Voicelessness and Emotional Survival Message Board
Voicelessness and Emotional Survival => Voicelessness and Emotional Survival Message Board => Topic started by: Sela on June 16, 2006, 10:38:34 AM
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Hi there.....ya'll and good morning! Ain't it a beaut? It's sunny here and life is quite calm, cool and collected.
Hey......1........2..............3...........this is the 4th thread started to do with/sort of......the same kind of thingy. I like the number 4.
I figgered, why not start a thread for anybody who doesn't feel like getting into another discussion about conflict, who might be too tired after a long week at work to bother getting all riled up, who might have nothing useful to say (like me) about the whole scene at this time, who may just feel like staying OUT of triangles and wars and like it might be a waste of their time to get involved, because it might backfire. Also, for those who are wearing their chicken suits (how do you like mine? I love yellow!! 8)) and are afraid that by getting into another one.....things could escalate, again, and once burnt...twice..something or other? :shock: :?
Oh ya! And for anybody who wants to say that non-conflict is just as good and fun and pleasing and cute as conflict is......and who wants to write that on a bumper sticker and glue it to the back windshield of their hummer! Feel free!! Post here!! :D
Plus.......I haven't started a thread in awhile because I really seem to have to build up some kind of mental/emotional courage and examine my intentions and make sure it seems like something others will be interested in and maybe might want to talk about or at least.....might lead to something worth talking about....that may help me or someone, at least, and plus be an honest expression of something within me that needs to come out and all of that and ..........
Heck! I just threw caution to the wind and started this one anyhow. No need to reply, if you don't want to or think it's silly (it is!! :D :D Or is it?? :? :? I can't tell :?). Or........put your own deep stuff here, if you want......do the highjacky thingy and feel absolutely no, not a smidge, nor a drop, or a dram of guilt about it!!
The best rule is:
1. BE NICE!
Ofcourse, I don't make the rules and certainly have no way of enforcing them, so forget that rule, unless you feel like following it, then by all means...........
I think I'm rambling now. :roll: Am I? Ok......since I'm making up rules I have no right to make up and can't enforce (nor do I want to have that much power, come to think of it, anyhow...that's for warriors and police and moderators and bosses and stuff :arrow:).......but since I'm thinking up rules to make that can't and won't be enforced by me........how about:
2. Ramble if you want to just don't be mean and rumble!!
'Course, I can easily go on and on about rules and not getting into conflict, today, 'cause I feel like it and 'cause I'm not the one being called N or told I'm over-reacting or might be over-reacting or feeling the need to defend anyone who's been called and N or told their over-reacting or who might be over-reacting because the last time I stuck my nose in where it wasn't polite to do so......look what happened?
Silence.
Ok next rule then........
3. No going silent.
Talk. Talk respectfully. Talk honestly. Talk with sincerity. Talk with an open mind (or an empty one, like mine eh?)......but do talk. Don't go silent and stop talking and divorce all possibility of resolution. Only by talking will that possibility ever happen. Talking is good stuff. Not talking is.......
No fun at all ( :( ) It's too quiet. Although....silence is golden eh? Ok....but so is harp music. :D I love harp music.
And I like having fun ( :mrgreen:).
I do. I like so much here and so many people. I like seeing conflict resolved. I like seeing it not start, to begin with, and I like how others dooooo step in and speak their minds and try to get their points across and how sometimes........people's views change, in a good way, and things work out lovely. I like it when we treat eachother with respect.
Alrighty then......last rule (that I can't make nor enforce, mind you:)
4. Be respectful please.
Hahahahaha! I've broken all those rules myself, sometimes! ( :oops: :oops: that was embarassed laughter, by the way).
I like the number 4 and the fact that I can write 4 rules that I can't enforce and the fact that I bet someone........maybe more than a few people here.......will gettttttt what I'm ramblin' about! That is another wonderful thingy! Lot's of times.....people here get what eachother is saying.
It's not always misunderstanding or conflict. Not even that often (statistically speaking......if I had any idea about the statistics or were a person inclined to research them, which I'm not, not those particular statistics. I have other stuff to do today-----like grocery shop----and laundry---and cleaning---all the fun stuff!).
