A Shopping Trip — For You January 7, 2008
Posted by Michael in Food.trackback
Recently I glanced in the cupboard where we keep our spices and condiments, and noticed that we were getting low on Marie Sharp’s Habanero Pepper Sauce, which is perhaps the most famous product of Belize . Marie Sharp’s makes a wide variety of hot sauces, but this carrot-based version is the standard hot sauce in Belize, which appears on any table with the salt and pepper:
The hot sauce shortage caused me great concern, of course. This sauce is a dietary staple for me. More importantly, I have touted this sauce several times here at IB, because it is delicious and promotes health and well-being and because, um, well heck, I’ll just say it, I care about you very much.
*cough, face turns red*
Thus, I feared that the upcoming first annual Innocent Bystanders Super Bowl Party™ would be diminished if I did not have an adequate supply on hand.
The result of this hot sauce inventory shortfall is that from January 10-24 Cathy and I will be in Belize to replenish our stock. Traveling to Belize is the only way to make sure that we are not buying a cheap imitation. We have rented an SUV and intend to scour the country, from the sunny Caribbean beaches . . .
to the jungle-clad Mayan Mountains . . .
for the sole purpose of acquiring absolutely fresh and genuine Marie Sharp’s Hot Sauce to serve you in the event that you attend the IBSBP.
That’s just the way I am. I’m all about love.
If you would like to make a donation to defray the cost of this shopping trip, please send me an email and I will direct you to my PayPal account. Your support for this expedition will be greatly appreciated.
While in Belize, my access to the internet will be uncertain. (Actually, on our last trip to Belize during a period of political unrest, access to phone service and electricity was uncertain due to striking unions.) During this time, please excuse my absence. If you need assistance (e.g., comments lost in spam filter, troll control), you can appeal to Brewfan (bkepapaATyahooDOTcom) and Dave in Texas (gooberintexasATgmailDOTcom). They are both Assistant Site Administrators and have authorization to control content at IB.
Please try to behave yourselves and maintain the dignity of Innocent Bystanders while I am gone.
Have a great trip. Take plenty of empty luggage.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8U11IOG0&show_article=1
I think it’s fair to say that guy needed to be committed to a mental health facility for violent offenders long ago, and that his family probably knew something like this was going to happen someday but they didn’t have the legal power to commit him.
Be interesting to see the details come out.
It’s endlessly fascinating to me that marginal characters like this actually have wives and girlfriends.
the hungry sociopath.
sorry, I thought this was a cooking thread.
Please try to behave yourselves and maintain the dignity of Innocent Bystanders while I am gone.
toooga. tooooga. tooooga. Toga. Toga. Toga. Toga! Toga! Toga! TOGA! TOGA! TOGA! TOGA! TOGA!
When you run to the store to pick up a few things, Michael, you really run to the store.
Evil Con Carne just emailed me a link. Glad to know he’s being as productive at school as I am at work. It’s not a sideways pineapple, but maybe it could be useful in a pinch:
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/upbuttcoconut
Just wanted to help maintain the dignity of Innocent Bystanders. It’s SFW unless “up your butt with a coconut” gives those around you the vapors.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUB5tWBuAJU
Nice to see Pupster is gearing up for the game tonight
Eh heh.
DON’T YOU JUDGE ME!
Don’t you DARE judge me.
*licks peanut butter off of spoon*
Do not judge Pupster.
Accommodate him.
I ain’t never met a tiger I couldn’t tame.
WP says, “Word.”
So that’s what the guest bedroom looks like?
Carrot based Hot Sauce?!?!?!?!?!?!
Yankee!
Well, to be fair, here is an LSU fan in his glory:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE_4NLK7sUo
and the first line of thsi story says all we need to know:
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=wojciechowski_gene&id=3183362&sportCat=ncf
Carrot based Hot Sauce?!?!?!?!?!?! Yankee!
The carrots act as the base for the Habaneros.
It’s a smart move.
The carrots act as the base for the Habaneros.
The best base for Habaneros…..Tabasco peppers.
The best base for Habaneros…..vanilla ice cream and Pepto-Bismol.
What the heck, did you all get jobs or something? What’s with you people?
I guess after my impassioned “punch Russ in the balls in the name of liberty” speech, there’s nothing much to say.
That was pretty untoppable.
I think this scared everybody off:
Please try to behave yourselves and maintain the dignity of Innocent Bystanders while I am gone.
I blame Bart. He’s been slacking off, like he has a life or something.
Maybe he has a new girlfriend. He might have met her when shopping for a replacement epilady.
Also, the best base for peppers of any kind: the trash can. Yes, that includes bell peppers, which are not sweet regardless of what my mom says.
Also, the best base for peppers of any kind: the trash can.
Watch your mouth, Mrs. Peel. Your citizenship in the Republic of Texas can get revoked for careless remarks like that.
I also can’t stand even the smell of chili, and get bored with (non-Aggie) football after about 10 minutes. So I’m pretty familiar with the No True Scotsman fallacy.
