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Re: DEAR MERCURY: TAKE YOUR RETROGRADE AND STICK IT UP URANUS
« Reply #30 on: January 15, 2022, 07:31:08 AM »

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« Reply #31 on: January 15, 2022, 07:34:01 AM »

I have scared off -- or "warded off" -- the lurkers.

They must be seeking other thrills elsewhere.
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Re: DEAR MERCURY: TAKE YOUR RETROGRADE AND STICK IT UP URANUS
« Reply #32 on: January 15, 2022, 07:35:41 AM »

Good morning!
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Re: DEAR MERCURY: TAKE YOUR RETROGRADE AND STICK IT UP URANUS
« Reply #33 on: January 15, 2022, 07:40:34 AM »

Thanks for the reminder about the Signature Theatre video, DR JohnG!    I've been there many times over the years.   You mentioned Bobby Smith.  He's in virtually every production and played Albin opposite Brent B. as Georges in La Cage aux Folles in 2016.
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« Reply #34 on: January 15, 2022, 08:49:13 AM »

I'm up, I'm up - just about eight hours of sleep, thank goodness.
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« Reply #35 on: January 15, 2022, 08:51:40 AM »

Thanks for the reminder about the Signature Theatre video, DR JohnG!    I've been there many times over the years.   You mentioned Bobby Smith.  He's in virtually every production and played Albin opposite Brent B. as Georges in La Cage aux Folles in 2016.

Thank you, KevinH. I saw, by the way, that Brent B. has a new CD out with a few other Phantom chaps.
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Re: DEAR MERCURY: TAKE YOUR RETROGRADE AND STICK IT UP URANUS
« Reply #36 on: January 15, 2022, 08:53:39 AM »

Ron, here's that recipe.

Texas Citrus Rustic Cake

1 medium orange, or two small tangerines or tangelos
1 large lemon
⅔ cup Texas olive oil
6 ounces raw almonds
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
4 large eggs, room temperature
˝ teaspoon sea salt or Himalayan pink salt
1 ˝ cups granulated white sugar

Preheat the oven to 250 degrees. Place all citrus in a pot with enough water to cover the fruit. Bring to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer for 30 minutes to soften the fruit. Pour out the water and let fruit cool to room temperature. You can run cold water over the fruit to speed up the cooling process. Remove seeds and then place the fruit, with skin, in a food processor and puree until smooth. While processing, slowly trickle in olive oil to make a paste. Remove paste and set aside; wipe out food processor.

Place almonds on a baking sheet and toast in the oven for 20 minutes or so. To test, break an almond in half and check for a toasted color. Once they’re toasted, remove almonds from the oven and let cool.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. When the almonds have cooled, add them to the food processor and pulse until they reach a fine texture similar to sand. Add the all-purpose flour and baking powder to the food processor, and pulse to combine.

In a bowl, whisk eggs with salt until foamy, then add sugar a little at a time while whisking. (Alternatively, use a stand mixer to whisk the eggs, then slowly add sugar.) Whisk until sugar is mostly dissolved.

Fold in orange paste. Then fold in flour mixture. Do not overmix. Pour into one 10-inch or two 5-inch springform pans and bake for 45 minutes to one hour, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Remove from the oven and let cool on a wire rack until the sides pull away. This cake tastes better after it has cooled.
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Re: DEAR MERCURY: TAKE YOUR RETROGRADE AND STICK IT UP URANUS
« Reply #37 on: January 15, 2022, 09:24:09 AM »

From DR TCB:
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It is amazing how many countries now have Tsunami warnings.
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Re: DEAR MERCURY: TAKE YOUR RETROGRADE AND STICK IT UP URANUS
« Reply #38 on: January 15, 2022, 09:26:31 AM »

DR Ron Pulliam:  Here is that recipe!


