I don't care if it is an orgy of death, there's still such a thing as a napkin.

Willow ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'


Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration

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.


JenP - Jul 17, 2024 3:05:46 pm PDT #1597 of 2663

Aw, no tomatoes -- but they are soft! Yeah, it's going to be an interesting 12-18 months. Good thing I've grown to like soup more. I used to not consider it a meal. Ever. And, you know, mashed potatoes are a fave, thank goodness. I was reading that you do sort of figure out the chewing thing to a certain extent, so that was heartening.

Not a productive workday at all today, oops. At least I got the one thing I needed to get out done. But I'll have to make up some time tomorrow. Eh, it's fine. No complaints.


DavidS - Jul 17, 2024 3:09:03 pm PDT #1598 of 2663
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Good thing I've grown to like soup more.

I have lots of soup recipes and tips if you're interested.

Here's a free one: Learn to use the Italian tiny pasta, Orzo, in your soup. It has great mouthfeel and will make your soup feel more substantial.


JenP - Jul 17, 2024 4:15:16 pm PDT #1599 of 2663

I have lots of soup recipes and tips if you're interested.

I would love, yes, thank you!

I made some really good avgolemono last month, so I'll be doing that again for sure.


meara - Jul 17, 2024 9:58:27 pm PDT #1600 of 2663

Yum. It has been way too hot for soup here but now I want a few chill days so I can have avgolemono soup!!


Toddson - Jul 18, 2024 5:35:33 am PDT #1601 of 2663
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

How about gazpacho?


Vortex - Jul 18, 2024 6:49:41 am PDT #1602 of 2663
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

I will eat soup when it’s hot out. I love soup.


-t - Jul 18, 2024 8:02:11 am PDT #1603 of 2663
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I also like soup when it's hot out. If it's too hot for soup it's probably too hot for food in general.


askye - Jul 18, 2024 10:12:44 am PDT #1604 of 2663
Thrive to spite them

When I was having some dental problems and couldn't chew i found that Mac and cheese is easy to mush on the roof of my mouth with my tongue.

And long spaghetti chopped up small was easy to eat


askye - Jul 18, 2024 10:21:50 am PDT #1605 of 2663
Thrive to spite them

The other day at work they had to reject the milk delivery because the temp was too high. It was like 42 F. So yesterday there were people grumbling because no milk.

We got milk today and it wasn't too hot. I helped put it out because we were out , except for things like graa fed, lactose free and plant based. And half and half because those come with the dairy truck

As we are putting it out we are telling customers who are getting milk ..this is all we have, it came in today. We don't have skim or fat free milk. And then people were still trying to take milk from the back of the shelf. Or saying things like "I need skim milk.". We don't have it "the kind with the pink cap. " We are out of skim milk "So you're out of skim milk?"


Steph L. - Jul 18, 2024 10:31:41 am PDT #1606 of 2663
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

Or saying things like "I need skim milk.". We don't have it "the kind with the pink cap. " We are out of skim milk "So you're out of skim milk?"

When I worked at K-Mart in high school, I was amazed at the number of people who would make it to the checkout and not have any idea what store they were in (it has a giant "K" on the building, what the fuck). People would hand me department store credit cards and when I said we didn't take that, they would look around, startled, and ask "This isn't McAlpin's?!?!?" (That store didn't have checkout lanes. Or giant "K"s everywhere.) Or they'd go to write a check and then stop at the "pay to" line and look at me really blankly and ask, "What store is this?"

And I was just like, when you go home, how do you even get to the correct house? Do you just pick a house at random and see if your house key works?

(Unrelated to the extremely-disconnected-from-the-world-around-them people, I was also gobsmacked by the women who would get in their purse to pay, would start digging around for their wallet, and then say "Hold this" without making eye contact with me, and start handing me shit like their keys and those GIANT cell phones from the late 80s. Bitch, I am not your personal valet. Set your shit down on the conveyor belt and find your damn wallet.)