At the time, we just laughed, but lately, I get that song in my head whenever I read or hear about something particularly juicy this election cycle. These next few weeks are going to be nuts.
Anyway, the title serves as a handy summary of today's little blog topic: stuff I can eat but can't cut with a knife.
The first is an onion. I decided last night that that was the last onion I was going to cut in a while. I'm not just a wimp for the tears, it just really makes me feel like hell until I get the residue off of my hands. Maybe, I'll cut a shallot, because they are tastier and I'm kind of in to roasted shallots right now, but I'm definitely not cutting any of these into small pieces. This 1/4 cup nearly killed me.
The second is butternut squash. I always forget until I start cutting that I have a contact allergy to it, and I only remember when my skin starts to get red and feel taut and puffy at the same time. It turns out I have butternut squash dermatitis! The first time it happened I really panicked, but somehow I knew it was just the skin I was allergic to, and went to eat the squash as I always do, no problem. But I really shouldn't be touching it when I can avoid it (it's the liquid that comes out once it's cut that's the problem, so I can still cull them at the coop, lest anyone was worried I'd fall back on my produce duty), and I'm writing this down again so that I can remember and not cut it up next time. Luckily I remembered (well, my skin remembered) half-way through, and AA took over. Good thing, or else we wouldn't have eaten this:
Ok, perhaps a more substantive post next time.
1 comment:
did you know there is a real condition in dogs called plastic bowl dermatitis? it's true, eating or drinking out of plastic bowls, can fuck up a doggie's little nose.
so weird about the butternut squash thing, but good thing y'all team tagged and got through it intact. the lasagna looks really good.
xo
kittee
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