The Frying Pan

8:15 AM

yo de le ee oo!

9:46 AM

@ElendilTheTall Hi sweetie! In an effort to take best advantage of some days coming up that may actually be warm enough for me to open the door, I'm trying to flip/flop my sleep. In a few hours (2 or 3 maybe?) I'll be up for my "morning".

ElendilTheTall

10:05 AM

ok hon

ElendilTheTall

11:28 AM

tum tee tum

rumtscho

ElendilTheTall

11:42 AM

@rumtscho you've spent too much time in Germany

Jolenealaska

What a MESS!

ElendilTheTall

hey, you lot left it like this last night

I'm not your damn maid

Jolenealaska

My next batch of food pics are going to tell about my new favorite pasta.

ElendilTheTall

I can hardly contain myself :P

Jolenealaska

oops:)

I haven't had coffee yet :)

This stuff:

It's called Campanelle

ElendilTheTall

11:50 AM

'Country pasta'?

are you referring to the shape, the sauce, or both?

Jolenealaska

That's a store brand Italian import. It's very thick, it takes 15 minutes to boil and you have to use a really big pot 'cause it releases so much starch that it wants to boil over.

The shape of the pasta.

ElendilTheTall

are, campanelle as in campanology

ie. bells

wiki says intended for use in thick sauces or casseroles

interesting

Jolenealaska

That pic is from:

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A: Should I be scared of chicken livers? Can I make them less scary? (Ragu Bolognese)

OMG this turned out great! Really good. I ended up using half of the liver called for in the recipe, otherwise I followed it to the letter. There is a richness to the sauce that I don't think it would have had if I had skipped the liver entirely, but I can't taste it. For a bit of extra prote...

I've used it now for the Ragu, tuna casserole and spicy pasta salad.

Soon I'm going to try it in mac n cheese.

It's just lovely.

So toothsome.

ElendilTheTall

Yes, I imagine it would be nicely al dente

I was bought a pasta maker recently

I have never made fresh pasta before

I will give it a try over the weekend

Jolenealaska

I love making pasta! Roller type?

ElendilTheTall

11:59 AM

yeah

unfortunately it only has cutters for spaghetti, so I will have to hand-cut other shapes

but that's no biggy

Jolenealaska

Read here:

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Q: Can anybody help make homemade pasta foolproof?

I can't even count the number of times that I have followed recipes for pasta using a food processor, only to discover that no matter the care I took with the measurements, my dough was just a bit too dry (add water). Now it's too wet, (add flour). Aargghh, I could have traveled to Italy by now! ...

pasta

I really do it like I say in my answer, and it turns out great every time.

In my opinion, the cutter is useless. Hand cut it so that it looks homemade.

I want to try to hand cut and roll the campanelle shape, but I don't know where to begin.

Hmmm...

bonappetit.com/recipe/campanelle-with-eggs-and-capers

OMG that cheese thing (where you commented a few hours ago), looks awful!

ElendilTheTall

12:21 PM

@Jolenealaska yeah. not exactly haute cuisine

@Jolenealaska some old lady in Naples probably makes it look easy

Jolenealaska

@ElendilTheTall I'm sure!

OOH That egg yolk ravioli I make would be a great thing to photograph on my "swanky restaurant" set.

ElendilTheTall

This is how you make campanelle:

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:D

Jolenealaska

AH! The incredibly expensive extruder! (dang it)

Oh well, I think my next homemade pasta will be the egg yolk thing.

google.com/…

ElendilTheTall

I have just read your pasta answer

aside from the fact that answerer obviously knows you well (¬_¬)

i wonder if your rule holds true for British flour

Jolenealaska

TP???

ElendilTheTall

12:31 PM

in lieu of napkins I guess

Jolenealaska

Probably, but I'd try to get a hold of Italian 00 if you can.

ElendilTheTall

I have some

if it's still in date

i find british flour is way more absorbent than American

based on american recipes

Jolenealaska

How much protein is in your basic use (what we would call all-purpose) flour?

