57 posts tagged “qotd”
What's one thing a houseguest should always do?
Breathe.
If you were going to enter a competitive eating contest, what food would you choose to speed eat?
Chicken Koubideh and dill rice. Not so much because I think I'd be able to eat it fast, but because I can't find it anywhere anymore, and I'd kind of like to have it again.
What do you think we'll be wearing twenty years from now?
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What prevents your city/town from being the best place in the country to live?
Submitted by Cherney.
It takes me a while to warm up to a new place to live. When we first moved to Chicago, I remember driving down those endless crowded streets with their payday advance loans and their Mexican grocery stores and being terrified. It wasn't an easy adjustment. I remember Jenna's excited assurances that it would exciting, a fresh new place to live, and I just squeezed her hand in reply.
Eventually, after I got to walk around the neighborhood, I warmed up to Chicago. I got excited about the theater and the new and different restaurants and the museums and especially the lakefront. The longer I lived there, the more things I liked about Chicago. The drivers were still crazy, but I adapted to their unique brand of craziness. And I bought groceries from the SuperMercado. I even bought elotes from a street vendor. I liked Chicago.
And then we moved again.
And once again, it took me a while to warm up. We drove down those crooked, oddly named streets with their unpronounceable bakeries and total lack of ethnic food, and I was freaking out. But Jenna was excited about the bike paths and the local events and the beautiful view when the fog lifts from the bluffs, and I squeezed her hand again.
I love it here. I want to convince everyone I know to move here. I wake up and drive along the river and think, Is this really my home? We walk around the lake and I wonder how I could be so lucky. When I pull into the coffee shop, the owners know my order and when I go to the bakery, I get free donuts. It's a great place to live.
But would it kill them to open an Indian restaurant?
What do you tend to worry about in the middle of the night?
1. How could I have been such a numbskull today?
2. In what myriad ways will my actions from today come back to haunt me tomorrow, this weekend, and in the months and years to come?
3. What did I not accomplish today during all that time I spent being a big dumb bonehead today?
4. Is there a bug on my neck right now?
5. What's tomorrow going to be like if I don't get enough sleep?
What is something you consider to be "overrated." (Ed. note: Bonus points if you show it to us!)
Submitted by Laurie.People always say that baldness is so great, and how everyone wants to be bald and overweight and how all the cool people are fat and bald and nerdy, but you know? It's not that great.
Would you rather be rich or famous?
Yeah, I guess I would.
If you could enforce one rule of etiquette, what would it be?
Submitted by S@ngarang.
Don't make the same mistakes I did.
One hour to live. What do you do?
Submitted by Jeff Zie.
Disconnect the red wire. No the blue wire! Dammit, which is it?! Only 59 minutes and 40 seconds left, I'm going red! NO BLUE!
What's your favorite kind of soup?
When we eat at the Olive Garden, Jenna and I always get the Zuppa Toscana, which is a spicy sausage and potato soup that goes great with their breadsticks. Since we're trying to lose weight, Jenna found a way to make a healthier version that I think is just as good. In case you're interested, here's the recipe:
1 lb Italian turkey sausage
4 Medium Yukon Gold Potatoes, sliced thin
1 large onion, chopped
2 cloves of garlic, minced
2 cups of kale
1 gallon of low sodium chicken broth (two boxes)
1/2 cup of non-fat evaporated milk
water, in case you need more water (we add maybe a quart?)
1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
ground black pepper to taste
1. Remove sausage from casing, brown in a stock pot with red pepper flake.
2. Remove sausage, set aside. Saute onions and garlic.
3. Add water, chicken broth, and potatoes.
4. Bring to a boil. Boil until potatoes are tender.
5. Stir in evaporated milk and add sausage back in.
6. Add kale and black pepper. Serve.
It's delicious, and generally only about 3 or 4 points a serving (210-240 calories). Of course, we usually dip breadsticks in it, which ups the calorie count a bit. But it's worth it.
