mgb, your description of your injury had me all :eek: :eek: 
Hope you feel better soon.
bobbio, they are soooooooo KEE-UTE!
taters, good news on the thyroid! I’m with ya on avoiding surgery!
li-li and muppet, cue Twilight Zone music!
Busy long day here with lunch staff meeting. 
Gotta go pick it up now!
Tupug
Seriously, I like my MiL, but the combination of my SiL and Napanee is toxic. I’m such a big-city snob. And my SiL is so very, very, very obnoxious. I should be grateful that I love all of Mr. Lissar’s family except the woman his brother married. It’s pretty good to only have one person you can’t stand.
Leftover stuff for lunch. It’s still great. I think I’ll make scones tonight or this afternoon so I can use up the double cream. Even I can’t eat the whole pot straight.
CutiePie and Rick are y’all teamin’ up for the gross award this week?
Howdy Y’all! Sneakin’ in a post. I ran by da cave to grab a sammich before goin’ back to work. I got hongry, which is strange considerin’ I did have poke chops and aigs for brekkies and usually that means I don’t get hongry til late in the day.
Supper tonight shall be grilled bacon/cheese burgers. Just cause I want me one.
Ok, time to get back to the grind.
Later Y’all!
Mmmmm… there were leftover strawberry-rhubarb squares in the fridge - the very same ones I had to pass up yesterday because of the upset tummy. Delayed gratification makes everything taste better.
Now I feel all full and sleepy, which is bad because I’ve got three conference calls this afternoon. Ack.
And it’s only his third day here. I told you he’d fit right in. 
I was serious about wanting either izecoobs or ice cubes. Actually, I might be wanting dry ice for my drinks tomorrow. They’re calling for an “Excessive Heat Watch” for the next few days here. WTF? What was wrong with saying it’s going to be unseasonably hot?
Fish tacos. Heh!
I’m making chickern parm and pasta prima vera tonight. I wish I was eating that instead of this crappy microwave dinner…
Working thru lunch again. BYE!
I don’t know, I think that **Rick ** definitely wins… 
Pie, it’s okay as long as you avoid slathering 'em with sour cream.
kai, bobbio, those pix just made me wanna put alllllll the widdoe puppehs and kittehs into a big bowl–them’s so small them’s snacks!
The kittehs should be named Scheisse, Unko, Merde, Sheeba, and Govno!*
*That’s “shit” in German, Japanese, French, Korean and Russian! You’re welcome! Courtesy of this site–teh intarwebs has EVERYTHING!
MBG, ow ow ow! Get bettah!
Mahna[sup]2[/sup], LiLi, that’s so cool–someday I’m gonna run into somebody I know here, I can feel it…
Yay for no surgery, taters!
dogbutler, you know you will anyway, why bother asking? 
{{{Nooner}}}
Rick, where are you located? Are you working now or just looking for another situation?
I’m conscious, barely… Pratchett the cat decided he was in looooooooove with me VERY early this morning and gave me a loooooooove attack, which involves walking on my head, trying to pull my necklace and ring off, eating my books, licking any part of my skin he can find outside the covers (which was a lot at the time due to an inopportune hot flash,) making claw-stuffed biskits on my arm and just generally being a giant bastard. Go ahead, try to sleep through this, I dare ya! I can’t even just launch him off the bed because the monster weighs over 20 lbs and I’d probably sprain my shoulder trying. Stoopid cat! I love him back with the squirt bottle… :smack:
I have yummy chicken marinating in satay right now and I’m gonna grill 'em and serve with some Not Peanut Sauce (SO is allergic to peanuts so I’m substituting cashews) and rice for dinner, mmmmmm… I went shopping last night without having a morsel to eat all day and the cart was stuffed full o’junk food when I got done. Oh well, it’s not something I do ALL the time. Really. Honest. Stop laughing, dammit!
Sure wish this here cawfee contained something a little more peppy than caffeine, I could sure use it… yawn
been there, had that done to me, have the claw marks to prove it…
Smokey thinks if I stir even the littlest bit once the sun has started to rise, that means “breakkies”, and she always wants “mommy biscuits” with her gooshy food. Never mind the fact that the alrm hasn’t gone off yet, or that I haven’t bothered to open my eyes, or that I am trying to get her to lie down again. stoopit kitteh.
=^.^=
I just encountered the “Fish Heads” song for the first time before coming to this thread.
I blame you for cementing it into my skull forevermore.
LiLi, in my experience, when boys get together, we strip down to our bras and panties and have tickle fights, but don’t tell anyone. It’s a Man Secret.
swampy, those pictures are on the internets now, but you’re gonna have to go find them. So there.
