On this day, Kat and I learned on the way to NYC, and I learned again on the way home, that some road food is just not meant to be eaten on the road. Pull up a seat in the restaurant and relax and take a break, because it doesn’t save any time if you later figure out that you have to pull over and eat, and it’s not good for the inside of the car! Trying to drive and eat could be bad for the outside of the car!
We did have some yummy messy food though!
I have learned, or I have sometimes learned, or I would like to learn to ask for a take-out container at the start of a meal bigger than my actual head. If I pack up tomorrow’s lunch up front, I’ll eat the right amount tonight and have a great lunch tomorrow. Otherwise, I’ll just keep eating until it’s all gone and I’m all sorry.
Gale got this from Wendy who got it from a friend:
“With time, women gain weight because we accumulate so much information and wisdom in our heads that when there is no more room, it distributes out to the rest of our bodies. So we aren’t heavy, we are enormously cultured, educated and happy.”
Steve learned that good biking gloves relieve pressure on a specific nerve in the hands and keep his hands from falling asleep and going numb on long rides. Score!
I have learned how to make really good iced lattes at home but I have also learned that using up all the espresso at once is WAY too much caffeine for me at a shot!
Today I leaned that you can soften your brick-hard brown sugar by heating it in the microwave.
AND I learned that you should then sift through to pick out the tiny sugar rocks that form, before you mix it into the rest of the ingredients, where it will be much more work to sort through.
The banana oat almond muffins were yummy. Wish I had one right now!
I have learned to cut brussels sprouts in half before I steam them because otherwise they take way too long to cook and everything else is ready way sooner than they are.
From Sal:
You can leave rice out for hours without refrigerating it. This is news to me, courtesy of Priti.
My dad warned that an apple a day would prevent you getting adequate medical help … and here is a related quote from Stephen Colbert:
“An apple a day keeps anyone away, if you throw it hard enough”
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