primitives discuss what's for supper Wednesday evening

[franksolich]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/115742816

Oh my.

It's been Saturday since dear old sweet Lu did her job as hostess of the cooking and baking forum, which is usually a seven-day-a-week job, but demanding only a few minutes of one's time each day.

One gets the impression dear old sweet Lu doesn't care.

NJCher (16,615 posts)       Wed Jun 11, 2014, 12:40 PM

What's for Dinner, Wed., June 11, 2014

^^^obviously slipping in the "caring" department too, as usually has text and even photographs.

When leaders fall down on the job, drones tend to get lax too.

bif (16,110 posts)    Wed Jun 11, 2014, 01:07 PM

1. Fried polenta with pesto, broccoli, Greek salad.

livetohike (15,585 posts)    Wed Jun 11, 2014, 02:49 PM

3. Sounds great! I love polenta and pesto

and broccoli and Greek salad, too.

livetohike (15,585 posts)    Wed Jun 11, 2014, 02:48 PM

2. Broiled portobellas, mashed potatoes and gravy and steamed kale.

Haven't been around much as I have come out of retirement to help my neighbor at her gift shop. Hope all is well with you

It's very sad, the continuing withering-away of the cooking and baking forum.

[Gina]

What? No Arugula?

[franksolich]

comment 2487:
http://conservativecave.com/index.php?topic=81827.2475

[franksolich]

What? No Arugula?

Seriously, madam.

You know, way back when conservativecave was brand-new, the DUmpster was one of the smallest forums here; it was nothing, nothing at all, compared with the Lounge or General Discussion.

It was very tiny, and practically unnoticed.  Hardly anybody paid attention to it.

But through the leadership of moderators such as DemonicUnderwear, DixieBelle, bijou, LC EFA, Carl, asdf2231, Chris_, Freeper, TVDOC, and SGT Snuggle Bunny, who all took an active interest in posting and commenting, well, here it is today:

Top 10 Boards
500548 The DUmpster*
147238 The Lounge 
  98559 General Discussion
  63858 Politics
  62754 Breaking News
  29094 Mind Numbing Stupidity
  26424 The Spa
  20817 Cryin' in my Beer
  20436 Election 2008
  19440 Fight Club

*once a very tiny, hardly noticed forum, remember

It's awesome what good moderators--in the case of Skins's island, good hosts and hostesses--can build.

[franksolich]

Well, two more woebegone primitives straggled in:

greatauntoftriplets (139,845 posts)    Wed Jun 11, 2014, 04:47 PM

4. More of the turkey cutlets in tomato/cream sauce.

Guess a salad since I can't decide what vegetable appeals to me.

pinto (103,653 posts)    Wed Jun 11, 2014, 04:54 PM

5. My quarterly serving of hot dogs w/relish and dijon, potato salad, mixed green salad.

Dogs steamed, rolls toasted.

[franksolich]

Another straggler:

noamnety (18,988 posts)    Wed Jun 11, 2014, 06:02 PM

6. A mushroom/sweet potato crusted ham quiche

With a side of fresh green beans sauteed with bacon ends and malt vinegar.

Budget moment: $1.78, serves two with leftovers
green beans and mushrooms free from kmart with points for running
milk - free from kmart
50¢ - 4 oz cream cheese
25¢ ham from my $4 marked down aldi spiral ham
10¢ - 4 oz block of cheese (coupon deal)
33¢ eggs
30¢ bacon ends (just using a little of a $4 package)
15¢ the smallest sweet potato from a mark down 99¢ bag of them.
15¢ 1/2 cup bread crumbs (leftover stuffing)

[BattleHymn]

Budget moment: $1.78, serves two with leftovers
green beans and mushrooms free from kmart with points for running
milk - free from kmart
50¢ - 4 oz cream cheese
25¢ ham from my $4 marked down aldi spiral ham
10¢ - 4 oz block of cheese (coupon deal)
33¢ eggs
30¢ bacon ends (just using a little of a $4 package)
15¢ the smallest sweet potato from a mark down 99¢ bag of them.
15¢ 1/2 cup bread crumbs (leftover stuffing)

Can you imagine serving this person at the grocery store?  This primitive's name must be Cheap Pete. 

[transcribed below for frank]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNQRqAoT-2c[/youtube]

Clerk: May I help you sir?

Primitive: How much for an order of ribs?

C- Uh, $2.50.

P- $2.50?  How many ribs do I get with that?

C- Oh, about five. 

P- Five?  So I guess that's about fifty cents a rib, huh?

C- Yeah, about.

P- Let me get one!

C- Right on.  One order!  (cook responds- "One order of ribs!")

P- No, no, no, one rib.

C- One... rib?

P- I sure am hungry!

C- Uh, make that one... rib to go.  [cook responds, "One rib?]  One rib.  What else?

P- You got any soda?

