I've vacuumed & steam cleaned the carpets in the main part of the house, solidifying my strong dislike of the carpet and desperately hoping to get a good book deal so we can replace the flooring to something more easily maintained. And not beige.
Could just be a hoax, though. I fake some headaches, everyone gets used to poor helpless Spike. Then one day, no warning, I snap a spine, bend a head back, drain 'em dry. Brilliant.
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Barb - Jun 12, 2011 1:44:00 pm PDT #23081 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Volans - Jun 12, 2011 2:19:26 pm PDT #23082 of 30000
move out and draw fire
Power's out. I swear, the power has gone out more this year than any I can remember here. So: it's hot, I'm sick, the family is cranky, and I'm all about first world problems.
sumi - Jun 12, 2011 2:21:00 pm PDT #23083 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
Kathy - isn't a crustless quiche essentially a frittata?
Kathy A - Jun 12, 2011 2:28:51 pm PDT #23084 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
That's just what the recipe called it. I've never made a frittata before, so I'm not too sure! It just involved a can of condensed milk, three eggs, some flour, spices, and then I tossed in some onions, green peppers, and ham with the cheddar cheese. So, it ended up being basically a Denver omelet cooked in ramekins for about 45 minutes.
Hil R. - Jun 12, 2011 2:33:48 pm PDT #23085 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I think a frittata is first cooked on the stove and then put in the oven, while a quiche is just baked.
sj - Jun 12, 2011 2:35:28 pm PDT #23086 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Frittata's can be cooked in the oven too, but they tend not to have milk or cream in them.
sumi - Jun 12, 2011 2:36:18 pm PDT #23087 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
Well, I'm pretty sure that a frittata doesn't have a crust.
These dishes - frittatas, quiches, tortillas - they're all kind of cousins, aren't they?
DavidS - Jun 12, 2011 2:41:05 pm PDT #23088 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
and I'm all about first world problems.
Power going out is more typically a third world problem.
Scrappy - Jun 12, 2011 2:51:39 pm PDT #23089 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Today, we took out the wooden rods which were original to the 1938-era closet and replaced them with metal ones. They were too thick for modern hangers, so once you managed to jam a hanger on them, you could not slide it back and forth at all. Pulling empty hangers off the rod sometimes demanded both hands.
After we finished, the DH and I marveled at our new freedom move stuff back and forth. It cost about $75 for the whole closet and is fabulous--don't know why it took us three years to fix it.
Liese S. - Jun 12, 2011 3:00:41 pm PDT #23090 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."