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Tonight menu:
"Left-over meats and almost expired vegetables" gulash/hot-pot/thingy.
ie.
Dumping the chopped/diced potatoes, bell peppers, chilies, onions, garlic, a single lonely carrot and some browning "fresh" coriander and basil into a pot.
Adds a diced left-over porkchop from the weekend.
Browns the contents for 10-15min, then adds some a splash of cream, a splash of milk, a tiny pinch of salt...and throws the rest of the spice rack at the pot.
Adds a splash of port-wine, and a bit of water to the mix after about an additional 15-20 min.
Lets the contents simmer (under Lid) at low-medium heat for roughly 45min.
*Looks down*
Apparently I've been cooking in the nude…
Really shouldn't…those hot fat splashes can really sting!
That's why I usually put at least a T-shirt on while cooking.
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Fun trivia for the day: Impus Minor was doing a history project on the origin of his middle name (my family's "famous" name, as opposed to Impus Major who has NobodysWife's "famous" name) and I learned that my family moved to Berkeley in 1869.
So counting him as an "immigrant" and his children as "first generation Berkeleyites", that makes the Impii fifth-generation Berkeleyites.
Kind of neat. You don't tend to see families in the U.S. staying in the same place for so long all that often.
The General and I are descended from gypsies (yo) and pirates (the General) so it would be easier listing the places I haven't lived (Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico).
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Tonight menu:
"Left-over meats and almost expired vegetables" gulash/hot-pot/thingy.
ie.
Dumping the chopped/diced potatoes, bell peppers, chilies, onions, garlic, a single lonely carrot and some browning "fresh" coriander and basil into a pot.
Adds a diced left-over porkchop from the weekend.
Browns the contents for 10-15min, then adds some a splash of cream, a splash of milk, a tiny pinch of salt...and throws the rest of the spice rack at the pot.
Adds a splash of port-wine, and a bit of water to the mix after about an additional 15-20 min.
Lets the contents simmer (under Lid) at low-medium heat for roughly 45min.
*Looks down*
Apparently I've been cooking in the nude…
Really shouldn't…those hot fat splashes can really sting!
Also, you need to make certain at all times that the sausage you're frying is definitely a sausage...
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Tonight menu:
"Left-over meats and almost expired vegetables" gulash/hot-pot/thingy.
ie.
Dumping the chopped/diced potatoes, bell peppers, chilies, onions, garlic, a single lonely carrot and some browning "fresh" coriander and basil into a pot.
Adds a diced left-over porkchop from the weekend.
Browns the contents for 10-15min, then adds some a splash of cream, a splash of milk, a tiny pinch of salt...and throws the rest of the spice rack at the pot.
Adds a splash of port-wine, and a bit of water to the mix after about an additional 15-20 min.
Lets the contents simmer (under Lid) at low-medium heat for roughly 45min.
*Looks down*
Apparently I've been cooking in the nude…
Really shouldn't…those hot fat splashes can really sting!
The last time I had gulash, it was beef gulash at the soup spoon. I think beef does well for it.
If the fat has been splashing out, either your pot is too shallow or you're stiring too hard?
(Don't you dare) Hold your applause.
Perhaps you don't understand how much I loved Quantum Leap as a kid.
It was
1. Quantum Leap
2. Knight Rider
3. Dukes of Hazard
4. Unsolved Mysteries
we like similar shows!
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(Don't you dare) Hold your applause.
ROTFL
What's up man?
It was mostly a comment on me being atop of the thread ^^'
I would have to do some serious frying too have it splash so aggressively to require additional splash resistant gear.
Can't in good conscience give the dish more then 2-2.5 stars though, too spicy and the sauce separated…though general consistency and taste of the meat and vege was okay...
As I've said before I'm at best, an average cook.
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Updates since fukktons of months have passed:
I haven't played PF or any RPG literally but ONE TIME because everyone in Saint Lucie County, Florida is a g#@$$*n flake except my girlfriend. I've tried to organize games of PF, D&D, FATE, Savage Worlds, anything...I've tried hosting, using gaming shops, letting friends host...EVERY G$+$+*N TIME PEOPLE FLAKE! EVERY PERSON! EVERY TIME!!!!
I have a lot more tattoos now. I had expendable money and it was that or spend it on more weed. I chose both.
I am a proficient poker dealer after 9 months working as a Designated Player (banker) and studying with friends of mine who are professional dealers. Given the (ridiculously) huge amount of money my dealer friends make, I will be auditioning to be a dealer in larger cities near me, as the "casino" I worked in (note the first review beginning "This place is an absolute craphole" is my review - see accompanying photos to know how big of a s*%*hole!) was a hellhole run by a moron venture capitalist who I would hate to work for.
Panic is still a b!*#!.
Apparantly Seroquel can make you immune to acid and other hallucinogenic substances. I have thus been cutting back on my bipolar meds, because they don't help for s&!& anyway (one near suicide attempt about 2 months back - yeah I know my wonderful friends here love me and would've totally answered the phone - Sharoth I think I still have your number on my phone haha - but when you're THAT depressed, you don't think to call people you mostly only talk with in text) - I might as well not have the side effects of being sleepy all the g*&~!~n time.
