Zed?

Christy!

Ha.

Good morning.

Don’t care about Superbowl food but anyone have a recipe for good old fashioned white or devil’s food cake from scratch?

good morning

Velveeta, who knew the wonders of nondairy cheese?

Good Morning, Martha Stewart’s web site has some interesting recipes.

Moring Christy, morning pups -

This was in my inbox this morning:

Thank you for taking the time to write and for your contribution.

Sandeep was not speaking for Darcy or for the campaign when he said what he said. If we are going to reclaim our country and right its course, it will take a broad-based movement, including the blogs, working together to get it done.

We are truly sorry that a part-time political consultant associated with this campaign said things to a college student which reflects poorly on Darcy and her campaign. Please know that they do not reflect her views.

We hope for your continued support. Please feel free to contact the campaign at anytime.

I replied and suggested that they make a public statement.

I suggest a stuffed artichoke stuffed with other veggies instead of breadcrumbs

these eat like potatoe chips and are Ideal for superbowl gnosh (spelling?)

I might even pull off the hearts and stem and serve them in another hewer duver

Flour, water, eggs, baking soda, sugar, and whatever flavor you want.

Proportions? That’s the other guy’s problem.

In the sequel to “Catch 22″ Milo Minderbinder corners the world market for “cheese products.”

I got the same thing & deleted it, as I thought it was a weak response.

With culinary advisers like you …

Mexican Cheesecake dip

1/2 cup boiling water
2 tsp chicken bouillon
Three 8-ounce packages cream cheese, at room temperature
1 and 1/2 tsp chili powder
1 tsp taco sauce
2 large eggs
4 ounce can diced chiles, squeezed dry
salsa to top cheesecake

1- Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray 9-inch springform pan with cooking spray.

2- In a small bowl, mix water and bouillon.

3- In a large bowl, blend cream cheese, chili powder, and taco sauce until smooth. Add eggs and beat well. Blend in chicken bouillon mixture. Stir in chiles.

4- Pour mixture into prepared pan. Bake 30 minutes. Remove from oven and cool 15 minutes. Slide a knife around the edge of the pan and remove ring. Top with desired salsa. Can be served warm or at room temperature. Serve with tortilla chips or corn chips for dipping.

A devil’s food cake recipe with cocoa and fudge frosting.
INGREDIENTS:
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
1 1/3 cups granulated sugar
1 1/4 cups milk, scalded
2 cups cake flour, sifted or stirred before measuring
1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup shortening
3 eggs
1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract
PREPARATION:
Grease two 9-inch layer cake pans and line bottoms with wax paper. Grease wax paper. Sift the cocoa with 1/3 cup sugar; pour into the milk gradually; stir until well blended. Set aside to cool. Sift together flour, remaining 1 cup sugar, soda, and salt.

Add shortening and half of the cooled cocoa and milk mixture. Beat at medium speed of an electric hand-held mixer. Add eggs, vanilla, and remaining cocoa and milk mixture. continue beating for about 2 minutes, scraping bowl with a spatula occasionally. Pour into prepared pans. Bake at 350° for 25 to 30 minutes. Cool in the pans for 5 minutes; turn out on racks and peel off paper. Cool and frost devil’s food cake as desired.

Good Morning!

mMmmmm food.

twolf, that looks like a pretty nice dish to bring to the table. mMmm

Thanks very much. Will try it out next weekend & let you know. Have you made it?

oh much thanks ,i lurvvvve French Cocoa powder

Slightly OT, but I’ve been wondering about this:

The Rezko trial for Bribes, Kickbacks and Extortion begins on February 25, 2008. The unvetted Obama is running for president in 2008. There has been zero investigation of this story. Obama has repeatedly been caught not telling the truth about his transactions with Rezko. Republicans are aware of Rezko and will use this story against Obama if he ever became the Democratic nominee. [Check out what right-wingers Tucker Carlson and Andrew Ferguson have to say about the Obama/Rezko house deal.]

Here’s the link.

We could also discuss recipes for the Rezko trial, no?

superbowl? what’s that?

BTW, I believe the prosecutor will be our hero Patrick Fitzgerald.

Yeah, Fitz!

twolf, that looks like a pretty nice dish to bring to the table. mMmm

I have never made it before but, if i can find the time, plan to give it a try tomorrow.

I have not, but it was at the top of the “Devils’ Food Cake” Google list :))

Ha.

Was going to snark too, but was too close to the top of the thread to ruin the party.

Just getting into the newly purchased In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan. The Velveeta™ comments bring to mind several of his maxims:

1. Don’t eat anything your great grandmother wouldn’t recognize as food.

2. Avoid food products containing ingredients that are a) unfamiliar, b) unpronounceable, c) more than five in number, or that include d) high-fructose corn syrup.

Pretty sure the *cheese* in question fits all those qualifiers. *G*

Never watched a stupid bowl and never will. Just a waste of time and resources… a distraction and another way to keep em dumb.

Now opera is another story altogether. Can’t snake at the opera though. hahaha But the Met is doing HDTV broadcasts so whose knows!

Waccamaw, I think that it was the New Yorker Book of Dog Cartoons but I will try to find it.

cant find my recipe,but this looked good

http://www.cooks.com/rec/doc/0…..96,00.html

I know we’re trying to keep it light for the super bowl but just to mention, I hope we start some action regarding that telecom bill after the super bowl, I am incensed they will be able to cover up their crimes and keep their booty

Bean Dip for Doritos:

2 cans of Refried Beans
1 large tub of Sour Cream
1 package of El Paso Taco Seasoning Mix
1 large package of Shredded Cheddar

This will be baked in a throw-away tin foil pan (if you hate to do dishes after a party like me) or a nice baking serving dish.

Line the bottom of the pan with refried beans. Sprinkle the El Paso seasoning mix on top and gently work into the beans. Next, layer the sour cream and last, but not least, spread all the cheese on top. Bake at 325 degrees for about 20 minutes. Serve with Doritos. Best dip, IMO.

Around here, a standard appetizer would be ring bologney and cheese

What is superbowl?

Just another day of waiting for Pitchers and Catchers to report for spring training.

snark?

Football is one of the things that if it were to disappear off the face of the earth, I wouldn’t notice—except for maybe my spouse would come out of the library/tv room more often. That I’d notice.

How about recipes for watching Super Duper Tuesday results?

I’ll be in mourning this weekend, probably watching the game but still wearing my Packers stuff. We didn’t play well enough to beat the Giants, and I’ll be pulling for them as best I can.

Sander – i guess you are just a superior being

mmmm sounds delicious
good morning christy
iphone from plane
ready for takeoff
egregious

We’ve got these gianormous squirrels in the backyard (the Bride has been feeding them apples and nuts all winter).

I think they’re getting ready to attack.

Is it me or did C&L just lose a week?

by the way, who are most people pulling for ?

/me wants the giants just because it would be one of the greatest upsets in sports history

safe traves eg. Off to a new life!

Yeah I saw that too

of course that was :

safe travels eg. Off to a new life!

I have to admit I watch a lot more football than opera. Maybe opera would be more fun to watch if the cast split up and smashed into each other after each song.

Gints!

can you imagine if the giants won?

this would be exactly what the administration is waiting for, something to take the front page for a week or two, maybe even a month if they really have to hide current events

It’s not just you RevDeb

Thanks for the last paragraph about election parties, as I too have no desire to spend an afternoon watching armored men trot on and off the field for a few minutes at a time. Now, if it were the All Blacks playing rugby, count me in. They go in for the whole round and you can actually see who the player is without looking for a number. And there is nothing like watching Daniel Carter or Richie McCaw.