SALTED CARAMEL KENTUCKY BUTTER CAKE
Prep time:  30 mins
Cook time:  55 mins
Total time:  1 hour 25 mins
Serves: 12
 
Salted Caramel Kentucky Butter Cake is a homemade moist and buttery cake recipe with a caramel butter sauce
that is rich, delicious, and soaks into the cake!


Thanks so much.  This is on my docket in the near future!!

It looks delicious, however, I would have to eat the entire cake by myself.
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Re: DEAR MERCURY: TAKE YOUR RETROGRADE AND STICK IT UP URANUS
« Reply #39 on: January 15, 2022, 09:27:30 AM »

None of us is taking our clothes off here, lurkers!  If you are seeking smutty thrills, there must be other places to look!!

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Re: DEAR MERCURY: TAKE YOUR RETROGRADE AND STICK IT UP URANUS
« Reply #40 on: January 15, 2022, 09:27:46 AM »

I would make that cake in a moment. Think I’m going to make a rustic orange cake first.

That sounds good.
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Re: DEAR MERCURY: TAKE YOUR RETROGRADE AND STICK IT UP URANUS
« Reply #41 on: January 15, 2022, 09:27:48 AM »

Let them eat cake!
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Re: DEAR MERCURY: TAKE YOUR RETROGRADE AND STICK IT UP URANUS
« Reply #42 on: January 15, 2022, 09:28:48 AM »

DR JEANNE the drama involved my brother in law clicking on a link in a spam email about his PayPal account.

It seems to have been solved now.
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« Reply #43 on: January 15, 2022, 09:29:06 AM »

DR Ron Pulliam:  Here is that recipe!


SALTED CARAMEL KENTUCKY BUTTER CAKE
Prep time:  30 mins
Cook time:  55 mins
Total time:  1 hour 25 mins
Serves: 12
 
Salted Caramel Kentucky Butter Cake is a homemade moist and buttery cake recipe with a caramel butter sauce
that is rich, delicious, and soaks into the cake!


Thanks so much.  This is on my docket in the near future!!

It looks delicious, however, I would have to eat the entire cake by myself.

You seem to have a problem with that.
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« Reply #44 on: January 15, 2022, 09:29:24 AM »

Ron, here's that recipe.

Texas Citrus Rustic Cake

1 medium orange, or two small tangerines or tangelos
1 large lemon
⅔ cup Texas olive oil
6 ounces raw almonds
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
4 large eggs, room temperature
˝ teaspoon sea salt or Himalayan pink salt
1 ˝ cups granulated white sugar

Preheat the oven to 250 degrees. Place all citrus in a pot with enough water to cover the fruit. Bring to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer for 30 minutes to soften the fruit. Pour out the water and let fruit cool to room temperature. You can run cold water over the fruit to speed up the cooling process. Remove seeds and then place the fruit, with skin, in a food processor and puree until smooth. While processing, slowly trickle in olive oil to make a paste. Remove paste and set aside; wipe out food processor.

Place almonds on a baking sheet and toast in the oven for 20 minutes or so. To test, break an almond in half and check for a toasted color. Once they’re toasted, remove almonds from the oven and let cool.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. When the almonds have cooled, add them to the food processor and pulse until they reach a fine texture similar to sand. Add the all-purpose flour and baking powder to the food processor, and pulse to combine.

In a bowl, whisk eggs with salt until foamy, then add sugar a little at a time while whisking. (Alternatively, use a stand mixer to whisk the eggs, then slowly add sugar.) Whisk until sugar is mostly dissolved.

Fold in orange paste. Then fold in flour mixture. Do not overmix. Pour into one 10-inch or two 5-inch springform pans and bake for 45 minutes to one hour, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Remove from the oven and let cool on a wire rack until the sides pull away. This cake tastes better after it has cooled.


Not that I am making this, or will get to taste it, still I was relieved the almonds are ground and I can eat it vicariously.
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Re: DEAR MERCURY: TAKE YOUR RETROGRADE AND STICK IT UP URANUS
« Reply #45 on: January 15, 2022, 09:30:00 AM »

DR Ron Pulliam:  Here is that recipe!


