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sylvar

A wonderfully domestic night

Mar 23, 2006 23:58

I stopped at the grocery store on the way home and got some fresh broccoli, lemons, potatoes and portobello mushrooms. As soon as I came home, I started making Alton Brown's Chocolate Chip Muffins #7. Half the chocolate chips (by mass) were semi-sweet mini-chips, and half were huge honking Ghirardelli bittersweet chips. The cocoa, of course, was ( Read more... )

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tally_cat March 24 2006, 13:03:46 UTC

That IS food porn.
Were you not in Tampa, I'd totally allow you to pretend to be my housewife.
=)

I need a wife, damnit! itwasstillhot March 24 2006, 13:32:28 UTC

Come on over any time. I could use a wife myself! Ever read my Myspace blog?
-db

Re: I need a wife, damnit! sylvar March 24 2006, 13:41:21 UTC

Occasionally. But LiveJournal is my blog medium of choice, so unless MySpace offers full-content RSS feeds (and not just the first 500 characters, or whatever), I'm likely to miss some things out of sheer laziness.

sylvar March 24 2006, 13:35:29 UTC

That IS food porn.

And you didn't even see the lemon sauce. It definitely looked like it belonged on a porn set...

juniperpearls March 24 2006, 13:52:57 UTC

I want to come over for dinner.
Every night.

Penzeys...is that the online seller? I've heard about buying spices and such online for much cheaper...if that's what you did, is it a much better deal?

sylvar March 24 2006, 14:07:29 UTC

It probably is a lot cheaper than buying spices in little jars at the supermarket, yes. It doesn't look cheap when you see that a pound of Greek seasoning costs $12.40, but a pound of any spice is really quite a lot. I would say a pound is enough to season about 50 pounds of potatoes. And while dill weed is more expensive per pound ($9.99 for an 8-ounce bag), it's also very light and fluffy and goes further per penny than any salt-based mix ever could. And it's a brilliant green, unlike what you'll find in most stores. I'd recommend buying it in small quantities so you're always getting the freshest. I don't think there's anything I ordered that I don't plan to use up completely within six months, except perhaps the dried orange peel granules (which will keep longer than that anyway).

There's a store in Jacksonville, if you ever get over that way. This was my first order from them,

kittykatkatja March 24 2006, 19:01:01 UTC

There's a Penzey's a few blocks from my house, too!

sylvar March 24 2006, 19:08:08 UTC

Oh! You LUCKY DUCK!!

cardinalximinez March 24 2006, 14:06:00 UTC

Mmmmmmmmm.....

tealfroglette March 24 2006, 15:14:03 UTC

when u have faster than dialup access, will u check on the 'steel vs' aluminum' cookware contributing to alzheimer's please. I heard major info at UF and from deutsch docs fixing ex hub's uncle knee joints, something about aluminum contributing to deterioration. Would like to know if there's good research or mostly hooey on that.

sylvar March 24 2006, 19:09:43 UTC

Sorry, I'm just not sure what to think about the aluminum debate, and I don't think there's been a whole lot of good studies done yet. I want to stay away from the topic, as I know it'll just frustrate me.