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Open Thread: Thursday Night Menu

by Anne Laurie|  April 8, 20109:59 pm| 78 Comments

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Take it away, Bad Horse’s Filly —

We have a cheese warehouse here. It’s an amazing place with 2000 square feet of refrigerated retail space filled with cheeses from all over the world. They even provide you with a jacket to wear while you shop. I drive by it on my way home from work almost every day. Sometimes I have to stop and buy some truly wonderful cheeses. Which is what I did for this recipe. Go for the best cheese you can find for this recipe and you won’t be disappointed. The lemon pie may see a bit out of place in this meal, but I had a request for one this week, so since I was making one, I thought I’d include the recipe.
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On the board tonight:
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Herbed Fettuccini
Apple Salad
Tangy Lemon Pie

As ever, recipes and shopping list at the link.

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  1. 1.

    JMY

    April 8, 2010 at 10:03 pm

    Obama brushed off criticisms from former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin of his administration’s recently announced nuclear policy by noting her lack of experience on the subject. “I really have no response. Because last I checked, Sarah Palin’s not much of an expert on nuclear issues,” he said in an exclusive interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos.

    When he slaps back, he definitely goes in.

  2. 2.

    slappy

    April 8, 2010 at 10:09 pm

    Ruh-roh.

  3. 3.

    demkat620

    April 8, 2010 at 10:10 pm

    @JMY: He most certainly do. And most times it is a thing of beauty.

  4. 4.

    IndyLib

    April 8, 2010 at 10:11 pm

    BHF – Yum, yum, yum, this sounds really good.
    I second the advice to buy good cheese, which will usually cost you, but is worth it. Especially parmesan. If you buy American made parm make sure it’s been aged or you might as well use the stuff in the green shaker.

  5. 5.

    SiubhanDuinne

    April 8, 2010 at 10:12 pm

    JMY: Yeah, saw that little clip on MSNBC (can’t remember now if it was Keith or Rachel, doesn’t matter). It was a fine ol’ slapdown.

    (Obot, in case it wasn’t obvious)

  6. 6.

    freelancer (itouch)

    April 8, 2010 at 10:13 pm

    I love my president.

  7. 7.

    gbear

    April 8, 2010 at 10:15 pm

    @JMY:

    Did Stephie ask Obama if he’ll be courageous enough to drop nukes on any country that dares to launch a cyber attack on the USA?

  8. 8.

    beltane

    April 8, 2010 at 10:15 pm

    Tomorrow is the 145th anniversary of Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. Someone will have to inform the governor of Virginia that his side lost.

  9. 9.

    debit

    April 8, 2010 at 10:16 pm

    Menu looks good, BHF. I always looks forward to Thursday nights because you give me great ideas for the weekend. Think I’ll make that lemon pie for the BBQ I’m going to Saturday.

    @thread: I’ve decided to break down and buy biking skorts. My Somali clients never say anything, but it seems like my biking shorts make them uncomfortable. I’d hoped the shorts would teach them not to show up early (so I have a chance to cool off and change) but no such luck.

  10. 10.

    JMY

    April 8, 2010 at 10:18 pm

    We’ll just have to wait for that headlines that Obama made a sexist remark toward Ms. Wasila, though.

  11. 11.

    WereBear (itouch)

    April 8, 2010 at 10:21 pm

    That fettucine recipe sounds awesome. Just right for spring.

  12. 12.

    khead

    April 8, 2010 at 10:23 pm

    @slappy:

    I do wonder if Glenn will respond to the FEC in the same manner as he responded to DougJ.

  13. 13.

    Mike Kay

    April 8, 2010 at 10:25 pm

    @JMY: How can Obama criticize someone who attended 6 colleges. Attending 6 different colleges is like getting 6 degrees.

  14. 14.

    freelancer (itouch)

    April 8, 2010 at 10:26 pm

    @slappy:

    Oh nice try sir. I’m going near that. You can almost countdown to the audible head explosion that can be heard all the way over at Salon.

  15. 15.

    valdivia

    April 8, 2010 at 10:29 pm

    totally random–I just sat in a bar in DC with Peggy Noonan and Major Garret sitting next to me and drinking themselves to oblivion and talking trash about Obama the whole time. Have pics to prove it. By the end Peggy was pretty touchy feely with major I have to say!

