Mormon Mentality - Thoughts and Asides by Peculiar People

By annegb

Jul. 18th, 2009 at 11:49 am

I love this new frozen pizza. Besides that, I love the cheap ones–Totino’s, which I get for 88 cents sometimes. I can eat a whole cheese one of those, with milk. But the new Wolfgang Puck brand is really good pizza. I like the thin crust and the sauce and meat are both great.

I also love Klondike Heath bars and we’ve discovered the Drumsticks–the kind with the caramel inside. Yum!

Bill and I watched “God Grew Tired of Us” the other evening, it’s not his typical fare, but he really enjoyed it. I was entranced at the wonder—and sometimes dismay—of those young African men at the bounty that is America. We take so much for granted and I’m more grateful to be an American than words can say.

But, we truly are a consumer society. And in my tribute to consumer-ism, I thought I’d recommend this pizza to you and ask for your recommendations as well. Not only in food, but in other great stuff. So here’s my skeewampus list of good stuff:

Netflix! I love Netflix, that company truly gives bang for the buck. We’ve never had a problem with our bill, or our orders. The flexibility is wonderful and the movies come really fast. I’ll never go to a video store again. One thing I love is the choice it gives me in indie films and movies I might miss otherwise because I hate shopping and wandering around a video store on Friday night with a bunch of other people makes my brain shut off.

Taste of Home magazine: The recipes are easy to follow and routinely delicious. Lots of pictures so you know what it should look like.

and in that vein…Vanity Fair. Vanity Fair is a guilty pleasure, but I learn a lot from that magazine. There is a distinct liberal slant but I can see beyond that. I read a great article about Iraq on my birthday about three years ago and I’ve enjoyed the magazine ever since. It’s excessive as far as all the ads and expensive stuff and I enjoy the pictures.

Drudge: I read the Drudge Report every day. It’s the opposite of Vanity Fair and I figure the truth is somewhere in between.

Seriouslysoblessed & My Religious Blog: Both are just delightful. Seriouslysoblessed has to be seriously selling a lot of stuff, but hey, you know—that girl (?) is a genius. My Religious Blog reminds me of Jack Handey’s books “Deep Thoughts.” I laugh out loud and it’s hard to make me laugh out loud.

You guys have any skeewampus suggestions of good stuff? One thing I would love to know is the best frozen egg rolls and potstickers. I have yet to find a good frozen egg roll.

1. Casual Mormon

Sat, Jul 18, 2009 @ 12:11pm

Amy’s organic frozen pizza is delicious. Very pricey, though, so I don’t buy it much these days. (I am a big eater, and could easily put away two pizzas without feeling full. When I was single, this was ok, but now that I am older and have a family to take care of, I don’t spend as much on food for myself.)

Try it out sometime.

2. BrianJ

Sun, Jul 19, 2009 @ 12:45am

Don’t know if it’s available in your area, but Tillamook Mudslide ice cream is the best commercial chocolate-in-chocolate ice cream I have ever tasted—and I have tasted dozens.

Smartwool socks are soft, durable, stay dry, and stay in place.

3. Bookslinger

Sun, Jul 19, 2009 @ 9:14pm

Citrucell bulk fiber. Not just for regularity for people over 40, but take it 3 times a day about 1/2 hour before meals, and it curbs hunger. Also produces much less gas than Metamucil. Tastes good too. Walmart has the best price.

4. annegb

Mon, Jul 20, 2009 @ 12:15pm

I really can’t believe there are only four of us out there who know good stuff.

Casual Mormon: I’m at that place where I’m older and have lots of money to spend on food for myself LOL. I will definitely try that pizza and get back to you.

Brian J.: Bill is an ice cream slut. I’ll get that. I love tillamook cheese.
And you know, it’s really hard to find good socks. Bill wears his out so fast because he’s on his feet all day. We spend a lot on socks for him. I’ve been buying him the padded gold toe ones, but I’ll try those.