Mahna[sup]2[/sup] (god I hope that coding works and I remember to preview!) Strawberry Rhubarb squares?! I’ve never eaten anything with rhubarb but I sure do love me some strawberries! Once peach season is here, I’m going to be covered in peach juice for a month solid. You watch. (peach cobbler time too!)
I went out to Hot Springs last night, about 30 minutes away, and today woke up wanting sushi, but my friend that lives out there was at work. I didn’t want to be the loser who eats sushi by himself, so I ended up going to the taco truck. (Backstory: My car used to terrify me when going over about 50 mph, because of this shaking that reminded me of the last time I had a blowout. Before this trip, the last time I had driven out there was around September of 2006 (to get a birfday present), just because of this fact, but since then I’ve had the alignment checked, tires balanced and rotated and couldn’t think of any LOGICAL reason to be skeered, so I just went for it, and I’m still alive for right now). The ex never trusted the taco truck, so I went because I’ve always been curious about it. The verdict: Nummy!
Following opinions necessary: Eating sushi by yourself = loserville? And what should I cook for dinner? A big pasta bake sounds tasty, but that’s all we ever cook in this house. Something with onions and beef. It’s too hot for a beef stew, as nummy as that sounds. Well, it is rainy today. Maybe beef stew? I’m really good at cooking soups, because they’re usually easy. I had toyed with the idea of osso bucco, just because it’s fun to say and would impress the roommates (and the one other time I made it it was DELICIOUSLY tasty.
Fish heads, fish heads,
Roly-poly fish heads,
Fish heads, fish heads,
Eat 'em up, yum!
I luvs me some Dr. Demento! God, it’s been years…
Eating sushi by yourself, or any meal by yourself, is not “loserville”.
You could make a shepherd’s pie with your meat and onions - or pepper steak and rice. If it’s stew beef, just cook it a long time like stew.
I finally met one of our neighbors! (Our row if 6 townhouses only had 3 units occupied up until a couple weeks ago.) One of our next-door neighbors also works close enough to go home for lunch and it was really nice out so I was sitting out on out patio and he stopped and introduced himself. He looks young (Gah! I’m only 29. I shouldn’t be classifying anyone who’s old enough to own a house as “young”!) but seemed friendly. We’ll have to have them (he mentioned a girl living there too, but I don’t know if she’s an SO or a wife) over for a cookout soon.
If you have the time to do it, go for the osso bucco, donkeybear.
donkeybear, the only thing better than strawberries on their own are strawberries with rhubarb. It’s one of the bestest fruit combinations on earth. These squares were kind of like date squares in that there was a cookie-type layer on the bottom, a fruit layer in the middle, and then crumbly cookie-type stuff sprinkled overtop. HEAVEN.
I’m waiting on peach and plum season to be here, but that’s not til early August most of the time. I make a plum and almond cake that’s to die for, but I think it would be nice and tasty with peaches.
I shall post when the season is upon us, because I want to test it out first to make sure it’s as good as I think it would be (it’s the kind of sacrifice that I feel I must make for the sake of Mumpers, because I’m a giver like that). 
Also, sushi is one of the best things to eat when you’re on your own. Just sit at the bar and if it’s not too busy, you can chat up the chef to keep yourself entertained… totally not loserville.
taxi, yay for nice-looking neighbours. Now you know whose door to knock on if you run out of sugar!
donkeybear, eating sushi by yourself is one of the chief joys in life–you don’t have to share and you don’t have to get anything you don’t like.
Mmm, beef stew–here’s my recipe, which works equally well with lamb:
Nom Nom Stew
Chunks of beef or lamb
Flour, seasoned with salt and pepper
Olive or vegetable oil
Lots of sliced thin onions – 4 cups or so
4-5 cloves of garlic
Small can of tomato sauce
cheap red wine
Fresh oregano
Bay leaf
Orange peel
Baby carrots
N.O.T. – yukon gold, red or russet, in small chunks
Assload of thick sliced crimini mushrooms
Dredge meat in flour and brown in oil–don’t crowd the pan or overheat, remove meat to plate. On medium high, saute the onions, scraping every last bit of flour from the pan and stirring often. Get the onions next thing to caramelized, add the garlic, chopped roughly. Add the tomato sauce and stir well, then add a whole bunch of cheap red wine, enough to cover the meat when you add that back in, which you do at this time. Add oregano, bay leaf and orange peel (fresh is best but dried will do in a pinch. Don’t be shy, get a couple good tablespoons in there.) Get the entire mixture up to boiling, then cover tightly with aluminum foil, then the lid of the pot and bake in a 350-400[sup]o[/sup] oven for 2 hours or so. Stir once or twice, watch out for steam burns when you take the foil off.
