tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338316905613216821.post5059993918895102976..comments2023-10-26T07:17:32.263-04:00Comments on The Cliff: Jody's story: indulgence vs. realityUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338316905613216821.post-43929803733048195492009-05-11T09:23:00.000-04:002009-05-11T09:23:00.000-04:00Fabulous piece, Jody -- and wow, I sure can relate...Fabulous piece, Jody -- and wow, I sure can relate to everything you expressed so cleverly here. Thanks for your courage in posting this.Cindy La Ferlehttp://www.laferle.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338316905613216821.post-38905125579370525752009-04-30T13:28:00.000-04:002009-04-30T13:28:00.000-04:00Easy recipe for pasta dough:
One cup flour
One eg...Easy recipe for pasta dough:<br /><br />One cup flour<br />One egg<br />1T finely chopped fresh herbs <br />and/or 1T olive oil (if you are using fresh herbs, you often don't need the oil)<br /><br />Mix herbs with flour. Make well in middle of flour. Experts do this on the work surface, but I use a bowl. <br /><br />Break egg into well, and add oil, if desired. With fingers, mix flour into the liquids, breaking yolk. <br /><br />The dough will look a little like pie dough - kinda crumbly. You can add a little water if necessary, but don't add any more than a drop at a time. <br /><br />Using your fingers, continue to mix dough until it starts to form a ball. It shouldn't be sticky.<br /><br />Knead for several minutes on a lightly floured surface (I use a sieve with flour in it) to make a smooth, elastic dough. You can also use a dough scraper or the flat of a spatula to scrape the sticky stuff off the work surface. <br /><br />Cover with plastic, or put into a ziplock bag with the air squeezed out and let the dough rest for a hour. <br /><br />Knead lightly (not too much, or you'll get tough noodles), and separate into small portions. Put through pasta attachment and you have your own gourmet pasta for a fraction of the cost of store-bought! <br /><br />You can also use spinach juice (from cooking fresh or from frozen spinach), beet juice, etc. to color the pasta for fun (and some additional nutrition).<br /><br />If you don't have a pasta machine, you can simply roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface, and use a knife to cut "kluski" noodles like my grandmother used to. But this dough is VERY springy, so it takes some effort to roll out by hand.<br /><br />I know, it doesn't SOUND easy. But you will get the hang of it if you are willing to try it.<br /><br />Oh, and fresh pasta only takes 2 minutes or so to cook - do a couple of test pieces if you are unsure.<br /><br />The pasta can be dried, refrigerated, or frozen if not used right away.<br /><br />P.S. I'm an insufferable bargain hunter, too. I got this from my good friend, who found 2/3 light leaded glass double exterior steel doors for $162. Originally $1200, they were a special order return. He bought them because he knew he'd find SOMEONE who needed them. They fit perfectly into my already framed opening, and I got my "dream doors" about 5 years earlier than I thought!!Madame Esmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16378283953704199148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338316905613216821.post-54998115073102047482009-04-24T07:28:00.000-04:002009-04-24T07:28:00.000-04:00Hopefully the recession will cure some of their sh...Hopefully the recession will cure some of their shopping addiction. This addiction is sad for the addicted and for the planet.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05211884827943843149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338316905613216821.post-14575569001662739572009-04-22T12:13:00.000-04:002009-04-22T12:13:00.000-04:00Funny, funny. As a fellow thrifter I see the humor...Funny, funny. As a fellow thrifter I see the humor and irony in what you've written. I, too, have brought home a deal that I couldn't pass up only to find that though I *thought* I'd use it, I didn't. <br /><br />I highly recommend that you find out if your local refuse station has a reuse store. My best bargain ever came from ours. For $5, a crusty looking wooden cabinet with peeling white paint. Cleaned and refinished, it's a gorgeous oak cabinet that I get lots of compliments on. Um, yeah. From the dump.Kris Bordessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12483941013928337737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338316905613216821.post-14054228138423786772009-04-22T11:31:00.000-04:002009-04-22T11:31:00.000-04:00Loved this essay! Very funny. My obsession is craf...Loved this essay! Very funny. My obsession is craft materials (but I'm not crafty). First I saved little bits of berry themed cloth to make a quilt for my daughter who loves berries. I don't know how that started, as I've never made a quilt in my life, but 5 years later, my daughter still is on the hunt for berry cloth, and the bag in the closet is getting bigger and bigger. <br /><br />Uh oh. I may someday be forced to actually make a quilt.<br /><br />I have a bag of corks I'm saving for a huge corkboard, and purple and green ties because my son wanted me to make a headboard of old ties and his room is in mardi gars colors (lucikily, purple and green ties aren't very popular, so Ii may never have enough for that project.<br /><br />But I am trying to avoid actually BUYING craft materials. But I probably would've gone for the restaurant booth. I always wanted one of those.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338316905613216821.post-56462096633004288082009-04-21T23:11:00.000-04:002009-04-21T23:11:00.000-04:00It doesn't matter if you "get a deal" if it is for...It doesn't matter if you "get a deal" if it is for something you don't want, don't need, or won't use. I'll never forget being called out (quite nastily as I remember) when I bought a single bag of chips for 60 cents in the cafeteria at a client when they were selling two bags of the same chips for a dollar. The cashier said something like "Well, I WISH I COULD THROW AWAY MONEY the way YOU DO". I was hurt and insulted but the point I was going with was that I didn't WANT two bags of chips, I only rarely eat them, and would actually be paying $.40 MORE to get two rather than one, and the second bag would most likely be thrown out since no one else I knew wanted them. Sounds silly, but people get silly sometimes. If you can't or won't use what you buy on such a deal, it's not really a deal at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338316905613216821.post-86418872830632451322009-04-21T17:22:00.000-04:002009-04-21T17:22:00.000-04:00Think of all the money you'd have in the bank righ...Think of all the money you'd have in the bank right now if you hadn't bought all that crap.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com