Anyway, someone was asking for a devil’s food cake recipe. You must try Nigella Lawson’s Guinness cake….it is chocolaty and rich and wonderful. I googled it and came up with this site that had the recipe:
http://littlebouffe.blogspot.c…..-cake.html

Will be near a B&N this coming week and can check to see if on shelves; similar books for cats look like fun presents for my feline friends. Thankee.

Do you think our Eli is Eli Manning?

yeah, it must be

I regard all spectator sports are boring. How could one watch some durg-addicted wife beaters bashing each other or playing with little sticks & roundoid objects when one could be reading a book or going to the opera (SanderO) instead? And that includes watching sports that I participate in, like skiing.

Yeah, I get it. Sports teams are the nearest thing “civilized” society has to tribal rites, other than war.

ewwwwwwwwwww this liiks good too

VICKI’S SEAFOOD ENCHILADAS

1 lb. imitation crab
1/4 c. finely chopped onion
1 (8 oz.) sour cream
1/2 lb. shredded Cheddar cheese
1/2 lb. shredded Monterey Jack
8 to 10 flour tortillas
1 can enchilada sauce

Combine Cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese. Cut up crab into bite size pieces and add sour cream, onion and 3/4 of cheese. Brush each side of tortilla with enchilada sauce and place 2 spoonfuls of filling on an edge. Roll up and place seam down in a 13 x 9 baking dish. Top with remaining sauce and cheese. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes.

Popped squirrel recipes?

Kinda doubt it.

Good morning from L.A. A great PUAC Sat. post after such a lousy week. Thanx, Christy.

The Super Bowl party is NOT @ my house this year, but my daughter & her fiance are hosting one. My sig other couldn’t care less about American football, so we’ll be going to a movie. My daughter’s idea of party food in general? Anything that goes well w/beer. These recipes from Abuelita’s Kitchen (a site I linked last Sat.) should fill that bill:

Ginette’s Authentic Guacamole -Recipe courtesy Ginette Rondeau

Ingredients:
3 ripe, medium size avocados
(I use ALL the ingredients, but the following MAY be considered optional…)
1/2 small finely chopped red onion (Or you can choose your favorite: yellow, white or green onions)
1 to 3 serrano chiles, stemmed, seeded and very finely chopped (If serranos are too hot for you, trying using Ortega roasted diced chiles, Tabasco Sauce or any other chile you enjoy.)
1 ripe medium tomato, cored, and finely chopped
8 sprigs cilantro (coriander), chopped
juice of ½ lime
salt about ½ teaspoon or to taste
Mexican queso fresco (Mexican cheese) sprinkled on top. No queso fresco available? Use any mild crumbly white cheese
Black Olives scattered on top too!
Cooking Directions:
Close to the time you are going to serve, halve the avocados lengthwise, remove the pits, and scrape the avocado pulp from the skins and add it to a medium-size bowl or molcajete (mortar).

Using a fork, roughly mash the avocado while mixing in the other ingredients, making a course, thick mass. Add the optional finely chopped onion, chiles, tomato, garlic, and cilantro. Flavor with salt, then lime juice. Return the pits to the guacamole (to prevent it from becoming dark).
Serve the guacamole dip in an attractive pottery bowl or Mexican molcajete. Sprinkle the dip with chopped onion, cilantro, radish, chile slices and/or queso fresco (cheese). You can also decorate your dip with a dab of sour cream in the center and add tortilla chips! Serve immediately.

Yield: About 3 cups, serving 6 as an appetizer, 12 to 16 as a dip
You can also use guacamole as a condiment for burritos, tacos, taquitos, fajitas, and much more!

Fresh Hot Tortilla Chips
Recipe courtesy Ginette Rondeau

Ingredients:
A package of Corn Tortillas
Vegetable Oil
Salt
Cooking Directions:
Heat 3 – 4 cups of Vegetable Oil until very hot. Cut tortillas diagonally into eight sections. Deep fry until golden brown. Take them out of the pot, drain off excess oil and sprinkle salt to taste. Serve them warm in a beautiful bowl.

Cacahuates
(Spicy Peanuts, 5 cups)
Recipe courtesy Estrellita Tapia Shawky

5 cupa salted, skinless peanuts
15 small red chilies (mild or hot)
3 cloves of garlic, pressed or minced
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
few drops of olive oil
salt to taste

In frying pan, heat chilies, garlic, onion powder, and chili powder for a minute or so, stirring occasionally. Add peanuts to coat with mixture. Preheat over to 300 degrees and spread peanuts on a cookie sheet. Sprinkle with a little salt. Bake peanuts for ten minutes, turn them over with spatula and bake for 5 more minutes or until slightly brown. Serve deliciously warm.

May I come sit with you and RevDeb? *g*

Used to LUUUUUUVE baseball until they got rid of real commissioners and replaced them with owners. Fox . . . . henhouse . . . . what’s good for the owners is all that counts . . . . . .

Kind of like what’s happened to the country.

Thanks. Saved it for later.

Bring a book. I’m reading Among the Dead Cities by A.C. Grayling.
Would you like a fire in the fireplace?

Satay Nuea

1 large sirloin steak

Meat Marinade

1/3 cup coconut milk
1/2 tbs of curry powder
1 tbs of sugar
2 tbs of cilantro leaves (coriander), chopped
2tbs of nam pla (fish sauce)
1/2 tbs of vegetable oil
Special equipment: bamboo skewers, soaked in water for two hours

Satay Sauce

1/2 cup of crunchy peanut butter
1/3 cup of coconut milk
1 tsp of roasted chili paste
2 tsp of red curry paste
1 tsp of palm sugar
1 tbs of chicken stock or water

Soak the skewers in water for two hours or for however long you marinate the meat for.

Cut the sirloin into thin strips and then place them into a medium-sized bowl with the marinade mixture. Coat the meat well. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours.

Meanwhile, make the satay sauce. Add the peanut butter to a small pot over a medium heat. Stir until the peanut butter melts. Add the roasted chili and red curry pastes. Stir well.

Add the coconut milk to the pot and keep stirring. Turn heat down slightly and then add the palm sugar. Keep stirring.

Once the sauce thickens add the chicken stock or water and stir well. Turn the heat off and set the pot aside.

Start to skewer the meat strips. Shake free any coriander that might be stuck to the meat.

Heat up 1/2 tbs of vegetable oil in a griddle or fry pan over a medium high heat.

Add the skewers to the pan and cook for 4-5 minutes on each side. If the meat is turning a little black around the edges, turn the heat down slightly and cover the pan to allow the meat to steam a little. You can also spoon a little of the marinade over the cooking meat.

Meanwhile, when you are on to cooking your last few skewers, return the satay sauce pot to the stove and heat it up. Stir the sauce well and then serve in a small bowl.

Prepare the cucumber and shallots by peeling and cutting them. Arrange on the serving plate.
Serve satay with a cold glass of beer.

If’n yer lookin’ fer squirrel recipes, check with Rev. Huckabee!

Over the holidays I experienced an appetizer called Buffalo Chicken Wing Dip (or something close.) It looked like a welsh rarebit when it was put out, but it’s made with shredded chicken, and I do believe there’s ranch dressing in there and I’m not sure of the cheese, but tasted like buffalo chicken wings. Need tortilla chips to eat it.

Does anyone have a recipe, it was very good

here it is with cocoa powder

For the cake:
1 cup Guinness
1 stick plus 2 two tablespoons unsalted butter
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
2 cups superfine sugar
3/4 cup sour cream
2 eggs
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
2-1/2 tsp. baking soda

For the topping:
8 oz. cream cheese, at room temperature
1-1/4 cups confectioners’ sugar
1/2 cup heavy cream.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and butter and line a 9-inch springform pan. Pour the Guinness into a large wide saucepan, add the butter – in spoons or slices – and heat until the butter is melted, at which time you should whisk in the cocoa and sugar. Beat the sour cream with the eggs and vanilla and then pour into the brown, buttery, beery pan and finally whisk in the flour and baking soda.

