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Starch Three Ways

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Hello again, Fluffsters! Happy Thursday!

Once again, I’m going to be lazy and take advantage of foodish type things that happened at the cafeteria I go to regularly. Today’s demonstration is of dinner a couple days ago. I now present:

Starch 3 ways!

a meal served by the dining service- couscous, pasta, and bread.

A balanced meal. Starch is evenly distributed throughout the entire meal!

The three main parts were bread, a “chicken Parmesan pasta bake”, and couscous. In other words, starch, starch with a bit of protein mixed in, and starch with a few veggies.

I’m guessing that it qualified as “balanced” for three reasons:

1) Technically, it included vegetables and meat. Even though they were very difficult to find.

2) We have “Itallian”ish bread, a grain from North Africa, and a purely American invention. (I’m quite sure the Italians would be cringing at what’s been done to the pasta.)

3) Most importantly, it’s well balanced on the plate. The center of mass remained at the approximate center of the plate, so it’s therefore balanced.

So, Fluffsters, can you think of any other ways that this meal is able to be considered balanced?

“Creative Minds” Habits.

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Greetings unto you, readers all!

Today, in my perusal of the vast amounts of information now available, I came across a rather interesting article. I appreciated this article in part because it uses the word “faff”. That is a wonderful word, is it not?

The article discussed the various routines and habits of creative minds throughout history, and provides an analysis of the author’s attempts to imitate those habits. I have to admit, some of them looked like they would be rather interesting to try.

If you are looking for some easy to read ideas for self-improvement, I recommend reading the article.

I hope you have a joyous Tuesday!

I no longer need to bother…

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Hello, Fluffsters! Happy Thursday! I hope your day is treating you well.

I was thinking about coming up with a clever idea for a fluff post, but then I decided, “why bother”? For, you see, I encountered this substance at dinner last night.

Strange pizza-like substance with bananas, oatmeal, and... something.

I think there were bananas & oatmeal on this thing. But what is WITH that SAUCE?

So, I think it’s a pizza of some sort. And there were bananas on it. And oatmeal, I think. I have no idea what that sauce-like goop was, though.

That is one that I did not try. I like you, Fluffsters, I really do. But not that much. Sorry.

I hope you have a great Thursday!

 

Food Fluff: It’s PINK now!

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Hello, Fluffsters! Happy Tuesday!

Once again, I was at the same place with Lemon Dessert and the caramel apple cheesecake nobake. And once again, they had an interesting fluff dessert.

This time, it was pink!

Pink and oreo mousse dessert.

PINK fluff dessert now!

This one actually had a much better consistency than either of the two previous. Rather, it was much more expected.

The pink fluff stuck to the spoon this time.

It actually sticks to the spoon this time!

Isn’t it nice and pink?

It was also much softer, and didn’t hold the spoon as upright for as long as the Lemon Dessert!

A spoon is somewhat supported at approximately a 45 degree angle in the mousse.

The spoon started to fall much faster than with the other desserts!

Granted, it was still held for a while. But it was a much more expected consistency.

It was also sculptable.

the mousse is castle-ish shaped.

Castle-ish shaped pink stuff!

heart shaped pink fluff mousse

It was soft enough to turn into a heart.

In fact, as far as consistency goes, this was the best dessert. Unfortunately, it beat out the other two in terms of flavor- it was nasty. I had a few bites just to justify getting some, but it really didn’t taste very nice.

I think the rest of the population at the dining facility agreed with me, since after about 20 minutes to half an hour later, it hadn’t gone down very much.

Another pic of the tray about 20 minutes later. Its volume hasn't decreased by much.

As you can see, it hasn’t gone down very much…

So, happy Tuesday! I hope your week goes well, and is not plagued by perplexing pink paste.

Things that Make Dances Fun

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Hello, Fluffsters! Happy Sunday!

About a week ago, I was fortunate enough to be able to spend the weekend at a variety of ballroom & swing dance party thingies. It was a lot of fun, for a variety of reasons. (Heads up, any male readers- this post is primarily for the girls who read this.)

So, here are some reasons why I had fun.

1) There were some fun girls to talk to. Even when I was between guys asking me to dance, there were a group of people to hang out with and chat with. That was a fun part of the night!

2) I got asked to dance! That, of course, is the main reason why people go to dances. Presumably. At least, that’s why I did. I’m really enjoying learning Ballroom and Swing. Especially waltz, and other fun, twirly/fast or extremely dramatic types.

Why does your love of twirling not surprise me?

What’s that supposed to mean?

Oh, nothing… Nothing at all.

Hmm… Somehow, I’m not sure I believe you.

3) Getting to “Pretty Up”. There’s something really nice about the opportunity to try a fancy hairstyle (I got a friend to help, for once… I’m extremely picky about who touches my hair) and I did makeup nicely, and got to wear a pretty skirt or dress. Two nights in a row! It was fantastic.

4) Twirly Skirts. It’s a pity for the guys that only girls get to spin while wearing flowy, twirly skirts. There’s something really fun about it, that’s really hard to describe.

5) Spontaneous Line-Dances between “partner” dances. There was still partner dancing going on while my friends and I did a couple of line dances, but it was still a lot of fun. There was one where we didn’t exactly do a prescribed dance, per say, but we sort of made something up, and everyone else who wasn’t ballrooming at the time joined us. It was a lot of fun, and I highly recommend learning how to linedance with some friends at dance parties you go to.

6) Good food / drink. Nothing says “party” to me quite like non-alcoholic sickeningly sweet lemonade or fruit punch. And cookies. Even if you get crumbses all over the place, it’s part of the festive party atmosphere that makes dances fun.

