Pig Diseases Why
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x_losI have got to stop reading so much fucking news, it's such a time!sinkhole.
Casserole dish I invented today to get rid of leftovers, based looooosely on a Nigella pasta bake:
roughly 250g pasta, cooked (measurement related to dry pasta, though)
some lardons
a few strips bacon
couple mushrooms
a red onion
few cloves garlic
Béchamel sort of sauce, with cheese
For the Béchamel thing, start with a roux: do that by taking a tablespoon or two of butter, and a tablespoon or two of flour, and cooking them in a frying pan, whisking/stirring together to integrate. Let that paste cook a bit, get golden. Add milk gradually, stirring to incorporate--make sure the frying pan is a decent size or this will get fucking annoying quick. Add a pinch of nutmeg (sounds weird, but do it for form's sake) and a little bit or herbs de Provence (or other green shit, idk, you probs have oregano). Add some grated cheese (cheddar, parm, mozarella, something). Sea-salt (or regular, whatever) and pepper to taste. Keep adjusting consistency and have this on loooooow while you do other crap, or do it last. One of those little circles that distributes heat that pops under pans like my grandma has might be useful here, if you opt for the former.
Cook lardons and half-strips of bacon (cut) a bit--not all the way, but juuuuust enough so they're not like, RAW? This will prevent nasty-ass diseases. Pig diseases are the worst, did you see the awful pilot of House (seriously what was Wilson doing with his End Moral, and why the fuck did he assume all modern American Jews keep Kosher, does he not go here or something)? So that was awful and made me want to be kosher. Pig worms. Honestly, I ask you.
Anyway, put the pasta in a buttered over-proof casserole dish and then stir your DISEASE FREE pig products in there--dice the bacon. If you're a pussy who can't take the intensity of full-frontal bacon goodness. Or, you know, you like well proportioned bites.
Pop a little butter in the skilled that still has the disease-free bacon grease. Add sliced mushrooms, diced red onions, garlic. Cook, but not ALL THE WAY!!1, just, y'know, a bit. You want the onions to be semi-translucent and the mushrooms to be lightly browned, but not crispy like crispy!Master, because you're going to cook it further, and ew. I read a porn fic like that once.
...and here it is! http://www.whofic.com/viewstory.php?sid=28680
So put those in with pasta and DELICIOUS BACON. Stir. Sensuously. Oh yes.
Leeks might also be good in here, or green onion? Or some white wine in the sauce? Portobello mushrooms? Maybe? Not sure. Anyway.
Is your oven preheated to 200? Um. Probably should have warned you to doooooo that...
So! Now your oven! Preheated! Well done, friend. Put your casserole in there form like 15, 20 min? It'll need to sit for like 10 min when done, but other than that, there you go. It's a bit saucy rather than SET, but you can cook it longer or reduce the sauce initially. And everything in here's super malleable so, idk, GO WITH GOD/WHAT LEFTOVERS YOU YOURSELF NEED TO GET RID OF.
Today:
tweeted and emailed w/ book companies about review copies--took a bit
spoke to Niall re: progress
read too much fucking news
made pork stock
reduced it into a glace
made casserole with leftovers for lunch and dinner
cleaned some aging stuff out of fridge
cleaned kitchen counter
DISHES: so many
talked to Lucy
did cat litter
took out compost
wrote like half P1D1
got and looked at contract, will sign tomorrow
got email from Abigail re: reviews
talked to CM: re: emailing her about Bookslut stuff
emailed community center, got asked to be on their organizing team for Jubilee event, debated it and decided to do it for contacts/cv/access to greater resources
talked to Katy re: ep 3
some P1D1 research on Atenism, priestly rituals, epitaphs for Egyptian royalty and priests
TERRIBLE stomach/uterus thing prevented me from finishing P1D1 :(
wrote up recipe/post
rsvp'd for David's thing Sunday
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Casserole dish I invented today to get rid of leftovers, based looooosely on a Nigella pasta bake:
roughly 250g pasta, cooked (measurement related to dry pasta, though)
some lardons
a few strips bacon
couple mushrooms
a red onion
few cloves garlic
Béchamel sort of sauce, with cheese
For the Béchamel thing, start with a roux: do that by taking a tablespoon or two of butter, and a tablespoon or two of flour, and cooking them in a frying pan, whisking/stirring together to integrate. Let that paste cook a bit, get golden. Add milk gradually, stirring to incorporate--make sure the frying pan is a decent size or this will get fucking annoying quick. Add a pinch of nutmeg (sounds weird, but do it for form's sake) and a little bit or herbs de Provence (or other green shit, idk, you probs have oregano). Add some grated cheese (cheddar, parm, mozarella, something). Sea-salt (or regular, whatever) and pepper to taste. Keep adjusting consistency and have this on loooooow while you do other crap, or do it last. One of those little circles that distributes heat that pops under pans like my grandma has might be useful here, if you opt for the former.
Cook lardons and half-strips of bacon (cut) a bit--not all the way, but juuuuust enough so they're not like, RAW? This will prevent nasty-ass diseases. Pig diseases are the worst, did you see the awful pilot of House (seriously what was Wilson doing with his End Moral, and why the fuck did he assume all modern American Jews keep Kosher, does he not go here or something)? So that was awful and made me want to be kosher. Pig worms. Honestly, I ask you.
Anyway, put the pasta in a buttered over-proof casserole dish and then stir your DISEASE FREE pig products in there--dice the bacon. If you're a pussy who can't take the intensity of full-frontal bacon goodness. Or, you know, you like well proportioned bites.
Pop a little butter in the skilled that still has the disease-free bacon grease. Add sliced mushrooms, diced red onions, garlic. Cook, but not ALL THE WAY!!1, just, y'know, a bit. You want the onions to be semi-translucent and the mushrooms to be lightly browned, but not crispy like crispy!Master, because you're going to cook it further, and ew. I read a porn fic like that once.
...and here it is! http://www.whofic.com/viewstory.php?sid=28680
So put those in with pasta and DELICIOUS BACON. Stir. Sensuously. Oh yes.
Leeks might also be good in here, or green onion? Or some white wine in the sauce? Portobello mushrooms? Maybe? Not sure. Anyway.
Is your oven preheated to 200? Um. Probably should have warned you to doooooo that...
So! Now your oven! Preheated! Well done, friend. Put your casserole in there form like 15, 20 min? It'll need to sit for like 10 min when done, but other than that, there you go. It's a bit saucy rather than SET, but you can cook it longer or reduce the sauce initially. And everything in here's super malleable so, idk, GO WITH GOD/WHAT LEFTOVERS YOU YOURSELF NEED TO GET RID OF.
Today:
tweeted and emailed w/ book companies about review copies--took a bit
spoke to Niall re: progress
read too much fucking news
made pork stock
reduced it into a glace
made casserole with leftovers for lunch and dinner
cleaned some aging stuff out of fridge
cleaned kitchen counter
DISHES: so many
talked to Lucy
did cat litter
took out compost
wrote like half P1D1
got and looked at contract, will sign tomorrow
got email from Abigail re: reviews
talked to CM: re: emailing her about Bookslut stuff
emailed community center, got asked to be on their organizing team for Jubilee event, debated it and decided to do it for contacts/cv/access to greater resources
talked to Katy re: ep 3
some P1D1 research on Atenism, priestly rituals, epitaphs for Egyptian royalty and priests
TERRIBLE stomach/uterus thing prevented me from finishing P1D1 :(
wrote up recipe/post
rsvp'd for David's thing Sunday
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