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Every so often, I post a round up of Can I eat this? questions from Ask Metafilter, or of “Can I eat this?” search strings that lead readers to macbebekin.
Usually, I just report the AskMe questions and allow people to find their own answers. But a lot of people — and I mean a lot of people; most of the following search strings have occurred multiple times — end up here by searching variations on the same question: “I left my seafood out overnight. Is it still safe to eat?”
NO! No, it is NOT safe to eat. Do NOT eat it. Sheesh.
fried fish left out 24 hours unrefrigderated
should you eat salmon patties if they were left out of the refrigerator overnight?
i left a jar of herring out over night, at least 10 hours. is it safe to eat?
left raw shrimp out overnight
clams left out overnight
if i left my raw shrimp out all night will it still be ok to eat?
salmon left out overnight
how long can clams be left out
i left my fish out overnight. is it stll ok eat?
shrimp raw unrefrigerated
is shrimp safe to eat after sitting out all night
can i eat shellfish left out if i cook it again
how long can shrimp set out unrefridgerated
fried clams left out 24 hours are they ok to eat
shrimp out for 24 hours….can i still eat them???
i left cooked fish out overnight
salmon left out overnight safe eat
can you leave shrimp and crabmeat recipe on counter over night and still eat it
raw frozen shrimp left on counter overnight
is it safe to eat unrefrigerated fish sandwich
unrefigerated fish eating re fridgerate
is it safe to eat lump crab soup left out overnight
left raw shrimp out all day
Though Hank Green makes some great points in this how-to-vlog video, that’s not really why I’m posting it here.
I’m posting it here because one little snippet went straight into my chest and squeezed something hidden in there.
It’s at 2:20, and it is worth repeating: “Do not be afraid to try. I know that failing at something stings a lot less if you didn’t really… try… hard. But! It is also much more likely!”
Well.
I had hoped to start the New Year with a fresh burst of blogging, but first I and then The Fella got knocked out by a particularly vicious flu.
We’re all better now.
But.
Um.
Last night, I sliced open a finger with a kitchen knife*.
So.
You won’t hear much from me for a while.
*not neeeeeeeearly as bad as it could have been: after some deliberation, the ER doctor decided I didn’t even need stitches, just bandages and a tetanus booster. With luck, the biggest danger from this injury will be the crippling boredom that sets in when I can’t [cook/ sew/ write for long stretches/ rearrange furniture/ do chores] for a few days.
This morning, Maggie of Mighty Girl transcribed a harmless-seeming (or harmless, depending on your mindset) chat between friends, spurred by a typo: widow for window.
In the comments there, I responded to her joke, a response that was half thoughtful and half visceral. Since a handful of people have clicked over to Macbebekin by way of that comment, I felt it was worth addressing here as well.
As a sort-of-widow myself*, with a sister recently widowed, and many friends and loved ones who have seen their partners die, I felt gutted by that joke, by the ease with which it consigns widows to a pile of anachronistic things.
That is not to say that Maggie shouldn’t have made the joke, or shared it.
photo courtesy of Jagosaurus
Announcing the fifth (count ‘em, fifth!) Sandwich Party, coming October 8th to October 10th!
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Yikes. That’s soon!
Jagosaurus and I cordially invite you (yes, YOU, and on short notice, we admit) to the fifth Sandwich Party this weekend! If you want the details, take a gander at the entries in that link, but the idea is:
Make a sandwich. Or buy a sandwich. Or… well, you can’t really borrow a sandwich, can you? And theft is wrong. Don’t steal a sandwich.
… where was I? Right: Sandwich Party. So, you get your sandwich by legitimate means. This weekend, Friday Oct. 8th to Sunday Oct. 10th. you post it somewhere, as a blog entry, a photo on Flickr, a Tumbler page.
Then return here or here and leave us a link to your sandwich. Jagosaurus and I will round up all the participant’s posts and present them here!
Happy sandwiching!
Need some ideas? Of course, there’s plenty of inspiration to be found in previous Sandwich Parties, but if you need fresh notions:
Thrift website Wisebread offers an article on what I can only think of as introductory sandwich-making. I can’t say I find the title appetizing; I don’t need to “sex up” my sandwiches, and I really don’t want you to sex up my sandwiches either.
