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MrsKatie07
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UO Thursday
MrsKatie07
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I'm not the regular starter of this, but I need something to pass the time for a bit! Let's hear em!
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I TOTALLY agree with you!! Have you heard about the squeeze bacon? It comes in like a ketchup bottle to squeeze on burgers, hotdogs, etc...I heard about it on the radio yesterday. Disgusting.
My UO...is I hate the saying "this AM" or in anyway using AM instead of morning...a friend of mine does it ALL.THE.TIME. It annoys the crap out of me.
Edited: My grammar sucks today!
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What if the kid is wrapped in bacon?
I know!! I thought they had to be kidding but she was serious. It's fully cooked with no preservatives though!
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Hahahahahahahahaha!!! I don't know who you are but your humor is just right up my alley. Smart asses unite!
I agree with this. According to a different board I posted this opinion on, this makes me a prude. Oh well.
I agree with all of this, but L&D. My DS went with me all 7 times in the middle of the night, someone had to drive me--and we have no sitter.
Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. That's so unappealing... Bacon without the crunch is not bacon that I could love. Nastay.
I am tired of seeing moms who have on the same clothes their teenage daughters are wearing. I am a firm believer in cute, but AGE APPROPRIATE clothing. Just because it says Forever 21, does not make it true.
And on top of that, I am tired of our culture making aging out to be a bad thing. Growing old is a privilege that is denied to many. I plan on teaching my DD how to grow older with grace and style, not to chase after an unattainable fleeting youth.
This is probably not an UO here, but let me tell you it seems to be one where I live...
Edit: to make more sense, LOL
LOL! I don't like crockpots either. Just not my thing..........I get the convenience for people though.
I don't know if this is why America is so fat. There are so many other contributing factors........but a lot of the crockpot recipes I've seen use cream of x soup, and pre made sauces, and those aren't good.
I do know people that use them and put real ingredients in, so they're not always bad. But it's usually not food we like to eat.......
OMG, thank you. I detest the crockpot. Gross. I have a rice steamer that you can use as a crockpot and the only thing I use it for (in crockpot mode) is hot roast beef sandwiches
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I hate going to the Zoo - and I hate going even more when DH gives me the "You ARE going to get out of the house and go somewhere" when it's in the 90's and it's an outdoor venue, and I do NOT wear shorts!! I'm not a fan of Zoos to begin with, but this sort of just makes it all the more miserable for me!
(ETA that a friend of ours is a member and gets free tickets to the point that she/her grand-kids can't use them all up)
Keeping with the Yoga pants "theme". My UO is they're sweat pants, ladies. Nothing more, nothing less.
My UO - I keep reading that the writing is horrible in the 50 shades of blah blah blah, but it makes for great sex. Just watch/read actual porn. Clearly we all have internet access and it is readily available.
Wow. All this anti-crockpot nonsense is really getting me down.
You people have obviously never had slow cooked ribs. Or pulled pork? Yes, the same thing can be done in the oven... but if you use the crock pot you can use the oven to bake fresh bread! Or any variety of vegetable side dishes that request a different cooking temperature than the meat.
To not see the value in that is ridiculous.
Though, to be fair, I've never done cream of anything in a crock pot... or casseroles. They look nasty. But I maintain my stance!
I don't get the appeal of the name Olive. I get Olivia, but Olive? It's so strange to me.
Not to offend anyone who has a LO named this; I know my name choices for girls aren't the most popular.
DD (5 years old) from IUI in 2012
TTC 3rd and final!: IUI #1 in progress!
Hmm. Well.
- Turtle Whoever just totally cracked me up. Like, laugh-out-loud, husband-raising-his-eyebrows-at-me cracking up. I like you, whoever you are.
- The crockpot is a slippery slope, one that can go horribly wrong and send the user skidding helplessly into a fat-laden abyss of Cambell's soup and Velveeta. However, I still maintain that it's the best way ever to do a pot roast or shredded chicken.
- I fully admit to skipping a shower once every week or so, dressing in yoga pants and crosstrainers to take the kids to school, and then doing absolutely nothing athletic the rest of the day. I'll own that one.
I'm sitting in capri yoga pants today, mainly because I'm too big for my regular clothes and not big enough for maternity right now.
The crockpot could be a good thing, however I'm usually not motivated enough early in the day to do the prep for it. Plus, the majority of dishes I would consider making (those without cream of anything or the like) MH would not like.
