Condiment Rankings, Part I

Condiments are a vastly underrated component of the food world in which we live. Today, let's look at store bought condiments. Tomorrow, we'll look at condiments that you get at various eating establishments.

#1) A1 Steak Sauce - I don't know how you could pick anything else.
#2) Kraft Light Parmesan Cheese - On top of Mt. Smoky...
#3) Ranch dressing - Always a great choice. Hard to screw up ranch dressing. Fat Free Hidden Valley Ranch with Bacon is especially good.
#4) Heinz ketchup - None of that Hunt's crap.
#5) Kraft Light Mayo - Hellman's had its day in the sun, but that time is over. In general though, don't buy mayo these days, trying to wean myself off my once disastrous mayo habits.
#6) Kraft Thick and Spicy Honey BBQ sauce - Mmm...honey bbq sauce.
#7) Tostitos Chili con Queso - Perfect with Tostitos Gold chips and NFL football (preferably Pats)
#8) Caesar salad dressing - Along with ranch dressing, these 2 dressings make salads palatable.
#9) Log Cabin Maple Syrup - Always look to find good local maple syrup, like in Vermont and Canada, but when you have to go grocery store, nothing beats Log Cabin. Move over Aunt Jemima!
#10) Tie - French's Honey Dijon Mustard and Sour Cream - Sour cream of any brand is good, as is honey or dijon mustard. French's has combined both, and there's not a lot better than that. Except the other 9 items on this list of course.

You may look at this list and say, hey what the hell happened to peanut butter and cream cheese? Well my faithful reader, those are good enough to actually be meals, so they don't fall under the condiment umbrella. The deciding factor is, would you eat a spoonful of it without anything else? For these eleven condiments, the answer is likely no (never say never). For peanut butter and cream cheese, I have eaten spoonfuls, and probably will again in the future, so they get bumped up to "meal" status. Tune in tomorrow (or whenever I get to it) for the fast-food list.

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Have you ever had a left over oven-fried pork chops sandwich on wheat toast, with shredded cheese and fat free bacon ranch dressing? well, i did this afternoon, and it was delicious.

Been a while

Checking in, haven't posted in awhile. Just relaxing tonight, I haven't technically had a day off since the 7th, (I called in last Tuesday) and I don't have to work tomorrow. Not that I'm going to be really taking it off. I have some SRO work to do, for my newest account. Most of my attention recently has been focused on my upcoming event I am planning at the Rockies. My colleague and friend John John are planning the spectacular "First Annual College Night with the Colorado Rockies". It's going to be a great time. We have been all around the Denver area making visits at colleges, getting the word on the streets. Today I was up in fabolous Greeley, home of the Monforts, at Aims Community College. They had what was probably the nicest community college campus I have ever seen.

My fabulous sister-in-law Chandel Marie left us this past Saturday, having spent a month with us here in the D-Town. She was doing field work over at Children's Hospital, where she built invaluable experience as she strives to become a Child Life Specialist. She's doing great so far.

My sister Laila is also about to make a big step, she's got her bags packed for the Big Apple. She's wanted to move to the Dirty Rotten since she was 17, so I'm glad she's finally taking the plunge. It just seems like something she has to do. Hopefully she can keep her head above water, or I will make fun of her a lot. But I don't anticipate that. I think she'll do just fine for herself.

Me, it's another day another dollar, just filing Prospectus Notebook articles and hoping for the best for my wife and myself. Say a prayer for her, she takes the first leg of her CPA this weekend.