FOOD FRIDAY! Apres-Dentist Edition
Indignity Vol. 5, No. 29
FOOD FRIDAY DEP'T.
A List of Soft Foods, Consumed During a Soft Foods Diet, Ranked from OK to Urgh
IN YESTERDAY'S INDIGNITY, Mr. Wrong whined about their Dentist-prescribed Soft Food diet. Here is how it's going so far, in descending order.
- Scrambled eggs at a restaurant
- Grits at a restaurant
- Marie Callender’s Vermont Cheddar Mac & Cheese
- Beefaroni
- Campbell’s Homestyle Italian-Style Chicken With Turkey Meatballs Soup
- Campbell’s Tomato Soup
- The Greek Gods Plain Traditional Greek Style Yogurt With Wellsley Farms Organic Creamy Peanut Butter And Thawed-Out Frozen Wyman’s Wild Blueberries And Maple Syrup On It
- The Greek Gods Plain Traditional Greek Style Yogurt With Wellsley Farms Organic Creamy Peanut Butter In It
- The Greek Gods Plain Traditional Greek Style Yogurt With Smuckers Strawberry Preserves In It
- The Greek Gods Plain Traditional Greek Style Yogurt Mixed With The Greek Gods Honey Style Greek Yogurt
- Progresso Broccoli Cheese Soup
WEATHER REVIEWS
New York City, February 13, 2025
★★ The overnight thaw had stripped the decorative snow from the trees, and the morning drizzle was darkening what lay on the ground. It was still cold enough to wear the parka for waterproofing on the late-morning walk across the Park, rather than fussing with a rain jacket and layers. A man in jeans and puffy jacket over a gray hoodie ran backward, throwing punches at the air. The mist brought on a craving for a hot cup of tea, and then specifically for the hot cup of tea with the lunch special at an upstairs Indian restaurant on Kenmore Square nearly 30 years ago. With the right stirring and pouring, the milk would spin around the inner edge of the thin teacup while a clear dark vortex held on in the middle. The mist thickened to real fog out on the North Meadow ballfields, and the medium-tall slab of a tower to the east was missing its top. Of the ultratalls downtown there was nothing—or almost nothing, a shadow—or nothing. The tan of infield dirt showed through a still thick but translucent layer of slush. A snowman stared with mismatched eyes from the top of a low ridge. On the far side of noon the drizzle had abated, and the gurgle of meltwater was sounding.
EASY LISTENING DEP'T.
HERE IS TODAY'S Indignity Morning Podcast.
Tom Scocca
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TOM SCOCCA
ADVICE DEP'T.
GOT SOMETHING YOU need to justify to yourself, or to the world at large? Other columnists are here to judge you, but The Sophist is here to tell you why you’re right. Direct your questions to The Sophist, at indignity@indignity.net, and get the answers you want.
SANDWICH RECIPES DEP'T.
WE PRESENT INSTRUCTIONS in aid of the assembly of a sandwich selected from A Thousand Ways to Please a Husband: with Bettina’s Best Recipes, by Louise Bennett Weaver and Helen Cowles LeCron, published in 1917, available at archive.org for the delectation of all.
Ham Sandwiches (Four portions)
1/2 C-chopped ham
2 T-pickles
1 T-chopped olives
3 T-salad dressing
12 slices bread
Mix ham, olives, and pickles with salad dressing and spread on lettuce or nasturtium leaves between buttered slices of bread. Trim off the crusts, and cut the sandwiches in fancy shapes.
If you decide to prepare and attempt to enjoy a sandwich inspired by this offering, be sure to send a picture to indignity@indignity.net.
