I don't suppose his middle name was a viable option?
She's terse. I can be terse. Once in flight school, I was laconic.
Wash ,'War Stories'
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.
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!
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.
Hil R. - Oct 07, 2014 12:10:50 pm PDT #7851 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I use a crockpot sometimes. It's good for days when I want to be able to just come home and eat dinner without having to cook anything, and if I've got some extra time in the morning.
I've been grading all day. Nearly finished. One more stack (of about 40) where I need to code the partial credit scores into the scantron, then alphabetize the scantrons, then count everything.