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viedmaVali had the day off because of the nasty winter weather (all of her co-workers live in unincorporated hellholes that don't have money for commie pinko socialist programs like snow removal). I, otoh, had to go.
(WHERE ARE MY VIOLINS)
I was really grumpy about it, especially when I accidentally removed the driver's side windshield wiper and spent 15 minutes in the snow trying to put the fucking thing back on. Eventually I pleaded with a neighbor help my poor frustrated self. Yes, I'm 36 and don't know how to put on my own windshield wipers. Now is your moment to feel superior.
Vali's all relaxed and stuff, updating her Recs Page and generally just having a swell time. I look at her and think, it must be nice not to be perpetually grouchy. I should try it sometime.
So I subscribe to a mailing list called Meatout Mondays, and this week they had a recipe for jalapeno poppers made with vegan cream cheese. They were FRANTASTIC. ::thud:: Vali and I have become popper eatin' fools. The irony is that I almost deleted the recipe because it had the subject line "poppers" and thought it was more spam.
(I realize the mailing list is just so much vegan product placement, but in this case Tofutti's Better Than Cream Cheese totally deserves it. Nom Nom Nom.)
Ingredients:
12 jalapeño peppers
8 oz. Tofutti Better Than Cream Cheese
1 cup plain soymilk
1 cup flour
1 cupbreadcrumbs cornmeal
1/2 tsp. cayenne (optional)
Directions:
1. Slice the jalapeño peppers in half lengthwise, remove tops and seeds.
2. Fill the jalapeño peppers with the Tofutti Better Than Cream Cheese mixed with the cayenne pepper, if desired. (You goddamn well bet I desire it.)
3. Put the soymilk and the flour into two separate bowls; dip the stuffed jalapeños into the soymilk and then into the flour, making sure that they are well-coated; allow the coated jalapeños to dry about 10 minutes.
4. Dip the jalapeños into the soymilk again and roll them through the cornmeal; allow them to dry then repeat the process to ensure that the entire surface of each jalapeño is coated.
5. Line a baking sheet with foil, spray the foil and the poppers with butter spray, then bake at 375 degrees F for 35-40 minutes or until golden.
Along with the jalapeno poppers, I made tempeh wingz, tempeh bacon, and banana nut muffins. With butter. When they find a nonhydrogenated margarine that doesn't taste like ass, I will be more than happy to make the switch. Until then.
Cinematic Titanic's newest project, The Oozing Skull, is really excellent. We were too nervous, worried that it might suck, to fully appreciate how good it was the first time we watched it, but now we're really in the swing of things. It's really hard to make fun of a movie without descending into open contempt for the finished project. I guess I missed the Joel years more than I realize. The point is, you should buy it and stuff. (My favorite riff is the title of this entry.)
Took co-worker friend to see her Garfield cat again today. She really likes him, but hasn't committed yet. I'm not telling her because it's not right to be pushy, but if she wants him she'd better act quick. He's a completely adorkable squeeze toy attention hound. I came in today to find him all propped up on the lap of luxury on some nice lady's lap. But it's cool, I just want to see him get adopted into a nice home, I really don't care where ultimately.
Went trolling through Doctor Who Icons last night. I found some really excellent ones, and yet I still feel grumpy and dissatisfied.
1. Does the world need this many Rose icons?
2. Srsly?
3. More to the point, why on Earth would you want them?
I say, go whole hog-- screencap EVERY SINGLE MOMENT OF EVERY MILLISECOND SHE IS ON SCREEN. I know paid accounts would only give you so many, so you should cut a huge check to LJ to make this happen. You can make it if you try! Yayyyy!
And Billie Piper, isn't there a union rule that says you HAVE to let other actresses take a few roles? The UK acting community has collapsed because she is currently in every 3rd role on television. Please stop her before she inevitably gets tagged to play Mary Russell. The sad thing is, she would be *perfect* to play Mary Russell; she sort of has the lock on "I'm an irritating blonde twat who grinds the action to the halt and has the entire universe revolve around her" roles.
...
