Tortura
Posted on | July 2, 2008 at 11:02 pm | 5 Comments
They still have not determined the cause of the recent salmonella outbreak that was initially blamed on tomatoes. But I know the cause. See if you can guess what from this quote from this article: Other food-safety experts, including Doug Powell at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kan., have wondered whether jalapeños, green onions, cilantro or white onions might be implicated. What was that second-to-the-last one again? Oh yeah… that’s right… cilantro. You all know how I feel about the demon herb. There is absolutely no doubt in mind it’s the culprit. I only hope that this incident causes it to be wiped off the face of the earth for good. That way it can never sneak into my food again.
Although maybe the tainted food is actually celery?? That would be cool too.
Thankfully, Taco Bell doesn’t use cilantro. I think. But they are into taunting me. In today’s paper, there was another coupon for a Spicy CrunchWrap Supreme for $2.89. Aaargghhh! This is driving me frakkin’ crazy! I want to drive down to my local TB right now and present that coupon and see what they do. But I have to go to bed. Plus, only the drive-thru is open at this time of night, and that wouldn’t quite work. I need to wave it in someone’s face.
Why must they torment me so??
Latre.
Jogged Today: Yes (@ 63°F)
Songs That Came Up On The iPod While Jogging:
- “OK Apartment” (The Oranges Band)
- “Unwashed Uncool” (Butterfly Child)
- “The Man With the Blurry Face” (Firewater)
- “Don’t Make Me a Target” (Spoon)
- “Day One, Amanda Year” (Baskervilles)
- “My Life In Reverse” (Maxïmo Park)
Pet Peeve of the Day: The new 2.40 system update firmware for the PlayStation 3, which introduces the in-game cross-media bar and a new “trophy” achievement system at last, is apparently causing some people’s PS3s to stop working. The problem is widespread enough that Sony has pulled the update. Of course, I downloaded the update this morning as soon as it was available. I haven’t had any problems, but I only briefly tested it out this morning by playing a little Portal. Apparently there are no reports of problems after a successful install, so I guess I’m okay. I don’t want no $500 brick.
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5 Responses to “Tortura”
July 3rd, 2008 @ 4:47 am
“jody foster airframe”
band name! band name! someone call Bob Pollard
July 3rd, 2008 @ 7:40 am
Ahh, but you fail to understand, grasshopper. Whether or not cilantro was the actual culprit matters little. This whole incident was my plot to rid the world of tomatoes so that they would stop sneaking into MY food. As long as perception becomes common knowledge my quest for tomato abolishment will come to fruition!
July 4th, 2008 @ 10:18 am
Did you know cilantro is also known as coriander?
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=coriander
OK, I owe that bit of knowledge to A.J. Jacob’s amusing book The Know-It-All. With that bit on knowledge, he saved his cilantro hating sister-in-law from accidentally eating the foul herb.
I have my own funny cilantro anecdote. I was at my favorite mexican hole-in-the-wall eatery, when one of my fellow overpriced companions asked if they had any cilantro, upon which the proprietor exclaimed “Cilantro! We don’t use that yuppie stuff!” Or something very similar.
Apologies in advance for yet another mexican-food-related yuppie insult.
And speaking of A.J. Jacobs, his Year of Living Biblically is a must-read. Hilarious yet insightful! Fun for agnostics, atheists and snake-handlers alike!
July 4th, 2008 @ 10:20 am
DOH!! I meant “overprivileged” companions. I was a little too quick selecting from Firefox’s spell-checker choices.
July 4th, 2008 @ 11:37 am
“Overpriced” companions is much funnier. Just how much do you pay for your companions?
I knew about the coriander/cilantro connection, and nevertheless use coriander in recipes (especially Indian dishes). It doesn’t bother me as much as the “straight” herb.