The Fab Three..sometimes four and sometimes five, and our increasingly underwhelming lives.

OP made sure no one would want to post here. OTOH, I've been wrong before.

What an excellent R1!!

Decision of the day: stop eating dairy or buy cheese, out of which I have run.

I couldn't give up dairy.

What would I put on my pasta and burgers?

We need some new members

Maybe I should post a link on the:

"Every millennial gay I hook up with wants it raw" thread. These are the sorts of people we want to attract.

I went commando and the seam in my jeans scratched a sore on my bum.

I need to buy something other than boxers, as my boxers have been rubbing the head of my dick, if not quite raw, then heading in that direction. I've never worn anything but boxers, though.

[post redacted because linking to dailymail.co.uk clearly indicates that the poster is either a troll or an idiot (probably both, honestly.) Our advice is that you just ignore this poster but whatever you do, don't click on any link to this putrid rag.]

My mother just made me a Boston Cream Pie. I can feel the pounds packing on. Thank baby jeebus that it's a small one as I am alone this weekend. It has an inch of pastry cream in the middle and an inch of ganache on top.

I am at my desk today working on something very tedious for my job. However I keep popping on here as a procrastination tactic and getting distracted. Or I get up and have a snack. I am really undermining myself. Anybody have any stellar tips to fight the urge to procrastinate?

Today was FULL MOON so I was feeling a little crazy.

(it passed half an hour ago)

[quote]Anybody have any stellar tips to fight the urge to procrastinate?

If only. I'm a lifelong, incurable procrastinator. Somehow, though, I never miss important deadlines, which is probably why I have never made any serious efforts to mend my ways. But I'm the worst procrastinator I know.

Why do we procrastinate? Boredom? Fear?

Reading r12 enabled me to get off my ass and make a phone call I needed to make, but had been procrastinating about.

I didn’t do the dishes, but I cleaned up the counters and got the garbage ready to go down but it could sit for days because sometimes I’m afraid to touch garbage, which is why I left the dishes in the sink - they’re dirty and I don’t really want to touch them.

I’ve eaten way too much candy lately. WTF.

I have three random red tulips in my yard.

Way stormy tonight, hate spring.

I ate Chinese food right before bedtime. Predictably I woke up two hours in, sweating.

I actually slept until my alarm went off at 5:30. I wonder why.

Oh I lost you guys for a bit. But I’m back on board, representing the whole of Australia on my own. Naturally I haven’t done much since my last post.

I have a music appreciation class at 1:00. Today we're talking about Mozart.

Gotta do laundry

I made chili this weekend. I love to eat it with sour cream.

I ended up at my nephew’s school today to see him get an award. Long boring story how I ended up going along, however before my nephew received the award, I saw a small boy play a bit of Mozart on the violin r23. It was clunky, but he tried. This was followed by another kid drumming away to some rather hard rock. It would have all been utterly excruciating if a small girl, around 7 years old, hasn’t stood up, started playing air guitar and head banging. She was really feeling it. It really made me laugh. I hope you enjoy your music appreciation class as much as that little girl enjoyed that drumming.

[quote]I made chili this weekend. I love to eat it with sour cream.

Chilli gives me diarrhoea. As does V8. Nothing else does. Odd.

I also struggle with procrastination. My mom called us scarlett when we would put things off. Remember, scarlett would always say I cant think about this today, I'll think about it tomorrow.

London.

A put a little tree in at the end of my tiny garden, back in 2006-ish - it's now bigger than my house. This year it seems to have especially grown, in all directions. My neighbour suggested I cut it back last year. I had no idea it would grow so tall. But I like the privacy it gives me at the back...and it's not even on her side.

My little cherry tree has also grown very tall. Had no idea cherry trees grow so tall. But it's not as thick and bushy as the other tree. Tons of cherries this year. I wonder if I'll be able to get some before the birds. The wood pigeons already seem to be snacking on it.

[quote] I saw a small boy play a bit of Mozart on the violin [R23].

Small children playing the violin makes me want to cry. But it's cute.

Procrastinator at R12 here. I'm happy to have inspired R14 to make the phone call he'd been putting off. It's just the sort of task I would have procrastinated about. But it's not that I procrastinate over everything. For example, I seldom put off menial chores. I hope this won't sound judgmental toward R15 (because, really, I'm something of a mess), but I could never leave unwashed dishes in the sink. I'm actually a little OCD in that way.

As for R13's question about what makes us procrastinate, someone once told me that procrastinators are actually perfectionists who know that anything they ever achieve will never match their own high standards, so we put off doing tasks until the last minute, because, that way, we can't feel bad about having done a less-than-perfect job. It may be bullshit, but "perfectionist" sounds so much better than "lazy slug."

[quote]Oh I lost you guys for a bit. But I’m back on board, representing the whole of Australia on my own. Naturally I haven’t done much since my last post.

We're happy you're back. I imagine that representing all of Australia on your own could get a bit whelming. As for your not having done much since your previous post, we would expect nothing less from you. Or should I say nothing more?

I'm debating whether to order Indian food or not.

It used to be the case that I could only order Indian food in. It went right through me, as they say. Eventually, I got over that.

[quote]I'm debating whether to order Indian food or not.

Go ahead. Unless, that is, it has the same effect on you that chili has R26.

. . . that chili has on R26, I meant.

What was your decision on the Indian food, R32?

Dateline: San Jose, CA

I made chicken chili today and had a vodka soda.

That’s ok r37, you’re welcome to participate. Make yourself at home.

Glad to have you with us, R37.

I just used my grill for the first time in three or four years. I bought some beef flap meat on sale (at DL's favorite store -- Aldi!) and marinated it overnight in olive oil, garlic, chili powder, cumin, oregano and orange, lemon and lime juices. Grilled it briefly over high heat -- came out DELICIOUS! Now I have to deal with cleaning the grill.

Wouldn't it be easier to buy a new grill?

I'm making marinara.

I'm also making marinara!

Today I saw Marinara for sale in the supermarket and thought, no, I'll make it.

It's so simple: garlic, EVOO, a can of tomatoes, chili and salt.

I add some chopped green pepper to my marinara, in addition to some chopped onion, along with garlic. And a bit of whatever wine I happen to have around.

From now on we'll be know as the Marinara Gurls.

I hate my boss so I am eating my feelings.

Someone stop me.

R46, are you the guy who puts cheddar cheese in his Bolognese?

London.

Had all these alarming messages come up on the screen in my car about the tyre pressure. Turns out there was a nail in my tyre.

Had to get two new tyres and some sort of re-balancing procedure - cost a lot of money.

Went to a fancy deli for lunch while they fixed it. Had a chicken pie and a typical spastic "English" salad ( a few leaves of some sort)- the pie was absolutely inedible. I told the girl but they didn't do anything and I didn't pursue it. Didn't feel like making a fuss.

Went into a health food store. I bought some fancy (again with the fancy) flour and "sourdough starter" - I'm going to continue trying to make bread after my last failure.

