Squirrel’s Vegan Kitchen


A few words…
September 19, 2007, 10:08 pm
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There is a time for food. But sometimes I just want to write a little. I hope that’s okay.

How are all of you? How were your summers? Are you settling into fall or resisting it will all your might like Bazu?

I have to admit that, while fall is my favorite season, I am resisting it. I feel like I barely did anything this summer! And it was a cold summer and it’s already so chilly this fall that we’ve had our heat on 2 nights in a row. And while I’m looking forwards to soups and stews and holiday baking, I’m already overwhelmed by the impending holiday season and the guarantee of cold feet for the next few months.

For fun, here are a few of the fun Google search queries that have brought up this blog, some more disturbing than others:

Vegan ovulation
Eating undercooked kale
Botulism blueberry muffin
Cats that like bananas
Little boy with carrots in his ears
Smoked Squirrel (there are a surprisingly large number of searches for cooking squirrel. who is savvy and resourceful enough to use the internet yet cooks squirrel?)
Creepy squirrel comment
Mint extract made brownies taste like toothpaste (I’ve been there! Make sure it says “peppermint” specifically)
TVP trail mix (am I the only one who thinks this sounds gross?)
Recipe for making a squirrel (good luck with that one)
John Lennon eat squirrils (sic)

Most disturbingly, I have had more hits than I can count from people looking up a really gross sex act, that brings up my blog because of some of the key words in this title ofthis post. You can use your imagination.

What’s the weirdest thing you’ve Googled? Keep it tame, kids, but reply to this post with your own odd search queries and I’ll put your name into a drawing for not only a copy of my book, but also an apron!

Entries will close Sunday night and I’ll announce the winner on Monday.


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I’ve never googled anything that would bring up your “Adventures with Ham Tube and a Boston Cream Pie” post (thank goodness), but my mom recently asked me if I’ve ever heard that soy can increase breast tissue growth. Of course, I had to google “big soy boobs” to find out and let’s just say the results were inconclusive.

Comment by Jamie September 20, 2007 @ 7:28 am

I can’t say that I’ve ever googled anything controversial or shocking; but oh my goodness the list of Google search queries that have brought up your blog are hilarious!! :0D

Comment by VeggieGirl September 20, 2007 @ 11:36 am

Oh, man! I am always googling stuff. I have even cheated on crossword puzzles by googling the clues. Once I was making a special cake and it called for “blind baking” I didn’t know what that was or how to do it. Enter that into Google and get some weird sites. Thank goodness for the little preview list so that you don’t have to look at every web site.

Comment by Rachel September 20, 2007 @ 1:15 pm

That is too funny! My favorite was “Little boy with carrots in his ears”–first of all, WHY would anyone be searching for that?! And, why would that link to you??

I have searched for so many strange things, but none as weird as the ones you posted! Recently, due to the hot, humid MN summer, I was having problems with fruit flies (I am SO looking forward to fall so I can open the windows and get the humidity and fruit flies OUT of my apt! Sorry–I know you are longing for summer…). So, I googled something like “fruit flies in the kitchen” and “getting rid of fruit flies without pesticides.” Okay, those pale in comparison to the others, so maybe I actually don’t google strange things…

Courtney

Comment by Courtney September 20, 2007 @ 2:04 pm

Kris, there is NO WAY I’m telling you what the weirdest thing I googled was! I will tell you, people have found my site googling “miss potatos”, and something about forcing girls to hold their pee (in, not in their hand). I can’t remember the exact wording, but Ewww.

I’m dreading fall, though I know I should embrace it. I just like the hot weather, I like to live in tank tops and shoeless. I like to leave the windows open day and night (especially at night).

Comment by erica September 20, 2007 @ 4:50 pm

the story of me finding this site: a family member follows weight watchers off and on. amongst her literature from their program is a book that lists foods and their “points” values. squirrel is in this book which i would think even non-vegetarians would find disgusting but apparently not. so she made a joke about my bringing a vegan equivalent to whatever family gathering there is (ie, bringing tofurky at thanksgiving, tofu dogs camping, etc). for some reason we decided to google vegan squirrel and whaddaya know?

