Collateral Bloggage

I’m a big fan of cucumbers.  Indeed, I don’t think I’ve ever met one I didn’t like.  I like cukes sliced, speared, pickled (sweet pickles aren’t a favorite), shredded…you get the picture.  I don’t think I’d be crazy about them cooked, but just about any fresh application is attractive to me.

The latest way I’ve found I like them?  Armenian.  A while back, Ethan and I were perusing the vegetable section of New Seasons (something one does when one is mostly Veg), and we spotted something new.  Being a fan of nearly all vegetables (I can’t claim to hold great affection for okra), I moved in to check it out.  Turns out, it was an Armenian Cucumber.

Ethan liked it so much that he now eschews the other kind (although on the whole, he’s cooled on cukes in general).  They’re not as seedy, and the seeds aren’t as slimy as your garden-variety cuke.  The skin is a bit thicker, and they’re just crunchier than average.  The mouth feel is somewhere between kohlrabi and raw potato (both of which are awesome).

Mmm...cukes

Just thought I’d share.

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I admit I like award shows. Especially ones that show actual clips of the nominees. So, I DVR’d the Emmys and watched it on FFWD (that way I could skip all the scripted banter and just see the winners). I have no idea how Michael Emerson didn’t win for his work on Lost (or how he didn’t win last year…oh, Terry O’Quinn won. Ok.).

But for me, the highlight was Josh Groban’s medley of TV theme songs.  The guy just obviously takes himself too seriously.

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On the subject of watching spectacles, I also watched the last game to be played at the current Yankee Stadium.  Very cool history there, and it was a cool thing to watch.  Even cooler?  The Yankees not making the playoffs.  It just proves that you can’t buy a World Series.  Unless you can.  Becuz the Red Sox are still in it.  Me?  I’m going for the Cubbies this year, though I’d be happy to see the Rays take it and then move to Portland (maybe we’d actually fill the stadium?).