The Bachelor/ette's Homemaker's Lessons

[Netzach]

KC would be proud of me, I made and brought cannoli to thanksgiving.

Ricotta was a little runny though, I assume you need to get the good shit for it to be right.

 

[Kajira Callista]

KC would be proud of me, I made and brought cannoli to thanksgiving.

Ricotta was a little runny though, I assume you need to get the good shit for it to be right.

you have to strain it in cheese cloth for about half an hour ...because ricotta here is not the same as the one made from goats milk.
Oh, and i am proud

 

[Kajira Callista]

so got a good spaghetti and meatballs recipe?

I'll trade my gumbo recipe for it....

you would have to come watch, i dont cook things like that from recipes, i learned from watching.

 

[graceanne]

Burnt orange peels can give the house a nice christmas-y smell. Also put some cinamon sticks in hot water, and boil them, and the house will smell all cinamon-y. It's great for atmosphere.

 

[snowy ciara]

Most folks who buy a box (or two) of holiday cards have a few left over each year. Then a few years later, you have enough miscellaneous cards that you probably don't need to buy a new box. What I do, is take one of the extra cards, make a list of who received that particular card and the year. So there'll be a heading that says "2004" and a list of names beneath it. Then when I go through the stack of leftover cards, I don't send one to someone who already has that identical card. It's a small thing, I know, but I consider it a flattering personal touch. I don't want my friends and family to think they're just some name on my lost to be ticked off (literally) each winter. This is especially helpful if you buy more than one box each year so that you can have some variety.

 

[Kajira Callista]

Most folks who buy a box (or two) of holiday cards have a few left over each year. Then a few years later, you have enough miscellaneous cards that you probably don't need to buy a new box. What I do, is take one of the extra cards, make a list of who received that particular card and the year. So there'll be a heading that says "2004" and a list of names beneath it. Then when I go through the stack of leftover cards, I don't send one to someone who already has that identical card. It's a small thing, I know, but I consider it a flattering personal touch. I don't want my friends and family to think they're just some name on my lost to be ticked off (literally) each winter. This is especially helpful if you buy more than one box each year so that you can have some variety.

lol i need snowy to come organize my life. Do you think i even know where the box of cards i bought last year is?

 

[rosco rathbone]

It is possible to survive for upwards of 72 hours on a diet of cocktail peanuts. Be sure to get the ones with the peanut in the hat on them; they have more nutrition.

 

[Kajira Callista]

It is possible to survive for upwards of 72 hours on a diet of cocktail peanuts. Be sure to get the ones with the peanut in the hat on them; they have more nutrition.

want me to email you some dinner uncle rosco?

 

[Sir_Winston54]

Slow cookers (aka crockpots) rock. 5-20 minutes preparation time, turn it on, go to work, come home to a complete meal ready to eat.

 

[graceanne]

Slow cookers (aka crockpots) rock. 5-20 minutes preparation time, turn it on, go to work, come home to a complete meal ready to eat.

Yeah, a great recipe for slow cookers is:

4 pork chops
2 cans canned tomotoes, chopped (i prefer italian, then you have to season less)
1 can tomato paste
basil (to taste)
bay leaf

Cook on low all day. By the time you get home the pork chops should be literally falling apart. Serve over noodles with parmesan cheese. Also good with rice, but rice takes longer to cook.

 

[rosco rathbone]

want me to email you some dinner uncle rosco?

I can't eat words!!!!

crock pots=warm mush. yech.

 

[graceanne]

I can't eat words!!!!

crock pots=warm mush. yech.

If it's mush you cooked it too long. or on too high a heat.

 

[Kajira Callista]

I can't eat words!!!!

crock pots=warm mush. yech.

steak pizzaiola

 

[rosco rathbone]

steak pizzaiola

Your "zees" need more pepper but your "a's" melt in the mouth.

 

[Kajira Callista]

Your "zees" need more pepper but your "a's" melt in the mouth.

lol when i say it, it is all Zees and no A's
its a brooklyn thing...like pastafazzzooolll ya know.

 

[catalina_francisco]

Most folks who buy a box (or two) of holiday cards have a few left over each year. Then a few years later, you have enough miscellaneous cards that you probably don't need to buy a new box. What I do, is take one of the extra cards, make a list of who received that particular card and the year. So there'll be a heading that says "2004" and a list of names beneath it. Then when I go through the stack of leftover cards, I don't send one to someone who already has that identical card. It's a small thing, I know, but I consider it a flattering personal touch. I don't want my friends and family to think they're just some name on my lost to be ticked off (literally) each winter. This is especially helpful if you buy more than one box each year so that you can have some variety.

I do that also, and also with postcards. Only problem is now with moving I have lost them somewhere and strongly suspect they are gone forever so will hopefully not double up on anything. If I was more organised and had the time this year I would make our own cards, but maybe next year.

Catalina

 

[rosco rathbone]

lol when i say it, it is all Zees and no A's
its a brooklyn thing...like pastafazzzooolll ya know.

pasta fazool pasta fazool pasta fazzool for breakfast lunch and dinner. That's all we ever had when I was growing up in Bensonhurst. We were poor.

Now my wife makes me whatever I want. Chicken cutlets seven nights a week.

 

[Kajira Callista]

pasta fazool pasta fazool pasta fazzool for breakfast lunch and dinner. That's all we ever had when I was growing up in Bensonhurst. We were poor.

Now my wife makes me whatever I want. Chicken cutlets seven nights a week.

damnit uncle rosco! thinking of how it would sound to hear you say that made soda come out my nose!



edited after keyboard got wiped cause that doesnt make sense but you know what i mean...so i really dont have to edit then do i?

 

[Marquis]

I think there were times in Kenya where I ate Sukimawiki (similar or identical to collard greens) and Ugali (boiled corn meal cake) exclusively for at least a month.

I'm not sure how we rated on US standards, but on Kenyan standards we were not poor.

 

[Kajira Callista]

I think there were times in Kenya where I ate Sukimawiki (similar or identical to collard greens) and Ugali (boiled corn meal cake) exclusively for at least a month.

I'm not sure how we rated on US standards, but on Kenyan standards we were not poor.

pasta fagioli is what my father refers to as peasant food.

 

[Netzach]

aha!
cheesecloth


thank you! next time better.

See what happens when Jews and Protestants dabble?

 

[Kajira Callista]

aha!
cheesecloth


thank you! next time better.

See what happens when Jews and Protestants dabble?

i will come show you next time...just let me know when

 

[Marquis]

pasta fagioli is what my father refers to as peasant food.

I love Italian peasent food. I can get down on crusty bread and bean soup.

 

[Kajira Callista]

I love Italian peasent food. I can get down on crusty bread and bean soup.

ok....you bring the bread....i'll do the rest.

 

[Marquis]

ok....you bring the bread....i'll do the rest.

I gotta bring the bread?!! Jees.