Comment by debby September 20, 2007 @ 5:29 pm

omg What’s the weird sex act? I want to know…no, no I don’t. Ew. I Google weird things occasionally-looking for specific info–but nothing that weird!!

Comment by julieannef September 20, 2007 @ 6:49 pm

I’ll be honest…I once googled “black poop” for my best friend because she thought her craps were really too dark for normal poo.

That’s gross, I’m sorry.

Comment by Mary September 20, 2007 @ 7:13 pm

Well, it’s not really weird, more eh.. stupid. ‘all spice ingredients’. A recipe called for all spice and I did not have any. So I thought, I’ll google for the ingredients and make it myself…

Comment by Arine September 21, 2007 @ 2:01 am

Your key words report is a scream. The weirdest thing I have ever googled? Squirrel the Vegan. WHy is that weird? Squirrel’s–other than you–are not vegan.

Comment by urbanvegan September 21, 2007 @ 5:49 am

This post cracks me up! There are so many weird reasons that people end up on one webpage or another… Some of the weirdest google searches I’ve done involve my research, so like “teacup made of fur” or “disembodied doll parts.”
I’m also sad to report that a large number of google searches that lead to my blog seem to be by diet-obsessed people (because I did a series of posts about detox in January). Uh, good luck folks, mine is not a diet blog!

And, I know exactly what you mean by resisting Fall. It’s not that I hate fall, it’s that I feel I didn’t get enough summer! We had a chilly, wet summer, our garden did really badly, and now, BOOM! Fall, holidays, deadlines, bills, blah.

Comment by bazu September 21, 2007 @ 7:04 am

I tend to google Vegan followed by a type of definitley non vegan dish to see if anyone has made a vegan version of whatever it is, Vegan Steak and Kidney Pie, Vegan Beef Wellington etc.

Comment by Carla September 22, 2007 @ 8:49 am

I’m a costume designer so I am often googling not only information but images as well (and can I just say that I love the fact that “google” is a verb?!). Try the weird stuff with images and it gets even weirder! Hmm…adventures with ham tube….hmm
Aimee

Comment by Aimee September 22, 2007 @ 1:53 pm

I love all your weird googles! I’m resisting autumn all I can, but it’s getting increasinlgy difficult, it’s dark outside when I get up in the morning nowadays.

The weirdest google that I can think of that I’ve made is poo related. When I was a kid we used to eat beetroots like crazy to watch our pee turn pink but we never thought about the poo aspect. beetroot pink poop doesn’t really give any answer though, apparently it turns more purple and dark reddish than pink. Bummer!

Comment by Emmie September 23, 2007 @ 5:10 am

hey!
i’m not sure what the weirdest thing i’ve ever googled is, but for a long time a few years ago, i was fascinated by websites talking about re-growing circumcised foreskin.

:-/

xo
kittee

Comment by kittee September 23, 2007 @ 6:38 am

This isn’t too weird, but I recently googled Pepsi, Coke, and caffeine to see which had more caffeine. (Pepsi does.) I normally try to avoid soda but I was sooo tired that day and I don’t like coffee or tea.

I’m with you; summer went by way too fast!

Comment by Rachel September 23, 2007 @ 10:06 pm

I don’t think I’ve ever googled anything weird. “John Lennon eats squirrils”? WTF? I’m obviously not very computer savvy because I have no idea how you found this out. Care to share? I’d love to know how people are directed to my blog. Or maybe not! LOL!

Comment by Carrie September 23, 2007 @ 10:21 pm

Actually, I was really disappointed when I searched for recipes for making squirrels and your website didn’t have any. Sadly, I had to settle for peppermint pucks. You know, those pucks don’t eat the squirrel feed from my backyard feeder. I guess I need to search for what to feed peppermint pucks. Hmmm.

Comment by Bananana September 24, 2007 @ 3:38 pm

“Little boy with carrots in his ears” is hilarious!!! I was just telling someone how someone found MY blog by googling “triathlete for breakfast”. It made me a little nervous…

Comment by Jen (veg*triathlete) September 25, 2007 @ 8:35 pm

hey kris, just me beth from pa., and i think that your website is just wonderful, some of your recipes look really good :) take care!!!

Comment by beth russell October 12, 2007 @ 4:36 am



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