C- One... dollar.

P- Oh come on now, look out for a brother, man, come on, hey check this out, why don't you let me get a sip for fifteen cent?

C- My CUPS cost more... than fifteen cents.

P- Alright, forget the cup, and pour it in my hand for a dime!

C- Look you greasy haired jerry curled wang, PAY ME, and get the hell out of my store

P- [counts change in hand, pulls out a wad of bills from shirt]  .... You got change for a hundred?

C- Look, we're going to need an orthopedic surgeon to remove my foot from your ass!

[Karin]

^^^ 

The recipe was hilarious!  Who puts leftover stuffing on a quiche?  And what is it with the DUmmies putting sweet potatoes in everything?  They make my stomach lurch, just thinking about them. 

[GOBUCKS]

Every time a DUmmy posts a revolting imaginary recipe, chock full of incompatible imaginary foreign items, I have to resist the urge to repost that photo of DUmmy NJCher's puke stew.

[franksolich]

Every time a DUmmy posts a revolting imaginary recipe, chock full of incompatible imaginary foreign items, I have to resist the urge to repost that photo of DUmmy NJCher's puke stew.

I see dear old sweet Lu showed up to explain her frequent absences as being due to some "blood problems." 

Now, I'm not a medical person--far from it--but being literate, I can consult checklists for symptoms and ailments.

I'm not finding any connections between dear old sweet Lu's symptoms and her alleged "blood problems."

I am however finding this:

laziness -> major symptom of -> hookworm
lassitude -> major syptom of -> hookworm
apathy -> major symptom of -> hookworm
lethargy -> major sympton of -> hookworm
indolence -> major symptom of -> hookworm
neglect of chores -> major symptom of -> hookworm
sluggishness -> major symptom of -> hookworm
languidity -> major symptom of -> hookworm
inertia -> major symptom of -> hookworm
languor -> major symptom of -> hookworm
passivity -> major symptom of -> hookworm
sloth -> major symptom of -> hookworm

I think dear old sweet Lu's avoiding dealing with the problem simply out of embarassment; after all, an older woman who uses "dinner" as a euphemism for the ordinary "supper" probably isn't likely to be enthusiastic about describing bowel problems to her physician.

But she must, if she wishes to get well.  It might be of some solace to her that when an M.D.'s examining her private parts, the physician's not seeing anything the physician hasn't already seen hundreds of times before, ho-hum. So there's no reason for her to be timid or squeamish.

[GOBUCKS]

She can buy a remedy over-the-counter at Pet Smart.

[Chris_]

after all, an older woman who uses "dinner" as a euphemism for the ordinary "supper" probably isn't likely to be enthusiastic about describing bowel problems to her physician.

We've always called it dinner, but my parents are Yankees.  The family down the street (originally from Baton Rouge) called it supper. 

[franksolich]

She can buy a remedy over-the-counter at Pet Smart.

Actually, I guess the solution can be even simpler than that; sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, and because it's harmless, it doesn't hurt to try this before seeking professional medical help.

Epsom salts.

I dunno how one uses Epsom salts--consumes it, sits in it, whatever--but it's frequently mentioned.

All I know about hookworm, really, is that it's spread by certain unsavory ways, and was the scourge of the southern states suffering under the oppressive heel of "reconstruction," until a bunch of rich Republicans a hundred years ago took it upon themselves--with no help at all from the government, no assessment upon taxpayers--to get rid of it.

They got rid of it in short order, but as with everything else, nothing is ever 100% cleansed; 99% or even 99.9% eradicated, yeah, but not 100%.  And as dear old sweet Lu and the overall-wearing bewhiskered hubby Bill live out in the rustic boondocks, well.....

[Dori]

Today it's interchangeable.

Dinner to me is the main meal of the day, even if it's at 2 in the afternoon, like a family holiday meal or weekend BBQ.

[franksolich]

We've always called it dinner, but my parents are Yankees.  The family down the street (originally from Baton Rouge) called it supper.

Around here, if it's a meal for a special purpose, it's "dinner," no matter time of the day it's served.  Holidays, family events, whatnot.

Usually we say "breakfast," "lunch," and "supper," when there's nothing extraordinary about it, just the usual standard meals.

To so casually and routinely call the evening meal "dinner," as the cooking and baking primitives do, is an effete pretension; one's trying to be "fancy" and instead just looks like a dick.

[Karin]

I don't think it's dickish, it's regional.  In Maine, it was breakfast, dinnah, and suppah.  Where I live now, it's breakfast, lunch, and dinner.  Whatever it's called, don't put any sweet potatoes in it.  Or peas.   

[thundley4]

When I was a kid we always called it breakfast, lunch and supper.  Dinner was the Sunday afternoon or evening meal.

[GOBUCKS]

Whatever we called it, it was never anything like the goofy imaginary menus the hateful old crones post in the cooking group.