Saturday, February 2, 2013
Monday, April 6, 2009
last gasp?
I couldn't resist posting this, though I just declared this blog dead. Whatevs...
from the Museum of Computer History.
Kitchen Computer
1969
Neiman Marcus, United States
"The Kitchen Computer was featured in the 1969 Neiman Marcus catalog as a $10,600 tool for housewives to store and retrieve recipes. Unfortunately, the user interface was only binary lights and switches. There is no evidence that any Kitchen Computer was ever sold. Inside was a standard Honeywell 316 minicomputer, billed as the first 16-bit machine at that price from a major computer manufacturer."
from the Museum of Computer History.
Kitchen Computer
1969
Neiman Marcus, United States
"The Kitchen Computer was featured in the 1969 Neiman Marcus catalog as a $10,600 tool for housewives to store and retrieve recipes. Unfortunately, the user interface was only binary lights and switches. There is no evidence that any Kitchen Computer was ever sold. Inside was a standard Honeywell 316 minicomputer, billed as the first 16-bit machine at that price from a major computer manufacturer."
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Thursday, December 11, 2008
wine and mushrooms
This recipe doesn't really go with the theme of this blog, but I'm posting it anyway because I like it, and because there's not a whole lot of posting going on in general.
Today I won $5 on a scratch off lotto ticket. That's a free bottle of wine! (I'm cheap with my wine). Because I had this free bottle of wine and I was feeling good about winning the lottery, I decided to treat myself to my favorite easy yet delicious and could maybe pass and fancy thing to eat.
you need: mushrooms, red wine, butter.
cook the mushrooms in a frying pan for a little bit. try to get most of the water out of them.
throw in a bunch of butter, melt.
pour in a bunch of red wine.
cook until the red wine reduces into a kind of glaze type texture.
eat.
and oh my gosh they are so delicious. they don't even taste like mushrooms anymore. they're just like mushroom textured flavor explosions of wine and butter. and if you use portobellos, it is even kind of fancy and could pass as a legitimate side dish if you wanted to impress.
bonus! you have a whole bottle of wine left over to enjoy.
Today I won $5 on a scratch off lotto ticket. That's a free bottle of wine! (I'm cheap with my wine). Because I had this free bottle of wine and I was feeling good about winning the lottery, I decided to treat myself to my favorite easy yet delicious and could maybe pass and fancy thing to eat.
you need: mushrooms, red wine, butter.
cook the mushrooms in a frying pan for a little bit. try to get most of the water out of them.
throw in a bunch of butter, melt.
pour in a bunch of red wine.
cook until the red wine reduces into a kind of glaze type texture.
eat.
and oh my gosh they are so delicious. they don't even taste like mushrooms anymore. they're just like mushroom textured flavor explosions of wine and butter. and if you use portobellos, it is even kind of fancy and could pass as a legitimate side dish if you wanted to impress.
bonus! you have a whole bottle of wine left over to enjoy.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
grilled sandwich tip
did you know that if you put a light layer of mayo on the outside of your bread slices when making a grilled cheese (or other kind of grilled sandwich) you will end up with a more deliciously crispy and less greasy sandwich?!?! it's better than using butter because you don't have to wait for it to soften, and maybe it's healthier. it tastes real good, though. and the crispiness factor is upped at least 10 points.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Revive us oh lord
holy crap. this blog is very nearly dead. july 29 was the last post?! uh..sorry...
what better to revive it for the winter season than my mother's infamous
Ingredients:
1 c. sugar
2/3 c. margarine (not butter)
1 egg
4 tbsp. molasses (dark)
1/4 tsp. ground cloves
2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
2 c. flour
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp ground cinammon
Mix all ingredients together. It doesn't work to use a mixer. I like to use -gasp- my bare hands. Chill the dough for 2 hours (or 1.5...) Roll into 1-2 inch balls and dip in sugar. Place on greased cookie sheet and flatten balls. Bake @ 350 for about 10 minutes.
Flatten balls, heh.
what better to revive it for the winter season than my mother's infamous
MOLASSES COOKIES
Ingredients:
1 c. sugar
2/3 c. margarine (not butter)
1 egg
4 tbsp. molasses (dark)
1/4 tsp. ground cloves
2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
2 c. flour
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp ground cinammon
Mix all ingredients together. It doesn't work to use a mixer. I like to use -gasp- my bare hands. Chill the dough for 2 hours (or 1.5...) Roll into 1-2 inch balls and dip in sugar. Place on greased cookie sheet and flatten balls. Bake @ 350 for about 10 minutes.
Flatten balls, heh.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
cleaning tip
Today I burnt the crap out of a pan trying to cook tuna. I was pretty sure that I ruined the pan because I couldn't scrape off the gross burnt parts no matter how hard I tried. I called my mom and she told me to boil water and baking soda in the pan for 15 minutes. so I did, and when I dumped out the water, the pan was completely clean! like a magic trick, kinda. did you guys know about this?!
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