Hey Everybody…
So there was a theme party back in July or August that I went to. The theme was latin america… so we got together and made costumes and a video. That’s me on the left…
Rock out till you clock out
George is the MAN!
Hey guys, Gizmo here.
I wanted to take a little time today, and write my first article for you guys. As a 23 year old bachelor, when it comes to cooking, simple is the best. But at the same time, I hate to settle for mediocre, therefore I wanted to talk about my recent discovery. It may not be new technology, but a surprisingly large amount of people have never experienced it’s awesomeness. What is so awesome you ask? Well let me tell you about the George Foreman Lean Mean Fat Reducing Grilling Machine.
Since I bought my Foreman, it has recieved substantial use, by all members of the Robscooking team. As mentioned earlier it is incredibly simple. Everything from setting up, to cooking to cleaning, your cooking experience is over in minutes. Operation is as simple as plugging it in. it takes only 5 minutes to heat up, and is ready to go. It’s that simple.Hamburgers, Hot dogs, chicken, steak, Sandwiches, and vegetables, all grilled in minutes. Since the grill heats evenly, there is no reason to move food around, and the clam shell design cooks evenly on both sides. This clamshell design both eliminates the need to flip food over as you would on a conventional BBQ or Oven, and also reduces the cooking time dramatically. Just place the food on the grill, close the lid, and you are good to G-O!
The cleanup is just as easy. Included in the box are two special spatulas designed for cleaning in the grooves of the grill. In reality, we have found that these are not the most efficient method of cleaning. What we have discovered is that after every use, simply wipe the grill with Paper Towels. Since the surface is teflon-coated, it makes for It’s that Simple!
Beyond the simplicity, the greatest attribute is that you don’t sacrifice on food quality as you would in a microwave. The food is cooked perfectly, without being soggy, or dried out. The design of the grill allows the fat and grease to flow down into a tray this makes the food healthy, while keeping in the good juices that you want in order to make the food taste great. Even frozen foods like chicken or fish sticks come out crisp and tastey. A favourite of ours is grilled cheese, George cooks them perfectly in two minutes.
As mentioned earlier, the sloped design adds one more bonus. It’s called the “Fat Reducing” grilling machine for a reason. The amount of fat and grease that drips into the tray even after something as small as a single hamburger is amazing. Just to think of the crap that you would be eating if you fried it in a regular pan makes me nausiated. and the best part again, is that you are not compromising flavour for health.
To sum it all up, George is the MAN! and on a side note, most people would assume that something with this degree of awesome would cost a small fortune. Well, that is just not the case. I picked up my grill for around 50 dollars, and that was NOT on sale. The simplicity, combined with functionality makes it a great addition to our kitchen, and I highly recommend it, regardless of your lifestyle. Whether you need a quick meal, or cook for the joy of it, the Foreman works great for all.
Gizmo
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Confessions of a Terrible Soccer Player
I suppose the title of this post totally gives away what I’m going to talk about today. Background story to my rant: a few of my friends used to play together on a baseball team. The organizers eventually moved on and left the team to be headed up by a couple friends (Daniel, Rob, Daniel) and they realized that nobody likes baseball (that’s right, I said it!).
They started a soccer team and I totally got on board with that. We joined a GTA league where I learned to pretend to play right midfield, and where we proceeded to lose every game. That’s right, I lost the game. At first, I had a really good attitude about it, but then after a while it just got brutal… I even flipped out and got a yellow card in one of the games. The team had no chemistry, which I’m coming to understand is the most important aspect of the game.
I was sure it wasn’t “just me” and that our team was just brutal and disorganized. So the second half of our last game got rained out and postponed by a week, and unfortunately I couldn’t make it. My team won. Suddenly, maybe it’s me.
A month later I’ve signed up for fall soccer… indoor soccer at my local indoor field. It’s a great facility and the caliber of the players on the field is much higher, and it’s a completely different team of guys who have played their whole lives (except for me).
This is the point of my article today: We’re 7 games into the indoor season and we’re 0-7.
I’ve found out it’s not just me, and it’s not an issue of skill, because we have 5 or more “superstar” awesome players who can run circles around others on the field… it’s a disconnect between getting the ball to their side and making the goals.
What gives a soccer team chemistry? How can I work on ball control outside of the game (when it’s getting to be a nice generic Canada cold outside)?
Come on soccer people… tell me what to do!!! rob@robscooking.com
Next season I’m playing in a lower division…. seriously, having not won a single match after playing soccer for 7 months now I’m getting really frustrated and depressed
I love Muse. And they are Hilarious. and awesome.
