Five Conversations Janet Fraiser and Cameron Mitchell Never Had (SG-1)
Only one five things response for today. cnidarian asked for five conversations between Janet Fraiser and Cam Mitchell. As I had always suspected, it turns out that my two favorite SG-1 characters are pretty much made of awesome together. Spoilers throughout seasons 9 and 10 and for "Ark of Truth," though it's also obviously AU from "Heroes" (but the same
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Baking questions! I admit I'm something of a fledgling baker myself. I don't enjoy cooking much at all (except for special occasions), and while I do enjoy baking, I don't do it terribly often because if I did, I would eat the results, and that would be bad. Not so healthy, these good Southern baked goods!
1. My family is weird about strawberry shortcake: we do angel food cake. This is really due to my sister; it's her favorite dessert, and that's the way she likes it. I've never actually made strawberry shortcake myself, though, so I'm not sure whether I'd continue the sister-inspired tradition or if I'd try actual shortcake.
2. A wee bit of granulated sugar. Not much. And when I'm making whipped cream to go with my bourbon pumpkin pie (a Thanksgiving favorite), I add just a bit of bourbon, too!
3. Yup. Otherwise it never whips.
4. I'm a bad Southerner in that I don't actually like sweet tea. I know! But I can make it, following my mother's method: boil a regular teapot-sized amount of water, and steep in it about 5-6 bags of Lipton. Make it really strong. Then pour the still-hot, very strong tea into the pitcher. Add a lot of sugar (at least a cup, probably more like a cup and a half--we don't really measure). Stir until the sugar dissolves, then fill the rest of the pitcher with cold water to dilute. My mother used to do sun tea more frequently, but she's stopped both because it takes too long (I don't much like it, but the rest of the family goes through quite a bit of sweet tea) and because there's something about the boiling that kills certain bacteria that don't get killed in the slow-steeping in the sun, so sun tea can sometimes make you sick.
5. Off the top of my head, no. But my parents made it a lot when I was a kid, and I'm sure if I had an ice cream maker I could get the recipe.
6. Cobbler=top layer of crust only. If there's a top and a bottom, it's more like pie, I'd think. Though I've never been fussy about the rules for cobbler. I suppose I define it more by the thickness of the crust and the fact that it's baked in a cassarole dish rather than in a pie pan.
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TOTALLY makes sense. I like that.
I'm something of a fledgling baker myself.
I'm lucky; I've been baking and cooking with my mom since I was 2 years old and sitting on the counter. I love cooking, but tend to cook for The Whole Army. I deal with the "Too Many Goodies" by taking cookies and breads and pies and STUFF and baked goods to school/work/neighbors. I LOVE the baking part and having some, but I enjoy giving it away.
strawberry shortcake: we do angel food cake.
This is one I've seen quite a lot, too. But I don't make actually shortcake/shortbread for it either; just the pie crust patties (which are basically shortcake without sugar. I've still never met anyone who does what my family did with the pie crust patties.
A wee bit of granulated sugar....add just a bit of bourbon
I like it unsweetened and sweetened. The bourbon sounds good. I know some folks who add vanilla, which can be good. I just like whipped cream. :-)
3. Yup. Otherwise it never whips.
I was totally shocked when I got to Chicago and EVERYONE couldn't understand what I was doing. I've literally not met a SINGLE PERSON in the past twelve years or more (who's not from the South of the child of someone from the South) who knows to put the bowl and beaters in the freezer. Most can't even GUESS what I'm doing. I totally don't understand. Course, from what I've heard, most folks up here use the whipped-cream-in-a-can.
I don't actually like sweet tea.
I actually don't drink much tea at all...nor do I drink much of anything with much caffeine.
mother's method: boil a regular teapot-sized amount of water, and steep in it about 5-6 bags of Lipton. Make it really strong. Then pour the still-hot, very strong tea into the pitcher. Add a lot of sugar
YES! People who get it!!!!
My mother used to do sun tea more frequently, but she's stopped both because it takes too long (I don't much like it
My family would drink 1-2 gallons of tea a day when I was a teen, and that was why my mom, in the summer, would make sun tea. I've become a real tea snob in a British way though; I think tea is UNFORTUNATE unless it's made with BOILING water whether it's to be drunk hot or cold. ...When I have any at all.
my parents made it a lot when I was a kid, and I'm sure if I had an ice cream maker I could get the recipe.
WOO HOO! Someone else who has had homemade ice cream. The sad part is that it's MORE EXPENSIVE to make your own. :-(
Cobbler=top layer of crust only.
Very common definition.
If there's a top and a bottom, it's more like pie, I'd think.
True...but it's YUMMY with lots of juicy fruit so it soaks into the crust.
never been fussy about the rules for cobbler
True enough. We didn't believe in hard and vast rules in my family either.
I define it more by the thickness of the crust and the fact that it's baked in a cassarole dish rather than in a pie pan.
Yep. That's my primary definition too. Mid-southerners, unite! :-D
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Yes, we've got McConnel Air Force Base near Wichita.
Also, as a native Kansan, Cam's accent and cultural stuff is wrong for any part of Kansas, that said there are parts of Kansas which you'd swear were cut out from rural Texas and plopped down here. Their accents are Texan, and their food/culture is certainly more Texas than Kansas.
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