Just Five Red States Left?
Gallup is in the midst of releasing a series of data from the more than 350,000 interviews that it conducted over the course of its daily tracking in 2008. The first data they've released, on partisan affiliation, contains some sobering news for Republicans:
[see map thingie]
That's right: just five states, collectively containing about 2 percent of the American population, have statistically significant pluralities of adults identifying themselves as Republicans. These are the "Mormon Belt" states of Utah, Idaho and Wyoming, plus Nebraska, plus Alaska. By contrast, 35 states are plurality Democratic, and 10 states are too close to call.
Of course, there are caveats, but still....
Does anyone have a really good recipe for masa dough for tamales? I made some last night for the first time, and the recipe I was using was way out of proportion - the amount of water they wanted me to add yielded a bowlful of corn flour soup. I managed to tweak it into something usable, but it still didn't set up the way it should have. So my tamales were yummy, but mushy.
There are a ton of recipes online, but most of them involve 10 lbs of masa harina and 4 lbs of lard. I don't mind the lard, but I'm looking for a recipe that will serve 2-4 people.
Does anyone have a really good recipe for masa dough for tamales?
I don't but I can check with my best friend who makes the most yummiest tamales ever (served w/ pumpkin butter OMG so good!). She does usually makes them for big parties though.
Dog story:
Mr Peabody recently took to sleeping on my pillow, which is not particularly good for my allergies, so I had started roughly making the bed. Last evening, I heard a scrabble scrabble in the bedroom, and finally went in to see what he was doing. He was sleeping on my pillow, after having pulled back the bedspread.
Man, I missed an entire day's worth of Natter - how did THAT happen?
Given that twins do run in families (the tendency for embryos to split OR tendency for some women to release multiple fertile eggs) all you need is a couple related families that have lived in a town for a couple generations and you'll see a statistical uptick. And since there may be unexplained environmental triggers for twinning....
I thought fraternal twins ran in families but identical were considered unexplained?
There are a ton of recipes online, but most of them involve 10 lbs of masa harina and 4 lbs of lard. I don't mind the lard, but I'm looking for a recipe that will serve 2-4 people.
They freeze beautifully. You might as well make a bunch! (Well, maybe not
that
big a bunch).
Mr Peabody recently took to sleeping on my pillow, which is not particularly good for my allergies, so I had started roughly making the bed. Last evening, I heard a scrabble scrabble in the bedroom, and finally went in to see what he was doing. He was sleeping on my pillow, after having pulled back the bedspread.
Dallas has started doing the same thing!! Now not only do I have to make the bed every damn day, I have to spread the pillows around in a rediculous looking fashion to thwart her.
Heh -- last night Neil DeGrasse Tyson was telling Jon Stewart about receiving hate-mail from 3rd graders about Pluto being demoted from a full-fledged planet. So it starts early....
Well, that's understandable. Who's going to stand up for Pluto if not the eight year olds? Besides, they might be right. When we were eight we all knew pandas were bears -- eventually science caught up with us.
They freeze beautifully. You might as well make a bunch!
Dude, my kitchen is in NYC. You think I have freezer space for 10 lbs of anything?
Late start at work today, so I had time to upload some pictures from my Monday trip to the Keys. Link is in my profile.
If any of you get the chance to head down that way, I highly recommend the glass-bottom boat tour out of John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in Key Largo: [link]
Thanks to Laura and her DH for the recommendation!
Dude, my kitchen is in NYC. You think I have freezer space for 10 lbs of anything?
Besides the ice that freakin'
instantly
builds up on the sides of those crummy freezer-in-fridge freezers? Prolly not.
