Oh, they have those chocolate gold coin things. Treasure is good.
Ouhh! Snacks! The secret to any successful migration! Who's up for some tasty fried meat products!?
Anya ,'Touched'
Spike's Bitches 42: Which question do you want me to answer first?
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Laura - Sep 19, 2008 3:10:54 am PDT #5994 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
brenda m - Sep 19, 2008 3:12:57 am PDT #5995 of 10001
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
I think realism is possibly not your friend here, vw.
You could make cookies shaped like swords or treasure chests or decorated with the skull and crossbones. Chocolate coins or other things to be treasure.
I'm blanking on non-desserty things.
vw bug - Sep 19, 2008 3:17:08 am PDT #5996 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
I think realism is possibly not your friend here, vw.
This I realize.
Oh, the chocolate coins are a good idea!
Barb - Sep 19, 2008 3:22:07 am PDT #5997 of 10001
“Not dead yet!”
There are also the cheddar and Colby Jack cheeses that are shaped like sunbursts-- I think Sargento makes them? With some saltines standing in for "stale bread," maybe?
Also Jell-O is good for almost anything.
flea - Sep 19, 2008 3:23:11 am PDT #5998 of 10001
information libertarian
Whole Foods carries a snack food called Pirate's Booty. I think it's puffed corn with cheese powder - sort of organic cheetoes (and not orange). How could it be wrong?
sj - Sep 19, 2008 3:28:55 am PDT #5999 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Nephew on his first day of nursery school.
Whole Foods carries a snack food called Pirate's Booty. I think it's puffed corn with cheese powder - sort of organic cheetoes (and not orange). How could it be wrong?
Trader Joe's usually carries it as well.
but, honestly, hospitality doesn't mean making someone feel that they owe you a debt. It means making someone feel welcome and comfortable.
Adding to the chorus on this one. {{{Sox}}}
Sparky1 - Sep 19, 2008 3:31:37 am PDT #6000 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
Sox, I'm sorry the mother of your friend is being a pain. If you're so stressed that you're no longer having a good time, I'm going to put the suggestion of getting in the car and heading home to T. Shortening the vacation is better than a exploding head.
Pirate's Booty is teh yum.
vw bug - Sep 19, 2008 3:43:18 am PDT #6001 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
Whole Foods carries a snack food called Pirate's Booty. I think it's puffed corn with cheese powder - sort of organic cheetoes (and not orange). How could it be wrong?
Oh, yes! Actually, I think our regular grocery stores here carry that. Fantastic idea!
There are also the cheddar and Colby Jack cheeses that are shaped like sunbursts-- I think Sargento makes them? With some saltines standing in for "stale bread," maybe?
Perfect! Thank you guys!
Fay - Sep 19, 2008 3:52:02 am PDT #6002 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Yum!
Also, the kids could frost their own Pirate cookies - smiley faces with Smarties M&Ms or whatever stuck on for one eye, and with line of chocolate icing and an edible frosted eyepatch where the other should be? (always good to practice fine motor skills in a tasty way!)
You could tell them that Ship's Biscuit tended to have weevils and worms in them - good excuse for eating jelly worms!
Pieces of Eight! Cookies with the number 8 written on them!
Fish fingers! (Or Fish Sticks, do you folks call them?) Made from Mermaids' Tails!
Calamari! Made from baby Krakens!
Seaweed! Or, you know - Nori Flakes/whatever's available. (I LOVE crunchy fried seaweed - you get it here by the bag, like potato crisps. Yum yum yum!)
Nora Deirdre - Sep 19, 2008 4:22:00 am PDT #6003 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
y'all beat me to the Pirate's Booty suggestion.
The food was very good and we had fun, but I'm still feeling like a flake and a failure. I hate I that I can't have the energy to get the simplest of things done on a regular basis.
Aw, sj. I hate that your brain is so hard on you. Because I am sure that your guests had a wonderful time and had not the slightest inkling that anything was amiss.
Sox- you've gotten some excellent perspective here, but I am still flabbergasted about the whole laptop drama. Seriously, are these people raised by wolves?
I love this cool crisp autumn weather. Yay!