JavaJane

Thanks, Belle!!! Rammstien does one of the songs on the Lost Highway soundtrack! How fitting that you reccommend them! I saw them in concert a couple years back. They scared the audience, who stared like people do at a bad wreck on the side of the road. Horrified, but somehow unable to look away. I will not describe what the did on stage, but I am sure it violated many public decency laws... and they soaked everyone close to the stage. It was (shall we say) NASTY. I haven't had time to re-load my iPod since the mess started. I need to do it tonight.... (making mental note) Just finished 10 days today - I have lost track of the hours worked. Toooo many, to be sure. I think if I bothered to calculate by current hourly rate of pay (since I am salaried and don't get overtime) I am probably making less than that of a McDonald's employee... I'm going to get a beer and watch Ghosthunters... Hooray, beer!

That sounds GOOD, coolchef! OK, another recipe from my collection for today: THIS ONE IS THE BOMB GOOD STUFF!!!!!! I bring it to work sometimes, and it gets eaten so fast it's unbelievable. Jezebel Sauce - this makes a ton. Miz together until blended: 1 10 oz jar apple jelly 1 10 or 12 oz jar of pineapple or apricot preserves 1/2 c hot grated horseradish 1/2 1 5/8 oz box of dry mustard 1 tsp black pepper Cover and store in the fridge for 2-3 days. Serve on crackers (Ritz are good) with cream cheese. My notes on the recipe card say it would be good with cold meat - probably would work great as a glaze for a ham or chicken, too. It can be stored almost forever in the fridge. It sounds strange, but tastes SOOOOO good. In fact, I bet it would be good on those bacon wrapped water chestnuts!

Thanks! I've been feeling a bit bitey lately, so he works for me!!

YES! It is a great thing to be able to see the disagreements happen, and both sides have the ability to speak their mind, even if the other side NEVER agrees... and it's OK to do that. That has taken me a long time to learn - that disagreements are ok, and healthy. Around here they are sometimes silly, too... This site re-affirms for me that it's ok to be human.

well, I changed mine, as you can see... I am now represented by Bucky Katt from Get Fuzzy. He makes me laugh. No deep significance, I just like him.

Today would have been a good day for the soundtrack to Lost Highway or Fire Walk with Me... Surreal, with a real evil undertone... or maybe some Megadeth from my husband's collection. I've been working 9-12 hour days without a break cleaning up a mess someone left at my work... for 9 days in a row, no end in sight. I need something a little angry that will keep me awake. The caffeine is not cutting it anymore.

Honestly, I came here seeking answers - i wanted to know WTF had happened. I had come here before then - but in my twi-glazed eyes, I only saw a group of people who wanted to whine about how bad twi was in the LCM days... Now I know better. What GSC has done for me is give me another avenue to express my anger and as my questions. I get some answers I expect, and some that I don't. It gives me a community to be a part of that really understands what it is to have been involved in an organization that permeated every corner of your life. I needed that, because who in the heck else is going to believe me? I also keep coming back because this place is helping me to remember and figure out who I am independant of any relationships (good or bad) that I have had with people in twi - I can be myself here in complete anonymity, something I was never given the luxury of in twi. NO NAMETAGS for ME!!! I'M FREE!!!

I think Shifra was pointing to the "cruelty and hurt" caused by twi more than the previous residents. I might be wrong, though... It was a sanitarium (a health resort) not a sanitorium (hospital for long term care, usually of tuberculosis patients) or an insane asylum (as I have heard in rumors).... The article in the link early in the thread states,

Thanks! I collect old cookbooks. I have so many of them that most are in storage until hubby and I decide where we are going to put down roots for real. Here's another one from the old recipe box: Fettucine and Olive Sauce - think I'm going to try this one very very soon.... 12 oz noodles 1/4 c olive oil 2 garlic cloves 6 oz pitted black olives and 6 oz pimento green olives, both chopped 1 sm bunch parsely chopped 1 tsp oregano 1/2 tsp red pepper 1/2 c parmesan Prepare noodles, drain and keep warm. Heat oil, add garlic, cook until brown. Stir in olives, parsely, oregano, red pepper, and 1/2 c water. Over high heat, heat until boiling, stirring occassionaly. stir olive mixture into noodles, add parmesan. Toss until mixed.

Now I'm back two old favorites: Peter Gabriel and Sting.

I started out with a generic coffee sign, but it didn't seem to fit well. Then I changed to a baby drinking and HUGE cup of Starbucks. It fit because I felt I was getting into something forbidden to me by twi, but something that would wake me up. It fit for a while. And now I am using the Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland... I seem to be heading down the rabbit hole the more I read and the more I learn. My reality is being reordered. I feel a change coming on soon, but I'm not sure what it will be.

Pig candy... sugar and fat! I like it!

Glad to see you here, exwaycorps!! Welcome to GSC... Want some coffee?

Plurality Palace? Way Mart? I remember those!