  16. 16.

    Jennifer

    April 8, 2010 at 10:33 pm

    A cheese warehouse?

    I don’t care how excrementally runny it is; hand it over with all speed.

  17. 17.

    Mike Kay

    April 8, 2010 at 10:34 pm

    @slappy: RAHM!

  18. 18.

    ellaesther

    April 8, 2010 at 10:35 pm

    Wow that fettuccini in particular sounds amazing…. (And, in an aside, who knew how difficult I would find it to spell fettuccini?)

  19. 19.

    Jennifer

    April 8, 2010 at 10:36 pm

    Did someone say cheese?

    I don’t care how excrementally runny it is; hand it over with all speed.

  20. 20.

    ellaesther

    April 8, 2010 at 10:36 pm

    @freelancer (itouch): me too.

  21. 21.

    Mike Kay

    April 8, 2010 at 10:36 pm

    @valdivia: oooh, post a slide show.

  22. 22.

    Violet

    April 8, 2010 at 10:38 pm

    @valdivia:
    Seriously? You gonna post pics. Did you take video? That could be fun….

  23. 23.

    gbear

    April 8, 2010 at 10:38 pm

    @valdivia:

    I hope that Obama made them both deeply unhappy and that they finished up the night by pity fucking each other.

  24. 24.

    Elie

    April 8, 2010 at 10:39 pm

    BHF _ I am digging on this pasta recipe. Can’t make it tonight but have printed it off and will make soon…so springlike and herbal — love it!

    Thanks

  25. 25.

    gbear

    April 8, 2010 at 10:40 pm

    @valdivia:

    I hope that they were both deeply unhappy because of Obama and that they finished up the night by pity fucking each other.

  26. 26.

    Mnemosyne

    April 8, 2010 at 10:43 pm

    @debit:

    Have you looked into mountain biking shorts? Those are the ones I have and they’re much more concealing than the skorts — they go down to my knees and are pretty baggy. The ones I have are pretty similar to these.

  27. 27.

    Litlebritdifrnt

    April 8, 2010 at 10:44 pm

    A cheese warehouse? Great FSM I think I would think I had died and gone to heaven. The best I can do around here is go to Fresh Market and at least get my hands on some really good aged cheddar and sometimes some Double Glouster. What I wouldn’t give for some tasty, crumbly Lancashire, right now.

  28. 28.

    beltane

    April 8, 2010 at 10:45 pm

    @valdivia: Please oh please send that to Wonkette. This sounds like a classic Noonan post in the making.

  29. 29.

    robertdsc

    April 8, 2010 at 10:46 pm

    @slappy:
    LOL. She’s still cute, though.

  30. 30.

    SIA

    April 8, 2010 at 10:48 pm

    @JMY: Just saw that. Now I haz a happy.

  31. 31.

    Brien Jackson

    April 8, 2010 at 10:48 pm

    Karoli is overstating the importance of the FEC requesting more information.

  32. 32.

    Mark S.

    April 8, 2010 at 10:48 pm

    @khead:

    I do wonder if Glenn will respond to the FEC in the same manner as he responded to DougJ.

    Stop it, you’re fucking killing me!

  33. 33.

    valdivia

    April 8, 2010 at 10:48 pm

    guys it really was a thing to behold. the funniest part is that, um, I was a little involved myself during the evening. But hey I was on a date and she was with fucking Major Garret. They sat there for 5 hours drinking and making snide comments about Obama and whenever she caught site of me and the man I was with we got *very* censorious looks. In vengeance I took pics. have to put them up because they were hammered and if I didn’t know better I could see them totally pity fucking each other. BTW, Major Garret is really really not attractive.

    valdivia +5

  34. 34.

    SIA

    April 8, 2010 at 10:50 pm

    @valdivia: NO! DO tell!

  35. 35.

    debit

    April 8, 2010 at 10:52 pm

    @Mnemosyne: Oh, thanks for the tip! I think a trip to REI is in the cards for this weekend.

  36. 36.

