That sounds like an excellent casserole!
There's something about a food that moves all by itself that gives me the heebie-jeebies.
Joyce ,'Never Leave Me'
Natter 57 Varieties
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Kathy A - Mar 06, 2008 2:04:37 pm PST #3379 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Ginger - Mar 06, 2008 2:05:55 pm PST #3380 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I can just mix this crap together and bake it and it will be like, dinner?
Yes. You'll need to add more water for the noodles.
amych - Mar 06, 2008 2:11:04 pm PST #3381 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
For a casserole, you traditionally want a starch as the base, some other things (meat, veg) so that you don't only have starch, and a sauce (cream soup definitely counts) with either eggs, cream, or cheese to bind it all together. You've got it all covered (and with the formula, you can improvise at will.)
Allyson - Mar 06, 2008 3:03:15 pm PST #3382 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Oh, so do I need to add some parmesan or something to bind it?
I'm sauteeing the mushrooms, shallots, and chicken in a bit of olive oil. Since everything is cooked, I should only have to bake for maybe twenty minutes, I'm thinking?
Chicken breast was on sale, I got a big pack of six for 13 bucks, and I figure the total cost of my casserole is 5 bucks and it'll be good for about three meals, if not more, if I don't share with my neighbor. I also got a bag of salad for two bucks, and i have tomato and feta in the fridge.
So, um, not the healthiest of meals, but cheap and good for a few dinners and/or lunch.
amych - Mar 06, 2008 3:06:22 pm PST #3383 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Oh, so do I need to add some parmesan or something to bind it?
Nah, I meant that the cream soup will do the job -- basically, it has to be a liquid/sauce so that it'll mix with everything in a way that dry ingredients just never do, and have some kind of protein in it (the cream in a cream soup will work, but cheese or eggs are the other classics) to make it set up when cooked.
That said, I've rarely met a savory food that wasn't improved by a little parmesan.
I think you have an excellent and tasty plan.
§ ita § - Mar 06, 2008 3:08:28 pm PST #3384 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
do we think the elephant can actually paint, aka recreate its surroundings, or that it's learned a trick, like putting a hat on a human?
I hope it's a trick. Just because I'm not ready to share space with too much sentience. I think it's between elephants and octopodes, and at least the octopodes are in the water.
Ginger - Mar 06, 2008 3:08:34 pm PST #3385 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
If the noodles are already cooked, you probably won't need extra water. The soup should hold it together.
Allyson - Mar 06, 2008 3:16:22 pm PST #3386 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Okey! Casserole in the oven, dinner will be ready in twenty, and then I can have my pain medication. Rock.
Jesse - Mar 06, 2008 3:18:52 pm PST #3387 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That sounds delish, Allyson.
Allyson - Mar 06, 2008 3:24:48 pm PST #3388 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
You should come over for dinner, Jesse!
I rented 30 Days of Night, took a hot bath, tidied up as best I could without hurting myself, took a conference call for work, and think it's PJ time.
Curl up with some dinner, a bad scary movie, and rest up so I can see about going into work tomorrow to try and salvage my week.
Oy.