There are certain dishes in which professional gourmet chefs insist on Velveeta as an ingredient

I am going to need some backup for this claim.

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The final season of Farscape isn't nearly as captivating. Dunno why it's not thrilling me all that much.

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There are certain dishes in which professional gourmet chefs insist on Velveeta as an ingredient

I am going to need some backup for this claim.

Well, Google gives me this one [link] and this one [link]

I'm seeing articles that refer to chefs saying the texture is what they need in certain things, generally mac-n-cheese, but I'm not seeing the actual chefs.

Hey, some people juggle geese.

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Hey, some people juggle geese.

I briefly misread this as "some people juggle cheese". It would be even more fun as "some people juggle Cleese".

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Wow, not exactly a hollywood ending to Farscape. I realize they were banking on another season. But wow.

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Well, they did have a followup mini...

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I read about Velveeta as a "must" ingredient. Someone was interviewing a chef who sold gourmet Mexican food (admittedly in Seattle which is not famous for gourmet Mexican food). Anyway they asked can you make X without Velveeta? And the answer was "Yes, but you can't can't make GOOD X without Velveeta." I don't remember what X was. Chile Con Queso maybe? Except Chili Con Questo is more Tex-Mex than real Mexican food, and I've had good Chile Con Queso made with Monterey jack and real peppers. If I could remember what "X" was I could find the link. Or if I could remember the paper. The Volcano? The Stranger.

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OK it was Queso. And I admit the best Queso I've had did include Velveeta.

So here is the link:

[link] The Stranger: June 1
Killer Barracuda: South of the Border on the Edge of Belltown

by David Schmader

You can't ask a man to reveal his secret queso recipe. But you can ask whether it's possible to make good queso without involving some amount of Velveeta. Nathan's reply: "You can make queso without it, but you can't make good queso without it."

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So Father's Day was non-traumatic. I called my sister, and she gave the phone to my dad, and we talked about the World Cup and I said happy Father's Day, and that was it. He gave the phone to my brother, and we talked about games, and I hung up. My sister texted to thank me for calling and said she'd made sure the phone hadn't gone to my mom. I'm sure traumatic conversations are in my future, but they didn't happen today.

Also, my sister sent a follow-up e-mail.

Brother who needs to FedEx me some of his veggie chili,

I just want you to know that I still love you (Awwww.) I mean, I understand how you feel with everyone hammering about being so old and needing to get married and you not wanting to take that step yet. I get that you're frustrated and what not. I just didn't like how you handled the situation. I mean, I'm here on the other side and I see the outcome of what you say to them and it hurts. You're over there so you don't really see the repercussions. I just want you to know that I sent that email to you to let you know how just frustrated I was and just bleh. I don't really know. I am caught in the middle.

On one hand I can see what you're going through and get why you're mad and want to be left alone. On the other, I would just think you could go about getting your point across in a nicer way (though it is mommy and pappa, so they don't always see your point, but still). I live with them and know what it's like, but I just think there's a better way of talking to them, especially mommy because she's so sensitive (and don't give me the "you don't care about her sensitivity, that's her problem" business. She's your mom and you should care).

Anywhoo, I'm just rambling on and I just hope you aren't angry with me, or if you are, you see where I'm coming from. I love you and just wish you to be happy, but at the same time, I don't like seeing our parents depressed. I love you :)

Sister who made kick butt snickerdoodles today.

This one, I will reply to and let her know I understand her perspective and love her too.

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Well, they did have a followup mini...

Yeah, I saw that this evening as I went into Netflix to rate the series, and have added it to my cue, and bumped up near the top.

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