happy late night!

lisa!

Lisa!
Fascinating as ever!

Hey Suzanne! Happy Tuesday. Ordered your potassium iodide yet?

i can’t take it.. i have graves disease that was treated with radiation to supress so am ineligible to take the pk…. and that only helps with thyroid cancer prevention….

Lisa! I love the old computers that are so huge. Amazing.

Where is Spoko?? He should be here! Just up his alley..

Right. I am stockpiling ice cream. So much for “Happy Cows are California Cows”This is gonna really hurt the grass fed cattle industry and Humboldt dairies..and fishing. One of my girlfriends who gre up in Austria says that even a few years ago you couldnt pick mushrooms in the forest.

Demi, my parents worked for SDC (System Develeopment Corp, a division of RAND) in Santa Monica, largest supercomputer aside from that at the Pentagon in the 1960s, Five stories including the cooling system.

I love the original Star Trek, I watched when I was little in after school day care.

I don’t know, but Kirk was just downstairs. Heh. Gawd, I’m funny.

I am fascinated that the Strib says Scott Walker must skulk around behind side doors and decoy cars.

I wonder if they are American made cars, you know made by unions…

Hoping we can still grow our garden here in the Bay area.. Damn that would hurt… We love our bounty from our garden…

When I was in high school, I was home every friday night at 9:00 to watch Star Trek.
My mom appreciated it, she didn’t have to worry if I ws out getting into trouble.

Now, that’s big! Our cell phones are getting to be almost as small as the communicators they used on ST.

California rice, fresh fruit Washington apples maybe the salmon pacific tuna and shrimp? World wide starvation might happen and why are people still hungry in Japan after how many days?

I think the space program is really cool because we can learn stuff from it, but considering the job we’ve done here, I don;t think we should really be thinking about going to other planets! And maybe we should work on cleaning things up and making stuff run better here!

If I had my way, he would have to crawl back under a rock.

Plastic sheets to prevent rain water from getting on crops might work if the crops are given ground water assuming the sheets are put up before the wind carries the radiation here.

Tang!

Sometimes I got to stay up late to watch it (like if my mom fell asleep with theTV on). the first episode I ever saw was the one where Kirk and Spock end up on Earth in the 1960s, and some woman turned into a black cat…It had terri garr in it.

If I had my way, he would have to crawl back under a rock.

I think its a bridge Walker seems like a troll to me:)

World. of. Hurt.

The new Navy commercial promotes the Navy as peaceful rescue group.

Funny Walker had no other ideas to fix the budget tax pot, release non violent prisoners, summer school I’m sure heating Wisconsin schools in winter costs a bunch, demand banks pay the state those fees and back fees plus interest for title of home transfers, hemp text books for schools that last longer would save schools money and create more income for local farms that could be taxed.
Push that cheese products be banned and only real cheese be used nation wide.

Love the original Star Trek episodes, but I’ve a soft spot for the film moment of “I…have…had…enough…of…you….”

Pretty much sums up my attitude toward all things Rethuglican and Tea Party ignorance.

I wish I had some stockpiled ice cream right now. I made a version of hoppin’ john–rice, black-eyed peas and spinach.

I don’t want to live in interesting times.

Per “Food News You Can Use” I’m going to buy two cases of canned tomatoes. And I’m digging up my front yard (full sun) for a victory garden this summer. I’m scared.

The new Navy commercial promotes the Navy as peaceful rescue group.

Brilliant timing/s I’m sure our fleet doing nothing in Bahrain will help that ad campaign. Did the same Ad firm that came up with GM SUV commercials when gas prices are high and going higher make that pitch?

I don’t think we have a choice

I don’t dispute that; just said I don’t want to. There is an endless list of things I don’t want but don’t have any choice about.

Hemp text books would be great, were it not for the revisions that get made so schools have to buy new books–though maybe for elemetary schools that’s different than in the upper grades.

3 ring binder just replace the pages you need too:)

CA tourism ad just played on NY TV. They forgot to mention to come & visit before teh radiation cloud gets there.

On a similar tack, I saw this today and loved it. I have been tempted to post it to my online gender class, but am afraid it might offend someone.

Funny thing we have been talking about one of our front lawns as the grass there is all dying… More space ta grow more veggies.. yeah!! Of course that is if there is no radioactive fallout here..

Hemp any books, hemp clothing, the uses are endless. One of the great scams perpetrated on America by the timber/paper industry was the de-legalization of hemp.

Books would still survive, like, oh, say, the Declaration of Independence, instead of crumbling into dust in a decade or so.

