Category: Braindroppings

Mincemeat

When I was like 10 or 12 a friend’s parents were going to conference and asked if Jeff could have Thanksgiving with us. Sure! At the end of dinner out come the pies. Pumpkin and mincemeat. I liked neither, still don’t. But Jeff asked for a slice of mincemeat....

Chopped

On Chopped the contestants have to use weird ingredients and make an appetizer, a main course, and a dessert.  Too easy. They should only be allowed to use what they find in a random college kid’s dorm room. And only be allowed to use tools and appliances that kid...

Pam’s Peppers

I saw these on a photoshoot recently: dehydrated Scorpion Peppers. Curious I went to the producer’s website and they have lots of great stuff at Pam’s Produce. Not just peppers, but a lot of pepper-oriented stuff. And some neat looking spice blends and salts. Some stuff will probably make...

Noom Observations, Part 2

As mentioned earlier, it’s July and I’ve been using Noom since January. I’ve lost a lot of weight. Some things Noom does well, some things they don’t. Psychology Noom says they use psychology and small goals to get the weight off and keep it off. They do understand a...

Noom Observations, Part 1

A couple of months ago I got sick of my weight and decided to do something about it. I’d heard a lot of good things about Noom so thought I’d give that a try. Personalized, small goals, teaching strategies to lose the weight and keep it off, no meals...