I made a vat of chili Halloween night, which was just the thing for a cold, rainy night. My chili recipe is lazy as hell, though -- 2 cans Brooks chili beans, 2 cans tomatoes, 1 can kidney beans, faux beef crumbles, 1 packet chili seasoning. I have smoked paprika, though, because it's totally my jam on roasted cauliflower, so I ought to throw some in the chili.
I'm getting much more conscious of how to balance flavors with acidic elements now - citrus, tomatoes, vinegar. Helps a lot with those richer dishes.
There's a book called the Flavor Bible, which is just a giant reference book of all manner of foods, with lists of what other foods/spices/herbs compliment them. It's incredibly useful.
I turned the heat back on again this morning--I'd turned it on a couple weeks ago, but then it got warm (65 during the day) while I was gone and my roommate turned it back off. But it was 64 in my room this morning, and that I say is Too Cold.
I had nightmares last night about being in Poland and trying to catch a plane somewhere, but when we got to the airport on a shuttle bus, I realized some of my luggage wasn't on it because I hadn't actually packed??, and I had to go back to the hotel, but there wasn't time...Woke up having been clenching my teeth for quite a while. OW.
How to respond to someone on OKCupid who's like 'Oh, you like to do X activity? I wonder if we've met, I go there sometimes!" and my response is "...yes, we've met, and I'm totally not into you"??
"Oh haha I think we have met."
meara, did you know VH1 made a sequel to Drumline??
But it was 64 in my room this morning, and that I say is Too Cold.
We have a programmable thermostat, which was WAY more relevant when we both worked outside the house, because we set it to go down to 60 or so during the day while we were gone, and then come back up to 68 right before we got home. Now that I work from home, well, I keep it tolerable all day long. But we set it to go down to 62 or so at night, which is fine because of the magic of the heated mattress pad, long may it reign.
meara, did you know VH1 made a sequel to Drumline??
I heard it was happening, but forgot--did it already come out?? Do I need to set my TiVo??
Bulbs planted, mulch laid, bricks discovered(!), last of 3 loads of laundry this weekend is drying, cover back on futon and I just pulled the cauliflower that I roasted with curry powder from the oven. I've never roasted cauliflower before, I like it in curry sauces, so we'll see.
Had to warm up the kitchen somehow (no radiator in there) and the cauli was a $2 impulse buy at the market.
I just set my TiVo to record it at 1:30--I guess "on right now" is 1:30 on the East Coast, huh? :) Thanks for letting me know!!
Thanks, Zen. I'm just super cautious after the burst pipe nightmare of last year. And I need to keep the house in good shape until the deed in lieu process is done. AFAIK there are no hoses attached to the bibs and the water is turned off.
