Topic: THE MERRY MONDAY NOTES (Read 25539 times)

Panni · « **Reply #150 on:** December 15, 2003, 04:59:01 PM »

Okay, for Ron Pulliam: The Recipe for Ibi Néni Cake:

BOTTOM LAYER:

1 cup flour
1/4 pound butter
1 cup grated walnuts
1 egg
PAM or similar spray

1. Beat egg with fork

2. Mix dry ingredients and add beaten egg. Knead together with hands.

3. Put large piece of wax paper on counter. Place this doughy mixture on wax paper and stretch flat.

4. Spray large baking pan with PAM or similar spray. Put dough in it and stretch until it reaches sides and up a bit.

FILLING:

1 large jar of red currant jam (can use other similar flavors - preferable to use some kind of European jam)
4 egg whites
4 egg yolks
1 1/2 sticks of butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
4 tblspns cocoa
2 bags Vanilla Sugar
2 tblspns rum

1. Mix egg yolks with mixer

2. Beat egg whites until "hard"

3. Mix yolks, cocoa, sugar, butter, rum, Vanilla Sugar

4. Fold into egg whites

5. Thinly spread the layer of dough in baking pan with jam, then pour the filling mixture onto it from one end to the other, until evenly spread

6. Bake at 350 for about 45 minutes (Keep testing - it shouldn't be hard, but more cakelike in texture.)

7. When done, wait until half cool then cut into brownie-size pieces with wet knife.

GOOD LUCK!

S. Woody White · « **Reply #151 on:** December 15, 2003, 05:02:46 PM »

Recipes, recipes...

I'm not one for really recipeing things. I'm a bit more improvisational in the kitchen, trusting my instincts. I also tend to be a scratch cook, something my new primary care physician had trouble understanding. He's still in the habit of thinking people only know how to open cans or boxes. Sometimes doctors can be so silly.

That being the case, tonight I'm actually going to...open a can! Since I'm in the mood for something in a Chinese vein, I've got a can of La Choy Fancy Mixed Chinese Vegetables waiting to be opened. To this, I'll be adding skinless and boneless chicken thighs (trimmed of excess fat, and cubed into bite size pieces), and fresh carrots, celery, bell peppers and mushrooms, all to be sauteed in a skillet, with some chicken stock thickened with corn starch, to be served over rice, soy sauce on the side (which I like, but der Brucer doesn't for some reason). Come to think of it, I've got some broccoli florets I could add, too...or I could save those for another dish for later in the week...

Hmmm, how about broccoli florets with ground beef, with some red pepper flakes for a bit of a kick, over egg noodles?

What I've got to start looking into is how to use the venison der Brucer's son-in-law gave us. Preferably a recipe or two that don't use juniper berries, since the taste of juniper turns my stomach (thus, no gin martinis for me, a good reason to stick to vodka martinis, or better yet manhattans).

S. Woody White · « **Reply #152 on:** December 15, 2003, 05:09:13 PM »

Oh, Jose, about your wanting to come up for a visit: February would be the earliest we could have a real visitor, and March would be better. Der Brucer will be back on the left coast for a couple of weeks starting New Years Day, getting the rest of our stuff moved out, and I figure it will take a couple of weeks after he gets back for the place to look even reasonably like a home.

I haven't the faintest idea where he's planning on putting his upright piano, which hasn't been tuned for years.

bk · « **Reply #153 on:** December 15, 2003, 05:19:47 PM »

Chat in a mere half-hour.

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #154 on:** December 15, 2003, 05:24:11 PM »

BK, though of course the party took a slight dip after the Life of Every Party (yourself) left, we recovered nicely and the last guest departed on the other side of eleven o' clock. It was as always a witty and charming group and, as host, I didn't get to spend enough time with everyone, as I was opening doors, fetching drinks, and flinging introductions around. Julieanne would have loved for some of the three or four people who played piano to have tickled the ivories and had some caroling, which didn't happen. Before her old accompaniest moved to Australia ( he plays for Helen Reddy's sister), there used to be a musical interlude at every party. But then several of our musical-comedy cohorts have also moved on.

Those who had not had the experience of the library were appropriately awe-struck and envious. All in all, a raucous good time was had by all. Several entities did not show (most notably my pal Harlan Ellison who usually uses his disdain for Christmas and his general curmudgeoness as a reason to beg off. But he has been to a couple in the past...I remember one where he and Ms. Wilkinson were doing the Lindy in the kitchen...and this year he surprised me by calling early to say that he and his lovely wife, Susan, were definitely coming.). Anyway, we overbought on food, so we're set for the rest of the holidays...though I really need to unload the abundance of chocolates we've got here. And the wrought-iron Christmas tree was exquisite.

