Granted, I spent months blocking every ad I saw on the Tweeter, but I feel like I haven’t seen another one since the new year.
15 thoughts on “March 19, 2023: Clear Skies”
It was a mixed bag in college tournament outcomes for the State of Hockey last night. The St. Cloud State Huskies beat Colorado College handily 3-0 to win the NCHC tournament championship. The U of M, sadly, lost a hard-fought game to Michigan by a 4-3 score in the Big Ten championship game. The Gophers will enter the NCAA tournament next weekend as the number one seed, with Michigan seeded fourth and St. Cloud State seventh. Also, we went to see Pure Prairie League at the Hopkins Center for the Arts last night. Good show, nice intimate venue with several art galleries to peruse before the show.
My Strat-o-matic team back in the 80s played in the Pure Prairie League; our teams were much more superior to the teams in the Human League.
On the induction hob: Jamaican oxtail stew. The weather is in the 50s and the apartment smells delightfully spicy. I headed the advice of others and did not pierce the scotch bonnet habanero. Still going to be spicy.
And the secret ingredient is a portion of fingernail and finger tip. At least I know my knives are sharp.
I’ve had oxtail stew on my to-make list for a while and need to bring it into reality.
We got around to celebrating the Girl's birthday with her today.
I made the Serious Eats vanilla butter cake (mine definitely was NOT "fluffy", but it was delicious. My frosting was a fail, however. I was making a cream cheese frosting, but tried to sub half-and-half for heavy cream, because no cream. Uh, no.)
And we made steamed dumplings and a green bean and tofu salad.
1. Tilapia and dino kale (I blanched, rough chopped, and squeeze-dried the kale, then chopped fine in the food processor. Pulsed two tilapia fillets in the processor. Finely chopped up some ginger, and added a teaspoon of soy sauce and mixed well.)
2. Teriyaki Shiitake and veggie (pulsed a mess of fresh shiitakes, a few crimini, and some carrot. Added chopped green onions, chopped garlic and ginger and sauteed a bit. Mixed in a couple tablespoons of homemade teriyaki sauce (very thick).
The dough was 2 1/3 cups AP and 3/4 cup very hot water. Drizzle the water into the flour, mixing with a fork as you go. Turn out onto a board and knead for a few minutes. Form into a ball and let rest, covered for half an hour or so. Divide the ball in half, keeping the other half covered. Roll very thin and cut out rounds roughly palm-sized. Makes about 3 dozen in total. Fill with about a tbsp or so of filling and pinch shut. Steam for 7-8 minutes (I have bamboo steamer baskets and silicon mesh liners, which work great).
I also made a "hot and sour" dipping sauce to go with the dumplings. Homemade chili oil, sugar, black vinegar, soy sauce, sesame oil and fresh garlic. Yummy.
I’m about to start making channa masala with garlic naan for supper. Not sure a 12-pack of Mango Cart will be sufficient; it goes down far too smoothly.
And now eating a kumquat chased by a sip of Mango Cart has entered my gustatory repertoire.
I love kumquats.
Also, chana masala! (I'm usually lazy and make it with canned chickpeas).
speaking of the tweeter, i just recently started following this account and i've been pretty shocked at how spot on it always seems to be.
i just noticed their pinned tweet from a few months ago of the "greatest hits" .
The account has a bunch of new followers, so here’s a🧵of some of our past favorites: - The Assumption of the Virgin, by El Greco, 1577-79, 📸 by @morrygpic.twitter.com/MKmBuy2w17
It was a mixed bag in college tournament outcomes for the State of Hockey last night. The St. Cloud State Huskies beat Colorado College handily 3-0 to win the NCHC tournament championship. The U of M, sadly, lost a hard-fought game to Michigan by a 4-3 score in the Big Ten championship game. The Gophers will enter the NCAA tournament next weekend as the number one seed, with Michigan seeded fourth and St. Cloud State seventh. Also, we went to see Pure Prairie League at the Hopkins Center for the Arts last night. Good show, nice intimate venue with several art galleries to peruse before the show.
My Strat-o-matic team back in the 80s played in the Pure Prairie League; our teams were much more superior to the teams in the Human League.
On the induction hob: Jamaican oxtail stew. The weather is in the 50s and the apartment smells delightfully spicy. I headed the advice of others and did not pierce the
scotch bonnethabanero. Still going to be spicy.And the secret ingredient is a portion of fingernail and finger tip. At least I know my knives are sharp.
I’ve had oxtail stew on my to-make list for a while and need to bring it into reality.
We got around to celebrating the Girl's birthday with her today.
I made the Serious Eats vanilla butter cake (mine definitely was NOT "fluffy", but it was delicious. My frosting was a fail, however. I was making a cream cheese frosting, but tried to sub half-and-half for heavy cream, because no cream. Uh, no.)
And we made steamed dumplings and a green bean and tofu salad.
1. Tilapia and dino kale (I blanched, rough chopped, and squeeze-dried the kale, then chopped fine in the food processor. Pulsed two tilapia fillets in the processor. Finely chopped up some ginger, and added a teaspoon of soy sauce and mixed well.)
2. Teriyaki Shiitake and veggie (pulsed a mess of fresh shiitakes, a few crimini, and some carrot. Added chopped green onions, chopped garlic and ginger and sauteed a bit. Mixed in a couple tablespoons of homemade teriyaki sauce (very thick).
The dough was 2 1/3 cups AP and 3/4 cup very hot water. Drizzle the water into the flour, mixing with a fork as you go. Turn out onto a board and knead for a few minutes. Form into a ball and let rest, covered for half an hour or so. Divide the ball in half, keeping the other half covered. Roll very thin and cut out rounds roughly palm-sized. Makes about 3 dozen in total. Fill with about a tbsp or so of filling and pinch shut. Steam for 7-8 minutes (I have bamboo steamer baskets and silicon mesh liners, which work great).
I also made a "hot and sour" dipping sauce to go with the dumplings. Homemade chili oil, sugar, black vinegar, soy sauce, sesame oil and fresh garlic. Yummy.
I’m about to start making channa masala with garlic naan for supper. Not sure a 12-pack of Mango Cart will be sufficient; it goes down far too smoothly.
And now eating a kumquat chased by a sip of Mango Cart has entered my gustatory repertoire.
I love kumquats.
Also, chana masala! (I'm usually lazy and make it with canned chickpeas).
speaking of the tweeter, i just recently started following this account and i've been pretty shocked at how spot on it always seems to be.
Yes that account is remarkable
i just noticed their pinned tweet from a few months ago of the "greatest hits" .
that idiot better not kill that stupid website.
The ridiculous Erling Haaland goal against Dortmund has always been my favorite
One of my last of very few follows before seeing myself out the Twitter door. Really liked that one, though.