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What I ate last week
EPISODE 46
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My mom told me this week that I should go on shark tank; so I am not sure if she’s ever seen it
H&H
I have two cabbages that are taking up my entire fridge and it’s ruining my life; so big they are blocking out the sun aka the fridge light so all of the other food is shrouded in darkness
Fosters market health code violations; dead bugs in pans and nobody was washing their hands
The restaurant was in violation of 17 standards. Violations included not observing “any handwashing during the entire inspection,” plus finding a slicer with food debris, household pesticide in the cabinet, “dead winged insects stuck to some metal pans” and “over half a dozen pest traps in the storage room.”
18” sinkhole caused the main road outside my office to shut down and the launching of multiple helicopters to monitor the giant chasm and imminent swallowing of the city
Speaking of holes, no brunswick stew this year
Brian sent me the yelp page for our local Olive Garden where his mom had a margarita spilled on her. First mistake was ordering a margarita at Olive Garden. George S: “the marinara is now spicy. Be careful”
Was considering doing a long weekend somewhere close, like Savannah, but I’m unsure if it’s worth a food trip.
Elizabeth’s Ice cream & Deli in Estill, SC: “Worst place in the world. Waited an hour for a club sandwich”
Bobops Famous Chicken: 3.6 Stars: “This is a marathon gas station that sells fried chicken”.
Seafood boils with a lot of boiled eggs (David’s Crab House) sounds like some type of infestation issue
Al salaam deli that looked good
Lot of good, hole-in-the-wall southern places on the drive there that are just too far away to drive to in a day
Rigdon’s Fried Chicken in Hampton, SC
INTERNET
Vital eggs disingenuous; nobody is doing pasture eggs at scale; and at that price point you should just buy eggs from your farmers market or neighbor / Latta egg ranch went up in price during the “egg pandemic” / lets stop romanticizing food
Noodles and company x housewives https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8fBGtuj/
Absolutely shocking / Anna rebrand
New $3 meal guidelines is eating a snackwrap https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8fDV9EH/
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8fBqjk2/ best comment is from someone named Zach who said “pecans suck ass”
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8fBxWVL/ Rachel ray’s 30 min meal and $40 a day show made me not excited for the future. How to microwave things
David Lebovitz newsletter: Brownie Brittle with an Asian Twist / Top Chef
David Lebovitz macaroni and cheese https://www.davidlebovitz.com/worlds-best-mac-cheese-macaroni-recipe/
Kitchn clickbait article (not food52) about putting butcher paper over the walls
I want to put up a tile backsplash in my kitchen but I don’t own my house, so this would be a good alternative
A better title for this article would have been How I Turned my kitchen into a Macaroni Grill
90 day fiance paul arsonist shower curtain; brian said I couldn’t get it because if his mom saw it she would be too puzzled and get a brain tumor
Molly Baz target line IG post deleted - mayo brand https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8fMK977/
Claims she didn’t know which feels impossible unless she is truly living under a rock; do research?
TOP 5 FOOD MEMORIES IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER
Blotting pizza with napkins
My dad ordering antipasto
Ordering soy sauce at an Indian restaurant
My grandmother making me a turkey and Mayo sandwich with rotten Turkey so I thought I hated the taste of mayonnaise until I was 25
The time my dad was next in line at the DMV and I threw up a whole tomato slice into his shirt pocket
When we had to churn butter in 2nd grade and when it was time to eat it on cornbread the girl ahead of me in line stuck the whole butter knife in her mouth and then back into the butter so I just sat back down.
ANNE’S FOOD LOG
January 12, 2026 (Monday)
9am: Counter Culture coffee with half & half, made at home.
10am: Ciabatta from Boulted Bread with Wild Dill Snofrisk cheese.
1pm: A bowl of bran flakes with milk and a handful of Graza potato chips.
6pm: Tuna salad made with Fishwife albacore tuna with spanish lemon, mayonnaise, and dijon mustard, shredded romaine, pickled banana peppers, and bacon on Boulted Bread ciabatta toasted in bacon fat, made at home.
Let’s be real: This is canned tuna. THE NICE THING ABOUT PICKLED BANANA PEPPERS IS THAT THEY ARE GREAT EVEN IF THEY ARE FOOD LION STORE BRAND
January 13, 2026 (Tuesday)
8:30am: Counter Culture coffee with half & half, made at home, and leftover tuna salad on ciabatta.
