A question: What should I make for dinner? It’s been a long week, and I’m not up for cooking something elaborate this evening. But I can’t push the chore off on the mister because he’s been building a fence all day. Nor can I in good conscience order out since we’ve been doing way too much of that lately. I’m thinking something like baked ziti but am entertaining other ideas.
Other than that, I got nothing. Open thread!
Ceci n est pas mon nym
I guess you have a stronger conscience than I do, because I have no problem with ordering out under any circumstances.
Roger Moore
You should make mac and cheese. You can never go too far wrong with it.
Baud
Cereal.
rk
Grilled cheese sandwiches, scrambled eggs, and a simple tomato soup.
Walker
So apparently the FBI has arrested a former Cornell student after finding a massive weapons cache here at his Ithaca residence.
Cornell Sun Article
efgoldman
Bacon or ham or sausage and eggs. Breakfast supper always works. We might have that, too.
Dorothy A. Winsor (formerly Iowa Old Lady)
Quesedillas. You can use all sorts of fillings depending on what you have.
ruemara
A mushroom, spinach & bacon quiche. Or a pizza.
efgoldman
@Baud:
Baud Flakes?
eclare
Seconded, breakfast for supper.
Ninedragonspot
Broil salmon, sautée blueberries (frozen is fine), wilt spinach on top of blueberries, serve over (wild) rice. Add a splash of vinegar to the sauce, if you like.
Baud
@efgoldman: Honey Bunches of Baud.
NotMax
No idea what’s lurking in your fridge, freezer or pantry. If you have stuff on hand to toss together for it, a chef salad.
efgoldman
@Ninedragonspot:
Betty up top:
The Midnight Lurker
Open a can and let em’ fight it out. Oh, you meant the humans.
Ninedragonspot
@efgoldman: doesn’t seem elaborate to me. Six ingredients? Done in less than 20 minutes (minus rice-cooking time)
CTVoter
@rk: Was just about to suggest this.
No Drought No More
When I don’t feel much like cooking, it’s always tender white squirrel for me. Like they say,:”easy to kill, easy to prepare”.
Is there anything Trump has done to date that is not in keeping with a Russian designed plot to destroy American democracy? I say it’s past time Trump fears Putin more than the wrath of the American people. I say it it’s time for congressional democrats to publicly call into question his patriotism, pure and simple.
efgoldman
@The Midnight Lurker:
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Ceci n est pas mon nym
Bachelor sandwiches: Open fridge, put anything you find between slices of bread.
Slightly more classy: Limit your search to things that seem reasonable put between slices of bread.
Even more classy: Put cheese on it and toast in the oven or toaster oven, if you have one.
So classy I can hardly stand it: In addition to toasted sandwich, drop a head of lettuce into a bowl and tell hubby it’s a salad. Some assembly required.
My wife has an astonishing imagination for thinking up ways to use whatever is in the fridge/freezer/cabinets and throwing together these amazing multi-course meals. Greeted with the same pantry, I have a lot less imagination and energy. I’m better as the sous-chef.
Elie
Spaghetti or bucatini amatrciana. Dice 1 onion and sautée w 3 tbs butter and 3-4 oz bacon Sautee 5 min. Add one 28 oz can crushed tomatoes and a healthy pinch of pepper flakes. Cook until 3/4 box of pasta is done boiling in salted water. Drain pasta and mix into tomato baco mixture. Sprinkle with Romano or Parmesan cheese. Non Appetit!
Anotherlurker
Publix stuffed cabbage, in honor of St. Paddy’s Day! Oh! Wait…
trollhattan
Reminder of what we fight for. In Texas, things explode and they don’t care enough to fix that.
ThoughtsNPrayers
Bush, Perry, Abbott, none of them gives one goddamn about people being blown up in their workers’ paradise. Live free and die.
efgoldman
@Elie:
Excellent typo (if it is)
Rob
I dunno, ordering out sounds like the thing to do.
efgoldman
@trollhattan:
Video caught a 55-gallon drum looking like it was launched into orbit.
People keep voting for these assholes. What a strange place/
Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes
Cheap leftover frittata in cast iron. Cut up bacon, ham, chicken, shrimp – any non beef protein. Brown onions and garlic in skillet while whipping eggs with a tablespoon of baking powder and a handful or two of flour, seasoned with salt, pepper and hot sauce. Throw a handful or two of lettuce or some other greens in long enough to wiltx then put in you egg mix, bake for about 35 min.
PsiFighter37
@efgoldman: I think it’s because a majority of Texans are assholes who don’t care about anyone but themselves. The ‘don’t mess with Texas’ and other BS like that simply contributes to the mindset.
TaMara (HFG)
Generally when I need something quick, I saute veggies and meat of choice (usually chicken) – but if I remember right, you’re vegetarian – so veggies it is – in olive oil, basil, oregano, salt, pepper, garlic. Boil up some pasta, add about 1 ladle of pasta water to veggie mix to give it some sauciness. Drain pasta, toss together with veggies, top with Parmesan and dinner. 15 minutes tops. If you’ve got some crusty bread, all the better.
