We didn't have sex, if that's what you mean. That's all I do now, not have sex.

Anya ,'Dirty Girls'


Non-Fiction TV: I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own

This thread is for non-fiction TV, including but not limited to reality television (So You Think You Can Dance, Top Chef: Masters, Project Runway), documentaries (The History Channel, The Discovery Channel), and sundry (Expedition Africa, Mythbusters), et al. [NAFDA]


Jessica - Jun 30, 2008 7:23:36 am PDT #5737 of 23273
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Coq = old rooster, not a chicken. (The reason you cook it for so long is because you need time to tenderize a tough old bird.)

Given the unlikeliness of finding an old rooster at a modern American supermarket, I don't have a philosophical problem with a chicken version, but it won't really be coq au vin, just chicken cooked in a red wine sauce.


megan walker - Jun 30, 2008 7:24:43 am PDT #5738 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

IOfoodN, I bought 2lbs of strawberries (for $4) at the grocery store Saturday. I made a batch of strawberry syrup with 1 lb, any ideas for the second pound?


lisah - Jun 30, 2008 7:26:26 am PDT #5739 of 23273
Punishingly Intricate

I made a batch of strawberry syrup with 1 lb, any ideas for the second pound?

I also need a good strawberry recipe! (usually I just eat them cut up in cereal, in my hand, in yogurt, with whipped cream but I have too many now!) What is this strawberry syrup?


Vortex - Jun 30, 2008 7:26:40 am PDT #5740 of 23273
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Though last year Amy did a quicker version using a chicken and they stomped her for it. Even she didn't do it in 45 minutes, though.

One of the TC contestants did a "version" of coq au vin with a chicken. She got dinged for it. They said "if she hadn't called it coq au vin, we would have liked it"


Jessica - Jun 30, 2008 7:29:53 am PDT #5741 of 23273
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I turned my CSA strawberries from last week into these, and they were pretty darn awesome:

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megan walker - Jun 30, 2008 7:32:59 am PDT #5742 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

I also need a good strawberry recipe! (usually I just eat them cut up in cereal, in my hand, in yogurt, with whipped cream but I have too many now!)

What is this strawberry syrup?

My first attempt at doing something with strawberries besides the above. Actually it's part of a Bon Appétit strawberry milkshake recipe. In their recipe, you boil the strawberries with 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 cup water, and 1/3 cup corn syrup (I used 1/4 cup sugar, 1/4 cup water, and 1/4 cup maple syrup) for 10 minutes. Add 2 tbsp lemon juice. Strain berries out. I'm keeping the berries to mix in with yogurt. The syrup will be used for both milkshakes and probably yogurt as well.


brenda m - Jun 30, 2008 7:40:58 am PDT #5743 of 23273
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

One of the TC contestants did a "version" of coq au vin with a chicken. She got dinged for it. They said "if she hadn't called it coq au vin, we would have liked it"

Yeah, that's what I was thinking of - for some reason I thought it was Amy who did that, but I think you're right and it was TC.


megan walker - Jun 30, 2008 7:44:09 am PDT #5744 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Oooh rhubarb!!!


lisah - Jun 30, 2008 7:48:44 am PDT #5745 of 23273
Punishingly Intricate

Oooh rhubarb!!!

I'm marking that and strawberry syrup recipe! Also I'm thinking of making a clafoutis because I also got the most delicious sweet yellow cherries. Except I think I may just eat them all before I can make anything with them.


megan walker - Jun 30, 2008 7:53:19 am PDT #5746 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Mmmm, clafoutis.