    SIA

    April 8, 2010 at 10:52 pm

    @gbear:

    I hope that Obama made them both deeply unhappy and that they finished up the night by pity fucking each other.

    EWWWWWWW!

  37. 37.

    Arclite

    April 8, 2010 at 10:55 pm

    @ Anne

    You mentioned in the previous thread how few people have your name.

    So, the obvious question might be: any relation to Hugh Laurie?

  38. 38.

    Mark S.

    April 8, 2010 at 10:55 pm

    I guess I don’t watch Fox, cause I had no idea who the hell Major Garrett (god that sounds like a porn name) was.

    But I have long speculated that Noonan is a lush.

  39. 39.

    ellaesther

    April 8, 2010 at 10:55 pm

    @Jennifer: Bless you!

    “Has he?”

    “She, sir.”

  40. 40.

    Mike Kay

    April 8, 2010 at 10:57 pm

    @robertdsc: check out this darling photo of her.

  41. 41.

    SGEW

    April 8, 2010 at 10:58 pm

    I just noticed that the long lost tag “Hot air and ill informed banter” has arrived on the revolving masthead.

    I am inordinately pleased, out of all proportion. That is all.

    SGEW + [redacted]

  42. 42.

    parksideq

    April 8, 2010 at 10:59 pm

    Since this is an open thread, and I’ve been out of the circuit for a while so I don’t know if this was asked yet, but how does one get the reply button to pop up if they’re posting from an iPhone? Hover doesn’t really register on a touchscreen; any pointers would be most appreciated.

  43. 43.

    gbear

    April 8, 2010 at 11:00 pm

    Fuck You Word Press.

  44. 44.

    gbear

    April 8, 2010 at 11:02 pm

    @parksideq:

    You should only have those special rights if you’re posting from a real computer like us real Americans.

  45. 45.

    valdivia

    April 8, 2010 at 11:02 pm

    I should add that mocking noonan and garret makes for a fine test of date-worthy potential….

  46. 46.

    Martin

    April 8, 2010 at 11:07 pm

    My 6th grade son made us dinner – hamburgers and Alton’s baked mac n cheese recipe with gouda instead of cheddar.

    Just sayin’ for those that think making dinner is too hard.

  47. 47.

    robertdsc

    April 8, 2010 at 11:07 pm

    @parksideq:
    I just tried it and the reply doesn’t show. It showed when the page began to load but not when it was done. Sorry.

  48. 48.

    Elie

    April 8, 2010 at 11:09 pm

    @valdivia:

    The Monster Ball — Peggy Noonan and Major Garrett ..

    I hope that YOU enjoyed yourself, Missy. Hell with the two losers — Peggy’s skin is probably so thin from ETOH and bitterness that is would be curling anyway…there is nothing there and no one home..

    On the other hand, I hope you had a grand time and had some good damned chemistry going on…

  49. 49.

    mai naem

    April 8, 2010 at 11:23 pm

    Major is married and 12 yrs younger than Nooners. Does than make Nooners a PUMA or Cougar or whatever cat they’re called?

  50. 50.

    Jim Newell

    April 8, 2010 at 11:24 pm

    @valdivia: TIPS AT WONKETTE DOT COM

  51. 51.

    khead

    April 8, 2010 at 11:25 pm

    @Mark S.:

    What? You don’t think Glenn will go with five long-winded paragraphs just to say: “Fuck you, FEC, don’t you know I’m underpaid?”

    Hey, to be honest – I don’t either. But he seemed to think it was a great response to DougJ so I can’t really be sure.

  52. 52.

    Comrade Mary

    April 8, 2010 at 11:27 pm

    @mai naem: Nope. If she is putting the moves on him and he’s about to accept them, that just makes them garden variety cheaters.

    I believe in the half your age plus 7 rule. Nooners is 60, he’s 48. Technically, she could go for anyone 37 years or older.

  53. 53.

    IndyLib

    April 8, 2010 at 11:30 pm

    I’m reposting my recipe link for Petite Vanilla Scones from an earlier thread, mostly because the site the link comes from is new to me and has some really nice recipes for those of you who like to do the cooking thing.
    And a huge plus – the lady who writes the blog is a damned good snarker.

    http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2010/04/petite-vanilla-bean-scones/

  54. 54.

    freelancer (itouch)

    April 8, 2010 at 11:36 pm

    Anyone here watch last night’s South Park about Facebook?

