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Lauren made me fish tacos

November 4, 2020 by lsommerer 2 Comments

Well, the way it actually went down was that sometime during the early afternoon hours, Lauren remembered that there was really only enough left over Squartyblin (not, and here I am just assuming, it’s real name) for one person. Lauren had made the Squartyblin a couple of nights before. She said it was a new thing that the interwebs were raving about. It was very, very good.

So good, in fact that even though I had completely misheard her when she said, “Put the left over Squartyblin in the refrigerator so Wally doesn’t mess with it”, and thought she said, “Put the left over Squartyblin in the oven so Wally doesn’t mess with it”, we still ate it the next day. It had only been sitting in the oven for about 10 hours. Anyway, we’re in the middle of a pandemic, and you can’t waste food in a pandemic. Anyway, did I mention that it was very, very good?

Well, Lauren realized sooner than I did that there would only be enough left overs on day three of the Squartyblin for one of us. So she preemptively texted me and suggested that “we” could have fish tacos if I would pickup just a couple of items from the store on my way home from our volleyball team winning their first round game in the State Volleyball Tournament –Go Warriors.

Needless to say, I did not recall the Squartyblin situation and was ecstatic at the possibility of fish tacos. I should probably point out here that, apart from the eponymous fish, I really didn’t know what went into fish tacos. But I do really like them. I first had them with Brad –thanks Brad– and later had them without brad and they were not as good (also, they were in a bar in Nebraska), and the third time I had them with Brad again and they were good. Finally I discovered that you can have them without Brad –sorry Brad– and they could still be good. Anyway, I was excited.

I got home with the fish taco supplies, and chopped up enough for two people. Then Lauren said that she wasn’t having fish tacos, and I knew I had been played. The fish tacos were very, very good. But we might not ever have Squartyblin ever again.

Filed Under: Cooking, Journal, Lloyd Tagged With: fish taco, Squartybin

Take two.

February 14, 2015 by Lauren 5 Comments

Here’s the right way to do those cookies.

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Filed Under: Cooking, Prototype

Meh. Not as good as I’d hoped.

February 11, 2015 by Lauren 5 Comments

Those dumb cookies are done, and they are not what I had hoped.

Sometime in elementary school we did an ‘art’ project where we took half a heart, cut off a strip around the edge, glued that down; cut another strip, glued that down on the opposite side; back and forth etc. It looked something like this:

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I wondered if you made red-and-white pinwheel cookie dough (but more an oval shape than a wheel shape), cut it on a severe diagonal, flipped it and reassembled, would the cut cookies look like those hearts?

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Would it?

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Dang. That cut is lopsided. Rats.

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Avert your eyes! Cookie guts! (This dough was too warm. Should have let it chill longer.)

Anyway, the lopsided heart-shaped dough log chilled for days, then I did the ol’ slice-n-bake on ‘seasoned’ -not dirty – ‘seasoned’ cookie sheets.

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Changes should be made, but I’m too tired to revamp these.

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After baking, the pointy part wasn’t very pointy, so they kind of look like mutant mittens.

Next year, cookies. Next year.

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Filed Under: Cooking, Journal, Lauren, Prototype, School Tagged With: cookies, heart, valentines

iTrouble

February 9, 2015 by Lauren 5 Comments

Something is wrong with my iPad. It’s not fatal, but it certainly is annoying. The magnetic case doesn’t put it to sleep anymore. I took it along when I went to Lincoln Sunday afternoon and by the time I got back it had used up all the battery and was HOT.

Lloyd brought home some old cases to see if that would solve the problem but it hasn’t. Booooo…. Time to start traveling with a charger.

In other news, I have a crazy cookie idea that is not turning out as planned. I made the dough and had hoped to bake the cookies and have something to show for my efforts, but the dough is chilling in the freezer and I’m going to bake them Wednesday night. (My kids are having a mini concert on Thursday.) What kind of crazy cookie do you think I’m making? (I really just want you to say something wonderfully original so I can make that cookie, stealing your idea and taking all the credit.)

Filed Under: Cooking, Lauren Tagged With: baking, cookies, ipad, play doh

Chili in bed

January 30, 2015 by Lloyd 4 Comments

I’ve had a head cold since Sunday. Lauren has been nursing me back to health by leaving me alone. I stayed home from school on Monday thinking that I would do that at the start of being sick and see if that got me well sooner. I felt better on Tuesday, so I went to school. Then I felt worse on Wednesday, so I went to school anyway just to throw the cold for a loop. I’m feeling a lot better now.

My voice was really shot on Wednesday, so I hooked a lapel mic up to the speakers in my classroom and I didn’t have to make hardly any sound at all. But it was kind of annoying when I coughed.

Anyway, that’s not what I wanted to tell you about. On Tuesday, after I got home from school I took some medicine and went to bed. When Lauren got home she yelled at me because I was suppose to take the medicine with food. Then she brought me chili in bed.

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She’s a keeper.

Filed Under: Cooking, Journal, Lloyd, School Tagged With: chili, cold, School, sick

Better Butter… wait, I already used that title.

January 26, 2015 by Lauren 5 Comments

A couple of weeks ago, the ‘lid’ to my ‘new’ butter system slipped out of my hand and chipped. Surprise, surprise. What did I expect from buttery glass?

I spent a good long time thinking about how to replace it. At various stores, I looked at containers for holding pencils, toothbrushes, sewing goods, fishing tackle – nothing was right. But then ShopKo had this Snapware thing in the lunchbox section.

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Perfect. It’s unbreakable, secures my butter with four, count ’em – four locks, and the best part? When I’m running low on butter, there’s room for another stick to get cozy and start a-softening for next time.

I think I might spend too much time thinking about butter.

Filed Under: Cheap, Cooking, Eco-Freaky, Gadget, Lauren, Nerd, Prototype Tagged With: butter

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