Dorothy A. Winsor (formerly Iowa Old Lady)
Alternatively, send out for pizza.
zhena gogolia
@Baud:
I was going to say hot dogs. We always like that. Kosher all-beef.
cmorenc
Grill out, since you’re in Florida..
1) pork chops marinated in Teriyaki
2) (also for grilling) on a sheet of tinfoil thinly lubricated with olive oil, finely slice an apple (cutting out the core). Liberally sprinkle cinnamon on the apple, lightly sprinkle nutmeg, optionally add a few berries of some sort, or dried cranberries. Mix and then wrap the apple etc. as tightly with just the tinfoil as you can, and then wrap a second layer of tinfoil around the first layer (you want to seal in the liquids from the apple) – depending on how thin or thick your chops are, you might want to put the foiled apples on the grill 2-3 minutes earlier than the chops, at the same time, or 2-3 min later, but this is hard to ruin unless you overdo it to the point of drying out the apples.
3) Fix a sumptuous salad course (mixed spring greens, tomato, mushroom, bell pepper, olives, feta cheese, spicy oil & vinegar dressing with some red pepper flakes, preferably made with balsamic vinegar. Sit out and eat the salad course while the chops and apples are grilling.
4) Vanilla ice cream sprinkles with blueberries for dessert. If you want to get a bit decadent and have a banana and some liquor (Kahlua, Frangelico, whatever) sautee the banana in a small pat of butter + liquor – sautee at least until the bananas start to get soft, serve over the ice cream warm or cook, to taste.
GregMulka
Blam.
seriouseats.com/2017/03/how-to-reverse-sear-best-way-to-cook-steak.html
Mike in NC
Burn a piece of steak til it resembles a large charcoal briquette and smother it in ketchup, which Republicans long ago declared to be a “vegetable”.
Lymie
Shashuka. Can start with a jar of store or homemade marina. Add frozen chopped spinach if you like, spice it up or down.
whiteonricecouple.com/recipes/poached-eggs-tomato-sauce-toast/
schrodingers_cat
@efgoldman: Is Baud flaky?
Tom
@Mike in NC: Trump steak!
efgoldman
@zhena gogolia:
Or seek out pork+beef without turkey or chicken. They’re out there, but hard to find. Yum.
schrodingers_cat
1. Indian style omelets with toasted bread
2. Couscous with shrimp and feta
3. Quick shrimp curry with rice and a salad
cosima
Little C is one of the pickiest eaters on the planet, and she loves this recipe — it’s now on weekly rotation: diethood.com/baked-pesto-chicken/
Don’t use evaporated milk (yuk). I use single cream + milk (the equivalent, I think, of half & half, which is not a thing here in the UK). It is really delicious. I use skinless chx breasts (to be a bit more healthy, not sure why I bother given the cream) and it turns out just fine. And always use Greek feta, real Greek feta.
eclare
@trollhattan: Jeezus. Article forwarded on, thanks.
Gelfling 545
See what vegetable ends & bits you have in the fridge. Saute in butter, parboiling tough stuff like broccoli or carrots a bit first. Throw in some garlic. If you’ve got tomatoes, keep them until the end. Toss them in and cook briefly. Boil, drain & butter some spaghetti. Grate some cheese over it & toss with salt & pepper. Pour the vegetables over the pasta & toss again. Voilà, Dinner. You can have salad & bread with it if you’re feeling fancy. And wine. Wine is good. Mine tonight has muchrooms, onion, carrots, celery & green beans. Heavy on the mushrooms. If I find a stray bell pepper, that will go in as well.
Shell
Yup, soft buttery scrambled eggs and a mountain of hot buttered toast.
WereBear
Funny thing. When I don’t feel like cooking, I eat pistachios and dried mango and Slim Jims.
I. Don’t. Cook.
Lyrebird
We’re having pasta for the gluten-eaters and leftovers for the non.
Ice cream for dessert.
Brachiator
Well, if any of the suggestions correspond to what you’ve got in your cabinets and refrigerator, it will be interesting to read what you come up with.
I’m not big on the home cooking thing, so I hope you’ve got a nice wine to go with whatever you decide to whip up.
satby
@ruemara: I made one of those minus the bacon and with asparagus a day ago, so that’s dinner for tonight. Quiche is my go-to for quick easy meals. I keep frozen pie shells on hand usually.
HuCat
Practically swinging after the bell, but I’m with @Baud: Cereal, or I could be persuaded by @NotMax. I’m throwing a salad together for lunch, and we reserve formal breakfast for Sunday Supper.
Feebog
You got a couple cans of tuna, mayo and some bread? Make a tuna spread with mayo and whatever ya got in the fridge (olives, pickles, relish, cranberries, etc.). Make sandwiches, put in a pan and make tuna melts. Add cheese if you have it. Done and done.
Miss Bianca
For truly simple but filling and good, very little beats whole-wheat pasta prepared even more simply than TaMara’s suggestion – just dressed with olive oil, grated hard cheese of choice (I have both Parmesan and Romano lurking in my fridge) and some fresh garlic, either minced or pressed, and some salt and fresh-ground pepper. Red pepper flakes optional.
cain
Steak, garden salad, and a glass of wine. Perfect after working in the yard. Maybe make some green beans too.