    Fucking Genius.

    http://www.southparkstudios.com/episodes/267112/

  55. 55.

    burnspbesq

    April 8, 2010 at 11:38 pm

    @parksideq:

    I’ve gotten the reply arrow to come up a couple of times on my iPad, but not consistently. I am at the ” randomly tapping and trying to discern a pattern” stage of the experiment.

    Edit: got it! Tap on the time-stamp and the reply arrow should pop up.

  56. 56.

    gbear

    April 8, 2010 at 11:38 pm

    @Jim Newell:

    Oh, this should add some pizzazz to my Honey Nut Cheerios breakfast tomorrow morning.

  57. 57.

    burnspbesq

    April 8, 2010 at 11:44 pm

    @khead:

    I think Greenwald is smart enough to hire a good lawyer and let him or her do their job. If he goes pro se, I would expect some examples of “zealous advocacy” that would make Orly Taitz blush.

  58. 58.

    Bad Horse's Filly

    April 8, 2010 at 11:47 pm

    @Litlebritdifrnt: You would be in heaven for sure. They’ve got a whole section of cheeses from England, Scotland, Ireland. Not to mention France, Germany, Italy and I’m sure I’m forgetting the other places. Plus some really nice American cheeses. Goat, sheep and cow, plus the crackers to go with all of them.

    I just stopped in before heading off to bed…thanks for all the nice words tonight, everyone. Though the Obama/Palin story made my whole night. Hit her again, please.

  59. 59.

    Bad Horse's Filly

    April 8, 2010 at 11:51 pm

    @Martin: You’re my hero (or should I say your son is).

  60. 60.

    Ash Can

    April 9, 2010 at 12:03 am

    @JMY: I’m hoping that some network mope will ask him at the next presser whether he thinks he’s not showing proper respect for a former VP candidate. Now that would be a smackdown for the ages.

    @valdivia: That’s just too fucking funny. I second the idea of sending them to Wonkette. Of course, I suppose it’s possible that those wags will look at the pics and say, “Yeah, yeah. This is the third set like this we’ve gotten this week. Let us know when it’s girl-on-girl for a change.”

  61. 61.

    parksideq

    April 9, 2010 at 12:04 am

    @burnspbesq: Sweet! I will definitely keep that trick in mind when I’m out and about.

    @gbear: I assume trying to post from an iPhone Mega (aka iPad) is also a no-go on the Real American(R) front?

  62. 62.

    General Egali Tarian Stuck

    April 9, 2010 at 12:11 am

    I got this in An email from OFA on selling HCR. I thought it was pretty cool and a lot more of this sort of thing is needed to reprogram all the teatard garbage and the MSM channeling it.

  63. 63.

    Violet

    April 9, 2010 at 12:15 am

    @Litlebritdifrnt:

    What I wouldn’t give for some tasty, crumbly Lancashire, right now.

    The next time you’re in the UK, bring some back. You can freeze it, especially if you do the vacuum-pack thing. The texture isn’t perfect when you thaw it, but it tastes just fine. So long as it isn’t raw milk cheese or soft cheese, it’s perfectly legal to bring cheese here. US Customs allows it.

  64. 64.

    SIA

    April 9, 2010 at 12:27 am

    @freelancer (itouch): OMG that was fucking hilarious!

    The whole Facebook phenomena is just creepy to me. I wanted to post the song “Waterloo” on Jim DeMint’s facebook page, so I made my profile: Screaming N. Atlanta. Tee hee.

  65. 65.

    CanadaGoose

    April 9, 2010 at 12:31 am

    “We have a cheese warehouse here”

    The most annoying thing about bloggers in general is the posting of reports about restaurants HERE and stores HERE and weather HERE and we’re all supposed to know just where in hell HERE is.

    Grumpf.

