I got the Big City Sliders Station today. It was a lot smaller than I had thought it would be. But that's fine. It looks neat. I haven't been able to use it yet because I don't have any ground meat. I need to get to the store.
I've read several blog's about how crappy this device is and what a complete waste of $20 it is.
This one person said that when she opened her BCSS she smelled it and it had an unpleasant odor. I didn't smell mine but I washed it right away in warm soapy water. The instructions say hot soapy water though. It was hotter than regular warm so that's good enough I guess. But this person also said that she put it on the stove for 15 minutes by itself with no burgers in it to remove all the germs or what not. Well, I read the instructions and it clearly states not to put it on the stove without anything in it. And you have to cook the burgers on medium, not high. It also says not to cook it on a halogen or quartz stove surfaces yet in the commercial they are using the glass stove top.
Another person said that when he was biting into his mini burger he saw some silver on his burger and shouted STOP EATING! because the teflon was attached to the burgers. I'm sorry but you would notice that when you finish cooking them before putting them on the buns.
Another person said that he cooked like 70 or so mini burgers for a party, just batch after batch after batch. When he was done it was pretty nasty and he said he had to use a Brillo pad (or something like it) to clean it. The first rule when cleaning Teflon is no wire cleaning tools that can scratch the Teflon. Everyone knows that.
Well, the cooking time of this thing is 2-4 minutes on medium and I don't think that after the 3rd batch the Teflon is going to start coming off if you are using it right. That's what another person said, after the 3rd batch it started coming off and onto the burgers. That's only 12 minutes of use so if that happens to them after 12 minutes of use then I'm going to guess they are cooking it on high and leaving it on the stove for long periods of time without cooking anything in it.
But, I'm going to take all these comments that I've read into consideration and I'm not going to cook with it. I'm going to use it as a burger press then lay the 5 burgers on a piece of wax paper, put wax paper on top of the burgers, then add 5 more stacked and so on then put it all in a gallon zip lock bag. The one that you suck the air out. This way I can have maybe 30 or so mini burgers frozen and ready to use whenever I get the urge to eat some. And I plan on cooking them with a skillet. I know that Billy Mayes thinks that people who cook their mini burgers on a skillet are all morons who can't cook but I've done pretty good cooking burgers on a skillet my whole life, I think that I'll be ok.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Bicycle
I woke up at 7am with the alarm clock with the intention of leaving the house at 8:30am or when Chip left for work. But then I realized that I might be getting a package in the mail any day now so I just decided to wait another hour for the mail. It's a good thing I did because she left a big package on my doorstep and didn't even ring the bell. She just left it there. If I wasn't home when she dropped it off then someone could've taken it. It was the Big City Slider Station from Publishers Clearing House lol. Yeah I know, I could've gotten it from Walmart but I can pay for it over the next 4 months. I don't have the money to spend at Walmart right now.
Before the mail came I thought that I would go to Albertson's real fast and see what they have in the way of energy bars. When I get to a certain point my stomach starts hurting because all of a sudden it's like I'm starving or something. I don't know why it does that so I wanted to get some energy bars. They aren't too bad I guess, most of them are a bit expensive like $1.50 - $2. But then I saw the Tiger's Milk bars which were only .89 cents but they also had a tag that said buy 1 get 1 free. So I bought 3 of them and got 3 for free. I'm going to have to go back later and buy 20 more for $10 lol.
So then I went to the bike path and didn't stop for any rest, I was going to just rest at a Yokuts park just before Beach Park but then I figured that Beach Park is right next to Yokuts park so I might as well just keep going to Beach Park. When I got there I sat on the cement bench and grabbed my Tiger's Milk bar and enjoyed it. My stomach was a little tiny bit hungry but it wasn't too hungry but this Tiger's Milk bar filled it. I sat there for probably 15 minutes then I went on my way back the way I came to come home.
When I got home I took the bicycle computer off and when I opened the back door the dog (toy chihuahua) was jumping up for me to pick her up and I did then I started walking in the door and went to reach for the doorknob to close it and the computer fell out of my hand. OMG!!! I picked it up and it was flashing numbers as if I had just taken the battery out and replaced it so it wanted me to set it up. This means that I had lost all my information.
Luckily I had looked at the info before I got home so I kinda knew what my trip odometer was. It was about 10 miles which was the same exact amount of miles I went on April 17th so I just wrote down the same miles. Also I looked at my average speed and it was 12.2 so I wrote that down on my sheet (and in the bike computer stats in the Spark People page). My time was about the same as April 17th also so I just put 52 minutes and no seconds. I don't know how many calories or fat calories that was but I'm not really concerned. The reason I say that is because going 12.2mph burns more calories than going 11.8mph. Not that much but still, the numbers wouldn't be the same.
So that's it. Tomorrow I'm going to leave at the same time as Chip since I'm not expecting anything in the mail. Well, I did buy him some ties for Church with crosses on them but I'm sure they will be in a small enough package that they can slip it into the big box outside.
