My cheap coochie

I've been on a coochie roll but i promise, this my friends, is the end. I went to the market and bought all the supplies to make my own hot diggities (that's what my old lady calls 'hot dogs', she's foreign). I pulled out the abacus and did the math:

Per Dog

fancy mustard: .o6 cents

Kraut: .85 cents

Bread: .41 cents

Sausage: .41 cents

Total: $1.73 per dog

(there is a sausage under all that mustard, i swear)

Moral of the coochie madness story is that its always cheaper if you do this shit yourself at home. Not to mention, all that shit comes in packs so you have extra food to feed your friends, the neighbors, or yourself 6 times throughout the week. A very wise little Asian boy once told me, "when you eat out, don't pay for shit you can easily make yourself, order something you cant make at home."

Tommy's has Best coochie

There is nothing like an exhausting day in Satan's lair to make a man not hell bent on fixin' viddles. I was tired and feeling lazy. So as i drove down Colorado on my way home dreading a cold cuts sangwitch for dinner, i remembered that i pass a Tommy's en route. And i thought, (at the risk of getting an attack of violent diarrhea) why the hell not. I pulled into the drive-thru and for $2.25 i got this filthy, disgusting, gut busting chili-cheese dog. Uh! GET SOME! You can see the grease glisten off the yellow wrapper which is clearly an indication of its vast nutritional goodness. Okay, okay, it's not made of rattlesnake, rabbit, and endangered snow leopard; but for $2.25 this is a hearty hot dog. And if you count that giant wedge of tomato and the half dozen pickles, this bitch is almost, almost-in healthy salad territory.
Also, as i was doing my laundry on Sunday i found that Trader Joe's sells a 6-pack of the Spaten Optimator for $7.99. Sacrilicious.

Worst-coochie gives good sausage!

The place is actually called Wurstkuche (with an umlaut over the second u). Its located on 800 East 3rd Street in L.A. I read about it in Los Angeles Magazine's May issue:cheap eats, and it came highly recommended by fellow foodies as a must try. Technically, i am violating the food blog rule by reviewing a spot that i have only visited once. But in my defense i was there with Mr. M and he ordered something different from me, and we sampled each others orders.

First of all, the 'purveyors of exotic grilled sausages' have a great set up. A fabulous menu which includes awesome German and Belgium BEERS. An even more fabulous layout, with a spacious cafeteria style dining room flooded with natural light during the day. (the tables are removed to make way for a dance floor @nite) The crowd is a mix of the business set and hipsters who wear their sunglasses indoors while they eat. An apple lap top is set up in a corner providing the soundtrack to your meal.

That being said, i am not entirely sure why this place was reviewed as being a cheap eat location in Los Angeles. The 2 exotic dogs we ordered ran us $15.50, (Buffalo, Beef & Pork w/Chipotle Peppers topped w/ caramelized onions and Sauerkraut pictured above) and the 2 frosty beers were an added $12.00.(Spaten Optimator- 7.2% ABV pictured below) The buns are not especially soft nor sweet nor sourdoughie (in a good way). They are in fact, a little too big to house the sausage. And even with the 2 free toppings they throw in, i am not entirely sure that this is a great cheap eats deal. All this aside Wurstkuche offers a fantastic experience and i definitely recommend it to any and all sausage and beer lovers. This place does not need my 2cents, nor my $27.74 for that matter. As we were leaving, there was a considerable line forming to order dogs or beer. But i don't live Downtown, nor work there, nor "party" there so its unlikely that i will go back. This place reminded me of PINKS; also a Los Angeles hot dog landmark that always seems to have a DMV type line flanking its establishment. I see big things and a promising future for this place. However, for my money, i think I'll stick to one of those good ol' victory dogs: a hot dog wrapped in bacon topped with onions and green peppers that you can buy on any street corner after a game, concert, show, night out at the local pub for about $2.50.

Yaba-daba-doo!

GM died on Monday. Sadly, the news was not really that shocking for me; i have been hearing about the eminent demise on NPR. On Tuesday I received a forwarded email titled; "Goodbye, GM", an essay written by Michael Moore about the event. It got me thinking about the future of automobiles, the earth, about the Aztecs and the end day. It made me a little angry and reflective about the job our current president has been doing. It was easy to lampoon G.W., he's a total buffoon who's a constant embarrassment to himself. But Barack is an educated, articulate man, and that is what makes my disappointment with his lack of activity more discomforting. I read Michael Moore's essay in which he goes into a litany of requests for automotive reform. On Thursday in the parking structure of HELL my opinion of the defunct company totally changes when i saw the FULL CELL EQUINOX by GM. It was like an amalgam, a mirage, a glimmer of hope. It seemed ironic to me that at its life's end; GM actually proved to fulfill Mr. Moore's manifesto, an energy efficient vehicle.

What is a Fuel Cell Vehicle?

FCVs represent a radical departure from vehicles with conventional internal combustion engines. Like battery-electric vehicles, FCVs are propelled by electric motors. But while battery electric vehicles use electricity from an external source (and store it in a battery), FCVs create their own electricity. Fuel cells onboard the vehicle create electricity through a chemical process using hydrogen fuel and oxygen from the air. FCVs can be fueled with pure hydrogen gas stored onboard in high-pressure tanks. They also can be fueled with hydrogen-rich fuels; such as methanol, natural gas, or even gasoline; but these fuels must first be converted into hydrogen gas by an onboard device called a "reformer." FCVs fueled with pure hydrogen emit no pollutants; only water and heat; while those using hydrogen-rich fuels and a reformer produce only small amounts of air pollutants. In addition, FCVs can be twice as efficient as similarly sized conventional vehicles and may also incorporate other advanced technologies to increase efficiency.

*information provided by: http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/fuelcell.shtml

Not for nothing but this car RULZ! Like a compact mini-van, or a tubby station wagon; its design was clearly intended to please the market demand for SUV's/Monster trucks. Apparently, GM revealed this automobile in early 2oo8 and after winning several awards, receiving acclaim and recognitions, the car never became available to the public. How sad. I was excited to be near it and eager to learn more about it. (It belongs to Disney-Disney has offices in HELL too)
Its depressing to know that the technology exists to make serious strides in self sufficiency and that clearly the public is responsive and willing to make the switch from oil to electric, but that our government would rather forgo progress to keep corporate America rich. Unacceptable. I sincerely HOPE Obama makes good on all those campaign promises. No disrespect Sir, but the tax break on purchases of new automobiles is just the tip of the iceberg. When will you tackle real reform rather than coddle corporate America with bail outs? What happened to the EV(electric vehicle), bring that bitch back Barack. Put some solar panels on the lawn of your white house, pimp out your ride and make the Beast Eco-friendly. Attach some strings to all that money you are giving the automotive industry and help us break free from our addiction to foreign oil and war.

side note: does anyone remember that MC BREED song about him being from F.L.I.N.T. and how if he became president he would paint the white house black....