MelissaM
It’s probably too late for today, but not for later days. When I tried Blue Apron, this is the main gem I took away. OMG, so good and So. Freakin’. Easy. (When you skip the garlic toasts and salad, but those are easy, too.)
blueapron.com/recipes/gnocchi-caprese-with-garlic-toasts-butter-lettuce-salad
Yutsano
@Miss Bianca:
I call foul. Red pepper flakes are NEVER optional in pasta con aglio olio.
SiubhanDuinne
@WereBear:
My friend, nor do I. I’d ask you to come over here and sit by me, but I. Don’t. Housekeep. Either.
rikyrah
Georgia GOP pushes elimination of Sunday voting to suppress black turnout
The proposal would also shorten voting hours in Atlanta.
KIRA LERNER
MAR 16, 2018, 1:56 PM
Georgia Republicans are advancing a bill through the state legislature that would suppress African-American turnout by eliminating Sunday voting and cutting the hours that polls are open in Atlanta.
The bill, SB 363, would force polls in the majority African American city of Atlanta to close an hour earlier — 7 p.m. instead of 8 p.m. — and would eliminate early voting on the Sunday before Election Day. That Sunday is often a high-turnout day for African American voters because of Souls to the Polls events that encourage people to cast ballots early after attending church.
The proposal passed the state House Governmental Affairs Committee Wednesday with the majority Republicans voting in favor and all five Democrats, who have said the legislation is designed to suppress voter turnout, in opposition.
The text of the bill limits voting to just one weekend day before an election, but under current state law, any election with state or federal candidates must allow voting on a Saturday, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
Georgia Republicans have opposed Sunday voting since at least 2014, when DeKalb County (home to Atlanta) extended early voting to include the Sunday before Election Day. One polling location that year was at a popular local shopping mall.
Jeffro
Chunky soup* over egg noodles – easiest comfort food there is!
* Ideally sirloin burger or savory pot roast ?
randy khan
This is my new favorite recipe.
Martha’s Garlic Shrimp
The hardest part is peeling the shrimp, unless you get them already peeled, in which case the hardest part is slicing the garlic, and obviously neither of those things is hard. If you don’t need to peel the shrimp, less than 10 minutes start to finish. If you do, it’s a bit longer.
Either serve over rice or cut up some bread to soak up any of the stray liquid at the end.
rikyrah
BC,
Do you and the hubby have something against omelettes?
With toast on the side?
Emma
Stir fry over brown rice. Stir fry is one of those things my whole family defaults to because one always has some form of vegetable, fresh or flash-frozen, in the fridge. That or omelette. Western or spinach, tomato, and goat cheese.
Cacti
I’m usually the last person to call for purity tests and the like, but…
Any Dem who votes for literal war criminal Gina Haspel for CIA Director deserves to be primaried and lose.
Looking at you, DiFi.
Doug R
If you don’t want to order out ($) how about grabbing a broasted chicken at the local supermarket or Costco? Get some tomatoes, spring mix and salad dressing, maybe a tub of potato salad and there you go.
Barry
@Roger Moore: “You should make mac and cheese. You can never go too far wrong with it.”
(not reading other comments)
Spaghetti! (with veggies?)
Omelets – throw in whatever you have.
Fried rice – again, with whatever you have.
Scrambled eggs
TenguPhule
@The Midnight Lurker:
You mean you didn’t?
Baud
@Cacti: Did you see the recent correction by Pro Publica?
propublica.org/article/cia-cables-detail-its-new-deputy-directors-role-in-torture
p.a.
Got leftovers? Empty-the-fridge Frittata.
Wapiti
I’m surprised no one offered up burritos as a non-complicated option. I’m doing veggie burritos tonight: saute half an onion and 2 kinds of peppers, finish that with cumin + a little salt. Canned refried beans, cheese (I like cotija), tortillas, jarred salsa. 2 burritos per person works for the wife and I.
Some Mexican people eat Mexican food *every day*. Or so I tell my wife.
JCJ
Waffles? Can be somewhat fancy if so motivated.
A good Döner kebab sounds like it would hit the spot. Ah well, a flight to Berlin seems a bit of trouble, though.
TenguPhule
@schrodingers_cat:
He’s well frosted.
Jeffro
Jen Rubin cracks me up – she just can’t bring herself to recognize the Dems as a center-center party
Jen, honey, the GOP’s as dead as Zed
TenguPhule
@efgoldman: Spam, rice & nori.
Spam Musubis.
TenguPhule
@Roger Moore:
The internet says you are so wrong.
The Golux
@Walker:
We had something similar in our hometown. 2.8 lbs of marijuana, 1.7 lbs of THC edibles, 28 rifles, 29 handguns. You know – one of the good guys.
The Midnight Lurker
@PsiFighter37: Hey, I’m a Texan! And I’ll store my toxic chemicals and “nuke-clee-air” waste between the day care and the veteran’s home just as baby Jesus intended, thank you very much LIB-TARD!
Cacti
@Baud:
Did you see the recent WaPo article from former CIA officer John Kiriakou?
“I went to prison for disclosing torture, Gina Haspel covered it up”
TenguPhule
Boil a pot of rice. Grill some seasoned chicken thighs on a skillet. Use whatever veggies are in the fridge.
