nothing ~ma to msbelle's ma.
I am not...I am not the damsel in distress. I am not some case. I have to work this. I've lived in a cave for 5 years in a world where they killed my kind like cattle. I am not going to be cut down by some monster flu. I am better than that. What a wonder...how very scared I am.
Fred ,'A Hole in the World'
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.
Burrell - Nov 24, 2010 6:21:45 pm PST #7317 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
meara - Nov 24, 2010 6:26:08 pm PST #7318 of 30001
I may have decided to make an additional pie. This is a little ridiculous, since I don't think I'll have that many people, and the pumpkin is delicious (I made a teeny tiny one to eat now, and a regular one). But Suela posted on DW about a maple-pecan pie, and...well, while I was at the supermarket buying butter, I bought maple syrup too! I didn't buy pie crust though, so I'd have to make that. Hrm.
Kat - Nov 24, 2010 6:26:45 pm PST #7319 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Go maple pecan! I think this holiday needs far more maple desserts!
§ ita § - Nov 24, 2010 6:27:10 pm PST #7320 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My alarm clock's OS was updated a week or so ago, and now I have a skip/unskip button that lets me skip the next scheduled alarm so I don't need to actually turn it off and risk forgetting to turn it back on.
Yay, Chumby! I luv you!
Spidra Webster - Nov 24, 2010 6:32:25 pm PST #7321 of 30001
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
It's cool to see all these posts updating us on T-day kitchen preparations. Americans (me included) so often go for fast food or just easy-to-make stuff. It's neat to see everyone getting in the kitchen at the same time and making a several course meal from scratch.
Strix - Nov 24, 2010 7:05:40 pm PST #7322 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I love the annual Tday prep-and-post!!
It makes all the work a little more fun, and when you're scrubbing/baking/brilloing/cussing at running out of milk, you have someone besides the cats to yell to.
DavidS - Nov 24, 2010 7:26:07 pm PST #7323 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
We just had a visit with Jon B. and FAQ!Wife. Much fun. I showed them lots of groovy French sixties pop, and they treated us to Asian noodles from the Citrus Club. Then I made a new cocktail and named it after FAQ!Wife, and fed them my first pie. (Which was good.)
Now everybody's kind of crashing.
I did break out the new mandoline to thin slice up the potatoes for the Pommes Pommes Savoyard (potatoes and apples, plus melty cheese and garlic and stuff).
Tomorrow equals: much cooking. I think I'll make a little onion tart thingie to put into the puff pastry shells.
We'll see if I'm really that ambitious.
SuziQ - Nov 24, 2010 7:31:09 pm PST #7324 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Made cranberry sauce. It is more orange-y than I think I like. I do have more cranberries, so I might make another attempt tomorrow.
We watched Pangs while working in the kitchen. Ritual sacrifice with pie, indeed.
Got most of the prep work done for the ginger cookies, but I had run out of steam and will pop those in the oven in the morning. We aren't due at KCD's until 1 or 2, so plenty of time to play in the kitchen.
Trudy Booth - Nov 24, 2010 7:45:37 pm PST #7325 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
If you want to try a quick one, Suzi, I usually go with the ocean spray bag recipe but I halve the sugar and add orange zest.
Spidra Webster - Nov 24, 2010 7:54:35 pm PST #7326 of 30001
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
I've done 2 songs for the bonus EP I'm trying to put together. I can't play any instruments very well anymore but I don't want the whole thing to sound samey-samey because of that. So I am toying with what I need to back this particular song. Took out my kalimba (mbira or thumb piano) and messed with it for the first time in a couple decades. Beautiful instrument. Wish I could play it better. Being stuck with only the key of G kinda sucks, though.