Green Peppers

Welcome to THEJNSREPORT’S: Day 6 of Detox Nutrition Plan

Of course what would any start of the day be without two of capsules of Psyllium Husk?

I decided to skip breakfast and got caught up doing various things before I realized that it was late afternoon and I hadn’t eaten anything. Remembering my sandwich purchase from the days prior I turned to Chicken Salad on Hero Bread.

Some Chicken Salads are done OK, but this here Chicken Salad was done right!!!! Big chunks of Chicken breast will my sandwich bread. I only added black pepper to it as I wanted to taste only the bread and the Chicken Salad together. In order to have some textural contrast I broke out a bowl of Corn Tortilla chips.

I didn’t feel up to snacking on any cashews or peanuts today so I pretty much was held over with the above until the evening when I realized I had absolutely nothing prepared for dinner. I thought for a moment and almost gave into weakness thinking I’d order Pizza or perhaps Chinese even. I sat thinking as time continued to tick away.

I decided to head to the kitchen. I went to the fridge and saw that I had the ingredients to make my own Pizza versus ordering out for it. I proceeded to gather the ingredients I wanted to incorporate into my homemade version of Pizza. The following is what took place.

First I grabbed a loaf of Ciabatta bread, Pepperoni, Crumbled Blue Cheese, New York Extra Sharp Cheddar (What else?!), a Green Pepper, Honey Turkey, and Cayenne Pepper. I preheated the oven to 350 degrees before turning my attention to the two halves of Ciabatta. I got paper towel and parchment paper. I sliced the Ciabatta in half and placed it on paper towel before I spread spaghetti sauce that was all veggies with chunks of tomato in it over the two pieces of Ciabatta. Next I sprinkled several good shakes of Cayenne pepper on top of the sauce.

I next took a grater and grated the extra sharp cheddar on top before grabbing some sliced Honey Turkey and tearing pieces of it and spreading it on top of the cheese.

I next went for the Pepperoni and spread them evenly on both Ciabattas before I realized an error in application.

I grabbed a tool and went to work cutting a couple chunks out of the Green Pepper before cutting the chunks into smaller pieces, then removing the Pepperoni and topping the Honey Turkey with Green Peppers and Blue Cheese.

More cheese had to be added to make for a cohesive layer beneath the top of this here work of art.

With the final layer of cheese atop the green peppers, blue cheese and honey turkey pieces, the pepperoni hood was next.

From the paper towel to the parchment paper was the next order of business before these bad boys were gonna be given their sentence. I sprinkled a little cayenne pepper on the pepperoni’s earlier and lightly again before they went into the oven for their sentence to be carried out.

In the oven they went and these last images are of them going through the process.

26 minutes later…

I talked to the two of them when they came out of the oven. I told them “Ya know sometimes you gotta go through the fire, through the heat if you will, in order to come out right.!!!” I went on to say to em “I think you two done come out mighty fine, mighty fine. No doubt about it…Mmmm mmmm son!!!!”

I decided still one final touch was needed to complete my masterpiece. And that final touch was some oregano. I grabbed a bottle and sprinkled some on the remaining pizza and voila!

I realized after understanding the glory of the meal I’d just made and tasting it, two things would be done the next time I made this. The first thing would be to exclude the blue cheese as it was too sharp a taste conflicting with the extra sharp cheddar. The second was that I would add mushrooms, olives, and of course more pepperoni. 😛

I took two more Psyllium Husk capsules after the last bites of this pizza had long been in my belly. In the background I could hear from the audience of food items throughout the kitchen that witnessed the entire scene chanting “Fiber, Fiber, Fiber, Fiber, Fiber!! LMAO!!

Till next time this has been Day 6 of my Detox Nutrition Plan.

Welcome to THEJNSREPORT’S: Papa John’s Meets the Hood

On this New Year’s Eve prepping myself for a night of celebration and fun, I thought it a good idea to order Pizza for lunch in lieu of the Giants $8.99 Papa John’s special. And while I know the G Men won’t be repeating as champs this year the effort they gave yesterday earned me the choice of 6 toppings for my pizza based on the 6 touch downs they scored Sunday.

