I am intrigued by this cardamom-infused sugar concept.

I made these cookies: [link]

To save a click, part of the process involves putting five cardamom pods and half a cup of sugar in a closed jar for 4-5 days. You use that sugar for dipping the cookie dough balls before baking, but there's lots left over. I made two batches with the half-cup and still have more than half of it left. Seemed a shame to waste it.

Ooh, that sounds good.

Saw a guy this morning in a red and white striped shirt and only today would I wonder if he was in costume as Waldo.

Calli, I'm doing NaNo. I was iffy on it, until I mentioned it in front of a friend, whose entire family is doing it, so now I kinda have to. Once again, I'm forced to have fun. Dammit. Still haven't settled on a concept, though.

Food safety question: say I left a turkey and bacon sandwich in a car for six-seven hours at about 40 degrees F last night. Refrigerated after I got home. Can I eat it? It smells okay and I've nuked it for a couple minutes.

Ooh, and I have cardamom pods lying around. Thanks, Calli!

I think I have successfully made Creamy Scrambled Eggs! Which is to say, figured out what "medium-low heat" means on my stove, which might prove useful for other recipes. Anyway, tasty. Also, used creme fraiche in my coffee because I left my cream at work and I tastes fine. So that's good to know.

One of the guys in IS (what we call IT b/c a different department is called IT) wore khakis and a red polo shirt yesterday, someone had to tell me that he was in costume as That Guy at State Farm. Apparently he had on a name tag and phone headset to complete the look but I only saw him in passing and didn't notice)

There was a guy at the Halloween party last night dressed as a centurion -- helmet, Roman sandal-looking shoes, a red cape...and basically a g-string. That's all. He kind of kept the cape draped over him, but would dramatically fling the cape back to reveal his lack of clothes. I could not stop laughing.

I didn't tell him the g-string probably wasn't historically accurate. He was in great shape, so there's that.

Another one of our friends was dressed in regular clothes, with a white lacy shirt. And under the shirt, at boob level, she had 2 of those big round tap lights. Her boyfriend was dressed in regular clothes, but with a reindeer headband dealie that had antlers.

They were a deer caught in headlights.

They were a deer caught in headlights.

Fantastic.

would dramatically fling the cape back to reveal his lack of clothes.

also fantastic

Hah. There was a guy in Roman fighting getup last night also, but it was the leather flappy skirt thing. There were also several boys wearing orange Zorro type masks and gstrings with a flashing mini pumpkin in front covering their junk. But we were at a gay bar, so this was not surprising.

say I left a turkey and bacon sandwich in a car for six-seven hours at about 40 degrees F last night. Refrigerated after I got home. Can I eat it? It smells okay and I've nuked it for a couple minutes.

I wouldn't worry about that.

Sounds fine to me, Zen. 40 degrees Fahrenheit is an appropriate food storage temperature, if I remember my warning labels correctly.