I make all my omelets with spinach. Which has iron.

can you update your resume now in anticipation for the job whenever it is announced?

I have done, fairly recently, but I need to see the position description in order to make sure I hit all the specifics of it in my resume. And they can't share it with me until it's posted formally.

I really miss the old process, which had essay questions. This is just check-boxes and then tweaking your resume to make sure it contains all the experience called for in the PD. It's actually harder.

Ooh, maybe I'll have an omelette for lunch tomorrow. It will be a sub-par preparation, but still delicious. I usually get spinach, onions, black olives, sausage, and feta. I have decided sausage beats ham OR bacon.

Oh my gosh, my mom used to make that when we were kids; consequently, it's total comfort food. LOVE.

My favorite was cut-up hot dogs in Spaghettios. God, now I want Spaghettios.

Start omelet, add feta, add sauteed onions, add diced ham. Soooooo goooood.

Yum.

I cut up a couple of hot dogs, browned them in butter and then scrambled a couple of eggs in the same pan. Not bad!

Also yum.

I have decided sausage beats ham OR bacon.

Live large -- add BOTH!!

Edit: Oops. Read to fast. Add ALL!!

Jilli, I'd try making a roux with arrowroot or tapioca or another flour before I gave up on gumbo.

And Consuela, your workplace angers me to no end. I just want you to work some place where they respect you and treat you as a valuable asset. Ideally, you'd still be in a position to hear how your Nemesis fucked it all to hell after you left.

I just want you to work some place where they respect you and treat you as a valuable asset.

Well, this is the crazy thing: they do. They would not be spending all this money on my contract if they didn't value what I do.

It's just that they're really REALLY bad at hiring, and there was the reorganization, and the division chief who re-programmed my position as something I'm not (and don't qualify for), and the new rules about veteran preferences...

I feel kind of zen about it.

Live large -- add BOTH!!

Actually, adding too much stuff is not as good, because of how the cafeteria guy cooks them. I do sometimes take feta AND cheddar, though.

I do sometimes take feta AND cheddar, though.

OK, well that qualifies as large living. Carry on.

Jilli, could you use oat flour instead of wheat to start a roux if you were making it yourself?

Jilli, I'd try making a roux with arrowroot or tapioca or another flour before I gave up on gumbo.

Yeah, but this means I have to try making a roux. Which is something I've been too wimpy to attempt. I fear the scorching! I am not an attentive or organized cook!