Well, lady, I must say-- You're my kinda stupid.

Mal ,'Heart Of Gold'


Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter  

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


Jesse - Oct 07, 2014 10:10:05 am PDT #7841 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Because one kid named after a totalitarian dictator wasn't enough?

Yeah, I don't know. She had kind of shifted the pronunciation so it was pretty close to Stephanie, but I don't know how the boy handled it!


Burrell - Oct 07, 2014 10:13:45 am PDT #7842 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

I don't suppose his middle name was a viable option?


Connie Neil - Oct 07, 2014 10:16:51 am PDT #7843 of 30000
brillig

But here's a programmable 3 quart one. Not super cheap, but not $100 either.

Oh, nice. I wonder if that's the one Cooks Illustrated was going to recommend. I refuse to sign up with CI just to read their reviews and recipes--though yes, that's their business model, they're prerogative, etc, but ignoring them is mine too. End rant out of nowhere.

I'm cooking for two people, and I don't have a working freezer. Too many leftovers means food gets thrown out.


Jesse - Oct 07, 2014 11:01:28 am PDT #7844 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I really don't get the appeal of slowcookers for one or two people. I guess it's just not for me. Not how I was raised!

So I haven't actually read this, because it's about (a) Supernatural and (b) sisters, and I don't have time, but the comments say it's great and possibly makes you cry? [link] Enjoy.


shrift - Oct 07, 2014 11:31:23 am PDT #7845 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I really don't get the appeal of slowcookers for one or two people.

I mostly use mine to make soups that need hours to cook, because I can just toss everything in it and walk away. I can't do that with a pot on the stove, what with an open flame + foolhardy kittens = disaster.

Split pea soup, for example. Which reminds me that I should make that sometime soon.


flea - Oct 07, 2014 11:32:03 am PDT #7846 of 30000
information libertarian

I am making split pea soup in my slow cooker right now!!!

(AIFG.)


Jesse - Oct 07, 2014 11:35:35 am PDT #7847 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Oh yeah, I have never made split pea soup (I don't think), but also would have no problem cooking it on the stovetop for hours. Pot roasts and stuff, I just make in the oven. I guess I just think of those as weekend tasks, and I am generally home for hours at a time on the weekend at some point. (And when I make a pot roast, it turns into like a month of dinners for me, so Big Cooking doesn't happen that often.)


Connie Neil - Oct 07, 2014 11:46:52 am PDT #7848 of 30000
brillig

I dislike cooking, and the idea of having a big pile of something that I have to eat through is unappetizing. But having a pot of stroganoff ready to go when I get home appeals.


flea - Oct 07, 2014 11:48:07 am PDT #7849 of 30000
information libertarian

See, I set the crockpot at 8:30 am, and got home at 4pm, and if not for the persky power outage that happened at 2:30, would have had soup!


JZ - Oct 07, 2014 11:57:03 am PDT #7850 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

Mmmm, soup!

Also, happy dance for Nevada and Idaho!