'Safe'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Do you have a microplaner?
Yes. Those are things of miracle. Not that I'd use one to peel a tomato, but still--very nice.
The part of piemaking that I most dislike is the apple peeling and coring. I have a new corer doohickey that needs to be tried, but I balk at those skins.
The part of piemaking that I most dislike is the apple peeling and coring.
My mom has a peeler, corer and spiral-cutter. Doesn't use it much but chortles with glee when she does. Her mom had a similar device on the farm.
FYI, my secret to apple pies is I never bother to core the apples. (I do peel them.) I was talking to a caterer, who does this for a living, and she was like, "Why do the apple slices have to be all neat, and shit? Just peel that apple and cut chunks off it till you get to the core, and throw the core away."
Less work, less agita, no need for a cutting board, and anyway it looks basically the same in the pie pan. And tastes the same.
(I don't think you can get out of peeling the apples.)
I was promised thunderstorms. Nice violent ones.
Where the fuck are my thunderstorms?
Sara, I had violent thunderstorms maybe 45 minutes ago....perhaps they're on their way?
today mac: saw the beach for the first time, ran from the ocean (it is, you know, scary), decided standing in shallow ocean tide was ok, discovered playing in really wet sand is fun, rode amusement rides for the first time, worried about people laughing at him in a sleeveless shirt but later went out in pajamas and one of my scraves tied around his neck as a cape, AND met his first non-friend or family babysitter (first babysit date is in 2 weeks!).
tomorrow - first swimming pool, and hopefully a bike rental with training wheels.
I am agog that there are Buffistas who had not heard of Emperor Norton before today.
He's like a saint to me, or something.
Yay for mac. Cutehead seeing new things.
I had a good dinner with good folks, one or both of which might help me find a new job (even though I am in NO WAY looking yet). So that's good. But I was out too late! Stupid downtown.
Too late? You're already home and posting! That's not too late!
Though I guess maybe if it was just dinner, that's late.
t thinks of running ot catch last metro train last night/technically this morning...
I'm old! Out past ten on a school night is too late! Especially with SYTYCD still to watch!