There you have it, folks!

Where “it” is one of the fluffiest fluff posts in a while?

… where “it” is a list of things that make dances fun.

Right. That’s what I said.

What? That is not- oh, never mind.

Happy Sunday, Fluffsters! I hope you have a great week!

Creative Uses for Junk Mail

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Hello, Fluffsters!

I saw this a while ago, and thought it was a cool use of junk mail.

a paper cutout of a butterfly, reminiscent of the paper snowflakes seen around christmas.

It’s like paper snowflakes, but with butterflies.

I really like it. I thought it was a cool use of junkmail, and different enough from snowflakes to be really interesting!

Have any of you made anything like this?

“Food” fluff, part 2

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Hello, Fluffsters!

Once again, be prepared to be amazed by the “cooking prowess” of the cafeteria I have regular access to. For indeed, I bring you

Fluff Dessert, part 2.

Yes, Fluffsters, this is a Sequel to the Infamous Lemon Dessert.

Infamous? Really?

…I can dream, right?

But yes. The dessert I’m talking about tonight actually comes from about a week ago. But that’s ok. Better late than never, right? (Don’t answer that, Fluffy.)

The dessert, you see, is “Caramel Apple No Bake Cheesecake.” (Good to know- the flavor certainly didn’t give it away…)

A gooey substance labeled "Caramel Apple No Back Cheesecake."

Caramel Apple No Bake Cheesecake. It’s the bottom one. On the right. Good thing I took a picture, or I still wouldn’t have known what it was…

I encourage you to click the image above to appreciate its full gooey “good”ness(?).

Naturally, think of you, dear Fluffsters, I got some.

It didn’t taste bad. It tasted like some sort of cream-cheese & graham-cracker dessert, which is to be expected. There were some confusing lumps in it, which at this point I’m guessing were apples of some sort. It did not taste particularly caramelly or appley. It was somewhat sweet, and a bit sour, which I guess is expected of cheesecake.

The name, though. That’s one of the other perplexing things. Ok, it may have had cream-cheese in it. It was also probably slightly caramel or apple flavored. But no-bake cheesecake? That’s definitely confusing. It’s not in cake form by any stretch of the imagination. It wasn’t baked, though, so I guess that part works. But seriously. “Cake”? Where’s the cake part? No-bake Cheese pudding would work. Cake still does not.

A not particularly cakeish dollop of the "cheesecake."

Scary, isn’t it? And not particularly cakelike.

But I’m getting off track, aren’t I?

Oh well.  Yes. So the flavor wasn’t bad. Again, I wouldn’t suggest you actually pay anything for it, unless you’re in a mood for something with cream-cheese and this is the only option. The texture on this as well was also perplexing.

Here are some illustrations of what you can do to it with a fork:

A goupy substance stuck to a fork hovering above a plate.

Yes, the fork is above the plate. Yes, that consistency slightly scared me.

Goopy Cheescake smooshed on the fork.

Another angle of the Fork & Goo

So, all said and done, unless you’re really craving a cream cheese & graham cracker combination, or unless you’re writing a blog about it, I don’t recommend getting this stuff. It didn’t taste bad, in fact it was significantly better than the lemon dessert, but it’s still very odd.

Happy Thursday!

 

A study in contrasts…

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Hello, Fluffsters!

At dinner last night, there was a rather amusing incident. So, I was having dinner at the cafeteria, and a friend came over, and greeted my with a “Greetings, my Lady, how art thou this fine evening?”

I was about to reply with “Quite well, my Lord. And thyself?” (or something along those lines) when I was interrupted by a different greeting- “I HONK IN THY GENERAL DIRECTION!!”

Two things come to mind concerning this incident.

1) I have great friends. Yes, both of the greetings this evening included King James style English. (Thees, thous, thys…) They may also be slightly weird. I think that my friend who greeted me with the “my Lady” honorific might have been referencing the fact that I tease him about being royalty, due to a role he played in a skit at one point, and another incident or two involving him (and his family) being royalty, or close to it.

So… If I tell you that I played royalty in some of my performances, will you start treating me deferentially?

Not unless I can see the play/skit. And not if I think it will go to your head.

Darn.

So yes. Great friends.

The other thing that comes to mind more immediately is 2) what a great study in contrasts! Even with the semi-attempts at using “formal English” (thees, thous, etc.), there are obvious differences. It was actually very amusing. One was a gallant, formal greeting that used the “thou” to sound more formal, even though it’s technically the “informal” from formal English. Which actually made it classier, somehow. The other greeting was designed to be amusingly obnoxious, and deliberately used the informal “thy”.

What can I say? I love my friends.

Mislabeled Desserts

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My cafeteria is confusing. Or confused. Or both.

You mean the place that served the mysterious “Lemon Dessert“?

Yes. This was at lunch today.

mislabeled dessert sign.

Supposedly the desserts are “Danish”, “Cinnamon rolls”, and “Cranberry Muffins.”

 

Those are supposed to be danishes, cinnamon rolls, and cranberry muffins? Your world does those very differently from mine…

Maybe not. I think I’m equally confused.

Well, happy Sunday, fluffsters! I hope you have an excellent week.

Encounters with Wildlife

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Hello, Fluffsters!

The other day I had a wildlife encounter.

Oh?

Yes. I ran into some wildlife, and I took a picture that I’m going to share with you.

a fuzzy caterpillar. aka, the wildlife encounter

My Wild Life Encounter

It’s a slightly freaky, very furry caterpillar. In a rampage.

…That’s your definition of wildlife? A rampaging caterpillar?

Well, it counts. It’s not domestic!

I guess you have me there.

Well, happy Saturday! I hope you have a great one!