TheSnackHound

Oh, what cute fabric! I love green, especially lime green, but I also like sushi. Sushi has lended itself to much artistic interpretation over the years. Just search “Cat Sushi” in the search box on my site, and you will see what I mean. I think this fabric would make cute cafe curtains. Maybe I should cut out the individual little sushi pieces and make magnets. But wait, let’s take a closer look…

Let’s see.  I guess it is not just a solid, honest piece of fabric.  These towels that are a special shape for hanging are great. I have seen them gathered or narrow in the middle, so when you loop it through your fridge handle, it doesn’t get all bunched up.   However, I have never seen them with elastic in the middle.  Maybe I am going to take yet ANOTHER closer look.

This must be one of those new cool pack covers that you can wrap an ice cream sandwich in. Sushi isn’t a frozen food, so why would they put sushi on it?

Oh…don’t tell me…I think I see what it is now. Don’t tell me that they put Sushi on a diaper.  Well, what goes in must come out, right? This is actually an offering from Cloth Couture Diapers.   I would call this style “Baby Sushi Butt,” but of course they have the more elegant “Sushi Sashimi” name.    It is sold out right now, but you can always order a Cherries and Rainbows or the ever popular Robot Butt theme.

I remember my friend’s mom wiping down the stove with my friend’s dad’s old underwear. This is cute enough for you wanting it to be seen outside of the diaper bag, but it’s too cute to get oven cleaner all over it for sure.  Well, why do diapers have to be ugly?  You have to wash them, so you an aesthetically pleasing pair may just outweight the non aesthetically business of babies.

Cloth Couture offers great giveaways and discount codes all the time, so if you have your own little Sushi Butt at home, you could just find yourself up to your diaper buckets in great freebies.  In fact, they do give you a free detergent sample with every order.  So you know THAT diaper you just ordered has a way to renew itself from its ordeal with Baby.

In Memory of Dom Deluise
August 1,1933- May 4, 2009

A tribute poem***

by Chris…TheSnackHound

Dear Dom Deluise
What can I say
In the 70s
You wore a scarf and beret
Although you were not French.

You sat on the bench
seat of a big old car with Burt
He is still known as the guy with the creepy 70s moustache
That has to hurt
While instead you donned the shirt
And the white hat

A hefty man who loves food
Imagine that.
But you were on the New York times list
While he starred in a movie
About making movies starring naked people
having various X rated trists.

Rest in Peace, Dom Deluise
And send us a postcard
If you please
To let us know
If we need Ziploc bags in heaven

***= Considered a poem only by a technicality. I think you would agree.

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Okay, this was more pathetic than funny, but still it would be nice if you would rate me on Humor Blogs!
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The annual Tent sale for all things FiestaWare and Homer Laughlin will be held  June 25th, 26th, an 27th this summer.  I came across the list of “Rules” for the sale.  It is most likely the same for all of the warehouse/tent sales.  If you are planning on attending, you may want to review them before you go.  In addition to these, there are no oversized dollies or carts allowed in the tent.  I assume that is just for the courtesy of the personal space of others.

Warehouse Sale Rules and Regulations

1. Tickets will be given out each morning of the sale beginning at 7 AM.
2. Each person must be present to receive a ticket. No one under 16 permitted in warehouse/tent.
3. Customers will line up according to ticket number.
4. The sale will start at 10:00AM and run till 7:00PM each day of the sale.
5. The gate will be closed at 6:30 PM to allow us to get everyone checked out.
6. You must stay in line until you receive a ticket and be in line when your number is called.
(We have port-a-johns and a concession stand you can visit after you receive your ticket.)
7. We ask you to bring your own dollies. Retail Outlet dollies will not be available during the tent sale.
8. Once you have checked out you must go to the back of the line and receive another ticket.
9. If you are not in line when your number is called you will be passed over and must go to the back of the line.
10. We will be closed the day before (JUNE 24th) and the day after (JUNE 28th) the tent sale.

Are you planning to go this year? At this sale, it will be the first time Ivory will be offered as “seconds,” so take advantage of the opportunity to pick up a few spare plates.  “Seconds” might have an air bubble or another slight imperfection which prevented it from being shipped to stores as “perfect,” but they would still be able to handle the heavy workload that your dinner guests put them under.  To most people, it the imperfections are not obvious.