  66. 66.

    freelancer (itouch)

    April 9, 2010 at 12:40 am

    @SIA:

    You’re telling me. If facebook didn’t exist, I wouldn’t still be being stalked by my HS “IT” girl who broke my heart, married a rich older guy and ever since leaving, has been all sorts of interested in how I’ve been. Been ignoring her emails for years, making it explicit that I don’t want her to contact me anymore and don’t want her in my life, but this week, she friended my brother, got my phone number from him, and called me. I didn’t answer, she left me an ominous VM.

    Facebook can be useful, but it’s ubiquitousness is obnoxious and very unneccessary.

  67. 67.

    Violet

    April 9, 2010 at 12:44 am

    @freelancer (itouch):
    Block her number.

  68. 68.

    Anne Laurie

    April 9, 2010 at 12:57 am

    @Arclite:

    So, the obvious question might be: any relation to Hugh Laurie?

    Nope, “Anne Laurie” is my first name. Hugh’s probably a relative of the woman I was named for, but that’s as close as we get, unfortunately.

  69. 69.

    asiangrrlMN

    April 9, 2010 at 1:22 am

    valdiva, great story about Nooners, but the real question is, how was YOUR date?

    P.S. I can cook. I just choose not to cook for one.

  70. 70.

    hamletta

    April 9, 2010 at 1:56 am

    Sorry to be Debbie Downer, but I just got this link from my old improv buddies. It’s a haunting song about a dying coal miner, and they’ve done a YouTube music video thing.

    Coal mining has always been terrifying to me. Songs like “Dark As a Dungeon” were enough, never mind the disaster ballads.

    I thought John might appreciate it. But I could be wrong, and he might think it’s maudlin, exploitative crap.

    It ain’t bluegrass, which I consider a – 1. But that’s just me.

  71. 71.

    Linda Featheringill

    April 9, 2010 at 1:57 am

    @Mike Kay: Very, very cute! name of the furball?

  72. 72.

    SiubhanDuinne

    April 9, 2010 at 2:04 am

    @Linda Featheringill: I think that’s meant to be Jane Hamster.

  73. 73.

    Mnemosyne

    April 9, 2010 at 2:13 am

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    Probably, but c’mon, how can you resist snorgling those little feet?

  74. 74.

    Mark S.

    April 9, 2010 at 2:49 am

    Newt Gingrich was in New Orleans pretending to be considering a presidential run that he knows would have as much chance as Bob Tancredo.

    Mr. Obama is “the most radical president in American history,” Gingrich said. “He has said, ‘I run a machine, I own Washington, and there is nothing you can do about it.'”

    A google search of that phrase only turned up Newt saying that, but it is possible that Obama said something like that and Fox News decided to let it slide. Also, the president spends all his time shooting buckets:

    “What we need is a president, not an athlete,” Gingrich said during a question and answer period after his speech. He added: “Shooting three point shots may be clever, but it doesn’t put anybody to work.”

    This is what passes for an intellectual in the Republican party.

  75. 75.

    Martin

    April 9, 2010 at 2:58 am

    “What we need is a president, not an athlete,” Gingrich said during a question and answer period after his speech. He added: “Shooting three point shots may be clever, but it doesn’t put anybody to work.”

    By comparison, shooting moose, moming hockey kids, and scanning the skies for Russian bombers apparently does put people to work.

  76. 76.

    JGabriel

    April 9, 2010 at 3:48 am

    valdivia:

    They [Peggy Noonan and Major Garrett] sat there for 5 hours drinking and making snide comments about Obama and whenever she caught site of me and the man I was with we got very censorious looks. In vengeance I took pics.

    Nooners, Nov. 4, 2004. Remember:

    I do not know what the Democratic Party spent, in toto, on the 2004 election, but what they seem to have gotten for it is Barack Obama. Let us savor.

    Yes. Let us savor. Or, the word I prefer, GLOAT.

    Can’t wait to see those pics.

    .

  77. 77.

    Mike Kay

    April 9, 2010 at 5:13 am

    @Martin: He only said that because he’s a big fat slob, who’s pushing 70.

    He’s so old, he married his first wife when Obama was born.

  78. 78.

    valdivia

    April 9, 2010 at 5:15 am

    @Elie:
    @asiangrrlMN:

    thanks guys I was having a very very nice time. watching these two just added to the experience.

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