Not to mention when you take like five huge puffs of DMT and barely even see the waves that shrooms gave you ten years ago, well you feel like you wasted a lot of time and money. Fun note - multiple studies have found hallucinogens, due to them being serotonin direct agonists, to be considerably helpful for depression, social anxiety, and many other problems often treated with SSRIs, such as Paxil, Prozac, Zoloft, etc.
And it's true, at least for me. Or maybe I just REALLY like tripping.
I've been saving to move out of Florida.
So far, Nevada is still winning the race for future locales. Specifically, northeast Nevada, on the Utah border. Weed is 100% legal, gambling is everywhere, even in little towns (so I can make an easy living), ferrets and pitbulls are legal (I have both a mixed breed dog and a ferret), and HOLY S#*+ IS IT CHEAP out there! Plus, the desert has very little snow!
Close runner-ups are Mass (free healthcare and legal weed), Pennsylvania (surprisingly affordable and my gf's brother lives up there), Alaska (as far as I can get from this hot wet stinkhole of a state without a passport - also, legal weed and gambling jobs on cruises to Hawaii), and pretty much anywhere with at least medical weed and poker rooms around.
Hey, I don't drink, I don't smoke tobacco, and I barely have any real hobbies. I have ONE preference for where I move to. I'm tired of having to meet strangers I don't like in shady public locations to get something safer for me than you could buy at a gas station in a six pack. (Getting the medical card here in Florida is a lot harder than you'd think - you lose the right to own a gun, and you have to buy s##+ty medical hemp with barely any THC and damnnear all CBD.)
My gf moved in with me. This was a fiscal choice. I am not super happy about it. I care for her, but I spent 9 years sharing a bed, and I don't want to anymore. She knows it. We're looking for a larger place when we leave the state. She hates Florida too.
Oh, and I am in constant flux between missing my ex-wife and appreciating my current girlfriend for who she is... so there's that. I mostly deal with this by not dealing with it and getting as high as I can actually financially afford to, as often as possible, so I don't have to deal with my problems in a healthy, direct manner. :-) And I can't afford it lately! :-D Win-Win!
I turned 36 a few weeks ago. The idea that I have been a legal adult for half my life scares the s~!* out of me more than my white beard hairs. I am an unaccomplished, irresponsible horrible example of an adult.
Also - After a glance over the site, am I reading this right?
Is Pathfinder 1.0 finally done?
Can I purchase my "Everything Compendium" giant tome, with leather-back binding and gold-leaf pages yet?
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Sounds like a lot to deal with man. I'm glad you are still with us despite everything you had to deal with. I hope you are able to move to the snowless lands and start enjoying life again.
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Hi,everyone. At a family gathering with no outlet at the picnic ground. Posting from a tablet and a battery pack with about a quarter charge. I'll stay on as long as I can.
Have some nice and cozy family time then John.
*Sends John a few pats on the shoulder*
You know Kjeldorn, I have a bit of Spock in me and I am very literal minded.
I've not made a gulash before so I probably can't comment very much. Chinese cooking is more on clear soups
And I have a mind dirtier then your average street gutter in a red light district :P
Seriously though, its just a part of your charm Mort ^^
*Gives kitty a goodnight nuzzle*
Think I'll turn in for the night.
Nighty night everyone!
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(Don't you dare) Hold your applause.
Welcome back.
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(Don't you dare) Hold your applause.
It's good to see you back! I'd started to worry you were swallowed in a sinkhole.
Meanwhile since you've been gone I started back to work full-time and I developed and got over an eyeball licking phase.
I also recently got through Breaking Bad and have determined building a meth empire just isn't for me.
Orthos is back, so the two of you can wax philosophical about Final Fantasy 6.
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The Vagrant Erudite, you are at least owning up to your life so that makes you at least a semi-resposible adult. And far more mature than some people are.
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However, I recently started watching The Americans, which is doing wonders for my neighborhood relations.
Neighbor: Those are some nice hostas!
Me (narrowing eyes suspiciously): I bet they are, comrade?...
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Awesome Moments in Parenting:
I have been trying to teach the kids two things:
(1) When we're away, always call NobodysWife's phone. I rarely even carry my phone, much less hear it ringing.
(2) Now that you have to earn your allowances, I will cheerfully let the house run out of your staples (such as bread and peanut butter) because I'll ask you repeatedly to get them, and if you don't, your loss.
So of course on Sunday while I was at Shiro's Impus Minor realized that the house is out of bread and peanut butter.
So he called his mother.
Impus Minor: Mom! Help! There's no food in the house!
NobodysWife: You do realize that I'm in Portugal, right? Not only am I not in the house, but I'm on an entirely different continent. And not only that, but IT IS MIDNIGHT HERE! I could not help you even if I wanted to!
Impus Major was laughing his a$$ off through this whole exchange, and I never would have heard about it if it hadn't been for Impus Major this morning: "Oh, you want breakfast? Maybe you should call mom!"
Oh good, it's raining again, just what we need.
