Reflections Of Katrina One Year Later...

Never Forget...

Ball Park Main Cuisine On Hot Seat...

Hold The Chili!!!...

Take Me Out To The Ball Park...
Every morning before I go to work, I spend a good chunk of my time watching the news on tv and on the net. In fact, I haven't seemed to be able to get to work on time, because of my extreme thirst for news. I roll into work around 9:30 a.m...Err... 9:45 a.m. And at the moment, I'm trying to remember in years past when I used to get to work at 7:15 a.m. what was I doing to get to work on time. Oh who cares? It's not like my job's building is going to take off on a rowdy rodeo horse that I would have to lasso in. Hi ho, Silver!!!...So, 9:30 a.m. is the target time for work to begin.

May I Take Your Order Please???...
But getting back to the point of this entry...I just want to know what is safe to eat these days. Every week it seems that a news report comes about this or that food is not safe to eat. Things that are supposed to be good for you to eat are contaminated as well. Veggies are laced with deadly pesticides. Cows and chickens are injected with quick growth hormones. Then there is the talk of the bird flu. After one sip of soda containing high fructose soda, your hips and buttocks are supersized at the speed of light. And a steady diet of potato chips, ice cream, pizza, buffalo wings, sweet potato pie, triple decker cheeseburgers, and delicious desserts will have you breaking down heavy duty furniture in no time. If not that, you'll get diabetes, high blood pressure, aching joints, cancer, kidney failure, etc. Shux, how was I to know that the strawberry shake from C.hick-Fil-A that I lovingly and slowly consumed contained 730 calories? I just found out after visiting their website a little while ago. So, I innocently ask what's safe to eat?

Umm. I'd Like To Order One Dog With Mustard And Relish, But Hold The Chili...
Just this morning, my sister forwarded an email to me about a news report stating that hotdogs may be responsible for genetic mutations, therefore, they are a no go for meal time. Apparently, scientists are saying that hotdogs and other foods containing sodium nitrates used to preserve food also contain carcinogenic compounds. *Eek* And just think the hotdog is supposed to be as American as apple pie. It's served everyday everywhere and at Memorial Day, 4th of July, and Labor Day cookouts; parents freely serve hotdogs to their toddlers as they sing the fun little jingle to the commercial that shows a person driving a car that looks like a hotdog. Who knew? Hotdogs today; what's next tomorrow???...

Oh...And May I have An Order Of Fries With That???...
We've all known that hotdogs aren't exactly at the top of the food pyramid with regard to good nutrition. But they're easy to cook and eat if you're on the go. Many times when I come home late from work, I either don't have the time or feel like baking chicken, steaming veggies, fixing some multi-vegetable salad, or doing anything that requires too many steps or using too many pots and pans. So, sometimes I either (I must confess) fix a hotdog or have a bowl of cereal. I don't deal with the packs of Big Eights or B.all Park franks. Have you ever read the ingredients? So I buy a pack of the beef H.ebrew Nationals, if it really makes a difference. I don't mess around with the ones at my job's cafeteria either. Why? Because they're green and they sit out in the open for long periods of time. The last time they were served, I noticed a pesky little fly taking off and landing on several hotdogs and buns christening each with his love and germs ever so gently. It almost looked like ballet. *sigh*

And A Cola???...
So there's our verdict. Stay away from hotdogs until we forget about this news report or until the focus has been shifted onto the next report that tells us to not eat another food...Okay, with that said, what's for lunch???...

Note: It's bad enough that I got to work a little late today, but why was I rocking my earplugs with Prince to "1999" at my desk on my Y.ahoo radio station. I'm surprised that I remembered all of the lyrics.