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[sunshine_queen]

Saaaadly, I got all dolled up and prettisome in order to go to Adriana's house and see some friends I haven't seen in like, a year (namely, Philly) and then Adriana calls me and says mini-party cancelled because she had her family over and when they went to leave, they found that all the cars had been broken into. But when I told Addy that I made

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[xenaamber]

Gaaaah, don't talk to me about Katharine Hepburn when I have to STUDY. In two days I will be FREE. I have the same opinion on "Bringing Up Baby" -- stupid plot, but they're so damn cute it doesn't matter.

Yay for your brownies! And how was the polenta?

[sunshine_queen]

Kind of a disaster. Good polenta, but the frying bit was insane. Frying is dangerous/em>.

[xenaamber]

Hence my terror of frying. :D You're braver than I for at least trying, though! I think the trick is to get and maintain the oil at the exact right temperature (375-ish) -- but I don't actually know how you do that, beyond frantically adjusting the heat every 30 seconds.

Hey, send me your mom's polenta recipe!

[sunshine_queen]

The more stuff you have in it, the less it pops at you, so you can turn up the heat, that's what I learned.

Remind me to later!

[xenaamber]

Yeah, but if you put too much in, the heat of the oil decreases too much and it doesn't fry crispy, it goes soggy.

Reminding you again!