Ok .....off I go. Hope you all enjoyed this as much as I did. We might need 42 more threads that inter-relate, I'm not sure. :wink: This one would be lovely if the rules were followed.....what do you think??
:D Sela
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Ok... sword on the ground by the door... shield in same place... out of warrior pose now :lol:
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Ramble not rumble, hee hee, I like that. Doesn't really rhyme but does sound really cool.
PP
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Ok serious now…. Hi Sela ((((((((((Hugs))))))))))
I think this is a good idea….
One thing you mentioned was about starting a thread…. I’ve been thinking about this, and while I don’t find it too difficult to start a thread, I find it really hard to be the first person to respond to a thread, the first person to respond and worry that other’s may not agree with me, or that I’m not helping the person in question, or that they won’t like what I have to say…. I feel more comfy responding when there are several responses already.
Take care
H&H xx
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Hiya H&H, PP:
Nope. I haven't rushed off to grocery shop yet. I'm .....procrastinating. I lied. Grocery shopping is not fun, for me. But it's better than some other stuff.
H&H: Pick that sword up please? I don't want you to waste Hoppy's marshmallow and my chocolate and graham wafer! We need to roast that s'more don't we? Who's got a lighter/matches/flame?? :shock:
Let it hereforewith be known.....that PP likes the sound of cool sounding almost rhyme! ( :mrgreen: Thanks PP. :oops: :oops: I'm almost a poet eh?).
H&H.....I get that same not wanting to be the first to post to a thread thingy too and then also get a .....nobody's posting so I gotta post something kinda thingy or .....a I'll be brave today and try to say something useful thingy and .....all kinds of weird stuff. Our brains are truly amazing eh? The stuff mine comes up with sometimes...... :roll:.....
Hey! Speaking of which! Guess what I bought yesterday?
A "rain forrest" cd (with birds and calming music and dripping tree sounds and all kinds of rain forrest type stuff on it). I've decided:
I'm going to make a real committment to relaxation, visualization, positive suggestion and even subliminal suggestions to myself! I know it works and it's time to focus. (Might sound a bit batty but hey......at least I'm not announcing that I have the blue prints I was looking for to plan that bank robbery or I've dyed my hair neon green and pierced my bottom lip.....which I might do.....iffffff I live to be 96!).
So....how is this related? I mean that last announcement is related to our truly amazing brains and my decision to work on making some improvements to mine. I feel like I've officially finished grieving and am ready to move on towards a more serene state. Does that sound entirely nutty? :shock: Well, it's how I feel and it's like some kind of accomplishment, almost. Well, it feels like it. I've been so dang down for so long and it feels like a weight has been lifted.
But there is much work ahead. I guess I'm just glad to finally be feeling like doing it.
Anyway......thanks for listening and talking. ((((((((((((((((all)))))))))))))))))))
:D Sela
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So I suppose you people in the US are going to have S'mores on this thread too. OK!!!!! I am going to go make chocolate chip cookies. So there!!!!!!!!
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That's wonderful about your intention for serenity, Sela. Bravo.
And funny you mentioned the calming sounds...my D was up this weekend and poked through our boxes in the basement (I never unpacked after moving in)...and found my "Sleep Machine"! I forgot I'd owned it. Sleep (and serenity for that matter) are real struggles for me.
So I turned it on last night to the sound of electronic surf...I swear it helped me sleep better, and I've kept it on all morning while working on my laptop at home. Lovely invention. It's got a soft clack-clack train-in-the-distance sound too, which reminds me of the train I used to listen to at night when I was a little girl...I can still hear its whistle now and then, since this house is not far from the old one.
Hops
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So I suppose you people in the US are going to have S'mores on this thread too. OK!!!!! I am going to go make chocolate chip cookies. So there!!!!!!!!
And fresh strawberries with cream and dusting of icing sugar.... yummy!
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I'm running for the plane!
drooling,
Hops
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Hey Jona! H&H put her sword down so we won't be making s'mores afterall. Can we all come over to your place for some of those cookies? I'll bring chocolate milk?