But I applaud the idea of encouraging budget-conscious readers to make their brown-bag lunches a little more delicious and festive. And surely there are plenty of people who need this elementary instruction: after all, Jagosaurus and I started the Sandwich Party because it was one culinary challenge almost anyone could tackle!
If you are [un]lucky enough to track down a Candwich, please document your experience thoroughly.
If you describe your sandwich tastes as more “conventional,” or shall we say “traditional,” or shall we say “not repulsive,” then The Kitchn can help you out, with a round-up of 22 gorgeous sandwiches from tea sandwiches to bahn mi.
note: Aaaaaaand it’s on!
Welcome to Maine, The Way Life Should Be!
The Bitwrathploob arrived from Bulgaria late this summer for an extended stay with The Fella and me. For the first few weeks, we stayed pretty close to the hearth, the ‘Ploob gracing our living room from a position of prominence on his shelf. We’re homebodies, but eventually I realized I had to start taking ole ‘Ploobie out and showing him the sights. After all, the little guy is a world traveler; he doesn’t want to sit around our living room watching “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”*
We kicked it off on Labor Day when friend AC suggested a picnic on Portland’s Western Promenade, and promised to bring along A) her fantastic peach sangria with basil, B) her partner JE, and C) her Italian greyhounds, Turk and Pal. (Turk and Pal, who are delightful companions even for a dog-skittish type like me, evinced great interest in every passing dog, squirrel, hippie, child, bicycle, skateboard, bocce ball, and shirtless fellow, but — happily — no interest at all in a buck-toothed rope-armed troll-haired pantsless wood bear. Phew.)
For a modest outing, it offered plenty of excitement. In addition to the delicious food and drink, the Ploob witnessed a drum circle, a dreadlocked dog the size of a horse, the furtive intercourse of strangers in the underbrush, and all manner of inappropriate shirtlessness. Thanks for coming to stay with us, Bitwrathploob. I hope we can make your visit a happy one!
*Yeah, but he’s going to. And he’ll like it.
Awwwwww, the cutest: tiny octopus on finger. (Or, less adorable but just as cool: GIANT OCTOPUS on MASSIVE FINGER.)
Tiny frogs discovered living inside pitcher plants! Here’s an mp3 of their tiny, high-pitched froggie croaks.
Tiny turtle thwarts taxiing jet’s takeoff.
Aaaaand the marvelous Flickr set Tiny Animals on Fingers.
Every day, a few visitors end up at macbebekin by asking some form of the question Can I eat this? Here are those questions, reproduced with original spelling and wording. Our referral logs cut off the longer search strings mid-phrase, giving an appropriately hectic, hurried air to the questions.
In almost every case, the answer is a resounding no: NO NO NO, you cannot eat that.
left my fish out overnight. is it stll
is it safe to keepcooked chicken in the
chinese chow mein left out unrefrigerate
safe to eat expired dough
“re-cook it” “left out overnight”
how quickly do eggs go bad sitting in a
i left my ham sandwiches in my bag for 3
whats wrong with my blue cheese dressing
can you get sick if iced tea is left out
is overripe brie dangerous to eat?
raw chicken smells a bit eggy
if cheese melts in car is bit still safe
how long can cooked black beans be unref
pork smells like rotten eggs
will pesto be ok if left out overnight?
blue cheese left out overnite, can i sti
pork roast smells like sulfer
left turkey in truck of hot car for 6 ho
is it safe to eat the bugs in pistachios
how long can stuffed shells be unrefrige
fried clams left out 24 hours are they o
how long does a ham sandwich last unrefr
open pickle jar left in hot car safe
unrefrigerated egg beaters
is it safe to eat hard boiled eggs left
i left out cooked artichokes overnight c
do black beans rot if left outside refri
emergency room food poisoning expired ch
can i eat 7 day old chicken
will it make me sick to eat shrimp sitti
bug that eats bread and leaves behind sl
medjool dates with white spots
It’s unanimous!
You’re Ulysses!
by James Joyce
Most people are convinced that you don’t make any sense, but compared
to what else you could say, what you’re saying now makes tons of sense. What people do
understand about you is your vulgarity, which has convinced people that you are at once
brilliant and repugnant. Meanwhile you are content to wander around aimlessly, taking in
the sights and sounds of the city. What you see is vast, almost limitless, and brings you
additional fame. When no one is looking, you dream of being a Greek folk hero.
Take the Book Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.
… and…
Elli
Elsa