Pour the cake batter into the greased and lined pan and bake for 45 minutes to an hour. Leave to cool completely in the pan on a cooling rack, as it is quite a damp cake.

When the cake’s cold, sit it on a flat platter or cake stand and get on with the frosting. Lightly whip the cream cheese until smooth, sift over the confectioner’s sugar and then beat them both together. Or do this in a processor, putting the unsifted confectioner’s sugar in first and blitz to remove lumps before adding the cheese.

oh i love Satays

Thanks for finding that. We had so much fun with it when he first talked about it.

I got the Darcy Burner campaign worker letter, too. So they’re being privately responsive. You’re right — they need to speak publicly. And maybe (in honor of Super Bowl tidbits) eat some serious crow.

ahh beer cake. perfect for the SuperBowl

whata WUSS

Crow recipes as well as squirrel recipes? Seems like we’re going au natural. Probably more like what the first Thanksgiving really was.

I’m trying this one tomorrow. Sounds excellent.

How about a creamy asparagus dip?

Ingredients

9 oz. cream cheese
1 lb. can asparagus spears, drained
2 Tbsps. dill, chopped
1 large cucumber, roughly chopped

Instructions
Place all ingredients in a food processor. Season with salt and pepper
to taste. Process until thoroughly combined. Serve with crackers or corn chips.

Croissant Sticky Buns!!!!!! The bakery has come to their senses and they have had them 2 weeks in a row.

I had it this holiday season also, and it was very good. I can get you a recipe on Monday, however not today.

There is a place in Fort Lauderdale called Chez Porky’s that has some of the best wings around. They serve Raspberry Wings and they are dynamite.

IT looks great..but i have to use my overipe Bananas today,so

Ingredients:
4 oz.margarine or butter
1+1/4 cup brown or white sugar
2 eggs
2 cups flour
1+1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 cup or 3 bananas – mashed
2 to 3 tablespoons sour cream
1 cup pecan or walnuts
a few more nuts to decorate

Method:
1. Heat oven: 300 deg.
2. Grease either a large loaf tin or an 8″ by 11″ baking tin.
3. Beat margarine and sugar till fluffy white.
4. Beat in the eggs.
5. Mix flour, B.P and B.S. together. Add to the above mixture.
6. Add bananas and sour cream. Blend in gently.
7. Fold in the nuts.
8. Pour into the baking tin and bake for 60/70 mins.
9. Let the loaf cool well before slicing. Don’t forget to decorate with some
nuts.

Beer Cheese Super Bowl Cupcake Recipe

1 cup beer (mmmmm.. beeeerrrrr…)
1 stick, plus 1 tb, unsalted butter
1 cup grated cheddar (Get something nice and sharp, not the cheap stuff that comes shredded in a bag.)
2 cups dark brown sugar
3/4 cup sour cream
2 eggs
1 tb vanilla extract
2 cups flour
2 1/2 tsp baking soda

Combine the beer and the butter, chopped into 1-inch chunks, in a large sauce pan, and heat to melt the butter. Add cheddar. Remove from heat, and whisk in the sugar. In a bowl, whisk the sour cream with the eggs and vanilla, then add to the beer mixture. Sift together the flour and baking soda, and fold into the batter. Pour into cupcake wrappers and bake for 25 minutes, or until inserted cake tester comes out clean.

Makes 18 cupcakes.

Bacon Cheddar Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

1 8oz package cream cheese
1/4 cup butter
4 cups powdered sugar
3/4 cup grated cheddar
1 cup crumbled bacon

Make sure cream cheese and butter are are room temperature and beat them until creamy. Add grated cheddar. Slowly mix in powdered sugar. Stir in bacon bits.

Link to crow recipes. Yup. Includes grilled crow breast, crockpot crow, crow stroganoff, and fried crow. Still looking for “crow while political life flashes before one’s eyes.”

See you later :))

I’m not much of a cook, but clumps of vegetables fried in tempura batter make good snacks. Although all the recipes refer to fresh vegitables, I actually think canned vegetables, like green beans, are more tasty.

http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/…..2,00.html.

ok you are KILLING me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mpqXu0z3wU

Good morning everyone. I was hoping for a recipe PUAC. I’m going to my sister’s for the game and would love to bring something new and different. My contribution is usually a veggie platter. Nothing unique but still everyone’s favorite.
My real contribution this year is that I bought a NY Giant’s cheerleading dress for the only little one we have in the family. Shhhhh. No one knows yet, it’s a surprise.

That looks to have the 3/4 major food groups: alcohol, cholesterol, and sugar. Only caffein is missing, but we could wait for the next morning for that.

If you mention “brie” to many tough-guy Super Bowl watchers, they’ll laugh and say “pass the Shar-do-nay”. Tell them you’ve got a new cheese and chili powder recipie, though, and they’ll be all over it.

Chili Brie in Sourdough

Take a round 1 lb loaf of sourdough bread, cut a round hole in the top and carefully remove it, saving the top. Pull out enough of the inside of the loaf to make a bowl, saving the pieces.

Mix together 1/2 tsp sugar, 1/2 tsp garlic powder, 1/2 tsp dry mustard, and 1 tsp chili powder.

Butter the inside of the bread bowl, and sprinkle 2 tsp of the spice mix inside. With a knife, make 2 inch deep cuts all the way around the top of the bread bowl, about one inch apart.

Take an 8 oz round of brie, remove the rind, place it inside the bread bowl, and sprinkle on the rest of the spices.

Replace the top, and bake on a baking sheet for 20-30 minutes. To serve, take the top off the bread, break it into pieces, and dip in the cheese. When the top is gone, use the reserved pieces from the inside of the loaf. When those are gone, pull apart the bowl itself (that’s why you made those slices in the bowl to begin with) and eat until it’s gone.

Best of all, it goes well with both Chardonnay and beer.

btw, happy Ground Hog’s Day. This is the day when Darth scuttles out of his bunker and if he sees a viable Democratic candidate, clutches what’s left of his heart and scuttles back underground for six more weeks.

Croissant Sticky Buns!!!!!! The bakery has come to their senses and they have had them 2 weeks in a row.

I had it this holiday season also, and it was very good. I can get you a recipe on MOnday, however not today.

Yayz on the croissant stickies! They just sound yummy. Reeeally not sure about those bacon cheddar cream cheese frosted beer cheese cupcakes tho.

OT a couple of articles on military contractors:

CONTRACTORS OUTNUMBER TROOPS: There are 196,000 contract employees working for the Defense Department in Iraq and Afghanistan. There are 182,000 U.S. forces in both countries. Most of those are Army troops.

Military Contractors Hard to Fire

ITT Federal Services International, a defense contractor hired to maintain battle gear for U.S. troops in Iraq, repeatedly failed to do the job right.

SNAFU.

I sent the link to my hunter friend, suggesting it for next hunting season. I asked him why crows caw so much (very annoying sometimes when I’m working outdoors), and he says they have quite a variety of forms of communication. Never tried to track down a CD that explains it all though.

My 84 was in response to you. Didn’t notice that the “reply” didn’t operate.

Cheeses squares. Very easy. Always a big hit:

1 pound cheddar, grated
1 pound monterey jack, grated
4 cans chopped green chilies (choose your own hot level)
12 eggs

Whip eggs; blend in cheeses

Grease (ugh — it’s an old recipe) 2 large pans (glass best) and spread chilies on bottom. Spread egg/cheese mixture over chilies.

Bake at 350 for 30 minutes and then 250 for an additional 30 minutes.

Serve warm. Yum!

I was looking forward to this post. I’m trying to enjoy it. But like everyone else I am so bummed over the FISA news, so ticked at Reid. So tired of losing every freeking battle that…..well it’s a struggle to think of anything else.