ElendilTheTall

about 10g

Jolenealaska

That's about the same, a bit on the low side. Maybe 2 parts that and 1 part strong flour?

ElendilTheTall

12:36 PM

10% for Plain (AP), 12% for bread

Jolenealaska

Can you easily get semolina flour?

ElendilTheTall

Yes, I have two bags of it

use it for non-sticking pizzas

Jolenealaska

I've never used it for pasta, but I have some.

allrecipes.com/recipe/fresh-semolina-and-egg-pasta

ElendilTheTall

regarding the cheesy chips, I was once in a 'greasy spoon' cafe when the chef placed a plate of chips on the pass and announced 'cheesy chips, no cheese'

so... chips

Jolenealaska

I'm going to try it 50/50 with 00 and my technique next time I make pasta.

lol

Hi Cerby!

I think this is the one that I would try to emulate:

In places like that, do they take the plate from the kitchen and put it on top of the plate on the table?

ElendilTheTall

12:51 PM

yes

Jolenealaska

The number in the plastic stand is odd in this table:

Cerberus

Ooh food!

@ElendilTheTall The word police would like to have a word with him.

Jolenealaska

It's a bit odd that we've actually been chatting about food here for a few hours.

ElendilTheTall

@Jolenealaska looks fine to me

it's called a 'six'

you have to move on to your other hand :P

Jolenealaska

heehee :)

wow:

Cerberus

1:04 PM

@Jolenealaska Freaks!

A different standard would indeed look better on that table.

rumtscho

Hi

Jolenealaska

Hi Rummi

with my particular difficulties with space, I think this is how I would frame "restaurant table" shots.

Cerberus

Yum!

I like Japanese fish.

Jolenealaska

it does look good

me too

Cerberus

Hi Rummy!

Jolenealaska

1:16 PM

So that will probably be my egg yolk ravioli on the swanky restaurant "set". That'll be fun and totally doable.

Oooh I just had a fun thought...brb.

I a need bottle like this:

A tablecloth like this:

And a candle like this:

Jolenealaska

1:52 PM

I think maybe I'm not quite ready to be up yet. I think I'll try to go back to bed for a couple of hours. Cya soon everyone.

Jolenealaska

2:07 PM

Before going back to bed I checked my email

I've harped on it a few times that Americans are ridiculously prudish about sex and nudity, but this takes the cake.

She wore that lovely dress to her high school dance and was told by the administration that it was too revealing. She had to wear her coat for the entire dance.

Utah, so Mormons, most likely. Jeesh. G'night again!

ElendilTheTall

2:30 PM

Why are these people so obsessed with sex? It's not healthy.

Moreover, why do they think god is so obsessed with it?!

@Phrancis hello there

rumtscho

Actually, it's obvious that the dress doesn't fulfill Mormon modesty requirements. But if the school requires the students to comply to them, she should have been warned before she bought the dress.

as for god coming across as an obsessed micromanager in several religions - I guess that, if it looked weird to the followers, they would simply lose their faith.

ElendilTheTall

I think the main problem is they've never actually stopped and thought about it

rumtscho

@ElendilTheTall Oh, they have

ElendilTheTall

your average joes haven't

you think the average catholic who shuffles dutifully to mass every sunday has ever stopped and really thought about how weird it is that they are supposedly eating magic bread that turns into the flesh of a 2000-year-dead jewish guy?

rumtscho

with "average joes", you mean the people who benefit most from being micromanaged?

ElendilTheTall

2:52 PM

'benefit'

Cerberus

5:48 PM

@Jolenealaska Very silly. Even if the dress were too revealing, why would it be it their problem?

Should could have draped a stola over her shoulders, I'm sure that would have looked very nice.

A black one to fit her shoes and belt.

By the way, tiles in a sitting area is not OK, unless it's a castle.

@ElendilTheTall Religions are obsessed with sex. All their silly books are about it.

Is it any wonder that the most religious countries Google for the most bizarre pornography?

rumtscho

@Cerberus it could be their problem if it goes so much against the common decency in the community that it disturbs the occasion.