Voila, dinner.
Mnemosyne
I’ve been waiting all week for it to be chilly and rainy so I can make this Tomato and Sausage Risotto, and tonight’s the night.
I’m intrigued because you use the heated diced tomatoes and juice as a substitute for chicken broth. We’ll see how it goes!
Chris
I agree with the breakfast for dinner suggestions. In fact I made breakfast burritos for dinner tonight. Also agree that anything with pasta is great for an “I don’t feel like cooking” dinner. One of my go to’s is any kind of pasta, maybe some left over protein I might have..or bacon, quick sauce of fresh lemon juice, splash of white wine, pat of butter, maybe capers, chopped herbs and of course Parmesan.
NotMax
Thread served as a reminder that shall have to make a rare extra trip into town toward the end of the month to re-stock up on matzo farfel (only time of the year it appears in stores here is just before Passover).
Lurve me some matzo brei.
Brad the Impala
If you’re making something with tomato sauce, make this sauce:
cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1015178-marcella-hazans-tomato-sauce
It’s insanely good and insanely simple. Add whatever veg you have in the fridge and serve with red wine, salad, and garlic bread.
TenguPhule
@Chris:
What, no garlic? Heretic!
Steve in the ATL
Put bag of frozen mixed vegetables in steamer. While that’s steaming, dice and sauté an onion in olive oil, grapeseed oil, or butter. When both are done, mix them and season with creole or whatever you prefer.
FlipYrWhig
@Cacti: Wasn’t Kiriakou’s point in “disclosing torture” that torture was great?
SiubhanDuinne
@TenguPhule:
He’s spending way too much time with Adam if you ask me.
FlipYrWhig
@Baud: That’s quite a fuckup, then.
NotMax
@JCJ
Better choice than a Donner kebab.
:)
SFAW
I hear paella’s pretty quick and easy.
Chris
@TenguPhule:
Well, that goes without saying doesn’t it?
SFAW
@NotMax:
Well, wouldn’t that depend on whether you were the partaker or the partakee?
Major Major Major Major
Can’t go wrong with pie.
»
Mnemosyne
@Cacti:
Uh, you know that DiFi was one of the senators who blocked Haspel from being promoted last time, right?
I don’t know where this meme came from that DiFi just loves Haspel, but I’m getting pretty fucking sick of it.
NotMax
@SFAW
Expensive, too. Preparing them costs an arm and a leg.
;)
Yutsano
@Cacti: You know what’s odd about that column? Kiriakou goes into a lot about how he was treated but barely mentions anything specific about why Haspel shoud be opposed. Granted I don’t trust anyone from the CIA from that era, but he could be more specific about opposing her, like mentioning she was pushing for the destruction of the tapes. The column seemed a lot more of him whining about his treatment than giving us reasons to oppose her.
Mnemosyne
@FlipYrWhig:
Yes, it was, but he’s still a hero of the Snowden left because mean ol’ Obama prosecuted him for saying torture was great and he had the proof.
Cacti
@FlipYrWhig:
Not exactly. He believed it saved lives at the time, but came to regard it as torture and put himself in the crosshairs to tell the truth about it.
He is the only person associated with the torture program to serve any time, and that for spilling the beans about what happened.
Miss Bianca
@Yutsano: they are when your most regular dinner guest/gentleman caller has an unfortunate aversion to pepper heat. That’s why i now keep a nice big shaker of red pepper flakes on the table, rather than throw them in as a matter of course, which is what i am used to doing!
TenguPhule
@Mnemosyne:
It started from GG.
And we all know how reliable that is.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Mnemosyne: Didn’t it rain on Wednesday?
BettyC@top: Tuna tostadas, fry a tortilla flat, mix up some tuna and mayo with green onions if you wish, put on tortilla, add some hot sauce and cover with lettuce(may add cheese).
Yutsano
@Miss Bianca: HA! That’s my friend Connor. He can take a LITTLE heat but not much. And I have a tongue that impresses my Mexican co-worker with its heat tolerance.
The real irony: Connor’s favourite food is Thai green curry.
Cacti
@Mnemosyne:
“I have spent some time with her. We’ve had dinner together. We have talked. Everything I know is she has been a good deputy director. … I think hopefully the entire organization learned something from the so-called enhanced interrogation program,”
-Dianne Feinstein
Yep, that sounds like a hard line. Did she give her a good, stern, talking to over hors d’oeuvres?
FlipYrWhig
@Yutsano: Kiriakou in that piece seems to be describing himself as a whistleblower but AFAICT when he first came on the scene it was as The Guy Who Said Waterboarding Works, SUCK IT LIBS. His Wiki page backs my recollection.
Major Major Major Major
@?BillinGlendaleCA: sounds like something Mom used to make.
jeffreyw
Soup always works for me.
trollhattan
Our plan was working perfectly, until those darn meddlin’ Parkland High School kids got involved.
Looks like they
stirred upshot up a hornets’ nest this time.FlipYrWhig
@Cacti: Yeah, see, I feel like Kiriakou discovered that he could join the line of holy martyrs like Manning and Snowden if he changed his tune, so he retconned a conscience. That’s not nice of me to think, but.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Major Major Major Major: Madame makes it, it’s quite good. It’s also about the only non-Korean food she makes.
debbie
@eclare:
Anytime’s a perfect time for French toast!