Marinara sauce

[quote][R46], are you the guy who puts cheddar cheese in his Bolognese?

No, that's me (London) and not in, on.

[quote]R46, are you the guy who puts cheddar cheese in his Bolognese?

What do you take me for, some kind of animal?

No offense, R52.

Well, r53, you put all that shit in your pasta sauce and want to call it Marinara. Talk about "extra."

I knew I was going to get myself into trouble.

[quote]I hate my boss so I am eating my feelings. Someone stop me.

Be kinder to yourself, R48.

Hahahahahahahahahaha

I can’t be bothered getting up off the sofa and going to bed. Why does it seem so far?

I prefer to hang out with the Springfield Three.

Who, r59?

Having breakfast out: quiche done right and grits.

I brought a half a roast beef and cheddar on pumpernickel rye for breakfast. It's got mayo on it, but I am trying to decide if I should put a little yellow mustard on it as well.

Absolutely add mustard.

I very much appreciate that, R63.

On roast beef and corned beef, I prefer Russian dressing, but mustardaise doesn’t sound bad.

R62 here with an update on the RB sandwich. I took R63's advice and added just a smidge of yellow mustard to the meat side of the sandwich, and it was delicious. I'm glad I did.

I’m on a conference call for work, on mute, bored to tears. Trying to figure out what a ‘spastic English salad’ is and totally loving that phrase.

London.

I made a ham, cheese and tomato sandwich for lunch. I should have used mustard and not mayo. Next time.

London (cont.)

I also had some of my old tomato soup and threw in some left over vegetable soup. It was surprisingly nice...PLUS a dollop of sour cream.

So if we post, should we identify our city?

Yes, you can.

The only reason I say "London" is because it explains oddities of the language and references I use etc...

Usually on DL I AmericaniZe to avoid this - but it would be too exhausting here.

I mean oddities of the language I use and references etc..

Otherwise people will eye-roll spelling and "not get" things all the time...stuff like that.

[quote]Having breakfast out: quiche done right and grits.

Quiche for breakfast?

With grits?

Then -

Chicago.

I splashed a bit too much milk into my granola this morning. It's become an inedible but weirdly translucent glob.

The French make very nice mustard/mayonnaise.

Must see if I can get some.

[quote]Quiche for breakfast?

Yes, quiche for breakfast. Creamy, custardy, and baconful. No onions, or it would be called Quiche Lorraine, I think.

[quote]With grits?

There's no getting one past you. The grits were delicious, if somewhat repetitive, creaminess-wise. I'd order something more vinegary next time. Someone gave me a gift certificate to my favorite restaurant, and I started to use it today.

Pittsburgh here, btw.

R76 What is your favorite place?

I discovered this musician today. I find him not to overwhelm.

r77 Legume

London.

I've got Judge Rinder on the TV (not really following it) - England's Judge Judy. He's so queeny it's hilarious.

Gracias, R76/R79. Will have to add that to the list for the next visit.

R78 Arthur Russell is wonderful. Lots of segments/ideas that maybe we wouldn't all recognize as complete "pop song" constructions, but he has some beautiful pastoral sort of things, too.

Everything But The Girl's Tracey Thorn did a really nice version too.

De nada, r81. Here's last night's menu.

And this is the menu for Legume's breakfast and lunch restaurant, Pie for Breakfast. It's three restaurants in one: Legume, Butterjoint (the bar for Legume, where you can also eat if you don't have a reservation), and Pie for Breakfast.

I made shirred eggs for breakfast this morning. Quite simple to prepare, if you don't find heating the oven first thing in the morning too whelming.

How does one shirr an egg?

R84 et al - Mille grazie!

I'd heard of Pie for Breakfast. We seem to be in the city during breakfast and lunch hours more often during visits, so always looking to try new spots.

[quote]How does one shirr an egg?

It's a lah-di-dah term for baked eggs. To make two, I used two buttered ramekins (custard cups), poured a teaspoon of heavy cream in each, and then broke an egg into each one. (Use a spoon to get the yolks in the center.) I then added salt and pepper, minced chives and a bit of grated Parmesan to each. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, until the whites are set but the yolks aren't. You can find many variations, including using bacon and ham. Some recipes add bread crumbs to the buttered ramekins. Let them set for a couple of minutes before serving. If you want to make more than two, you can also use a muffin tin.

r80, my husband and I had the table next to his when we had lunch at the Wolseley when we were in London last year. He kept a low profile.

Oh, dear! I made cheeseburgers this evening. I'd bought an organic mince (see, this is why I call myself London) - top quality. But I guess it was very low fat meat and it tasted very heavy. Not nice at all. I could see there was no fat when I cooked it. I'm going to throw the rest of it out. I was going to use it for my version of Bolognese. But who wants a heavy Bolognese?

Bolognese IS a meat sauce most of all. Try actual Bolognese. Maybe you'll like it.

R90, if you haven't thrown that mince out yet, try just lightly sauteing it then simmering it in some milk until the milk evaporates. This is from America's Test Kitchen and it is pretty good. Their recipe calls for 1 cup of whole milk. The recipe is Weeknight Bolognese.

[quote] you haven't thrown that mince out yet

Excuse me! I'm right here!

And that's it, r92, just meat and milk?

I don't want anything more to do with that mince. It was heavy. It was awful.

I don't want to be fooling around with milk and shit.

But thank you, [bold]very much, [/bold]all the same.

No one wants to waste mince if they can help it.

A few weeks ago on here, someone recommended a "test kitchen baked potato" recipe, which I tried- part of which was to smother the potato in olive oil. Guess the outcome? A nasty, greasy baked potato.

Try Marcella's recipe tomorrow if you have the time, r95. I can almost promise you you're going to love it. I've never met anyone who doesn't. But you need 3 or 4 hours. Or maybe even 6. But it is SO worth it.

5 tablespoons unsalted butter

2 tablespoons finely chopped onion

2 tablespoons minced carrot

2 tablespoons minced celery

12 ounces meatloaf mix

Salt and pepper

1 cup whole milk

1 cup dry white wine

1 (28‑ounce) can whole peeled tomatoes, drained with juice reserved, tomatoes chopped fine

1 pound fettuccine or linguine

Grated Parmesan cheese

1. Melt 3 tablespoons butter in Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onion, carrot, and celery and cook until softened, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir in meatloaf mix and 1/2 teaspoon salt and cook, breaking up meat with wooden spoon, until no longer pink, about 3 minutes.

2. Stir in milk, bring to simmer, and cook until milk evaporates and only rendered fat remains, 10 to 15 minutes. Stir in wine, bring to simmer, and cook until wine evaporates, 10 to 15 minutes.

3. Stir in tomatoes and reserved tomato juice and bring to simmer. Reduce heat to low so that sauce continues to simmer just barely, with occasional bubble or two at surface, until liquid has evaporated, about 3 hours. Season with salt to taste. (Sauce can be refrigerated for up to 2 days or frozen for up to 1 month.)

