My Dog Ate Your Phone Number

I have a feeling that OrthoJews and vegetarians are the only one who will be able to dig up their old contacts if these ever become popular. I'm sure they will eventually make kosher versions that are three times as expensive and half as delicious.

Bring on the Gyros

Well, according to the latest research, the Mediterranean diet is the healthiest. As soon as Matzahtime is over and we are back in H-town we're going to have to pay Super Pita a visit. 

Damn You Kosher, Damn You!

Eating contests of various sorts are a traditional trade floor activity. My personal claim to fame is 17 Krispy Kremes in 30 minutes (I actually maxed out after 15 minutes or so after wolfing down a dozen in under 5). I guess times are tough because the latest industry eat-off was 3 cans of cat food in 30 minutes. To be fair, I did mine for free (donuts) and according to the trader at Wachovia that the guy to my right was IMing, this guy made $700 for his efforts.

This sounds more intriguing: eating one of each item in the vending machine over one day. This guy failed, but his machine looks like it has more non-gum stuff than the one in our office. I just counted 12 bags of chips (and chip bag-sized things ), 16 chocolate bar (and similar shaped things), 4 packs of cookies and 5 types of gum in ours. Unfortunately only about 50% kosher. At least we don't have pork rinds.

Who Moved My Cheese?

(Apologies for the lameness of this first post, but the title was inspiration enough to motivate me to just get blogging)

Well, I ordered a case of the special kosher-for-Passover run of OU-certified Cabot Sharp Cheddar. In my case it was UPS that moved my cheese in what turned out to be a surprisingly long 7-day standard shipping delivery. I highly doubt that my $83 of cheese was refrigerated for much of that time but it seemed to arrive OK and hasn't killed any of my kids yet, despite my having used them as guinea pigs.

It's definitely sharper than the other 'real' non-jewy brand kosher cheddar, Tillamook's Medium Cheddar, and a world ahead of Miller's, HaOlam and the other kosher brands. Nicely sharp, firm but not crumbly, and grated well with my parmesan microplane into a modified Roasted Garlic and Cherry Tomato Penne.

You should be able to find 10%-off or free shipping coupon codes online. At about $4 shipped per 1/2 pound stick in case lots it's much cheaper than any of the decent cheeses available at the supermarket here in Houston (and probably most places).