I'm trying to figure out a baby gift for one of my friends. Do I get the slightly creepy fruit with faces [link] or the slightly creepy vegetables with faces [link] ?
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Hil R. - May 03, 2008 4:52:13 pm PDT #7558 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
vw bug - May 03, 2008 4:55:41 pm PDT #7559 of 10001
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Ok, I loved the fruit, but I adore the veggies.
Connie Neil - May 03, 2008 4:58:38 pm PDT #7560 of 10001
brillig
Connie, doesn't seem like you did too much damage to your friendslist--I'm sure most people knew you well enough. Did you know either of those women that well?
No, I didn't. The second woman wasn't on my friends list, I think she came in on reference from the first woman. I am very gratified at the rest of my friends list.
The one comment about how I haven't written anything interesting in ages anyway to be very amusing, in any case.
Connie Neil - May 03, 2008 4:59:28 pm PDT #7561 of 10001
brillig
I'm trying to figure out a baby gift for one of my friends
I like the fact that slightly creepy is a given for a baby gift.
Hil R. - May 03, 2008 5:02:49 pm PDT #7562 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I like the container that the fruits come in better than the crate that the vegetables come in. And I like the idea of the vegetable one, but I don't really like the mushroom -- if it had the eggplant instead of the mushroom, I'd get it. And for the fruit one, the grapes are kind of neat-looking.
Laura - May 03, 2008 5:11:13 pm PDT #7563 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
The fruits are so very cute.
SailAweigh - May 03, 2008 5:35:22 pm PDT #7564 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I vote for the fruits. The grapes won me over.
WindSparrow - May 03, 2008 6:24:31 pm PDT #7565 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
{{{Laura}}}
Vortex - May 03, 2008 6:55:24 pm PDT #7566 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
How does one cook chicken so that's moist and tender? Is the problem with using frozen chicken? My husband has tried several methods, and it always comes out more or less dry.
maybe try brining the chicken?
DavidS - May 03, 2008 8:12:01 pm PDT #7567 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
How does one cook chicken so that's moist and tender?
There are a lot of smothered recipes that work well with chicken.
I used to cook a big (cheap) batch of chicken thighs buried in salsa and it was yum. Or you can drench them in terriyaki. Or, you know, cream of mushroom soup. Also, breast meat tends to dry out more than other parts which I think are better (cf., thighs).
The fancy restaurant I used to go to that made great roasted chicken would pan fry the whole bird in hot oil first. I know that the whole "sealing in the juices" notion has been disproved but addding oil makes it juicier and tastier.