If it was good enough for the Founders….

I don’t want to live in interesting times.

Good instincts it sounds exciting until you think about or live through it. Its a Chinese and Persian curse the wording is a bit different in the Persian version but I can’t remember the exact wording.

Not going to stay up this evening. Still recovering from the weekend. I know I’m getting older since it takes much longer to recover than it used to. Night all.

night margaret. sleep well!

Gnite Margaret.

Dig it up, fertilize and plant. I’m really going to do it this year. I’ve always had cherry tomatoes and basil (huge basil) but we need to expand. Now that MsCE is in the neighborhood, she wants to help.

g’nite margaret

A few months ago I filled a catalogue case with emergency foodstuff including 4 boxes of matzos for what to spread the peanut butter on.

Probably perpetrated by the Koch brothers’ daddy or granddaddy…the root of their fortune?

On that cynical note…g’night, pups.

Night! I know the feeling. One of the reasons I do not drink much these days.

i was trying to think what my fave star trek episode was.

Post it who is going to get offended men who prefer masturbation to Women? For Gay Men this doesn’t apply to them, religious types well even married women need medical attention.

Reading David Gerrold’s book about writing The Trouble with Tribbles (same title, fyi) taught me a lot (as a kid) about screenwriting and Hollywood. It’s a classic

Until tonight, I would have thought that not necessary. Now …

g’nite prairie

Conservatives. This is Montana we are talking about and some of the students seem perhaps a bit that way. There is also the issue of inappropriate language.

I started cooking & preserving 2-3 years ago. I’m single. Turns out I can cook faster than I can eat. Assuming my electricity stays on, I prolly have enough food in the house for months. Maybe 4-5 at a stretch.

I food shop about once/month and I now like to cook. It’s hard to work down the inventory with that kind of routine. Right now I’m working on reducing stuff in my chest freezer, as it hasn’t been defrosted since I bought it. It’s not so bad, but I figure I should do it every 3 years just so it doesn’t build up too much.

Why is Anderson Cooper standing on a damn street corner as opposed to being in a studio where he might be privy to breaking information?

I should also point out that it is illegal for me as a state employee to engage in political activity while at work or while engaged in my official activities and i think this would probably cross that line.

I’m not watching, but wherever he is, he gets breaking news thru his ear piece, and on his other mobile devices.

During one Thanksgiving, great grandma and the whole family watched Star Trek.

Don’t get me wrong I will be planting… In fact my next crop of Snow Peas are just breaking ground.. And last year I purchased an electric Mantis tiller to go along with our Solar installation… No gas to worry about and is free to run on a sunny day… How can ya lose??

Cuz he has people ot tell him what’s up. Plus AC looks cute on the corner.

Time for me to toddle off. Take care all.

Yay! I’m gathering seeds (God, are they Monsanto free?) for lots of radishes and lettuces.

g’nite dr dick

A health service warning? Maybe this attitude is why young people leave the state? Something needs to be done to stem the tide of young people leaving the state? Think of it as doing what the state tourism board does try and sell the state but instead of bringing new people into the state you are trying to keep young people already in the state.
Talk to your dean or the schools lawyers? Accuse the State of being PC and look for GOP professors doing something similar?

night dr dick!

Niters DrDick.

Well, Cooper’s show his evening is a disjointed mess.

He might as well be on a street corner in Burnt Stump, Iowa.

Gods, I crave ice cream. Always.

Oh, I’m getting some right now — Trader Joe’s vanilla bean.

eCAHN, have you ever made homemade ice cream?

I do love vanilla bean, the little seeds are so pretty and vaguely crunchy, a nice texture in the cold fluffy fat.

i flipped over to msnbc.. they are not rerunning the lo’d show and are airing live from japan… lot more info than cnn

AC got that huge Jupiter bump when he braved the elements during Katrina.

No. Have you?

I’ve thought about it recently when I saw a segment on gelato on foodnetwork. But again, being single, I could hardly eat a full recipe before it got freezer burn, not to mention special equipment that I don’t need more of.

I don’t eat a lot of sweets anyhow.

Maybe you could be the taste tester if the neighbor kids are doing the project. You know, quality control.

BTW, Lisa, since you seem to be much more of an ice cream fan than I am, if you decide to make it, you might search out a really rich recipe. I heard from a dessert chef years ago that it must contain eggs, so that’s one thing to look for in the recipe.

foodnetwork is ALL about big flavors in every type of food. It seems to be the IN thing these days. So I try a new recipe, take some big flavor stuff out of the freezer, then finally, after a week, I must have just plain food. So I spend a couple of days eating plain seared meat, steamed vegie, potato or rice with no additional flavor. It’s kind of funny.

