Topic: A MEATBALL MADE OF PUDDING (Read 23571 times)

Ginny · « **Reply #30 on:** March 24, 2008, 06:25:27 AM »

Monday morning greetings! Yesterday was a long day of family-ing, which included dinner for 7 at our home. For someone who usually tries to do nothing on her 1-day weekends, I sure was busy - nonstop from 7am-10pm. It will be a challenge to stay awake here at work.

Ginny · « **Reply #31 on:** March 24, 2008, 06:25:49 AM »

Oh, welcome to page 2 - I'm too tired to dance.

singdaw · « **Reply #32 on:** March 24, 2008, 06:49:10 AM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on March 24, 2008, 05:24:53 AM

But do you know from showing cops?

How did you know...does it show?

singdaw · « **Reply #33 on:** March 24, 2008, 06:50:15 AM »

Quote from: DERBRUCER on March 24, 2008, 01:08:26 AM

For Singaling:

CHOIR BABIES

Sorry, DR dB - I couldn't get this page to load on my computer at home.

singdaw · « **Reply #34 on:** March 24, 2008, 06:52:11 AM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on March 24, 2008, 05:24:29 AM

And then there are all the very close relatives of "Betty": Crumble, Cobbler, Crisp, Buckle (usually with berries), etc., etc., etc.

And don't forget APPLE PAN DOWDY!

Thanks for your help with salad dressings, DR JoseSPiano.

Ben · « **Reply #35 on:** March 24, 2008, 07:00:51 AM »

Morning all. Yes, Jose I did consume my oatmeal. I put cranberries, raisins and dried apricots in also.

Anthony is also off for a day of auditions. He has many lined up this week.

I, meanwhile, sit with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 2007 Grant List.

I will now take a break and eat a clementine.

ArnoldMBrockman · « **Reply #36 on:** March 24, 2008, 07:05:19 AM »

Quote from: bk on March 24, 2008, 12:43:37 AM

And the word of the day is: DOYEN!

And The Song Of The Day Is: I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO BE KING

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #37 on:** March 24, 2008, 07:22:51 AM »

Just about to begin another day of familying.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #38 on:** March 24, 2008, 07:31:41 AM »

I spoke to MTI, so I'm heading down to see them now. Once I get my scores together and a couple of pencils, I'm outa here.

I ad an hour long phone conversation with my brother Randy yesterday when I called to wish them a happy Easter and to learn yesterday's big dinner menu. Jo is such a good cook! Anyway, he had tons of questions about family history, vague memories he had from the late 1950s - he was born in June 1957 - and it was fun talking to him. I want to go back to visit for a week and chill out, so please, please, please keep the payment vibes rolling in! There are two checks I'm still expecting and I could use them in the bank and not in the aether.

Aether or . . .

elmore3003 · « **Reply #39 on:** March 24, 2008, 07:34:21 AM »

Quote from: ArnoldMBrockman on March 24, 2008, 07:05:19 AM

And The Song Of The Day Is: I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO BE KING

I'm still puzzled, DR ArnoldMBrockman, how this daily song selection is made. For instance, I would have thought yesterday's selection would have been Irving Berlins's classic song, or perhaps Rosemary Clooney's "Egbert the Easter Egg" or "Here comes Peter Cottontail!."

Ben · « **Reply #40 on:** March 24, 2008, 07:37:15 AM »

The song of the day is related to the word of the day, isn't it Mr. Brockman

Ginny · « **Reply #41 on:** March 24, 2008, 07:38:23 AM »

Payment vibes for DR Elmore!

I think a week in Ohio, being pampered by Jo and your friends is just what you need.

FJL · « **Reply #42 on:** March 24, 2008, 07:38:47 AM »

I'm not sure - was DAVID COP-A-FEEL a cop show, or something else?

FJL · « **Reply #43 on:** March 24, 2008, 07:39:09 AM »

Must have been something else

Matt H. · « **Reply #44 on:** March 24, 2008, 07:42:49 AM »

Good morning!