It does make a killer homemade applesauce in the fall though.
I don't get the Shades phenomenon either. I agree watch porn or Skin-a-max, or go see Magic Mike.
I don't like the name Olive either. Though the character in Little Miss Sunshine was hysterical.
I totally agree with not everywhere is an appropriate place for kids. Yoga pants are glorified sweat pants. Crock pots are not my favorite either.
The name Olive is growing on me. There is a character on the show ANT Farm, named Olive.
My UO is that I am so tired of people IRL who make stupid decisions over and over and wonder why their lives are jacked up and you want people to feel sorry for you.Your 11 year old weighs almost 200 lbs, how about not going to Twinkie Tuesday? Your hubby doesn't like his job anymore, how about not quit when you have nothing lined up and you have 3 kids?
Sorry, not feeling it anymore.
I don't get the use of them by SAHMs...umm...you are at home! You have time in your day, put a meal together. It doesn't have to be gourmet every day.
The fact that most of the recipes use premade crap or cream of crap soup is what gets me. I had one for a couple of years and the only thing I ever made in it was sausage and homemade meatballs cooked in my own sauce for sandwichs. I love a meatball sandwich!
Umm...is Twinkie Tuesday a real thing? LOL
At the Hostess Outlet store - yes. Twinkies are .25 cents a pop
Yeah, the let it sit all day thing really gets to me. For the most part, all the recipes can be made in the oven or on the stove...why warm it all day. Ugh.
Who knew? I had no idea there was a Hostess outlet either though. Learn something new everyday!
I have two ovens...I can do it all without the crockpot. Though, I don't bake, so my bread comes fresh from the oven of my local French bakery.
Send me the Emeril recipe...sounds yummy!!
Me too. Although I've never been a huge lover of bacon.
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I made pulled pork in the crockpot this week and it was unbelievable. If you have the space for one it's worth it JUST to make pulled pork twice a year! I agree that many of the recipes call for some kind of soup mix, but you can find others. I make chicken cacciatore (that I still don't know how to spell) and it isn't unhealthy.
I am a SAHM and when I'm out all day there isn't another one of me at home to cook! So when I know I'm going to be out ALL DAY (which isn't all that often) I put something in it. Sometimes it's great to come home after a long, tiring day and have a home cooked meal instead of take out. I also used it when my son was an infant. He never napped reliably in the afternoon and after 5pm he was extremely difficult. So it was great to be able to occasionally make dinner during his 10am nap - which he always did take.
I wouldn't tell everyone to go run and buy a crockpot. But everyone who uses one doesn't have a rusty house on wheels either.
I feel that way about my pressure cooker. I pretty much use that and find it is so much better than a crockpot.
I've done roasts, pulled pork, soups, etc. in my pressure cooker. It's all good.......
And I know that not all recipes for the crockpot are unhealthy. Most of the ones that I liked required too much "prep" work. To me, that defeats the purpose of fix it and forget it..........
This UO thread just inspired me to make some shredded chicken and broth for chicken noodle soup in my crock pot.
My favorite crock pot recipe is for stuffing on Thanksgiving, when I need the oven for turkey and sides.
My UO is that I think I look good to DH in yoga pants. The difference between sweat pants and yoga pants is that DH likes my butt a lot in yoga pants, and likes when I change into them with a tank top after dinner. He calls this one pair my "butt pants".
I have to add some more crockpot love...it's great for making chicken stock. Whenever I roast a whole chicken, I throw the carcass in the crockpot with veggies and herbs and cook it on low over night. Then I portion the stock into pint freezer bags and pull them out when I need them. Sooooo much better than buying canned broth.
Also, it's great if you need to hold something. I usually make oyster stew for Christmas Eve dinner, but there's no way I'd be able to leave it on the stove for an hour and a half while we went to church. I just transfer it to the crockpot and put it on "warm," and it's piping hot when we come back, but hasn't broken.
I make chicken stock (beef, veal, etc) in my pressure cooker. Takes under an hour...........and I just put in everything frozen (carcass, etc.)
My husband and I met at the gym. He LOVES when I'm wearing some kind of workout wear. He calls them "stretchy pants'. I have no problem at all with 'yoga pants', I just don't think some people would be as crazy about them if we went back to just calling them SWEATS. Wear what you're happy in!