But wait! :shock: :shock: H&H, you have strawberries and what? :shock: :shock:
Maybe you feel like sharing? Ok. There's got to be a way to do this so everyone gets a taste?
Reminds me of years ago, a friend of mine had a "strawberry luncheon". Everyone brought a dish made with strawberries. We had strawberry soup, with strawberry scones, and salad with strawberries, kiwis and mandarines in it. Also, strawberry tea and strawberry juice and strawberry spritzers (with alcohol in them, even) and oh ya...strawberry margeritas. And strawberry shortcake, strawberry tarts, strawberry cheese cake and strawberry pie for dessert.
We all ended up stuffed and bloated and red and looking like big strawberries ourselves, by the time we were done. It was marvelous!! And to think....I've been invited to a blueberry pancake breakfast coming up (different lady's house). We're all to bring blueberry stuff! And we'll likely end up quite blue looking, afterward.
Where was I? Oh ya.......Thanks Hops. Oh your sleep machine sounds lovely!! I'm glad you found it and are using it! Whatever helps eh? Good for you! Sleep is sooo important, I think. Another prob I'm dealing with too. I fall asleep real quick without any trouble. But staying alseep? I wake up every hour or so.
So yesterday, I also went to a reflexologist and had a "treatment". It's costly but great therapy. Slept like a baby last night. Which is another thing I've decided. I'm worth that costly therapy. I'm going to go for it because it helps.
:D Sela
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Hey Sela,
Are you an N? Who do you think you are posting rules for us to follow? Why do you think you can exclude conflict from your own thread? Is that grandiose or what?
I'm gonna do the opposite of all four of your 'rules' and hold my breath til I turn blue just to top it off.
But first I'm going to have to sit down and figure out a way to ramble, be mean, go silent and hold my breath simultaneously. Could I have a smore while I think? And I'm not saying please. :x :P
There, I hope that saved someone the trouble of posting something along those lines seriously.
mud
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Hey Muddy! Glad you put your foot in here!! ( :D)
Are you an N?
I'm avoiding labels today but thanks for asking.
Who do you think you are posting rules for us to follow?
I'm Sela, I think. :roll: Awwwww but Mud, to follow, not follow......the rules I can't make or enforce.....'tisn't up to me eh? But thanks for offering. :?
Why do you think you can exclude conflict from your own thread?
Is that what I think? Ok then, thanks for letting me know. I'll try to think differently...but I might fail eh? Happens all the time. :(
Is that grandiose or what?
It's what, I think. I like what better but hey......it could be grandiose.....or just grand......or...largiose.....or fine or lovely or big or.......
I'm gonna do the opposite of all four of your 'rules' and hold my breath til I turn blue just to top it off.
Look. I know you're a man and for all I know, maybe you don't cook, but you can't get invited to the blueberry pancake breakfast by simply turning blue. No way buddy!! Go buy a pie or something!!
But first I'm going to have to sit down and figure out a way to ramble,
You don't have to sit down. You can stand up, if you like. Or lie on your belly and wiggly around like a mudpuppy. Whatever feeeeeeeeeels ok.
be mean
Ok, if you want to, but I'm telling you turn as blue as you like and you still have to bring a pie.
, go silent and hold my breath simultaneously.
Now how are you going to eat pancakes and pie in that state?
Could I have a smore while I think?
Oh for crying out loud! There aren't any s'mores any more. No s'mores! No more! No more s'mores!!
And I'm not saying please.
It won't do you any good no how 'cause there ain't no more!! No more s'mores!!
There, I hope that saved someone the trouble of posting something along those lines seriously.
That was very considerate of you Mud. Ok, you can come to the pancake breakfast. Bring serviettes. How's that?
:D Sela
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But wait! :shock: :shock: H&H, you have strawberries and what? :shock: :shock:
Maybe you feel like sharing? Ok. There's got to be a way to do this so everyone gets a taste?
strawberry soup
Strawberries & Cream... think of Wimbledon.... very english :lol: There's plenty to go around so we can all look red or blue or whatever colour we choose to.....
Strawberry soup.... serious? :? :? :? :?
Must dash.... hope you all have a great Friday! xx
PS on edit... loved your posts Mud & Sela. Found them really amusing and great that we can laugh about things like this.