4. Meanwhile, bring 4 quarts water to boil in large pot. Add pasta and 1 tablespoon salt and cook, stirring often, until al dente. Reserve 1/2 cup cooking water, then drain pasta and return it to pot. Add sauce and remaining 2 tablespoons butter and toss to combine. Season with salt and pepper to taste and add reserved cooking water as needed to adjust consistency. Serve with Parmesan.

[quote]But you need 3 or 4 hours. Or maybe even 6.

OMG! This is a farce.

No, it is a sauce.

[quote]I've got Judge Rinder on the TV (not really following it) - England's Judge Judy. He's so queeny it's hilarious.

Well, Judy has never flashed her tits like that --- so far, anyway.

[quote]I prefer to hang out with the Springfield Three.

How do you feel about the Jackson Five?

[quote] I prefer to hang out with the Springfield Three.

We were actually called The Four Musketeers, thank you very much!

Oatmeal and blueberries for breakfast.

Groceries later. Coffee and cream, though I drink coffee black. The cream goes in the oatmeal. Maybe chicken for dinner.

Today is new bedsheet day. It feels so luxe.

That's nice, r106. What kind of sheets?

They are "Silky Soft Double Brushed Microfiber Sheets."

I bought a really deep mattress a few years ago and while it's very comfortable, I had a devil of a time finding sheets that fit. These ones do, and they feel so nice, too.

Basic Metabolic Panel today. Made eye doctor and dermatology appointments.

R108, are those all polyester?

R110 No, it's a blend. They feel like cotton but I know they aren't, or aren't quite. It just feels very luxe to me, very five star hotel.

It also seems to be a plus re: allergies.

I think I'm going to try some. I need some deeper sheets now that I have a deeper mattress.

My sheets are all cotton and I feel like a princess in them!

R112 I found these sheets on Amazon using the term I typed above at R108.

I know Target also carries some deeper sheets - 18" sheets in one brand and 20" in another. 18 seemed to be too short; 20 worked, but at some point Target changed it so they no longer sold individual 20" fitted sheets and they were only available as part of a set.

Macy's had deep sheets in their Hotel brand, but those sheets were $150+ and for that much, the sheet would have to also make the bed and fellate me as I slept!

London.

I bought this "organic" Canadian pancake mix...just for a change, for breakfast. It was AWFUL. Turns out it had no raising agents. So they were basically crepes. I thought Canadian pancakes would be like American pancakes...but it seems they're like French crepes. They were NASTY.

I'd also bought some fancy sausages, which I had for lunch, with scrambled eggs. They were nice and my scrambled eggs were perfect. So thank God for that.

I'm developing a bit of an addiction to pimento cheese.

Houston here. Really hoping the boss let's us leave early today due to the insanely horrible weather we've been having lately. A series of daily mini-hurricanes and flash flooding. (Sorry if that whelmed at all.)

All these places that had years of drought, seem to be having masses of rain these days.

[quote]I'm developing a bit of an addiction to pimento cheese.

It's better than an addiction to doughnuts, at least.

I'd much rather eat a donut than pimiento cheese.

I love Entenmann's crumb donuts.

I don't think I've ever had one of those, r121, but I'll bet I'd like them. I can't buy an entire box of donuts, though. They wouldn't last very long at all. I will occasionally buy one or two at DD, Jelly, Boston Kreme, or Sour Cream. DD opened a kosher DD near my house and in the beginning, they had different flavors of Jelly, including my favorite, Strawberry. Now it's just Jelly. (Jeneric?)

I smelled a faint fecal odor no matter where I went yesterday. Then it occurred to me....

I certainly hope your story ends with the realization that you had stepped in something, R123.

r124 Mmm-hmm.

I agree, R124. Anything else would be terribly whelming.

I’ve gotten old to the point where I can’t enjoy a single cocktail in the evening without it ruining my sleep. I have to plan ahead and factor it in. Last night I had (I swear) one vodka with cranberry juice and I’ve been up since 2 AM and dragged through the workday. So I skipped it tonight.

I'm also no spring chicken, R127, but I don't have that reaction. One stiff drink in the evening knocks me right out. It doesn't even have to be very stiff.

I had to quit drinking when I reached that point, r127.

Good morning. Pittsburgh here. Up since 4:00 am. Now 6:01.

I had a doughnut from a pop up store at the shopping centre. It was great tasting and had vanilla custard cream inside. Thank goodness they’re taking the pop up away next week or it would be too dangerous for me.

I heard a woman asking where they have their actual shop. It’s all the way on the other side of the city. I love doughnuts, but thankfully not so much that I’ve drive 40km for one.

Starbucks had a 50% off promotion yesterday, so I purchased 2 matcha green tea iced drinks with whipped cream on top. I only needed 1.

New semester of my painting class today. Every first class, we take stuff in we've been working on as a show-and-tell. I haven't been working on much. I may just bring some collage elements I haven't yet assembled, and a painting on paper I want to recreate on canvas. Yes. That's it. It's going to be pouring out, and I don't want to bring an existing canvas I'm working on.

Hello Pittsburgh! Pittsburgh Expat here in the Midwest.

I just picked up CD's from the library.

Our cleaning lady is coming in a bit for her once monthly visit. Like the dentist, she gets into the corners where my brush (and mop and vacuum) don't quite reach.

Some may find this whelming....but saying "Hello Pittsburgh" reminded me of this, which I felt compelled to share.

I'm having a daiquiri before dinner and it's so tasty. I would like another one but I already feel tipsy so I probably shouldn't.

Awww, go ahead and have another, R136. Life is a banquet, and most poor bastards are starving to death.

I need a breath mint

Recently retired here. I just had dinner with some former colleagues, all ladies. They treated me as a retirement gift. It was pleasant.

I grabbed a few complimentary mints on my way out of the restaurant, R138. I guess that doesn't do you much good, though.

I went wild during dinner at Matt's tonight and ordered the flatbread pizza instead of my usual spicy tuna roll!

You are most thoughtful, R140.

Good for you, R141.

It's very rare for posts on the "underwhelmed" threads to end in an exclamation point. I hope you'll be able to calm down later and get a decent night's sleep.

r143 no worries, I just took an ambien

At the age of 53 I'm thinking of taking up drinking.

Rye bread is the Devil's (used) toilet paper.

That is all.

I don't mind rye bread if it doesn't have caraway seeds, but I only use it for ham or corned beef sandwiches.

Up since 3:06 in Pittsburgh.

I listen to classical24. Host Garrett McQueen is gay, and I enjoy listening to his comments between pieces.

[quote]I listen to classical24. Host Garrett McQueen is gay,

I certainly hope so, with that name.

I think I have a Lunesta hangover, but I’m still going to make a green chile quiche this morning.

Up all night. Not for any happy reasons.

A bit of a nosh and then off to several hours of delayed slumber.

I enjoy cooking, R149, but making a quiche, even without a crust, first thing in the morning would require more energy than I generally have at that hour.

R134 Do you clean up before the housekeeper comes? I do. I want her to scrub, not tidy.

