Larb is delicious, although I make it with basil rather than mint because I have issues with mint.
I have consumed an enormous and tasty taco salad. Tomorrow I think it will be stir fry, as I have a ton of baby bok choy, kohlrabi, and sambal ulek.
Xander: We just saw the zebras mating! Thank you, very exciting... Willow: It was like the Heimlich, with stripes!
'Him'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
shrift - Nov 10, 2010 5:53:27 pm PST #4790 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Strix - Nov 10, 2010 5:53:33 pm PST #4791 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
What about making something like a cinnamon roll? Make one of those roll cookies things that you slice into section (I am obviously not a cookie pro), but before you roll it up, make a layer of...hazelnuts? Pine nuts? in Amaretto? anisette? -- like a bouche.
Then you could glaze it, like a cinnamon roll. Gran Marnier in the glaze. Or a whitee chocolate glaze.
Yum. You could tart up pumpkin cookies -- add dried ginger or cran or cherries, and dip half of them in melted milk chocolate.
OMG, I AM SO HUNGRY NOW.
§ ita § - Nov 10, 2010 5:58:40 pm PST #4792 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
OMG there's a movie coming out soon with Johnny Depp and Paul Bettany and some chick named Angelina. I am weak.
sarameg - Nov 10, 2010 6:00:42 pm PST #4793 of 30001
Yeah, I'm not aiming for winning, just deliciously different. And making something up. I am not a good baker. Or cook, for that matter. I wing it and it usually doesn't turn out half bad. Still preening over my apple crisp. Good apples were the secret (box of granola from Target, butter and brown sugar) Got me a grandmother's approval and pan came home empty and it was a total winging it.
SuziQ - Nov 10, 2010 6:01:58 pm PST #4794 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Johnny Depp and Paul Bettany and some chick named Angelina.
Gleep.
Amy - Nov 10, 2010 6:02:12 pm PST #4795 of 30001
Because books.
One of the boys ate the last of the cheese poofs and I am So Not Amused.
sarameg - Nov 10, 2010 6:05:11 pm PST #4796 of 30001
Spice cookies (maybe pepakokr spice) with a bit of candied ginger and a ginger glaze. Must shop and find recipes to tweak.
beth b - Nov 10, 2010 6:13:31 pm PST #4797 of 30001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
CJ hasn't been a bully, but he has been bullied in the past. But never anything like this. And apparently J doesn't even say anything, it is just physical stuff.
Sorry, I didn't mean the bullying -- I just meant the anger and fighting -- so he might have some insights for J
Sophia Brooks - Nov 10, 2010 6:17:24 pm PST #4798 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
The MSCL/female best friends is making me think of my proto-type BFF relationship, which is Jane Eyre/Helen Burns. Which, strangely, says a lot about me. Not all good.
Johnny Depp and Paul Bettany and some chick named Angelina.
Paul Bettany is MINE! You can have your Johnny and your Angelina, but I OWN Wimbledon (the movie).
DavidS - Nov 10, 2010 6:18:31 pm PST #4799 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
CJ is 14. He is physically stronger than J, but has much better control over his temper than J.
Wasn't always so, right? Karate's been so good for CJ.
Well, I don't want to discourage you from addressing this, but I will note that Emmett's casual relationships with his male friends is so much more physically rough and violent on a daily basis than is generally condoned.
They're freakin' little testosterone bombs and it's not uncommon for them to engage in quite painful exchanges. Nut-sack taps, and face punching, and kidney punching and ear-flicking and whatnot.
I'd take my cue from how CJ reads it or understands it. Is he fearful seeing this kid? Or is it just part of the general landscape?
Drawing blood with a pencil doesn't strike me as particularly egregious for that cohort.