Mnemosyne
@Cacti:
And the link to that quote is …. ?
Mnemosyne
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
It stopped well before dinnertime. Plus I had contest notes to read.
Cacti
@FlipYrWhig:
Fair enough. He is a screwball.
But he also confirmed the program’s existence, and didn’t skip off to Rossiya after the fact. That alone puts him one rung above Moscow Eddie.
Cacti
@Mnemosyne:
The link is: google it yourself lazy ass.
Miss Bianca
@Yutsano: yeah, i’ve learned the hard way that my idea of “a little heat” and my friend’s differ…uh…greatly. ; )
Major Major Major Major
@Mnemosyne: …easy to google?
Mnemosyne
@Cacti:
You’re the one claiming it’s a current quote, or a real quote at all. Put up or shut up.
Baud
@Cacti: I didn’t. Thanks.
Yutsano
@Cacti: Ironically enough Kiriakou is working for Sputnik Radio. I’m not saying it damages his credibility but it does make me wonder about timing.
trollhattan
@Mnemosyne:
Per The Hill.
DiFi is a poker player and won’t roll cards ahead of time. It’s how she’s always worked.
Mnemosyne
@Major Major Major Major:
Thank you for showing that Cacti “accidentally” cut the quote short and left this part out:
But, hey, why let facts get in the way of a good DiFi bashing?
satby
@SiubhanDuinne: @WereBear: you both can come over here, I love to cook and am told I’m pretty good, and since you don’t housekeep the general ébouriffé won’t disturb you much.
ruemara
I have a question. A friend of mine runs a charity in Africa and we’ve been discussing me doing social media, but as always, the main issue is funding my position. Can a charity find grant funds for social media, PR & outreach? Would it be a conflict of interest if I did that? i figured that was one solution for their organization but I’m not sure if it would be ethically grey.
debbie
@Mnemosyne:
Apparently, Pro Publica has had to retract part of their article on Haspel; specifically, the statement that she attended the waterboarding of Abu Zebeda (sp?).
Mnemosyne
@Yutsano:
Penetration at all levels.
Mike J
@Ninedragonspot: I had just brought salmon home from the fishmonger’s and was debating how to serve it when I read your comment. Now I have just brought blueberries home from the produce butcher.
Mnemosyne
@debbie:
Apparently she was put in charge of the illegal facility in Thailand after that fuckup. The initial stories claimed she was in charge during the fuckup.
J R in WV
WE ordered out while in a hotel in LA through the middle of the week. A treat, no one delivers where we live.
Baked ziti sounds good, maybe I’ll make that for our first meal back home. I caught a cold Wednesday in LA, we skipped the Getty museum visit in Malibu, I didn’t feel up to it at all. Got home last night nearly midnight, after many time zone changes. Still pretty crummy.
debbie
@ruemara:
I think the grant requests need to come directly from the nonprofit, not someone they’re looking to hire. You ought to provide input on writing up the program, goals, etc.
Cacti
@Yutsano:
Oh it definitely damages his credibility. But Haspel’s involvement in destroying evidence is one part of the Pro Publica report that wasn’t retracted.
debbie
@Mnemosyne:
This is what I heard.
debbie
I guess I should be too ashamed to admit I nuked Trader Joe’s frozen lamb vindaloo. I’m not, but I am feeling a bit warm.
Mnemosyne
@ruemara:
As Debbie said, I can’t imagine that there are no grants out there for those purposes, but I wouldn’t know how to research them. And the application would have to come from the organization itself.
Cacti
@Mnemosyne:
Hey, you managed to look it yourself. Way to go.
She can never forget, but won’t let it get in the way of sitting down for a posh dinner with Haspel.
And if I really wanted to bash DiFi, I’d bring up her Iraq war vote and war profiteering, which I haven’t.
Mnemosyne
@Cacti:
Whatever, dude. I look forward to your usual pretense that you never said any such thing when DiFi votes against Haspel.
Major Major Major Major
@Cacti:
Technically she clicked the link after I googled it.
Mary G
@Cacti: You left out the end of the quote.
Link to Huffpost
I expect DiFi will give her a good grilling in the hearings, and I appreciate nuance, so I’m not assuming what her vote will be.
Mike J
Cooking?
Cook Political, the people who bring you the PVI, have moved 9 races towards Dems:
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Cacti
@Mnemosyne:
Maybe she can break bread with John Bolton in the near future. I hear Trump wants him too.
And they did agree on the Iraq war, after all.
Cacti
@Major Major Major Major:
I knew I was giving her too much credit.
Major Major Major Major
@Cacti: tbh I have no objection to people eating food together
?BillinGlendaleCA
@J R in WV: Yesterday would have been a good day to go up the Observatory:
View from Beacon Hill yesterday,
and the IR version(cause that’s how I roll).
trollhattan
@Cacti:
Ray Bolger called about borrowing your lighter.
lamh36
Hello BJ…work weekend for me, so not much cooking being done this weekend, just leftovers and whatever I feel like picking up from the store, which is not much, I’m mostly too tired after work, and just head home rather than walking the supermarket floors
I did have a brief moment when I was able to check the interwebs at work today, and of course I saw this..
