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I'll get a trivial rant out of the way now: grr laundry. Tonight saw the simultaneous occurrence of three classic laundry tragedies: ran out of quarters, laundry machine broke, and color bleeding turning clothing pink. Like bubblegum pink. I managed to clear the offending color out of the valuable articles, specifically a couple of my tie-dye shirts, but the previously white stuff is totally beyond redemption.
Right. Anyway. Thanksgiving proper was kind of a dead day for me; I mostly moped around, and did a bit of work. The holiday really happened for me on Saturday, which was when the Chaos Ranch folk had their gather-'round-and-eat potluck thing. I went on a sort of culinary adventure, picking out "Vegetable Pot Pie with Cheddar Biscuit Crust" (more of a casserole, really), and going at it. The recipe contained a few vegetables I'd never even seen before: parsnips, acorn squash, celery root. The local HEB didn't even have celery root, but Joy's comprehensive descriptions of every known ingredient frequently include common substitutions, such as [celery root |-> potatoes], so that worked out fine. The prep took a lot longer than I thought it would, though. Cutting an acorn squash is a bitch. Peeling an acorn squash is a bitch and two thirds. It was worth it in the end, though; apparently the casserole was well enjoyed.
Lessons learned:
Butternut squash and acorn squash are basically interchangeable (I used both, for variety). If given the choice, always choose butternut; it's easier to find, easier to cut, and much easier to peel.
Sauteed red onions smell amazing.
Parsnips are neat. They're like carrots, except they're white and a little bit spicy.
Salt and pepper go a lot further towards flavoring a dish than you might think.
Eating with friends is something one should do all the time. It's a superlative experience.
(Unrelated, and thankomega697 for this one): My rechargeable pump for inflating mattresses apparently doubles as a startlingly effective bellows for starting fires. This realization is much funnier when presented via Herr Omega's characteristic gesture-and-sound-effect-laden storytelling style.
fleaplus for this lovely unit vector in the direction of Christmas, which I've now added to my icon. I'll get a trivial rant out of the way now: grr laundry. Tonight saw the simultaneous occurrence of three classic laundry tragedies: ran out of quarters, laundry machine broke, and color bleeding turning clothing pink. Like bubblegum pink. I managed to clear the offending color out of the valuable articles, specifically a couple of my tie-dye shirts, but the previously white stuff is totally beyond redemption.
Right. Anyway. Thanksgiving proper was kind of a dead day for me; I mostly moped around, and did a bit of work. The holiday really happened for me on Saturday, which was when the Chaos Ranch folk had their gather-'round-and-eat potluck thing. I went on a sort of culinary adventure, picking out "Vegetable Pot Pie with Cheddar Biscuit Crust" (more of a casserole, really), and going at it. The recipe contained a few vegetables I'd never even seen before: parsnips, acorn squash, celery root. The local HEB didn't even have celery root, but Joy's comprehensive descriptions of every known ingredient frequently include common substitutions, such as [celery root |-> potatoes], so that worked out fine. The prep took a lot longer than I thought it would, though. Cutting an acorn squash is a bitch. Peeling an acorn squash is a bitch and two thirds. It was worth it in the end, though; apparently the casserole was well enjoyed.
Lessons learned:
Butternut squash and acorn squash are basically interchangeable (I used both, for variety). If given the choice, always choose butternut; it's easier to find, easier to cut, and much easier to peel.
Sauteed red onions smell amazing.
Parsnips are neat. They're like carrots, except they're white and a little bit spicy.
Salt and pepper go a lot further towards flavoring a dish than you might think.
Eating with friends is something one should do all the time. It's a superlative experience.
(Unrelated, and thank
omega697 for this one): My rechargeable pump for inflating mattresses apparently doubles as a startlingly effective bellows for starting fires. This realization is much funnier when presented via Herr Omega's characteristic gesture-and-sound-effect-laden storytelling style.
