The new lady in my bookstore is totally cool.
We're having lunch today. We have a code word. You have it too, but since you don't know who we are or where we're meeting, it will be hard for you to infiltrate our table.
Lunch: $7. Frozen Italian confections: $4. Espionage: priceless.
28 June 2007
Lasagna-go-round
Elton Brown noted, during his program on concocting macaroni and cheese, that round casseroles don't get hot spots, which means that they don't get those weird leathery disks in the corners. http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_18422,00.html?rsrc=search
I remembered this program while I was buying a disposable pan for a lasagna. Round. Cool. No hot spots. No leatheryness. Satisfied, I became mesmerized by brightly-colored silicone pot holders. Pretty.
In all the excitement, I forgot that lasagna noodles are not round. In fact, they are rectangular, which explains why they fit so well into rectangular baking dishes.
Making lasagna noodles fit into a round pan is a little tricky, but you can fold them up the sides and trim off the excess. The trick is to cook the noodles first.
I remembered this program while I was buying a disposable pan for a lasagna. Round. Cool. No hot spots. No leatheryness. Satisfied, I became mesmerized by brightly-colored silicone pot holders. Pretty.
In all the excitement, I forgot that lasagna noodles are not round. In fact, they are rectangular, which explains why they fit so well into rectangular baking dishes.
Making lasagna noodles fit into a round pan is a little tricky, but you can fold them up the sides and trim off the excess. The trick is to cook the noodles first.
26 June 2007
Smurf infectious disease control
What happens what an angry fly bites a lazy Smurf on the tail? Mayhem. Sheer mayhem. Suddenly, black Smurfs prowl the mushroom patch, biting the innocent right on their little blue tails and shouting "gnap!" (I think that's a Smurfese curse word.)
Luckily, Papa Smurf is an epidemiological and medical genius, able to cure infectious insect-bourne diseases using natural products. He rejects coqulicot in favor of white flowers, and well, generally runs the whole Smurf centers for disease control and prevention from his little mushroom workshop, which unfortunately gets destroyed in the excitement.
Who'da thunk it?
Luckily, Papa Smurf is an epidemiological and medical genius, able to cure infectious insect-bourne diseases using natural products. He rejects coqulicot in favor of white flowers, and well, generally runs the whole Smurf centers for disease control and prevention from his little mushroom workshop, which unfortunately gets destroyed in the excitement.
Who'da thunk it?
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