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Open Thread: Thursday Night Menu

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Bad Horse’s Filly writes:

I’m off with family, getting ready for my youngest brother’s wedding. I’ll be the one in the pretty bridesmaid dress, my 3-year-old niece and I playing princess in our matching dresses while mom and dad get hitched. But I didn’t forget you guys. I thought a fish recipe would be nice since we haven’t had one in a while. This fish is courtesy of my friend Alton Gunn.

On the board tonight:

1) Pico De Gallo Fish
2) Rice
3) Tomato-Avocado Chutney
4) Fresh Pineapple w/Ice Cream

Click on the blue highlight for recipes and shopping list.

(Enjoy your princess dress, BHF!)

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  2. 2.

    arguingwithsignposts

    Thank FSM. I am in no mood/energy level to discuss Afpak. That said, Jonathan Turley is speaking with words too big for the tea baggers on the Rachel Maddow Show.

  4. 4.

    Max

    I want to thank everyone on the apple thread that mentioned honeycrisps. I had never heard of them and bought a few today to give them a try.

    Yum Yum. I am hooked.

    If anyone has a recipe for chicken tortilla soup, I’m hoping to make some this weekend. I brought back some green chilis from New Mexico and thought that would be a good way to use them.

  6. 6.

    ellaesther

    @cleek: cleek? Is that… um… you? Playing “Armistice Day” over to your place? You have this annoying lack of an “About” page and I am not well enough acquainted with your personal internet traditions to know if… just tell me: Is that YOU? Because it’s fucking amazing, and if it’s you, wow. I want to tell you that it’s fucking amazing!

  9. 9.

    ellaesther

    @Max: I have a recipe! I have a recipe! (And I was one of the honey crisp people, so you know I won’t steer you wrong).

    It’s super easy, it’s sooooooo good, and though it’s technically a vegetarian recipe, you could easily make it with chicken broth and throw in some of the chicken, too. Tortilla Soup (Also, it calls for “frozen pepper ans onion stir fry mix” – pfhhhhhhhh! I just cut up the vegetables. Much better).

    OMG so good!

  12. 12.

    arguingwithsignposts

    @Jay in Oregon:

    LTNS you too. Just tired. Traveling too much, which screws up sleeping sched. Next week going to see the gf and get a little rest (hopefully). Things seem to be rebounding a little (fingers crossed).

    How about you?

  13. 13.

    MBSS

    @burnspbesq:

    But he won’t be bounced and his concern seems to be genuinely to do the right and the most sustainable thing. Which is a kind of strength we haven’t seen in a president since Reagan.

    reagan and sustainable that close together?

  15. 15.

    tavella

    Only semi-related: does anyone know why WordPress has that truly idiotic tag system where all tags are shared across how ever many thousand blogs are on the system? When I click a tag, I want to see what *that author* has written on that subject, not what some random person has written.

  20. 20.

    Mark S.

    Stupak Fever has made the Church drunk with power:

    The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington said Wednesday that it will be unable to continue the social service programs it runs for the District if the city doesn’t change a proposed same-sex marriage law, a threat that could affect tens of thousands of people the church helps with adoption, homelessness and health care.

    But the Sodom City Council is not backing down:

    The church’s influence seems limited. In separate interviews Wednesday, council member Mary M. Cheh (D-Ward 3) referred to the church as “somewhat childish.” Another council member, David A. Catania (I-At Large), said he would rather end the city’s relationship with the church than give in to its demands. “They don’t represent, in my mind, an indispensable component of our social services infrastructure,” said Catania, the sponsor of the same-sex marriage bill and the chairman of the Health Committee.

    Don’t let the door, etc.

  23. 23.

    El Cid

    More reason to love Goldman Sachs:

    A Goldman Sachs analysis of health care legislation has concluded that, as far as the bottom line for insurance companies is concerned, the best thing to do is nothing. A close second would be passing a watered-down version of the Senate Finance Committee’s bill… The study’s authors advise that if no reform is passed, earnings per share would grow an estimated ten percent from 2010 through 2019, and the value of the stock would rise an estimated 59 percent during that time period.

    I think they’re mistaken, though — the best move would be for the insurance industry to ask Goldman Sachs to get the Treasury or the Fed to just directly hand them hundreds of billions of dollars, no strings attached.

    And if you’re wondering if all that Senate watering down matters:

    The next best thing for the insurance industry would be if the legislation passed by the Senate Finance Committee is watered down significantly. Described as a “bull case” scenario — in which there is “moderation of provisions in the current SFC plan” or “changes prior to the major implementation in 2013” — earnings per share for the five biggest insurers would grow an estimated ten percent and the variance with current valuation would rise an estimated 47 percent.

