What about leeks or shallots?
I have avoided them because it just isn't worth testing.
Mal: We're still flying. Simon: That's not much. Mal: It's enough.
'Serenity'
Spike's Bitches 47: Someone Dangerous Could Get In
[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.
Laura - Dec 17, 2012 6:54:55 am PST #24031 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Volans - Dec 17, 2012 7:15:21 am PST #24032 of 30001
move out and draw fire
I used the Mechanics Files on CarTalk.com to find my mechanic, and I've been very pleased for 4 years now. [link]
smonster - Dec 17, 2012 7:30:34 am PST #24033 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Car won't go into gear, period. KR and her son and my landlady helped me push it the four blocks - I owe them beer! Not the son, he gets chips and a soda. The mechanic highly doubts insurance will cover the repair. I hope it's something simple like clutch fluid, or maybe a new cable. Car~ma, please!!!
Now to eat a quick lunch and go to work. God, I so don't want to go to work.
Man, food allergies suck. I am grateful my allergies are limited to sulfa drugs, stinging insects, and poison ivy.
Connie Neil - Dec 17, 2012 7:39:00 am PST #24034 of 30001
brillig
Sounds like my car, smonster, which won't go into Reverse. It'll be at least $300. Plus we need to get a new tire because there was a slow leak in one that let the tire go flat as it's been sitting.
Aims - Dec 17, 2012 7:52:14 am PST #24035 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Car troubles SUCK. Much repair ~~ ma to y'all.
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I so very badly want this blouse, or one just like this:
smonster - Dec 17, 2012 8:01:23 am PST #24036 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Sounds like my car, smonster, which won't go into Reverse. It'll be at least $300.
I could live with $300. Anything above $500 is going to be stressful. Over $1000, super stressful; over $2K, might be time to look at buying a used car.
P.M. Marc - Dec 17, 2012 8:12:23 am PST #24037 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
As with Laura, I compensate by using more garlic, but obviously that's a different flavor and I can't add them in sufficient bulk to really build up a stock the way I used to.
Garlic will, frequently, wind up causing the same issues as onions eventually. As I know from sad and tragic personal experience. I'm playing GI roulette whenever I add garlic! (In my case, garlic started it, and onion's the one that brought up the rear flank in the GI attack.)
It's a different flavor profile, but you get a similar bulk and texture if you use fennel bulbs. (My brother-in-law has Laura-level issues with onions, so if we're cooking and they'll be there, we use the other aromatics.)
Connie Neil - Dec 17, 2012 8:14:57 am PST #24038 of 30001
brillig
might be time to look at buying a used car.
We've been trying this. We need $2K down before the "your credit is crappy" car dealership will talk to us.
P.M. Marc - Dec 17, 2012 8:21:33 am PST #24039 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
We've been trying this. We need $2K down before the "your credit is crappy" car dealership will talk to us.
If you guys are good at working on cars at all, if you can scrape together the cash, the Volvo 240s are a good option. They're apparently ridiculously easy to work on, parts are everywhere, and the engine will run forever. Maybe even fiveever.
Ours cost us a whopping $800.
smonster - Dec 17, 2012 8:29:40 am PST #24040 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
We've been trying this. We need $2K down before the "your credit is crappy" car dealership will talk to us.
::headdesk::