A Sociable Weekend!
Feb. 17th, 2003 11:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elfsWell, after the orgy on Friday, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
omahas and I went to something a little more sedate: the annual Weird Food Party at the Haunted House, the collective name for a wonderful collection of human beings stuffed under one roof.
We were lazy: we made Dishwasher Salmon In Lemon Dill Sauce, which is weird only insofar as it is cooked in a dishwasher at 75C for 95 minutes rather than in an oven. I did this because I couldn't find the recipe I was looking for.
Kouryou-chan stayed home with a different sitter this time. It may seem like a lot of time for her to spend with sitters, but this is the first time Omaha and I have had a chance to be adults in four years and we weren't going to waste in. She did really well again with the sitter, even took a bath without a complaint.
There were many cool people there, and I had a really good time. Some people wanted to talk work, but I managed to bob and weave out of that one. And I'm especially grateful to two women who were way too cute and sweet and interesting and who convinced me that I am not going too far overboard in depicting Misuko and Linia's relationship as cute and sweet. One even commented on my LJ: "I know some fourteen-year-old girls who have better taste than that." Whee!
I even managed to stay the whole time. It being wet and cold outside may have been part of the reason. Usually, at sociable parties I tend to wander off-- I am actively uncomfortable in crowds, do not socialize well, have to struggle-- rehearse, even-- with what I'm going to say and act. And given that the Haunted is only four blocks from one of my favorite bookstores makes the temptation all the greater. So, hey, there may be hope for me yet.
And now I have found the recipie I was looking for. I'll put it here so I can find it again later:
Special Management Meal
6 slices whole wheat bread, finely chopped
4 ounces imitation cheddar cheese, finely grated
4 ounces raw carrots, finely grated
12 ounces spinach, canned, drained
2 cups dried Great Northern Beans, soaked, cooked and drained
4 tablespoons vegetable oil
6 ounces potato flakes, dehydrated
6 ounces tomato paste
8 ounces powdered skim milk
4 ounces raisins
Mix all ingredients in a 12-quart (12 liter) mixing bowl. Make sure all wet items are drained. Mix until stiff, just moist enough to spread. Form three loaves in glazed bread pans. Place loaf pans in oven on a sheet pan filled with water to keep the bottom of loaves from burning. Bake at 325 degrees F in a convection oven for approximately 45 minutes. The loaf will start to pull away from the sides of the bread pan when done.
What is it? It's better known as Prison Loaf. It's what they feed people in lockdown. It meets all your nutritional needs, is vegetarian, even kosher-- and is so bland that prisoners will do almost anything to get back to ordinary prison fare.
omahas and I went to something a little more sedate: the annual Weird Food Party at the Haunted House, the collective name for a wonderful collection of human beings stuffed under one roof.We were lazy: we made Dishwasher Salmon In Lemon Dill Sauce, which is weird only insofar as it is cooked in a dishwasher at 75C for 95 minutes rather than in an oven. I did this because I couldn't find the recipe I was looking for.
Kouryou-chan stayed home with a different sitter this time. It may seem like a lot of time for her to spend with sitters, but this is the first time Omaha and I have had a chance to be adults in four years and we weren't going to waste in. She did really well again with the sitter, even took a bath without a complaint.
There were many cool people there, and I had a really good time. Some people wanted to talk work, but I managed to bob and weave out of that one. And I'm especially grateful to two women who were way too cute and sweet and interesting and who convinced me that I am not going too far overboard in depicting Misuko and Linia's relationship as cute and sweet. One even commented on my LJ: "I know some fourteen-year-old girls who have better taste than that." Whee!
I even managed to stay the whole time. It being wet and cold outside may have been part of the reason. Usually, at sociable parties I tend to wander off-- I am actively uncomfortable in crowds, do not socialize well, have to struggle-- rehearse, even-- with what I'm going to say and act. And given that the Haunted is only four blocks from one of my favorite bookstores makes the temptation all the greater. So, hey, there may be hope for me yet.
And now I have found the recipie I was looking for. I'll put it here so I can find it again later:
Special Management Meal
6 slices whole wheat bread, finely chopped
4 ounces imitation cheddar cheese, finely grated
4 ounces raw carrots, finely grated
12 ounces spinach, canned, drained
2 cups dried Great Northern Beans, soaked, cooked and drained
4 tablespoons vegetable oil
6 ounces potato flakes, dehydrated
6 ounces tomato paste
8 ounces powdered skim milk
4 ounces raisins
Mix all ingredients in a 12-quart (12 liter) mixing bowl. Make sure all wet items are drained. Mix until stiff, just moist enough to spread. Form three loaves in glazed bread pans. Place loaf pans in oven on a sheet pan filled with water to keep the bottom of loaves from burning. Bake at 325 degrees F in a convection oven for approximately 45 minutes. The loaf will start to pull away from the sides of the bread pan when done.
What is it? It's better known as Prison Loaf. It's what they feed people in lockdown. It meets all your nutritional needs, is vegetarian, even kosher-- and is so bland that prisoners will do almost anything to get back to ordinary prison fare.
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Date: 2003-02-17 11:57 am (UTC)at this point da Bear, ever curious....
NPR
Date: 2003-02-17 12:07 pm (UTC)Dishwasher Salmon we found via googling. I'm not sure where we first heard the idea. I live in the Pacific Northwest, where people are always trying to do weird things with salmon, and to save money. This is one of those synergistic ideas. At least the wrappers didn't leak: the idea of Cascade-flavored salmon scares me.
Re: NPR
Date: 2003-02-18 06:24 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-02-17 01:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-02-17 02:24 pm (UTC)I would like the recipe for Dishwasher Salmon, though.
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Date: 2003-02-21 11:47 am (UTC)