From time to time, we have a passel of crows in our yard. Which brings to mind that one of the official collective terms for them is a “murder” of crows.

Would you like a fire in the fireplace?

That would be lovely, ta! Lots of ideas already for some good nosh materials.

Super Bowl Brownies from my favorite cookbook, California Bistro by Tony DiLembo. Cut them small, best brownies ever:

1 cup all purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 cup powdered cocoa
2 cups (1 pound) unsalted butter softened
3 cups sugar
3 eggs
2 tbsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups chopped pecans

Preheat oven to 350. Line a 16 x 10 pan with aluminum foil including the sides, about 2 inches high on the edges at least because the brownies rise when cooking.

Sift the flour, salt and cocoa together. Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Turn beater to low and add eggs one at a time. Add vanilla.

Remove the mixing bowl, and add the dry ingredients all at once. Mix together with a spatula until barely moistened. Add pecans and mix, being sure to scrape down the sides of the bowl.

Pour into pan, smooth top. Bake 23 to 28 minutes until just set. Allow to cool, then place in refrigerator until firm.

Makes 24 large brownies.

When we first moved into our house in a new incomplete neighborhood, there were two crows, each about 2′tall, who would strut slowly down the center of the street every morning cawing loudly. They each walked like John Wayne slinging open a saloon door. Later, the GW and many of the administration reminded me of the two big loudmouth crows.

I guess I’m a little out of the loop– Did Reid cave in to the Pukes again?

Oh well, we just need to reach across the aisle and work with the Pukes even more.

I can picture that! So if the collective is a murder of crows, what’s the collective for the Bush administration? *g*

some would say there’s a key ingredient missing there, just sayin’

Morning, Christy…

My first Pull up a Chair…

A murder of cowardly treasonous shitheads?

I’m getting hooked on a lind from the site that I got the Guinness recipe from. I followed it because of the title, A chicken in every granny cart (http://achickenineverygrannycart.wordpress.com/). There is a fascinating account of a ten mile walk on Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn with gorgeous pictures and a map link (with comments). It is a grand example of paying attention and being alive to the place you are. I recommend the photos at the very minimum, but it also has recipes!

and it’s a pleasure seein’ ya here B

what’s on your table tomorrow?

Well, there must be some market for crow meat. When I did a quick google on “crow call cd,” mostly what came up was devices hunters could use to imitate crow calls. Strange information I never thought I’d learn.

I can picture that! So if the collective is a murder of crows, what’s the collective for the Bush administration? *g*

I believe it is ‘a septic tank of liars’