So I was working on a computer repair (which is what I do every now and then for work) and I had brought Jay along with me to show him the ropes. While we were there, we ended up sitting around waiting for a couple things to finish installing/loading/etc, and ended up on good old Youtube. I had Muse’s new song “Uprising” from the Resistance album stuck in my head and had been singing it at him… so we looked up a live version on youtube. I’m going to include 2 versions here and I’d like to see if you notice anything.
Seriously this IS worth 10 minutes of your time, if not more!!
AND VERSION NUMBER 2:
So I don’t know if you realized… but in the second video the bassist is the guitarist/keys, the lead singer is the drummer, and the drummer is playing bass and singing lead. Totally lip-syncing and it’s ridiculous. At first, it’s sort of believable… then you pay attention to the drums especially… and well, I just couldn’t stop laughing. I almost couldn’t finish my work… good times!
Great job Muse, you are awesome.
-Robby.
update: vids weren’t working, now they’re fixed – Nov 3, 09
Twitter is down ??? ?!?!?! Apple store too? What is this
LOL Yep twitter is down. It’s jokes. First the apple store, now this…. what is the internets coming to? The system of tubes is plugged I guesses. Must be too many of them new-fangled MP3s and DVDs and blue CDs and whatnot
hahaha
I’m sorry social media junkies, but this is too hilarious to me.
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Awesome Drink Alternatives: Save Your Money.
Hey-llo folks at home. I’m back I guess? Haha, so funny story. I busted up my laptop power-supply and had to use my desktop computer for like forever, but then randomly my internet died about three and a half weeks ago. Anyways to make a ridiculously long story only a little long, I was like “Hey, I’ll just write up some articles on notepad and then put them on a USB to put on the internet when I go to Robby’s house.” Well, needless to say, that didn’t work out ’cause of stupid USB issues. So I lost all of the articles. And then, to top it all off, my desktop comp got busted too, so I was a little put out for a bit on the whole writing articles thingy. Well anyway, thanks to a sikked (ya, that’s right sikked) home-slice who I will leave anonymous for now, I have a laptop power-supply again. YAY!
Moving on to the funnier part of my story, I had the computer to write on again, but the internet was not being very awesome, so I have articles that I can’t put up.
‘But wait!’ you say, ‘how is this amazing-awesome article being posted if you have no internet?!’
Well that’s the thing see, it’s about 1:07am local time right now, and yes, I’m still awake. Reason? Well, at about midnight I was like, “Yo, I kinda wanna play games on my laptop, cause that could possiblum!
Aside, yes, I do talk aloud like that in real life, with no one else in my apartment. Ya, that’s right, I’m cool like that. Hey, you know you all do it too bwaha!
Ya, moving on…
As I sit down on my thinking chair and flip open the rusty-trusty laptop and SURPRISE! The internet decides to be awesome for a few hours, so here I am, and you lucky people now get to read this amazing article for…FREE! Haha ya, cherish it folks ’cause there isn’t much free stuff out there these days. OK, fair enough, blogs are a dime-a-dozen these days, but hey, look at it this way; I’m not blogging on those other websites am I? That’s right, so I’m one in a million…in a dime-a-dozen blog industry. Teehee!
Woah, I’m sorry, just need to apologize here for the ‘Teehee!’ there, I don’t have my supervisor with me today…tonight…right now. Yyyyaaaa! O_o
Woah ok, now moving on for seriously…
Kitchen, right? Yes, that’s right we talk about the “Big K” here. Ok, so I don’t know about all you other SINGLE – notice the emphasis lol – attractive peeps livin’ away from home, but I’ve been having a little bit of an issue recently. Yes, I do love my kitchen, and like most of you, I love cooking cause cooking equals foods to eat. Foods to eat equals me living – and that’s always good, but I’m pretty partial to being alive, it’s a pretty big thing for me.
Anyway, so I’m looking through the cupboards and the fridge for something to eat and I’m like “Yo, I want hotdogs.” So what did I do? I made hotdogs. But see, here’s the whole issue with this thing. Food is all well and good but eating usually has a tendency of making me thirsty. So here’s some tips for you peeps trying to save some money.
1. Get a BRITA filter for your water – sure, water isn’t that bad as far as drinking stuff goes. But let’s be serious here, tap water really just doesn’t taste that good – yes, even if you have a water purifier in your house, condo or apartment building. And just to clarify myself here, I mean like a filter that works for the whole building, not just like for that specific tap or anything – just something that makes it safe for you to drink your water. You see, a BRITA filter makes your water actually taste good, not just safe to drink.
