Well, I’m baaaaacccckkk, at least temporarily. First of all thanks to all of you who took a
moment to send cataract good wishes and experiences in my direction, it certainly helps.
The first (left) eye went well and you veterans are all
correct. I never knew what I was
missing. I think I put it in facebook,
and it’s a bit overstated, but did you know there are buildings on the
Solomons? And now I can tell the
difference between Navy and black.. Both
feet can have the same color sock.
Next Monday (27th) the second (right) eye will be taken care
of. I am glad I don’t have three, it
will be good to have this behind me. (Side story: this morning I went up to Charlotte Hall to see Dr. Whitten for my week after checkup. I told him that I was glad I didn't have three eyes, to which he responded quickly "I wish you did!" - clever guy)
Anyway, a return to normal Feederdom, with a small rant (or
two) and then some actual food related content!
Rants:
1. I
don’t use Twitter much, kind of prefer a facebook existence in the social media
world, but it seems to be the preferred method of communication with several of
the sports folk, like “Mike and Mike” and various athletes. So I go over there occasionally. Do you have this trouble? I NEVER know how to see the latest tweet(s)
first. I get some “while you were away”
screen with stuff from last month, or the latest tweet shown is from four days
ago. I even googled “latest tweets
first” and got a bunch of sites wanting me to download some plug in. Nope..
2. To
fight the demons in the night, I listen to late night sports talkers, and
occasionally the conspiracy folk. One of
the popular commercials is from a company oddly enough called "Wise" that advertises food with at
25 year shelf life, I guess so you can survive an alien or government attack on
your liberty. Anyway, they sling around
the term “gourmet”, as in “just add water, and your family can dine on delicious gourmet
food”. Just add water? Gourmet?
Craziness! I was almost tempted
to order my “free sample” just to see what you get with water added gourmet,
but decided against it.
4. Felt
good for DJ winning the US open, and thank God he didn’t have to go through the agony of another “penalty” debacle. Apparently
the USGA is trying hard to emulate the NBA and NFL (“you might have a penalty stroke,
but we’re not going to tell you until you finish”) good grief.
Whew! Okay back to
food.
As i said, I listen to a lot of radio, and besides the water added
gourmet one, have you ever heard the one(s) for Jimmy John’s (Gourmet) sandwiches? they’re kind of cute as they do various riffs
on how fast they deliver. Apparently sub shops are like pizza joints, you can’t have enough of them. Well, somehow
Jimmy John’s joined our burgeoning group of chains and slipped into town and opened yet another outlet for sandwiches/subs near us. It's in the little shopping center across from
the WaWa that contains the Sonic and Bird Store. MFO and I were in the area patronizing the CVS pharmacy (as we do more and more often it seems)
and I noticed the store. It was near
lunch time, so I figured what the heck, let’s go and check it out. So we
went in.
Got the chorus of “Welcome to Jimmy John’s!” and tried to
absorb the situation. Very
institutional, lots of stainless steel, and cases. The menu is quite limited with only a few
options and split into 8”and “Giant” sub sandwiches, which are “Twice the meat
and cheese” and pretty much the same sandwiches. Also some sides like extra meat or cheese (at
a buck and a half).
They don’t use the “build your own” approach (a la Subway) but ingredients are described on the menu Big John: (Medium rare choice roast beef,
mayo, lettuce and tomato) which is what I asked for (at $5.59) and took the
“upsale” proposal to go to a Number 10 on the Giant Side which gave me a full ¼
pound of the beef and cheese. Okay
fine. I THINK she made it from “Scratch”
but very quickly I got handed a neatly rolled sandwich
So I came home and un-wrapped the little devil.
Well, I have to tell you there was nothing distinguishing
about the sandwich. The bread was dry,
no crunch to the crust, the beef did have a bit of flavor, but seemed “tired”
if that is a culinary term.. And the (provolone)
cheese would be suitable for reading a newspaper through
I don’t think I would make a special trip for another
Maybe they go too fast,
speed over quality? And they put the coming to be over used word "gourmet" in their name? not by me..
And I was going to add another section on sandwiches, but
you’re probably tired by now. It was
going to tell you an interesting story on how this:
Became this
In the Feeder Test Kitchen.
And I didn’t really have to be
DFD
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