LOL!

~~~~ spews coffee on keyboard ~~~~

Seems so. I was confused too. Read some things that seemed positive. Then Jane wrote a post last night that debunked them all.
I told myself not to get emotionally involved in this fight. Can’t take much more. I didn’t listen.

Yeah, I think they are a nuisance to farmers. They are very wary with good eyesight and normally won’t come near anyone with a gun. So it’s sport for some hunters to try to lure them close enough to shoot at. I don’t think anyone actually bakes twelve and twenty of them into pies anymore.

LOL. Building on this, how about a cesspool of bottom feeders?

Key Lime Parfaits

3 Tbsp unsalted butter
3 Tbsp sugar
1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs
1 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk
1/2 cup fresh lime juice
at least 1 Tbsp lime zest (grated lime peel) [more = greener]
1 cup chilled whipping cream

Melt butter in a small skillet over medium heat. Mix in sugar and stir until bubbling, about one minute or so. Mix in crumbs, and stir until the color deepens, about three minutes or so. Remove from heat and dump out on a plate to cool.

In a separate bowl, stir together condensed milk, lime juice, and lime zest to blend them together (the mixture will thicken). In another bowl, beat the cream with an electric mixer until firm peaks form. Fold the whipped cream into the lime mixture.

Get out 8 to 10 wine glasses, and put a scoop of the lime and whipped cream mixture in the bottom of each one — about 1/4 cup. Top with a layer of the graham cracker crumb mixture, about 1 Tbsp each. Add another layer of lime mousse and the rest of the crumbs. Refrigerate for at least an hour, then serve.

(If making them the day before, cover each glass with plastic wrap.)

Not superior, just different taste in watching people perform.

what’s on your table tomorrow?

Bagels, lox, orange juice, and Colombian coffee. Also the NY Times. And my laptop.

*G*

vegetarian/vegan chilli…

big yellow onion
some garlic
2 peppers.. I use the FROZEN bell peppers that Trader Joe sells in a bag
chili powder to taste
you can add a couple of handful of fresh sauteed button mushrooms. Gives a nice “meaty” taste
handful of ground cumin
3 cans of beans..I mix black and kidney
1/2 TVP textured vegetable protein. Most markets have this know
2 large cans of crushed tomatoes…

In BIG pot…if you are using a crock pot,,,HEAT THE CROCK POT FIRST and THEN add heated ingredients

saute onion in olive till soft. Add peppers…cook with onions Add all spices.Then dump in beans,tvp,and tomatoes and cooked mushrooms if using Cook for about 45 minutes..I like chili thick…but you may want to add more tomatoes..

For my daughter who is vegan she adds soy cheese. For me I use regular cheese

OMG, I’m getting a sugar and fat high just reading these recipes. We don’t watch the Super Bowl around here, but I think we’ll be dodging drunks all weekend anyway.

My favorite frozen junk food appetizer is Jalepeño Poppers. Small jalepeño peppers, stuffed with cream cheese, breaded and deep fried. They are addictive. Serve with sour cream and salsa, or for a real sugar high, there’s a sweet raspberry habeño sauce that Costco sells.

To die.

OT–

So I’m curious what FDLers think of Microsoft’s bid for Yahoo. Or is that too heavy for this thread…*g*

Yummmm. It’s so nice to find bags of real *key* limes in the stores these days. The little suckers are mean to juice but well worth the effort. Fortunately, I have my mother’s old red Juicematic (?), do a whole batch at the same time and freeze the juice in measured quantities.

If it’s meaty rather than heavy, it works!

Anyone here like New York? Here is a link to some gorgeous photos: http://hereisnewyork.wordpress.com/

OT–

So I’m curious what FDLers think of Microsoft’s bid for Yahoo. Or is that too heavy for this thread…*g*

we be but little herrings in the bubble net of the whale

So I’m curious what FDLers think of Microsoft’s bid for Yahoo. Or is that too heavy for this thread…*g*

I would say good luck to Bill Gates and ask him: “how’s the Zune workin’ out for you.”

Thanks.

Sounds excellent, Lee. Here’s another great veg. chili recipe. The meat’s gone, & you’ll never miss it. Very hearty:

Vegetarian Chipotle Chili

Ingredients:
¼ cup olive oil
1 ½ cups onion, diced
4 cloves garlic, minced
2 tsp cumin
½ tsp red pepper flakes
½ tsp black pepper
2 tsp chipotle chili powder
2 tbsp tomato paste
4 large carrots, diced
1 green bell pepper, diced
1 red bell pepper, diced
1 yellow bell pepper, diced
3 stalks celery, diced
1 28-oz can whole peeled tomatoes, drained, chopped
2 cups tomato juice
2 15-oz cans kidney beans, drained
1 15-oz can pinto beans, drained
1 small eggplant, peeled & diced
4-5 large portobello mushroom caps, cubed
2 tbsp Chipotle Tabasco sauce
salt to taste

Garnish:
16 oz. sour cream
2 tbsp. Chipotle Tabasco sauce
8 oz. shredded sharp cheddar cheese

Directions:
Heat oil in large heavy pot over high heat. Add onions garlic, cumin pepper flakes and black pepper. Sauté until onions are transparent. Stir in chili powder and tomato paste. Sauté for 30 seconds then stir in celery, carrots and peppers. Cook and stir for 2-3 minutes. Stir in tomatoes, tomato juice, beans, eggplant, & bellos. Bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes. Stir in the Chipotle Tabasco sauce and season to taste.

To make garnish:
Stir together the Chipotle Tabasco sauce and sour cream. Top each bowl of chili with a spoonful of the sour cream/Tabasco mixture and then sprinkle with cheese. Feeds a crowd.

Toffee Brownies

1 package brownie mix with walnuts
Vegetable cooking spray
3 (6-oz) candy bars with almonds and toffee chips (eg. Symphony)

Prepare the brownie mix according to package directions.

Line a 13 x 9 inch cake pan with aluminum foil and spray with oil. Spoon half of the brownie batter and smooth with a spatula or the back of a spoon. Place the candy bars side by side on top of the batter. Cover with the remaining batter.

Bake according to package directions. Let cool completely, then lift from the pan using the edges of the foil. Cut into squares.

Makes 24 large/48 small brownies.

For the first time in years, I had to buy a lime in the store. Back in CA, we had a lime tree in the back yard, and it always seemed to have a ripe lime or two when I needed one. Of course, when I didn’t need one, the tree usually had fifty or sixty ripe ones. We’d juice a bunch of them all at once, and freeze the juice in appropriate quantities.

Now, there no lime tree peeking out of the snow in our yard in KC. Something about the below zero weather last week probably would not be good for them. I think you’re supposed to juice them first, then freeze them — not the other way around.

But 79 cents for a single lime?!?! Grrrr . . .

Not if your a penguin

This was my response:

Thank you for your response.

It might be a good idea to contact Howie Klein or Jane Hamsher and make some kind of public statement about this.

This made a lot of people very, very angry.

I hope we hear from them soon.

OT — translate, please, cuz I’ve been seein’ it for a long time and haven’t figured it out due to advancing years and probable impending senility. *g* or *G*?

small grin or BIG GRIN *g

I’m surprised you all got any response from Darcy. I email Hillary all the time. Within minutes I get an automated response thanking me and assuring me that my opinion is valuable. Not once have I received anything that let me know they even read the email.

*g* or *G*?

*g* = small grin

*G* = big wide grin

Twk3 and Biodun — thanks. (Duh….)

Thanks, that’s good to know. One scathing letter I won’t have to write:)
Now, to scathe elsewhere.

an incompetence of neoconservatives

Indeed! I use a lot more lemons than limes and the price on them also takes your breath away. :-(

yummmmmmmmmmm, late getting here, but here’s my fave party recipe next to artichoke dip:

cocktail wienies, jar of grape jelly, jar of chili sauce…mix together and heat through. I like to think of them as The Village and the Vampire Capitalists…and my toothpicks are stakes thru their “hearts.”

Prairie’s thinking Playing for Pride today

A norquist of wingnuts

I have never gotten anything other than autoreply from Hillary. And I have written her detailed emails, with my Wellesley class, three years ahead of hers, after the signature. Furthermore, she has never put me on any email newletter. I gave up.

Ah, but think of the offsetting cultural amenities

Elliot! Shhhh!

True. The cost of getting good BBQ has come waaaaay down since I moved. It used to be I had to factor in the cost of a plane ticket, but now it’s just down the street.

Haven’t gotten to Wyandotte yet. One of these days . . .

My hometown. Born on 17th St.

I get requests for donations all the time from a host of people. Screw em. My wallet is closed.

I’m sure Elliott meant extra chocolate chips. Or maybe a second scoop of pecans. Yeah, that’s probably it.

Nothing to see here, officer . . .

Re: the story behind ABT brownies

I noticed something interesting on this. I got info/requests from John Kerry from 2004 through the time that Kerry dropped out of the current campaign. Then I started getting requests from Barrack Obama, no one else. Ultimately, Kerry endorsed Obama.

Sunshine family introduced to Velveeta cheese dip back in the day some 30 years ago [I do believe dinosaurs still walked the earth] by our ol’ friend DJ. A Vietnam vet from the Sacramento barrio, he came to Fargo and found a home. Salut, DJ!

OT – Evenflo Recalls 1 Million Car Seats

