I sorta felt bad after posting that.... I mean, if she has fun that way, what business is it of mine????

It's rock n roll!!!

Not sure I'll be on here much until I get home.... it's frustrating with slow systems.

you're supposed to boil the water first.... common mistake. A little salt in the water. And yes, angel hair pasta gums up pretty quick if not handled correctly by a pasta maven (which I are) ........... water should be at a full rolling boil, then take the long pasta, and put it in a little at a time, as it softens, just curl it around in the boiling water..... once it's all in, turn the heat down to low medium, keep an eye on it... stir occasionally with a long fork until el dente (that is, when you chew a bit, it's just right). I always put a little olive oil in the water, it won't stick together that way. We also never rinse the pasta in the strainer, as we throw cheese right into it, and it melts better.

Do you spin your spaghetti? I had an Italian boyfriend once, and when I started spinning, he about fell over "You're not a savage, you know how to eat spaghetti!!!" I like bleu cheese on it too. Gosh now I'm hungry for some home made spaghetti......... and red wine, groan. Alas you can't always find the LONG pasta these days....

Eating pumpkin pie for breakfast, but not the crust. Dog likes crust.

leslee will pass along the pasta torch to you, as I have no business ever eating it again....

Man we need to work together. I made this eggplant Parmesan tonight... basically I did it just like lasagne but layered in eggplant instead. It came out really runny.... I think I should have layered in more cheese or less marinara sauce. Oh well it will make good lunch tomorrow.... thank goodness someone invented tupperware.

leslee once the pasta is cooked, it's dog food if it didn't come out right. I bet the dog will love it. Throw some cheese in it first....

HEHEHHHHEHHHHHE

GGEEEEZZZ do they let you boil water???????????

GIVE IT TO THE DOG.

once you get the pasta cooked (see above) gently put in the cheese of your choice. Stir gently with a large spoon, scraping the sides, turn off the heat. Do not eat any pasta or cheese that falls into the burner (picturing you with tongue and teeth in the burner coils) ..... you're stuck cleaning the stove for that.

Maybe you'd better stick to Ragu rather than make your own sauce. There's always that boxed macaroni with the cheese packets (full of salt) we get those for $.10/apiece here.

I wonder about Rush at times (BTW saw he had switched stations) he sounded like Kermit the Frog on uppers last I listened. He's full of it, I'm dropping my BP by getting rid of sodium AND hootch alas.

But the good news is I'm sleeping better and no more dizzy spells.

Man I hate being on a limited diet. Cheerios for brekkie, w/ agave syrup (low in trigs)

Ah.......... will the real spaghetti putanesca please stand up????????????

PWHWHWHHAHAHAHAHHH

I must track that one down too! Sphincks you're just chock full of good movies!!! Thanks! Now the next time I work with an autistic student, I'll look under the table for a green clad pooka.

Mostly the abused spaghetti around our house winds up yes in the dog bowl. We actually call our dogs "spaghetti dogs".......... I can't recall any of it being thrown tho (usually we were too busy eating it.... Mom was a good cook) and what hit the ground...................... yes eaten by the dog.........

Ah crumbled bleu cheese and wine....

Which reminds me, back to the crocheting............

strands of spaghetti, woven tapestry....

Yes it was leslee and probably some other confident people with button-pushing fetishes ......... I'm too dern timid and "rational" to take risks like that, even given the information to carry out such plans ............... I tend to play it safe, alas. I feel much more in control that way.

scales in the elevator??? GREAT IDEA gotta try that one!!!! I'm sure my weight at the doctor's office is over a gravitational anomaly.... no such issue with you I'm sure leslee... all that carrot juice... nice and slender.... I'm jealous and I think I'll go to work now!!!

Dreamy tone........... that actually sounds very nice, spinning around... we used to get high that way as kids.

Last elevator trip I had like that was in an airplane. I really don't like the feeling either.... not in a jet. Now in a prop plane, it's cool cause there's plenty of reliable engine. We came into OKC once in a prop plane (nice heavy bird too, two engines I knew well), in a snow storm, me and this kid on the aisle were going WWWWEEEE every time the plane dropped.... everyone else looked green. including the stewardess. Great fun actually. Apparently the REAL anti gravity thrill is when fighter jocks turn upside down, and all the nuts and bolts you dropped in the bottom float up around their heads. Some used to get quite hostile about that. No sense of humor.

We're ALL gorgeous, and remember, Justin's nearsighted!

I take nothing badly, I just up the ante. Like tonight, it's dark, my daughter in law secretly hates me, is under stress, she's a Taurus (my worst sign, being an Aquarius) but of course she has no monopoly on Christmas stress, so I get her on the phone to ask her when I'm supposed to arrive for dinner (have heard absolutely nothing for three days) and having just talked to my brother (a Gemini, and he's as weird as I am.... family culture, rude weirdness) and I started going "Hellow? Hellow??? hellow.... with the weirdest voice I could do (I can do some weird voices too, including bird calls) she wasn't at all happy with that.... no sense of humor!

So I went into my "I'm a good student and sitting with my back straight" mode and tone of voice. She was more pleasant then. Like I say, she's the mother of my only grandchildren....

This grandma gig is really complicated sometimes!!!! However, she's gonna get it all back when my grandson hits puberty..... His granny will still love him. Both of them. Tell me what the odds are of a Libran being born not only almost on Justin's birthday, but having TWO Aquarian grannies???? Roll out the weird!!!!

So, being weird and/or rude is nothing, and we're all friends here. We're just having fun. Keep smiling!!!! What I would really like to know is, since I've had absolutely nothing to drink today alcohol wise (usually I get good and sloshed for Christmas Eve) why do I feel stoned??? Think I'll go for a walk and see if the stars are just as lovely tonight as they were last night... WOW.... hope Christmas is going well wherever you are!!!

One of the advantages of getting older is, everyone looks a lot better than they used to, cause it's all fuzzy.