.
Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War – Official Trailer via @YouTube
Clear my calendar and hold all my calls on April 27!!! I’ll be busy!!
This poster is pretty fire tho!!
Avengers Infinity Wars Official Poster
I showed this to my sis and she was like why is Iron Man all big and centered on the poster. Me and nephew was like…cause this whole MCEU started from Iron Man…and 10 years later, here we are…with Marvel doing what DC and other movie studios and comic book houses are still trying to do, and doing it badly.
Lot of talk after viewing the trailer about who’s gonna survive Infinity Wars. My 2cents…Trilogy Contracts are up for Hemsworth, Evans and RDJ. They are attached to the 4th Avengers film, but they don’t HAVE to survive Infinity Wars to make an appearance in the last Avengers film. Based on who’s trilogy is done, I’d lay bet that Iron Man, Capn America and Thor are ALL up for elimination…their triologies are done. Added to the list is Vision in some form, thx to the infinity stone in his head…but my money is on one of the big 3 to die.
Baud
@Major Major Major Major: I wonder if they had cereal.
Cacti
@trollhattan:
You mean DiFi didn’t vote for the Iraq war and make lots of money via hubby’s hedge fund?
Fair Economist
If you have to dig 16 years in the past to make a criticism of a public official, they are doing pretty good. Demanding 2 decades of perfection is heavy-duty purity ponyism.
I expect to be voting for De Leon over her, but even so, attacks on middle-of-the-road Democrats for occasional bad votes out of thousands they have made smack of attempts to split the anti-Trump coalition, and we aren’t the beneficiaries of such a split.
Mnemosyne
@Cacti:
Thank you for illustrating once again exactly how we ended up with President Trump — Hey, at least he didn’t vote for the Iraq War like Shillary did!!1!1
MomSense
Shoot, I wish I’d checked earlier. We just had a lovely dinner on the balcony and would have loved to set a few more places for you and Mr. Cracker.
I am loving the weather here.
debbie
@MomSense:
I take it you aren’t in Maine?
Timurid
Something very weird happened today.
I think they used to call this a “slow news day.”
Cacti
@Mnemosyne:
Yes, I’m sure in 2018, California can do no better for U.S. Senator than an octogenarian war profiteer, who could credibly die of old age before serving another 6-year tearm.
Maybe she’ll furrow her brow once or twice with concern before her “aye” vote for Haspel.
Go team!
sukabi
Betty, you’ve probably already had dinner….but how about a bit of dessert?
Almost wished I could have seen it as it aired…
Major Major Major Major
@Timurid: is that what this feeling is.
Brachiator
@lamh36:
I am on mild lockdown, avoiding the trailer and general discussion about the movie, but OK if I accidentally run across something. A couple of co-workers have already ordered tickets. When the first Avengers movie was released, they attended the 6 hour Marvel Marathon. Too many movies to endure the 30 hour marathon scheduled here and there.
I am looking forward to seeing the movie, but I am wondering a bit how they will manage to give each of the 100 superheroes in the film sufficient screen time.
Wakan … wait … Avengers Assemble!
Steeplejack
@Brad the Impala:
Ooh, recipe looks good. Thanks. And I love your (new?) nym.
Major Major Major Major
@Brachiator: so I’m really glad that this kind of storytelling is being given room to breathe and a huge budget, but god, I haven’t seen anything since Doctor Strange (or was it Civil War) and I don’t really feel like catching up either. Some day!
mskitty
@Cacti: I finished off the blueberry pie so it’s safe – into the pie locker with you, me bucko!
hellslittlestangel
I thing your post constitutes a kind of ordering out anyway, so you might as well go for the real thing.
Cacti
@mskitty:
Goodbye, person I don’t know.
MomSense
@debbie:
I’m at my dad’s place in Florida. It’s heavenly.
debbie
@sukabi:
Paris Denard pops up on NPR almost weekly. I don’t understand his blind loyalty, but I have noticed him struggling more in recent weeks to maintain that loyalty.
NotMax
@Brachiator
That’s what DVD extras are for.
:)
debbie
@MomSense:
Lovely. Enjoy the warmth and lack of nor’easters! And send lots of sunrise/sunset pix to Alain!
Ninedragonspot
@Mike J: Hooray! Salmon/blueberries is a go-to pairing for me on busy nights.
Brad the Impala
@Steeplejack:
Thank you! Yes, I’m new here. And you won’t regret trying that recipe.
Matt McIrvin
@Major Major Major Major: Just see Black Panther instead, it’s good and you don’t really need any background for it.
Brachiator
@NotMax:
I’m one of those who believe that, with a few exceptions, the movie is what is released in theaters, not the DVD version.
And I’m not big on 3D most of the time, but I would love it if parts of the movie was actually conceived in 3D and included shots of groups of heroes doing stuff in the foreground, and other groups of heroes doing stuff in other parts of the same shot. Or characters starting in one plane of action and diving into another plane of action.
