Really bad (cameraphone) photo of Dylan enjoying the egg tarts:
There are cockroaches in Mexico big enough to own property.
Cordelia ,'Lessons'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
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.
Jessica - Dec 25, 2009 9:12:28 am PST #27309 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Typo Boy - Dec 25, 2009 9:32:19 am PST #27310 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
expressed her shock and delight that we liked Chinese food.
Is she not a permanent U.S. resident? USAian and Mexican cattle barons in the old west competed for workers by hiring Chinese cooks to improve food quality on cattle drives. The North American love affair with Chinese food is by no means new. (And I do mean all of North America. In addition to Mexican and USAian cattle drives, I believe the Canadian timber industry started hiring Chinese cooks at the same time.)
Liese S. - Dec 25, 2009 9:35:47 am PST #27311 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Merry Christmas!
My goose is cooked! The SO is carving it as I type. It's a very midwestern high starch meal. But I have hopes at this point. Meep!
Love all you guys. Glad you're a part of my life.
Jessica - Dec 25, 2009 9:47:39 am PST #27312 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The kind of Chinese food that most Americans enjoy is not the kind that is called "Chinese food" by actual Chinese people. At this place, we were the only full table of white people there that I could see. The table numbers were all called out in Cantonese except ours because the girl taking names had written "English" next to it.
This far into Brooklyn doesn't tend to get a lot of people from outside the immediate neighborhood - it's on the N train and kind of annoying to get to without a car, and most tourists don't even know Brooklyn HAS a Chinatown worth visiting. (And the bordering neighborhoods are mostly Hasidim, who would be hard-pressed to find anything non-treyf on the menu. I think even the sesame balls are fried in the same oil as the bacon-wrapped shrimp dumplings.)
§ ita § - Dec 25, 2009 9:53:35 am PST #27313 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Mmm. Bacon-wrapped shrimp dumplings. Treyf heaven.
Typo Boy - Dec 25, 2009 9:54:32 am PST #27314 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Ah, when you said "Dim Sum" I should have realized you meant real Chinese food. Though in my experience, most Americans do like real Chinese food if they get a chance to try it. (In some cases I suspect this is contingent on them not knowing the ingredients, but applies to a lot popular American staples as well.)
Jessica - Dec 25, 2009 10:01:39 am PST #27315 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Bacon-wrapped shrimp dumplings. Treyf heaven.
Yeah, they were pretty much packed with awesome.
We even got Dylan to try a chicken foot this year! And he ate a snail, which is more than I was willing to do.
Calli - Dec 25, 2009 11:02:39 am PST #27316 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I got DDR for the wii, and, as my ankle is still screwed up a bit, I'm letting my niece, nephew, and potential nephew-in-law go to town with it. It's fun to see them moving around to songs from my teenage years.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 25, 2009 11:19:50 am PST #27317 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
The good: My Farscape complete series DVDs have arrived, and every episode has commentaries that are as enjoyable as those on the Wonderfalls DVDs (i.e. better than the commentaries for any other series I've ever seen).
The bad: The quick scene cuts, brilliant contrast and lighting, and warbling alien-sounding music are probably the least compatible things to view while enjoying the extra-strength migraine Santa left me as a gift today.
Beverly - Dec 25, 2009 11:40:14 am PST #27318 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Everybody sounds so cozy! It's wonderful. And the kids are cute.
H is making bacon and eggs for lunch--bacon is great anytime, right?--and we're basking in carols and each other's company. We don't do a big Day dinner--apostasy, I know--but it works for us. The phone works, and StY is happy and so are the kids, so we're well pleased with the holiday this year.
Epic, all the mom~ma in the world to you and her.