When was the last time I did Friday questions? Sixty billion years ago? Let’s remedy that! Here are the things I have been wondering: What direction do you prefer to face in the shower? Which direction feels “correct?” Assuming you live with other people, and assuming you eat dinner with them on a regular basis, what do you eat for dinner when you have an evening alone? Do you bother to peel the strings off of bananas before you eat them?
My “correct” direction in the shower is facing the water. I prefer to stand with the water hitting at chest level. Obviously I turn around, but I feel sort of relieved when I am finished with my hair or whatever, and I can face the water again. (Side note: my hair is officially long enough again to SHUT IN THE CAR DOOR.)
Jut’s been teaching night classes this semester, and I am left to my own devices two evenings a week. When he’s not home, I eat Ridiculous Meals that probably Should Not Count As Meals, or at least Not As Dinner. One night I had a plate of cheese and crackers and some peanuts. One night I had popcorn and…some peanuts. Sometimes I’ll make some rice and black eyed peas, and mix them all up together in a bowl and eat them plain. But my favorite home-alone-after-a-really-long-work-day-dinner is comprised of a) a big bowl of cereal, preferably Special K with berries or Honey Nut Cheerios and b) wheat toast. It’s very tricky to time it so that the cereal remains crunchy and the toast crispy/hot. VERY.
I was shocked to see a coworker carefully peeling strings off of a banana over the trash can. And then taking a knife and shaving off the top layer of the banana, to make sure she got it all. My method of banana eating is: peel, eat. If there’s a dangling stringy thing falling off, I might pull it off, but I rarely even notice them.
Bonus question:
If you made homemade dog biscuits, and the ingredients were whole wheat flour, beef broth, an egg, and a jar of meat baby food, would you eat one to test it? My gut instinct is: NO, it is a DOG TREAT. Even though it is made of people food, I can not handle the thought of even tasting one. My husband thinks I am ridiculous, and he tasted one (while I shrieked in horror), and told me it tasted like chicken. SICK. I don’t know if it’s because they’re for the dogs, or if it’s because I am extremely disgusted by baby food in jars (the smell! the sound of the spoon clinking on the tiny glass jar!) (I am insane), but I even washed my hands after I put them in the dog treat canister.
Love,
black sheeped
April 24, 2009 at 6:48 am
I have missed you and the Friday questions!
I prefer to have my back to the water. I like to get the water blisteringly hot and let it pound on me for as long as possible.
If left to my own devices for dinner, my meals are ridiculous. Chips and dip. Toast. An orange. Nothing that actually screams “MEAL” or nutritious, but rather, fast, easy and whatever appeals to me at that very moment.
I will pull of banana strings as I eat the banana if I see something dangle, but I don’t go out of my way. I will, however, work for a long time to get all the white stuff off an orange I’ve peeled before I actually eat it.
BONUS: I have made many batches of homemade dog biscuits (I have at least 2 doggy cookbooks), but even though the ingredients are all people friendly, I will not eat one. Blech.
April 24, 2009 at 7:00 am
Shower: I face away from the water but until a few years ago I liked to wash my hair and then sit on the floor of the shower and relax/shave my legs. I would still do this if I hadn’t realized it was weird or if I didn’t feel environmentally guilty taking long showers.
Meal: Because I work in a restaurant over dinner, I always end up eating alone when I get home, usually leftovers or a frozen dinner. But if I ever had a night off while I was in college and my roommate wasn’t home, I would usually make a plate of nachos. Um, no wonder I’m overweight. Yum, nachos!
Bananas: I really don’t like to eat those strings, but I only notice them if I see them. I’m not seeking them out to remove them.
Biscuits: I could maybe bring myself to eat one if I made it and knew all the ingredients but NOT IF ONE OF THE INGREDIENTS WAS BABY FOOD. Ew. I used to have a friend who liked to eat baby food as a snack (when we were maybe 10 years old) and I’ve heard of other people doing so. Oh god, so gross.
April 24, 2009 at 7:24 am
Yay! Friday questions! Oh! How I’ve missed Friday questions?
1) In the shower–I go both ways. heh. But I usually end with cranking up the water as hot as I can stand onto my BACK.
2) Dinner on my own? A bag of popcorn. Or a bowl of cereal–frosted mini-wheats, preferably. Sometimes a pb&j–or salami and cheese sandwich. That’s if I actually feel like putting EFFORT in my dinner.
3) I’m like you. If I notice the string haning, I peel it off. Otherwise–meh.
4) Nope. Don’t think I WOULD try the taste of a homemade dog biscuit. And I think your receipe sound quite delish–except for that baby food bit. Yeah. Meat baby food is GROSS.
April 24, 2009 at 8:53 am
1. I always have my back to the water, and it has never occurred to me until right now that not everybody is the same in that regard.