I had a friend who made regular brownies with an added ingredient for 8 of us to eat after a day of climbing on Seneca Rock, WV. She also added the ingredient to hot ‘n sour soup, on a different occassion.

I’m making Southwestern layered beandip as an appetizer for tonight’s dinner party Christy. It will be delicious. Thanks for the reminder about superbowl, we’re not big football fans, but usually watch at least part of the game.

OT: Are there any firepups in the Raleigh/Cary N.C. area? I’m teaching there over valentine’s day. What’s not to miss there?

I’m leaving for New Orleans tomorrow. Who wants beads?

After a day climbing, great for those achy or stretched muscles…

… what’s the collective for the Bush administration?

An Embarrassment of Richies

And photos…and video if I can make the camera work?

oooh, yummmmm, luv seafood enchiladas. Will definitely give this a try.

I’m THERE! It is unbelievable to me that in the Dem majority congress, we can’t GET A DAMNED THING! I heard on some MSM show last night, in a poll conducted where the question was: What’s the worst thing about WashDC, what is your biggest complaint? The answer was “that the elected officials in Washington do not represent the will of the people”.
No chit!
I have resigned myself to the question, will the next president be willing and able to undo any of the atrocities put upon us by this administration and his compliant congress??? REALLY??? Or is it just a fact of my life that the first 2/3rds of my life were lived in freedom, in the most amazing and wonderful country in the history of the world, and then the last third lived as so many others have, in a government of by and for a twisted minority of war mongering, rights abusing, rich special interest groups and individuals.
I’m sad about that, grateful for the first 2/3rd, in mourning for the last third of my life. And then there are the kids, my daughter and hers, the next generations.
*sigh*

Made us Highly Silly (used to be the Emperor of Ethiopia), and very obnoxious to the waitress in the best local eating establishment, the diner of the 4-U motel.

Wish I could go. Laissez les bon temps rouler. Photos and/or vids? Yes, please.

You know, it’s hard to find a down-home style King cake here in L.A…

I found the Buffalo Chicken Dip recipe

ingredients:

* 2 (10 ounce) cans chunk chicken, drained
* 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
* 1 cup Ranch dressing
* 3/4 cup pepper sauce, such as Franks® Red Hot®
* 1 1/2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
*
* 1 bunch celery, cleaned and cut into 4 inch pieces
* 1 (8 ounce) box chicken-flavored crackers

directions:

1. Heat chicken and hot sauce in a skillet over medium heat, until heated through. Stir in cream cheese and ranch dressing. Cook, stirring until well blended and warm. Mix in half of the shredded cheese, and transfer the mixture to a slow cooker. Sprinkle the remaining cheese over the top, cover, and cook on Low setting until hot and bubbly. Serve with celery sticks and crackers.

–There’s a converter button there for the American way of measuring things versus the infinitely more efficient Metric system.

I will note that it is hugely embarrassing that we can’t handle the metric system here in America

And poor….don’t forget that part. We will struggle financially for the rest of our lives. They will reduce social security, medicare and all the other social programs. We’ve already lost our pensions. My poor children.

My 26-year-old son is a wingnut. He’ll deserve everything he gets. Sorry the rest of his gen will be dragged down with him.

Ok, it’s light out now- time to take the doggies on their Sat. morning hikearound.

Read you all later.

Morning all. Mr. ReddHedd got up with The Peanut so that momma could have a sleep in this morning. Yay! Lots of good recipes in the thread, thanks much for that. I thought everyone would enjoy a no politics (mostly) and lots of sharing of munchies and fun sorta thread — apologies to everyone who got stuck on the “football, I hate football” aspect, I was intending it to be a camraderie sort of thread because, frankly, the comments have been a bit snippy of late and even I needed a break.

Reuben Dip

1/2 lb corned beef, chopped
1 8oz pckg cream cheese
1 small bottle thousand Island dressing
1/4 cup mustard
2 cups shredded swiss cheese (reserve 1/2 cup)
1 cup sauerkraut

Mix all ingredients except reserved cheese. Pour into small baking dish. Back for 20 minutes at 350 or until dip is bubbly at the edges. Top with cheese. Serve with rye crackers. Low fat version can be made with lowfat cream cheese and Jarlsburg or low fat swiss. Tastes just as good. addicting

My sister sometimes puts this in a small crock pot to keep it warm and fluid.

Here’s another easy, easy one. Into a small crock pot add smoked sausage chopped into chunks and a large bottle of hot pepper mix. (Usually in the pickle aisle.) Warm the sucker up and use toothpicks to serve.

Pineapple Salsa

1 ripe pineapple, chopped small
1 large red onion, chopped
1 jar pickled jalapeno peppers, chopped
1 cup chopped fresh mint

Combine all ingredients. Chill for a an hour. Serve with tortilla chips.

I dont care about football, but I love Saturday morning on a more positive note.

Morning Christy.

The country needs a break too, but it seems that we’re not going to get one. Tomorrow morning’s topic is prayer—as in we don’t seem to have one these days. But not, the job is to inspire hope. Hard to do some times.

What is the difference between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton? A lot more than most think. It lies in their actions and their records, which speak far louder than their similar policy platforms. Place your vote and see the commentary: http://www.dailykos.com/storyo…..394/448113

C&L seems to be stuck in Groundhog Day.

I’ll be making shredded beef chili, and beef mushroom barley soup in the pressure cooker today and tomorrow.

I only watch football when the Gints are in the super bowl, so the wheel has come around again.

anyone see this tool at the huff?

http://fundrace.huffingtonpost.com/

find out what your neighbors donated and to who

I really don’t like this though, makes it too easy to pressure someone politically and take reprisals

Here’s something for superbowl – oreos with pepperoni and cheese.

http://www.boingboing.net/2008…..heese.html

well, Phil Says Six More Weeks of Winter!

Drive by?

I’ve tried this recipe for Buffalo Chicken Wing Dip and it’s pretty good. Maybe it’s similar to the one you had. http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/B…..etail.aspx

I’m in the Raleigh/Cary area. Where are you teaching?

What does Phil have to say about how many more years of war?

Good morning all! Thanks for all the good recipes, I was thinking about my Gorgonzola steak for tomorrow with a few appetizers from Costco. I can’t get too elaborate or I catch shit for messing up the kitchen! Pulling for the Giants, but think the Pats are just too good.

I was looking at that this morning. It is really creepy. I saw myself and many of my neighbors in there. Very bad.

never mind. they’re back.

I was voted off the DailyKos island a couple of weeks ago because I lost my patience after several months of the Obamagasm. Kos said he’d turn on my priveleges after the primary but, you know, I’m not in a hurry to go back. Something weird is happening at DailyKos. It seems like the entire site was unofficially dedicated to Obama this primary. The Hillary contingent is definitely there but they’re afraid to open their mouths lest they get creamed. Only a few brave souls venture out. And if you’re not an Obamaphile, you’re definitely not welcome anymore.
Somehow, that’s not what I thought DailyKos was about when I started posting there. I didn’t think that the site would be mobilized with one goal in mind: Get Obama Elected Or Die Trying! It’s weird. I went to 2 YearlyKos conventions and my orange lanyard, complete with Lamont and FDL buttons still swings from my rearview mirror. But I’m not in the tribe anymore.
Anyway, I’m off to volunteer at Hillary’s headquarters in Trenton, NJ today and tomorrow.
Thanks for the recipe diary post, Christy, lots of good ideas here.

Here is a funky recipe from the sixties that sounds awful but always seems to be a big hit. This works well in a small crock pot and you can double or triple it for a big crowd. It’s pretty cheap too and can sit for hours in the crock pot with no damage.

1 small jar of yellow mustard
1 small jar grape jelly
1 package of “Little Smokies” Cocktail Franks or regular cocktail franks

Mix the jelly and mustard in a sauce pan and heat until it is all mixed and hot. Mix in the franks and keep warm. Serve with toothpicks.

I agree with you perris. I was relieved that my name showed nothing. What dollar amt do you have to reach to show up on that? Not $100. $200?

TBH, I don’t think he knows that much about the weather.

I’m teaching at 2000 John Deere Run, Cary, Feb. 13-15. Email me at carmen at humus dot com.

can anybbody help me out?

was watcfhingh msnbc this am.m and din’t know te people.

first, that bolnde chick, she tries to be smart ass/wise ass and isn’t good at either. she’s the weekend morning/afternoon anchor.

second, some goof named o’keefe, i think? i just saw the guy call mccain a “stright talking moderate conservative”. Straight talking? Bullshit. “moderate conservative”? Oxymaroon. Anybody ever seen this dope before?

Phil is bogus.

Mine was $250

Late to the party, but I did bring something to munch on. And yes, it does use Velveeta, why do you ask? *g*

Hot Cheese Dip

1 # ground beef
1 Lg onion, chopped
1 – 16oz can stewed tomatoes (drained) or same of diced tomatoes
2 – 4oz can chopped green chilies