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yum,
I bought a whole box of Entemann's donuts and they're the best with coffee? Anyone?
bean
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Serious Strawberry Soup:
Ingredients:
1 cup apple juice
1 cup water, divided
2/3 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
2 cups fresh strawberries
16 ounces premium strawberry yogurt
Additional strawberry slices (few for each bowl and a mint sprig, if available)
Mounds of whipping
In a saucepan, combine the apple juice, 3/4 cup water, sugar, cinnamon, and cloves. Bring to a boil over medium heat; cool. Place cleaned strawberries and remaining water in a blender or food processor; cover and blend until smooth. Pour into a large bowl. Add in apple juice and yogurt. Mix well. Cover and refrigerate, preferably for 24 hours. Serve in chilled bowls. Garnish with additional strawberries and whipped cream topped with a sprig of mint.
Serves: 6 to 8
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OOch. Must have ignored that red warning thingy there Bean. I keep doing that.
Doughnuts you say? :shock: We Canadians are the kings and queens of doughnut consumption! We love 'em!! 8) 8) And coffee too! There's a coffee/doughnut shop every ten feet around here.
But your's sound new and how can I resisit? I'll be right over. Thanks.
:D Sela
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I also love Happy Dappy Flappy Blueberry Jacks with my Coffee and please pass the non-conflict, thank you,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, :D
Sela I love the number four as well ......................... :)
That's why there are 4 food groups .............. :P
Fast,Frozen,Instant,and CHOCOLATE 8)
Love and Light
Moon
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Hahahahaha! :D :D :D
Oh Moon! I hadn't heard of those 4 food groups before! Too funny.
So I guess you're not into soy milk smoothies and veggie with barley casseroles then?
Real, nutritionally packed, healthy food does take longer to prepare eh? The instant, frozen and fast stuff is quicker and easier. I'm doing my best to find some kind of balance. I'm lucky too because my H will eat just about anything I prepare as long as there's lot's of it (he eats like 2 horses and burns it all off like one of those high-efficiency furnaces). My metabolism is more like.......a pack rat. :shock: (little rat with a sneaky smile icon here please).
Speaking of which, I found this under: "Cooking with rats": (Wow! There's a ratlist?? :shock:)
These great ratty cuisine cookbook titles were submitted by the creative and entertaining members of the ratlist.
"The Culinary Rat"
"Death by Yoggies: the last squeak on a rattie's consuming passion"
"Two Fat Ratties"
"The Fattie Rattie Cookbook"
"The Bruxing Gourmet!"
"The Goody Goolie Gourmet Cookbook"
"The Ratties Kitchen"
"The Rotund Rat: sinfully delicious recipes for vermin"
"Rat Can Cook"
"Eat more, stash less"
"Ratty Num Nums"
"The Joy of Nibbling"
"The Gastronomical Rat"
"Cooking the rat way"
"Another damn rat cookbook"
"Recipes from the nest box"
"The Little Rattie Gourmet"
"The Modern Rodent Kitchen"
"Real bucks don't eat quiche"
"365 days of nibbling"
"Gnaw to your heart's content"
"The Essential Rat Cookbook: what to eat, where to stash it"
"Hungry in the hammock: recipes for lazy rats"
"101 ways with yogurt drops"
The art of dinner plate theft"
Sela
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PS: This one sounds like it could be an N-fav:
"The Rotund Rat: sinfully delicious recipes for vermin"
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I love the recipes quote, Sela
:lol:
My hubby gave me a shirt one Valentine's Day:
Two cats sitting atop a fence, cuddling and watching the moon rise
One cat turns to the other and says, "If I had two dead rats, I'd give you one."
I guess this is either a pretty nasty image or downright sweet, depending on your POV...
:D
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LOH,
Think how romantic it would have been if it said "If I only had one dead rat I'd still give it to you." :wink:
mud
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:) Indeed!
Hope
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Or how 'bout:
"I love you more than any big, juicy, stinky dead rat".
??? :D
(particularly if it's the male cat speaking......since we all know the way to their hearts is through their tum tums)..
