Tea:
Merry Christmas to all who celebrate! And happy day to all!
Jilli, I just wrapped our cousin's birthday gift in a black bag with a bright pink bow and was thinking of you.
It's because you didn't have a strong father figure isn't it?
Joyce ,'Chosen'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
sj - Dec 25, 2009 6:07:21 am PST #4850 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Calli - Dec 25, 2009 6:26:25 am PST #4851 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
what's in the 1910 vegetarian cookbook? I had no idea any such thing existed.
Apparently there was a vegetarian society back in in the mid-1800s. [link] And Kellogg was a big proponent of vegetarianism at the turn of the century. [link] I bet they put together some cookbooks.
WindSparrow - Dec 25, 2009 6:35:17 am PST #4852 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Sherlock Holmes mentions a vegetarian restaurant in London in one of the stories.
smonster - Dec 25, 2009 6:50:30 am PST #4853 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Presents are opened! I got a compost crock, a bat house, and Life On Mars UK. Plus part of a goat from Heifer International. Yay!
Hil R. - Dec 25, 2009 6:58:19 am PST #4854 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
And, Hil, so what's in the 1910 vegetarian cookbook? I had no idea any such thing existed. What a great find on your sister's part!
I haven't done more than just glance through it yet. There's a store in NY that sells rare and antiquarian cookbooks, and my sister knows that she can get me pretty much anything from there and I'll love it.
ION, cookie fail. I'm not sure what happened. I've made this recipe before and it was perfect. These ones taste good, but they're way too thin and chewy. My best guess is that I wasn't paying enough attention and I added the oil twice, or maybe didn't add enough flour. In any case, the flavorings are rum, vanilla, molasses, cinnamon, and nutmeg, so they still taste really good.
sj - Dec 25, 2009 7:07:05 am PST #4855 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
The gift's for TCG's family are all ready to go. I re-used bows from last night, which I figured is both environmentally friendly and a huge time saver for me. No one should notice the difference.
The gathering with the step-family that was supposed to be tomorrow has been moved to the day after tomorrow! Which means that I can sleep in tomorrow and see Sherlock Holmes in the afternoon!
sj - Dec 25, 2009 7:15:52 am PST #4856 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I have some leftover sugar-free peppermint bark that I made. I will ship it to the first person who claims it.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Dec 25, 2009 7:41:17 am PST #4857 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
We're in Deepest Darkest Hampshire with my family. Currently watching the BBC production of The Gruffalo. So funny. Doctor Who next! Oh, there was also an enormous turkey dinner with a hundred desserts afterwards including chocolate yule log. My mother and grandmother are an amazing cooking team.
Ginger - Dec 25, 2009 7:42:34 am PST #4858 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
A merry day to all.
I do love the Buffista stories. I set up my wireless router on my sister's computer AIFG. It's let me sneak in some reading time, anyway, and laugh at my girl Kara with visions of goblins dancing in her head.
I hope every works out well for your mother, Epic.
Spare a few thoughts for my BFF, please. Yesterday the hospice people estimated that her brother only has a few weeks left. She's been taking care of his kids for some time and all the responsibilities fall on her. Fuck cancer.
erikaj - Dec 25, 2009 7:51:31 am PST #4859 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
People who get seriously upset by swearing blow my mind, sj.Even though I came late to the practice of profanity...probably because my mother's so good at it. I think that person is lucky that you are her relative not me.