Small food notes

Thursday's discovery was that I still don't like pickled beets. (I grabbed a couple of pieces at a salad bar, thinking they were roasted beets, which I like.)

Last night's was that "no salt added" canned tomatoes are noticeably inferior to the ordinary kind. Or, at least, Del Monte's no salt added are inferior to Del Monte's regular canned tomatoes of the same sort (diced small, no other flavorings). The pasta sauce was still dinner, but rather flatter than usual. Since neither cattitude nor I is on a serious low-sodium regimen, I won't be getting these again. I decided to try them because, while not on such a regimen, it would do us no harm to get less sodium, so I'm keeping an eye out for places where I can reduce it without losing flavor I like. I don't put a lot of salt on my own food, so the main place I'm looking is packaged and other prepared stuff.

I'm noting this mostly so I don't forget and get those tomatoes again, and secondarily to suggest that if you're considering trying them, note that they do seem different and you might want to try them on a night when you're not cooking for company.

Small food notes

Thursday's discovery was that I still don't like pickled beets. (I grabbed a couple of pieces at a salad bar, thinking they were roasted beets, which I like.)

Last night's was that "no salt added" canned tomatoes are noticeably inferior to the ordinary kind. Or, at least, Del Monte's no salt added are inferior to Del Monte's regular canned tomatoes of the same sort (diced small, no other flavorings). The pasta sauce was still dinner, but rather flatter than usual. Since neither cattitude nor I is on a serious low-sodium regimen, I won't be getting these again. I decided to try them because, while not on such a regimen, it would do us no harm to get less sodium, so I'm keeping an eye out for places where I can reduce it without losing flavor I like. I don't put a lot of salt on my own food, so the main place I'm looking is packaged and other prepared stuff.

I'm noting this mostly so I don't forget and get those tomatoes again, and secondarily to suggest that if you're considering trying them, note that they do seem different and you might want to try them on a night when you're not cooking for company.

Boskone: starting to feel organized

I have booked my and cattitude's train tickets. If all goes well, we should be at the con hotel a little after 2:00. I'm guessing there will be people to hang out with, even if the dealer's room isn't open that early. (I know programming doesn't start until late afternoon.)

Neither of us is on programming, and I don't know what events I'm going to want to attend: even things that look good ahead of time can fall prey to the need to get out of the hotel for a while, or a really good conversation with other people who aren't on that program item. But there are a lot of people I haven't seen in too long, and I intend to catch up with at least some of them (I would say "of you, but I know that not everyone I want to see is on LJ).

Boskone: starting to feel organized

I have booked my and cattitude's train tickets. If all goes well, we should be at the con hotel a little after 2:00. I'm guessing there will be people to hang out with, even if the dealer's room isn't open that early. (I know programming doesn't start until late afternoon.)

Neither of us is on programming, and I don't know what events I'm going to want to attend: even things that look good ahead of time can fall prey to the need to get out of the hotel for a while, or a really good conversation with other people who aren't on that program item. But there are a lot of people I haven't seen in too long, and I intend to catch up with at least some of them (I would say "of you, but I know that not everyone I want to see is on LJ).