I’ve had ‘homemade’ ice cream in places where the butterfat content wasn’t regulated by law, it spoiled me so’s I can take or leave most ice cream, mostly I pass on it. Frozen custard loaded with butterfat = BFF!

That’s very funny. Almost every chef on foodnetwork does the taste test during the food prep. Iron Chef Anne Burrell is the only one I’ve seen refer to it as ‘quality control.’ She’s a hoot.

Flavors are getting their propers now that most eaters don’t smoke, so it takes more than salt, garlic, or sugar to make the palate happy.

I’m going to have to see Iron Chef America and check out her cooking style. I and a friend would watch the original show which we both thought was extremely witty and amusing.

I find the better the food tastes, the less I eat. Better tasting food is more satisfying. I first learned that with cookies. If I buy a package at the store, no matter how high quality, I eat the whole the whole thing in a day or two. If I bake my own cookies, it takes me over a week to eat the batch, and that includes giving some away.

evening, lisa … firegods

‘Evening PPDCUS.

evening, mzchief

I’ve made ice cream before, using a small machine, it’s pretty yummy. And I agree wiht you that the better food tastes, the less I eat. Though I have to neve have any kind of cookie in the house–homemade or other wise. They will be gone in no time. I have no control wiht cookies.

I like her techniques. Today she did a rib eye steak. Dry rub (forget the ingredients), into the fridge for 2-3 days, wipe off excess rub, bring it to room temp, cook quickly to med rare.

I’ve been buying more expensive cuts of beef just to make sure that it tastes great. But her method makes less expensive cuts sound good.

Rest of recipe was mandolin sliced potatoes arranged to be pretty in frying pan that was baked, & broccoli rabe blanched, then seared with EVOO & garlic. I love regular broccoli, but the one time I tried broccoli rabe, it was too bitter. But maybe her recipe is worth trying.

My cookie downfall is Girl Scout thin mints. Never opened a package that wasn’t gone in an eyeblink.

No GS in my current environment so I haven’t had any for years.

I have made chocolate shortbread with mint flavoring, though. And like the other cookies I’ve made, it took me a long time, and giveaways, to finish the batch.

I found YouTube videos of Anne Burrell on the Food Network. She’s fun. I’m digging her kitchen design. She does beautiful work.

I love thin sliced potatoes layered wiht a little horseradish and then some whole milk poured over, baked. You can mix it up by adding cheese and/or minced garlic and/or onions.

I learned the very same thing after living in France for a summer: when I came back I started putting on weight b/c I ‘required’ more of the unsatisfying food here to satisfy that part of my brain I guess. I stopped eating cookies, sweets, and desserts decades ago — but I eat dark chocolate all day every day.

All this food talk is making me hungry.

which I find both fascinating, and most illogical ….

I enjoy her style, flamboyant but fun :-)

Oooo. Wonder how a Sage Derby cheese would be with that. Yeah, I think will work. Won’t need the garlic or onions.

;-)

dark chocolate is a health food!

Mandolin is on my list of kitchen gadgets to buy.

I did try a similar recipe to the one she did, only hand sliced with rosemary. So the slices were thicker, and it didn’t come out of the pan (serving platter over the top & upside down it) the way it should to look pretty. Tasted great, however.

Horseradish is moving way up on my flavor list. For some reason, I had a prejudice against it. But I had an old jar in the fridge, was told it loses pungency, so decided to use it up as a rub on broiled steaks. Got to like it a lot, so will try it on potatoes.

Ha! Girl Scout Thin Mints! I ate two of the cookies (many decades ago), left the box on the DR table, went out for the evening. Came back late, all the cookies were gone, never knew if the dog or the cat ate them, or both, no crumbs, no mess (so I knew it wasn’t me who ate them!), and I don’t think the box moved a millimeter.

Maybe the broccoli rabe needed to be picked a bit earlier. I had access to a mature asparagus bed and the fresh cuttings I got made the guests think I was a gourmet chef.

My late mom used to fix a roast beef coated with some horseradish; she called it Wild Irish Roast, but I never knew why. Is horseradish big in Ireland, I wonder?

I only eat health food, but none of it’s aka ‘health food’. I probably don’t eat anything aka ‘health food’.

That’s very funny.

I just read Burrell’s wiki & discovered she went to college in my home town, Buffalo. Small world.

