patbastrop
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Sounds like your Mom had a great send-off! She was so lucky to have such a wonderful family.
My Saturday Six
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patbastrop
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Are you going to make marmalade with those kumquats and meyer lemons?
heather_in_sf
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It tasted like your usual deviled egg with lots of crab, and the capers, which I don't use
in our family deviled egg. Nummy, especially with their fun cocktails! I would just add the crab to your usual egg recipe and maybe a touch more lemon.
If you play around with this do let us know. It's too hot out for me to trek to the store so today I'm huddling inside with cool iced tea and bun bun noodles...
in our family deviled egg. Nummy, especially with their fun cocktails! I would just add the crab to your usual egg recipe and maybe a touch more lemon.
If you play around with this do let us know. It's too hot out for me to trek to the store so today I'm huddling inside with cool iced tea and bun bun noodles...
My Sunday Six
1. After I looked at quiche for $10.99 at Whole Foods and gasped audibly, remembered that pre-baked pie crusts exist in the U.S. (duh), went to their freezer section and bought 2 for $3.99. (I cannot make pie crust, so this solved my problems, big time.) Then I went home and smugly made lots of quiche for way under $11.
2. Asparagus, cheese, and onion quiche. smileys/smile.gif))
3. Went to a friend's bridal shower in NJ, yesterday; family-made cake was Ace of Cakes level, a work of art and tasty. Very fun.
4. Off to show off Astoria's eats to guests, tonight.
5. Guests swung through Prague duty free and brought Tullamore Dew. Slainte!
6. We've had gyros for lunch for two Saturdays in a row, now. Odd but good.
1. After I looked at quiche for $10.99 at Whole Foods and gasped audibly, remembered that pre-baked pie crusts exist in the U.S. (duh), went to their freezer section and bought 2 for $3.99. (I cannot make pie crust, so this solved my problems, big time.) Then I went home and smugly made lots of quiche for way under $11.
2. Asparagus, cheese, and onion quiche. smileys/smile.gif))
3. Went to a friend's bridal shower in NJ, yesterday; family-made cake was Ace of Cakes level, a work of art and tasty. Very fun.
4. Off to show off Astoria's eats to guests, tonight.
5. Guests swung through Prague duty free and brought Tullamore Dew. Slainte!
6. We've had gyros for lunch for two Saturdays in a row, now. Odd but good.
heather_in_sf
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Aw, the kidlet...
With a gourmet cook as mommy no wonder he likes to eat!
Reading how the phone waked up the little guy reminded me that my friend had a funny attitude about sleeping babies. She never tried to have a quiet house for the baby to sleep, saying her house was always constant mayhem and the baby just had to get used to all the noise anyway. And it was true, her daughter could sleep through anything. Now I never had the opportunity to test this out on any babies of my own, so I don't know...
By the way, I LOVE Firefly too! When you're done with the tv series be sure to watch Serenity. I liked it so much I bought the soundtrack (geek alert). Have you watched Nathan Fillion in Castle on abc? He's so dreamy...
Hope you get a little rest today, physically and also in a ham sense! LOL
With a gourmet cook as mommy no wonder he likes to eat!
Reading how the phone waked up the little guy reminded me that my friend had a funny attitude about sleeping babies. She never tried to have a quiet house for the baby to sleep, saying her house was always constant mayhem and the baby just had to get used to all the noise anyway. And it was true, her daughter could sleep through anything. Now I never had the opportunity to test this out on any babies of my own, so I don't know...
By the way, I LOVE Firefly too! When you're done with the tv series be sure to watch Serenity. I liked it so much I bought the soundtrack (geek alert). Have you watched Nathan Fillion in Castle on abc? He's so dreamy...
Hope you get a little rest today, physically and also in a ham sense! LOL
heather_in_sf
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Your quiche sounds great, and I bet it was tons better than WF.