Los Angeles has been like England this spring, lots of rain. Everything is very lush, which makes us realize how severe the drought has been for the past decade.

I decided to stop buying potato chips.

R47. I adore Garrett McQueen! Did you kniw he plays the bassoon?

^r147

Yes, r155, I did know. I DO know. And he has such a great voice.

I purposely did not buy chips today. I'm going out for dinner, so I didn't want to have a bag of chips in the house.

R147. I love listening to Garrett at night. His voice is so soothing and relaxing. He histef the afternoon show on my local public radio station, but moved to Minnesota.

Which is your local area, r159?

R149, I am impressed with you for spelling chile with an ‘e’ when referring to the vegetable.

It’s mother’s day in Australia. I haven’t organised anything except a bunch of flowers to be delivered. Im a terribly slack child this year. I’ll call and invite mum to lunch, although every cafe in town will be chockablock, so it’ll be horrendous.

I wish I could invite my mother to lunch for Mother's Day.

R149, what are the ingredients that go into your green chile quiche?

I’m sorry r163, if you were here you could come with us. It wouldn’t be the same, but mum would be delighted to have you.

R160East Tennessee.

It’s very embarrassing to admit that on DL. But if it’s any consolation, I know where Dolly Parton lives.

Thank you, R165. That made me smile.

R164, It’s just eggs, cheese (I used Monterey Jack), half & half and Hatch fire roasted green chiles. Salt/pepper.

It’s good with a slice of avocado or sour cream on top and a little hot sauce.

I had a delicious pie today.

What kind of pie?

(The question Robert Redford asked Barbra Streisand in "The Way We Were" when she was telling him all the things she had bought in an effort to get him to stay for dinner.) "I used all my ration stamps!"

Sugar Cream Pie. I just love it. It is very good.

I've never had one, but it certainly sounds delicious.

My, my, my never tasted a sugar cream pie? It’s so delicious. Would you like me to bake one for you?

Please! Can you send it to me by drone?

I’m going to have to think about it since you used that exclamation point.

I'm afraid I let my enthusiasm for a sugar cream pie get the better of me and cloud my judgment.

I’ve never had a sugar cream pie either. What are they? Could the drone send me one?

Wanted to order takeout from an upscale Chinese restaurant here in LA but was told it would take an hour and a half - for pickup, no less. We got In-n-Out burgers instead.

Chines food is the kind of thing you want immediately or not at all. I’d have a hamburger instead too rather than wait 90 mins.

I was reading last night about a Chinese restaurant in Bethesda which, if I still lived in DC, would be the very next place I'd like to eat. David Hagedorn, the writer, is a gay homosexual like us. He owned or was the chef at a place on 17th Street once upon a time. He interviewed me a few years ago about the delis of Pittsburgh, where I now live.

Slow Sunday here. I am going to have a light lunch and return to bed to read a stack of new magazines. Joan Collins is on the cover of the May issue of Tatler, can't wait to read the interview with her.

Must finish marinara sauce today. Probably with eggs and potatoes first, then later with cavatappi. Tomorrow, I'll make chili with Bell & Evans ground chicken thigh.

Quel coincidence, R180. I ate at a restaurant in Bethesda a couple of nights ago, although not one of the Chang establishments.

Is "gay homosexual" like another DL expression, "prostitution whore"?

"Gay homosexual" is one of my DL expressions, r183. I do not recall if I heard it here first, or even whether anyone else types it here. And "prostitution whore" is from RHONJ. Teresa called Danielle one in the first season, IIRC, and it resonated with us. We have simply brought it over from Bravo.

R173, Can you share your recipe for sugar cream pie?

I'm getting tired of all the rain. This has been a very wet spring.

Is sugar cream pie a Canadian thing? Is it a custard or ???

^^ It's at times like this when location verification is at its most useful and interesting.

I was referring to R186's wet spring.

I'm in the Northeast, R188.

It worked equally well, r189, in the sugar cream pie conversation.

Pittsburgh, also having a wet spring. It was merely moistening out today, and I came home all sweated up after walking two blocks.

Northeast. It's also been a chilly spring here. It's only 50 degrees at 2 p.m.

Oh, well...better than a drought!

and think how GREEN everything will be when the sun eventually comes out. June should be beautiful!

[quote]Oh, well...better than a drought!

You have a point. We've had water restrictions where I live every year for what seems like forever.

It's been surprisingly wet in Los Angeles, too. We sure needed it.

I'm underwhelmed that the PSO was written up in the NYT last week. Thanks, guy who posted this in the Inconsequential Pittsburgh thread.

I wore a very pretty pair of slacks with blouse today for Mother’s Day.

A blouse? Are you someone's mother?

R199 aren’t we all someone’s mother?

Good point, R200.

Lately, DL has become boring to me. Hate when that happens.

Boring others is the whole point of this thread, R202.

Exactly r203

I'm no one's mother.

I ain’t no baby daddy!

I ain't no baby nobody. Nothin'. Ever.

It would be totally overwhelming, being someone's parent. I would never be able to post here.

I woke up at 1:47 in Pittsburgh, for those who are wondering / keeping track.

Is that ante-meridian or post-meridian, Steel Town?

Ante, sweet r209. It's now 2:34 ante.

I'm now going to get the drink of water I came out to get after pissing at 1:47, but got waylaid by my computer and didn't bother with for over an hour.

Your body will thank you @ R211

(Because your body is made of water)

I have nothing to eat unless I cook something, and I don't want to get that involved. It's 3:01, ante.

[quote]Lately, DL has become boring to me. Hate when that happens.

Gurl, that's when you need to start your own threads.

Why do I suddenly have emojis all over the DL page? Did I press something?

What are you typing on, r215?

I woke up an hour after what I had set the alarm for. However, upon awaking, I found the alarm turned off. Either my apartment is haunted or I turned into the lazy slug DataLounge said I‘d become, and I turned the alarm off myself before getting back to sleep.

Ok the emojis are gone. That was weird.

That's good, r218.

Listening to Mahler 3 by Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony.

Staring out the window at the rain. Again.

Apparently a sugar cream pie is filled with pudding, versus a custard cream pie that is filled with...custard.

I fell back asleep this morning and I just woke up again. So, there’s that...

I don't feel like going out in the rain, so I think I'm headed for a nap myself.

[quote]Is that ante-meridian or post-meridian, Steel Town?

meriDIEM (i.e., mid-day.) As in "carpe diem."

I guess the name "sugar cream pie" is peculiar to Indiana. The dessert exists under other names in other parts of the world, including Quebec (tarte au sucre.)

When I was picturing a sugar cream pie, I was imagining something prettier than the above blob.

That’s not a sugar cream pie r226. I’ve only had it once before, and that was not it.

Made an impulse purchase of a tube of sun-dried tomato paste and I'm looking forward to spreading some on toast and adding a bit of cream cheese tomorrow morning.

Does this look more like a sugar cream pie anyone is familiar with? I've never had it.

Yes that is a sugars cream pie.

I am in a vocal group and today we had rehearsal. I was not in good voice.

