I was skimming over the San Francisco Chronicle’s headlines and misread “Vatican moves to bar gays” as “Vatican moves to gay bars.”
Tee hee.
I wish I’d had a blog in November 2003. I made some cranberry sauce that involved ginger and oranges, and I can’t remember it at all. Hm.
Ow, ow, ow.
I’ve recently decided to give Crest Whitestrips another go. I tried them back in… 2002, I think. I stopped after two days because they hurt my teeth too damn much. I bought them last week, hoping that maybe the recipe had changed or something to make it less painful for people with sensitive teeth. No. I took some ibuprofen earlier, but it’s not working. I’m not going to use them again until after Thanksgiving, I think, because I want to be able to eat this weekend and next Thursday. Right now I don’t even want to talk because the cold air on my teeth hurts.
More baking tonight, I think. Oh, and we got up to fifth level in D&D! It’s very exciting.
I made something last night, but it’s another one of those things that’s for the parties this weekend, so I’m not sharing the recipe until next week.
In other news, D&D’s tonight. I’ve been eating my curry and mac ‘n cheese all week. They’re GOOD.
I’ve been using my parents’ apartment for baking, since they have more work space and a lovely, huge oven. Don’t worry, M&D! I’ve been cleaning it after each use. My Kitchenaid (lovely beast) is sitting on your counter, there’s an egg in your fridge, and I need to put away a lot of clean dishes and such, but it’s all tidy. It’ll be spotless for when you return, never fear.
My larder is full.
This weekend, I made macaroni and cheese, murgh dehin, The Thin, and a new cookie for Lydia’s birthday party this weekend. I’m actually making several new cookies this week, but I’m not sure whether to post the recipes now, or if I should wait so they’ll be a little bit of a surprise. (Not much of a surprise, given that I had Lydia email me her favorite cookies, but whatever.)
Oh, and if my parents haven’t been checking Zack’s blog, I suggest they read this post about the food they ate overseas.
ETA: Dude, freaky. Science nerds, along with my dad and Ysabel, should check this out. Or if you just like things that are quite interesting.
When I first started this blog, I put up a recipe that I hadn’t tried myself. I put it up because Jon made it and it was good. Well, I’ve finally made it. Cook’s Illustrated revised macaroni and cheese casserole recipe. I only made a half batch of it because I got home from shopping and saw that it called for five cups of milk. I only bought a quart, and I needed some leftover for cookies. Also, there are a lot of mistakes in that recipe. Not only spelling errors, but the fact that originally, I wrote that you were supposed to use eight cups each of jack and cheddar cheeses. Whoops! Eight ounces does NOT equal eight cups. My bad. Hope no one did that.
Last night was D&D. At one point, Scott (our DM) was explaining this feeling of dread that came over one of our party members , except he screwed up and said “rising feeling of bread.” Rob chimed in with, “You punch it down, but it rises again!”
Well, I thought it was funny.
Oh, and Lydia’s back from her fabulous trip to Europe. Yay!
I went to Anime Destiny at UC Berkeley on Saturday with Debbie and Marian. The main reason I wanted to go was because Lydia had told me about this spherical sculpture near one of the entrances to the campus. She thought it could make a good Katamari prop. When I went to the Futurama lecture, I saw it and thought, “Hm, good idea.”
So I schlepped Kuro over to Berkeley, and forced Debbie to take pictures of me. Enjoy!
Why is there a gigantic hole in it?
Yep, that hole goes all the way through.
This picture was an attempt to make it look like I was backing up the Katamari and looking behind me. The head was shifted around sideways on my shoulders. We didn’t really get the effect I was hoping for, but I still like the photo.
Oh crap, the Katamari is rolling over me! Actually, Debbie took this picture just as my head fell off my shoulders. I quite like the resulting picture.
This page is cute. I’m just throwing it up there so I can remember to save the pictures when I get home.
I went over to J and Barbara May’s last night and cooked the following pork chop recipe for them. I think it turned out pretty well. Enameled cast iron is the shizzle. I have one chop left, but I am lacking noodles. That needs to be remedied.
I think I have Polar Hands. I’m not quite sure what kind of food they’d be useful in making. I’d say croissants, but Azuma didn’t have a problem making them with his Solar Hands in Yakitate!!
We almost lost Rob’s character, Billie (unfettered faen), last night. One sorcerous blast of fire and we were all feeling the hurt- I was the only one who made the reflex save. Yay, me. Still did nine points of damage, though. OW.
I’ve been busy. I haven’t spent an evening at home since last Friday, I think. Tonight I’ll probably relax with some pasta or soup (yay for my freezer being full of food) and clean off the ol’ Tivo. Or… maybe pork chops. I sent a recipe to Jer that I tried back in 2003 and loved, but he screwed it up (like, hardcore- I was impressed). I remember it being difficult, but rereading the recipe, it seems kind of simple. Pork chops, buttered noodles, and some sorta vegetable. Hey Jon/Ryan, you guys doing anything for dinner? Heh.
Heh. I just deleted a very wanky post about people being condescending. It’s better for it to be lost to the ages.
The family’s going to Left Bank tonight. Yay, fondue and mussels! Or whatever I end up getting that will be also pretty damn good!
