| ok, yum |
[Nov. 21st, 2009|10:37 pm] |
After I made some shortbread cookies a couple of months ago with bacon fat in addition to butter, I have saved some bacon fat and been on the look out for a new recipe. I mostly blame ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) mooflyfoof.
Today, I found a recipe for maple bacon parmesan cookies. For some reason, the thought of parmesan put me off, and I was reluctant, but I eventually gave in.
I substituted bacon fat for butter 100%. I also realized a little late that I only had 1/2 cup of maple syrup when the recipe calls for 3/4 cup, so I added 1/4 cup brown sugar. I added 1/4 to 1/2 cup more flour than the recipe calls for, because I didn't like the consistency - it was too sticky to roll into a tube. Finally, I added some walnuts because they were laying around and ... well, crushing them was cathartic.
Here they are in the oven:
So good.
I don't notice the parmesan at all, really, except for a slight (an welcomed) savory tang. I think without the little more flour that I added, the bacon flavor might have been a bit too much/too salty, so I don't regret it. I would, however, enjoy a little more maple, so I'll make sure to have enough of that next time, and maybe even a little extra to drizzle before putting them in the oven. |
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| Now wait just a fcking minute |
[Sep. 30th, 2009|10:14 pm] |
Excuse me? The person on the left is approximately a billionty times more attractive than the person on the right, imho.
Body shame FAIL. |
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| I made this! |
[Sep. 25th, 2009|12:27 am] |
Noro felted bucket hat, before felting:
and after:
in case you don't know, felting is the process of agitating wool in hot water so it shrinks. if you're like me, you've done this inadvertently with a favorite sweater. |
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| seriously? |
[Sep. 18th, 2009|09:58 pm] |
I got an offer for a free pattern for this hat:
Really? Even the model is giving the, "are you fucking kidding me?" look. |
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| CAT TRUTH NOW |
[Sep. 18th, 2009|01:14 pm] |
From CNN:
Dying from lack of insurance
A 51-year-old mother with undiagnosed heart disease; a 26-year-old with unusual fatigue. Neither had health insurance; both died. Newly published research in the American Journal of Public Health estimates that 45,000 deaths per year in the United States are associated with the lack of health insurance. "It means you're at mortal risk," said Dr. David Himmelstein, one of the study's author.
How do they know it wasn't the CATS, hmm?
ETA: curiously, after I posted this, CNN changed their picture and cropped out the cats:
MMMHMMM |
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| Ken Burns on Ted Kennedy |
[Aug. 26th, 2009|10:43 pm] |
A speaker is but a prater; a rhyme is but a lie. A
good leg will fall; a straight back will stoop; a
black beard will turn white; a curled pate will grow
bald; a fair face will wither; a full eye will wax
hollow: but a good heart is the sun and the
moon; or, rather, the sun, and not the moon; for it
shines bright and never changes, but keeps his
course truly.
-Shakespeare |
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| What She Was Wearing by Denver Butson |
[Aug. 19th, 2009|05:07 pm] |
What She Was Wearing
by Denver Butson
this is my suicide dress
she told him
I only wear it on days
when I’m afraid
I might kill myself
if I don’t wear it
you’ve been wearing it
every day since we met
he said
and these are my arson gloves
so you don’t set fire to something?
he asked
exactly
and this is my terrorism lipstick
my assault and battery eyeliner
my armed robbery boots
I’d like to undress you he said
but would that make me an accomplice?
