I read about the shooting in NY and just caught up in Natter now. Sorry, guys. That sucks.
You've got my support. Just think of me as...as your... You know, I'm searching for 'supportive things' and I'm coming up all bras.
Xander ,'Empty Places'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
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.
Shir - Apr 04, 2009 1:37:03 am PDT #13852 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Shir - Apr 04, 2009 1:37:52 am PDT #13853 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Also, David, those are wonderful pictures of your dad. Thank you. My thought are with you and the family.
Theodosia - Apr 04, 2009 2:13:38 am PDT #13854 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
As are mine! I'm glad to read here that the services will be pushed back, so that you all have time to get the cheapest fares and generally don't get stressed any more to plan a cross-country trip properly.
Jessica - Apr 04, 2009 2:27:05 am PDT #13855 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
ita, they must be desperate for testers because they SAEW!z2w2Ω„™ΩW2W2WX2XEXEXEWEXEEEE@XEE
(sorry, Dylan interrupted)
they must be despserate for testers because they sent me the cassoulet twice. It sounds delicious, but...I can buy confit at the store, and I have a yummy quick-and-dirty cassoulet from Food Network that takes about 45 minutes. So yeah, no.q2
Shir - Apr 04, 2009 2:30:16 am PDT #13856 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Remind me, where do we discuss Firefly and Serenity?
Edit: hi, Dylan!
§ ita § - Apr 04, 2009 2:33:09 am PDT #13857 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Firefly and Serenity go here: "Firefly 5: That's my girl... That's my good girl." Shir.
Jess, I got it twice too. Good luck to them. It certainly made me want to taste it, but cook it? Never. Okay, maybe the 45 minute one.
I thought they had a fair push to cut down the time of "authentic" recipes to make them vaguely viable for people with jobs and the like. Hell, I don't have a job and that's too much work for me.
Shir - Apr 04, 2009 2:39:45 am PDT #13858 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Thanks, ita.
Calli - Apr 04, 2009 4:04:27 am PDT #13859 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Any testers looked at CI's cassoulet recipe? Are they INSANE?
Someone on my flist is making it, but she's doing some substitutions to cut down on the duck fat (not out though—apparently it adds something significant to the flavor). She's someone who I follow for her adventures in cooking, bee-keeping, and the like. I would never make it myself—it's all I can do to try baking cinnamon rolls.
I bake fish by putting it in an aluminum pocket with some wine, salt, and pepper. It usually comes out pretty well, without too much bad odor. Tiapela and other mild fish tend to work well with this. You could probably try it with salmon, too, although getting the right wine might be a little tricky.
§ ita § - Apr 04, 2009 4:14:21 am PDT #13860 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The CI suggested recipe that I got suggests swapping 4 cups of canola oil for the duck fat. How can it possibly taste as good? I mean, if it's even close, skip killing the damned ducks. Bet it's not.
I think aluminium pockets will be the low-fuss way to go for me to get more fish into my diet. I know I have a Dover sole recipe around here from Deb Grabien that was pretty simple--a bit of breading and some lemon juice. I hope it survived my system crash, but now I'm doubtful.
Barb - Apr 04, 2009 4:24:29 am PDT #13861 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Baked fish will smell less than fish cooked on my stovetop, right? I need some good recipes that don't stank up the apartment.
Salmon on a cedar plank (you can find reusuable ones at most decent grocery stores) also doesn't tend to smell too fishy baked in the oven since the smell of the cedar wood counteracts the fish.
Plus-- nom nom nom