2. I usually make pasta with something simple, like canned tuna or just egg yolk and parmesan.
3. I’m with you. If I notice the string, I pull it. Otherwise, no biggie.
4. No, I totally would NOT taste it, and would also have shrieked in horror.
April 24, 2009 at 9:17 am
I like to have my back to the water. I rarely turn to face it… only briefly when I have to to wet and rinse. Strange, I’ve never thought about it.
That’s what I love about your questions… they’re fascinatingly simple things that make me stop and think. And wonder!!
Cereal is definitely my go-to quick by myself lazy meal.
I don’t like strings on my bananas, but the example you gave of a coworker is a little extreme! I don’t like them if I notice them, but I don’t search for them!
I have made homemade dog biscuits (without the meat babyfood addition- that would make me EW!) and they actually smelled yummy but I couldn’t make myself try them. I think my husband (and maybe even my daughter?!?) did, but I just couldn’t.
April 24, 2009 at 10:10 am
Shower: I face away from the shower most of the time. I like to have the water as hot as possible. I also hate having water spray on my face – HATE it.
If I eat dinner alone, I get to eat stuff I know Jason wouldn’t touch in a million years: chinese food, egg noodles with cream of mushroom soup, and unhealthy stuff like nachos, salami and cheese slices, etc.
Bananas: I do peel the long, hangy strings, but if they’re little, I don’t care. However, my bananas have to be green. All yellow is OK (barely), but any spots of brown mean ICK.
I’m thinking of making homemade Frosty Paws (ice cream) for Shorty sometime, and the ingredients are all people food. I’m probably try it. For homemade dog biscuits, I’d probably try that too. I shouldn’t tell you I ate a piece of dog food a few weeks ago just to see what it tasted like (it tasted like dog food).
April 24, 2009 at 10:12 am
1. Back to the water. Always. I don’t like getting water in my eyes.
2. Since I eat alone most nights because J works out of town, I eat a lot of ramen. Sometimes I have tomato sandwiches (tomato, spinach, a little cream cheese) on whole grain bread. I always have a big pitcher of decaf tea.
3. I pick off the dangly strings. That’s it. Nothing major.
4. I could never NEVER EVER eat anything for a dog. With that in mind, I feel weird about eating baby food. It just doesn’t look like something I should put in my mouth. But it’s okay for babies. Because they’re tougher than I am.
April 24, 2009 at 10:15 am
Also, Kramer said he would like some dog biscuits.
April 24, 2009 at 4:24 pm
I like to have my back to the water.
When eating alone, I tend to eat (1) scraps of the kids’ dinners, or (2) fried eggs on toast, or (3) leftovers, or (4) cereal.
I pick off obvious banana strings.
I could taste a dog treat if I BRACED for it, like reminding myself about the ingredients. But only if it was made with regular chicken, not chicken baby food.
April 24, 2009 at 7:33 pm
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2. I’ve been known to eat cookies for dinner
3. I hate the strings, but I just peel them off
4. I’m with ya there. When I was little we (other sister & I) put dog food in yogurt and tried to make our little sister taste it. She was too smart for us, but the thought still makes me shudder.
April 24, 2009 at 7:34 pm
And yeah, baby food? Especially the meats? Gross!!!
April 24, 2009 at 9:39 pm
Yay! I am so excited for questions!
1. I like to face the water, too. I actually have a dry spot on my chest from standing too long in the hot water spray.
2. More often than not, if left to my own devices I will eat a large dessert instead of dinner. Unless there’s a really yummy salad leftover or something. But if I have to prepare something? Then no. I will have leftover cake instead.
3. No. Not unless it’s giant and obvious.
4. No, I would absolutely not have tasted the dog treats. Baby food disgusts me. I might have tried it otherwise. But still probably not.
April 25, 2009 at 8:09 am
I was just thinking about your Friday Questions, and was feeling Sad that they seemed to have been discontinued.
So!
1. I shower facing the water. I sort of didn’t know there was any other way TO do it.
2. Cereal. Sometimes I will pretend to dress this up as more four food groupy than it actually is by adding an apple, or strawberries.
3. I only take off the strings if they are obviously in my way.
4. No. I will generally taste anything. But “meaty” plus “biscuit” just shouldn’t go together.
April 26, 2009 at 2:18 pm
Hee!
1. I shower facing away from the water mostly. I love the warmth on my back and sore neck.
2. Cereal and a plate of corn ships with melted shredded cheese.
3. Unless the string is flopping around a threatening to break off and land in my lap, I ignore the strings.
4. I make those same treats (minus the egg)! The smell of the turkey baby food makes me GAG SO VERY MUCH. No way will I taste them. Even though they are entirely baby food. bleh.