Well, a gathering is brie, mellow song stylings; shindig, dip, less mellow song stylings, perhaps a large amount of malt beverage, and hootenanny, well, it's chock full of hoot, just a little bit of nanny.

Oz ,'Beneath You'


Natter 74: Ready or Not  

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.


-t - Oct 11, 2015 4:21:14 pm PDT #6883 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Yeah, I know, I just don't feel like he's going there right now. But that could, of course, be wishful thinking.

Those both sound good - do you have something else to do with the kale if you don't do the bake? That would be the deciding factor for me, I think, what will keep if you don't use it.


shrift - Oct 11, 2015 4:30:18 pm PDT #6884 of 30003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I got kissed by a sea lion. It was fishy, yet adorable.

WOO HOO, vacation!

I'm flying to Canada tomorrow, so I'm cooking up a bunch of things to freeze. I'm making beet pesto right now and need to find something to do with the zucchini. I may try out the cauliflower tots recipe tonight for dinner, too.

I also need to do laundry and pack and schedule transportation to the airport. But I'm checked in, I know where my passport is, I picked up a birthday present for my brother, and I remembered to refill my prescriptions, so I think I'm okay to sit on the couch for a little while and veg.


Steph L. - Oct 11, 2015 4:38:48 pm PDT #6885 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Yeah, I know, I just don't feel like he's going there right now. But that could, of course, be wishful thinking.

I want ToeDad to die in a fire, but unfortunately DoA is realistic (unlike his other strips).

Unrelatedly, oh god I need to stop coughing. Robitussin, you are so disappointing.


Hil R. - Oct 11, 2015 4:39:06 pm PDT #6886 of 30003
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

So, for freezing purposes, should I make butternut/black bean enchiladas, or a butternut/kale pasta bake?

Kale tends to get kind of chewy if you freeze it.


Jesse - Oct 11, 2015 4:42:10 pm PDT #6887 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Those both sound good - do you have something else to do with the kale if you don't do the bake?

I have a crapload of kale (maybe some of it is chard?), and also plans to make a kale/quinoa thing for more immediate eating. I think I can make the pasta without shopping, so that might win by default.


Jesse - Oct 11, 2015 4:43:11 pm PDT #6888 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Kale tends to get kind of chewy if you freeze it

It will be cooked both before and after freezing, so that sounds OK?


-t - Oct 11, 2015 4:48:05 pm PDT #6889 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Ah, yes, the thing that doesn't require shopping has a big advantage.

Anything understated.

I'm not really good at understated, is, I think, the root of my difficulty. But I really like this skirt.

so I think I'm okay to sit on the couch for a little while and veg.

Sounds like it to me. Woohoo, Canada!


Burrell - Oct 11, 2015 4:51:27 pm PDT #6890 of 30003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

I am so impressed by you folk who make food expressly to freeze it. I make food, we eat food, and the next day the cycle continues. Sometimes there are leftovers that get made into another dinner.


Jesse - Oct 11, 2015 4:57:40 pm PDT #6891 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I can't deal with cooking after work at all, and also cooking for just one is not the best. So I have to have food I can just eat. Which is either like chips or in the freezer.


meara - Oct 11, 2015 5:21:17 pm PDT #6892 of 30003

I eat lots of frozen food!

...oh wait, you mean food *I* made that's frozen? No.