Walking Dead withdrawal

Nate and I started watching The Walking Dead on Netflix several months ago, and finished a while back. Haven't yet figured out what will take it's place at 9:00 p.m. when the kids are safely banished to their rooms. We don't have cable, so have to wait for the new season to hit Netflix near the release of the next one. Except for things like Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, which was released on Netflix, so there ya go. UKS was pretty good, but we liked The IT Crowd even better (from across the pond) which I don't recall how we stumbled upon...but we finished all three shows recently and are suffering the first world problem of TV show limbo. Oh the horror. Life is so bleak when there are no new gory zombie episodes awaiting you at the close of the day.

And you know what else is horrible? Zucchini. And summer squash. At least to our poor kids, who are forced to eat lots of veggies this summer, 'cuz we bought a CSA share from our local garden center thing. A half bushel every week of a variety of healthy grub. Some of the stuff gets soft in the fridge while I'm trying to figure out what the sam hill to do with it. A couple times I've ended up letting the kids chuck stuff like dirty old beets off the deck. Life is too short to eat beets.

Anyhoo, I scrounge around Pinterest for recipe ideas, but that gets old. I just want the recipe, not 12 paragraphs interspersed with scads of photos of food in various stages of preparation. Sure, some things are tricky to make so photos & details are fine then, but, it's usually overboard. I'm gonna go ahead and scroll over that story of how you came to post that snickerdoodle cream cheese bar recipe 'cuz you happened upon kangaroos at the zoo the other day and their charming shade of hair color reminded you of that delicious cinnamon-y treat you haven't made in a while blah de blah. Blah. And the commenters can be just as bad. Roughly 56 consecutive versions of "Oh this looks divine! Can't wait to try it!!!" Well maybe that strokes the ego of the blog author a bit, but I want hard data. Did it turn out? Did you make changes? Get back to me when you've actually made the darn thing and can post some useful information! Okay, I'm not actually super bitter about it, but I don't think my sarcasm is entirely unwarranted.