tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post6158865895676849852..comments2024-01-09T13:55:46.379-05:00Comments on 15 Minute Lunch: Zesty.Johnny Virgilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07914217086250206369noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-38094121814243483102018-10-09T10:04:23.548-04:002018-10-09T10:04:23.548-04:00Sounds like a lot of work. Can I just be invited t...Sounds like a lot of work. Can I just be invited to your house for dinner instead? :)Johnny Virgilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07914217086250206369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-63536136484684512742018-10-09T09:55:32.415-04:002018-10-09T09:55:32.415-04:00I love to cook but wouldn't if I didn't fo...I love to cook but wouldn't if I didn't follow my formula; <br />1) Find a dish that you like, say at a restaurant.<br />2) When you're ready for it again, Google up at least four versions of that recipe.<br />3) Carefully examine, scrutinize and combine the four recipes into one Superior version and name it after yourself; i.e. Johnny's Yucatan Chocolate Chicken Mole.<br />4) Go get your ingredients at the store and give it a go. Don't invite too many outsiders to try the first round. <br />5) Try it out and adjust the recipe from there until you've got something fantastic.<br />6) Be PROUD of your accomplishment. Congratulations, you're a Chef now!<br /><br /> - TedTed Skinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11897130059596270122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-35684875478740312532018-10-03T19:03:51.105-04:002018-10-03T19:03:51.105-04:00Yeah, I'm pretty sure you're right. I thi...Yeah, I'm pretty sure you're right. I think the closest thing we have is Hannaford to go, and even then you get what some high school kid picks out for you.Johnny Virgilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07914217086250206369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-67695349716451416722018-10-03T19:03:06.564-04:002018-10-03T19:03:06.564-04:00I'm in! Texas, right?I'm in! Texas, right?Johnny Virgilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07914217086250206369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-22043304075296814952018-10-03T19:02:49.527-04:002018-10-03T19:02:49.527-04:00We are part of the hive mind. You can leave CWB, b...We are part of the hive mind. You can leave CWB, but it will never leave you.Johnny Virgilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07914217086250206369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-36922512984533943522018-10-03T19:02:22.949-04:002018-10-03T19:02:22.949-04:00Thanks! They were actually on my list but we were ...Thanks! They were actually on my list but we were working our way down a review site's ranking.Johnny Virgilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07914217086250206369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-44604409022290981422018-10-03T17:20:26.341-04:002018-10-03T17:20:26.341-04:00Plated. You can do 2 meals instead of committing ...Plated. You can do 2 meals instead of committing to 3 and a decent variety of meals to choose from. Skip weeks as you want. <br />P.S. My cousin just reminded me about this blog as it somehow slipped off my radar, so now i'm off to catch up with like a year's worth of reading. Maybe I should make dinner first...Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01761435446131651989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-26739666230339633572018-10-03T13:06:25.374-04:002018-10-03T13:06:25.374-04:00What're the odds I check this thing for the fi...What're the odds I check this thing for the first time in a looooooong time, and find a new post. Speaking of this blog's periodicity, I think 9 or 10 months is about right in between posts, which is not a comment on the quality, but more our society as a whole.E w/a Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07473876184451294939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-9958468963655645552018-10-03T12:59:05.406-04:002018-10-03T12:59:05.406-04:00if you come to my house and re-put together my son...if you come to my house and re-put together my son's ikea dresser so that the drawers shut completely, i'll make you some real mexican food.leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01767550748209616771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-69476657445621059552018-10-03T12:15:41.158-04:002018-10-03T12:15:41.158-04:00Interesting! Thanks for the info on SPUD, I'l...Interesting! Thanks for the info on SPUD, I'll do some research. Sorry to hear about your stroke, that sucks. I hope you made a full recovery. I do like the idea of the plastic returnable tub, but I'm sure that makes things even more expensive since now you have to deal with picking that up and shipping it back.Johnny Virgilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07914217086250206369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-90501731355538261442018-10-03T10:19:26.996-04:002018-10-03T10:19:26.996-04:00So funny and accurate! We got Hello Fresh for a wh...So funny and accurate! We got Hello Fresh for a while last year when I was marathon training and I just was exhausted from trying to think of meal ideas... we do tend to eat more than actual "portion sizes" which is not a great habit but you are too right that the amount they sent was not quite enough for two grown adults, especially when I was running 8-10 miles daily! I think the more local services, like the one mentioned above, might be a better fit, but I don't think they're really available where you or I live.Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03391605010896130223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-48561815685325404492018-10-03T02:18:57.340-04:002018-10-03T02:18:57.340-04:00My last job before I had my stroke was for an orga... My last job before I had my stroke was for an organic produce and natural grocery delivery service called the Bay Area Organic Express, and they were a sort of prototype for these new meal delivery companies that have sprung up lately. <br /> Same model, a little looser and less formal, one delivery a week, recipes designed to make the produce (and fruit) into meals, and an emphasis on expanding your culinary horizons with produce you've never tried.<br /> They got bought by some Canadians who had a similar business called SPUD, and last I checked they were still around.<br /> At the time, I, who spent ten years as a line cook, felt that they would have done better if they had put more emphasis on the recipes and meal planning, but they sort of went in the other direction when they changed over and emphasized custom orders instead of pre-planned meal kits.<br /> Anyway, I had a stroke two weeks after we launched as a new company in 2008, so by now they may have picked up on the trend and gotten with the meal kit program.<br /> Anyway, I find cooking to be a very satisfying activity, even aside from the whole getting fed aspect of it, and I have been wondering about these meal kit delivery services, so thank you for writing about them.<br /> By the way, SPUD claims to be carbon neutral and deals with the excess packaging problem by making the box a plastic tub that gets returned and reused, and the cooling devices are returnable and reusable also, and some wrapped dry ice also.<br /> But I certainly can't afford them now, and I believe them to be a west coast kind of company, so I can't really recommend them, but your post reminded me of them.<br /> The produce was top-flight, however.<br /><br /> -Doug in Oakland dinthebeasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941071534250216503noreply@blogger.com