I thought I was off to a good start by ordering online through the website as I have done many many times and yet for some reason the work ethic and decay in America’s service industry continues to rear its ugly head yet again!!! Now I’m pretty sure that had this experience I just had happened say in Manhattan I think my latest ordering experience with Papa John’s would have been totally different.

These are the six toppings I selected.
1. Pepperoni 2. Pepperoni 3. Sausage 4. Green Peppers 5. Black Olives 6. Grilled Chicken

Let’s see what the employees of Papa John’s decided to give me instead. As usual I have photo evidence.

What in the Hell is…this?!!!!

Sad as it is to admit it the outer boroughs don’t have a thing on service, especially customer service and value for the money that one can obtain like in Manhattan. Can some one tell me how you mess up an order that is typed and directly in front of one’s face as it’s prepared? This of course would make no sense if one is paying attention to what he/she is doing. I took one bite into a slice and immediately much to my chagrin realized this wasn’t what I paid and tipped handsomely for I might add. The delivery driver got his $2 delivery fee plus a $5 tip. The hell you say? Oh yes $7 dollars for something I didn’t order and well over an hour after I ordered it. I received Onions not Grilled Chicken, No double Pepperoni, and no Sausage.

This is the confirmation page showing my order summary

When I called the store location that prepared my order. I was immediately told please hold before anything else was said. I waited patiently for a store clerk to come back to my call. After 7 minutes on hold, I mean not even some annoying elevator music playing to keep me occupied while I waited, I gave in and hung up as I don’t have time for my minutes to be wasted. Not easily deterred I redialed the store location again. This time a female employee answers my call I ask as politely as possible if they could have someone correct my order as what I received was entirely the wrong Pie. She responded with give me a second for the second time and never came back to the phone after placing me on hold for an additional 5 minutes.

We don’t slack a minute sir!

I’m very adamant about standing up for one’s rights especially the paying consumer. People have gotten away from pride and character in their work. I don’t care that it is a boring, dead end job. My attitude is in this economy if you have a job, you better appreciate it and do your job to the best of your ability. If you mess up…Fix it!!! To treat a paying customer like a douche bag that is bothering you to simply do your job is obscene and asinine!!! This all goes back to treat others how you’d like to be treated. I made one last ditch effort to call the store. This time around no one would pick up the phone to answer my call even after I let the phone ring until my cell stopped trying to dial.

I resolved that they actually thought I wouldn’t come down to the store to rectify the situation as I’d ordered for delivery. How wrong they were. Oh yes, I got dressed jumped in the car and drove myself down to the store and saw exactly who was on duty working at the time of this debacle. I should have known to expect a group of lazy good for nothings with attitudes impersonating Papa John’s employees. The young girl working the phone clearly would have liked nothing more than to be at home or anywhere but there. When she saw me place the pizza box on the counter top she immediately starting chirping to the manager in back that the customer who called about the messed up order was there.

The manager approached and asked me what was the problem. I reiterated to her that my order was incorrect. She flips open the box looks at the pizza then promptly asked with attitude “What’s the Address?” I still kept calm and told her as she looked at the sticker on the pizza box and removed it. She then relented and said she’d make another one in 8 minutes. Keep in mind it’s now over hour and a half since I placed my order. I decided it wasn’t worth the wait and demanded my money back. She gave me money and I left the store disgusted that I paid $7 for that aggravation. I mean think, why would someone wait an additional 1 minute even, after over an hour and a half of shenanigans? This has soured me on my dealings with corporate entities operating in the outer boroughs. Again this all comes down to the hiring pool and who is available to work these types of jobs. America is headed down the toilet quick fast, and in a hurry. Not good. This only helps me see that either cooking at home or having good delivery is really a matter of your location.

Lastly, Papa John’s loves to say in his commercials “Better Ingredients, Better Pizza…Papa John’s. Well I like to say in order for that statement to mean something to paying customers you better have Better Employees and Better Work Ethic.

Til next time this has been another report from THEJNSREPORT.