R232, Are you the person in the vocal group who shared "Rehearsal Judy" today? (From the Renee Zellweger as Judy Garland thread.) I found that hilarious and have also shared it with a couple of people.

R233 Yes I am. Everyone got a kick out of it, and could relate. I must have watched it at least six times since yesterday.

I also smell of weed and patchouli incense from being in the home of the person who hosted the rehearsal.

I think most of us have days when we feel much more like Rehearsal Judy than Red Dress Judy.

r230 r231 That looks like a basic (egg) custard pie to me, down to the nutmeg on top.

No eggs, though. It's thickened with cornstarch.

R233 & 234, I was the original poster r239 of the “Rehearsal Judy” clip in that thread. I’m so glad you guys liked it and saw what my friends and I saw in that performance. Like I said my original post, “Rehearsal Judy” is a term of endearment amongst us and I’m glad you guys see what is so special about that rehearsal footage.

R235, this the entire rehearsal. Underwhelming and more like my day today...

That would be The Supremes, obviously the wrong link entirely. This is correct link...

Washington DC:

Made duck eggs from the Farmer's Market that opened for this season yesterday. Also made martinis.

R238, Thank you so much for sharing these clips with us. "Rehearsal Judy" has definitely entered my personal lexicon.

Yes, thank you so much, R238, I'm enchanted by Rehearsal Judy as well. Beg pardon, when I said I shared it, I meant with my fellow vocalists, who all got it completely.

I got excellent marks at my "annual wellness visit" yesterday. The only thing I need to work on is losing weight. My doctor's new medical student is a woman, but she was awfully nice.

That's good news, R243. Congratulations. Losing weight is what I'm always told to work on, also, although I'm not terribly overweight. But mostly I just succeed in not gaining any more weight. As the Red Queen says in "Through the Looking Glass," "Here, it takes all the running you can do to stay in one place."

Thanks, r244. I've maintained a 25 pound weight loss over the last ten years, but there's nothing left to "work on," and I think I'd just be more comfortable if I were to lose another 20.

I lost 8kg so felt much better but recently gained 1kg. That last 1kg took months. Ugh. All that hard work down the drain, but I’m back on the horse.

That's excellent overall, though, r246. I keep going up and down within a 14 pound range (6.35 kg), and have for ten years.

Well that’s good news r247, staying in range is fine. I panicked because I thought it was a sign it was all creeping back. The horror.

I’ve lost 5 lbs since mid March. I took up a 3 mile walk I do daily and struck the 12 pack of beer from my weekly shopping list.

Pittsburgh.

Slept late today: it's 5:57.

I made a Weight Watcher’s soup recipe with lots of cabbage for dinner and it was so tasty. Having a 50 calories fruit icicle for dessert.

I finally made the chicken chili I mentioned in r182, and it is fab. Almost whelmingly good. I used double my usual amount of onions and green pepper, but the big difference, I think, is the quality of the meat, ground chicken thigh and leg from Bell & Evans.

I have fruit flies. I went out for a quick walk and left a glass of lemonade to finish upon my return. It was covered in a layer of those icky things.

I've lost 97 lbs. since September. Too whelming for this thread? (I still need to lose 87 more.)

Excellent, r254.

I am going to attempt to listen to all of Shostakovich's String Quartets. Six hours. It's one of my favorite large bodies of music, along with Beethoven's SQs, Mozart's Piano Concertos, and Mahler's Symphonies. I like much of Schubert's music, too, but not all of any one body of it, at least not to this extent.

[quote]I've lost 97 lbs. since September. Too whelming for this thread? (I still need to lose 87 more.)

Congratulations, R254. That's quite an accomplishment, and you're now more than halfway to your goal. Even if it is a bit whelming, it's also inspirational for those of us who were recently discussing our own weight loss efforts.

Wow r254, that’s so impressive.

That's really impressive, r254! Did you use any particular method or diet?

We have to vote for a new prime minister here in Australia tomorrow. I think there will be a swing to the left. Our current Prime Minister is an evangelical Christian which Australians aren’t big on. In the old days he would have been called a God botherer. Not sure if that expression is only used here, but it means someone who is way too into their religious life. He’s not a big fan of gay marriage either which annoys people. Basically he’s a boring, conservative, bigoted, out of touch fundamentalist religious nut and he only came to power because the last guy was kicked to the curb, so his chances probably aren’t great.

139/89 averaged blood pressure. Not great, but very good for me.

Listening to girl group songs today, courtesy of the girl groups thread.

"I Hear a Symphony" just popped up.

[Crickets chirping]

Where did everyone go?

Can you believe another Memorial Day weekend is only a week away? It's a little whelming. It always seems to me that after the "unofficial start of summer," the rest of the year flies by. Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, the holidays . . . and another underwhelming year wraps up.

Pittsburgh.

I felt so whelmed yesterday, I went to bed when I came home, and woke up at 2:30 am. I'm taking a painting class, and someone joined the class recently who uses oil paint and turpentine on large-ish canvases. I got a migraine that didn't go away for hours (as I said, whelmed).

I'm not sure what to do. Dropping the class is one option. I'm not going on Friday because I'm cooking for a party, so I don't have to make a decision right away, but I can't be in a room with that kind of shit in the air. It makes me so sick.

That must really be frustrating, R264. We other Fab Fivers know how much you enjoyed those classes. I hate the smell of turpentine, which my father always seemed to be using around the house for one thing or another when I was growing up.

I just can't do it. It takes the rest of the day, or longer, to recuperate.

Are you the same person who can't go swimming because of the chlorine?

Yes, r267.

I love swimming. I bought a new pair of trunks the other week and I cannot wait to wear them out.

Pic available online, r269?

I chose the lobster print. I wish they available in a shorter length though.

Coincidentally, I had a delicious lobster roll for dinner last night.

Oh, those are nice, r271. I like prints. I like lobster.

Excellent, r272. I love a good lobster roll.

I had a nightmare last night that someone was trying to grab something from underneath me while I was sleeping. In dream logic, I had to prevent this from happening, and I ended up falling on the floor. I don't think I've ever fallen out of bed before. My elbow, shoulder, and foot hurt this morning, but I do not think it will be overwhelming.

For breakfast in Pittsburgh:

scrambled eggs w/dill

roasted rosemary potatoes

fresh pineapple

Peet's House Blend Decaf

my raft of pills

It's 90 degrees in Washington, D.C. I'm a bit whelmed. I'm not ready for summer. I was rather enjoying the cooler-than-normal spring.

[quote]It's 90 degrees in Washington, D.C.

Meanwhile it's 53 degrees in LA. It's been a cool and rainy spring so far.

Washington has also had a rainy and (relatively) cool spring, R278. That seems to have come to an end.

I had lobster Benedict and asparagus for breakfast. It was yummy. Went to my parents' house and my mother made it especially for me.

Your mother sounds like a treasure, R280.

R276 - I don't like dill but otherwise I applaud your breakfast.

I applaud your mother, R276.