Before the mail came I thought that I would go to Albertson's real fast and see what they have in the way of energy bars. When I get to a certain point my stomach starts hurting because all of a sudden it's like I'm starving or something. I don't know why it does that so I wanted to get some energy bars. They aren't too bad I guess, most of them are a bit expensive like $1.50 - $2. But then I saw the Tiger's Milk bars which were only .89 cents but they also had a tag that said buy 1 get 1 free. So I bought 3 of them and got 3 for free. I'm going to have to go back later and buy 20 more for $10 lol.
So then I went to the bike path and didn't stop for any rest, I was going to just rest at a Yokuts park just before Beach Park but then I figured that Beach Park is right next to Yokuts park so I might as well just keep going to Beach Park. When I got there I sat on the cement bench and grabbed my Tiger's Milk bar and enjoyed it. My stomach was a little tiny bit hungry but it wasn't too hungry but this Tiger's Milk bar filled it. I sat there for probably 15 minutes then I went on my way back the way I came to come home.
When I got home I took the bicycle computer off and when I opened the back door the dog (toy chihuahua) was jumping up for me to pick her up and I did then I started walking in the door and went to reach for the doorknob to close it and the computer fell out of my hand. OMG!!! I picked it up and it was flashing numbers as if I had just taken the battery out and replaced it so it wanted me to set it up. This means that I had lost all my information.
Luckily I had looked at the info before I got home so I kinda knew what my trip odometer was. It was about 10 miles which was the same exact amount of miles I went on April 17th so I just wrote down the same miles. Also I looked at my average speed and it was 12.2 so I wrote that down on my sheet (and in the bike computer stats in the Spark People page). My time was about the same as April 17th also so I just put 52 minutes and no seconds. I don't know how many calories or fat calories that was but I'm not really concerned. The reason I say that is because going 12.2mph burns more calories than going 11.8mph. Not that much but still, the numbers wouldn't be the same.
So that's it. Tomorrow I'm going to leave at the same time as Chip since I'm not expecting anything in the mail. Well, I did buy him some ties for Church with crosses on them but I'm sure they will be in a small enough package that they can slip it into the big box outside.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Anthony's On CBS Early Show
The parents of Casey Anthony were on the CBS Early Show this morning. It was only a 10 minute interview but tomorrow they will have part 2.
They were very soft spoken today, not argumentative or anything negative like they have been lately. When asked a question that Cindy did not like, she looked over to her attorney to respond for her. She looked like she was about to fly off the handle but thought to herself that it's counterproductive to overreact.
They know that they need to start being a lot more softer to the public because their credibility has gone out the window so they are trying to rebuild that. Without credibility they won't be able to help their daughter when this comes to trial.
Oprah was supposed to do this interview with them in late April but she backed out. She was probably afraid that it wouldn't go very good or maybe perhaps Oprah isn't so sympathetic and knows about Cindy and George Anthony's credibility and does not want to help them fix it. Who really knows for sure but they can count that out. Oprah would've been a lot better for them than the CBS Early Show.
They were very soft spoken today, not argumentative or anything negative like they have been lately. When asked a question that Cindy did not like, she looked over to her attorney to respond for her. She looked like she was about to fly off the handle but thought to herself that it's counterproductive to overreact.
They know that they need to start being a lot more softer to the public because their credibility has gone out the window so they are trying to rebuild that. Without credibility they won't be able to help their daughter when this comes to trial.
Oprah was supposed to do this interview with them in late April but she backed out. She was probably afraid that it wouldn't go very good or maybe perhaps Oprah isn't so sympathetic and knows about Cindy and George Anthony's credibility and does not want to help them fix it. Who really knows for sure but they can count that out. Oprah would've been a lot better for them than the CBS Early Show.
Too Hot
Well, I've decided that I'm going to wait until tomorrow to ride the bike. I took yesterday off because it was Chips day off but now the weather is getting too hot for me to even want to go riding. I just don't feel like it anymore.
This is my issue, if it's too cold I don't want to go, if it's too hot I don't want to go. Well, in Bakersfield it's only normal for a month before summer then a month after the heat dies down before winter. So I don't have that many options.
This is what I'm thinking. Since it's getting hot outside but it's cooler in the morning then I'm going to start going out at the same time that Chip leaves for work. So I'm going to get up at 8am and have something to eat then at 8:30am when he leaves I will leave too. I know that I've said that before and then it never happened but this is how I'm going to do it starting tomorrow.
I really need this exercise and I don't want to suffer in the process because of the heat. I don't think it's that healthy to exercise when it's 100+ outside. That's why the gym has the A/C going.
When summer does come though I'm going to have to make a real effort to get up earlier in the morning, like at the crack of dawn to leave the house and get it over with. There is no way that I'm going to be out when it's 110-120 outside. No way.
Actually getting out there early in the morning is probably a very good idea no matter what the temperature is. I've heard from trainers that it's better to do your work out before you go to work early in the morning. So, perhaps getting out there early is a smart move. Maybe this will help me lose weight easier.
This is my issue, if it's too cold I don't want to go, if it's too hot I don't want to go. Well, in Bakersfield it's only normal for a month before summer then a month after the heat dies down before winter. So I don't have that many options.