We share similar pie crust limitations. I love to bake but pie crust is my nemesis. Now that I've conquered pizza crust that is.....
Maybe we should just spend a month just making pie crust every week until we nail it.... I need to go to visit mom though, she's miraculous with it and I would like (yet another) tutorial... Good thing she's patient!
We share similar pie crust limitations. I love to bake but pie crust is my nemesis. Now that I've conquered pizza crust that is.....
Maybe we should just spend a month just making pie crust every week until we nail it.... I need to go to visit mom though, she's miraculous with it and I would like (yet another) tutorial... Good thing she's patient!
luisa_calif
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I got it from this video. I did type up the recipe but it is on my other computer.
If you want what I typed up from the video, I can get it for you later (maybe tomorrow?)
http://social.macys.com/keepitcooking/myvideos.html?entry_id=316277
If you want what I typed up from the video, I can get it for you later (maybe tomorrow?)
http://social.macys.com/keepitcooking/myvideos.html?entry_id=316277
luisa_calif
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I'm making kumquat-cello (an experiment) and I have plans for future lemon curds, lemon pies and who
knows what else. There was a great lemon curd& ice cream pie with meringue on top from Epi that was a real hit last summer. If you have the curd made ahead of time you can do the whole thing and have in the freezer awaiting a last minute meringue and blitz in a hot oven right before serving. It's kind of an easy "wow" summer dessert.
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Lemon-Meringue-Ice-Cream-Pie-in-Toasted-Pecan-Crust-237881
knows what else. There was a great lemon curd& ice cream pie with meringue on top from Epi that was a real hit last summer. If you have the curd made ahead of time you can do the whole thing and have in the freezer awaiting a last minute meringue and blitz in a hot oven right before serving. It's kind of an easy "wow" summer dessert.
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Lemon-Meringue-Ice-Cream-Pie-in-Toasted-Pecan-Crust-237881
patbastrop
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Oh, boy! This looks like the best of baked alaska and lemon pie all in one!
amanda_pennsylvania
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He mostly does sleep through everything...
...so I was surprised that he woke up. I totally agree about not keeping a quiet house. I think the kidlet needs to learn how to sleep through whatever is going on.
I actually saw Serenity first. A friend and I went to see it because we thought it looked interesting...had no idea it was part of the tv series. The theater we were in was in a really poor section of Chicago, and had terrible sound--we couldn't understand half the dialogue, and felt like we'd been dropped into a story halfway though (which we were) but I was intrigued enough to rent the tv series. So I watched that with my husband and then watched the movie again and everything made much more sense.
And I totally agree about Nathan Fillion. He'd be on my laminated card list. smileys/wink.gif
...so I was surprised that he woke up. I totally agree about not keeping a quiet house. I think the kidlet needs to learn how to sleep through whatever is going on.
I actually saw Serenity first. A friend and I went to see it because we thought it looked interesting...had no idea it was part of the tv series. The theater we were in was in a really poor section of Chicago, and had terrible sound--we couldn't understand half the dialogue, and felt like we'd been dropped into a story halfway though (which we were) but I was intrigued enough to rent the tv series. So I watched that with my husband and then watched the movie again and everything made much more sense.
And I totally agree about Nathan Fillion. He'd be on my laminated card list. smileys/wink.gif
heather_in_sf
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and if you watched Dollhouse Wash from Firefly is in that too.
it was fun to see him again.
Now, me, I can't sleep over at my friends house, I wear earplugs and it's still too loud! Teenagers, big dogs, etc etc - mayhem! but fun loving mayhem... Please be sure to post some pictures of him sometime! It's so fun to watch them grow up!
it was fun to see him again.
Now, me, I can't sleep over at my friends house, I wear earplugs and it's still too loud! Teenagers, big dogs, etc etc - mayhem! but fun loving mayhem... Please be sure to post some pictures of him sometime! It's so fun to watch them grow up!
scott-in-scottsdale
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I don't know yet if I'm going to be on the show. Results of the audition are pending.
my Sunday six
1. I made Olga's chocolate cake from the post up above for the neighbor boy who has been helping me with yard work. he won't take pay, so I bake.