@Major Major Major Major:
Sadly, I realize that I have seen almost all the prior films, but I lost my notes. :) I really haven’t kept up with the details. Mainly I think it will be fun to see the various heroes from the different films team up with the core of the Avengers.
But the run time is supposedly 2 and a half hours. A chunk of time, but still….
Jim, Foolish Literalist
Kelly dropped his script. He’s supposed to be outraged at trump’s treatment of Tillerson, and that’s why he’s trying to push out McMaster, who undermined Tillerson with NORK. Supposed to be some kind of rough barracks humor, or…
… is Kelly just a big asshole humiliating Tillerson further for the amusement of some other even bigger asshole who would love this kind of detail. Whosoever might that be?
Major Major Major Major
@Ninedragonspot: I’ll have to try that sometime.
@Brad the Impala: welcome! I also like your name.
Mary G
This guy was supposed to be the “adult in the room” of the WH:
Why say that??? Are we 7 years old?
lamh36
@Brachiator: I know right…but if anyone can do it, I guess the Russo bros can…they did REALLY well with Civil War.
But with ALL those characters, you gotta think that it just can’t be done, but they will pack the film with just enough action sequences, corss movie interactions, and character death arcs (at least on screen) and hopefully a truly good villain in Thanos, that it won’t be a bunch of too much…ya know.
I saw someone post something about AMC or something running a marathon of Marvel movies the day before or days before Infinity Wars? I’m wait…the theatre or the tv network? Cause who da hell wants to sit in a theatre for 30 hours straight?
It must be AMC the network?
Major Major Major Major
@Matt McIrvin: oh yeah, maybe that’s what I’ll do tomorrow.
@Brachiator:
See, that doesn’t do it for me. Fan service doesn’t work if I don’t know who everybody is and why the situation is special!
Matt McIrvin
@lamh36: I’m kind of sick of Iron Man; it was kind of novel to have a douchey superhero like that for a little while, but the series didn’t seem to take his character arc seriously–it’d imply that he was having profound life-changing experiences and then he’d be acting exactly the same way in the next movie. If the MCU sees him off soon, I’m fine with that.
Mary G
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: CURSES! Foiled again.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@Mary G: GMTA and whatnot…
Jager
@WereBear: Do you wash that down with beer? If you do crack a window, okay?
efgoldman
@NotMax:
Five pound cartons of Yehuda matzah from Israel were on sale the other week.
Each box has “open before shabbat or yom tov” in Hebrew and English on top.
See what happens when you let the god nutz take over? Any god nutz, doesn’t matter which ones.
sukabi
@debbie: I’ve seen him a few times struggling to excuse the insanity…??
oldgold
What in the name of hell is wrong with these people? Classless vulgarians.
Shana
@NotMax: I usually see goyim buying cans and cans of macaroons.
Quinerly
Food related? Seems Rex was on the shitter when Kelly told him Trump was going to fire him: thedailybeast.com/john-kelly-rex-tillerson-was-on-the-toilet-when-i-told-him-hed-be-getting-fired
Brachiator
Wow…
Just proves again the self-delusion behind the bullshit that Kelly and other “stern” officials were mature.
Just a bunch of dopes. Kelly has exhibited all kinds of crass behavior before. I will also bet that Trump eats this shit up. He revels in humiliating the people who work for him. Why would anyone think that the people he hand picks to be at his side would be any different?
Gin & Tonic
@Brachiator: To me, The Avengers only means John Steed and Emma Peel.
/old
SFAW
@NotMax:
FSM will smite you for that one.
schrodingers_cat
@Brachiator: I am so old that I remember when we* were expecting Kelly to save us from the Orange One.
* Not me personally, but that was the CW.
gbbalto
@Quinerly: Should have answered: I am in the smallest room in my house. Your tweet is before me. Soon it will be behind me. (Credit to someone who got a bad review…)
zhena gogolia
@Mary G:
We went from having the most elegant, self-controlled, thoughtful, dignified POTUS and FLOTUS in history — to this.
SiubhanDuinne
@efgoldman:
Snap, crackle and flop.
NotMax
@efgoldman
Five pounds of matzo would last me until your granddaughter begins collecting social security.
@Shana
Yup. The chocolate chip macaroons disappear from the shelves first.
debbie
@efgoldman:
LOL. I bought a box earlier in the week and had quite a chortle at that message. I don’t remember seeing it before. Manishevitz would never be that bossy.
Brachiator
@lamh36:
True enough. And they did it with a light touch. Hmm. Now I am really looking forward to the movie.
lamh36
@Matt McIrvin: I have a soft spot for RDJ…and that translates to a soft spot for Tony….besides…he is where it all began…and I gotta say, I still love the first IronMan…more than I love the first Capn America or Thor film (Civil War and Ragnorak are my fav of those trilogies)
It’ll be sad seeing RDJ leave Tony behind, but I think he still loves to play the character, so I see him being willing to make cameos in other “Avenger” films, like he did for Spiderman: Homecoming. I also think Chris Evan, still kinda likes playing Cap’n America, by like RDJ, Evans hasn’t been missing any acting works since becoming linchpins in the MCEU. The one who I think who’s kinda tired of the charcter play is Hemsworth, he unlike Evans and RDJ, is still trying to find his niche OUTSIDE of the MCEU, and to be quite honest, it hasn’t worked. Ragnorak DEF worked, and he was one of the better parts of the Ghostbusters movies…my money says he should get focused on a comedy vehicle, but as Ragnorak and Ghostbusters, and his BTS Thor antics seem to show he’s got good comic timing…
Mnemosyne
@Cacti:
Yes, and the most important way to make decisions in 2018 is to look at decisions people made 17 years ago and absolutely nothing after that. Good choice!
sukabi
@oldgold: I think Kelly is daring trump to actually fire him…face to face, in person. And he knows trump is too much of a coward to actually do it.
