tgd9 - part 3
part 3? wow, you're getting your money's worth today. ;)
i'm thankful for inquisitive commenters. and commenters who make me inquisitive.
dave: what kind of pierogi? i've wanted to try making pierogi, too. specifically mushroom. and possibly an artichoke/spinach/cheese variety. kinda like a self-contained pocket of the yummiest dip ever. regardless, i say go for it! and then let us know how it goes. :)
laure: why do the bat-catching cool whip containers have to be previously used? the bat would do a lot less flapping around in a full cool whip container. or, at least, his flapping attempts would be quite muffled. very important, however, not to let him get back out of the container.
marlana: the french fry embargo is a self-imposed rule against eating deep-fried french fries. i was eating dinner at bennigan's one night and remarked how bennigan's french fries are some of my favorites. they have one of the best seasoning mixes. although, in fairness, the restaurant is really inconsistent with its application of the seasoning ... but when they remember to shake that stuff on - yowza! anyway, so i remarked how i like bennigan's fries and french fries in general. i mean, the potato is an amazing thing. fried, baked, mashed, double baked, boiled, roasted, julienned ... the possibilities are amazing. what was i saying? oh yeah, the embargo. so as i was remarking about their yumminess, i also (in fairness) had to remark that they're probably horribly bad for one's health as they are deep fried. so i decided to see if i could go a month without deep-fried french fries. the oven-baked ones are totally acceptable. and i can't swap my restaurant fries for onion rings or any other deep-fried vegetable because that's just not acceptable. (hey, it's my game ... my rules, right?) so i'm currently at 7 months and 8 days. now i'm shooting to make it an entire year. we'll see. i do miss my french fries.
laure: the electric cutter is an industrial paper trimmer. the blade is about 16" long & it can cut fairly comfortably (depending on the paper stock) through a stack of paper about 1.5" tall.
laure: my friend kathy's mom was murdered a year ago tomorrow. there's a memorial service at kathy's church tomorrow evening. for anything bad i've ever had to say about my place of employment, i will say with ten times the passion that i work with some amazing people. the outpouring of support for kathy (did i mention we work together, too?) last year was mind boggling. it's a year later now - and it's been great to hear people say they'll be at tomorrow's service to continue to support kathy & her family.
laure: i'm making chocolate chip oatmeal cookies - often called "mrs. fields cookies" and accompanied by the tale that some lady asked for the recipe, was told it would cost two fifty and found out later her credit card was charged $250 not $2.50. so she's spreading the recipe around to get even. i don't buy the story, but the cookies are go-od. yes, that good has two clearly defined syllables. :)
and on the subject of cookies, i think i'm going to make lime shortbread cookies for the cookie exchange.
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'becca is assembling her grandpa's Christmas present tonight.
i'm thankful for inquisitive commenters. and commenters who make me inquisitive.
dave: what kind of pierogi? i've wanted to try making pierogi, too. specifically mushroom. and possibly an artichoke/spinach/cheese variety. kinda like a self-contained pocket of the yummiest dip ever. regardless, i say go for it! and then let us know how it goes. :)
laure: why do the bat-catching cool whip containers have to be previously used? the bat would do a lot less flapping around in a full cool whip container. or, at least, his flapping attempts would be quite muffled. very important, however, not to let him get back out of the container.
marlana: the french fry embargo is a self-imposed rule against eating deep-fried french fries. i was eating dinner at bennigan's one night and remarked how bennigan's french fries are some of my favorites. they have one of the best seasoning mixes. although, in fairness, the restaurant is really inconsistent with its application of the seasoning ... but when they remember to shake that stuff on - yowza! anyway, so i remarked how i like bennigan's fries and french fries in general. i mean, the potato is an amazing thing. fried, baked, mashed, double baked, boiled, roasted, julienned ... the possibilities are amazing. what was i saying? oh yeah, the embargo. so as i was remarking about their yumminess, i also (in fairness) had to remark that they're probably horribly bad for one's health as they are deep fried. so i decided to see if i could go a month without deep-fried french fries. the oven-baked ones are totally acceptable. and i can't swap my restaurant fries for onion rings or any other deep-fried vegetable because that's just not acceptable. (hey, it's my game ... my rules, right?) so i'm currently at 7 months and 8 days. now i'm shooting to make it an entire year. we'll see. i do miss my french fries.
laure: the electric cutter is an industrial paper trimmer. the blade is about 16" long & it can cut fairly comfortably (depending on the paper stock) through a stack of paper about 1.5" tall.
laure: my friend kathy's mom was murdered a year ago tomorrow. there's a memorial service at kathy's church tomorrow evening. for anything bad i've ever had to say about my place of employment, i will say with ten times the passion that i work with some amazing people. the outpouring of support for kathy (did i mention we work together, too?) last year was mind boggling. it's a year later now - and it's been great to hear people say they'll be at tomorrow's service to continue to support kathy & her family.
laure: i'm making chocolate chip oatmeal cookies - often called "mrs. fields cookies" and accompanied by the tale that some lady asked for the recipe, was told it would cost two fifty and found out later her credit card was charged $250 not $2.50. so she's spreading the recipe around to get even. i don't buy the story, but the cookies are go-od. yes, that good has two clearly defined syllables. :)
and on the subject of cookies, i think i'm going to make lime shortbread cookies for the cookie exchange.
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'becca is assembling her grandpa's Christmas present tonight.
posted by 'becca at 8:45 PM
5 Comments:
i approve of the lime shortbread cookies. i'll gladly take home a plateful of that! :-)
i think that you could use the pre-used Cool-Whip containers for bat collection, but as you mentioned-- it could be messy. And why waste the Cool-Whip? Sure, it's nasty, but you paid for it.
The paper trimmer sounds like a lot of fun.
i've made pierogies; just the regular potato ones. They're fun and tasty. But i really like your spinach-artichoke idea.
i'm sorry for Kathy's mom! i can't imagine how hard that must be. i'll be there in spirit.
ps. -- i've got a copy of that cookie recipe, too, only in that version of the legend it's Neiman Marcus. Quite go-od. :-)
Wow. A whole year without fried french fries? You're my hero. I don't think I could do it.
I remember when that happened with Kathy's mom. I think it's nice they're doing that for her.
I also just posted two other questions to your last post. Don't want you to miss 'em.
When is the cookie exchange? I thought I missed it.. I might want to get in if it isn't too late.
the plan is to try potato. The filling I'm not too worried about, the dough seems like it'd be the tricky part. After potato seem to be working, I'll probably do fruit ones (plum are my favorite). Since I want to give them away, I'll have to taste test them first (yum!)
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