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A note from Bad Horse’s Filly:

So it’s Friday and I totally forgot to send you the link for last night’s menu. It is one of my favorite recipes, Garlic, Garlic Chicken… I forgot yesterday was Thursday until I saw on my own blog this morning that it posted.

On the board tonight:
(1) Garlic, Garlic Chicken
(2) Loaf of a good crusty Artisan bread
(3) Sliced Pepper Salad
(4) Hot Apple Cider with Ginger Snaps

Click here for recipes and shopping list.

P.S. I compounded the delay by not reading John’s forwarded email sooner. My apologies to BHF, and I hope she’s been able to dig out from the Denver area’s surprise snowfall(s) without too much pain!

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  1. 1.

    Yutsano

    Okay Anne you done did it. I’m making chicken with forty cloves of garlic on my next day off. This should be quite the adventure.

  2. 2.

    Fulcanelli

    BHF, that’s a pretty interesting article about the ‘Lane Cake’ from To Kill A Mockingbird” on yer blog. Who knew?

    You find some interesting stuff in these intertubez…

    Have you ever made one?

  3. 3.

    Bad Horse's Filly

    Chicken, garlic, wine, how could that be bad? Sorry about the delay – I wrote it during the blizzard and set it to auto post….and then totally forgot about it. I hope anyone who tries it enjoys it as much I do.

    Warm and sunny this weekend – I may even be able to cycle.

  4. 4.

    Bad Horse's Filly

    @Fulcanelli: I am not the best cake baker, but a friend has thrown down the gauntlet and asked me to make one for her. Since she helped me throw a bridal shower and I owe her a BIG thank you for that, I’m seriously thinking about it.

    Funny thing – Denver has this city-wide book club, this fall it was To Kill a Mockingbird and they held a workshop on how to bake things from the book – one was Lane Cake. If I’d seen it soon enough I would have signed up.

  6. 6.

    Bad Horse's Filly

    Question – has anyone seen Paranormal? Thoughts on it? (and if you all talked about it on an earlier thread, sorry, I haven’t had time yet today to look through BJ – just point me in that direction).

    And big thanks Anne, as always, for posting the menus.

  9. 9.

    amorphous

    Question: let’s say I had a site interview with a company and didn’t get an offer. If I were to apply for other jobs with that company, do you think they’d ever even give me a phone interview, let alone another site interview? or am I wasting my time?

  11. 11.

    Yutsano

    @amorphous: More than likely they have different hiring managers and the skills that got you a consideration will translate better to the other position. If you mention that you applied there before (most companies ask that on an application) they may get the hint that you want to work THERE and might just give you a second and better look.

  12. 12.

    icedfire

    That Denver snowstorm canceled a trip I had planned to San Francisco.

    Had to get there for 9am PDT this morning…Southwest couldn’t get me there until nearly 11am.

    Instead I get to watch snowflakes in the Twin Cities.

    FML.

  14. 14.

    icedfire

    @Bad Horse’s Filly:

    I loved Paranormal Activity, about to go see it again.

    It won’t work for you if you’re not prone to scaring yourself…the entire mechanism for 98% of the film is to build up the suspense and let the audience imagine the rest.

  16. 16.

    burnspbesq

    Ruh-roh. Our genial host may not be so genial tonight.

    South Florida 30, West Virginia 19.

  18. 18.

    Kayla Rudbek

    @amorphous: And I’ve heard that some companies play the game of making you apply several times before they will give you an offer (the logic is that you have to prove that you really want to work there). I don’t know whether that was ever really in place at any company, nor whether if ever done, if that’s still in place now.

  19. 19.

    mclaren

    Can anybody explain why chicken costs more than steak now? Over the last 6 months it’s skyrocketed in cost by about a factor of 3. It’s insane. Pound for pound, chicken is literally now more expensive than steak.

  20. 20.

    Yutsano

    @mclaren: Maybe that’s a regional thing cause here it’s still pretty affordable.

    @Tattoosydney: And you didn’t invite me you biznatch LOL. Guess we know what your Saturday will be like!

  21. 21.

    Mark S.

    God, I hope this isn’t true:

    Yesterday, in an analysis of House health care legislation, the CBO concluded that the six million people expected to enroll in the public option by 2019 will be paying, on average, higher premiums than will people buying private plans.

    If only 6 million people (2% of the country) are going to be in the public option, why is everyone shitting a brick over it?

  23. 23.

    Linkmeister

    @mclaren: I have not done a per-pound survey, but the price of boneless skinless chicken breasts is darned close to the price of steak out here in the tropics, and prices are already much higher here than the mainland.