We were supposed to have showers today, but not from the looks of the sky right now: bright blue with a few wispy clouds. It's a beautiful Easter Monday!

Matt H. · « **Reply #45 on:** March 24, 2008, 07:44:24 AM »

For those who are interested in the HBO series JOHN ADAMS but don't subscribe to HBO, it's coming out on DVD on June 10.

Matt H. · « **Reply #46 on:** March 24, 2008, 07:45:12 AM »

I love Apple Brown Betty and almost any other dessert you can make with apples.

Matt H. · « **Reply #47 on:** March 24, 2008, 07:48:24 AM »

TOD:

Yes, among my earliest TV memories are DRAGNET, BOSTON BLACKIE, and HIGHWAY PATROL.

In the 60s I loved ADAM-12 and was glad to welcome DRAGNET back IN COLOR!

Yep, Starsky and Hutch were indeed cops. Loved that show, but more just to swoon over the two leads, both of whom I found super-sexy.

Nowadays, LAW & ORDER in its many guises ranks as my favorite show with cops, but so many of the procedurals I watch have some variation of law enforcement as a primary hinge to the action: MEDIUM, BONES, NCIS, NEW AMSTERDAM, the CSIs. It's a LONG list.

ArnoldMBrockman · « **Reply #48 on:** March 24, 2008, 07:49:12 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on March 24, 2008, 07:34:21 AM

I'm still puzzled, DR ArnoldMBrockman, how this daily song selection is made. For instance, I would have thought yesterday's selection would have been Irving Berlins's classic song, or perhaps Rosemary Clooney's "Egbert the Easter Egg" or "Here comes Peter Cottontail!."

The Song of the Day Corresponds to The Word Of The Day-NOT the Holiday of the Day

Matt H. · « **Reply #49 on:** March 24, 2008, 07:50:33 AM »

TV Reminders:

MEDIUM (with the first of yet another two-parter)

the CBS line-up of comedies and CSI: MIAMI are all new episodes

NEW AMSTERDAM

and for those reality-show junkies: DANCING WITH THE STARS and THE BACHELOR.

Matt H. · « **Reply #50 on:** March 24, 2008, 07:51:41 AM »

DR George mentioned watching it last night, and I'll see it at some point today: last night's DIRT episode. From the previews, it looked like it'd be a fun episode. Such a fun, guilty pleasure.

Matt H. · « **Reply #51 on:** March 24, 2008, 07:53:10 AM »

I'll take the day off reviewing unless something intriguing comes in the mail (I'm expecting the Blu-ray of COYOTE UGLY, not something I'm looking forward to), and watch one of the Blu-rays or HD-DVDs in two stacks that I'm gradually winnowing down. I'll probably watch another NUMB3RS episode, too.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #52 on:** March 24, 2008, 07:56:57 AM »

DR JRand:

Gene Kelly -- 10; JRand -- 0.

And please never fear for one moment that Kelly has anything on you in the "pretentious" department. You will go on and on and on...and I don't think a lot of folks share your assessment of the man and his talent.

That's not to say you don't have every right to dislike him, but to take so many opportunities to discredit someone who actually HAD a career in dance and has been acclaimed for it and actually MADE a very successful career out of it seems rather spiteful, snide and sad.

But that's just my opinion.

Ginny · « **Reply #53 on:** March 24, 2008, 07:59:07 AM »

Quote from: Matt H. on March 24, 2008, 07:44:24 AM

For those who are interested in the HBO series JOHN ADAMS but don't subscribe to HBO, it's coming out on DVD on June 10.

Yay! Just in time for me to watch it while recovering from the foot surgery that I have scheduled for June 11!

S. Woody White · « **Reply #54 on:** March 24, 2008, 08:00:06 AM »

Re: Brown Betty, and other such Good Eats, I now bring you the transcript of a scene from the Good Eats episode, Cobbled Together - set in a diner.

Quote

ALTON BROWN: So, what do we actually know about cobbler? Well, we know that cobbler was born of English plum pudding. And we know that it’s called "cobbler" because the top of the finished dough resembles cobblestones. Makes sense, doesn’t it?

