Assorted Ravings of the Slightly-Weird

10 Seconds And Counting...

Ah, the venerable 10 second rule. Hands up, all of you who have picked up food from the floor/table within 10 seconds of dropping it and popped it back into your mouths.

Ok, so maybe it's just my sister and myself then... But anyway, I thought this article was interesting. Turns out, bacteria sticks within 5 seconds and depending on how dirty the surface is, you might get an upset stomach.

Duh. No shit, Sherlock. Of course I'm not going to eat something that I've dropped on a dirty floor, but if it's on my dining table that I know is fairly clean, what's the biggie? A tummy always needs a bit of bacteria in it anyway! I can't believe researchers actually bothered to spend time and money counting the number of microbes that stick onto food. Three words: too much funding.

Continuing on this food-related post, lately I've been struck by the urge to cook. My family's probably suffering from indigestion brought about by being my guinea pigs, hehe. So far, over the past few weeks I've made pork chops, biscotti, chocolate chip cookies, mini vol-au-vents filled with scrambled eggs and caviar, peppermint ice-cream, chicken stew and a scaled-down version of tartiflette, which is something I read about in the NYTimes recently. (The link might not work anymore.) And on Mother's Day it was breakfast for the parents (eggs sunny side up, in toast and french toast) and some really pretty biscuits shaped like flowers and covered in icing which my sister and I made beforehand. I have pics but I'm too lazy to go get a card reader and download the photos from my phone. Haha.

I've still got the urge to make cupcakes and this pasta recipe that I've been wanting to try out with a sauce made of anchovies. Yummmmmm. And maybe some pineapple tarts as well. And chicken pie. And more ice-cream. And more cookies.

Who wants to help me eat???

Posted by scrabbyfoo at May 15, 2007 05:04 PM