2. planted. picture perfect weather.
3. planted some more.
4. took a break and had peach sangria on the sunny front porch with 2 friends and solved our worldly problems in an hour.
5. thought about all that still needs to be planted--I need an intervention
6. I don't want to go to work tomorrow.
1. I made Olga's chocolate cake from the post up above for the neighbor boy who has been helping me with yard work. he won't take pay, so I bake.
2. planted. picture perfect weather.
3. planted some more.
4. took a break and had peach sangria on the sunny front porch with 2 friends and solved our worldly problems in an hour.
5. thought about all that still needs to be planted--I need an intervention
6. I don't want to go to work tomorrow.
My Sunday six --
1. "Clean out frig" flat burrito: last whole wheat flatbread, sauteed remains of 1/2 red onion, end of the organic pinto beans with cumin and coriander, shredded colby jack/cheddar cheese, 4 baby red potatoes (steamed in micro and sliced), last 2 strips of bacon (crisped and crumbled), last 2 eggs over easy, topped with green tomatillo sauce, fresh cilantro leaves, and grape tomatoes rolled around on the griddle to warm.
2. 7-grain goodness bread, altered with 1/3 C apple butter in place of applesauce and 2 TBL of Barley Malt syrup in place of honey. We'll definitely be keeping those tweaks.
3. OMG, those Roman gnocchi are heaven. Turned out EXACTLY like the photo. I don't even want to think how many calories were in there.
4. Angie's baked eggplant parmesan with tiny eggplants. Their crunchiness went well with the creaminess of the gnocchi.
5. Brined chicken breast...always manage to consistently overcook this sucker on the stovetop. Even with a probe in them. Pulled off at 160, but the temp still rose to 180 and rubbery. I didn't even want chicken, but felt obligated to balance the opulence of the gnocchi with something quasi-healthy. That'll teach me.
6. I haven't killed the strawberry/basil/tomato plants yet!
???: Food-related musing: considering pulling my quirky stories into a blog site, just so they're all in one spot. Not sure I want to go through all the work it takes.
1. "Clean out frig" flat burrito: last whole wheat flatbread, sauteed remains of 1/2 red onion, end of the organic pinto beans with cumin and coriander, shredded colby jack/cheddar cheese, 4 baby red potatoes (steamed in micro and sliced), last 2 strips of bacon (crisped and crumbled), last 2 eggs over easy, topped with green tomatillo sauce, fresh cilantro leaves, and grape tomatoes rolled around on the griddle to warm.
2. 7-grain goodness bread, altered with 1/3 C apple butter in place of applesauce and 2 TBL of Barley Malt syrup in place of honey. We'll definitely be keeping those tweaks.
3. OMG, those Roman gnocchi are heaven. Turned out EXACTLY like the photo. I don't even want to think how many calories were in there.
4. Angie's baked eggplant parmesan with tiny eggplants. Their crunchiness went well with the creaminess of the gnocchi.
5. Brined chicken breast...always manage to consistently overcook this sucker on the stovetop. Even with a probe in them. Pulled off at 160, but the temp still rose to 180 and rubbery. I didn't even want chicken, but felt obligated to balance the opulence of the gnocchi with something quasi-healthy. That'll teach me.
6. I haven't killed the strawberry/basil/tomato plants yet!
???: Food-related musing: considering pulling my quirky stories into a blog site, just so they're all in one spot. Not sure I want to go through all the work it takes.
amanda_pennsylvania
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I'll have to check out Dollhouse, although I hear it's going to be cancelled.
I have no idea why Joss Whedon agreed to work with Fox again, after what they did to Firefly.
I have no idea why Joss Whedon agreed to work with Fox again, after what they did to Firefly.