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Sela,
Well, once I stood on my head, took off my reading glasses, and then read the post, I was able to understand the rules (I am not necessarily agreeing to follow them, however :?).
The only reason I am still upright and not laying peacefully in my bed--and I swear this is true--is because we had a graduation party for my D tonight and she and her friends are still outside making s'mores. I personally am a big s'mores fan having been a girl scout myself and a brownie leader for my D, but the kids won't let me hang out with them to roast marshmellows. :shock: I fear it may still be awhile before I will be able to go to bed. I'm too old for this. :(
Brigid
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Brigid, if the kids won't let you hang out and make your own s'mores,
then someone should bring one in for you.
Keeping all the s'mores from you is just too cruel.
Does your D have a cell phone with her?
You could call her from in the house and ask for s'mores please :wink: .
Hee, hee, that's what I would do!
PP
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Mmmm, ribs. Sounds tasty.
But you might need some rib-shaped tofu for our vegetarian and vegan friends.
My son's a vegan and he prefers asparagus :mrgreen: . Yikes!
PP
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There's a new kind of candy bar that hit here recently: A smore's candy bar.
It's not quite as good as the real smores. You don't get that fresh burned taste of a black marshmellow. It doesn't smell smoky, and it's just way to easy to get to it. Part of the charm of real smores is all the effort you go to just to make one.
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jac,
For the 4th of July, I am going to season some ribs and let them marinate for a week
You can do this without fear of the meat spoiling, or does the marinade keep that from happening? Do you use beef or pork ribs? I love ribs and am always looking for a new way to prepare them.
PP,
Yes, I could have placed a call to the guest of honor, but the funny thing is that when I have spent all day (actually 2-3 days) preparing food, I lose my appetite. Everyone said the food was wonderful, but I hardly ate any of it. I was so exhausted from all the preparation, all I wanted to do was drink. :shock:
Happy Father's Day to any of you dads hovering around this site.
Brigid
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I'm getting fatter just reading this.
S'mores. Ribs. :roll:
Where are the chicken wings and .......the deep fried ice cream?
:D Sela
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Too good to miss! Anyone enjoy Funkadelic’s music? The album ‘One nation under a groove’ contains a nutty song (called Promentalshitbackwashpsychosisenemasquad) with the celebration that…
Fried Ice Cream is a reality! :D
Plus the truly inspired lyric:
The fear of being eaten by the sandwich :shock:
Brilliant stuff. Laugh out loud music.
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Sela,
Where are the chicken wings
I had two types of wings--buffalo and honey teryaki for the grad party. I made the teryaki, but bought the buffalo--both were very good. My D and her friends really love wings.
Deep fried icecream?
I heard of deep fried twinkies, but is there such a thing?
Yes there is, but I have no clue how they prepare it, or even how it tastes. Sela, do you have the recipe? Deep fried twinkies sound utterly disgusting.
Ok now I get it since you freeze them in between. I usually do baby back pork ribs since they are more meaty and tender, but I understand the non-pork eating situation.
Just saw Portia's post--do you know how the fried ice cream is made?
Brigid
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Hi Brigid, I can’t believe it somehow… I mean….how do you? I guess you could whip a block out of the freezer really fast, dunk it in a thick batter mix and whack it into a deep fryer? But what would happen? Anyone willing to test this out? (me no, me no have a fryer, or a freezer.. and me also a wimp with hot fat!) But the Funkadelic song really does make me laugh – that was just a plug for their album!
If you manage it, I would love to try some…yum. 8)
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Droooooolllll.... dribble....
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Okey dokey. I need a diet-priest thread!
What I want to eat:
vegetarian
breakfast: oatmeal w/pecans and blueberries or soy protein shake w/fruit
lunch: huge salad with six kinds of veggies plus sardines, or cheese or egg
dinner: soup and whole grain bread
How often I manage it for a week consistently:
never mind
What I ate this weekend:
bratwurst
a margarita
chocolate truffle cake with ice cream and raspberry sauce
next morning--two eggs over spinach and noodles with some bright yellow sauce I'm pretending was not hollandaise
two bowls of ice cream
bleaaaaah
What I had so far today:
breakfast: 1 SlimFast
Oy.