Ok, so the filter comes with a jug with a resevoir and everything, and depending on how large of a jug you want to buy, you’ll be spending anywhere from 10 to 20 bucks. Now the booklet that comes in the box when you buy the filter gives you a nice handy-dandy schedule that tells you when to replace you’re filter – every two months, aparently. It really depends on how often you use the BRITA filter though, ’cause for myself, I only fill the thing up once every two days, so I’ve had my filter for about three months and it’s still good. So ya, take what the calendar thingy says with a grain of salt – so to speak…pfft funny though, ’cause it’s a cooking website. Ya.
2. Don’t buy juice in the carton or the jug…or whatever the heck else it comes in these days. Instead – if you’re intent on making or having copious amounts of juice in your fridge, that is (woah big words!) – you should buy the frozen juices that you can buy at like every grocery store you go to, so you have no excuse. Anyways, frozen juice tastes the same, you can get most of the same types of juices, even the name brands – if you’re particular to Welchs grape juice for instance – and they cost a fraction of the price. So for those of you who don’t know, frozen juice things usually make about a litre of juice, and no, they don’t come with their own jug haha, so you DO have to buy that one separately lol.
3. Next comes the nice healthy stuff haha – well kinda healthy I guess. So Crystal Light and other such types of “just add water” sachet thingies are really awesome. It really depends on what brand of powder-filled sachets your looking at buying, but usually you won’t spend over 20 bucks for a box of about 50 sachets of the stuff. One of these little miracle packets makes about half a litre of juice – with water added of course (PS, this is a great reason for you to get the BRITA filter ’cause that makes the juice just taste that much more awesome). And there are ridiculous amounts of flavours out there, ranging from iced tea to grape and strawberry. Oh, and the best thing about these things are that they usually don’t require you to add anything sugar-like – like sugar haha. But yea, just fill up a bottle with water, add this sachet and you’re all good to go. Good news, right?
Anyways, I hope this helps a bit. To sum up though, you really don’t need to be spending oodles and oodles of money just to drink some tasty stuff. ‘Till next time folks!
Jay
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Jason Blog: A Great Workout…Bollywood Style!!!
A couple days ago I was in the process of recovering from insomnia. Yes, I actually hadn’t slept for 2 straight days. Anyway, after lying in bed for a long time, I decided to go and watch some T.V. to maybe tire me out. I turned on the television and was watching UFC fighting and Deadliest Warrior (on Spike). Deadliest warrior was new to me, as the premise revolves around taking two separate warriors/fighters from different time periods and having them simulate the victor. Before they do that, they must run numerous real life tests with experts of that type of warrior on their long range, mid range, hand to hand, and special weapons. They would rate these weapons in comparison with the other, to see which person was deadlier. So, they chose Ninja vs. Spartan Warrior, and it was a fun watch. The point was that I wasn’t really getting sleepy until…I woke up!
Yes, I fell asleep on the couch, c’mon who hasn’t done that? Anyway, it was now between 5 – 6 am in the morning. I was really tired and groggy, until I realized the T.V. was still on. Since it was satellite T.V., the channel was set to “Viva” network. Apparently, “Viva” is a lifestyle, health, cooking channel aimed at Baby Boomer women (I fact checked that a little while ago). Of course I didn’t know that at time, I just saw that there was a workout show starting, and I thought it kinda looked fun!
The show is called “Bollywood Workout with Rohan Da Silva”, and it is definitely entertaining! The instructor Rohan, really knows what he’s doing, and his instructions are crystal clear easy to follow. The back up dancers do a nice job following his lead and smiling big. So for the first 10 minutes, I just watched the program while trying to figure out why I thought it was so cool (Yes, I saw Slumdog Millionaire and I loved it!).
After about 10 minutes, I thought, “This looks so easy and fun, why don’t I give a try, nobodies watching me.” So, I got off the couch (literally), and starting bouncing and moving to the rhythms of the music, while listening to Rohan’s expert instruction. I had a blast! It was so much fun, and moves are simple enough to catch on pretty quick. I know that Bollywood and anything India is becoming more popular with the Slumdog Millionaire Oscar win, but their dances don’t need an Oscar for us to realize how good it is.