11am: A bowl of bran flakes with milk.
12pm: Boulted Bread ciabatta with Wild Dill Snofrisk cheese.
4pm: Graza potato chips with Wild Dill Snofrisk cheese.
6pm: Rustic Bakery Ginger Baby Cookies.
https://www.murrayscheese.com/dp/rustic-bakery-mini-ginger-babies?srsltid=AfmBOoq1C22wRHnHzXDHprwAxgztOB9mWFBXDLgAI2kKHFYAT8poynFo
Why are all these babies GENDERED
Intensively flavored so I don’t gorge on them
January 14, 2026 (Wednesday)
7am: Leftover coffee with half & half and a bowl of bran flakes with milk.
11am: Leftover tuna salad and shredded romaine with two small slices of ciabatta, and a cup of coffee with half & half at the office.
2pm: A strawberry grain bar.
IF I WERE BLINDFOLDED AND YOU DIDN’T TELL ME WHAT FLAVOR IT WAS, IT REALLY COULD BE EITHER THE APPLE CINNAMON OR STRAWBERRY; ACTUALLY THEY ARE PROBABLY THE SAME FLAVOR WITH DIFFERENT PACKAGING
Cake room: Recipe for Wonton Soup from a NYT Cooking Page-a-day Calendar
Ingredients:
Salt
2 quarts chicken stock, preferably homemade
12 baby bok choy, cut in halves or quarters lengthwise
8 bunches fresh wonton noodles (optional)
20 fresh or unthawed frozen wontons
1 scallion, thinly sliced
Soy sauce, red vinegar, chile oil, or chile crisp for serving
Preparation:
Blanch bok choy and cook noodles and wontons
Divide into serving bowls
Top with warmed stock and toppings
Homemade Stock
Combine 8oz chicken wings, 8oz ground pork, 3 slices of ginger, 2 cut-up scallions and 7c water in large pot. Add ounce of dried Chinese mushrooms or dried scallops and a whole star anise if you have them. Bring to boil and then maintain a simmer for 35 min, skimming foam. Strain, discard solids and season stock to taste.
6pm: Ground pork, tofu, onion, and broccoli with garlic, chilies, and cumin over jasmine rice, made at home.
Used Korean soy sauce - too salty
Fried pork, added garlic, chinese crushed chilies, whole dried chilies, cumin seeds, fennel seeds, then when sticking add onion, then broccoli and boiled tofu. Add sugar/msg/chicken bouillon powder/garlic powder and finish with a little bit of soy.
8pm: Rustic Bakery Ginger Baby cookies.
January 15, 2026 (Thursday)
9am: Counter Culture coffee with half & half, made at home.
11am: Graza potato chip crumbs.
1pm: A three egg omelette with Kerrygold reserve cheddar and black pepper, made at home.
The Kerrygold was wet when I took it out of the package. I keep meaning to buy wax paper to store my cheese.
2:30pm: Tortilla chips and salsa.
NATURE’S PROMISE BRAND – THIS BRAND SUCKS
6pm: Fusilli with pancetta, savoy cabbage, garlic, onion, and cream, made at home.
HER WINE is ok for being a wine that is basically called “wine for women”
JUST STARTED A 5LB BACK OF EVEN KEEL, NEED A NEW COFFEE BECAUSE COUNTER CULTURE IS PROVING TO NOT BE GREAT, ESPECIALLY FOR THE PRICE POINT; THIS WAS MADE ALL THE MORE APPARENT WHEN DRINKING IT NEXT TO METRIC COFFEE
WHAT TO DO WITH A SAVOY CABBAGE?
1 napa and 1 savoy cabbage, on the verge of bolting, from NCSU
Per wikipedia: white wine, apples, spices, horseradish, meat
Peak cabbage season in northern hemisphere is Nov-Apr
I typically use potatoes, but mine are spent
Arthur Schwartz
Cabbage and potato with pancetta and hot pepper from Naples / Basilicata
Cube pancetta and saute with olive oil in 4QT pot until brown and rendered
Add a pound of ½” sliced potatoes and cook in the fat; add salt and chili flakes
Cut 3LB cabbage into squares, core removed, and rinse, and add as much cabbage to the pot as fits, and add a teaspoon of salt
Cover pot and cook on low, turning the mixture every so often, for about 40 minutes
Cabbage caesar salad (does this keep as leftovers?)
