Random Thoughts

Mechanical Grace · Post by **Mechanical Grace** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:07 am

Who Shot Sam? wrote: Raclette's another dish entirely, isn't it?

T'would appear so!

Everybody to MBA's house.... um, in France! ... for fondue.

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:11 am

Just got a new fondue pot (an electric one this time with the ceramic insert), which is what got me off on this tangent. No more sterno burners, matches or hardened mess to scrape off the bottom of the pot. And you can do oil and chocolate fondues in this ones as well, which I have not yet tried.

We use a mix of emmenthal and gruyere, but have also thrown a bit of fontina in there on occasion for extra creaminess. Wine is usually something light and crisp. A dry riesling will do the trick.

miss buenos aires · Post by **miss buenos aires** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 6:14 pm

I actually don't know what kind specifically, but I know it should be from the Savoie region, which is in France, near the Alps. It's kind of a long story, but let's just say I found all this out through a stroke of great good fortune. I guess "all this" isn't actually that much, though, as I can't remember a single specific ingredient.

Mechanical Grace · Post by **Mechanical Grace** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 6:26 pm

miss buenos aires wrote: I can't remember a single specific ingredient.

I think this proves what we all knew instinctively, which is that it's the amount of wine you consume WITH the fondue that's really key.

Gillibeanz · Post by **Gillibeanz** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 4:06 am

Yesterday I was taken to the seaside for lunch on an impromptu afternoon off!! We went to a fish restaurant on the sea front where I had parsley encrusted sprats with lemon sauce and salad for starter, olive encrusted gurnard with mushroom & cheese mash, Mediterranean vegetables and tomato cream sauce, and plum and apricot oat crumble with clotted cream for dessert!!

This was all washed down with 2 glasses of red wine and total romantic attention from my incredibly handsome and sexy partner which had me floating out of the restaurant on cloud nine!! We then proceeded to go for a drive in the countryside where we went down a wooded lane for a snog!! Are you all insanely jealous??

mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 7:08 am

parsley encrusted sprats

except for that part, YES.

Gillibeanz · Post by **Gillibeanz** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 7:27 am

RedShoes · Post by **RedShoes** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 11:17 pm

Is it just me or does the "Love Love Love" in All You Need is Love sound far too much like "Blah Blah Blah"?

(and if you think I'm nuts, listen to it sometime with that in mind)

pophead2k · Post by **pophead2k** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 5:00 am

On a related note, yesterday I was listening to Elton John's Tiny Dancer on the radio and all I could hear was, "Hold me closer Tony Danza".

Gillibeanz · Post by **Gillibeanz** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 5:12 am

That made me laugh! Reminds me that my partner once told me a friend of his was singing Queens 'Bohemian Rhapsody' and thought the opening line was "Momma just chilled a band"

mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:46 am

It's snowing.

OK, just flurries, but dammit, it's ONLY October.

Wake me up in April.

When it's WARM.

But before I leave, let me say a big thanks! to 'boo for that fabulous avatar!

oily slick · Post by **oily slick** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 12:10 pm

I know. Your feet are like ice! I'll give you an elbow sometime around Administrative Professional's Day.

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 12:15 pm

mood swung wrote:It's snowing.

OK, just flurries, but dammit, it's ONLY October.

Wake me up in April.

When it's WARM.

But before I leave, let me say a big thanks! to 'boo for that fabulous avatar!

You can have it when I'm done with it! Do people still tie tennis raquets to their feet to walk through the snow?

mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 12:53 pm

only on special occasions.

Mechanical Grace · Post by **Mechanical Grace** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 4:39 pm

mood swung wrote:It's snowing.

OK, just flurries, but dammit, it's ONLY October.

My deepest sympathies. We often get the first such indignity around this time of year as well, though not, knock wood, this year so far.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:32 pm

Here we're getting butterflies and spring blossom due to the warmth. World gone mad.

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 6:09 am

Speaking of avatars, mood, what is that new one of yours? Is it related to some punky boy band?

mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 7:22 am

nah, it's a pumpkin carving of this picture -

I didn't carve it, I just stole it from this site, where some very dedicated Revs fans commemorated the whole team. And the coaches.

http://tifosi.hooverdam.net/?p=30

Mechanical Grace · Post by **Mechanical Grace** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 8:05 am

mood swung wrote:I didn't carve it, I just stole it from this site, where some very dedicated Revs fans commemorated the whole team. And the coaches.

http://tifosi.hooverdam.net/?p=30

That's a whole lotta pumpkins! Nice.

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 12:26 pm

I miss some nice pumpkin soup, it's been a while... <-- random thought.

Mechanical Grace · Post by **Mechanical Grace** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:18 pm

File under: Things That Suck

Having a dog with the runs, when you live on the 5th floor of an apartment building.

invisible Pole · Post by **invisible Pole** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:52 pm

I like Ray Liotta.

Gillibeanz · Post by **Gillibeanz** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 5:05 pm

Mechanical Grace wrote:File under: Things That Suck

Having a dog with the runs, when you live on the 5th floor of an apartment building.

I think "my cat just coughed up a hairball" goes in that file draw too"

pophead2k · Post by **pophead2k** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 6:53 pm

A delicious dinner: rub minced garlic, parmesan cheese and cracked black pepper over a boneless, skinless chicken breast. Put a slit in the chicken breast and stuff with mozarella cheese. Slice a red pepper and a green pepper in strips and lay over the top of breast. Put more cheese on top. Wrap breast in a sheet of aluminum foil and bake in a 375 degree oven for approx. 40 minutes. I made this up tonight and it was really good.

RedShoes · Post by **RedShoes** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 7:09 pm

Somehow a otherwise delicious sounding dinner doesn't sound nearly as delicious when the description comes directly below those of diarrhetic dogs and hairballs