Posts by Angela

1) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Happy Birthday Arkayn (Message 1371807)
Posted 13 hours ago by

Arkayn and I happen to share a birthday, although he is significantly younger.

Happy Birthday Arkayn - Hope your special day was filled with fun.

Angela & Eric

2) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Angela's Birthday Pun Thread!!! (Message 1371805)
Posted 13 hours ago by

Angela

Hello Friends!!!

Thank you for all the kind birthday wishes. Eric planned a nice little weekend trip for us, but it has not involved any dancing so far. I won't tell you my new age, but it rhymes with nifty and features the digits 0 and 5. Pass the Centrum Silver!

Angela

3) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Raccoon Update XVII - All Are Welcome In the Critter Cafe (Message 1370460)
Posted 3 days ago by

Angela

Choo Choo!!!

4) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Moore, Oklahoma!! (Message 1370197)
Posted 4 days ago by

Angela

Care, comfort and concern. Making a donation to the Red Cross to aid victims.

5) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Mystery Kitchen Tool three (Message 1370194)
Posted 4 days ago by

Angela

Is it for cutting decorative steam vents in pastry crusts?

6) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Raccoon Update XVII - All Are Welcome In the Critter Cafe (Message 1370103)
Posted 5 days ago by

Angela

Hello friends! Interesting articles about raccoons escaping from and back into zoos. Raccoons are good at investigating their surroundings, so if they want out of someplace they will studiously work to achieve that goal. On the other hand, raccoons will exert the least amount of energy possible to get a good meal, so I can see why zoos may not seem like prisons to some raccoons.

And as for Scarecrow's furry tabby friend, Fuzzy-butt, I am pretty convinced that FB and our Spawnie were twins, separated at birth.

7) Message boards : Cafe SETI : TLPTPW #186 - Is it Summer yet? (Message 1368748)
Posted 8 days ago by

Angela

That is the job of second in command...

8) Message boards : Cafe SETI : TLPTPW #186 - Is it Summer yet? (Message 1368746)
Posted 8 days ago by

Angela

The captain of Team Insomnia should NOT be caught napping!!!

9) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Beets Give Us a Caption #51 (Message 1368614)
Posted 9 days ago by

Angela

I can't believe this is not on GoodSearch for seti!

10) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Mystery Kitchen Tool three (Message 1368608)
Posted 9 days ago by

Angela

It looks like it has potatoes in it, so I am going to guess that it is a sack for storing potatoes that you hang up in a cool, dark place to discourage your potatoes from sprouting.

11) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Raccoon Update XVII - All Are Welcome In the Critter Cafe (Message 1368606)
Posted 9 days ago by

Angela

Regarding that last picture, welcome to my life!

12) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Mystery Kitchen Tool three (Message 1368191)
Posted 10 days ago by

Angela

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

13) Message boards : Cafe SETI : TLPTPW #186 - Is it Summer yet? (Message 1367714)
Posted 12 days ago by

Angela

Pleasant, temperate and comfortable here in the SF Bay area... as always.

14) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Raccoon Update XVII - All Are Welcome In the Critter Cafe (Message 1367368)
Posted 13 days ago by

Angela

And a pudgy one too.

No, he's just well-fed. Especially if he is a regular at Chez Korpela......

Hey! My raccoons wanted to tell you all that their fluffy coats make them appear larger than they really are... that and that the camera adds ten pounds to their posteriors.

15) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Happy Mum's Day!! (Message 1367367)
Posted 13 days ago by

Angela

Happy Mother's Day!

16) Message boards : Cafe SETI : OK, the BACON thread. (Message 1366973)
Posted 14 days ago by

Angela

I had a bacon and brie croissant for breakfast today, from a small bakery in a local market. It was wonderful.

That kind of lunch would make Eric drool and his cardiologist blanch!!!

17) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Mystery Kitchen Tool three (Message 1366656)
Posted 14 days ago by

Angela

Wow! Are those half-sheet pre-cut rectangles?

Nope, those are sheet pan size pre-cut rectangles.

They fit the pans just right.

I see. A half sheet is the max most of us home cooks can get into our narrow little ovens. I have never been a fan of commercial style home kitchens, but I do understand why some might be tempted to go in that direction.

18) Message boards : Cafe SETI : S@H Cook's Corner 2012.................... (Message 1366655)
Posted 14 days ago by

Angela

Brussels sprouts with garlic powder, My Brother used to prepare them like that, made the sprouts take very good, of course I don't remember how much He used, so I'd say I'd have to experiment. Nope I can't ask Him.

Over the last two years I have become a Brussels sprouts convert. I never used to like them, but I think that is only because my mother cooked them to death.

Then, a few years ago, Brussels sprouts became "trendy" in restaurants and in the cooking magazines that I love to read. Chefs started experimenting with them, even shaving them into thin ribbons, which was all the rage a year or so ago. I kept reading recipe after recipe for Brussels sprouts until I succumbed to temptation, bought some sprouts and decided to cook them differently than somebody of my mother's generation would cook them. Now Eric and I love them!!! They are often our vegetable of choice. They go very well with fish.

I most often prepare them simply, like this:

1. Clean, trim and cut sprouts in half length-wise

2. Put a thin film of salted water with a good splash of olive oil and a few grinds of black pepper in a frying pan that has a tight fitting lid (Vic, you could add garlic powder or garlic salt here, to taste.)

3. Place the sprouts cut side down and cover the pan

4. Bring water to a boil and let the sprouts cook for a minute or two with the lid on - this basically flash steams them

5. Remove the lid, up the heat if not on max & boil off the water - the olive oil will remain

6. Let the sprouts caramelize in the oil on the cut side

Cooked this way, the sprouts will taste both sweet and nutty. Sometimes I serve them with a squeeze of fresh lemon juice for contrast.

Note: If you have a crappy electric stove and warped frying pans like I do, the sprouts will brown unevenly and you will have to remove the fast-cooking ones to a bowl first, using kitchen tongs. Once the browned ones are out of the pan, move the slower cooking ones to the hot spots in your pan to finish cooking.

I can honestly say that I have gone from absolutely hating to absolutely loving Brussels sprouts!

19) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Happy 44th Birthday Blurf!!! (Message 1366629)
Posted 15 days ago by

Angela

I believe I may have heard through the grapevine that this is Blurf's drink of choice...

20) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Mystery Kitchen Tool three (Message 1366628)
Posted 15 days ago by

Angela

Wow! Are those half-sheet pre-cut rectangles?

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