DEB DUCHON, NUTRITIONAL ANTHROPOLOGIST, dressed as a waitress: Actually, it’s called "cobbler" because it’s hastily assembled. It’s cobbled together. We also know that, once the cobbler concept reached the American shores, it diversified and spread like a virus on steroids.

AB: Deb, what’s a Nutritional Anthropologist like you doing in a place like this?
DD: Shhhh. I’m doing research. Do you mind?
AB: Oh.
DD: [Louder] So what’ll you have, Sir?
AB: Oh, well, I was thinking about cobbler.
DD: Well, we have Brown Betty.
AB: Who’s she?
DD: That’s baked fruit with layers of buttered bread crumbs.
AB: Okay, uh, what’s a buckle?
DD: That’s fruit cooked with yellow cake batter.
AB: A crisp?
DD: Oh, that is fruit topped with a mixture of butter, sugar, flour, and nuts or oats. It’s known as a 'crumble' in England.
AB: And yet these are all still cobblers. Okay, I have to ask about "the grunt".
DD: Love grunt. That is fruit topped with biscuit dough, ...
COOK: [off camera] Order up, Deb.
DD: ... and cooked on top of the stove to create a dumpling-like texture. It’s called "grunt" because that’s the sound it makes when it cooks.
COOK: [off camera] Order up, Deb.
AB: Very charming. What about a "pan dowdy"?
DD: That’s cobbler in which the dough is pressed into the fruit, creating an uneven, ...
COOK: [off camera] Deb! Order up!
DD: ... or dowdy appearance. [yelling, to the cook] KEEP YOUR SHIRT ON, HALE! I’LL BE RIGHT THERE! [back to AB] So, what will you have?
AB: Um, can I have just a minute to consider my order?
DD: Whatever. [leaves]
AB: Wow, she didn’t mention that there was "surly tart" on today’s menu.

When it comes to meatballs, I could refer you to Good Eats: Great Balls of Meat, but that's another episode (as AB would say).

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #55 on:** March 24, 2008, 08:00:14 AM »

TOD: COPS -- the only reality show, imho. Also, Jail, when I remember to turn on the tv mid-week.

MBarnum · « **Reply #56 on:** March 24, 2008, 08:04:03 AM »

I never thought of myself as a fan of cop shows...but, by golly, now that I think of it, I guess I love a lot of them!

My earliest cop show memories are of DRAGNET, MOD SQUAD, THE FBI, and ADAM 12.

Having seen them more recently, I have to say I still love DRAGNET and ADAM-12...not so much THE FBI. MOD SQUAD I shall shortly find out about as it is now on DVD.

As they have been trickling out onto DVD I have had opportunities to see many episodes of vintage shows like M-SQUAD (love), FEDERAL MEN (love, love), RACKET SQUAD (love), HIGHWAY PATROL (hmmm...it's Ok sometimes), STATE TROOPER (it's Ok), and PUBLIC DEFENDER (love, love).

I have about 40 or so episodes of BOSTON BLACKIE on DVD, but have only watched 2 episodes so far, and not enought to decide if I like it a lot or just a little bit.

MBarnum · « **Reply #57 on:** March 24, 2008, 08:09:47 AM »

RLP, why do you get so riled when JRand expresses his dislike of a performer? He is just funnin' for crying out loud! Jack knows of my love (love, love) for Gene Kelly, but heck, I don't mind his making with the remarks about him.

Now, just calm down young man!

JMK · « **Reply #58 on:** March 24, 2008, 08:11:29 AM »

Well you premium cable folks may be getting John, but I am trudging through 150 years of Adams history in a review copy of the multi-disc ADAMS CHRONICLES. Still on the John-Abigail section.

JMK · « **Reply #59 on:** March 24, 2008, 08:12:18 AM »

And though I love a lot of Gene Kelly's films, I must second JR's opinion about AAIP. I just never "got" that one. Sorry.

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