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Re: TOO MANY DESSERTS
« Reply #30 on: December 26, 2011, 08:02:06 AM »
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« Reply #32 on: December 26, 2011, 08:10:21 AM »
My friend, Eric, is in DC this week, and I'll be heading in to The District in a few to pick him up. We're going to do some culinary and cultural exploration today, so to speak. Basically, we're going to check out two restaurants, one Chinese (Chengdu cuisine) and one Vietnamese.
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« Reply #33 on: December 26, 2011, 08:15:00 AM »
George, pixellation on BDs is almost always caused by something very minor, like a sticky fingerprint or the like.  Just look at the bottom of the disc under a good light and you may find the answer to your problems.
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« Reply #34 on: December 26, 2011, 08:15:15 AM »
As for the Topic of the Day...

Christmas Eve:
Grilled Beef Skewers
A "almost" Tzatziki sauce
Flatbread
Rice
Salad

Christmas Day:
Lamb Roast
Grilled Beef Skewers
An "almost" Tzatziki sauce
Flatbread
Rice
Green Beans
Edamame
Brown Gravy
Deep-Dish Brownie "Pie" (something my Dad picked up at a Costco)
Birthday Cake (since Christmas Eve is also the birthday of my niece, Alexandria)
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« Reply #35 on: December 26, 2011, 08:16:12 AM »
DR Elmore - Glad to know you got my text. ;)
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Re: TOO MANY DESSERTS
« Reply #36 on: December 26, 2011, 08:17:46 AM »
Quote from: Jrand61 on December 26, 2011, 06:47:58 AM
NO MAIL TODAY.....it is a Federal Holiday!

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« Reply #37 on: December 26, 2011, 08:18:01 AM »
That may have only made sense to DR JMK.
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« Reply #38 on: December 26, 2011, 08:18:16 AM »
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Re: TOO MANY DESSERTS
« Reply #39 on: December 26, 2011, 08:20:02 AM »
In any case...

I need to do some stretching, and then get ready for the drive into DC - which I'm hoping won't be too bad on the Holiday Monday. Thankfully, I don't need to drive near any of the big malls in the area.

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« Reply #40 on: December 26, 2011, 08:20:16 AM »
We have LOTS o'dessert leftovers here.  We still have Ginny's Ecumenical Pecan Cake, which was delish (but not quite what I was expecting--I thought it would have a "crust" of carmelized pecans, shows you how much I can deign from reading recipes), as well as an equally delish apple cake that Betsy made yesterday for the big dinner with company we had at our place last night.
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Re: TOO MANY DESSERTS
« Reply #41 on: December 26, 2011, 08:21:04 AM »
I can do without a delivery of bills today.
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« Reply #42 on: December 26, 2011, 08:21:14 AM »
Speaking of which, the family who visited brought a very fun game we had never played before, though many of you probably have:  Taboo.  You have to describe a word without using a list of words underneath the word you're attempting to get your team to guess, and of course that list includes every descriptor you think of off the top of your head.  :)
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« Reply #43 on: December 26, 2011, 08:22:46 AM »
BK, thanks for your rant on the a generation's over-adulation of mediocre movies from the eighties.  GOONIES is one of the most inexplicably beloved movies of that generation and it is a bad imitiation of bad Spielberg at his worst.  Unfortunately, most of these eighties lovers are now running the studios.  I recently saw the new CLASH OF THE TITANS.  The old eighties CLASH was an example of a tired, mediocre Harryhausen being left behind the times; but this new CLASH makes Harryhausen's CLASH look like a masterpiece by comparision.
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« Reply #44 on: December 26, 2011, 08:22:59 AM »
You try getting someone to say Atlantic Ocean without using these words:  water, body, coast, east, Pacific, and several others I can't recall right now.  I said "A large mass of liquid next to New York."  They got it.  :)
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« Reply #45 on: December 26, 2011, 08:28:18 AM »
TOD - Christmas Eve, we had a late lunch/early dinner at Panera before the service at Rob & Mary Linda's church.  I had creamy tomato soup and chicken cobb salad.  Later in the evening, Richard and I had popcorn and I ate the apple they threw into our order at Panera.

Our Christmas Day dinner was much more traditional:

Sliced ham and turkey from Honey Baked Ham
Cheesy potatoes
Green beans, slow-cooked with some ham
Cinnamon pears
Lemon/lime jello pineapple cottage cheese surprise
Challah
Chocolate bourbon pecan pie, made by Mary Linda
Assorted cookies, made by me (actually, everything was made by me, except the pie - no wonder I'm tired!)
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« Reply #46 on: December 26, 2011, 08:40:33 AM »
We are going to brave the crowds and take the kids to Ikea today to get Gabe a nightstand.  We have never been to an Ikea before, so we're looking forward to it.
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« Reply #47 on: December 26, 2011, 08:41:31 AM »
Quote from: Ginny on December 26, 2011, 08:28:18 AM
TOD - Christmas Eve, we had a late lunch/early dinner at Panera before the service at Rob & Mary Linda's church.  I had creamy tomato soup and chicken cobb salad.  Later in the evening, Richard and I had popcorn and I ate the apple they threw into our order at Panera.

