Small Plates - March 12, 2010

SAN JOSE MARKET - Though I have been to the Ferry Building in San Francisco several times, I have yet to actually make it to the farmers market portion of that show. It would take getting up really early on a weekend and since getting up at thebuttcrackofdawn isn't my idea of fun, I just haven't done it. But every time I'm at the Ferry Building or read of someone getting some awesome foodstuffs at the farmers market there, I also find myself thinking "I wish they had something like that in San Jose". Well, starting August 1st, we may just get a little taste. Something called "The San Pedro Square Market" described as "approximately 50 unique vendors selling everything from farm fresh fruits and meats to perfect raviolis and hand crafted chocolates" will be opening in downtown San Jose. They will also "produce daily entertainment and showcase beautiful art created by local artists and craftsmen". It sounds more like a retail center than a standard farmers market so I'm interested in what might be available. For more information go here.

DON'T MESS WITH MY JACK! - I'm still in the corner that the best fast food french fries are found at McDonald's. But maybe Jack is listening to me. He's going to change his fries. He's going to improve "crispness, temperature and freshness". I hate when places change foods that I've been fond of for years but who knows, maybe fries will be better at Jack In the Box? Have you noticed a change in your fries? If you hated Jack in the Box fries before, will you give them a try now? Will I give up my McDonald's fries for Jack fries? Since In-N-Out fries rank second on my list, Jacks fries will have to really improve to wow me. For more info go here.

THE FINAL FRONTIER - So lets say it would take a couple of years to take a spaceship to Mars and back. Would you be willing to do it? Would you be willing to give up bacon for two years? McDonald fries? Fresh fruits and vegetables? Well, would you have to or is there a way that you would be able to eat such things in space? Hey, they make sushi in space so why not a chocolate milkshake? If you've been wondering about space food lately and all you come up with is "Tang" you should read Pillownauts posts about space food. You can find the posts about food now and then here and here (you should read Pillownauts blog if you or your kids are curious about space travel at all, very informative!). 

WENDY'S CHILI - Remember the Wendy's Finger Lady? She who cooked a finger and put it in a local Wendy's chili to try to get money? Well, she just got out of jail. Not sure why that is news but it is. And since the Wendy's she tried to shake down is MY Wendy's (two blocks from where I used to work and eat the chili regularly and still pass on my way to work every morning) reliving the whole thing makes me shudder. Yuck. Anyway for more info go here. And for what it's worth, I still eat the chili and yes, even at that Wendy's!

Comments

[Chris]

I read the article about the chili woman this morning and the premeditation in which she did this is incredible. Actually winning the fingertip on a bet and cooking it? She didn't do this on a whim and deserved every moment of time that she spent behind bars.

[Livin Local]

I thought that her husband (ex-husband perhaps) had purchased it from a coworker. Actually, the coworker owed him some money and he simply forgave the debt for the severed finger. All around strange to be sure.

[Mrs. L]

Chris - Totally agree. We actually went back to that Chilis the week after this all went down years ago, just to support them. We didn't believe that it was something they had done, we always thought it was a bogus claim. I think she should have stayed in jail.

Livin Local - Definitely strange, I can't imagine even thinking about doing it in the first place.

[Michael Mathews]

That finger in the chili was weird, but I still eat at wendy's now and then. I like their fries. :-)

Your mention of Pillownaut made me realize that the feed was not updating in my RSS reader. Voila. A bunch of new posts to read this week.