https://lidiasitaly.com/recipes/layered-casserole-with-beefcabbage-and-potato/
https://lidiasitaly.com/recipes/rigatoni-sausage-cabbage/
https://thesouthernladycooks.com/southern-style-cabbage/#recipe
https://cabbagepatchkids.com/pages/babyland-general-hospital?srsltid=AfmBOoq2wdF8bg5WLqVahDWRwlmSzWXJZY7md1jpXMFgLMDNuUg1NEK3
Sauerkraut? Probably time to get rid of my giant jar of 2-year-old sauerkraut
SAVOY PASTA (Like Arthur’s recipe but subbing potatoes with pasta)
Half of a large savoy cabbage, cut into 1” strips
A quarter of an onion, sliced
4 cloves of garlic, smashed and sliced
4 ounces of pancetta
3 chiltepin peppers
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon butter
¼ cup Her Sauvignon Blanc
¼ cup heavy cream
⅔ pound of fusilli
1 can of beans (optional)
Parmesan (optional)
7:30pm: Rustic Bakery Ginger Baby Cookies.
January 16, 2026 (Friday)
7am: Counter Culture coffee with half & half, made at home, and a bowl of bran flakes.
9am: A cup of coffee with half & half at the office.
Cake room: NYT Cooking Page-a-Day calendar recipes for Citrus Skillet Shrimp With Shallots and Jalapenos, Frijoles Borrachos, and Black Sesame Shortbread. Coworker was eating a large spread of small pretzels, salami, cheese, Ritz crackers, grape tomatoes, and strawberries like in Bread and Jam for Frances
11am: Leftover ground pork and tofu with broccoli over rice.
4pm: A sugar-free lemon lime Jello and a handful of tortilla chips.
6pm: Soppressata, calabrese, mixed greens, mayonnaise, onion, pickled banana peppers on olive oil toasted focaccia, made at home.
7pm: A large scoop of tiramisu from Whole Foods.
Brian’s dad’s beach trip: Carolina Ale House, Cici’s Pizza, sock shopping for an undisclosed amount of socks
January 17, 2026 (Saturday)
8am: Counter Culture coffee with half & half, made at home.
10am: Leftover ground pork and tofu over rice with a steamed egg and S&B chili crisp, made at home.
1:30pm: Kalona French onion dip and Whole Foods rippled potato chips.
JUST OK - organic dehydrated spinach? You could use this as regular sour cream and nobody would know that it’s French onion dip. Broken ass chips
5pm: Half of a pork summer roll and roasted duck with sweet dipping sauce at Saigon Pho in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Giant empty aquarium with huge flat screen TV above it (turned off) could put it inside the aquarium and play videos of fish
Student pot luck with three chips and salsas and one cereal and milk
6:30pm: A spicy chicken sandwich and cheesy bites from a Popeye’s in Raleigh.
Cheesy bites were ok. Too pizza flavored and soft. Often popeye’s chicken is too oily.
7pm: Half of a Garden durian cream wafer.
Durian tasted like gasoline, tomato sauce, deep umami, cheese, mushroom, alcohol; a flavor that lingers in the back of your throat
January 18, 2026 (Sunday)
10am: Counter Culture coffee with half & half, North Country hickory smoked bacon, two sunny eggs, and half of a slice of focaccia toasted in bacon fat, made at home.
This bacon was whack; oddly rubbery before cooking. I think I might be sick. When I’m sick eggs taste bad and my appetite is generally low and I barely ate this.
1pm: Hot chocolate with whipped cream, made at home.
https://www.davidlebovitz.com/belgian-hot-chocolate/
https://www.davidlebovitz.com/parisian-hot-ch-1/
NIH milkshake study https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21574706/
Hot chocolate
3.5 ounces Tony’s dark chocolate
2.25 ounces Tony’s milk chocolate
2 cups of whole milk
¼ cup of half & half
Pinch of salt
Pinch of cinnamon
Drop of Dave’s coffee syrup
4pm: Chicken soup with onion, garlic, white carrots, mixed greens, staled Boulted Bread ciabatta, black pepper, and La Tourangelle olive oil, made at home.
5:30pm: Whole Foods tiramisu and a cup of earl grey with milk, made at home.
8pm: A sugar-free lemon lime Jello.