Can't even shout, Can't even cry. The Gentlemen are coming by. Looking in windows, knocking on doors. They need to take seven, and they might take yours. Can't call to mom, can't say a word. You're gonna die screaming but you won't be heard.

Dream Girl ,'Bring On The Night'


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.


Lyra Jane - Aug 17, 2005 10:24:31 am PDT #8915 of 10002
Up with the sun

I had the epiphany last night that I could do it with ground spices and instant tea, as instant coffee is often called for in coffee or mocha buttercream recipes.

Yeah, I can see that, if you used an instant tea that didn't have sugar or lemon added. (And now I'm remembering the powdered Lipton's iced tea my brother and I used to make in the summer. The idea was to make it so strong that you'd get a slurry of lemony sugar at the bottom of the glass. I cringe now, but it was delicious then.)

I've never made chai from scratch, though.


Kate P. - Aug 17, 2005 10:25:19 am PDT #8916 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

Katie, that recipe looks delish! Have bookmarked.

I swear, I don't think I've ever had bread that I didn't like, even the weird Himalayan steamed bun that was basically flavorless.

Ting-mo! If it's the Tibetan bread, anyway. I like it when it's hot, but it loses all appeal once it gets cool. I mildly dislike injera, but will eat it because I like the stuff that goes on it. And I don't think I could love naan more if I tried. Possibly the only thing better than naan is stuffed paratha. With lots of garlic & potatoes & spices & onions.


brenda m - Aug 17, 2005 10:33:54 am PDT #8917 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Yeah, I can see that, if you used an instant tea that didn't have sugar or lemon added.

Such a thing exists?


Jessica - Aug 17, 2005 10:33:58 am PDT #8918 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I had the epiphany last night that I could do it with ground spices and instant tea, as instant coffee is often called for in coffee or mocha buttercream recipes.

Honest Tea makes a very good chai that could possibly be removed from the teabags and ground to a powder for this purpose.

Honest Tea Kashmiri Chai


Jesse - Aug 17, 2005 10:40:14 am PDT #8919 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Ting-mo! If it's the Tibetan bread, anyway. I like it when it's hot, but it loses all appeal once it gets cool.

That exactly, on all counts.

Full as I still am, now I want a Shack burger. DAMN YOU, SHAKE SHACK.


shrift - Aug 17, 2005 10:40:28 am PDT #8920 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Now I'm madly craving hot naan and a mango lassi and something curried and sag paneer, and I hate all of you, because my craving will go unfulfilled.


DavidS - Aug 17, 2005 10:47:48 am PDT #8921 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I OD'ed on mac&cheese years ago

Is that even possible?

It is. Emmett's godfather, a fantastic cook, made the James Beard macaroni and cheese recipe which starts by reducing cream and then adding in pounds of cheese. Plus butter. He ate it every day for a week and gave himself a serious dairy allergy.


DXMachina - Aug 17, 2005 10:55:17 am PDT #8922 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Emmett's godfather, a fantastic cook, made the James Beard macaroni and cheese recipe which starts by reducing cream and then adding in pounds of cheese. Plus butter. He ate it every day for a week and gave himself a serious dairy allergy.

And people say that packet of yellow stuff not entirely unlike cheese in the Kraft box is no good for you.


Nora Deirdre - Aug 17, 2005 11:01:25 am PDT #8923 of 10002
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

DAyum. Love that James Beard though. but have none of his cookbooks. It's better that way.


P.M. Marc - Aug 17, 2005 11:04:46 am PDT #8924 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Such a thing exists?

Yep. We used to mix it 50/50 with Tang.

I love the Kashmiri Chai, and may try that if the instant route fails.