Oct. 7th, 2011

alfreda89: 3 foot concrete Medieval style gargoyle with author's hand resting on its head. (Boobies!)
I've discovered the bloggess. Merciful heavens, I haven' t laughed this hard in a long time.

Mostly safe for work, but she has a link through to her blog on a sex toys site, as well as to her journalist gig. You probably don't want to have to explain this blog to anyone under 12 years.

http://thebloggess.com/2011/06/and-thats-why-you-should-learn-to-pick-your-battles/
alfreda89: (Winter_Mette's Glogg)
It occurs to me that I've tried a bunch of these products, although not as many as a lot of you, because these products all contain potato starch.

And I really try to lean macrobiotic in all my purchases. Plus, the Lyme arthritis thing. Nightshades and arthritis are NOT friends.

[So -- I've had a white potato once in the past six years. Mashed, at a classy restaurant, with cheese, and it was awesome -- perfectly cooked, a master's hand had touched it. It was at the Blu Moon in Ludington, Michigan. The chef there in late July-early August had a lovely touch with veggies. I was able to eat safely and with some flair, and for gluten-free that's always a struggle in a touristy area. They had not one but two awesome GF desserts, a pot au chocolate and a slightly warm creme brulee that sang. Overpriced, but my experiences were good, properly cooked food. The non-GF offerings included some nicely priced dishes like meatloaf, BBQ ribs with their own sauce, etc. My companion tried the BBQ ribs (they were already out of the meatloaf -- on a weeknight!) and said they were excellent.

But their web site is a terrible FAIL, with moving parts. Considering that the restaurant decor is modified loft with black and white photos, interesting and even attractive, the website is frightening. But then I'm a Jakob Nielsen acolyte; I hate cutesy web sites So that link is to Urban Spoon. You can find the restaurant from there.

But the food? I loved the food. I'll go back next year, if they survive the winter.]
On to the Mix Review )
And now, some fiction before I start chopping up veggies and making soup. I am trusting that winter is coming, and a creamy butternut soup and a miso, carrot and daikon soup for the freezer are just the ticket! I'm going to try Pacific's vegetable broth if I need stock (it has tomatoes, but an occasional tomato or pepper doesn't cause the reaction of a potato or cigarette smoke.) I'd still like a flavorful, GF nightshade-free stock, though. Anybody know of one?
alfreda89: 3 foot concrete Medieval style gargoyle with author's hand resting on its head. (Default)
A tidbit for the end of the week --

Break the circle?” I probably sounded like my Aunt Dagmar, she of the fancy airs and oh-so-proper behavior. But once you start a ritual, if you’re going to break the circle, you might as well kill yourself right there.
All right. That’s an exaggeration.
But it’s not much of an exaggeration.
alfreda89: (Tea -- the universal cure (ask the Docto)
Brief power outage this AM not only got the clocks and microwave (and blanked me off mid-page, growl) but reset my A/C.

Well, I caught it before it went over 85 in here....

AAARRRGGH!

Oct. 7th, 2011 09:57 pm
alfreda89: 3 foot concrete Medieval style gargoyle with author's hand resting on its head. (Default)
The left wing fell off my gargoyle!

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