Archives for 2020/08 (Lifestream)

• Aug 29, 2020, 10:43 PM -04:00

  TIL that blackstrap molasses is not the same as fancy molasses.  NOT AT ALL.
• Aug 29, 2020, 11:17 AM -04:00

  TIL about the Barbie Liberation Organization who, in 1993, bought up 300-500 talking Barbie and G.I. Joe dolls and switched their voice boxes so the Barbies would say things like "Vengeance is mine" and the G.I. Joes would say things like "The beach is the place for summer".  They then returned the dolls to the stores ("reverse shoplifting") to be sold to unsuspecting children. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbie_Liberation_Organization

  

  Barbie Liberation Organization - Wikipedia

• Aug 28, 2020, 6:36 PM -04:00

  I'm currently in the process of corrupting Marcella Hazan's tomato sauce with the addition of a red bell pepper and I have to say I feel a little naughty.
• Aug 27, 2020, 9:23 PM -04:00

  I'm never excited to eat a Nanaimo bar, and yet they're always so good when I actually eat one.
• Aug 27, 2020, 2:36 PM -04:00

  I am not sure what to say about a political figure that points to actual riots happening under his own administration and uses them to criticize the guy who's running against him in the next election.
• Aug 27, 2020, 12:41 PM -04:00

  On Being Vaguely Obsessed With Pound Cake

  In praise of simple

  When it comes to food and drink, I tend to lean towards the simple. Or, more accurately, I tend to lean towards the simple and well-made.

  One of my favourite memories of the Dominican Republic, for example, was the coco loco - literally just a coconut with the top sliced off and rum mixed into the milk, served with a straw and maybe a squeeze of lime. When the coconut is fresh, the drink is amazing.

  Another example would be Marcella Hazan's (in)famous tomato sauce. It literally has only four ingredients (canned tomatoes, butter, onion and salt) and notably no garlic or herbs, so the sauce doesn't really have anywhere to hide; it tastes like buttery, slow cooked tomatoes which is, well, you know, delicious.

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• Aug 22, 2020, 4:39 PM -04:00

  Found an interesting side road

  
• Aug 17, 2020, 7:51 PM -04:00

  Lemon ricotta pound cake, a close cousin of the cannoli pound cake I posted previously. This time it's actually a pound cake, more or less. And yes, it's delicious.

  
• Aug 13, 2020, 8:56 PM -04:00

  Pound cake batter is objectively the best batter.
• Aug 11, 2020, 7:30 PM -04:00

  pencils Kamala-Pence debate on his calendar
• Aug 7, 2020, 1:24 PM -04:00

  Lovely

  
• Aug 6, 2020, 4:19 PM -04:00

  What's in 1.5 km? WHO KNOWS IT'S AN ADVENTURE!

  
• Aug 6, 2020, 3:53 PM -04:00

  First time in Sherbrooke. Not a bad spot.