    Example: 1/2 gallon milk — $3.49

  25. 25.

    Martin

    Can anybody explain why chicken costs more than steak now?

    Changes in buying habits. People are buying less steak because fewer people can afford it. They buy more chicken instead. Supply and demand. When people get less choosey, the prices of different kinds of meats all hit a common floor.

    You’ll also notice that the cost of wings in particular climbs every year during football season. Goes up by about 1/3. That drives up the cost of whole chickens as well by a little bit.

  27. 27.

    Mark S.

    @Yutsano:

    That’s for sure. Of course, I had a hard time believing this part of the article:

    Consumers pay about $1.50 per gallon of milk, about the same as they paid in the 1970s, said Bill Wailes, head of the department of animal sciences at Colorado State University.

    I sure as hell haven’t been paying that little for milk.

  28. 28.

    Yutsano

    @Mark S.: I’d pay $1.50 for a quart or a half-gallon maybe, but the lowest I’ve seen for a gallon in YEARS was $1.68 on sale. And that was at the store that every now and again has great sales. Hell it ain’t even that cheap at Wal-Mart.

  29. 29.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @burnspbesq 1:08 am

    I’m a USF alum. When I was there South Florida didn’t even *have* a football team — or for that matter, any athletic program except golf. I’ve never been much of a sports fan except for baseball, FTFY, but I have to admit I might begin paying more attention to college football since USF seems to be doing pretty well this year.

    Poor John, though. Nobody loves a loser.

  31. 31.

    burnspbesq

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    I have to admit I might begin paying more attention to college football since USF seems to be doing pretty well this year.

    Every study that has ever been done has shown a strong and statistically significant positive correlation between success in football and alumni financial support. And it’s equally true at big state schools and small, academically hoity-toity liberal arts colleges. I worked the annual fund phonathon for my undergraduate school the year we made it to the Division 3 football national championship game for the first time, and it was amazing how eager people who had never given before were to write checks.

    I’ve never been convinced that that’s a healthy thing, but it is what it is.

  34. 34.

    Punchy

    Wish me luck….the next time I post here I should be married, should everything go as planned.

    /crosses fingers

  35. 35.

    MikeJ

    Baby blue Beelzebub links to watertiger who links to huffpo who has a story quoting Pat Robertson’s Christian Broadcasting Network as saying that “most of the candy sold during this season has been dedicated and prayed over by witches.”

    To whom do I apply at M&M Mars(bitches!) for the job of saying evil prayers? It sounds like a cushy gig.

  39. 39.

    RedKitten

    @Punchy:

    Wish me luck….the next time I post here I should be married, should everything go as planned. /crosses fingers

    Yay, Punchy! I hope everything goes absolutely beautifully for you and that, 50 years from now, you and your wife look back on your wedding day with smiles and good memories.

    BTW, if you ever get the chance to see Blondie in concert, GO! It was a phenomenal show, and Debbie Harry looks freaking AMAZING.

    I’ll be putting Sam in his Halloween costume later, and will email John a picture of it to post. :)

  41. 41.

    geg6

    Okay, folks. I survived the winefest last night only slightly worse for the wear (+10!! Holy crap). I just want to send best wishes to Punchy and his bride (?) for a happy life filled with love and contentment. Oh, and to say that garlic chicken sounds like heaven.

  44. 44.

    RedKitten

    @Demo Woman: Nah — I waffled back and forth for awhile, and wound up just wearing a casual dress and some comfy heels. The drive back home was great, too — my throat was sore from cheering, so we stopped at McDonald’s for a thick shake. I hadn’t had one of those in years and years, so it was a delightful treat.

    On the way back, the cops were doing spot checks for drunk drivers, up-to-date registrations, and driver’s licenses. So this (rather attractive, young) cop asks to see my license, examines it, and says “Looks good!” I gave him a big smile and said, “Why, THANK you!” He turned about 40 shades of pink, which was quite entertaining.

  46. 46.

    MysticalChick

    @Zuzu

    I have a brand new juicer just waiting for some good recipes so I think I will try it. I totally need some cleansing for my innards. Thanks!

    Right after, of course, that yummy garlic chicken recipe! MMMM! I could take a bath in garlic and be happy. Will it keep all the goblins away, you think?

  48. 48.

    Zuzu's Petals

    @MysticalChick:

    Have fun !

    It’s nice that I’m doing smoothies as well as juice. Adds the fiber, is more filling. And I’m still getting the “cleanse.”

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