So, if you have the Viva channel on satelite T.V. (I think it was channel 526), than set your timer to….check the T.V. guide I don’t remember what exact time it was. I guess my peeve with most fitness and workout shows are that they are boring to watch, healthy to do. Yet, in this case, Rohan’s show is both fun to watch (high energy) and enjoyable to do. I looked on the internet for Rohan’s fitness shows and I found only a couple samples, so I’ll leave you with them. Take care, and check it out!
~ Jason “Kitch”
Bollywood Workout with Rohan Da Silva
Cool down period in the Workout with Rohan Da Silva
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Laughing is a gas: So says the Joker!
Dave Chappelle as Prince
When times are tough, it can be hard to laugh. So, with that in mind we thought it would be awesome to share some of the funniest jokes, blog entries, or whatever else with you. Why? Simple, we all need to smile and laugh as much as possible, it is medically proven to be good for your health! Personally, I tend to lean towards reality humour that is kinda like a “stand up” storyteller observational life humour, but they always got to have a bit of a “bite” or edge to them. Smart, dumb, and everything in between you name it (except nothing vulgar). The material we put on this site will be cited, linked, anonymous, or if you think you have some funnier you want to share – SEND IT. Enough talk, read on and please send in your comments!
~ Jason “Kitch”
These jokes were found on Craigslist.
SLIGHTLY DISGRUNTLED DIRT: nevermind
NEVERMIND! Dirt changed dirt’s mind. Dirt is too afraid of craigslist strangers to give out dirt’s address. Dirt will just suck it up and spread around the yard, sometime… soon. (Oh who is dirt kidding? Dirt will live in the driveway for months). But NEVERMIND. And thank you anyway for the nice emails, except for those of you who were spooky, creepy and/or really insane.
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Hello.
I am dirt.
See?
I need to move out of the driveway. I’m not really that much dirt. Just what was left over after digging fence post holes.
Could you haul me away? Far, far away?
I am in Wedgwood. That’s just North of the Univ of Washington a bit.
I will pay one person $20 to haul me off. Please?
Someone emailed me for my measurements. That’s kind of a personal question, but I guess we’re friends, right? I’m about a 6ftx8ftx3ft pile, but only in the center. I’m pretty small around the edges.
Thanks in advance.
Yours truly,
Pile of Dirt
P.S. I am slightly disgruntled because some people cannot read. I am only dirt. I only have $20. It’s not like I’m mud or fancy rocks. I’m just dirt. DIRT CHEAP. Please don’t waste dirt’s time by emailing dirt and asking for more money. DIRT isn’t here to subsidize your craigslist lifestyle. Dirt just wants to be gone.
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ALL UTIL. INCLUDED!!! THIS IS THE ONE YOU’VE BEEN WAITING FOR!!
GORGEOUS 10 x 14 BEDROOM, DRENCHED WITH LOTS OF AFTERNOON SUNLIGHT, GENEROUS CLOSET SPACE, CLEAN BATHROOM, NICE COMMON SPACE AND STORAGE. W/D IN BASEMENT (COIN-OP ALTHOUGH LANDLORD IS IN PROCESS OF MAKING IT FREE!) AND ELEC/COOKING GAS/HI-SPEED INTERNET/TRASH PICK-UP INCLUDED IN RENT. STREET PARKING. CLOSE TO HOSPITALS AND SOME SHOPPING.
LIVE WITH TWO QUIET ROOMMATES BOTH STUDENTS (ONE INTERNATIONAL)
NO DRINKING/DRUGS, CALM LIVING ENVIRONMENT FOR RIGHT INDIVIDUAL
WITH REGULAR HOURS.
THERE IS ONE SMALL CATCH THAT HAS NOT BEEN A PROBLEM AT ALL WITH PREVIOUS TENANTS. BEDROOM MUST BE SHARED WITH APPROX. 700 LB. ADULT MALE SILVERBACK GORILLA. THIS IS AN EASTERN LOWLAND GORILLA WHO IS FAIRLY DOCILE ALTHOUGH HE DOES NEED TO “STRETCH HIS LEGS” FROM TIME TO TIME. HE FEEDS ON FRUITS AND LEAVES AND HAS SOMEWHAT OF AN INTENSE SEXUAL APPETITE.
BIG KITCHEN WITH BREAKFAST AREA. BEDROOM WINDOWS FACE REAR COURTYARD NO TRAFFIC NOISE! SOMEWHAT LOW CEILINGS BUT GUT RENOVATED WITH HARDWOOD FLOORS AND ORIGINAL MOLDINGS.
NOT RAILROAD! SEPARATE ROOMS WITH TWO ENTRANCES. SECOND FLOOR WALK-UP.