I'm making split pea soup in my Instant Pot. The pressure is naturally releasing right now.

I made pumpkin soup over the weekend. One of my nephews had 3 bowls of it so I knew it was good.

With 90-degree temperatures in our nation's capital, I wasn't thinking much about soup today.

I’m in Australia r286 so we’re headed into winter, hence the pumpkin soup. Although it’s not really all that cold yet, but next week looks pretty rubbish weather wise so as of Sunday I think the warm days will be over until at least September.

Watched an alright gay movie last night, Keep the Lights On. Fictionalized biopic of notorious agent / publisher / drug addict Bill Clegg, by his boyfriend through all of it, Ira Sachs.

Not recommended, but not unrecommended. Zachary Booth, who plays faux-Clegg, is very cute. You get one nice cock shot, from underneath.

Up at 4:06 eastern. Still haven't had coffee. Hoping to go back to bed and get some more sleep.

I have a cold sore. I have no idea why. It’s not even in the spot I usually get them. I’m applying cold sore cream, tee tree oil and a cold compress. I rarely get them but when I do I get such terribly puffy ones so that I look like Ive been punched in the face and now have a fat lip. However since I discovered putting tee tree oil is n them it seems to dry them out before they puff up. Fingers crossed it works this time too.

I wanted to pour myself a glass of wine, but I can’t find the corkscrew. Do I keep searching the house, or go to Wal Mart to purchase a new one?

Where did you last drink wine, r291? Could it be between couch cushions?

I went back to bed for awhile, but only slept for < an hour. My head hurt. I contacted my doctor about falling and hurting my right side in various places, and that's the side of my head that hurts. He told me to see how I felt today, to take some acetaminophen or ibuprofen, but that he could see me tomorrow. The most consistently painful part is my shoulder. I'm thinking I should get x-rayed.

Oh, Mary, R293 - there's ALWAYS SOMETHING with you. It never ends.

Isn’t that why we’re here, though? @R294 LOL

[quote] I contacted my doctor

I'll bet you've got him on speed-dial.

I have a feeling I left the corkscrew at a friend’s house during the holidays. Or maybe it’s in the trunk of my car. The corkscrew is part of a Swiss Army knife I got when I was in a “str8 acting” phase. I was trying pretty hard to look masc4masc LOL

[quote]He told me to see how I felt today, to take some acetaminophen or ibuprofen

How are your stocks on that? A whole cabinet full, right?

[quote]I have a feeling I left the corkscrew at a friend’s house during the holidays. Or maybe it’s in the trunk of my car. The corkscrew is part of a Swiss Army knife I got when I was in a “str8 acting” phase.

This loss could be symbolic.

Yes, r294, that's kind of the point of this thread. Please take your cunting elsewhere. You obviously do not belong here (in this thread, I mean; obviously, you're DLAF).

What the hell's DLAF?

[bold]D[/bold]ata [bold]L[/bold]ounge [bold]A[/bold]s [bold]F[/bold]uck, dumbass. IOW, Cuntessa Di Tutti Cuntessi.

[quote]Data Lounge As Fuck, dumbass

How could I have not known that?

So this thread is not Datalounge - but an island off the continent? OK. I'll change my tune.

[quote]He told me to see how I felt today, to take some acetaminophen or ibuprofen, but that he could see me tomorrow. The most consistently painful part is my shoulder. I'm thinking I should get x-rayed.

R293 - PLEASE don't forget to post back to tell us how it's all going. What the doctor said. If you can get a copy of the X-Rays it would be great to see them. Add our own advice. Don't overdo the acetaminophen/ibuprofen.

How are all your other allergies etc...didn't you have some sort of reaction to noise? and an allergy to chlorine?

Wow...what a cunt.

[quote]How could I have not known that?

Has "DL" ever meant anything here but "Data Lounge"? And "AF" anything but "As Fuck"?

R294 r303 types Fibromyalgia Hater AF (As Fuck).

One hopes r303 will get Fibromyalgia, and that the only cure will require him to live in Denmark for the rest of his life.

I feel more non-binary anyway @R299

[quote]I wanted to pour myself a glass of wine, but I can’t find the corkscrew. Do I keep searching the house, or go to Wal Mart to purchase a new one?

How did you resolve this, R291? It sounded as though a trip to Wal-Mart was in your future.

It's to your credit that you don't buy wine with twist-off caps.

I made a Tom Collins tonight. It used to be my go-to drink in my 20's, but it's so bland. I prefer my gin to taste gin and not lemonade. I will try a gin fizz tomorrow, just so I can say that I have had one.

Too many acronyms these days. Half the time I have to stop and puzzle them out. Often I end up going to urban dictionary. Hate ‘em.

I was hoping the Swiss Army knife would show up, but it has not. The bottle of wine remains unopened. I’m going to drop by Target and pick up this corkscrew. I like the sea foam green color.

Our family car in the early 1960s was a sea foam green Chevy Impala.

Beautiful, r313 r312.

I recently bought a new Microplanar grater in green. Not sea foam, but pretty.

My first car, a 1964 Chevy Impala in Meadow Green (metallic):

Bitchin' wheels, R316.

I didn't realize how much I liked the car at the time, r317. I inherited it from my parents in lieu of a sportscar, but I always enjoyed driving it.

I inherited a 1968 Ford Galaxy from my parents when I was in college in the '70s, R318. Not exactly the coolest car on campus, but I was just so happy to have my own car for the first time, I truly didn't care.

I would never deign to buy wine with a twist off cap. I buy my wine in a box.

Greetings, fellow fab ones. I've been on vacation and returned to find no activity on this thread since last Wednesday. I'm a little whelmed wondering what's happened to everyone, and feel vaguely guilty about having temporarily abandoned you all. I feel like I singlehandedly killed the thread.

I gave a friend an abortion last night on my kitchen table.

Nah @R321 I think it’s just the relaxed mood of the holiday weekend

R323 no holiday weekend where I am, but I have been slack in posting. I’ve just had a lot on so I’ve been a bit whelmed, but glad people are back. What or who was the holiday weekend in honour of?

Memorial Day, R324, a federal holiday to remember those who died while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. Many people in the U.S. also observe it as an occasion to visit cemeteries and leave flowers for their loved ones, whether or not they served in the military.

America's version of Britain's Poppy Day, I guess.

Ahh I see r325, thanks. Ours is Anzac Day, it’s on April 25.

Poppy Day, that’s an appropriate comparison @ R326 as Americans don’t observe Armistice Day

[quote]Americans don’t observe Armistice Day

Isn't Armistice Day another name for Veteran's Day, which we celebrate on November 11? It's one of the few holidays we haven't Mondayized.

R329, yes, you are correct

Armistice Day is the original name of Veterans Day in the U.S. The name was changed during World War II to broaden its scope. I seem to recall that Veterans Day was Monday-ized for a while, but is now again observed on Nov. 11, because of the significance of the date.

I just baked 2 Swiss and spinach quiches. I didn’t bake the crusts before adding the filling, so they turned out a little soggy in the centre.