Hops
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Hi Hello Hey all:
Yep. Deep fried ice cream is a reality. I've seen it (but never had the guts to try it). I think it was at an Italian restaurant, years ago, that it passed closely by my face, on a tray, on it's way to some courageous person's stomach, and it was served in a dish drowning in chocolate sauce and smothered in whipping and nuts, with two of those long, skinny, chocolate rolled cookies, standing up proudly in the centre.
It looked like the biggest feast of fat grams going, at the time (I've since witnessed even fatter looking desserts). Positively sinful!!
I'm not sure where the dish originates but I found this lovely Mexican one (there seems to be quite a few) and I thought I'd post it for any brave, totally unconcerned with fat -cook who wishes to give it a whirl. It does look and sound very yummy. I'm just too chicken to try digesting that many fat grams in one sitting (and I'd probably end up .....looking even rounder and greasyer than I already do :D).
El Torito’s Deep-Fried Ice Cream
20 ounces chocolate chip ice cream
2 cups 4-grain flake cereal (or Corn Flakes), crushed fine
1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
3 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 eggs
1 teaspoon water
4 8-inch flour tortillas
Oil for deep-frying
Cinnamon mixed with sugar
Whipped cream
4 maraschino cherries
Form ice cream into 4 packed balls (no air spaces). Place on wax paper lined baking pan and freeze solid, 4 hours or longer. Mix cereal, sugar and cinnamon. Divide equally between 2 pie plates or other shallow containers. Beat eggs with water.
Roll each ice cream ball in cereal mixture and press coating into ice cream. Dip coated ball in egg wash, then roll in second container of cereal mixture. Again press coating onto ice cream. Freeze coated ice cream balls solid, 4 to 6 hours.
Shape each tortilla into hourglass form (with narrow waist) by cutting off curved slice from two opposite sides. One end will serve as base for ice cream. Other end will be decorative fan.
Heat oil in wok or large deep-fryer. Place tortilla between two ladles or large spoons of different sizes (smaller ladle on top). Place tortilla so that base end is cupped in larger ladle to form basket, with back of upper fan supported by handle of larger ladle. Deep-fry until crisp. Drain and sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar. Set aside.
Deep-fry frozen coated ice cream balls 30 to 45 seconds. Place each fried tortilla in large-stemmed glass, with fan part of tortilla standing vertically above glass. Set fried ice cream ball in base of tortilla. Top with dollop of whipped cream and decorate with cherry.
Yield: Makes 4 servings
Hahahaha! PP: You could call her from in the house and ask for s'mores please .
Hee, hee, that's what I would do!
Haha!! And also, ask for a large order of chicken fried rice, while you're at it eh? :D
I like this idea.........a lot. :D
Hi Jac:
I spent a couple of years as a vegan, and let me tell you, once you season tofu correctly, carnivores don't even no the difference!
Oh Jac!! I need to know how!! I keep trying to eat the stuff and I'm just not cooperating with myself. I don't have the recipes or the skill or the stomach. But I'd really like to find a way to make it.....eatable. :shock: How? How is it possible to make tofu anything but.......tofu??? Please tell???
Hey cat! I forgot about this:
You don't get that fresh burned taste of a black marshmellow
A real feature of the professionally prepared gourmet s'more eh? And also......the fact that while waiting, patiently for them to cook, people tend to indulge in too many just plain old roasted marshy's too eh? It can be scary how much sugar some kids can consume without keeling over. :shock: And adults? Depends on what else ( :shock: :D) they're consuming, I suppose.
Hi P! Haven't heard of Funkadelic. Looked up the lyrics of that song and wondered about this: :shock: :shock: "musical bowel movement". :D
Thissssssss, I havvvvvve to hear!! I like this line: "Me burger with I sauce on it".
Sounds like what an N would order eh? :D Hahaha!
"I'll have one me burger with I sauce on it."
"What do you mean you don't serve those here??!!! Ofcourse you do!!"
:D Sela
PS: Hi H&H!! Here's a hankey.
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Hey Hops: breakfast: 1 SlimFast
If it only lived up to it's name eh?