YEAR LEASE REQUIRED.
FIRST AND LAST PLUS SECURITY. TOTAL OF $1155 MOVE-IN COST.
THIS WILL NOT LAST. NO BROKERS PLEASE.
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Hot girl for hot guy!
Hi! I’m a level 44 female blood elf (will be 50 this weekend) seeking my true love. Long dark red hair, sexy red lips, and I can bust a move like you’ve never seen. Must be from Duskwood server, where I am. Specifically looking for a male blood elf or undead to rock my world (of warcraft). Bonus points if you’re a 70 and have any of your epics above teir 4. No trolls!!! Send me an email with your name and we can go on a date. There is a cute little spot in the Barrens I would love to bring a date. Maybe set up a fire and drink some volatile rum? See where things go from there. See you soon!
- Location: Azeroth
- it’s NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
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Restaurant review: Pho’ King Noodles
Pho' King Noodle: Authentic Vietnamese Restaurant!
Wassup foodies, it’s been awhile! I may be slowing down with the videos for the next while, but that doesn’t mean I’ll be slowing down with the ‘food eating’. What i mean is, I can’t stop eating, so why not review the interesting food or restaurants that I go to? Although, the ‘purse’ is tighter these days, I found a way to go with some friends to a Vietnamese restaurant tonight.
The restaurant is called Pho King Noodles…ya I know what yer thinking, but if you were to pronounce it in the correct Vietnamese english accent, it would sound more like, “Ferh – King Noodles”. O.k. that doesn’t help much, however, I assure you that the owners were traditional Vietnamese (mom and pop restaurant) so it was authentic Vietnamese. I must say I tried to find an online translation of “Pho King”, but it came out with the exact same words, so no help there (If any of our viewers speak or write Vietnamese…please help and translate for us!).
Anyway, back to the important thing, the food. My friends both ordered a beef noodle soup and a side order of spring rolls (usually a safe bet), however they seemed to remark that it was alright, but not awesome. The soup noodles came in healthy portions, but one friend remarked that there were black bits that were unhygienic to his eating health (sort of like charcoal bits/peppers). After he got that out, and ate up his noodle soup, however, I noticed that both friends did not touch much soup base, only the noodles and meat. That’s not a good sign.
On the other hand, the spring rolls were delicious! They had a blend of vegetables, meat, and a fried outer shell. I would this dish again because it’s different than a Chinese spring roll, and a little more shall we say…exotic? Next, I ordered a rice dish with BBQ chicken and some vegetables (a safe dish as well). The thing is, I wasn’t in a noodle soup mood, so I got the rice, which was fine. The BBQ chicken was cooked in a Vietnamese asian style, as it was filleted, but they made a sauce that created a delicious crispy shell to the chicken. It was cut into strips and served in a plate with the rice. Simple, but easy on the palate. I enjoyed it thoroughly and had no troubles with it whatsoever! So, all in all, the food was pretty decent!
The service, on the other hand, was a little underwhelming. Considering we were one of only two tables of customers, the fact that the server forgot my water drink, I found perplexing. As well, the server did not come back to check on our table, thus we had no re-fills on tea (which is customary in any Asian restaurant). The ambiance was pretty chill and quiet, so it was a good place for conversations!
The price as Vietnamese restaurants or most any Asian restaurants go, was quite good. $25 after tax for three men is very affordable, however, both the guys wanted to go to Arby’s drive thru afterwards (which I went through the drive thru the wrong direction…it was dark, I’m a little directionally challenged).
I guess a good question to ask myself is this: Would I go to this restaurant again? Yes, if I go with guys, but I probably wouldn’t take a date there (not if you want to impress her). Also, I think based on my friends choices, I would avoid the Pho’ (noodle soups). Miscellaneous fact: They had a large screen T.V. showing UFC fights (which i was facing yay!). If I were to rate this restaurant out of 5 stars, I would give it 3 at best. The food was fine, but the everything else, or “packaging or trimmings” that you’ve come to expect at most other restaurants, I found lacking a little. Final thoughts, it was fun night to celebrate my B-day with some buddies (A and B), and the company is always what makes it memorable over any food!
P.S. Stay tuned here at Robscooking.com! We have a lot of undeveloped footage, and we’ll try to get to it as soon as we can. Oh and look for Mousecapades III coming soon, as I saw the final edit by Robby (worth the wait!)
Going offline -
~ Jason “Kitch”
Blurry pic of my friend and I
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