These pepperoni sticks were very, very tasty.  Although they were labeled “hot”, I always found them to be more like medium.  When I chewed them, I could feel and taste the grease oozing out of them in a most delightful way.  Then that accursed listeriosis came along and my favourite comfort food disappeared.  Shortly thereafter, I found a new type of pepperoni called “landjagger sausages” and I decided to give them a go.  There were not quite as good as the other ones, but they were still enjoyably greasy and so made an adequate substitute.

So, you can imagine my joy when I was in the grocery store a couple of weeks back and I found that my favored brand of pepperoni was back on the shelf.  I bought some immediately.  When I got home I noticed that they looked a little bit different now.  Before the ends were cleanly cut off, whereas now they were pinched off.  It didn’t put me off at all because I was certain that it could not possibly affect the flavour.  Boy, was I ever wrong.  Just one bite was enough to tell that something was different.  For one thing they were definitely not as greasy; there was no oozing when I chewed them.  Beyond that I can’t put my finger on exactly what had changed, there was some alteration to the flavour that was just enough to be noticeable.  After eating the whole package (well I couldn’t just waste it, and pepperoni is still pepperoni) I think I figured out what had gone awry.  It’s kind of like when you order Chinese food, you have to ask for extra MSG because that’s where all the flavour is.  Apparently you have to add extra listeriosis to pepperoni sticks in order to make them really good.

Of course, if I’m in the office at The Redneck catching up on my paperwork sometimes I feel a need to burn off a few of the calories that I’ve been eating.  One way to do this is with deskercise. I’ll do curls with my coffee cup (usually three sets of fifteen reps with each arm), then I’ll press my laptop multiple times and naturally I’ll start and end with stretches.  When I’m at home, though, I usually stick to couchercise, it has a much lower impact.