Our Christmas Day dinner was much more traditional:

Sliced ham and turkey from Honey Baked Ham
Cheesy potatoes
Green beans, slow-cooked with some ham
Cinnamon pears
Lemon/lime jello pineapple cottage cheese surprise
Challah
Chocolate bourbon pecan pie, made by Mary Linda
Assorted cookies, made by me (actually, everything was made by me, except the pie - no wonder I'm tired!)

You were busy!  My Mom used to make a huge Christmas Eve dinner (much like the one you have listed above), and then she'd tell us we were on our own for Christmas Day, it was her day off!  :)
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Re: TOO MANY DESSERTS
« Reply #48 on: December 26, 2011, 08:46:27 AM »
IKEA......I hope you have tools.
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« Reply #49 on: December 26, 2011, 08:46:41 AM »
I only played Taboo once....that was enough for me.
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« Reply #50 on: December 26, 2011, 09:05:32 AM »
Quote from: Jrand61 on December 26, 2011, 08:46:27 AM
IKEA......I hope you have tools.

And a lot of patience.
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« Reply #51 on: December 26, 2011, 09:06:14 AM »
I wouldn't even attempt IKEA the day after Christmas.

But then, I wouldn't attempt any store the day after Christmas.
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« Reply #52 on: December 26, 2011, 09:16:56 AM »
I just spent the last half hour or so reading this story, whose Part 1 is in this morning's Oregonian.  Heartbreaking, but also an amazing testament to "six degrees."  It probably won't mean a lot to you non-NWers, but if you read it, the story of the kid who shot the police chief has been front page news here for months, and the Benson family is kind of like Portland's "Ewing" family.
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« Reply #53 on: December 26, 2011, 09:18:16 AM »
Also, the "baby home" referenced in the story (which is being torn down) was where my girlfriend worked for years when we first moved to Portland back in the late 1970s.
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« Reply #54 on: December 26, 2011, 09:20:08 AM »
Quote from: JMK on December 26, 2011, 08:40:33 AM
We are going to brave the crowds and take the kids to Ikea today to get Gabe a nightstand.  We have never been to an Ikea before, so we're looking forward to it.

Be sure to pick up a map on your way in - otherwise you may never get out!
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« Reply #55 on: December 26, 2011, 09:21:56 AM »
Good morning, all.
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« Reply #56 on: December 26, 2011, 09:27:36 AM »
Quote from: JMK on December 26, 2011, 09:18:16 AM
Also, the "baby home" referenced in the story (which is being torn down) was where my girlfriend worked for years when we first moved to Portland back in the late 1970s.

Where does your girlfriend work now?
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« Reply #57 on: December 26, 2011, 09:31:06 AM »
TOD:

Noche de los Rabanos (Dec. 23)
Pork pate with bourbon-soaked prunes and various crudites
Grilled lamb chops
A vegetable medley with fennel, zucchini, sun-dried tomatoes and more
Bok choy.
Fruit and cheese
Four excellent wines, including an amazing Turley Zinfandel.

Christmas Eve:
A smorgasbord of appetizers including, Canadian Christmas pies, duck rillettes, tapenade, charcuterie and cheeses
Red Lentil Soup
Seafood Crepe
Mandarin Orange Granita
Boeuf Bourguinon with homemade bread
Buche de Noel complete with the meringue mushrooms
A Cherry Christmas cocktail and plenty of champagne and wines plus a taste of Peppermint Mocha Kahlua

Christmas:
An antipasti plate with various cheeses, salami, olives and Portuguese sardines
Veal osso bucco with plenty of marrow in the bones (my favorite flavor of the weekend)
Mashed potatoes
Green beans with prosciutto
Sauteed zucchini with Parmesan
Tiramisu
Two Barolos and two ice wines, including one made from apples

I indulged in at least a little of everything but the buche. After a five-course sit-down dinner, I just didn't have room. But it was beautiful.
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« Reply #58 on: December 26, 2011, 09:32:23 AM »
Quote from: Charles Pogue on December 26, 2011, 08:22:46 AM
BK, thanks for your rant on the a generation's over-adulation of mediocre movies from the eighties.  GOONIES is one of the most inexplicably beloved movies of that generation and it is a bad imitiation of bad Spielberg at his worst.  Unfortunately, most of these eighties lovers are now running the studios.  I recently saw the new CLASH OF THE TITANS.  The old eighties CLASH was an example of a tired, mediocre Harryhausen being left behind the times; but this new CLASH makes Harryhausen's CLASH look like a masterpiece by comparision.
Amen. Except for Martha Plimpton, I can't think of a good thing to say about "Goonies." I never wanted to see "Fright Night" because the reviews then were dreadful and don't seem to be much better now.
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« Reply #59 on: December 26, 2011, 09:32:34 AM »
One more.
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