IIRC, one of the Top Chef eps had a beet slaw that looked really good. My favorite local restaurant makes a kickass "spicy beets" dish that is julienned beets in a vinegar-based marinade which are really yummy (they make a similar "spicy carrots" dish which is spicier; nearly burnt out my tastebuds when I went there with my dad a few weeks ago).
Lorne: Snakes? Uh-huh. And they came out of your what? Okay. Okay, well, did they get up there themselves or is this part of a, you know, a thing? No, I'm not judging...Do we fight snakes? Angel: Only if they're giant. Or demons. Or giant demons. Are they giant demon snakes? Lorne: Well, unless this guy's 30 feet tall, I'm thinking they're of the garden variety.
'Lineage'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kathy A - Apr 22, 2010 7:42:44 am PDT #24434 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Jesse - Apr 22, 2010 7:44:32 am PDT #24435 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Man, I love beets. I should cook them more at home.
lisah - Apr 22, 2010 7:46:02 am PDT #24436 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
I've been putting beets in our juicer! Beet, carrot, orange = DELICIOUS!
Stephanie - Apr 22, 2010 7:47:05 am PDT #24437 of 30001
Trust my rage
I am really annoyed that, when I type information into Google about children born abroad becoming US citizens, all I get is pages and pages of birther/Obama is secretly Kenyan crap.
Sue - Apr 22, 2010 7:47:30 am PDT #24438 of 30001
hip deep in pie
How to peel beets: [link]
I always just used a fork to hold cooked beets and peeled them with a knife. Less mess for me.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 22, 2010 7:58:09 am PDT #24439 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
Ugh, got waked up in the wee hours this morning by a mouse scampering across me while I slept. Hope he enjoys the nice lethal spring-loaded traps I'm going to be festooning my apartment with tonight, since the humane catch-and-release one doesn't suit his taste.
Barb - Apr 22, 2010 7:59:36 am PDT #24440 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”
I need airline info. I'm going to New York in May and I'm trying to decide between a non-stop on JetBlue or a one stop on Virgin America that's about fifty bucks less, but requires 7AM flights on both ends.
Normally, I'd jump right on the JetBlue, because I've flown them before and like them a lot, and you know, NONSTOP, however, I keep hearing how fab Virgin America is. And aren't they the ones with the on board WiFi these days?
HALP?
aurelia - Apr 22, 2010 8:04:00 am PDT #24441 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
"before we all started having health care, in the olden days our grandparents, they would bring a chicken to the doctor, they would say I'll paint your house."
"I mean, that's the old days of what people would do to get health care with your doctors," she said. "Doctors are very sympathetic people. I'm not backing down from that system."
I wonder what kind of trade would work for a couple of surgeons, an anesthesiologist, and some surgical nurses for say, heart surgery or removing a tumor. Do you think the hospital would be open to barter?
Can that medical personnel then turn around and try to barter for their malpractice insurance and to cover their student loans?
Dana - Apr 22, 2010 8:05:35 am PDT #24442 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Barb, I have never flown on either, so can't help with that, but Virgin America would have to be pretty fucking amazing to outweigh a nonstop at a reasonable hour.
Gudanov - Apr 22, 2010 8:06:20 am PDT #24443 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
I'm thinking that unless your last name is Tyson you're not going to have enough chickens.