For a while I’ve been wondering about a specific item that we all have seen and/or used at some point in our lives.  This item was designed to stand between us and virulent diseases.  It is intended to be used by every man and woman, boy and girl that leaves their house to venture out into the scary world we live in.  The item in question is the paper toilet seat cover, or as I like to call it, the “Butt Gasket”

Now what I really want to know is, how effective is the gasket?  I would tend to think that any disease that was virulent enough to pass from the shining ivory of the throne to your backside and cause you harm would be strong enough that a slip of paper would hardly get in its way.

Is it a matter of cleanliness?  If the seat is wet from a previous visitor, all the gasket will do is soak it up and become wet as well.  So now, instead of sitting on a hard wet surface, you’re sitting on a wet surface that could possibly stick to you and travel around with you after you leave.  Looking at the toilet situation in my office, I’d have to say that the seats are always very clean and shiney.  I sit rather close to the bathroom and have noticed that they are cleaned every day.  Now that’s not to say that the toilet seats are cleaned each and every day, but I can guarantee you they are cleaned more often than I clean the toilet at my house.  Should I buy a pack of gaskets for home?

Sometimes this modern world is just too much for me…

So this last weekend we went down to San Diego. This trip had multiple purposes (each of which will probably be posted about seperately), one of which was so that I could visit Lolita’s Taco Shop and partake in the perfect food known as Carne Asada Fries. I had never heard of this dish until I lived in San Diego. In fact, my friend Ben will always be on my speed dial simply because he introduced me to them.

Carne Asada Fries (CAF) are made of relatively simple components. You start with some nice crunchy french fries to which you add chunks of carne asada, sour cream, guacamole and cheese. Lolita’s adds a nice powdered cheese on top of it all, but I have no idea what kind it is. Its so simple to make, but like most foods, a lot of it goes into the preparation. I’ve had CAF from other locations in San Diego and they really paled in comparisson to those at Lolita’s. I think the secret to Lolita’s CAF is that the fries are nice and crispy and there is a lot of every component in the dish so in every bite you can get every single flavor of the dish.

Its been very tough to find them at restaurants in the area so now my goal is to find a way to make them at home. I think I’ll be forced to get a Fry Daddy or something to get the fries to the proper level of crispiness. If you are ever in San Diego, please do yourself the favor of visiting Lolita’s and partaking of the Carne Asada Fries. While everything else on the menu is awesome, you will never find a better plate of Carne Adasa Fries.

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