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It appears that Amazon encodes significant data into their image URLs. It also appears that this person has way too much time on his hands.

]]> /funny Randy J. Ray 2005-05-28T22:47-07:00 http://www.gertler.com/nat/abusedimages.html

It appears that Amazon encodes significant data into their image URLs. It also appears that this person has way too much time on his hands.

]]> Days: 7. Grocers: 6. Peppers: 0. http://www.rjray.org/food/cherrypeppers.html I am utterly failing in my efforts to locate and acquire cherry peppers (also known as "baby bell peppers"). These are bell peppers that are roughly the size of habanero peppers, or smallish jalapeños. But they have the same general flavor as full-sized bells.

I want them for this recipe, which I know isn't vegetarian. But they looked really amazing on the episode of The Naked Chef that I saw them on.

Thus far, I have tried the following places with no luck:

  • Safeway (long-shot, but it's the closest)
  • Trader Joe's (not big on produce, to be fair)
  • P&W Market (fairly upscale, I went to the one on Prospect and Saratoga on the edge between San Jose and Campbell)
  • Whole Foods (I was sure they would have them)
  • Costco (Worth a try)
  • Milk Pail Market (On California St. in Mt. View just before Palo Alto)

The Milk Pail Market was really nice. Open-air, great prices on both produce and dry goods (this is where I'll go for lentils from now on). Great selection of cheeses (I tried Vella Farms' Dry Jack for the first time over the weekend, and now here's a more convenient place to get it). But no cherry peppers.

If anyone has an idea where I might find this elusive breed, use the e-mail link on the home page to let me know?

(Edit: I had the days and grocers numbers off by 1. Doesn't everyone count/index from zero?)

]]> /food Randy J. Ray 2005-05-03T02:32-07:00 I am utterly failing in my efforts to locate and acquire cherry peppers (also known as "baby bell peppers"). These are bell peppers that are roughly the size of habanero peppers, or smallish jalapeños. But they have the same general flavor as full-sized bells.

I want them for this recipe, which I know isn't vegetarian. But they looked really amazing on the episode of The Naked Chef that I saw them on.

Thus far, I have tried the following places with no luck:

  • Safeway (long-shot, but it's the closest)
  • Trader Joe's (not big on produce, to be fair)
  • P&W Market (fairly upscale, I went to the one on Prospect and Saratoga on the edge between San Jose and Campbell)
  • Whole Foods (I was sure they would have them)
  • Costco (Worth a try)
  • Milk Pail Market (On California St. in Mt. View just before Palo Alto)

The Milk Pail Market was really nice. Open-air, great prices on both produce and dry goods (this is where I'll go for lentils from now on). Great selection of cheeses (I tried Vella Farms' Dry Jack for the first time over the weekend, and now here's a more convenient place to get it). But no cherry peppers.

If anyone has an idea where I might find this elusive breed, use the e-mail link on the home page to let me know?

(Edit: I had the days and grocers numbers off by 1. Doesn't everyone count/index from zero?)

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