SALTED CARAMEL KENTUCKY BUTTER CAKE
Prep time:  30 mins
Cook time:  55 mins
Total time:  1 hour 25 mins
Serves: 12
 
Salted Caramel Kentucky Butter Cake is a homemade moist and buttery cake recipe with a caramel butter sauce
that is rich, delicious, and soaks into the cake!


Thanks so much.  This is on my docket in the near future!!

It looks delicious, however, I would have to eat the entire cake by myself.

You seem to have a problem with that.

Unfortunately yes, I just get too sick.
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« Reply #46 on: January 15, 2022, 09:32:36 AM »

This article will explain all about the Mercury retrograde - if you can get it to open....during the......well....you know.

https://www.thecut.com/article/mercury-retrograde.html
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« Reply #47 on: January 15, 2022, 09:32:55 AM »

Sleeping and writing vibes for MR BK.
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« Reply #48 on: January 15, 2022, 09:34:09 AM »

I sent the show blurbs to the creator of our season brochure.....I hope she watches her spelling .... one season the playwright of BAREFOOT IN THE PARK was said to be Neal Simon.
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« Reply #49 on: January 15, 2022, 09:34:36 AM »

DR JANE that was a terrible story about the playground.....people!
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« Reply #50 on: January 15, 2022, 09:35:40 AM »

Mel Brooks has just mentioned former DR Charles Pogue.
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« Reply #51 on: January 15, 2022, 09:35:48 AM »

Today was mopping day, so all the tile here at Chez Jrand71 was mopped within an inch of its life......and all of the bathroom porcelain was sprayed and brushed and scrubbed....

Just call me Hazel.
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« Reply #52 on: January 15, 2022, 09:37:01 AM »

I sent the show blurbs to the creator of our season brochure.....I hope she watches her spelling .... one season the playwright of BAREFOOT IN THE PARK was said to be Neal Simon.

That was Neil's less-talented twin, whose version was originally called Barefoot in the Perk.
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« Reply #53 on: January 15, 2022, 09:40:00 AM »

We got about an inch of s**w and it's gone from the sidewalks and streets now.
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« Reply #54 on: January 15, 2022, 09:40:32 AM »

Ah thanks DR JOHN G.  I always enjoy finding out new things about theeder history.
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« Reply #55 on: January 15, 2022, 10:42:35 AM »

Home! Lots of waiting around today, but I had my book, The Making of No, No Nanette, which I last read the week it was published in 1972. Loni Ackerman and her mother Cyma Rubin, the producer of the show,  do not come off well.
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« Reply #56 on: January 15, 2022, 10:44:37 AM »

I have two days off, and I will do the laundry tomorrow or Monday. I really need that.
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« Reply #57 on: January 15, 2022, 11:50:57 AM »

Ron, here's that recipe.

Texas Citrus Rustic Cake


Thanks.  Looks yummy.  Hope to try it very soon
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« Reply #58 on: January 15, 2022, 11:52:23 AM »

Today was mopping day, so all the tile here at Chez Jrand71 was mopped within an inch of its life......and all of the bathroom porcelain was sprayed and brushed and scrubbed....

Just call me Hazel.

Would that be DR HazelRand71?
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« Reply #59 on: January 15, 2022, 11:55:20 AM »

DR Ron Pulliam:  Here is that recipe!


SALTED CARAMEL KENTUCKY BUTTER CAKE
Prep time:  30 mins
Cook time:  55 mins
Total time:  1 hour 25 mins
Serves: 12
 
Salted Caramel Kentucky Butter Cake is a homemade moist and buttery cake recipe with a caramel butter sauce
that is rich, delicious, and soaks into the cake!


Thanks so much.  This is on my docket in the near future!!

It looks delicious, however, I would have to eat the entire cake by myself.

You seem to have a problem with that.

Unfortunately yes, I just get too sick.

I am wondering about the effect substituting Kentucy Bourgon for the Vanilla would have.
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