Blind baking is essential in making any kind of tart. It works with pie crusts you bake yourself, or ones you buy in your grocer's freezer.

I've baked many a pie shell in my time, but had never heard the phrase "blind baking" until now. There's something a little whelming about the sound of it.

I only know it as blind baking. Not that it matters, the two mini custard tarts I just ate were not baked by me.

June is busting out all over. Wasn't is just April?

I’m painting the porch posts today.

I have to power wash them first.

Maybe I’ll pull a few weeds.

[quote]Yet sitting here surfing.

You have no idea how much I can relate.

[quote]You have no idea how much I can relate.

And I, as well.

I saw Rocketman last night. I liked it, but was not overwhelmed. It was basically a biography-inflected music video. We chose the Dolby theatre, which I found too loud, and thus not worth the extra $$. Taron Egerton was thoroughly convincing as Elton, as was Jamie Bell playing Bernie, but my favorite was Charlie Rowe as Ray Williams, the guy who discovered EJ in the first place.

I wish they hadn't dyed Richard Madden's hair such a harsh black. It overwhelmed. Just as it doesn't matter storywise that Jeffrey Wright was hired to play Hobie in The Goldfinch, the Elton John story was not improved at all by overdyeing Madden's hair this way.

Here's Charlie:

Doing the crossword. Four letters, first letter E. Clue: First name in scat...

E-L-L-A (get your minds out of the gutter, queens)

I haven't seen "Rocketman" yet, R340, but from your description, it sounds to me like it's destined to be turned into yet another jukebox musical on Broadway. I'm a longtime theatergoer, and I find most jukebox musicals to be quite underwhelming. Broadway is turning into Vegas.

I have an ophthalmologist appointment tomorrow. I may or may not need an injection into my eye. It sounds horrific, but I’ve had it before and it’s not that bad. The biggest annoyance is trying to find a parking spot remotely near the building. The parking situation around there is whelming.

Is it wise to be driving immediately after having an injection in your eye, R344?

I got caught in a sudden hailstorm while driving late yesterday afternoon. It was a little whelming. The hailstones were so loud hitting my car, I was sure they must be causing damage, but it doesn't appear as though they did. Luckily, they were the size of mothballs, rather than the ones the size of baseballs you see on the news.

R345 I don’t have anyone to drop me off and pick me up, although I’m lucky because I usually do, so I’ll just have rely on my good eye to get me there and back. Thankfully it’s not too far.

Participation in this thread has become underwhelming lately. Perhaps that's appropriate.

Too much cuntation for me. I post rarely now.

I still haven’t opened the bottle of wine I planned to enjoy in R291 despite having purchased a new corkscrew.

In that case, how can you be sure the new corkscrew works, R350? You may have only 14 days to return it if it doesn't.

Hmm, that thought is going to gnaw at me for the rest of the day.

Break open that wine!

R349 someone turned up, behaved like an arsewipe, didn’t get the response they were looking for and has left, I think. Fingers crossed, we’re all back to normal now.

The corkscrew works 🍷

Glad to hear it, R355. I feel I played a small role in your making that discovery.

Let’s raise a toast to r351 and functioning corkscrews.

I have to find a new place to live yet again. I'm trying not to whelm myself.

Why do you have to move r358?

R359, I have finally, after years on a waiting list, been given a housing voucher. (I am disabled.) I have 2 months to use it or I lose it. The problem is that it's only worth about 60% of my area's average rent for a one-bedroom, so I am having a hard time finding anything. Vacancy rates are at an all-time low, too. At this point I am hoping for divine intervention.

Drinking that wine last night didn’t help me on my work out this morning. I felt sluggish and off, and I’m kind of sleepy now.

Making quiche for breakfast.

[quote]Drinking that wine last night didn’t help me on my work out this morning. I felt sluggish and off, and I’m kind of sleepy now.

I apologize for my role in that, R361.

Don’t worry, R351. I’ll get by, afterall tomorrow is another day. 💆‍♂️

I'm regretting having sold my Paradigm Atom speakers. I still have ~500 CDs, and would like to go back to listening to them as my main source of music if iTunes proves unworkable in the future.

Tell me more about your quiche, R362. Swiss? Cheddar? Ham? Scallion? Potato?

Well, it's called Quiche Lorraine in the NYT Cookbook recipe by Craig Claiborne, but Quiche Lorraine isn't supposed to have cheese, and this does. I'm using Jarlsberg instead of Swiss, plus Parmigiano-Reggiano. Plus shallots (I was out of onions) and bacon.

Either Jarlsberg doesn't melt into the custard the way I remember Swiss doing, or I'm not cooking it long enough. But it was "set," so I took it out. It tastes great. The texture just isn't what I wanted.

Also, the recipe called for four eggs, which didn't work well yesterday, so today I used six.

Let’s have a mimosa and dance

Awww...that's sweet, r368.

R360, that sounds a bit tough. I hope something pops up quickly. Are there any organisations that offer help with helping you find something?

I had a weird attack of vertigo and severe nausea/vomiting on Monday. I'm 66 and this has never happened before. I think it's an inner-ear issue. I went to see my primary care physician on Tuesday and she gave me a prescription for nausea/vomiting and an OTC for motion sickness, and referred me to a specialist--whom I don't get to see until July. So I'm hoping it doesn't come up (literally and figuratively) again before then.

Could it be low blood pressure r66?

Sorry that was for r371?

I've joined the brotherhood of underwhelmed early-wakers. For the past few mornings, I've awakened at 5:30 or 6 a.m. and can't get back to sleep.

Oh, poor you, r358. Where are you located, if it's not too much to ask?

[quote]I've joined the brotherhood of underwhelmed early-wakers. For the past few mornings, I've awakened at 5:30 or 6 a.m. and can't get back to sleep.

It's the not being able to get back to sleep that makes this such a problem.

R375, I am in Boise, Idaho.

Ah, r377. Not somewhere I'm familiar with. Good luck to you.

I woke up at 2:56 am, and do not anticipate going back to sleep for some time. I think I shall make a cup of coffee. After about an hour (it's now 3:58), withdrawal kicks in, though I'm not one of those "until I've had my first cup, I AM A BEAR" types.

I have come to enjoy being up all night long. It's more quiet in my urban environment. I listen to gay classical announcer Garrett McQueen on Classical 24 four nights a week.

Garrett McQueen/tonight's playlist

I get that you have to pay for that app R380. Hard pass.

I don't pay for it, r382.

I watched the Tony Awards last night. I found the musical numbers from current productions very underwhelming. Actually, the whole show was underwhelming. So, really, it fit in perfectly with most things in my life.

I found the Tonys so underwhelming, I went to bed at ten. Woke up at 2:30, as usual, then back to bed by 3:30, and up again just before my alarm went off at 5:30.

It took me most of Monday to recover from the ordeal that was the Tony Awards.

Lol r386. I hope you’re ok now.

