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Good Mood Gig from SAM-e
I was reading a site the other day that led me to another site, that ultimately led me to a site for some special kind of sea salt. The person who’d linked to the sea salt had raved about how excellent and amazing it was, and honestly when it comes to food or food preparation tools, it’s not that hard to get me thinking “I NEED THAT!” So I was reading about this amazing sea salt, and I was seriously thinking about ordering some (I am such a freakin’ lemming), and then I came across a sentence that included the words for the discriminating palate.
I closed the web page.
My palate does not discriminate. I do not have a discerning palate. I have a low-down and dirty pedestrian palate that is attracted to the lowest of the low. Diet Coke. Egg McMuffins. Laffy Taffy.
A few weeks ago, to thank someone for the help they’d given him, Fred ordered a small box of chocolates from his store. They were special, hand-made chocolates that were filled with things like honey from bees exposed only to the Xtabentum Orchid in Central America (I did not make that up). He had nothing that included milk chocolate, because guess who likes milk chocolate and cannot abide the bitterness of dark chocolate?
Me and my pedestrian taste buds.
Of the twelve chocolates he sent, there was only one (Opium: The flavor & aroma without the narcotic) that I liked. Most of them, I just didn’t care for. (The Opium was really good, though – after I ate it, I felt like I’d eaten honeysuckle)
I do believe I’ll stick with Dove chocolates, with the occasional foray into Godiva, thanks.
Okay, recipe-havin’ people. Give me recipes for things to do with cooked, shredded chicken, would you? I made some fabulous Chicken Enchiladas with Creamy Green Chile Sauce last week (a recipe left in my comments – I used flour tortillas, warmed them in the microwave instead of frying them, used cheese only on top of the enchiladas, not inside them, and half as much butter as the recipe calls for), and am planning to make Baked Chimichangas next week. I can always use more suggestions, though – we don’t want to get bored, and we’ve got a LOT of canned chicken.
If you love your dutch oven, please explain to me why it’s better than just a big pot. I always see recipes calling for a dutch oven but I don’t have one and have never used one.
I loved my 6-quart Lodge dutch oven so much that I went and bought a 3-quart dutch oven to use when I don’t need such a big pot!
I love my dutch oven because it heats much quicker and more evenly than my other pots. It’s the perfect size for just about anything I want to use it for. I always use it to make jams and jellies, I boil chickens in it, and at this moment I’ve got black beans soaking in it (I’ll be canning those later). Since I got my dutch oven, I almost never use the big pot I already had.
Everyone else, chime in here – let’s convince Shelly that she needs a dutch oven! 🙂
I watched Four Christmases and Funny People over the weekend…Funny People was the worst movie I have seen in a long time, did not bother to finish it. I have not seen anything I really liked in a while, what are your recent LIKES, REALLY likes, and loves…from this year or years past?
You know, in recent memory the only movie I recall liking (aside from Food, Inc) was Star Trek, which we saw at the theater over the summer. We liked Taken, The Wrestler, Yes Man, Slumdog Millionaire, and Milk. Other than that, I’m truly drawing a blank.
Perennial favorites: Forrest Gump, The Stand (the miniseries), The Shawshank Redemption, When Harry Met Sally, The Bridges of Madison County (it took a couple of viewings before I actually appreciated that one), annnnd… that’s all that comes to mind.
What about you guys? What are YOUR recent and all-time favorite movies?
I swear, you could just about braid that ear floof.
Orange (left) and Blue.
I! HAZ! A! COMPLAINT!
Our front room (one half of which is our living room, and the other half of which goes mostly unused and I’m trying to convince Fred we should turn into another foster kitten room, but I’ve been unsuccessful thus far) gets kind of cold when the weather turns cold, so I have an electric throw on the couch to keep warm. The kittens love to curl up on it whether it’s turned on or not.
Orange, Keebler, and Pink.
Hydrox, Orange, Keebler, and Pink. Blue must have been off doing something important.
Happy Spanky.
Previously
2008: (you’re welcome for that visual)
2007: She’s a force to be reckoned with, that one.
2006: They are NOT OUR CATS. They have owners, damnit, and they’re not us!
2005: No entry.
2004: It is FUCKING cold downstairs in our house.
2003: And then I got the Best Picture EVER Taken.
2002: Fluff? Perhaps. But very entertaining fluff.
2001: “Who’s Robyn?” said the realtor.
2000: “You little bastard!” I yelled, and then ran at him
1999: Through three moves and a name change,
they’ve managed to keep up with me, sending address labels all the way.