Imagine an African woman strolling through a major European city topless.

Cerberus

6:11 PM

@rumtscho Well, why should I care so much about this woman?

Isn't it her problem?

rumtscho

@Cerberus you personally don't have to. But she will probably be arrested for breaking the law.

No, it isn't her problem

Cerberus

So?

rumtscho

societies function in large part because of communication

clothes do represent non verbal communication

and different societies have different understanding of some concepts like decency

if you transplant a member of a given society into a different society with different understanding of "decency", there will be very few people who think "oh, interesting, she's from a different culture"

the majority will react the way they'd react to somebody from their own culture displaying indecency

and this is disturbing to both the locals and the newcomer and prevents smooth functioning of the society

so, the culturally sensitive thing to do when your clothing habits are very different from your hosts' clothing habits is to blend in more, avoiding clothing which for them communicates extreme ideas you don't plan to communicate to them

Cerberus

The whole concept of "decency" is part of the obsession of religious people with sex.

rumtscho

No, decency exists among societies where the deities don't prescribe how to have sex

Cerberus

6:20 PM

Still, it is often an important part of the religious obsession.

Of course religion didn't invent most of its practices.

rfusca

hola

Cerberus

Hiya.

Cerberus

6:41 PM

is listening to a child star singing Christmas songs

rfusca

thats odd in January...

i hate most christmas songs

Cerberus

7:34 PM

Heh.

They're the corniest thing in the world.

rfusca

they get on my nerves so fast

Jolenealaska

@Cerberus Fashion advice and interior decorating in one message?? Really?

Cerberus

@rfusca Normally, they get on mine too.

@Jolenealaska Sure!

My interests multiverge widely.

Jolenealaska

My nose is stuffed up, my eyes are itchy, and I have a cough :(

rfusca

@Jolenealaska ebola?

Cerberus

7:48 PM

Colds really suck.

Nose spray and paracetamol help.

Jolenealaska

@rfusca I think so. This is one my last visits to the Frying Pan I think, don't fight too badly over grandma's cast iron.

Cerberus

@Jolenealaska Noooo we can't afford to lose you!

Eat a monkey or something.

rfusca

@Jolenealaska no promises

Jolenealaska

ha! Is that a tested ebola treatment? I think I'll look first my nose spray. I have some somewhere. That and even better, I think I have some generic Dayquil

rfusca

dayquil is just distilled monkey

Jolenealaska

7:52 PM

Ha!

Cerberus

What is it?

Booze?

Jolenealaska

The Vicks company has been making a night-time cold medicine for decades called Nyquill.

Cerberus

Is that Eskimo?

Jolenealaska

When they came out with a daytime medicine, they named it something else.

But everyone called it dayquill, so finally, they gave in and officially changed the name to Dayquill.

Cerberus

Haha.

Jolenealaska

8:00 PM

Acetaminophen (paracetamol), Dextromethorphan (cough suppressant), Phenylephrine (decongestant)

Good stuff, and I found it! I may survive yet.

Found my nose spray too.

rfusca

(simplified version of issue) supervisor puts in change ticket "Can an account manager please indicate if this should be blue or red." , Account manager puts on ticket "Approved", ticket comes to me "What does approved mean, blue or red?", goes back to supervisor "The supervisor has approved, please update.", back to me "UPDATE TO WHAT???!!"

Cerberus

Horrible!

Actually talking to people is sometimes more efficient...

rfusca

yes, but part of the problem is that this supervisor is a moron and its way past time that his stupidity was documented

Cerberus

Ah, so this is ammunition. Not bad.

rfusca

its not intentional ammunition

Jolenealaska

8:15 PM

I love the lids. Vicks Does NOT make store brands! My store brand has exactly the same ingredients, same packaging, 1/3 the price. It amazes me that people actually for the name brand. But there it is, my hero.

rfusca

10:17 PM

Hair dryer + chimney charcoal starter = charcoal ready in 5 min or less rather than 25 min

Jolenealaska

Well! That's sounds like something that should be posted on main!

rfusca

Mmhmm

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