The Dino-Aspie Ex-Café (for Those 40+... or feeling creaky)

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Well, I'll be darned, soy sauce is made with fermented soy beans.

And soy milk is ground dry beans mixed with water, oil and an emulsifier.

No homework for him.

tsk, tsk. yes, it is.
and then there's tofu. unfortunately.

the kid is a japan-o-phile as well. just finished the language degree, with an honors certificate. that's why she's now a typist.

oh, this is depressing.
i keep thinking that someday i'd give classroom teaching a go again. perhaps as a sub, once i retire from this place. i just looked up requirements and pay, and subbing is pretty much minimum wage work these days. no wonder they can't find people to do it. granted, this summary is a few years old, but i suspect it hasn't changed too much.

http://www.nea.org/substitutes/statebystate.html

I'm unclear, would this have been Lactuca sativa or maybe Cichorium endivia?

(I'm fairly sure it would not have been Artemisia absinthium.)

you ARE obsessed with the green stuff, aren't ya, lau?

Lactuca sativa, I do believe. We do have Artemisia absinthium growing in our backyard. I am rather fond of people who are obsessed with green stuff as long as it is growing green stuff and not paper green stuff. Or the by-product of a cold.

I buy Endive also but still have some in the fridge.


(A little mother bragging, my oldest is not a fan of Wikipedia and has been learning the scientific names of plants and animals since he was in early elementary school. All of my kids can identify the flora in and around Lethbridge by name and if it has a medicinal use, they know about it. An Aspie (or maybe just obsessed) mom isn't such a bad thing. )

Last edited by blessedmom on 29 May 2008, 1:11 pm, edited 3 times in total.

eeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwww

or growing in the back of the fridge.

I knew I could get an eewwww out of you!!

speaking of touch, she said, deftly changing the subject....
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/05/29/robo ... index.html

The pain is even less, today. I have an afternoon appointment on Monday, with a nurse practitioner, who will be able to order tests and things. I have decided to change doctors. I need a doctor who will try to accommodate his or her patients, not one who expects the patients to do the accommodating.

33 more pages to go...Wondering which will happen first the Café reaching 1000 pages or me reaching 8000 posts...

green stuff: eww, Blessed, you are so basic!
8000 posts: ahhh Richie, you are prolific!
50 years old: oh chuck, you are like a good wine
herrings in oak trees: ... and who's that
....................................sneaking round the corner?
....................................has our Lau
....................................done something rash?
(to the tune of Mack the Knife)

pain: Hartz, you are the reason I could start to buy lotto tickets. You need a big boost.

Apart from that fishy smell, the cafe has better vibes. Thank you, Laurie.

In our country, described by Merle as civilised, our supply teachers are paid well.

Thanks, nannarob. Lottery winnings would be nice.

That's definitely different and I would be tempted to go with the "creepy" response.

ah so, miso drippings are 'soy sauce!' in the strict sense of the word. Exposing my old communial roots having made tofu and miso and tempeh! Hey, your son would love making tempeh ! Especially after you make tofu from whole beans ground up you can use the pulp for the tempeh base (and you sprinkle mushrooms spoors over it and 'bake' it in a box of cookie sheets with an electric light bulb in it! He will love it in the winter! it smells so wonderful!).

Merle

Hey Merle! As I type this, there's a pot full of vegies and shortribs stewing away in the oven. We tend to go by the "more is better" theory when it comes to meal planning, so we somehow ended up buying, and cooking, something like 5 kilos of ribs instead of 5 pounds.

There will be leftovers.

PS: I used half of an eighty-dollar bottle of wine in it. Nine-year-old vintage Shiraz. My husband reckons it's better than Amarone.