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rec me a recipe...
… that I can make using my new mandoline. Pommes Anna was the first thing that came to mind, but there are so few ingredients in it -- I really doubt that vegan margarine can adequately take the place of butter here. (For anyone surfing through, I'm not a vegan, I just have a severe dairy allergy ( Read more... ) -
nostalgia
Spent a couple hours this afternoon perusing this year's Yuletide. And as the charge ran low on my laptop and I closed it, I felt an overwhelming swell of nostalgia for Yuletides past. For just a moment, it was 2006 again or 2007, and we were all the people that we were back then, and fandom was what it was -- and then the moment passed, and the ( Read more... ) -
I hired Jane Smiley...
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attention, internet!
I just learned the secret to delicious roasted pumpkin seeds -- blanch them in boiling water for five minutes before roasting.
It made such a huge difference to the texture! The outer part (husk? shell?) turns out so light and crispy this way!
This changes everything.
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next week!
THE
INEVITABLE
GLADIATOR
EPISODEMy most favorite ridiculous trope ever! Every sci-fi show has to do it sooner or later, and I savor each and every one of them ( Read more... ) -
Nosferatu (1922) with The Invincible Czars
I saw this nearly a week ago and I've been meaning to post about it ever since. My apologies to anyone in Champaign or Chicago who might have been prompted to see it if I had posted on time! Their tour has now headed back south toward Texas.
Anyway, the Invincible Czars are on tour with screenings of Nosferatu accompanied by live performances of ( Read more... ) -
Love it/Hate it
Love it: Cawston Press rhubarb soda ( Read more... ) -
Steven Universe, "Mr. Greg"
Show, you have killed me. I may never recover from Pearl's song.
(By which I mean I want to watch it over and over and over again, without Kal-El trying to make jokes about it because he is uncomfortable with strong emotions.)
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Probably not what they had in mind?
We drove back from Michigan on Sunday, taking a long detour through small-town Indiana to avoid Chicago traffic. In one particular town, there were a whole bunch of yard signs saying "Pence Must Go ( Read more... )