so as mentioned earlier, i got a new set of stainless steel pots for Christmas. they are the Emeril brand all-clads, and so far they have been nice to look at. i have not yet used them for any cooking. i finally took them out of the box on Saturday to clean them and ready them for battle. little did i know that Emeril had a surprise for me. inside each pot was a warning label sticker. not the sticker that just peels off, like a static cling type deal, we’re talking paper sticker. the kind that kids stick to windows and you’re like “well great, how am i going to get that off?” an example is below:

warning label on a pot

i mean really, couldn’t that have been some kind of plastic ring to cut off from the handles or something? did they really need to put paper stickers on each pot? i peeled as much as i could off, but of course it left sticky stuff behind that you could see. undaunted by my desire to get all of this ‘sticker’ off, i took it to google. after a quick search, i was able to find one of many solutions. this one included tools i already had….flour and water. boom. after 2 or 3 applications of the flour/water combination, the sticker came off in its entirety. TAKE THAT EMERIL!

yesterday on my way home from a meeting at church, i stopped at the store to pick up some things. i stopped at the store with nice produce and a good beer selection since i was in need of both. i perused several things i don’t normally buy, and ended up taking home some Louisiana strawberries (which reminds me, it’s almost time for Strawberry Harvest Lager!) and some creole mustard. folks, the mustard has already proven itself after having eaten it today on my turkey sandwich. however, what i really wanted to find as a loaf of bread that had not already been cut that i could use for sandwiches. after watching an episode of Good Eats recently that dealt with sandwiches, i wanted to follow Alton’s lead and start using better ingredients when possible. unfortunately, the bakery did not have any, but i did pick up a loaf of french bread hot out of the oven for 99 cents. i ended up eating half of it on my way home because i foolishly went to the store hungry. the bread was really good though.

today at work i read about a guy with bionic legs. don’t believe me? read the article i have linked. it kind of blew my mind.