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Surviving the Food Pyramid

January 10th, 2009 by ep

cheeseburger

Digesting food and pooping it out

I’ve compiled a Guide to Understanding the Food Pyramid and I’m offering it free to anyone who reads my blog.

Now, being that you’re at Sloppy Potatoes, you probably think this is a joke. You think you’ll find a list that includes all variety of potatoes: Au gratin, scalloped, baked, fried, french fried, cheesy, boiled, mashed and smashed. (Yes they are different, it’s based on the level of violence used in the process. And clearly if there was a Potato Pyramid, you would need at least 10 servings of cheesy potatoes and 8 servings of french fries per day.)  While it’s not an all-potato list, the real food pyramid does in fact include potatoes. There is pure scientific fact that humans cannot survive without french fries, so to ignore them would be bad. It’s about moderation.

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THE LIST: Fantasy Baseball Style-Top 5 last week

June 30th, 2008 by ep

Ever just stop and take a look at the five best fantasy players for a given week? Sloppy Potatoes does.

TheList The top five fantasy baseballers over the last week are an interesting mix. There are no pitchers here, but a rookie, new stars and old stars dominated the scene.

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THE LIST: 5 Classic Video Games

May 20th, 2008 by ep

If you don’t remember these games fondly, you’ve never played them. These are five TheListgames that I’ll always remember dragging me into this hobby. They are by no means my favorite games or the best games of all-time, though they are in the conversation on both counts.

The original NES Legend of Zelda and the Star Wars arcade cabinet at the amusement park didn’t make the list even though I have great memories wasting time on them.

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