Spring Break

Last week was Spring Break and boy was I busy. I had a great time. First of all I finished off the little half bath I was redoing, and got some spring cleaning done. Pictures here. I cleared out a little and took stuff to Goodwill. It doesn't look like anything is gone *sigh*. Then on Thursday my sister from Kansas and her family came down for a visit. I hadn't seen her since last summer when she got married and moved to Kansas. We enjoyed catching up, playing games, and spending Easter with family and friends.

We also exchanged our Christmas presents, which we hadn't mailed to each other. We always have a great laugh when we do this. This is because we try to out do each with useless and stupid gifts. We tend to pass some of them back and forth over the years.

Easter at Teresa's house was wonderful as always. We ate, and ate, visited and visited, played with kids, took pictures, and visited more.

Then today David, who had taken the week off, and I went back to work and Sandi and fam went back home. I'm back on a schedule now!

Gourmet Foods

I don't know about you, but most of the when I run across "gourmet" food, it is something that is, if not outright repulsive, then is vaguely nauseating or just plain funny. For instance, I spent a total of 7 years as a child in Alaska as my father was stationed there. We did lots of fishing. One of our favorite baits was salmon eggs. Fast forward a few years. I laughed when I saw salmon eggs for sale as caviar. They look just like the bait eggs, bright red. I won't try any of that any time soon ever.

I was surprised while pursuing Amazon when I came across the fact that they offer gourmet foods for sale. Below is a small selection.

Imagine my delight when I came across this treasure:


You will find that this is listed as "Elk Carcass." YUM! Go here to see the actual offer of sale. In the coveted carcass line they also have Venison Carcass.

Even better than the knowledge that you can actually get an Elk carcass if you want one are the customer reviews! Go read them, they cracked me up. Especially the one by Jonathyn R. Brown.
Also listed under Gourmet Foods are:

*Wild Boar

Come on over! We'll grill up some wild boar I got at the bookstore!

*The Easy Sprout Sprouter:

I'm all about sprouts! But I can sprout without this, all I need is a mason jar and some panty hose.

This Thai tea filter stainless steel / muslin:

I don't know about you, but I don't like the looks of that thing. My strainer is metal mesh.

A Poo-lar Bear Pooper:

Sub_Zero Poopin' Hero?????? Get me two.

An 1 Lb. bag of Alaea Ancient Hawaii Hawaiian Red Sea Salt,

I think I'll have to skip the orange salt.

Irish Black Pudding Ring:

It looks like sausage to me. I don't think it's really pudding.

Boneless Salted Cod Fish:

I don't know about this. (I've had two people tell me it's really good, but it is still funny that you can get it from the bookstore.)

Sliced Conch : Who'd u thunk it? At least they can't run away when you go hunting them to slice them up.