Isn't rose' (imagine an accent there) good with pork?
Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns
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.
Yeah, I don't have that, either. What I have in the house that might be relevant is regular wine, dry vermouth, tawny port (assuming that a bottle would last forever in my fridge), and I think that's it. I guess I could bite the bullet and buy one of these recipe liquors.
Jesse, I'd try the port.
Of what you've got, the port will be the closest (and there's no need to refrigerate port -- the extra alcohol is there to preserve it.)
I had port for the first time last night. Tis sweet.
Happy yardsale-ing, Jilli!
I love Noah's hair.
His hair is ridonk. The irrepressible TinTin tuft in the middle is being joined by matching columns coming up from the sides as those get longer. Little Mr. Heat Miser.
t eta sorry, more picspam - Noah hearts NY and shows off his guns in support of the FDNY.
Interesting NYT article on China's huge pollution problem. [link]
Stuff I didn't know:
Much of the particulate pollution over Los Angeles originates in China, according to the Journal of Geophysical Research.
'Course, they don't say how much 'much' is....
Experts once thought China might overtake the United States as the world’s leading producer of greenhouse gases by 2010, possibly later. Now, the International Energy Agency has said China could become the emissions leader by the end of this year, and the Netherlands Environment Assessment Agency said China had already passed that level.
Huh. Although on a per-capita basis, we're still way-ahead....
Public health is reeling. Pollution has made cancer China’s leading cause of death, the Ministry of Health says. Ambient air pollution alone is blamed for hundreds of thousands of deaths each year. Nearly 500 million people lack access to safe drinking water.
Bummer. And it seems that Chinese Communism is less prepared to deal with the problem than the west. So far, anyway.
I'm pretty amused by how often my RSS Twitter feed matches up with the LOLCat pictures in this mashup feed:
This is pretty much why the Internet was invented, right?
Oooh, I'm glad I had a reminder -- NBC has a special prime-time pre-football Countdown with Keith Olbermann tonight, at 7 EST.
Random question: is there anything you can substitute for Marsala in a recipe? The recipe I'm looking at is a pork and mushroom dealie. I just can't see buying a whole bottle when I want to use a couple of tablespoons.
I'd go with the port, it should work. Chances are it's a bit stronger flavor than marsala, so you might want to use a bit less.