Argh, thread got me distracted and I forgot to say I hope y’all have a great trip. Stay safe.
I am longing to go to bed, but I decided I’d force myself to stay up so I could get back on a normal schedule…just a little while longer and then I’ll be off to catch about forty thousand winks.
(The boy wants to invent an alarm clock that wakes you when REM sleep has concluded. I see more problems than benefits, chiefly the problem of oversleeping.) (The invention began as an outgrowth of my chiding him for waking me just as I was about to have dinner with Chuck Yeager.)
coming back eastward is hard.
welcome home punkin.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23022237-13762,00.html
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008801060602
Welcome back, Mrs. P. I hope you didn’t get any newfangled notions from all that furrin’ cavortin’.
#26: Seems like a stupid law, but couldn’t have happened to a more deserving pair.
#27: Yet another liberal myth dispelled.
Have a safe, fun trip!
Oh, and I don’t have to behave since I’m not a real commenter, do I?
actually you are held to a much higher standard now in their absence PA.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
Oh, and I don’t have to behave since I’m not a real commenter, do I?
Of course you do, and I am counting on you to keep Brewfan in line.
I’m not Julie McCoy — I can’t be the chipper cruise director for this blog 24/7.
Maybe lauraw can pick a couple of stories and offer some analysis or commentary instead of using this place as a link-dump for whatever catches her fancy.
Maybe Bart, who would never, ever use this place as a link dump, can kiss my ass.
How do you like me now, hot stuff?
That feel good, Bossy McHelpfulsuggestions?
Shit. I just know I’m gonna be apologizing to people.
Sorry. You picked the wrong week to pick on me brah. I’m gettin’ a little squinchy.
Apologizing to corpses you meant.
My head hurts.
Have a great trip Mr. and Mrs. Michael.
A word of caution - Don’t go snorkeling in the Batman suit. You’ll look a lot like a seal and might be bitten by a shark. Or plugged in the ass by a boy seal. On second thought, you might want to wear the costume. Whatever floats yer fancy.
Thanks, folks, for all the well-wishes.
Personally, I think LauraW is just the woman to keep Brew in line…especially while she’s quitting smoking.
I want to keep him in line, not terrorize him.
You can do it lw! You’ll be amazed at how much better you feel and how much better food tastes! Of course, the better tasting food along with increased appetite means you’re ass is going to get fucking HUGE!, but a lot of guys like extra junk in the trunk.
extra junk in the trunk hump
hey! my strikethrough didn’t work. Stupid blog.
lol at 42
Huge ass. Hiked, super-tight jeans. Croaky smoker voice calling you “toots.” Eyelashes stuck together with globby mascara . . .
This one time, on Oki . . .
lol skinbad
Sense of smell has already sharpened surprisingly, so the food thing will be coming hand in hand, I assume.
BTW compos, would you mind standing a little further away? Thanks.
You’re quitting cold turkey?
Patch? Gum? Chew?
Cold turkey. Today’s day 5.
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You’re doing great lw. Stick with it, please. My grandpa and father-in-law both died in their early 70’s due to smoking. I know something’s going to get each and every one of us, but we don’t have to make it easier.
The smoking period of my life is over, compos.
I just hope I didn’t do too much permanent evil to myself during that time.
Good Luck, Lovely Lauraw!
I never smoked so I can’t empathize… sorry.
I’m proud of you.
*high five’s Lauraw*
awww you guys are the best
*kicks dirt*
Damn, it’s dirty behind my desk here. I should run a vacuum once in a while.
Patch? Gum? Chew?
I’m betting on Rage.
DING DING DING
I just hope I didn’t do too much permanent evil to myself during that time.
It’s not the evil you might do to yourself that some of us are worried about.
*runs back to uncharted cave and hunkers down for a spell.
Good job, LauraW. Congratulations. We’re all counting on you.
I won’t let you down.
I have some black tea in the place…does anybody know if legal pad stock is OK as a rolling paper?
burns kinda hot
If you smoke legal pad stock, you’ll start thinking like Michael. Are you sure you want to go down that road?
I can tell you how to make a
bongpipe out of a coke can, with or without carburetor. Learnt it from a girl I met on a train going to New Mexico when I was fifteen.you’ll start thinking like Michael.
Thanks for pulling me back from cliff’s edge, Sobek.
Will PattyAnn and lauraw be allowed to spank me if I get naughty?
*crossing fingers*
dude - quitting smoking is the hardest thing to do in the world. I tried everything - the patch, chewing gum, hypnosis. I even tried that stuff with all the needles…whats that called?
Oh i remember - Heroin.
I love that shit.
We’re all counting on you.
No pressure, though, hun.
But seriously, don’t fuck this up.
We’re all counting on you.
Will PattyAnn and lauraw be allowed to spank me if I get naughty?
Well, if they feel it is necessary to be very strict with you, I’m not going to second-guess their judgment.
Laura, you still have that riding crop?
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Amish,
I missed it by a couple of days, but #68…GLAR!
Your information are very good.I like it.
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