2 # Velveeta
Seasonings: Chili powder, chopped garlic, hot sauce and Tabasco sauce to taste.

Saute ground beef and onions. Drain.
Add stewed tomatoes and green chilies.
Add the above to a microwaveable container.
Cut cheese in square inch size pieces and add to the mixture.
Add the seasonings.
Place the container in the microwave and heat. I usually run it for 1 minute at at time at High and then take it out to stir the mixture. Continue to heat until the cheese is thoroughly melted.

Keep warm in a crockpot on low heat.
Serve with tortilla chips.

Lastly, I usually downsize the ingredients for this recipe in 1/2 for the meat eaters. The other half I make with no ground beef and that seems to please the veggies in my family just fine. *g*

i know, i live near puxy, kinda a local thing.

I think that’s the one. thanks!

goldberry — we’ve got Eric Massa, Dan Maffei and Jon Powers coming on for Blue America today. I think one of them is from your neck of the NY woods. Thought you’d like a heads up!

You must be in NM. We can’t get decent Green Chili here in NY :((

That sounds like a great recipe.

Chicken Fried Squirrel

BBQ Raccoon

The way the economy is going, these might come in handy.

I’ve changed my Beerfart Heart-Over-Head Pick–the-week. It was take the Giants and the points.

Change you can count on:

New York Football Giants straight up.

Tomorrow night the New York Fotball Giants will be the world champions of American football. Most will be shocked. Not me.

1 small jar of yellow mustard
1 small jar grape jelly
1 package of “Little Smokies” Cocktail Franks or regular cocktail franks

Mix the jelly and mustard in a sauce pan and heat until it is all mixed and hot. Mix in the franks and keep warm. Serve with toothpicks.

the idea of mixing yellow mustard and grape jelly just wouldn’t have ocurred to me.

The Bride would murder me.

Amen, brother.

well, you know the campaigns go over the disclosures with a fine tooth comb, so maybe it’s a good thing that there’s public “sunshine” on who’s giving where. If nothing else, it’ll help me decided next time I’m in the store pickin’ out a DVD or a grocery brand or….

Some favorites:

Guacamole from Craig Claiborne’s Gourmet Diet

1 large, ripe, unblemished avocado
3 tsp finely chopped onion
1 tsp finely grated onion
1 tsp finely minced garlic
1/2 tsp chopped jalapeno chile
2 T lime juice
1/2 tsp crushed coriander seeds
1/4 c. cubed, seeded, fresh tomato
1 T olive oil [optional]
1 red radish, cut into thin matchsticks
1 T chopped fresh cilantro or fresh basil [use one, not both]

1. Peel the avocado and discard the pit. Cut the avocado into 1-inch cubes.
2. Put the avocado into a bowl and cut it back and forth with a knife, to make a coarse-fine mixture.
3. Add the onion, garlic, chile, lime juice, coriander seeds, tomato, and the radish. Use either the cilantro or the basil.

Sun-Dried Tomato Spread or Dip
adapted from Barbara Kafka’s Party Food

24 to 30 sun-dried tomato halves (dry packed, not in oil)
1 c boiling water
1 clove garlic
2 to 3 T chopped parsley
10 oz cannellini beans
2 T extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp lemon juice

1. Rehydrate sun-dried tomato halves, by soaking in boiling water for 10 minutes. Remove from water and pat dry with paper towels. Discard soaking water, or save for vegetable soup.
2. Put garlic in bowl of food processor and mince. Add sun-dried tomatoes, parsley, cannellini beans, olive oil, and lemon juice. Process until smooth.

To serve: spread on crackers, toasted slices of Italian or French bread, raw zucchini slices, or use as a dip with bread sticks and crudités.

And for dessert, the.best.brownies.ever.

Michael’s Fudge Brownies
from Alice Medrich’s Chocolate and the Art of Low-Fat Desserts
makes 16 two-inch brownies

1 cup sifted all-purpose flour
1/2 cup plus 1/2 tablespoon unsweetened Dutch process cocoa
[try Pernigotti cocoa, available at Williams-Sonoma stores or through catalog]
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking powder
5 T butter or stick margarine
1-1/4 c sugar
1 egg
2 egg whites
1 tsp vanilla extract [use pure vanilla for best flavor]
1 tsp instant espresso, dissolved in 1 tsp hot water

1. Position the rack in the lower third of the oven and preheat to 350° F [325° F if using a glass pan]. Spray 8-inch square pan with vegetable oil spray.
2. Stir together flour, cocoa, salt, and baking powder with a whisk. Set aside.
3. Melt the butter in a medium saucepan. Off the heat, stir in the sugar until combined [texture will remain sandy]. Add the egg, the egg whites, vanilla, and dissolved espresso powder. Beat with a wooden spoon about 40 strokes, scraping the sides of the pan as necessary. Add the dry ingredients and beat for another 40 strokes or just until completely mixed.
4. Scrape mixture into prepared pan. Spread evenly. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out a little gooey. Cool on a wire rack. Cut into 16 squares.
Brownies may be stored, well wrapped, for about two days at room temperature or frozen for up to two months.

Christy, Have you seen this site? Children’s library. Fantastic. Thought you’d like to check it out.
http://www.archive.org/details/iacl

You gotta work for those. You can just harvest Armadillos. Usually suitable for “chopped” meat sandwiches.

So is the Superbowl between New England & New York, may I conclude from the comments?

still a L’il Smokies, grape jelly, chili sauce purist, moi

Right. If you go in for omens, at least you can note that both are blue state teams.

for the veggie chili recipes listed …

My special ingredient is using Chocolate Stout for the liquid. I get it at Trader Joes but don’t recall the brand.

Not sure if I’ll be watching the game, but I’m defrosting some chili as we speak and will top it off with avocado salsa.

Here’s why Phil is bogus. Phil is a dude, right? Now maybe I should know better than to wade into the genderistic thicket at FDL, but the girl groundhogs do a way beetr job. That would be Woody in MI

http://econoclectic.powerblogs…..8047.shtml

Come tothink of it, since Woody is a chick chuck, Phil might be too, no? Can’t always go by the name, ya know. Anybody know whether Phil is, in fact, a dude?

woody is a chick chuck?

can chick chucks chuck wood as chuckfull as dude chucks?

Chopped meat? Only armadillos I’ve seen dfown here looked like pizza.

Philomena?

Two of the three places I have lived most of my life.

I got back from the butcher, a nice flank stuffing for dinner tonight, goat and fontania cheese with fresh thyme and toasted breadcrumbs for the stuffing. Rice pilaf and a nice green salad.

Now to clean the house for company.

True, but a few of them almost made it. You can get most of a shoulder roast.

Could be a Philomena

Yep, there must be some minimum, as my name didn’t show up either.

However, as for my mid-Hudson house, I am on the board of an historic preservation organization, so we’ll cull the political donor list for potential cross donors. Found some names we’ve courted.

Chopped meat? Only armadillos I’ve seen dfown here looked like pizza.

I can’t remember seeing an ambulatory armadillo, they have all been flat.

Um, am I the only one who cares about the game first and foremost?

One of the reasons I haven’t watched much of the Super Bowl since the last time the New York Football Giants were in it is because of all this craziness. Don’t get me wrong. Craziness is good. And if any of you live south of Mason Dixon please invite me to your party and I’ll leave now and probably make it. I just don’t approve of how this has become such a circus. No, I don not approve at all. Not one bit.

You’re lucky on that score. Most of my life deep in enemy lines, Texas. Growing up, my Dad always talked of moving to Detroit, for that reason.

I’m not too crazy about Micorosoft taking over Yahoo, but i know Yahoo will say yes to the deal…it’s like the WSJ, money is all it takes.

Um, am I the only one who cares about the game first and foremost?

Yes.

no idea, but IIRC, phil’s weather prediction is made by the inner circle .

It seems to list only donations to Presidential campaigns.

Yep.

Patriots vs. the Giants.

One of the most overblown and historically insignificant events that happens every year.

-G

The other place I’ve lived is Buffalo. A couple of years ago I went to a Bills-Jets game in Buffalo, as my late brother was a Bills season ticket holder & my son is a Jets fan. Jets got creamed, and I never heard the end of it from one of my high school classmates.

Lol. The animated ones move about as fast as the frisbee version, but are taller and rounder.

I’m not listed for my Edwards donations, but maybe you have to reach $249. A neighbor was listed for 2,700 for Brownbach, yikes. I thought there was a $2,300 limit.

Bread and circus baby.

-G

Roger that. I’ll check back later. I don’t know how busy I’ll be today and I really must get a move on.

The only disappointment would be that MS would own flickr. But I was already disappointed when yahoo! bought flickr, so, feh.

LOL. I actually did see one ambulatory once. I was waiting for a bus and at a distance I see this thing waddling down the sidewalk. I thought it was a racoon or something and when it got closer i said “Holy shit! It’s a fucking armadillo!” First time I saw one. Never had ‘em up in Jersey. It waddled down into a drainage pipe. I told everybody at work my amazing story and they were far less amazed than I. All that time, I thought all that road kill I’d been seeing were racoons and dogs. I didn’t know we had armadillos all over the place.

eCAHNomics – I started Banker to the Poor by Muhammad Yunus, during the night’s insomnia. Any comments on it or the newer one that I have yet to get?

