Friday, July 18, 2025

Nice vs. Kind

We got an email at work that encouraged us to be kind. That's a positive admonishment, but it reminded me that in the past I have confused kindness and niceness. I googled and found a post from The Caring Techie Newsletter. The Caring Techie points out that while the terms are used interchangeably, but they don't mean the same thing.  They have different underlying motivations and long-term effects. She has a very nice venn diagram:







Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Duplicating the Jimmy Dean Eggwich

 Was just thinking about the Jimmy Dean eggwich since I was eating one. I was thinking maybe I could make one and wondering how much effort it was. I checked the internet for copycat recipes. What I found was people using mason jar lids to steam eggs. Or rings. But then someone mentioned english muffin trays. Which made me think about baking. And when you look at the box, it says egg frittatas, which is a type of omelet that is baked. So the thing that's in my head now is a mass production method where instead of using an english muffin pan--which I don't have--I drop a scrambled egg mixture into just a regular pan and bake it, and then cut it into squares. I'm wondering if the sausage can be cooked the same way. I'm sure it can. The trick with the egg would be getting a pan where I get the right dimensions for the number of eggs that I put in. The Jimmy Dean egg mixture includes spinach, carmelized onions and bacon. I don't think I would bother with that last one.