Berck told me to try this new bloggy thingy out. I’ve been chided for not providing any new information lately, but working in a warehouse is inherently boring. (You want it that way, really. Otherwise, people are getting impaled by forklifts left and right.) So to fill some space, I’ll include below Berck’s patented recipe for beef gravy. Berck’s Gravy Recipe 1) In a cast iron skillet, mix together some Better Than Bouillon, butter, and water. Heat and mix with a whisk. Complain loudly how much the whisk sucks. 2) Stick a spoonful of corn starch into the skillet. Comment…
Somewhere in Texas, Berck and I realized we were both staying pretty chronically dehydrated. We always made sure we had two big bottles of water with us, but the desert water doesn’t taste good. And since we’re not hot, we forget to drink. We needed to do something about the problem. So we bought a container of Country Time Lemonade powder and mixed it with in one of the water bottles. Does the sugar content of the lemonade outweigh whatever benefit we gain from drinking more fluid? We don’t know, but we’ve now been drinking a lot more and feel…