When the stew has thickened up nicely, add the mushrooms, N.O.T. and carrots, cover again and bake for another 45 mins-1 hour. Season to taste with kosher salt and pepper. If you wanna be really slutty, serve in bread bowls but definitely accompany with fresh sourdough bread in one form or another because otherwise you’ll be licking the bowls and that’s just tacky.
Alternately, since you specify onions and beef, try doing something similar to the above but omit the tomato sauce, use dark beer instead of wine, add a bunch of thin sliced red bell pepper along with the onions and simmer over the stove for 45 minutes instead of baking, then serve over rice. Carrots and mushrooms are optional on this one, dump the taters and the orange peel. Also nom nom.
I’m home! Ok, home with some work to do, but still I get to do it at home in shorts, so it’s like bein’ home except workin’ comfortably.
donkeybear a’ searchin’ I shall go. I was gonna second Rebo’s suggestion for the pepper steak but after readin’ SmartiePant’s idea below that nummy soundin’ recipe for beef stew, I say do that now. Ima do that real soon myself.
gotti yep, Rick does fit in here real nice. “Excessive Heat Watch” is just a purtier way of sayin’ “Dang Hot!”
And now for the news from swampland…
Remember how I said I got headhunted? Well, can you say, headhunted big time? I got a call a little bit ago from the president of the Board of Directors for the HfH that contacted me. They want to meet me Monday and not just sit and talk with me meet, I mean big time MEET! They asked if I could be there at nine a.m. where I will talk with a couple folks from HfH International which is located in Americus (that’s where this HfH gig is by the way, except it’s the local not the International), get shown around, meet the staff, be shown the daily operational stuff and all that jazz. Then, lunch with the BOD so we can talk about what they and I think. That’s what I call BIG TIME MEET. Wouldn’t y’all agree? Did I mention that I had a telephone conversation (interview?) with the president and another board member Monday? I talked with 'em for about half an hour and got the impression that they really, really, really were interested in me. Guess this proves it.
MOOOOOM might be right… this could give me the big haid.
Nah… just makes me feel real good to be pursued like this. Also, I am awfully intrigued. See, one of the things I got told Monday was that the ED they had was “asked” to resign a couple months ago and that they’d been workin’ hard to clear up some stuff before starting to look for a new ED. They also told me they want to find someone ASAP.
Hmmmmmm… da bear is intrigued. Very intrigued.
I’m in Southern California. A little over a year ago, my company came out with a early retirement offer, and I took the pile of money and ran. Well the time has come for me to go get gainfully employed again. I’ve done some consulting, but it is time for me to get a regular gig.
I spoke with this dealership about 3 weeks ago, and they are very interested, and want me, but we have to work out the money issues, plus what to do with the guy I would be replacing.
Today’s meeting went well, and I think we are making progress. We are going to talk again next week.
Cross your fingers.
You know, most of the Husbands would agree with you. And that scares me.
That reminds me- Mr. Lissar’s sensei refers to some kind of wrestling as ‘hot’n’sweaty man love’. Filipino? No? Can’t remember.
Mr. Lissar has spoken. (the man who hates almost all baked goods) I’m baking the nice, simple Laurie Colwin butter cake, and we’re eating it with jam and a whole pot of double cream. I don’t think it will be necessary to make dinner, which is good, because I have no idea what to make. Of course, he’d just eat the cream straight. I’m not that hardcore.
I have added an addendum to your recipe that I feel is necessary. That does sound nummy (om nom nom nommy?)! I’ve never made beef stew before, but I am tonight. So what if we won’t be eating until midnight?! Question, though, quantities of meat? I’m probably going to make a huuuge pot so I’m thinking about 2 pounds. And does this recipe really not need any beef stock? That doesn’t seem like enough liquid. And I’ll probably end up changing it to carrots that I cut up myself, because I don’t like the weird roundedness of baby carrots. I’m weird like that.
I started my hunt by going to foodnetwork.com and looking for a recipe by Alton Brown, but his is the most complicated one I think I’ll ever lay eyes upon! I think that he’s lying about total time required, it’s got to be at least 48 hours, once you include washing all the dishes that it would require.
The beef and onions requirement basically had to do with the fact that I love chopping onions since my birfday gift of this knife (although I thought mine was an 8 incher, guess guys are just prone to overexaggerate tool length). Anyway it seems kind of gimmicky, but it hasn’t dulled yet and it makes chopping vegetables a dream. Ya can’t use it to cut bones though, which was OK when I got it because I was a vegetarian.
So, since we have a poorly stocked pantry,
Shopping list:
Basically everything in the recipe except flour, salt and oil