The number three?

Hmmmm...so it has been brought to my attention that in my previous post I left out the number three. This is amazingly ironic to me because that happens to be my very favorite number. Well three and seven, that's right my neurotic brain tends to like to do things in threes and sevens. Who knows when I picked up this quirky personality trait. Perhaps it's the beginnings of OCD and eventually I'll end up on one of those hoarder shows completely over taken by my stuff all in groupings of 3 and 7. Hopefully it never gets to that point but I will say that little things involving 3 and 7 make me insanely happy. Like when I'm at the gym and the treadmill counter reads 373 calories or when the train comes at actually 3:07 or 7:03. Now I know this might sound like an odd thing to get happy about but I think that everyone has their weird little quirks that help them to get through the day. Little things that when they line up just right, however minuscule in meaning to anyone else, make our days a little bit brighter. Think about it. EVERYONE has one. Mine just happens to be the number 3 and the number 7. So I apologize number 3 for so brazenly excluding you from my previous entry. If I had to pick a #3 thing that was different about Toronto and Boston it might be crab rangoons. Now I know what you're thinking...that should probably fall into the category of junk food Leah and you listed that as the #1 difference. However, I'm going to draw the distinction here, this is my line in the sand, I've had crab rangoons at both junky Chinese restaurants and in fine dining Chinese restaurants IN THE UNITED STATES. Apparently this delectable cream cheese filled, deep fried, fake crab stuffed delight does not find it's way into the "Chinese" food north of the border. This could be for many reasons, the top one probably being that crab rangoons are IN NO WAY actually Chinese. Much like the fortune cookie I'm almost positive they are a North American invention. Something tells me people in China aren't clamoring for the Philadelphia Cream Cheese to fill their fried pastry treats. So this brings up an interesting question...is "Canadian Chinese Food" more Chinese than "American Chinese Food". It's entirely possible especially given the fact that Toronto is supposed to be one of the most multi-cultural and diverse cities in the America's and perhaps even the world. So does this trend for multi-culturalism lead to more accurate ethnic food options? I'm not sure. It would be an interesting (and delicious) study to conduct. All I know is the first time Mike and I went for Chinese food and I asked for crab rangoons I was met with a blank stare. A stare I would come to recognize as the "Silly American, we don't have that here" stare. A stare I know all too well. All I have to say is y'all are getting the stare back ten fold when I get you down to Boston and take you out for frappes and ice cream with jimmies and then make you drink out of the bubbler.

All this fun culture shock aside, I do miss my crab rangoons. They are greasy, un-Asian in nearly every way and %100 delicious. So there you go #3...you're a doozy.

Also, I finished this post at 12:07. It's a good night.