Clarity
Fear of Cheese
Posted 28 Nov 2008
I ordered a hamburger at a little restaurant I visited this weekend. Along with each sandwich on the menu, one had the choice of a few toppings, including cheese:
The relevant text in the above photo is as follows:
Cheese… $.50
Cheddar, American, Swiss, Bleu ($1)
Spicy Jack, Goat ($1.50)
For the first time in my life, I think, I was nervous about cheese. What is one to assume about the nondescript “cheese” item (selling for $0.50)? What could it mean such that it is called out separately from “Cheddar”, “American”, “Swiss”, “Bleu”, “Spicy Jack”, and “Goat”?
I was especially worried that “American” cheese costs more! What could possibly be a lower cost form of cheese-product?
Call for interpretations
Posted 3 Oct 2008
Food, Signs | 7 Comments
As I enjoyed a glass or two of wine the other evening, I spun the bottle around to read the label. (Notice a trend? I like reading labels.) I glanced at the icons in the bottom right corner.
No, those numbers weren’t on the label – we’ve added them because we want to ask you, our readers, what you think the icons mean. We weren’t entirely sure. After we discussed the matter, we hoped you might have some insight.
So, what’s your best guess about what they icons mean? We’ll start the guessing:
- This wine helps you achieve a modern balance of yin and yang. ‘DIE GRÜNE PUNKT’ must be German for ‘The Good Life’.
- This wine will stain your white tablecloth if poured directly onto the table.
- This wine will enable you to levitate rubbish from nearby rubbish bins.
- This wine will not relieve back pain in pregnant women.
So, come on. Jump in. Points awarded for creativity.
You know you’re in a martini bar when…
Posted 11 Sep 2008
Drinks, Food, Places | 5 Comments
Below is a photo of my tab from a recent trip to Bossa Nova, a tapas restaurant in Pittsburgh with a very large ‘chill’ bar area.
As I glanced over the tab, I suddenly realised that this place was pretty much exclusively a Martini and wine bar. My tab was labeled simply ‘Penn Pilsner’ because I was the only one in the bar drinking beer!
Red Pepper Challenge
Posted 8 Aug 2008
Events, Food, The Little Things | 7 Comments
Ok, Brainy Readers, it’s time for your Friday mental challenge. Stretch your thinking one more time this week and see if you can figure out the answer to today’s mind-teaser. It’s a real trickster, this one, so you will definitely need your thinking caps on!
Submit your answers via the comment box (or via our email address if you’re shy and we’ll post them anonymously in the comment box for you).
The Friday Challenge: Figure out a way to use the red pepper flakes inside this canister on the right side of this post (and possibly above this immediate sentence, depending on the font size you are using to view chickenmonkeydog).
The Very Simple Rules: You may not disobey the rule on the side of the canister:
Ok, then. Do you all appreciate what the question is asking? Understand the rules? The challenge begins … NOW!
Enter the Bacon
Posted 4 Aug 2008
There are a few gems of restaurants in every city, and last week I had the pleasure of enjoying “Bacon Night” at one such restaurant in Pittsburgh. Not only were baskets of bacon available for only $1, but if you sat at the bar the bacon was served free all night long!
Do you think I like bacon too much? After ordering one initial basket, I ordered the pork shank, which was served still frozen on the inside, and since I don’t prefer to eat uncooked pork I just followed up with three additional baskets of the good stuff.
Heart, I am sorry. Stomach, you’re welcome.