Re the question about Ms. Wilkinson. June and I followed each other around in dinner theatre forever, but we never did a show together unfortunately. It wasn't until I was ensconced out here in CA. that the director who directed us both in dinner theatre in Texas (and the same one who directed June in the original production of Pyjama Tops) introduced us. June, once you get past that magnificent body, is also a bright and witty lady and lots of fun. She regaled me last night with her days at the Windmill in London and a yarn about Lew Grade (before he was Sir Lew) building an act around her. As far as I remember her house (at least the parts I've seen), she has no shrines or walls devoted to Macumba Love or Twisting the Night Away...but she will sell these videos to you at the Ray Court shows.

DR Tom, the story I heard about Ricky Nelson's "You can't please everybody, so you've got to please yourself" line from the song Garden Party is the song is about a concert he did a few years before the song, featuring a lot of oldies acts. When Nelson tried to incorporate some new songs into the act, apparently the fans booed and only wanted to hear the old hits. Hence, the line. I guess it was his statement of defiance to fans who wanted him to stay in the same place and not grow or explore.

George · « **Reply #155 on:** December 15, 2003, 05:30:26 PM »

Quote from: DearReaderLaura on December 15, 2003, 03:37:23 PM

Re reality shows: There is only one reality show in my opinion -- and that is COPS. I've never seen any of the other "reality shows."

DearReaderLaura,

Did you like COPS? Do you offend easily? If you answered Yes to the first question and No to the second question, and you haven't seen/heard of it yet, Comedy Central has a show called "Reno911." It's a spoof of that kind of show...well, more like a mockumentary series. It's improvisational and they swear all the time, but they do bleep out the words. It's pretty darned funny, like I said, if you don't offend easily. Otherwise, I do recommend it.

ladodgerjon · « **Reply #156 on:** December 15, 2003, 05:32:58 PM »

I'm very happy:

I nearly bought a Noble Fir X-mas tree for $70. I held-out, and later found it for $35.

With a newborn on the way (due any day), every buck counts, eh?

And, yes, I'll be taking the tree to a recycling center when all the Fa-la-la-la-la-ing is done...

ladodgerjon · « **Reply #157 on:** December 15, 2003, 05:34:24 PM »

BTW: BK was -- mildly -- kvetching in the hallway about the lack of posts... but I say 6 pages on a Monday 'aint bad...

ladodgerjon · « **Reply #158 on:** December 15, 2003, 05:36:50 PM »

I worked on COPS back in '91. Seems like an eternity ago...

GREAT offices in what was a condo building in Marina Del Rey. The edit bays were the bedrooms with windows you could open to get the sea air and see the boats gliding by. Tape storage was in what would have been the closets... and each edit bay had it's own bathroom!

TCB · « **Reply #159 on:** December 15, 2003, 05:46:00 PM »

Quote from: ladodgerjon on December 15, 2003, 05:32:58 PM

I'm very happy:

I nearly bought a Noble Fir X-mas tree for $70. I held-out, and later found it for $35.

With a newborn on the way (due any day), every buck counts, eh?

And, yes, I'll be taking the tree to a recycling center when all the Fa-la-la-la-la-ing is done...

My gosh, Jon, you don't even look pregnant!

Tomovoz · « **Reply #160 on:** December 15, 2003, 05:48:46 PM »

Charles: It was a concert at Madison Square Garden (or whatever it is called) In NYC. Hence my comments - they were really not that cryptic. OK ! We in OZ just think differently. Thanks for reading and commenting. The pop world of the fifties and sixties is where I still live a lot of the time. Helen Reddy's sister? I assume you mean Toni Lamond who is one hell of a performer and much loved here. She was an excellent Mama Rose, was in the Original Oz cast of "Pajama Game" and I have a feeling she may have been in the West Coast coast of "La Cage". Helen is very much in her shadow in OZ.

bk · « **Reply #161 on:** December 15, 2003, 05:59:32 PM »

Chat is open - I can't tell if anyone is in there or not on my office computer - I opened it from someone else's computer and shall now try to get in from here.

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #162 on:** December 15, 2003, 06:01:35 PM »

Toni Lamond is exactly who I meant. I couldn't remember her last name. Ron Creager ,who I assume is still her accompanist went to the same college with my wife Julieanne and me... he became Julieanne's dear friend, accompanied her during the Miss Kentucky pageant (she was Miss Lexington) and many other gigs in Kentucky. They became reunited when Julieanne moved out here. He's toured all over the world with Lamond.

bk · « **Reply #163 on:** December 15, 2003, 06:01:38 PM »

Nope, doesn't look like there's one single person in chat and if that remains the situation by six, I'll just closer her up.

bk · « **Reply #164 on:** December 15, 2003, 06:14:57 PM »

Okay, I can't do chat from here - these stupid computers just can't deal with it - hopefully it's going on and I'll check in when I get home - I'm leaving now.

George · « **Reply #165 on:** December 15, 2003, 06:40:58 PM »

I was just in chat and it was lively and sparkling. Topics changed from moment to moment! Check to see if it's still going and join in!

