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Ugh - the midden has hit the windmill. Despite having confessed my atheism to my parents back in May, it was apparently necessary to say it again. Now, it appears they may have missed the first memo, since it's now been 2 weeks since i e-mailed them and no response yet. Part of me wants to call and have it out in an epic circus of conflicting views ... and other part wants to give up and let them rest their hopes fully on my brother. Meh, he's the favorite anyway.
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At 6:24pm on September 23, 2009, Libertino816 said…
People are strange like that seems they will act like noting ever happened in High school. I just saw this link and thought it was funny the timing of it.
This makes me wonder if you can put mashed squash in with some mashed potatoes. I've tried mashed cauliflower mixed with mashed potatoes (it cuts back on the carbs) and it is pretty good. But I'm not the recipe type, usually.
Mar 9, 2010
Ouchies my head hurts ... but this paper won't write itself.
Reminds me a little of a recipe a friend's mum gave me once for something called Aloha Bread, which was essentially this but with orange zest and nuts i think.
Oooh now THAT sounds tasty ... I'll have to see if the local organic place has chickpea flour, although sometimes the local college-town EconoFoods surprises me. I've never purposely eaten the rind on an acorn squash, but i suppose as long…
Oct 9, 2009
Just got my flu shot (regular one, not H1N1), left arm all sore now ... let the jokes commence!
Try this Indian recipe. I'll find the curried squash dish as well and post it here soon.
Acorn Squash Fritters
1 acorn squash (about 1 1/2 to 2 pounds)
for the batter:
2/3 cup chickpea flour
2/3 cup all purpose flour
2/3 cup rice flour (or…
Hm ... good idea. I rarely use heavy cream (quiche, cream of mushroom soup, and that's about it), but if it's best for the recipe I'll usually try at least once. I hadn't even considered using squash as a potato stand-in. Thanks!
The last time i tried to make a curry it was a horrible failure ... but i THINK i'm ready to try again. I even have some awesome homemade curry powder to use.
if you don't mind some heavy cream, you can always make a squash gratin. The main difference with potato gratin is that you need to parboil the squash for a little while (just a minute or 2) to soften it sufficiently before baking it.
I spent most of my childhood being indoctrinated to my family's southern Baptist conservatism, and am currently married to a man who comes from a strongly Lutheran household. Fortunately, he's in relapse and doesn't seem to mind my now-concrete godlessness. I work in the Immunohematology Reference Lab (IRL) at the Red Cross in St. Paul.
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Alright ... back in the saddle, as they say. Hope to be a lot more active here now that my personal life has calmed down a little and my computer seems to have been stabilized.
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after reading this I am glad I don't have frineds like this I can see why she quit Facebook.
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