Since my mother is in Florida for the winter and I don’t have her recipe in front of me, here is the one dip she makes that is out of this world:

http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/…..95,00.html

Personally, I think it tastes best on a buttery Ritz cracker but any kind of cracker will do.

I’m not much of a football fan, but my son and I will usually have the Super Bowl or the World Series on in the background if a New England team is in it. We’re basically fake fans. LOL

$2,300 limit for primary and another $2,300 for the general election for a $4,600 total

Wait!!!! You’re a Jets fan????!!!!! When ya gonna get your own stadium, huh???

Yeah, it could be Philomena. I’ll check wiki and get to the bottom of this.

LOL. Reminds me of experience I had visiting son in Colorado. I was wading in river, fishing. On the bank, I saw large silhouetted dragging along the ground. What flashed through my mind, very calmly, was, “Hmmm, I didn’t think they had alligators in Colorado.”

It was a beaver.

Did you participate in the FDL Book salon on Creating a World Without Poverty? I read that with my economist hat on, though that is far from my area of expertise. I couldn’t find any fundamental flaws, and it really seems to work. All 8 customer reviews on amazon give 5 stars. (On any book I like, I read the negative reviews first to see if there’s some flaw that I missed.)

Here’s the link to the book salon. I found his answers more wishy washy than I would have expected, but decided not to hold that against him because his ideas & work seem so valuable.
http://firedoglake.com/2008/01…..t-poverty/

Here’s my recipe for a very easy spinach and artichoke dip.

1 pkg. TGI Friday’s frozen spinach and artichoke dip

Heat in microwave through the first level of instructions. Scrape into larger microwave-safe serving dish. Add one 8 oz. block cream cheese, cut into slices. Open and drain a can of artichoke heart quarters in water, and chop into smaller, bite-sized pieces. Stir into dish. Heat in microwave 2 and a half minues on HIGH. Stir well, making sure to scrape down sides completely. I add some shredded cheddar cheese — about a quarter cup — and reheat about a minute and a half, or until bubbly. Serve with crackers or sliced baguette.

Easy and quite nummy. And if I use lowfat cream cheese, I like to delude myself that it’s slightly healthier.

So, since Brownbach dropped out before the primary was even over would the lady in my neighborhood have to be reimbursed for anything she gave over $2,300? Also, can you designate funds for primary or general?

No, I’m not a Jets fan, nor a fan of any sports team. It’s my son who’s a Jets fan, and he moved to Austin last Thanksgiving, so I’m not sure on where he stands now. As for the stadium, you’d have to ask someone else to make sure, but I think local opinion put a kaibosh on it.

That is so cool. When you grow up min the not-wilderness, it’s so cool to see real live wildlife. I still get a kick out of it. It amazes me.

That’s interesting. Your son, who you note as a right wing type, moved to the one liberal place in Texas.

Yeah, I was quite surprised a year or two back when I found a porcupine eating out of my wild sorrel patch.

That’s the last I heard about the stadium – from somebody who had previuosly been giving me “they’re reaklly gonn ado it. it’s gonna be great!” updates/

At least he’s some kind of NY fan.

Sandwiches: Came across this at Tastespotting (a site to drool at). Tested earlier this week and on the list for Sunday;

On onion rolls slathered with garlic mustard pile up sliced roast beef, interspersed with blue cheese and cornichons. (Feeling fancy add some carmalized red onion). Mash (I lived in the south for awhile too) the lid down so flavors meld.

Yumm

Vote for two progressive dogs here. If we win will give it all to Blue America:
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Morning, all! Just had a big-ass coffee and going to eat some soba soon for lunch.

Thanks for all the cool recipes!

Most of the time yes. I lived for a couple of years in Lafayette, Louisiana. Some of the guys I worked with would go water skying in the bayous. Each time before the boat would raise them out of the water, alligators would start edging in off the banks. I never went with them.

Yeah, I didn’t point that out to him. It’s basically a 20-something thing. As I understand it, UT graduates love it & hang on, which creates a critical mass, attracting other 20-somethings. He also likes the music scene, has a cousin & a college friend who live there.

Christy, that’s a recipe I can handle. Just to be clear, you buy the tgif dip at the grocery store or from the restaurant?

Yeah, that exactly describes my understanding. There are a lot of UT grads still doing waiter, waitress thing because they don’t want to leave Austin. I talked to one, who was from California. He said he loved it; it was the closest thing to California he had found.

At the store — in the frozen section. I like that particular brand because they use roasted garlic, and the taste with the added cream cheese comes out perfect. The dip by itself just isn’t right for my taste, but once you doctor it up a bit…very tasty. And it’s good reheated the next day for a snack, too. *g*

No idea. I just know that the cap is good for both sides of the election. I don’t believe funds can be converted to personal use anymore but believe they can be converted to use for his Senate campaign or for a PAC or can be donated to others PACs.

Any campaign finance experts around?

Speaking of TGIFridays….the restaurant in South Portland, Maine has gone under and will be closing it’s doors. Is it the result of too much competition in the area or is this a reflection of the recession? Not sure.

By the way, thanks Christy for your recipe. To be honest with you, your recipe sounds more like my mother’s (hers doesn’t have chilies in it as the recipe I linked to called for). It is soooooooooooo yummy….and nummy. LOL

Might I suggest if you’re drinking beer, do it out of a can. There’s no reason to waste a good brew on the SB. And no can-to-glass–you’ve got to get a taste of the game in the aluminum. Go cheap and tinny, like the game itself (and hey, I say that as an inveterate fan of football).

1lb can of crab claw meat
1 pack. low fat cream cheese
small low fat sour cream
1 jar creamy horseradish sauce
lemon juice
chipotle powder
Garlic powdwe

Put cream cheese in a large bowel in microwave till soft. Add about half the cup of sour cream, as much as you want or can take of the horseradish, a squeeze of lemon juice, garlic powder and depending on your level of testosterone hit it with the chipotle powder. Mix well. Open crab claw meat and drain, check for shell, break up and add to gloppy mix. MIX! Garnish with paprika and pickled halapenio slices and such. I like Blue Corn chips.
EAT!!

P.S. it is pretty good if you drain and pat dry a SMALL can of diced tomatoes and green chiles.

Good Morning Christy and pups,
Slept in until 7:30, a huge luxury after 5:00 all week.
It appears I’ve avoided gaining a lot of weight what with all the wonderful recipes I’ve just breezed through here.
A lot of news to catch up on.
Watching the repeat of theMukasey hearing on CSPAN now.
Work is sure getting in the way of my other life.

I’m just really bad:

Sour cream
Lipton onion soup

Chips

Yay.

Many weks ago, talk turned to rugelach and babka. I finally have gotten Saturday morning and a Zabar’s catalog together. You can feel the calories sliding from the pages. http://www.zabars.com 2245 Broadway NYC 10024. Enjoy!

Am I too late for this comment? Anyway, our menu for eating (while watching, occasionally, the game) is thus: mainly an non-cooking strategy.
guacamole with those wonderful (but expensive) veggie chips
pico de galle for flavor
Church’s fried chicken
La Madeline’s tomato basil soup w/a dollop of sour cream
onion/mushroom/jalapeno baked in a store bought pie shell
diet coke
brie and some other cheese
triscuits and wheat thins
apricot halves and vanilla ice cream

Good for dieters, if we avoid the obvious fattening items

Small crowd, including my sis who has been having eye problems and owns a tiny tv (ours is big screen- she can see the advertisements).

Conversation will be about the FISA bill, Bush’s overweening imperial presidency, and the latest atrocity in Iraq.

As to the game, I don’t have a dog in that fight but will enjoy the action.

My new favorite dip is Corn Dip

Combine the following:
8 oz cream cheese
8 oz sour cream
1 big tablespoon mayonnaise
1 can Mexicorn
1 can corn
1 can chopped green chiles
4 oz shredded Mexicheese
handful of finely chopped jalapenos
jalapeno juice to taste (I use about a tablespoon)
Lawry’s season salt to taste

Make this delicious dip about 12-24 hrs ahead of time. The first time I made it, I kept tasting it every few hours to “check out” the hotness factor. It was so good, I ended up having to make another dip to supplement the first one as half of it was gone. I have some in the basement frige now which I selected to make me NOT taste it so often.

Got to pull for my Jayhawks this afternoon.

p.s. I use low fat cream cheese, sour cream and mayo without effecting the taste.

Hmm! Interesting…seems that there was a natural selection process going on that perhaps should be analyzed.

Similar comments were made regarding Huffingtonpost being a Hillary site, and this site being an Edwards site. Id say 90% of the folks here were Edwardians, which made it hard to actually discuss the diversity of progressive political opinion at times, IMO.