Mmm. Peckish. Poppers are a-callin'. Then I have to finish The Game. Only 120 pages left to go. (::cries::)
(WHERE ARE MY VIOLINS)
I was really grumpy about it, especially when I accidentally removed the driver's side windshield wiper and spent 15 minutes in the snow trying to put the fucking thing back on. Eventually I pleaded with a neighbor help my poor frustrated self. Yes, I'm 36 and don't know how to put on my own windshield wipers. Now is your moment to feel superior.
Vali's all relaxed and stuff, updating her Recs Page and generally just having a swell time. I look at her and think, it must be nice not to be perpetually grouchy. I should try it sometime.
So I subscribe to a mailing list called Meatout Mondays, and this week they had a recipe for jalapeno poppers made with vegan cream cheese. They were FRANTASTIC. ::thud:: Vali and I have become popper eatin' fools. The irony is that I almost deleted the recipe because it had the subject line "poppers" and thought it was more spam.
(I realize the mailing list is just so much vegan product placement, but in this case Tofutti's Better Than Cream Cheese totally deserves it. Nom Nom Nom.)
Ingredients:
12 jalapeño peppers
8 oz. Tofutti Better Than Cream Cheese
1 cup plain soymilk
1 cup flour
1 cup
1/2 tsp. cayenne (optional)
Directions:
1. Slice the jalapeño peppers in half lengthwise, remove tops and seeds.
2. Fill the jalapeño peppers with the Tofutti Better Than Cream Cheese mixed with the cayenne pepper, if desired. (You goddamn well bet I desire it.)
3. Put the soymilk and the flour into two separate bowls; dip the stuffed jalapeños into the soymilk and then into the flour, making sure that they are well-coated; allow the coated jalapeños to dry about 10 minutes.
4. Dip the jalapeños into the soymilk again and roll them through the cornmeal; allow them to dry then repeat the process to ensure that the entire surface of each jalapeño is coated.
5. Line a baking sheet with foil, spray the foil and the poppers with butter spray, then bake at 375 degrees F for 35-40 minutes or until golden.
Along with the jalapeno poppers, I made tempeh wingz, tempeh bacon, and banana nut muffins. With butter. When they find a nonhydrogenated margarine that doesn't taste like ass, I will be more than happy to make the switch. Until then.
Cinematic Titanic's newest project, The Oozing Skull, is really excellent. We were too nervous, worried that it might suck, to fully appreciate how good it was the first time we watched it, but now we're really in the swing of things. It's really hard to make fun of a movie without descending into open contempt for the finished project. I guess I missed the Joel years more than I realize. The point is, you should buy it and stuff. (My favorite riff is the title of this entry.)
Took co-worker friend to see her Garfield cat again today. She really likes him, but hasn't committed yet. I'm not telling her because it's not right to be pushy, but if she wants him she'd better act quick. He's a completely adorkable squeeze toy attention hound. I came in today to find him all propped up on the lap of luxury on some nice lady's lap. But it's cool, I just want to see him get adopted into a nice home, I really don't care where ultimately.
Went trolling through Doctor Who Icons last night. I found some really excellent ones, and yet I still feel grumpy and dissatisfied.
1. Does the world need this many Rose icons?
2. Srsly?
3. More to the point, why on Earth would you want them?
I say, go whole hog-- screencap EVERY SINGLE MOMENT OF EVERY MILLISECOND SHE IS ON SCREEN. I know paid accounts would only give you so many, so you should cut a huge check to LJ to make this happen. You can make it if you try! Yayyyy!
And Billie Piper, isn't there a union rule that says you HAVE to let other actresses take a few roles? The UK acting community has collapsed because she is currently in every 3rd role on television. Please stop her before she inevitably gets tagged to play Mary Russell. The sad thing is, she would be *perfect* to play Mary Russell; she sort of has the lock on "I'm an irritating blonde twat who grinds the action to the halt and has the entire universe revolve around her" roles.
...
Mmm. Peckish. Poppers are a-callin'. Then I have to finish The Game. Only 120 pages left to go. (::cries::)
