We had Peter Piper Pizza, which is similar to CEC. I can see how it would be the 9th circle of hell, but kids really do adore it.
Jayne (Husband): Oh, I think you might wanna reconsider that last part. See, I married me a powerful ugly creature. Mal (Wife): How can you say that? How can you shame me in front of new people? Jayne (Husband): If I could make you purtier, I would. Mal (Wife): You are not the man I met a year ago.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sarameg - Jul 19, 2005 11:10:44 am PDT #1217 of 10002
Kathy A - Jul 19, 2005 11:10:50 am PDT #1218 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I've got a recipe for tiramisu that, if I do say so myself, isn't half-bad. Uses pound cake instead of ladyfingers, but it's still tasty, if expensive to make (mascarpone cheese costs a fortune!).
§ ita § - Jul 19, 2005 11:11:09 am PDT #1219 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Was there cute waitstaff at Buca Di Beppo, Perkins? I mostly remember frowning. It didn't seem like we were expected to have fun.
Steph L. - Jul 19, 2005 11:11:22 am PDT #1220 of 10002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Tom Scola - Jul 19, 2005 11:11:58 am PDT #1221 of 10002
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Are you saying that stuff happens in HP6? So it's not like Dostoevsky's Notes From Underground then?
§ ita § - Jul 19, 2005 11:13:20 am PDT #1222 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
So it's not like Dostoevsky's Notes From Underground then?
Or HP5, apparently.
Anne W. - Jul 19, 2005 11:13:41 am PDT #1223 of 10002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
only use ricotta, but I've had the cottage cheese sort, and provided the sauce is okay, it's fine, provided you mix in garlic, parsley, and eggs, like you would with the ricotta.
Ah. I see. The cottage cheese lasagne I had didn't have none o' that fancy foreign stuff in it.
-t - Jul 19, 2005 11:14:08 am PDT #1224 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Eggs? In lasagna? Why?
I've been eating both straight ricotta cheese and straight cottage cheese recently, and they're pretty similar. Different, but not strikingly different.
But I make lasagna without boiling the noodles, so make of that what you will.
Calli - Jul 19, 2005 11:15:33 am PDT #1225 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I have no problem with Olive Garden in itself. I also like more authentic Italian food, but I just go elsewhere for that. At one point, just out of college, I had a boyfriend who made lasagna using his Italian grandmother's recipe. Oh, so good. He's a chef in an Italian restaurant somewhere in NM or AZ now.
Last weekend a friend took me to a Chinese restaurant in her neighborhood. The menu has things like "salad with cold jellyfish" and sea cucumbers on it. I wasn't feeling quite that adventurous, but I may try the former next time I go. Said friend is a regular. When we ordered sweet and sour shrimp the waitress said that wasn't very good, and she'd brought out a prawn dish instead that was amazing.
Steph L. - Jul 19, 2005 11:17:40 am PDT #1226 of 10002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
And Buca di Beppo has all kinds of tacky crap on the walls and tables.
They're like the "Italian" version of T.G.I.Friday's.
There's even a table in the kitchen, which, to me, would mean FREE MEAL. It's not a treat to be put in the kitchen, folks. It's punishment.
I imagine that, to real Italians (or just Catholics in general), they're vaguely offensive.
