I have been poking around the Internet a lot lately, looking for random awesome things to try. I got inspired around Christmas and have slowly expanded my adventures in the homemade and crafty. Some of the projects have turned out totally cool, some have been kind of weird, and some took forever to make until I discovered a quicker way that looked better anyway...right before I was done...
You find a lot of rad things that are really nifty or yummy or inexpensive and work better and that is THE BEST. Then you come across things that, for some reason totally creep you out. Or sound disgusting. Or that you simply refuse to try because at some point, you have to draw the line. These are a few things I have come across that made me say...erm...No thank you...
1) Ketchup. I have heard just enough about how ketchup is made to know that I don't want to know how ketchup is really made.
2) Toothpaste. With coupons and sales, toothpaste is one of the easiest things to get for free or really cheap. We had about 10 tubes, got most of 'em for free, and then realized that 10 was borderline crazy, and sent some of them to my brother. Therefore, I am fine with store bought toothpaste. Plus, what if it turned out creepy?? I couldn't throw it away because every time you waste something a unicorn dies...this is a true story...
3) Lip Balm. First of all, the entire thing just sounds weird, and second, who has the patience to smash that stuff into those tiny little tubes?? Not me, that's who.
4) Deodorant. Really? This not something you want to take a chance on not working. Don't believe me? Let's take a walk and keep track of the stank/non-stank ratio of people around here. It's not good. Plus, I am not embarrassed to say that I have about 8 deodorants in my stockpile cabinet (although maybe I should be), and I payed less than 2 bucks for all of them. No, not each, don't forget who you're talking to. I paid less than 2 bucks for all 8.
5) Cold/Cough Syrup. Let's look at the ingredient list, shall we? Onions. Raw honey. Cloves. Ginger. Slippery elm. Notice there is no sleep crack in there, only the most important thing in the store bought stuff. And I don't care HOW sick I am, I don't want to be swilling on onion juice, but thanks anyway.
6) Mayonnaise. Although I love mayo on sandwiches, burgers, and french fries, I was once scarred for life when I encountered a 5 gallon bucket of mayo in the walk in fridge at Negri's when I worked there. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't bad, or spoiled, or sitting there with no lid. It was fine. Everything was all normal and OK. The cook was getting some out when I walked in to get some limes or something. The point is that it was 5 gallons of mayonnaise. I was just not prepared for that quantity of mayonnaise. So I don't want to be stirring it, or cooking it, or have anything to do with too personally. GAG.
There are a bunch of other things too, homemade Nutella, yogurt, stuff like that. Too weird, too complicated, and too weird. And don't you think the yogurt could turn out really really bad really really easily? I like experimenting with making my own stuff, but I certainly don't want to die for my craft!!!
No comments:
Post a Comment