    Get to work concerned ‘conservative’ Democratic Senators! Surely you can do better than Goldman expects and hand your insurance industry funders better than a 10% earnings per share increase!

  24. 24.

    ellaesther

    I suck. You know why I suck? Because I am totally going to repost something from the earlier open thread — because that open thread is now dead and forgotten, and it was something that I really wanted to put out there.

    To wit:

    I want to sing the praises of a Congressmember who did a good thing…. Yesterday, Rep. Brian Baird (D-WA) made a bold and inspiring statement on the House floor, calling for changes in American policy on the issue of Israel/Palestine—specifically re: the war in Gaza and the Goldstone Report. As he put it, speaking before a picture of Palestinian toddlers who had been killed in the fighting: “Those children deserve to have someone ask why they were killed.”

    If you live in Washington state and support a just and peaceful solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, please thank Rep. Baird for taking a principled stand in a place where such opinions are usually shouted down. Hell, even if you don’t live in Washington, send the man a note! You’ll find a video of his statement, contact information and a sample letter at my place.

    (Necessary full-disclosure, in case you’ve forgotten: I’m an American-Israeli Jew and advocate for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Lived there for 14 years, have a Masters in ME studies, have researched/written about the conflict for about a quarter of a century… more details on, of course, my blog).

  28. 28.

    ellaesther

    @tavella: No, but it bugs the crap out of me too, if that’s any consolation.

    One of the funniest links that the system ever brought me was from this sweet little blog written by a mom who was posting about how she was making an effort to make her little girl’s half of the room that she shares with her brother as pink and girly as possible — and it linked to a post by me called “Threat level: pink” in which I go on and on in my curmudgeonly way about how much I hate that society is forcing so much fucking pink on little girls these days.

    I suspect that reader may not have come back in the interim.

  35. 35.

    IndyLib

    @ellaesther:
    Excellent recipe, mostly because it has no frikkin’ cilantro. I need to look at the vegetarian ones more often, you can always unveg them if you want to.

  37. 37.

    ellaesther

    @MBSS: I’m a supporter! I’m confident that they do not represent every single opinion I have about the conflict, but I think they’re doing an admirable job of trying to walk a very careful line, demonstrating that you can be a Zionist and support Palestinian statehood, too (that’s not how they would put it of course, but that’s what it comes down to, for me).

    I suspect that I’m further left than they are (I tend to go on and on about the suffering that Israel has caused, rather than focusing on the fact that peace will bring Israel security) but I have to be honest about what will produce movement in Washington and in Jewish circles. As long as it achieves a just, two-state solution, I’m good.

    Mind you, I have begun to lose faith in that as a possibility, so I suppose the fact that they’re still working toward it is also a very good thing…!

  38. 38.

    IndyLib

    @MBSS:
    Without any freakin’ cilantro, I guaran-dam-tee ya. Actually, I grew up eating mexican food in southern Colorado and there was no cilantro in anything. I never tasted it until I moved to Arizona in the mid ’80’s and when I did it was not a pleasant experience. I’d rather eat a bar of Irish Spring.

  41. 41.

    IndyLib

    @MBSS:
    Si, Viva la Difference!
    When I live in San Diego and tried to order things without the soap herb, people thought I was crazy. I used to have to order everything take-out so I could take it home and use my own salsa.

  45. 45.

    Ruckus

    SoCal boy here grew up on Mexican food and I only like cilantro in limited amounts. But the place next door makes a mean carnitas taco that is just bad without cilantro and green chile salsa.

  46. 46.

    Yutsano

    @asiangrrlMN: @IndyLib: Apparently cilantro is one of those foods like broccoli that certain people just have a terrible taste reaction to. I know in the case of broccoli it’s genetic, I imagine in the case of cilantro it’s possibly the same. I can draw a reasonable inference by this you’re not Thai hon?

  48. 48.

    monkeyboy

    WTF is up with the name “Avocado-Tomato Chutney”.

    It is not a chutney because ‘fresh chutneys’ only include oil if that was used to fry some spices or maybe peppers.

    It is not a Mexican salsa, (i.e. guacamole) because it is missing onionoids and peppers and has added oil. (a fresh salsa consists of fruit(s), onioniod, pepper, acid, and possibly herbs). Like chutney, only some cooked salsas contain oil.

    What it really is is Chopped Avocado Tomato Salad where the olive oil and lime juice comprise a vinaigrette dressing.

  49. 49.

    Little Macayla's Friend

    @El Cid:
    Thanks, first mention I’ve seen of that. And since I doubt it’s news on Wall Street, it seems like it’s timing would increase the chances of reform, especially considering the Street’s reputation right now.

  50. 50.

    Yutsano

    This fish is courtesy of my friend Alton Gunn.

    I almost read this wrong and almost got all giddy and slightly jealous. Then I re-read the surname.

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