The Saving Shelter Pets, Inc., spring auction is underway.  One of the items is a delicious medley of products from Tastefully Simple, called the Simple Traditions.  You will receive:  Bountiful Beer Bread Mix®, Dried Tomato & Garlic Pesto Mix, Nana’s Apple Cake Mix®, Perfectly Potato Cheddar Soup Mix, and the Spinach & Herb Dip Mix.

You can feel extra bounteous eating your Beer Bread because the online auction will generates funds for the SSP Puppy Promises Program. According to HoundsGood.com:

The puppies are intercepted from being dumped at the shelter, sometimes even at the shelter door!  Their owners are given another option.  If they will quarantine the pups at home for another two weeks, SSP will give them their shots on the spot. In two or three weeks, pending they are deemed healthy by a vet, they will be transported to a reputable rescue where a family is waiting to adopt them.   As for “mom dog,” she gets spayed after the pups are well on their way so that there are no more accidental litters.   What’s more, is that all the other adult dogs and cats at the house are spayed or neutered by SSP as well.  It was noticed that the same last names and addresses would come up, and is more proactive to spay everyone than hope there will not be another litter.

 Some of these families take good care of their pets, but just cannot financially handle a litter of puppies or are not allowed to have so many.  However, many of the pups are born to dogs living outside, or even on chains. Mom was a sitting duck for any dog that wandered in. And if a pup wandered away, mom was restricted by the chain to go retrieve them from danger. Some puppies could die and have from drowning in puddles or from cold or illness. SSP needs to get these pups out of their situations, and have often helped mom dogs too if their family cannot care for them.

The auction runs through May 18th.

The Tastefully Simple auction can be found HERE.  Value is $43.00, and currently, you need to just bid $16.00 to be currently victorious.  That is less than HALF of what you would pay to purchase it.  Of course, it is for a great cause and complete worth bidding up to the retail price and beyond.  There are other great items like dog collars, diamonds (a girl’s best friend) and more.  So go ahead and bid…right now!

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Do you like the atmosphere around here?
Okay, this was more pathetic than funny, but still it would be nice if you would rate me on Humor Blogs!
(You will have my undying appreciation!). I wear, I AM funny sometimes.

When I am in that hazy state of just waking or almost falling asleep, you could usually find me staring at the latest infomercial about some crazy invention I don’t need. Well, I found something that I may just have to need.  The first item I found reminds me of a cross between some sort of Star Trek replicator, a fruit display case, and a steamer.  It is actually a multitiered steamer cooker where you can steam multiple courses at once.  Of course, I do have a regular pan with two different baskets so that I may already do this.  However, I cannot SEE the food as it cooks.

This would be provide some lovely viewing pleasure and atmosphere to your counter.  Instead of watching a fire crackle, holding your Mr. or Miss Wonderful close, you can have a glass of wine watching the romantic steam of your dinner.  Isn’t that romantic? You could be getting steamy while your food is getting steamy.  They say kissing burns 12 calories every five minutes, but because steamed food is healthier, you won’t have to do as much of it to get thin!

I think that when you were not cooking, you should use it as a multitiered cookie jar.  The cookies would be on display like in a bakery!  Maybe that is just my bizarre sensibilities working over time.  That’s how I roll.  Oh, that’s another idea: display rolls in it!  This puppy sells for $59.95. The real name for it is the Deni Stainless Steel Food Steamer.

The other invention that I love is the screamin’ lime green colored ice cream maker.  This is no ordinary ice cream maker.  It solves an age old problem.  There is a function where it crushes the candy you want to use in your ice cream, or on it as a topping.  No more bashing Snickers bar with a hammer.  No more ripping the arms off of gummy bears.  The machine does it for you.

If you have an active kitchen, you may want to check out other stuff they have at DesignMindGroup.Net.  If you have an active mind, The New Products Division at Design Mind Group can help inventors trying to get a new idea into the market. If you are like me and wake up at three A.M. with strange thoughts of an improved waffle maker in your head, you might want to contact them. Of course, now don’t rush out and all have ideas for waffle makers. That is NOT really my idea. My idea is the “bestest” one, if only I could remember it clearly enough to write it down. Usually, I just roll back over and figure I will remember it in the morning, which I don’t.