R371, my bestie got loose crystals in her ear from eating too much sugar. Gave her vertigo and nausea. Went away after she stopped eating marshmallow fluff straight out of the jar. She said that was the real purpose of iced tea spoons. LOL

R388 - That's such a great post. I don't even know what to do with it.

Lol r388, your friend sounds very funny.

I have become completely overwhelmed by my inability to have my ignored threads stay ignored.

After being derailed by a lousy Friday and Saturday, I pulled myself out of bed at 5 this morning to work out. I’m pleased with myself for doing it.

[quote] I’m pleased with myself for doing it.

As well you should be, R392!

Almost a week without any more underwhelming posts. Have the fab five suddenly developed interesting lives?

I got tired of being cunted at.

It is unfortunate that some cunting arose on a thread in which most posters were good-natured and mutually supportive.

There was just one cunt. He could not stop cunting at me. He even cunted at me on another thread because of stuff I'd posted here. So I stopped posting on this thread.

I had to skip my workout the past two mornings because smoke and ash from a forest fire is polluting the air here.

Where are you, r398?

Just ordered a set of silicone straws from amazon. I'm also using reusable containers. Now, if I could just get over my paper napkin fetish...

Since I retired a while back, it's just been one underwhelming day after another. I couldn't be happier about it.

Well I, for one, have been extremely whelmed by looking for an apartment in a city with virtually no vacancies and year-long waiting lists, so my life isn't underwhelming enough to post here.

The Fourth of July is a week from today. I'm a bit whelmed by how quickly this year is going by.

I'm making angel hair and meatballs for July 4. A friend requested it. Who am I to say no?

That sounds good R404. I made bruschetta chicken with angel hair this past weekend.

What is bruschetta chicken? It sounds delightful. I love both components.

And more importantly, how do you pronounce "bruschetta"?

Brew-shetta. It's got marinated Marzano tomatoes with fresh basil and garlic and parmesan and a balsamic glaze.

It's correctly pronounced "brewSKETta." "Ch" sounds like "k" in Italian.

So you put all of that on what, boneless, skinless chicken breasts and roast them? Roast them first and then top them with the bruschetta mixture? How do you do it?

London.

I learned how to make Spaghetti Carbonara the correct way about a month ago. I used to have my own spastic version. But this, the real thing, is unbelievable. I'd happily have it every day for the rest of my life...and it's so EASY to make.

But I have to cool it with all this cooking. I was putting on weight.

I got food poisoning from restaurant carbonara one 48-hour period about 25 years ago. I knew the chef and visited the kitchen afterwards, where I saw raw egg yolks sitting on a stainless steel counter attached to the stove. I have not eaten carbonara since.

You are doing yourself a great service by making your own.

[quote]But I have to cool it with all this cooking. I was putting on weight.

I hear you, R409. One benefit of summer's heat and humidity (in the 90s now where I am) is that it makes me feel less like cooking. But when the cooler weather returns, watch out!

Are you the "Soups and Stews! Send Me Your Recipes!" queen, r411?

I've decided to replace my pasta dishes with lentils or beans. I made a cold chicken curry salad with lentils and it was delicious. I miss pasta salads in the summer but this was a fantastic replacement. Wonder if it would work as a carbonara? How did you make it, R409?

[quote]The Fourth of July is a week from today. I'm a bit whelmed by how quickly this year is going by.

I don't mind - I'm excited for THE 'TWENTIES! Fuck 2019!

[quote]Are you the "Soups and Stews! Send Me Your Recipes!" queen, [R411]?

No, I think I was the Soups and Stews Queen.

[quote]Are you the "Soups and Stews! Send Me Your Recipes!" queen, R411?

I am not, R412.

[quote]Wonder if it would work as a carbonara? How did you make it, [R409]?

I watched several YouTube videos...but this was the best.

And this one - but he's annoying, so brace yourself.

R408 The recipe calls for seasoned grilled chicken breasts. I live in a 3rd floor apt and we aren't allowed to have grills on our balconies, so I buy the frozen seasoned grilled chicken breasts (the HEB brand here in Houston are excellent,) You take the tomato marinara (which is 3 cups of diced Marzano tomatoes, 1/2 cup tomato sauce, 2 tsp white wine vinegar, 1/2 cup fresh basil, 1/3 cup olive oil and 4 cloves minced garlic, lots of fresh pepper and a bit of salt) and toss with the angel hair, then top with grilled chicken strips, parmesan and drizzle balsamic glaze over it. It is light and delicious, and not at all high in fat. I'm sure you're right about the correct pronunciation, but I have never heard anyone call it "brusketta" here in the US.

Here is the chicken I use.

[quote] I have never heard anyone call it "brusketta" here in the US.

Well, you're in TAY-hahs.

...there seems to be some debate.

R422 Your "bruschetta" mispronouncer has spelling issues, too. The fish is "branzino," not what she typed.

[quote]For some reason, "bronzino" is clear, even though many menus use "bronzini" for one whole fish, and that's what people are most used to.

I thought about joining some friends in New York this weekend for World Pride but decided that the huge crowds would be too whelming.

I just discovered there's a new competing "underwhelmed" thread for summer 2019. But already the tone has gotten snarky.

Yeah, r425. The cunting started right away. I'm staying away from it. I WOULD BLOCK IT IF I COULD.

That’s a horrible thread. I’ll need to retire early tonight to recover from it.

The hottest month of the year starts tomorrow, and temperatures where I am are going to be in the mid-90s all week.

Happy underwhelming Fourth of July, everyone.

Thank you, r429. I went out for lunch today and had blueberry pancakes with real maple syrup. I don't usually eat sugar anymore, but this was worth it.

Now I want blueberry pancakes with real maple syrup, R430.

I want them again, r431. And I don't like making pancakes myself, so I'd have to go out for them. They sure were good.

I found another palatable decaf yesterday: Peet's Mocca-Java (their spelling). Drinking decaf, something I used to make fun of people for, is actually helping me sleep more. My doctor suggested it for lowering blood pressure slightly. I never imagined it would help me sleep.

I was brutally eaten out during Macy’s fireworks last night.

Hmmm....ideally, that should have been whelming, r434.

Spain I changed my tampon three times yesterday.

I made clam chowder today. It was quite delicious.

I discovered a new kind of Kettle Chips, Spicy Queso.

London.

I had sausages, mashed potatoes and spinach for supper. Came out really well. Key to great mash, get rid of all the water and steam before you mash. I then put the mash in the oven for 30 minutes along the sausages. Result: really great texture. In fact, I don't actually "mash", I whip with a fork with a little butter and milk, plenty of salt and pepper. Top notch French mustard with the sausages.

Fantastic weather. Hot. No humidity. Clear blue skies. Won't last. Never does here.

"No humidity" sounds like heaven to me. I'm in D.C., where every time I step outdoors in the summer, I feel as though I'm being hit in the face with a wet blanket.

^^In addition to the humidity, the temperature will be hitting 100 degrees F. here this weekend.

Washington, D.C., could have its hottest weather in years over the next four days, with the "heat index" going as high as 115.