and today she said I’m wearing
my infidelity underwear
so don’t get any ideas
and she put on her nervous breakdown hat
and walked out the door |
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| Those Tears |
[Aug. 17th, 2009|02:35 pm] |
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/4469/tears.html
Those Tears
of a white woman who came to the group for Women of Color
only
her grief cut us into guilt while we clutched the straw
of this tiny square inch we have which we need
so desperately when we need so much more
We talked her into leaving
which took 10 minutes of our precious 60
Those legion white Lesbians whose feelings are hurt
because we have a Lesbians of Color Potluck
once a month for 2 hours
without them
Those tears of the straight woman
because we kicked out her boyfriend at the Lesbians only
poetry reading where no microphone was provided
& the room was much too small for all of us
shouting that we were imperialists
though I had spent 8 minutes trying to explain
to her that an oppressed people
cannot oppress their oppressor
She ignored me
charged into the room weeping & storming
taking up 9 minutes of our precious tiny square inch
Ah those tears
which could be jails, graves, rapists, thieves, thugs
those tears which are so puffed up with inappropriate grief
Those women who are used to having their tears work
rage at us
when they don't
We are not real Feminists they say
We do not love women
I yell back with a wet face
_Where are our jobs? Our apartments?_
_Our voices in parliament or congress?_
_Where is our safety from beatings, from murder?_
_You cannot even respect us to allow us_
_60 uninterrupted minutes for ourselves_
Your tears are chains
Feminism is the right of each woman
to claim her own life her own time
her own interrupted 60 hours
60 days
60 years
No matter how sensitive you are
if you are white
you are
No matter how sensitive you are
if you are a man
you are
We who are not allowed to speak have the right
to define our terms our turf
These facts are not debatable
Give us our inch
& we'll hand you a hanky
for MAV & DENISE, who guarded the door after the incident at the Lesbian reading & thus, didn't get to hear the poetry |
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| No, as a matter of fact |
[Aug. 13th, 2009|05:24 pm] |
I don't need a sock monkey with three legs in a dress.
But thanks for asking.
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| edging towards forgiveness |
[Jun. 29th, 2009|07:48 pm] |
The administration invited 250 leaders of the gay community to a commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the birth of the gay rights movement -- the protests that followed a police raid of the Stonewall Inn gay bar in New York.
From his remarks:
So this story, this struggle, continues today -- for even as we face extraordinary challenges as a nation, we cannot -- and will not -- put aside issues of basic equality. We seek an America in which no one feels the pain of discrimination based on who you are or who you love.
And I know that many in this room don't believe that progress has come fast enough, and I understand that. It's not for me to tell you to be patient, any more than it was for others to counsel patience to African Americans who were petitioning for equal rights a half century ago ...
And finally, I want to say a word about "don't ask, don't tell." As I said before -- I'll say it again -- I believe "don't ask, don't tell" doesn't contribute to our national security. In fact, I believe preventing patriotic Americans from serving their country weakens our national security...
Someday, I'm confident, we'll look back at this transition and ask why it generated such angst, but as Commander-in-Chief, in a time of war, I do have a responsibility to see that this change is administered in a practical way and a way that takes over the long term. That's why I've asked the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to develop a plan for how to thoroughly implement a repeal.
I know that every day that passes without a resolution is a deep disappointment to those men and women who continue to be discharged under this policy -- patriots who often possess critical language skills and years of training and who've served this country well. But what I hope is that these cases underscore the urgency of reversing this policy not just because it's the right thing to do, but because it is essential for our national security.
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full text here. |
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| broken |
[Jun. 25th, 2009|01:57 pm] |
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| tee |
[Jun. 23rd, 2009|02:47 pm] |
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[Jun. 23rd, 2009|02:26 pm] |
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| what? it was a rough day! |
[Jun. 22nd, 2009|09:22 pm] |
over the weekend, my delightful neighbor left a present at my door: vanilla cupcakes! she left a note saying they were unfrosted and "great with fruit." she signed it "love," which, of course, made me all melty and in love with my building and neighborhood and her and her wonderful husband and delicious baby.
tonight, after spending four or so hours watching the horrific metro accident unfold, I had an idea.
I took the paper off the (two) cupcakes and put them on a plate. I poured bourbon on them. I put ice cream on them. Then I added my aunt's secret-recipe, eat-while-mourning chocolate sauce, which consists mainly entirely of butter and chocolate chips.
mmm. |
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