Sandlewould is made of Spam

Imagine you start using a moniker on the web.    You register using ludicrous name on various websites to leave comments.  This entity starts getting his own mail without you requesting anything.  All you did was leave a few comments. He starts to become real and one day you return home and find this man made of spam wearing your clothes and watching your TV.  Looking at your hand you notice that you have faded a  bit and are turning translucent like one of the chameleons you find at night in Arizona.   Who is to blame?  You are!   You let the spam out of the can.  At a loss about what to do when he hits you with a request for a girlfriend made of Rapa Scrapple.   Time to face facts.  You are on your way out buddy and there is no sense in denying it.  One foot is on a banana peel and the other is in the grave.  You are on the proverbial slippery slope.  This dopple ganger made of pork trimmings is usurping your identity. 

By the time the cold case detectives showed up at my front door there was no evidence left save an open spam can I had overlooked sitting on the kitchen counter.  When they asked to come in and look around I let them.  My head began to sweat as they passed the empty container.  It was my only slip but they did not make the connection.

By Fudgy McFarlen, ago

Jim Gaffigan Fava Bean salad recipe

Jim Gaffigan Fava Bean salad recipe

  • Fava beans
  • Onion – cubed
  • Bacon – cooked
  • Mayonaise
  • Lettuce
  • Oil 
  • Vineger or alternatively citrus juice ( lemon or lime )

Cook up a batch of fava beans

  1. Mix { Onion cubes | Fava Beans | Bacon | Mayonaise } in a bowl
  2. place on a bed of lettuce
  3. Mr Gaffigan recommends large quantities of bacon

Excerpted from Jim Gaffigan's Bacon Cookbook

By Fudgy McFarlen, ago

Lentil Sausage Soup

Lentil Sausage Soup

It makes a really good breakfast food and you will have no troubles making doody.  Everyone who eats on a regular basis reports days with 3 waves of doody.

   Materials 

  • 1 lb. pork sausage – cut to bite sized chunks
  • 1  onion cubed
  • 3 clove garlic minced or more if you like.
  • 1 small bag carrots – chopped 
  • 3 cups lentils
  • 1 tbsp. salt – mix in water to taste > salt is a subtle thing!  – Prefer Morton lite salt with 1/2 NaCl  & 1/2 KaCl ( potassium salt ) 
  • 1/2 tsp. marjoram – get at Lee Lee's grocery unless you want to go bankrupt – they have a huge package
  • 2 cups tomato puree
  • 1/2 celery bundle
  • water

   Steps

  1. Soak 3 cups lentils over night
  2. Put everything in a pressure cooker EXCEPT { sausage ,  salt , water ) 
  3. Add water to the minimum height to match the solids
  4. Add salt to taste
  5. add the sausage  – make sure to add AFTER doing taste tests to avoid health issues!
By Fudgy McFarlen, ago

Phoenix Arizona solar energy collector furnace by sky harbor is Southwest Solar Technologies Research Park that uses hybridized engine design where each dish unit can utilize natural gas to replace the suns heat during cloud cover or after sundown

Phoenix Arizona solar energy collector furnace by sky harbor is Southwest Solar Technologies Research Park that uses hybridized engine design where each dish unit can utilize natural gas to replace the suns heat during cloud cover or after sundown

If you drive down the I-10 in Arizona past Sky Harbor Airport you will see a dish to the south.   It is a hybrid solar / gas electricity generator system that covers generation shortfalls with gas and as an option compressed air energy storage.

Links

I love technology and from an early age was fascinated by solar energy.   That being said I always snicker when I hear liberals tout solar energy.  They like solar energy because solar is easier for them to understand as compared with say nuclear.  Solar is the hemp fabric of energy.   What really made me laugh as I wrote this was the metaphor of liberalism.  As time progresses those without engineering skills feel more and more irrelevant.   Global Warming is the left's passive aggressive religion and since it requires them to fight for the earth by doing nothing!  Curbing energy use is their solution!   This is what makes them feel relevant.    The tagline for solar energy should be

          Solar!  Passive energy for Passive agressive people!

By Fudgy McFarlen, ago