OMG Thin Mints. But GS cookies are so over-packaged now, plastic wrapped plastic trays…kind of a bummer. Fewer cookies now too. Someone brought over Samoas (the peanut butter chocolate covered ones) which were okay, but thin mints rule.

eCAHN — We’ll use the transporter to beam all of our fresh picked California produce into your kitchen without a two day freight delay. West Coast will seem as close to the Hudson as in that old New Yorker cover.

Yeah, hundreds of years later we finally figure out that the organic pre-chocolate base ingredient is super high in anti-oxidants, B vitamins, iron, etc. I saute organic pepitas in tamari, let them cool then mix and it’s surprisingly good.

How are LoudounLib? I’ve now gone through two of her videos. I think she’s right on about loving your food.

Did you like it?

I tried a roast beef recently, but I don’t have the right technique & it was too tough.

I’m outta here. Great food talk but bed beckons. Gnite all.

A buffalonian? Are you still around this part of the world?

g’nite ecahn

Make that a double.

whoops, just saw your next post eCAHN, have a nice night.

Nope. Mid-Hudson & NYC.

Night Suz.

I did like it, was a big hit with the family. G’nite eCAHN.

how far east are you, mzchief?

Sounds like a candidate for a longer, slow cook technique like brisket.

Niters eCAHN (and eCAHNstance).

hello, fine here and how about you? And yes, I agree with that as well. She is inspiring me to do and learn more.

I went with the transporter idea as I am West Coast. :-)

night eCahn

so we don’t need no stinkin’ transporter, do we?

I have an extensive collection of cookbooks from a career long ago. The best recent cookbook that I’ve found is Ratio by Michael Ruhlman The simple codes behind the craft of everyday cooking

be back later …

Pretty good. Tried a dash of turmeric as a natural coloring agent (in the oil) on white onions today and that worked out nicely. Yeah, I was once encouraged to be a chef but I didn’t think I had the on demand creativity. Also, doing it professionally is amazingly hard work and long hours. It’s something you do in your 20s and early 30s then back off the crazy hours and standing on your feet. Chefs also do all the supplies, management and health regs too. I try to be exceptionally appreciative to all service staff as these are not cake walk jobs and go to small independent restaurants supporting a the food creatives.

Someone mentioned turmeric in one of the threads a few days ago, as a pain reliever — wish I could remember the formula. Was something like turmeric in warm milk with something else. It was LS (or lsls as she is here now) who brought it up.

I’m with you, I much prefer to patronize the small local places around here, and there are so many good ones!

OK, so we transporter the eCAHN if we have the West Coast kitchen and goodies. ;-)

Most ingredients regardless of their provenance have none of the sacred flavors we either remember from childhood or have only heard about. Modern soil is indistinguishable from barren, it requires supplements like we do as vitamins. So good food and good cooking depend entirely on technique. It’s worth learning…

Agreed!

I got the basics of cooking and baking from grandma and mom, a thousand years ago, but then 27+ years of shift work ensued as an adult, plus the single life, and I’ve fallen away from cooking. I really want to get back into it.

Hey! I too like this TV show you all seem to know.

One gentleman I know eats it everyday for joint health.

Nahant was wondering where you were given the subject matter … ;-)

hey c’mon upstairs y’all, Suz has some cool music :-)

My niece’s husband was the chef and part owner of a hugely popular Cajun restaurant in Charlotte, in his 40′s he developed arthritis in his ankles, had to quit. (Maybe if he hadn’t played basketball in his leisure time he could have lasted into his 50′s.)

There are at least three culinary schools here. Others I’ve met had enjoyed evening practicums that show how to prepare a special meal soup-to-nuts. Team cooking can be a lot of fun. I’ve sous chefed and kept the equipment and work space clean. The cooks really dig that. I think of it as a safety thing and one less thing for them to worry about so they can pull out all the stops on being creative.

My mother was a superior cook and even more of a food snob. Her mother owned a ‘resort’ hotel in the Catskill Mts. in the 1920′s, so cooking was more than important. My mother wanted me to be a chef, she said I could work in Florida in the winters and in NY in the summers — she probably figured I’d thereby provide for her in her old age. I’ve learned to be imaginative, I stopped eating meat in 1991, and I’ve learned to love good food. I haven’t eaten out (at restaurants) in two years. I don’t miss it.

Wow– occupational hazard case-in-point.

I’m heading upstairs. :-)

Hey– ya’ll come on up too if you like!

The times we live in are a bit too interesting and waaaay too fascinating. I can’t even watch dramatic movies any more… too much adrenaline. Only comedies, because I need to laugh.