Adding that it was probably a trump ordered slap at Tillerson, but probably a Kelly initiated smear on an unfit cokehead of trump’s choice…
Mnemosyne
@Major Major Major Major:
Black Panther really is an excellent movie purely as a movie — more James Bond than Superman.
Brachiator
@schrodingers_cat:
Pundits and others kept expecting Trump to turn into a traditional president. And yet, you would see Trump not only become more relaxed and defiant at his rallies, you would always see him get juiced up by the crowd and revel in the worst of his so-called agenda. And anyone paying attention would see how Kelly and anyone who wanted to keep their job had to play into Trump’s viciousness, his cruelty.
And Kelly was a piece of crap in his previous post, and he was particularly nasty when he insulted that female member of Congress. Here of course, we may also have signs of the press falling into their own sexism and racism, and paying no attention to bad behavior if it involves a white man disrespecting a woman or a person of color.
It is pointless to try to find someone with a sense of honor or decency within the Trump administration.
NotMax
@lamh36
Solely for grins, Jonathan Frakes (Riker on Star Trek: TNG) as Cap, way back when. #1 – #2
TenguPhule
@Quinerly: This thread has really gone to shit all of a sudden.
Brachiator
@Major Major Major Major:
Even as a comic book, an Avengers special with a raft of superheroes would be expected to try to showcase as many of them as possible. The movie would only be expected to do some of the same thing. Hell, I want to see more of the characters from The Black Panther in this film. Otherwise, what would be the point?
@Gin & Tonic:
If they managed to stuff a cameo of them into this film, I would laugh my ass off. And salute with my John Steed umbrella.
TenguPhule
@Mnemosyne:
To be fair, those of us still around 17 years from now will be doing exactly that.
TenguPhule
@Brachiator:
I wouldn’t. SSD would undoubtedly ensue. Cue the raging. //
sukabi
You guys seen the Parkland Kids latest ad? It’s REALLY good.
sukabi
Almost instant Karma.
Formerly unopposed gop candidate gets a dem challenger after he slanders Parkland kids…and then drops out of race.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@sukabi: The kids are, indeed, all right.
Were I capable of optimism, I might think the youth vote is gonna make that Blue Wave happen
Brachiator
@TenguPhule:
SSD?
TenguPhule
@Brachiator: Sudden Sequel Death.
aliasofwestgate
@sukabi: I really love how fast they turn these things out. It gives the NRA and the GOP exactly no time to cement the narrative and they keep on punching.
SFAW
@Brachiator:
Well, Easter IS coming, so there’s hope, I guess.
BruceFromOhio
Chowed leftover Indian (makani, palak paneer) with naan and a nice crispy craft stout while the rabbit ran around. May have a toke and then watch Syracuse tip off with the Frogs with a good strong snort of Balvenie by the fire, and relax while the rest of reality goes absolutely fucking bananas.
Gaia, so done with this cold weather.
Kirk
Refrigerator pie. (Which I learned as I grew older was properly called quiche.) Pick compatible food stuffs out of the refrigerator or pantry and rough chop to bite size sufficient to half-fill a 9-inch pie-pan. Beat two eggs till slightly frothy, [edit – stir in half a cup of heavy dairy of choice], add 1-2 cups of shredded cheese of choice, and pour over chopped foodstuff.
Bake in a medium oven till the eggs set – use a knife test. (translation. Bake at about 350 degrees for about 20-25 minutes. Test by inserting the end of a clean knife about 1/3 of the way out from the center – if it comes out clean the eggs are set.) Pull and let it finish setting for 5, preferably 10 minutes.
I have discovered things that have become family favorites by randomly grabbing this and that. Chopped apples, bacon, ham, onion, and a bit of cranberry sauce with cheddar for the cheese being an example.
Or … I’m home alone on a staycation while the wife is gone, so this weekend I’ll be making my guilty pleasure. Limburger cheese on toasted rye with garlic sausage, a strong mustard and sauerkraut all strong enough to hold their own against the cheese. I can only have it when I’ll be alone for a few hours so as to air the house and cleanse my breath. But oh how I enjoy it.
Aleta
can(s) of tuna, mayo, herbs, chopped celery if you have.
on toast with crunchy lettuce.
hot meal: heat in oven with cheese melting on top
in case of paleo/gluten free/out of bread:
stuff into halves of green or sweet red pepper
Cacti
@Mnemosyne:
I agree. It is a good choice when they’ve expressed virtually no remorse for a decision that cost hundreds of thousands of lives and destabilized an entire region with tens of millions of people.
Did she ever give away any of her blood money to the victims?