You walk in worlds the others can't begin to imagine.

Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'


Natter 40: The Nice One  

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.


DavidS - Nov 02, 2005 3:53:42 pm PST #904 of 10006
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Jim Henson diagnosed himself with the flu. He was wrong. He is dead.

Being sick all this time is really darkening up your dark side.

Which wasn't so filled with silver lining to start with.


brenda m - Nov 02, 2005 3:56:02 pm PST #905 of 10006
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

Apparently the effectiveness of flu shots declines dramatically with age. They're more than 80% effective in children, dropping down as far as the twenties for people in their 70s. Kind of interesting really.


sarameg - Nov 02, 2005 4:04:40 pm PST #906 of 10006

Jim Henson is fatal!!

FEAR THE KERMIT!

How do people feel about cranberry relish? I always make it by grinding cranberries coarsely with oranges, peels and all and just enough sugar to take the edge off.


Cass - Nov 02, 2005 4:05:15 pm PST #907 of 10006
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

Jim Henson diagnosed himself with the flu. He was wrong. He is dead.
self-diagnosis is faaaaaaaatal.


P.M. Marc - Nov 02, 2005 4:06:28 pm PST #908 of 10006
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

How do people feel about cranberry relish? I always make it by grinding cranberries coarsely with oranges, peels and all and just enough sugar to take the edge off.

I like it at around 1:47 a.m., by the light of the fridge, with a furtive spoon.


DavidS - Nov 02, 2005 4:08:55 pm PST #909 of 10006
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I really like cranberry liqueur.

Emmett's godmother made it one year as a xmas giveaway and it was fantastic, particularly since she left a lot of chopped up cranberry at the bottom which became this delicious liqueur soaked relish that was sensational on vanilla ice cream.


sarameg - Nov 02, 2005 4:10:52 pm PST #910 of 10006

Hah! I usually can only handle a few spoonfuls at a time (the flavor is just so intense) but that describes it well. Usually, I'd make it a day before, using frozen crans (by putting through one of those cast hand crank grinders you clamp to the table- lots of satisfying pops! and juice gushing into a bowl situated on the floor) and then have to guard the fridge and use multiple containers stashed behind the turkey to prevent it from being depleted before the meal.

I ought to steal my mom's grinder. Only used a few times a year, and mostly by me.


beth b - Nov 02, 2005 4:11:56 pm PST #911 of 10006
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

I tend to make jellied cranberry sauce. orange rind orange juice cranberries and a bit of sugar. but I tend to like cranberries in any form


Trudy Booth - Nov 02, 2005 4:13:56 pm PST #912 of 10006
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

My family makes cranberry sauce with half the amount of sugar in the recipe on the Ocean Spray bag.

I rebel and add orange zest as well.


JenP - Nov 02, 2005 4:14:14 pm PST #913 of 10006

A friend's sister made cranberry (vodka) martinis for us one Thanksgiving. They were yum. I'm not such a fan of the sauces, though.