Saturday, November 12, 2011

Saturday: BC Burrito and crazy people

I've had a craving for Mexican food ever since getting back from Austin.  Since today was also grocery day, I figured I'd try BC Burrito again, as it's on the way to WF.
I splurged a bit and got a regular size burrito and the chips and queso.  I think next time, I'll just get a bigger burrito and ask to get the queso inside.  My original hope was to be able to dip my burrito into the queso.
It's hard to see, but this burrito would have completely fallen apart if I'd tried that.  I went with the chicken mole filling, which has actual flavor, unlike Qdoba chicken.  The salsa is actual hot, not fake hot, and I think next time I'll see about getting just a half scoop to tone that down a bit.  Queso isn't spicy at all, and separates a bit as it sits, but that's pretty much what happens when you use real cheese instead of processed stuff.

End result is that this doesn't really fill the burrito niche, but I think that I can get something close if I just iterate the fillings a bit.

I also saw what I assume was an airsoft marine across the street:
Toys & Joys sells airsoft stuff, that's why .



Storytime: I'm at WF, waiting for Deli Girl to finish slicing pastrami.  While I'm standing there, Guy Who Looks Like A Dad From An 80's Movie comes over with a chunk of cheese that he wants a taste of (it looked like a hunk of cheddar, so I'm not sure what he was unclear on).
Guy: "Getting some good stuff, huh?"
Me: "Um...yeah? Pastrami?"
Guy: "I think this place has the best deli on the island."
Me (in my head): "I miss Zingerman's"
Me (outloud): "Yeah."
Guy: "I'm going to ramble on about other places that used to sell cheese, but are now closed."
Me: "Sure, whatever."
Guy: "Now I'm going to take a ride on the crazy train."
Me: "What?"
Guy: "Is that psoriasis?"
Me: "Yeah, so?"
Guy: "Have you heard of Edgar Cayce?"
Me: "No?"
My brain: "Wait, yes you have. He's that guy who claimed he was a psychic like 70 years ago, and talked about Atlantis and bullshit like that."
Me: "Really? And this random douchebag who doesn't know what cheese tastes like is trying to convince me that a dead charlatan has good medical advice?"
My brain: "Apparently. Wait, what was that?"
Guy: "You need to get your acids and alkalines balanced in your diet because that's the only way to get better."
Me & My brain: "WTF?"
Guy: "Maybe you need to have like a five day apple diet, or orange diet."
My brain: "Wait, I'm going to balance the acids by munching on oranges for five days? Are you even listening to yourself, Crazy Dude?"
Me: "I'm tempted to say that outloud."
My brain: "Probably best not to. I'm sure Deli Girl would help if this guy went crazy, but it's best not to provoke someone who wears his shorts pulled that high up."
Deli Girl: "Here's your pastrami!"
Me: "Thanks!"

Anyway, here's the menu plan for this week:

  • Saturday: Just a sandwich or something, since I'm still full from the burrito.
  • Sunday: I'm going to steal Julie's salad idea, and tweak it a bit, as I picked up bay scallops.  I'm also swapping out arugula with regular lettuce (I couldn't find local arugula).  And now, looking over the recipe, I realize I don't have half of the ingredients. I guess I'll be doing another grocery run tomorrow. Avacado? Crap, those are never ripe here.  This is looking less like stealing Julie's idea, and more like taking the dressing from that idea and replacing everything else.
  • Monday: Fish guy gave me twice the amount of bay scallops that I wanted. So, rerun day.
  • Tuesday: I have mahi mahi, macadamia nuts, a pineapple, and sriracha. I'm sure these things can be used together.
  • Wednesday/Thursday: I got two buffalo hot dogs, because I had a hot dog craving.  Throw a salad together, and this kind of counts as healthy.
  • Friday: No plan. Maybe an eat out day.

No comments:

Post a Comment