3 posts tagged “food”

I made pizza last night for dinner. It turned out really well, and now I can finally say I've found a really good dough recipe. I'm not a huge fan of commerical pizza. The dough always tastes so fake to me; it's almost as if I can taste all the preservatives and oddities in the dough. Thus, I enjoy making my own pizza from scratch. Interestingly enough, it doesn't take long to make pizza. It's just a matter of waiting for the dough to proof.

I used this pizza dough recipe. You can either split up the dough to make two thin crust pizzas or just make one thick crust pizza. Either way, you'll enjoy this recipe!

I was talking with my buddy last night. We were watching House on television; I was sitting on the couch across from where my buddy was sitting. There was a commercial break and we began to talk about something. I'm not sure how we started talking about this topic, but I started talking about the poor and the homeless.

My twin brother is a Christian and active in church and community service. Every Wednesday night he goes downtown and helps feed the homeless. My brother told me a story last week that really touched me. If I remember correctly, over a couple of feeding sessions, my brother had gotten to know this particular homeless man. He comes to the place my brother helps at and grabs a meal every week. Then, he goes across town to shack up in a homeless shelter for the night, but he hadn't been able to get over there for a few days because his car didn't have a battery. The guy asked my brother if he could possibly get a ride to the shelter this past Wednesday night. My brother and his friend took the guy to the shelter, where the man showed my brother his car without a battery.The man was so thankful for my brother and his friend's kindness and willingness to help someone in need. Now the guy could sleep well. Then, my brother and his friend gave him $15, and the man was even more thankful. I could really tell that my brother felt good about helping another human in need. After hearing this story, I told my brother that I would like to go and help him feed the homeless.

I told this to my buddy last night and he asked me "Why?" I replied, "Wouldn't you want to help another person in need?" "No. I have better things to do with my time. And, well, I really just don' care to help others that I don't know or are strangers." After hearing this, I was pretty pissed off. "You are what's wrong with society. We don't fucking help each other anymore because we "don't care" or because we don't *know* the people in need. It is every man/woman for his or herself. American individualism is what is killing us. The very thing we all treasure is killing us. Don't you feel a responsibility to help your fellow man who is in existential need?" "Dude, no. I just don't care. Why would I?" What's more, the idiot said, "Dude, you sound like a Christian. You sound just like a religious person." This has nothing to do with religion or being a Christian. Any decent human would feel like he or she has a responsibility to help others in need and the community as a whole. 

My buddy talks like he has no time. Ha, yeah right. He could definitely make time by cutting out his WoW play and by decreasing the amount of time he spends playing other pointless games.

My buddy's thoughts on this topic are the epitome of what is wrong with American society.    

www.freerice.com is a website that donates grains of rice to the UN World Food Program to help end world hunger.

Here is some information from FreeRice's "About" section:

FreeRice has two goals:

1. Provide English vocabulary to everyone for free.
2. Help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free.

This is made possible by the sponsors who advertise on this site.

Whether you are CEO of a large corporation or a street child in a poor country, improving your vocabulary can improve your life. It is a great investment in yourself.

Perhaps even greater is the investment your donated rice makes in hungry human beings, enabling them to function and be productive. Somewhere in the world, a person is eating rice that you helped provide. Thank you.

So, not only do you get to improve your vocabulary, but you help feed people too. For each word that you get right, FreeRice donates 20 grains of rice to the UN World Food Program. Over 32 billion grains of rice have been donated to date. This is an awesome site with a noble purpose. Definitely check it out!