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I forgot to mention, my daughter, who I used to call Pea Bear. Yeah, she calls herself Crookshanks on the boards and is starting high school tomorrow.
F*** you time!
Oh, and we've been dealing with flooding and rising lake levels (which is kind of a big deal, when your city is on an isthmus) but we should be fine as long as we don't get anymore rain.
Yup, we're f!%&ed.
Damn it, two beagles and two kids is no way to build an ark!
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I can't handle too much grease at once, so as much as I love pizza, it has to be good. Good Value Walmart crap almost had my body explode from grease build up.
As for the cap's kid being...not so much a kid...the idea that I am now old enough to have waited until I was 18 to have a kid, and that kid to have waited that long...that I'm "legal grandpa" age...well that terrifies me more than most things should.
Who knew? 30 no biggie, 35 pretty depressing, 36...oddly terrifying. Honestly it's probably just on top of the upside down life.
Closer to 40 than not feels strange. For the first time in my life I feel old. My walks wind me like they never did. My beard comes in white in patches. My right knee just feels like hurting when I put more weight on it than I'm used to...a lot. I now feel the same around 20 somethings as I once did only around teens; alienated by a culture I find stupid and annoyed by a seeming unending amount of idiocy and ignorance.
Perhaps you don't understand how much I loved Quantum Leap as a kid.
It was
1. Quantum Leap
2. Knight Rider
3. Dukes of Hazard
4. Unsolved Mysteries
Yeah I watched like every episode of quantum leap as a kid. As of today I am still disappointed by the ending. Just throwing a card on screen you punks!
Never watch your 2 and 3 past like glimpses while changing channels but used to watch unsolved mysteries but it was so long ago I don't remember much more then the host and the creepy intro.
Yeah I would eat the pizza in a day easy. get the initial 4 pieces for dinner (my breakfast) then lunch another 2 plus the 2 I snack on at some point during the day then finish it up at breakfast time (dinner for me). Those are good days. Not all pizza warms up that well however. Thinner crust pizzas warm up best.
The best way to warm a pizza back up btw is in a frying pan with a lid put a little olive oil put the lid on low temp and just enough so the cheese is melty. Its like a 85% resuscitation.
It is funny how we gamers have superstitions about our dice.
If nothing else the guy is a heck of a salesman but supposidly dice can be weighted or shaped wrong and it can cause them to roll a certain trend.
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Yeah I have a friend like that. He was so happy when we started doing point buy instead of rolling stats. When he rolls he would be super happy about a 15 rolled.
Not a good moment for rain... I need to be out soonish.
Even less good moment for rain to intensify...
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If you're like me, it will take one day to eat the pizza.Eh leave me alone in the house and there's a possibility I wouldn't buy bread but live on home made cakes and pizza. They're a thing too.
If I eat 2 pieces of pizza for breakfast everyday, how long will it take to finish an entire pizza(12 pieces)?
And people say I have a a pizza problem. You guys saw my pizza right? It's a pretty big one so really finish it in one day?
I can see you guys chaining me in the kitchen and making me mass produce pizzas =(
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If you're like me, it will take one day to eat the pizza.Eh leave me alone in the house and there's a possibility I wouldn't buy bread but live on home made cakes and pizza. They're a thing too.
If I eat 2 pieces of pizza for breakfast everyday, how long will it take to finish an entire pizza(12 pieces)?
And people say I have a a pizza problem. You guys saw my pizza right? It's a pretty big one so really finish it in one day?
I can see you guys chaining me in the kitchen and making me mass produce pizzas =(
Just remember that was your idea not ours.
*looks for his kitty chains*
Has anybody played Pillars of Eternity 2, and if so, is it any good?
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If you're like me, it will take one day to eat the pizza.Eh leave me alone in the house and there's a possibility I wouldn't buy bread but live on home made cakes and pizza. They're a thing too.
If I eat 2 pieces of pizza for breakfast everyday, how long will it take to finish an entire pizza(12 pieces)?
And people say I have a a pizza problem. You guys saw my pizza right? It's a pretty big one so really finish it in one day?
I can see you guys chaining me in the kitchen and making me mass produce pizzas =(
Just remember that was your idea not ours.
*looks for his kitty chains*
Reminds me of a fairy tale I read where a giant caught a human baker to make butter fingers or somewhat for him.
Not yet, said the dragon.
Reminds me of a fairy tale I read where a giant caught a human baker to make butter fingers or somewhat for him.If you're like me, it will take one day to eat the pizza.Eh leave me alone in the house and there's a possibility I wouldn't buy bread but live on home made cakes and pizza. They're a thing too.
If I eat 2 pieces of pizza for breakfast everyday, how long will it take to finish an entire pizza(12 pieces)?
And people say I have a a pizza problem. You guys saw my pizza right? It's a pretty big one so really finish it in one day?
I can see you guys chaining me in the kitchen and making me mass produce pizzas =(
Just remember that was your idea not ours.
*looks for his kitty chains*
I am neither a giant nor do I like butter fingers so your alright there.
In the draconmicon they detail that some dragons keep human pets for various purposes.
Theirs an old saying about curious cats.