From an old recipe box: Red Raspberry Ribbon Pie 1 3 oz pkg red rasp jello 1/4 c sugar 1 1/4 c boiling h2o 1 10 oz pkg frozen red raspberries 1 tbsp lemon juice 1 3 oz pkg cream cheese softened 1/3 c sifted confectioners sugar 1 tsp vanilla dash salt 1 c whipping cream (whipped) 1 baked 9 inch pastry shell or graham cracker crust Red layer: Dissolve gelatin and granulated sugar in boiling water. Add frozen berries and lemon juice. Stir until berries thaw. Chll until partially set. White layer: Meanwhile, blend cheese, confectioner's sugar, vanilla and salt. Fold in a small amount of whipped cream, then fold in the rest. To assemble: 1. Spread 1/2 white cheese mixture in pastry shell. 2. Cover with 1/2 red gelatin mixture 3. Repeat and chill until completely set. Then wrap it in bacon and feed it to the squirrels hahaha!!

I agree that those stoves are a pain to work with - but they are great for ONE thing - and that is warming tortillas directly on the stovetop. But that is the ONLY thing I have found they are good for.

Yes. I have had it happen with a crock pot less than 3 months old. It cracked right in two. I have no idea how or why.

polar bear - I can only speak for myself, and I know my parents would argue the point with me, but I place no blame upon them for anything that happened to me in twi. They did what they thought was best, made some mistakes along the way, but they really tried to be good parents. They loved us the best they knew how. The only ones to blame were the leadership who taught things wrongly and encouraged the hurt. This is only my opinion, of course, but as you said, you can't go back in time to change things. Now we know better. Love your kids for who they are and don't look at them as "damaged goods" because of what happened before. Believe in your kids. Encourage them. Teach them to be independant thinkers and back up the decisions they make for their lives. I love my parents even though they got me into twi. I don't hold it against them. If it wasn't for that I never would have met my husband, who I love very deeply. I guess I got one good thing out of twi!! Hugs to all the parents.

One of my best friends in high school made meat sauce in the crock pot... it was a littlegreasy but it was yummy good. I still crave it sometimes. If you cook the meat beforehand and drain it, it cuts down on the grease a lot. Although it seams to defeat the purpose a little bit.

It's NOT ROADKILL. It's "recycling."

My recipes don't really have measurements, per se... but this one is good if you like sauerkraut. Into your crock pot put a pork roast - whatever size you need. Then dump in enough sauerkraut to feed your gang. Then pour a can of french onion soup on top. Cook on low for the whole day. It's good if you add caraway seeds to it, too, and maybe some thinly sliced apples. Here's another one: Put all of these things into the crock pot and cook on low: Chicken breasts (as many as it takes to feed your people) two cans of italian stewed tomatoes with juice, and 8 ounces of mushrooms (whole is fine). Add the tomatoes last. Cook for the whole day. It comes out like a stew... pretty close to Chicken Cacciatore. And another one that's REALLY SIMPLE: Chicken breasts, a can of decent prepared spaghetti sauce. Cook on medium for a couple of hours until the chicken is done. Shred up the chicken and then serve on pasta. My husband loves this one. I am a huge fan of slow cookers. As I remember more recipes, I will let you know!! Oh, wait!! One hint for slow cooking meat - as long as it's not a terribly horrible cut, the less liquid used with it, the better. The crock pot lid will make a sufficient seal to allow it to cook in its own juices, much like a roasting bag. I have found this actually makes a more tender roast than adding a ton of liquid...

Here's a nice old recipe for you, courtesy of Monty Python.

Thanks for my new wallpaper, Mr Hamm!!!

Found your recipe in the same book, Waysider. It was right before the Brunswick Stew recipe. Says you can substitute muskrat for the rabbit... (like that will be easier to find) But it doesn't have the spaetzel in it. Hasenpfeffer Cut a large dressed hare or jack rabbit into serving peices. Let the peices stand for 24 to 28 hours in a cool place, well covered with a marinade of 2 cups vinegar, 1 cup water, 1 cup claret, 2 large onions, sliced, 1 tablespoon salt, 1 teaspoon black pepper, 1 teaspoon mustard seed, 1 teaspoon crushed juniper berries, 8 whole cloves, and 6 bay leaves. Turn the meat every 12 hours. Wipe the marinated meat dry, lightly dredge in a little flour and saute in 1/3 cup fat until well browned on all sides. Drain off the fat. Strain the marinade, dilute it with 1/2 cup hot water, adding 1 tablespoon sugar, if desired, and pour it over the meat. Bring it to a boil, cover the pot tightly, and simmer for about 40 minutes, or until the meat is tender. Add salt and pepper to taste. Arrange the meat on a heated platter and pour over it the gravy, strained and thickened with a little flour if necessary. There should be an ample quantity of gravy. Serve with potato dumplings. NOTE: The fur-coat-bearing muskrat lives on water plants, and this diet produces succulent meat that can be prepared in any of the ways suggested for hare and rabbit. The meat is usually cut up and soaked overnight in salted water before cooking. Just in case you had caught yourself a muskrat and were wondering what to do with it. Too bad there's no recipe for groundhog in here... I have a monster sized one living under my porch right now. Lots of meat on him!

My husband LOVES it when I cook corned beef in the crock pot!! I glaze mine with spicy mustard mixed with a little bit of honey and some cloves. MMMMmmmmmMmmmmmmmm. It's good. And easy to clean up if you get those crock pot liners!