I don't know what humbolt squash is, and google isn't giving me anything, but generally, you can substitute one winter squash for another without too much trouble as long as they're about the same size, but the cooking times might be different.

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She's the prettier sister.

I would not say that. If memory serves, you are just as lovely as she is.

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She's the prettier sister

I dunno about that. I think the "pretty" gene got evenly distributed in your family.

Shir, this might sound like a silly question. Do women and men serve in the same units in the Israeli services? I ask since all the pics had your sister with various other women, but nary a male to be seen.

ION- I'm at work. Last day until we move into new building. Weee. Alas, I have not much to do, until we get information from others, that they aren't providing, because they are still packing for the move. Mmm fun! I think I will leave early. Plus, it's cold here, and I wanna sit in my warm apartment and veg out.

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Erin, poking my head in quick to say I'm @BarbFerrer on Twitter.

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I think I have had 4 different emails in that last week that have made me just sort of give a mental stutter. They feel like over reactions/involvements etc. Nothing horrible just ... I don't know. I've ignored 3 out of 4 due to brain freeze.

And it is possible my turkey breast is upside down in the oven.

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can I use a cake pan to cook fish?

What kind of fish?

Honestly, my lazy method of cooking fish is to take a 9- to 10-inch length of aluminum foil, double it over and then sort of flip the sides up a little to make it pan-like. A very small pan. And then put the fish on there and cook it. But it has the potential for a lot of mess.

I've usually cooked fish in a glass pan, though I don't know where I got that idea.

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I do what Teppy does, but slide it onto a cookie sheet to broil the fish. But I think you could bake it in a shallow cake pan in a pinch.

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Oh, and when I've cooked fish in a pan, I still put aluminum foil down first to reduce how much fish crud bakes onto the pan when I inevitably leave the fish in too long.

I guess that the lazy aluminum foil-only method came from that.

And you need to put something on the aluminum foil first -- butter, oilve oil, cooking spray -- so that the fish doesn't stick to the aluminum foil.

For a thick piece of fish, like salmon, the George Foreman grill is a champ.

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I totally grok the "omg come out already" sentiment. Been there done that. I think the best thing you can do (says this big homo) is what everyone else said. Casually mention other gay friends, or your support of gay topics ( like here when we were voting on gay marriage). Bring a gay friend to meet. And hope your friend figures his shit out and gets happy. :)

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What kind of fish?

Flounder.

Honestly, my lazy method of cooking fish is to take a 9- to 10-inch length of aluminum foil, double it over and then sort of flip the sides up a little to make it pan-like. A very small pan. And then put the fish on there and cook it. But it has the potential for a lot of mess.

I was wondering whether this would work!

And you need to put something on the aluminum foil first -- butter, oilve oil, cooking spray -- so that the fish doesn't stick to the aluminum foil.

Yeah, it says to use a lightly oiled baking pan. I just saw that Safeway has some pretty cheap cake pans on sale and wondered whether they would do the job. I think I have some rather large round metal pans, and I think they would work too, but I don't know.

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