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Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This  

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


meara - Nov 24, 2013 12:59:58 pm PST #12823 of 30000

feel like a talk about it all the time, but HGTV really is the most diverse channel on TV: I assume these two guys are a couple (I just turned it on) and they are middle-aged and nerdy, and an interracial couple. They would literally never be on any scripted entertainment.

Hah! I totally watched that episode today I think. The dudes in Vancouver on Love it or list it too?


§ ita § - Nov 24, 2013 1:19:30 pm PST #12824 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Went to dinner the other day, and their entrees were the sweetest. Luckily some with palm sugar, which is okay for low-gly, but...interesting. Not sweet like bad Chinese, but sweet like whatever nice panAsian cuisine is supposed to mean--that's a wide net.

Made chocolate chip spelt flour cookies (couldn't let the nurse go unfed...). The recipe turned out DRY. I ended up adding another egg and almost half a cup of milk...which resulted in a bit of a cakey cookie, and not that many, but they are still tasty.

There doesn't seem to be a comprehensive flour site that talked about different types of flour and their gluten content, glycemic index, elasticity, appropriateness for different types of recipes, strength of flavour...thorough and allowing you to compare easily. Pfft.

(feel free to prove me horribly horribly wrong)


-t - Nov 24, 2013 2:03:41 pm PST #12825 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Cranberry sauce #1: made and setting up in mold

Bread for stuffing: about a quarter cut up. Have I mentioned I am not much use at slicing or chopping or prep work in general? I usually just skip as much of that as possible, or make the food processor do it, but I don't see a way around it for making stuffing. So it's going to be slice up some bread, take a break, slice up more bread for maybe the rest of the afternoon.


Tom Scola - Nov 24, 2013 2:05:19 pm PST #12826 of 30000
They pay me in WOIMS

I'm going to take a stand, and say that cranberry sauce shouldn't be moldy.


-t - Nov 24, 2013 2:20:49 pm PST #12827 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Narrow-minded. You'll be sorry when I cure the common cold with this stuff.

It's taking longer to set than I expected, though. Boo.

Half the bread is cut up. Progress!


§ ita § - Nov 24, 2013 2:22:02 pm PST #12828 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Are microwaves so inherently variable that it's impractical for manufacturers to standardize power settings across models and brands? Or can they not be bothered?


Tom Scola - Nov 24, 2013 2:28:31 pm PST #12829 of 30000
They pay me in WOIMS

Even if they would, microwaves would still suck.


Amy - Nov 24, 2013 2:29:41 pm PST #12830 of 30000
Because books.

Why do microwaves suck?


Tom Scola - Nov 24, 2013 2:32:09 pm PST #12831 of 30000
They pay me in WOIMS

You can only make things hotter; you can't cook things.


-t - Nov 24, 2013 2:35:07 pm PST #12832 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

? I've cooked a lot of vegetables in the microwave. Steams 'em up nice.