A. Parise

Definitely learned that last night well after ingredients were purchased and stores were closed and there nay have been some cuss words flung 😹

I tried to do the X and i guess these were old because nope, time to just peel.

This is about the time of day dad would call every year and play Alice’s Restaurant over the phone to us. I miss him terribly and I wish he was still here, and i will always be forever heartbroken that he never got to meet Smol Bean.

But-at least i get to play Arlo at them today for the first time.

A cutting board with a knife, onion skins, and a bunch of unpeeled white pearl onions, behind is a bowl with peeled pearl onions. Not pictured is an annoyed cook.

I have never made creamed onions before and this might be the most irritating dish i’ve ever assembled.

Sadly, too noisy :(

Ooh i bet i got a good signal off that on my raspberry shake in Oregon, i’ll check in a couple when i can run up to my computer

One day i was feeling incredibly brave and also incredibly stupid and tried Petit Provence’s biscuits and gravy and let me tell you — WHEW

It was like eating a wet kitchen sponge. Including the scrubby but layer.

A pressure cooker pot filled with bright yellow quince slices.

I think i’m gonna make a quince and custard pie for dessert tomorrow so first things first - poaching a buttload of quince in chardonnay with vanilla, sugar, and candied Buddha’s Hand.

Fingers crossed!

It sounds like every persimmon is special in some irritating way 😹

Not sure i’d recommend a hachiya, which is what i have, they tend to ripen too late (as mentioned) - something that ripens earlier might do better.

A bowl of rock-hard persimmons on a wooden cutting board.

We have a persimmon tree that i’ve never eaten a fruit from because i was confidently incorrect that persimmons had to ripen on the tree, and its so wet here that as they start to ripen they immediately rot. Then today i finally looked it up and guess what. WROOOOOOOOOOOOONG.

Sigh.

Animal Details Details about each animal available at the Oregon Humane Society.

There are currently TWENTY THREE Great Pyr mixes at the Oregon Humane Society available for adoption, rescued from a huge neglect case out in Polk County. If you’ve ever wanted a LORG fren for your family, you can’t do much better than Pyrs.

One year my ex labeled our thanksgiving leftovers and “Green Bean Cass” made me giggle every time i saw it because it sounds like a track cut from the final release of If You’re Feeling Sinister.

Not something I expected for my anarchist/steampunk/magical realism post-apocalypse!

I got some incredibly complimentary reviews of my book but one makes me tear up a little when i think about it: “Reading this book made me feel less broken as a person, as a citizen, and as a participant in the continued work of ground organizing for a more just world.”

Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷

I love this story. Thank you.

I mean, it sounds delicious

In betrayal. How dare the pie do her dirty like that.

Glad you enjoyed!

All i have for the pie discourse: One thanksgiving i made two pumpkin pies, one regular, and one with masala spice. A five-year-old guest ate the masala pie and broke down crying.

That thanksgiving pizza is not good, as outlined in this four page letter to Mr. DiGiorno: bsky.app/profile/jers...

That saw is terrible, i have a new battery-op dewalt that is far superior if you want to commit tree crimes more safely :)

Troo troo

Blood meal is NPK 12-0-0 so i guess that’s what it wants?

My italian family from north jersey came down one xmas, my aunt was very excited because she’d made baccala but she didnt have white wine so she made it with red. It was purple. The only person who tried it was my nana (her mom) who took one bite and then put her piece back on the serving plate.

Is there anyone west of the Mississippi that thinks the mormon church is minding its own business? Any politics in the great basin would be wildly different without their involvement!

100% agreed

She weirdly does seem to have some principles though i’ll be damned if i can figure out what they are. And I’m definitely glad she’s going! I’ve just seen a couple articles since her announcement about “many repubs threatening resignation” and I’ll believe it when i see it. They feel like clickbait.