Yesterday it was Milk Duds, and today it is popcorn. I sure hope they’re going Dutch! I’m running late; I have to go draw new cartoons now.
Movie Moves
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274 responses to “Movie Moves”
Jackie, got the joke, I am just a sucker for swinging at curve balls. 😉
As to those with Thick Dendrites Syndrome, I let the slow balls drift across the with no attempt to swing. 😉
Now you know why they kept me in left field and expected only a good on base average.
GR6, the MENSA types know you can save $2 by ordering the Americano and adfing thrfree half and half. 🙂
…drift across the plate….
Siri struck once more.
…adding the free…
Oh, and I don’t even drink coffee. 🙂
I do, however, have a weakness for chai. Think I’ll have a cup now.
Something else I learned from reading a food magazine: Captain Morgan also makes heat-and-eat BBQ…Lady Mindy. 🙂
http://captainmorganbbq.com/our-products/
Where they have a recipe for “Captain Morgan’s Pulled Pork Irish Nachos”. Multitask your recipes and serve it on both March 17th and May 5th, I suppose.
I just went outside to meet my new plumber and electrician and I missed all this. Wow!
Plumber is single, age of my kids, a biker and kayak-er. I like him already. Doesn’t build boats but likes to make sawdust, he started as a cabinet man working as contractor for military bases.
Think we will get along. My dogsitter found him. God takes care of idiots like me.
He knows I am mostly blonde.God, not the contractor!
Love, Jackie
Ghost, I happen to agree with the expert, but both the sauce and the pasta need to be prepared correctly. I think of the pasta as a sponge that soaks in all of the seasoning, but if it is sticky or watery it really doesn’t soak it in. If the sauce isn’t seasoned correctly then the Pasta doesn’t taste good either. But if you like it separately, that is your prerogative. I would never presume that there is a “correct” way.
Ghost, I had heard that about pasta from the Little General, my youngest daughter. She dumps the pasta into sauces and stirs it all around.
“The Way We were” is playing now. Dang! All this “romantic music” play list is going to get me yet.
I would love to compare cooking implements and essentials between daughter’s kitchen and yours Ghost. I know you told me you own capers spoons. She has every specialized whisk that has ever been made, ditto knifes, all organized by sizes and types.
She has still not forgiven me for burning butter in bottom of her saute’ pan or maybe that was an omelet pan I ruined?
Is Captain Morgan’s bar-b-que like the Jack Daniels one? I am not sure you can buy it ready made, however. I still love to cook with Jack Daniels. Mike used to get annoyed when I’d use a $100 bottle of cognac to splash into something.
Ghost, the reason I have such a reputation for intelligence is the same facility at taking tests.
Just can’t do math at all. I think the words are from reading though, not true knowledge skills. Well, I guess knowledge would come from reading?
Love, Jackie
Jackie wote of meeting her new plumber: “He knows I am mostly blonde.” Then she added: “God, not the contractor!” My head almost spun a full 360°. 😉
Well, God takes care of blonde idiots was what I was inferring, as I do not even know where my water comes into this house which was originally built back in 1960’s and has been modified and added onto for another 50 plus years!
I can’t even change light bulbs either or get to the bulbs unless they are in plain out open.
Shame I don’t look like I once did, I could ask sweetly and have volunteers!
Love, Jackie
Oh, yeah, Steve, the expert also said save the pasta water when you drain it; don’t rinse the pasta; add back one ladle of the pasta water when you mix the pasta into the sauce; and garnish with grated cheese and drizzle with olive oil. I’ll try it next time and see if it makes a difference.
Speaking of kitchen appliances/utensils/gadgets, every toaster I’ve ever used has a “High” setting that will reduce a slice of bread to a bread slice-shaped lump of charcoal. When would you use that setting?
Same advice I have gotten on pasta, Ghost. I was usually forbidden to boil pasta because mine never turned out right. It is like changing the light bulbs, I will have to eat bad pasta in the dark.
Jackie, just get the new LED bulbs with the long life span. If they last as long as advertised, your adult grandchildren will change them for you!
As for cooking pasta, get a wooden spoon to stir it with. When you think it is getting done spoon up a few strands and press them between the edge of the spoon and the cooking pot. If they cut easily, they’re done, at least to my taste.
“I will survive!”
two above “When would you use that setting?” when you have a commercially prepared thick thing, like a Pillsbury toaster strudel. …. … … way up above about rental cars ….. …. when will I learn? I’m in a hurry, schlepping suitcases around, jump in the rental car and not realize til I’m well away it REEKS and is thoroughly coated inside with cigarette smoke
I have the wooden spoons and the pasta spoons and the pasta bowls. Just not as many as my daughter’s kitchen.
What? No tossing a noodle on the wall to see if it sticks? Just made spaghetti sauce tonight. Will have spaghetti tomorrow – always better the next day. Tonight was hamburgers.
I also loved Arlo’s hat-hair. Today’s strip took me a second, but in my defense, I’ve been trying for a week now to stay on the healthy side of the fence. I slept for six-hours, woke up to field a call, and slept for another five.
All is well in the home universe. The tree is finally down, and kitty bed (and kitty) is back in the proper place in front of the fireplace.
Use a wooden fork to stir pasta. I fixed salads and spaghetti for our evening meal.
GR6, homemade charcoal is the perfect filter for homemade liquior. Have that on good authority only.
My Father-in-law was the son of an Italian immigrant who rolled his eyes when an Italian Chef on Chopped was lecturing the contestant on how difficult it was to make pasta. MY FIL said words to the effect “There are 60 million Italians who make pasta every night, because it is easy and tastes good. There is nothing to it!” He then proceeded to give me step by step instructions, which were exactly the same as what the Italian Chef had instructed in an earlier show. Seasoning the water is key step that many rushed cooks forget. Seasoning period is often underused.
It is officially spring on our neck of the woods, just found the first tick of the year.
I thought Spring arrived in south Texas when the mesquite begins budding out.
Thanks, John. Come to think of it, the only things I’ve every stuck in a toaster are bread, bagels and leftover waffles. Well, there was that one time when I was eight, involving a table knife, but my father made me vow to never speak of that.
Jackie, there’s a good reason for your daughter to refuse the DNA test: she might find out that she really is your daughter.
Ghost, if you put the sauce on top of the pasta, you’ll have pasta with sauce on top. If you dump the pasta into the sauce and stir it, the two get properly mixed. And, in many restaurants, they put some sauce into a saute pan, add the pasta and mix it there at the last second so that the pasta doesn’t get overcooked and mushy.
Guys, I am in need of some help down in south Florida in Homestead area for a cat rescue. I know you all will believe I will do just about anything.
Does anyone here have a good contact with a south Florida cat rescue group or a trusted veterinarian I could contact?
The plan is that I am to drive my pet sitter down ASAP and bring the cats back to Oklahoma to take care of up here, so we can’t exactly go through the ASPCA.
This falls in about the same cat-egory as me stealing the Newfoundland from the drug dealers.
Love, Jackie