This is what I'm thinking. Since it's getting hot outside but it's cooler in the morning then I'm going to start going out at the same time that Chip leaves for work. So I'm going to get up at 8am and have something to eat then at 8:30am when he leaves I will leave too. I know that I've said that before and then it never happened but this is how I'm going to do it starting tomorrow.
I really need this exercise and I don't want to suffer in the process because of the heat. I don't think it's that healthy to exercise when it's 100+ outside. That's why the gym has the A/C going.
When summer does come though I'm going to have to make a real effort to get up earlier in the morning, like at the crack of dawn to leave the house and get it over with. There is no way that I'm going to be out when it's 110-120 outside. No way.
Actually getting out there early in the morning is probably a very good idea no matter what the temperature is. I've heard from trainers that it's better to do your work out before you go to work early in the morning. So, perhaps getting out there early is a smart move. Maybe this will help me lose weight easier.
TV Dinners
Remember TV dinners? I can remember how my mom didn't feel like cooking so she would put the TV dinners in the oven and it would take probably 45 minutes to cook them all. They had aluminum pans and so when you were done you could literally crumble your plate up and throw it in the trash.
I think in the 90's they did an overhaul of the TV dinners by putting them in plastic containers and made it possible to microwave them. But over the years the plates and the portions have gotten smaller and smaller.
Now you can buy a TV dinner for $1. Well, not all of them but the Banquet ones are almost always on sale for $1 at the grocery store. But you gotta remember, you get what you pay for because the portions are very tiny. They are the perfect size for children but if you are a big guy like me, sometimes it can take 3 of these dinners to even make a dent in my huge stomach. And even then I'm still hungry.
I'm all for microwaving my food but there are certain things that aren't meant to be put in the microwave. Like for example the pizzas in these Banquet dinners. First of all, the portion on the box is bigger than the portion in the box and then when it's finished cooking it's all slimy on the bottom and the cheese isn't even cooked all the way and the bread is mostly hard as a rock around the edges.
The Chicken nuggets meals are ok but the nuggets start to petrify if you put it in too long and usually too long is the amount of time they say to put it in.
And what's up with putting pudding into TV dinners? Come on! I don't want hot pudding lol. I like my pudding to be cold right out of the fridge and sometimes we put pudding cups in the freezer to make them colder and they get a little frozen so it's kinda like fudgesicles minus the stick.
I do like the Banquet TV dinners for the variety though and the price is right. I just wish the portions were a little bigger.
I think in the 90's they did an overhaul of the TV dinners by putting them in plastic containers and made it possible to microwave them. But over the years the plates and the portions have gotten smaller and smaller.
Now you can buy a TV dinner for $1. Well, not all of them but the Banquet ones are almost always on sale for $1 at the grocery store. But you gotta remember, you get what you pay for because the portions are very tiny. They are the perfect size for children but if you are a big guy like me, sometimes it can take 3 of these dinners to even make a dent in my huge stomach. And even then I'm still hungry.
I'm all for microwaving my food but there are certain things that aren't meant to be put in the microwave. Like for example the pizzas in these Banquet dinners. First of all, the portion on the box is bigger than the portion in the box and then when it's finished cooking it's all slimy on the bottom and the cheese isn't even cooked all the way and the bread is mostly hard as a rock around the edges.
The Chicken nuggets meals are ok but the nuggets start to petrify if you put it in too long and usually too long is the amount of time they say to put it in.
And what's up with putting pudding into TV dinners? Come on! I don't want hot pudding lol. I like my pudding to be cold right out of the fridge and sometimes we put pudding cups in the freezer to make them colder and they get a little frozen so it's kinda like fudgesicles minus the stick.
I do like the Banquet TV dinners for the variety though and the price is right. I just wish the portions were a little bigger.
Early Bird
I was hoping to beat the heat by going out on the bike early like around 10am. I had my CamelBak filled with 2oz. of water and I had a 1 liter bottle filled to put in the water bottle cage just in case my CamelBak ran out of water. I was all dressed and ready to go and I turned on my Dell DJ and looked at the screen and it says LOW BATTERY.
Are you kidding me? That battery is supposed to last I don't know, something like 8 to 12 hours or something like that. The last time I used it was Sunday and I was only out for 2 hours, when I came home I turned it off (pausing it stops the music then it shuts off in 5 minutes automatically). I'm thinking that some how maybe it didn't shut off automatically and it jut stayed on.
Well, it's charging and hopefully I'll be out riding by 12 lol. It takes a couple of hours to charge. I don't care how long it takes as long as I get to go out and be back in time for Stargate SG-1 lol.
Are you kidding me? That battery is supposed to last I don't know, something like 8 to 12 hours or something like that. The last time I used it was Sunday and I was only out for 2 hours, when I came home I turned it off (pausing it stops the music then it shuts off in 5 minutes automatically). I'm thinking that some how maybe it didn't shut off automatically and it jut stayed on.
Well, it's charging and hopefully I'll be out riding by 12 lol. It takes a couple of hours to charge. I don't care how long it takes as long as I get to go out and be back in time for Stargate SG-1 lol.
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