There's something about a food that moves all by itself that gives me the heebie-jeebies.

Joyce ,'Never Leave Me'


Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


beekaytee - Feb 15, 2011 8:05:41 am PST #22970 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant

In re: quinoa. I am using it in everything I used to use rice for.

Notably, tossing it into the rice cooker with a nice chicken broth (lots of sage and pepper). The resulting side dish went really well with everything I served it with, especially a bean stew.

wash it really well to get the outer coating off.

This is the key to quinoa success.


tommyrot - Feb 15, 2011 8:06:19 am PST #22971 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I don't think anyone famous went to my high school. College was UW-Madison, so I imagine a lot of famous people went there. My fave is Arnold Schwarzenegger - he and I both have business degrees from UW-Madison.


Kathy A - Feb 15, 2011 8:09:09 am PST #22972 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Melissa McCarthy, who plays Molly on Mike and Molly, is the only notable woman to graduate from my high school before it went co-ed. Our brother school has lots of famous athletes as alums, though, including Tom Thayer (on the '85 Super Bowl winning Chicago Bears), Mike Alstott, Terry Gannon, Mark Grant, and of course Rudy Ruettinger (from the movie Rudy). Since going co-ed, there has been a woman athlete graduating, Allie Quigley, who plays for the WNBA.


Jesse - Feb 15, 2011 8:09:38 am PST #22973 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I buy quinoa in whatever box or bag my store is selling it in, not in bulk. I like to use it in couscous recipes.


§ ita § - Feb 15, 2011 8:11:27 am PST #22974 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I checked, and wikipedia does indeed have a page for my UK high school. I'm really sad that the notable alum that I knew the best is Britain's biggest female fraudster. She was continually on my jock.


Ginger - Feb 15, 2011 8:20:41 am PST #22975 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

That is the best idea for a hero/villain combo ever. You'd never know!

Wouldn't that be Two-Face? [link]

There have been a couple of football people from my high school, but that's about it. A fair number of famous people and white-collar felons went to my university.


erin_obscure - Feb 15, 2011 8:22:58 am PST #22976 of 30001
Occasionally I’m callous and strange

I treat quinoa like rice. Rinse, then cook in rice cooker. I like the red but it is a bit more assertive. The yellow seems to be milder.


Jesse - Feb 15, 2011 8:24:41 am PST #22977 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Also, I love this quinoa salad, but maybe not in winter: [link]


§ ita § - Feb 15, 2011 8:25:19 am PST #22978 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I have promised myself I'm going to cook tonight.

I am flummoxed at the very idea. It has been weeks.

I had to tell my boss the construction is still bothering me. He looked devastated. So now I feel guilty.


erin_obscure - Feb 15, 2011 8:29:30 am PST #22979 of 30001
Occasionally I’m callous and strange

Mmmmm, now i'm getting hungry. quinoa is great for cold salads, and i especially love it when beans and corn are involved. it handles southwestern flavors very nicely.