Couch 234: Ready, Set, Go!

KFC Beyond Nuggets report: They're fine. Would've been better if I'd eaten them freshly cooked. 6-piece combo with a side and a drink was $8.99, so a bit pricey. The honey BBQ dipping sauce was nice.

LT, we have a regional PNW brew pub chain here that has a really good veggie burger made with one of their ales and malted grains. That and a side of their Cajun tots, yum.

(I'm confused about whether that apostrophe should be there or not, but it feels right, so I'm leaving it.)

Reheating fries in an air fryer works amazingly well! I was persuaded to take home fries from a restaurant by my sister because the meal was so expensive, to her (even though I paid and it wasn't that much).... I was despairing of what to do with leftover fries, but the air fryer proved its worth!

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The worst pain for me actually turned out to be from muscle spasms caused by having my mouth held that wide open for so long. My oral surgeon showed me a simple exercise that took care of it at the followup appointment. I wish he had told me beforehand - I would definitely ask yours about this! It's hard to describe, but it's basically opening your mouth really wide, then kind of swinging your lower jaw loosely from side to side.

ETA - Also, I have no memory of the actual procedure. Had percocet afterwards - the muscle spasms just started bothering me before I could take another dose. I think I would have been fine otherwise.

I hope it goes well, Velcro. I have a dental phobia and know at some point I'll likely have to get my bottom wisdom teeth out (impacted), but terrified of it. So I get it.

I had my wisdom teeth (all four) taken out like that and it was not nearly as bad as I had feared it would be. It's basically like you take a nap and then wake up with gauze in your mouth. The oral surgeon prescribed heavy duty pain meds, but I ended up not needing them. I just stayed on top of the Advil for a few days (taking it on a regular schedule, before anything starts hurting too much) and then was fine. I think it was a higher dose of Advil than one would normally take, but you'll get all that info in your discharge instructions. Hopefully your experience will be similarly uneventful.

I haven't been to the dentist since I had to have a tooth pulled and I don't even remember when that was. I'm guessing maybe 2016? Ugh. I have a huge fear of all things dentist. I need to go for a checkup.

Yes, but i am really worried about the recovery and pain. Besides getting my tonsils out when I was 4, i’ve never had surgery. And I don’t remember that.


Thanks. I will definitely check it out!

Meatloaf died. I was only listening to Bat out of Hell this afternoon

Hey, at least you care about apostrophes. Unlike some people.

Meatloaf died. I was only listening to Bat out of Hell this afternoon

I burnt myself cooking burgers for the men last night. Today, I have a huge blister on my finger.

We got H an air fryer for Christmas. He wants fries with his burgers. I have yet to open it. All of you posting about air fryers are persuading me to get it out. Is it friendly to people who lack cooking skills? Lol

Honestly, I didn't have very good results when I tried to make fries from scratch. They were soggy. I probably screwed up the prep somehow, but haven't gotten around to trying again some 4 years later. But I do like to use my air fryer for frozen fries from the grocery store. I don't add any additional oil and they come out better than in the oven.

The latest thing I've been trying to do is falafel but my last attempt wasn't so great.

I also like to put veggies in there, usually when I don't feel like dealing with the oven to roast them. Just toss in a bit of olive oil and they're good.

Fyi, i wrote a witty treatise about that particular apostrophe inspired by lost's comment; i just chose not to post it.

When the apostrophe goes, there goes civilization.

I think it already ended with the changing of nouns into verbs. I shudder at the use of gift as a verb.