Jason · « **Reply #166 on:** December 15, 2003, 06:53:22 PM »

Here's a picture of me as Mr. Jollygoode with one of our lovely ensemble members. No, this is not the toilet-dipper from my previous post. The young lady in this photo is a wonderful 16-year old (who acts like she's 30) from southwestern PA.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #167 on:** December 15, 2003, 07:00:28 PM »

Great picture Jason. Now we need the pictures promised of DRJED and the pictures of DRMAYA!

Thanks DRCHARLESPOGUE for the June Wilkinson update....she rocks! I love her voice! And she did sing that wild duet with Mamie Van Doren, "Bikini With no Top on Top!"

George · « **Reply #168 on:** December 15, 2003, 07:02:25 PM »

Thanks for the cookie info, Jose! I copied it and will try different the techniques next time!

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #169 on:** December 15, 2003, 07:25:01 PM »

You're welcome, George.

Andrea · « **Reply #170 on:** December 15, 2003, 07:28:29 PM »

In response to any allegations of E and T ness

EXAMS are hell!

Maya · « **Reply #171 on:** December 15, 2003, 07:36:50 PM »

Chat was sparkling, if small, tonight!

Love the pic, Jason!

I hope you guys don't mind if I scan one of my own...this is me at Sardi's..( I had to heavily crop the pic...it was sooo big!)

Noel · « **Reply #172 on:** December 15, 2003, 07:44:17 PM »

I can't believe my poor choice.
I left the chat after a few seconds in order to watch a DVD that DW Joy was all excited about renting. I gave up on it after an hour, only to find the chat room empty.
Now I'm barely awake. Portentious nonsense, senseless violence, meaningless arguments, and a character who sounds like Donald Duck but is in every other way disgusting. It seems to be beyond my ability to understand what so many people see in this picture.
Goodnight.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #173 on:** December 15, 2003, 07:44:47 PM »

Good evening.

The chat was lively and sparkling. I had to leave, but BK left the room open, so I may check back in later.

My dinner "date" was very nice. Good company and good food. Tonight's menu:

The house bread - an egg-based one with saffron
Dinner salad with a poppy-seed vinaigrette
Saganaki - Theflamingcheese! HOPA!
Sauteed Grouper on top of Goat Cheese Ravioli in a Lobster-Parmesan Sauce, with Grecian Green Bean, Zucchini and Asparagus (Me)
Sauteed Salmon with Sauteed Sun-Dried Tomatoes, Artichoke Hearts and Onions, with Grecian Green Bean and Rice Pilaf (Him)

We passed on dessert. The portions are usually very generous when we go there, and tonight was no exception. Just no room for dessert, although the thought did cross my mind. And I have a nice piece of grouper for tomorrow's lunch.

*So, instead of dessert I'm munching on more of those Nutty Malted Nugget Cookies! They're addictive!

In any case, it was a nice dinner, and a nice way to spend part of my Monday night off. Oh, and I went with my ex. We're still very good friends. Better friends now, I think, then when we were together - and we were together for 3-1/2 years. Needless to say, it was a very amicable break up. I'll spare you the Oprah moments.

-And I'll be taking him to NYC in January too. We always seem to go to NYC when it's cold.

So, after dinner, I came back, turned on HBO2, watched the end of "Sex & The City", and now Angels In America Part II. I also stopped into the chat for a bit. And as it turns out, a friend I haven't seen in a long time popped up on AOL, so we did some catching up there too. I'm just glad my computer didn't crash with all the various chat clients running. <knock wood>

Well, time to turn my attention fully to AiA2. I'll check back in later.

Jed · « **Reply #174 on:** December 15, 2003, 07:57:43 PM »

A lovely chat it was, indeed. Topics flying around like crazy... something about Jose having dinner with Jamie Lee Curtis and Jason's mail being stolen by a hermaphrodite... or something like that.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #175 on:** December 15, 2003, 08:02:26 PM »

DR Jed - ROTFLMAO!!!!

Andrea · « **Reply #176 on:** December 15, 2003, 08:09:33 PM »

And... Welcome DR Kurt, welcome to the man-hunting ways of the girls of HHW.

I had an exam and studied for nine hours.

Night!

Matt H. · « **Reply #177 on:** December 15, 2003, 08:26:20 PM »

Today has been such a crazy day here that I wouldn't have been surprised if I had called you Ann, DR Maya. Anyway, glad the exam was easy. Like DR Jed, I am SO glad those days are behind me now. I always put SO much pressure on myself to do well, and I did, but I could hardly enjoy any academic success I had because it came at such a miserable internal cost.

Matt H. · « **Reply #178 on:** December 15, 2003, 08:34:45 PM »

DR George, I love RENO 911! No, the quality of the comedy isn't consistent from week to week depending on the loose structural topic of week, but some of them have been truly hilarious, and all of the characters established themselves so well during the months it was on that one couldn't wait to see what stupid trouble each would get himself in. I'm looking forward to a new season of shows, I suppose this summer?

Matt H. · « **Reply #179 on:** December 15, 2003, 08:56:23 PM »

Looks like a lull, and I must be off to bed. Look to see everyone here again tomorrow. Good night.

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