Bookslinger: you are so after my own heart. I always tell young people “never take your bowels for granted.” I used to be so shy about that sort of thing, but now that I have diverticulitis, I’m turning into one of those old people who are discussing laxatives all the time. Very good to know. I really haven’t had much luck with fiber tabs, etc. I eat like a teenager, too, I’ll consider salt & vinegar chips and chocolate chip cookies breakfast. That’s one reason I’ve avoided going back to the gastroenterologist (??!! spelling??). I know he’ll ask, “have you been eating fresh fruits and vegetables and oatmeal?”

So I can say, “not so much, but I am drinking citrucel which my blogging friend recommended.”

3 times a day sounds like an awful lot, though.

5. Devyn S.

Mon, Jul 20, 2009 @ 3:49pm

Trader Joe’s potstickers are exceptional. Of course, anything from there is usually extremely good.

6. Bookslinger

Mon, Jul 20, 2009 @ 8:07pm

Citrucel has only 2g of fiber per serving. Other fiber ideas:

- Seaweed soup. I like “Ito Wakame”. Good with chicken bullion and served over rice.

- Brown rice. Only bad thing is it doesn’t store like white rice. It has a shelf life of only 3 years from harvest, so you have to rotate it quicker. You can get brown Basmati rice at Asian (Indian/Pakistani) grocery stores, it’s more expensive, but the aroma is really nice. A nice thing about buying 10/20/25 pound bags at the Indian grocery stores is that they put the year of harvest and expiration date on the bags.

- Whole grain or multi-grain pasta when it’s available at Big Lots.

- Home-made whole wheat bread. It’s a Mormon thing. ’nuff said.

7. mehzzdup

Mon, Jul 20, 2009 @ 9:12pm

food: Spoon size frosted mini wheats now come in chocolate. I kid you not. Add some fresh berries and stevia to the bowl and prepare to experience blissful cereal nirvana.

Trader Joes does broccoli and/or cauliflower in a nukable bag. But the real magic here is how that whole satanic flatulence odor that typically accompanies steamed veggies is somehow eliminated. We are way more healthy around here now.

Oh, and Trader Joes sweet potoato fries (baked too long) or frozen nukable brown rice in a bag = easy, healthy side dishes for the win.

websites: I write little essays and post em on facebook. It’s so much easier for me than blogging; and people who frequent facebook actually think I’m a good writer. Uh, it’s pretty easy to look smart next to quizes like “Which Disney Character Best Represents You” (Jasmine) and “What does your lipstick shape reveal about your character?”. (I can’t take that one. every tube of lipstick I own reveals a different shape stick inside only proving my current messed-up-edness and propensity towards schizophrenia.)

caller ID: I get giddy with gratitude for caller ID every time the freaking phone rings. 5 times as YW pres by your early 40′s will do that to you, I suppose. Not to mention an IRS audit. Who am I kidding, I do not need caller ID. I just never answer the phone anymore. Ever. But I still think caller ID is good stuff.

bloggers: You are still my very favorite. I like Ray, too.

You said skeewampus good stuff, right?

ps Calcium, Magnesium and Zinc pills from TJ’s will change your life. and you won’t need to drink flavored saw dust.

8. queuno

Mon, Jul 20, 2009 @ 9:24pm

This is stupid, but I like Costco. What would earth be like without the ability to buy in bulk?

9. mehzzdup

Mon, Jul 20, 2009 @ 9:54pm

queuno!!!! i actually deleted my segment on costco thinking it was just too skeewampus. true story.

you posting that is like kizmit, or karma, or koolness.

all good stuff, no?

10. BrianJ

Mon, Jul 20, 2009 @ 11:14pm

“Brian J.: Bill is an ice cream slut.”

Then I guess I’m an ice cream pimp….

11. Pat Smith

Thu, Sep 9, 2010 @ 2:34am

Dan,

I recently discovered a half-eaten, frozen Totino’s pizza sitting atop it’s box, perched upon a wooden crate in shadowy back alley of metro Detroit. Surely, if there ever was, this is clear evidence of a shrewdness of Urban Sasquatch living in North America. There is no other rational conclusion from such a finding, for surely, no human would ever walk away from such a pizza without eating the whole thing.

Pat Smith
Urban Sasquatch Investigator
Occasional Contracts Administration Professional