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Sela,
Thank you for finding the recipe. I now remember that it is a Mexican dish. Sorry, but I won't be giving that a try--not so much the fat issue, as it sounds like waaaaaaaaay too much work. I like my recipes to have 5 ingredients or less and no more than 4 steps start to finish. I'd be happy to indulge, however, if someone else would care to give it a whirl.
In my book, if you are toasting marshmellows, having them catch on fire and burn is not part of the process. I endeavor to have them turn a lovely shade of brown with all the marshmellow melted on the inside so it squishes out when placed between the grahm crackers and chocolate. OK, now I wish I had had one of those kids make me one the other night because I am in the mood. :x
I'm off with my D for a couple of days to do college stuff. Have a great week all.
Brigid
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PS: Hi H&H!! Here's a hankey.
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Thank you (((((Sela)))))
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Sela,
Can you hear that loud whooshing sound (cross between a vacuum and flushed toilet) of my best intentions zipping out the window now that I have a genuine fried ice cream recipe? There they go, ohh I think I'll only miss them when the ice cream's done. :(
Mud,
Yes, it would be romantic if my H. would give up his one dead rat for me. The sad truth is, for all his devotion and selflessness in other areas, if we were down to one rat, Mr. LoH would chow down. Maybe I'd get the tail. It's an Achilles' gut thing, like Sela said.
Thus, the best remedy for an empowered woman is to learn to make fried ice cream and avoid marrying a junkyard cat. Thanks to both of you for illuminating my path to serenity and higher fat content...which hopefully, will be free of dead rats, or chary capybaras.
:D
LoH
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LOH,
:lol: :lol: :lol:
mud
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So I guess I could have just posted the doggy thing here? Sorry for globbing things up with a new thread on dogs. Dogs are very low conflict, they belong here. But now this is the epicurian thread, so I don't know.
Hops, you and I have the same diet: great intentions...and that road to hell is covered in chocolate.
I ate an entire box of dark chocolate covered cranberries in the last 2 days. Help me.
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Mum, that sounds delicious. Seriously. Never seen those here. (Cranberries are GOOD for you!)
Almost as good as a deep fried dead rat. Dipped in chocolate and coconut. The tail would make a great fondue handle. :shock:
Y'know, I think this image might help me get back on course....
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PS--WHAT doggie thing? Did I miss it? I crave doggie stories!
(OOOO! never mind...just spotted it...) :D
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Hi all:
Hey Stormy. I just wanted to invite you over here, in case there is a chance that you feel like it. As far as I'm concerned, I just want peace. Not at the price of honesty. Nope. Just honest peace. I think it's honest to admit wanting peace.
There are three kinds of peace-offering: (1) the thank-offering (); (2) the votive-offering (); and (3) the free-will offering (). The thank-offering is a response to acts of divine beneficence; the votive and the free-will sacrifices are connected with the expectation of benefit; but the significance of the thank-offering is wider than that of the other two. The votive offering is prompted by a feeling of gratefulness at the fulfilment of a petition; while the free-will sacrifice, which has the character of complete voluntariness, has its origin not so much in the gratitude elicited by a happy experience as in the spontaneous motive of piety.
from: the jewishencyclopedia.com (Makes me almost wish I were Jewish).
Ok.....so here goes....my spontaneous free-will peace offering:
I'm very sorry for anything I've said that has hurt you or upset you. I care about your feelings. I'm not interested in who's done what or any more ping pong (I'm lousy at it anyway and will probably end up with a ball up my nose). I'm interested in Serious Strawberry Soup and Deep Fried Icecream and ......other sweet stuff ( :D). I can't help it. I have a strong sense of humour. I'm serious and kidding around because I'd also like to see you smile (but I don't have eyes in my pc so I'll have to imagine/hope for the possibility :D).
I have no desire or intent to harm you. I want to make up. But I don't think it's just up to me. It does take two to tango.... so you'll have to decide what you want. My expectation is that you will do what you decide. I don't believe there are many absolutes thus my reasoning that you may decide to post here.
I'm away now until probably Thurs. eve (unless stuff in my life changes, which it could but I'm not counting on it).
Sela