Sunfall_E's journal

"A worthwhile meme" from katherine_b

sunfall_e — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 01:12:42 GMT

In memory of family and friends who have lost the battle with cancer; and in support of the ones who continue to conquer it!

Post this on your LJ if you know someone who has or had cancer. 93% won't copy and paste this. Will you?

healthy bread in five minutes a day

sunfall_e — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:49:57 GMT

I just got the book I ordered last June. Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day. I have to clear space in my refrigerator for the dough.

sunfall_e — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 02:35:27 GMT

I cooked a turkey in my oven. I have a feature for slow cooking in the oven. I would never be able to fit a whole turkey in even my 7 quart crockpot. This is mostly a test to see if I remember my password correctly.

Thank you, Jessa L'rynn for the birthday drabble

sunfall_e — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:44:36 GMT

THank you for the birthday drabble you posted on your LJ. It is a lot of fun, and hilarious.

random!Snow Leopard! is random!`

sunfall_e — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 02:50:19 GMT

Mail just started working again for some reason. I hope it keeps working.

Mac os Snow Leopard

sunfall_e — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 01:07:37 GMT

I just updated to Snow Leopard last night. It has been a strange experience, to say the least. First, I lost about half my screensavers to incompatibility. I was able to find updates for a number of them, but some of the good ones are not updated yet.
Then I had various trouble with Mail. First, this morning, it kept asking for my password, and then when I installed the update, it said I didn't have the right version of Mail for Snow Leopard. I haven't been able to re-install it, because I don't know where it is on the Snow Leopard disc, if it's there at all. If I found it on the old discs, it would be an even older version.

First sweet corn of the summer

sunfall_e — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:54:38 GMT

Yum. I'm steaming half a dozen ears of corn on the stove right now. It's going to be good. I've already eaten some raw, and it is very sweet. I'll also steam a piece of salmon I have here.

catuy friended me

sunfall_e — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:51:41 GMT

Thanks, Catuuy. Someday, I'll make that list of fics by Jessa L'rynn she asked for. I haven't forgotten, I just haven't done it.
I did a roast for supper tonight, it was sort of using a recipe from cook's illustrated with the wrong cut of meat. It turned out pretty good, though. i can't cut meat thinly, though, and that's a bit of a problem. Next time, I'll get out the food slicer and hope I don't slice myself as well.

Not spicy creole hotdogs my version

sunfall_e — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:11:41 GMT

2 or 3 onions, sliced
28 oz can of tomatoes, chopped or 2 smaller cans of tomatoes stewed is good too undrained
1/4 tsp sugar this helps to lessen the acidity and shouldn't make it sweet
1/2 tsp liquid smoke or to taste
1 tsp italian seasoning if you aren't using stewed tomatoes

Put above ingredients in slow cooker. Cook on high for 4 hours. Then add:
4 oz cooked crumbled bacon
8 oz hotdogs or more if you want Someday I'm going to try polish sausage in this
8 oz fresh mushrooms, optional

Cook for another hour or until onions and mushrooms are done, and hotdogs are hot. Waiting to add the hotdogs and bacon until the end lets them keep their flavor. I've also added leftover lentils, canned spinach and other stuff. This time, I omitted the hotdogs and bacon so I could eat it on Friday.

sunfall_e — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:17:26 GMT

I'm going to post a recipe for Creole hot dogs later. We're getting a new driveway; the one we had sank after they put the sewer in. We had a septic tank before.

turkey woes

sunfall_e — Tue, 19 May 2009 18:17:09 GMT

I went to cook a turkey this morning, and I couldn't find the roasting pan. My uncle had moved it out of the cabinet it had been in for years, and put it on top of the other cabinets next to the dehydrator. I spent upwards of half an hour looking in the cabinets for the darn thing.
Then I couldn't find the rest of the giblets in the turkey again! These were the ones that are supposed to be in the body cavity. This is a "premium" turkey that doesn't cost any more than the regular ones of the same brand. We shall see if there aren't any more to be found.

sunfall_e — Sun, 17 May 2009 21:39:19 GMT

I just accidently found the extra stuff on my keyboard. For example, option k is ˚ a degree sign. Here's the rest, from numbers on down
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I'm cooking a turkey this week. I have been baking bread from "Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day", and it works great.

What's been going on lately

sunfall_e — Fri, 15 May 2009 18:00:34 GMT

I'm going to try another turkey when it's thawed. I've been reading a lot of fanfiction, and I really enjoyed Throughanamberfocus' latest story, "That which one cannot be without". I went to the Czech museum currently at the mall. After it was flooded, they had to move. They just have a small exhibit there. They have a lot of beautiful ornaments in the shop. I so don't need any more, but they were lovely.

chicken

sunfall_e — Sat, 02 May 2009 23:01:34 GMT

I just started using Artisan bread in five minutes a day to bake bread. It's really good. You make the dough, and it keeps 2 weeks in the refrigerator. The main recipe is available on the Mother Earth News website.

sunfall_e — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:24:36 GMT

This is a test to see if I have the right password. All of a sudden, it decided I wasn't logged in.

cellphones in church

sunfall_e — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 19:15:35 GMT

Today at Mass, the priest was just finishing the part of the Palm Sunday liturgy describing the Crucifixion, when in the silence afterwards, someone's phone went off, with a piece of music I for some reason associate with race tracks. It was certainly a mood breaker. It kept going for a couple of minutes.

Jessa l'rynn added me as a friend

sunfall_e — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 02:57:10 GMT

Thanks, Jessa. I probably have the most boring journal ever, consisting of cooking disasters and haircuts. I usually don't post much, and it is mostly rambling. I think she's the first person to find it.

What Type of Writer Should You Be?

sunfall_e — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:08:32 GMT

You Should Be a Science Fiction Writer

Your ideas are very strange, and people often wonder what planet you're from.
And while you may have some problems being "normal," you'll have no problems writing sci-fi.
Whether it's epic films, important novels, or vivid comics...
Your own little universe could leave an important mark on the world!

What Type of Writer Should You Be?

What Body of Water Are You?

sunfall_e — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:27:17 GMT

You Are a Creek

You are a dynamic, energetic person. You tend to change quickly and often.
You are spirited and gleeful. You believe it's important to live a colorful life.

You are also quite brave. You are able to look past your fears.
You have what it takes to be very heroic. If the opportunity arises, you can use your strength.

What Body of Water Are You?

sunfall_e — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:43:22 GMT

I really hope they put Classic Doctor Who back on tv. I haven't gotten a response to my emails yet.

sunfall_e — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:23:04 GMT

Sometime I'm going to bake the cupcakes I found on America's Test Kitchen. I will post here telling how well it works. Next, though, I will probably just do my variation of Martha Stewart's cupcakes.

What Flavor Cupcake Are You?

sunfall_e — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 09:50:33 GMT

You Are a Carrot Cake Cupcake

You are a complex person. You have many interesting layers to your personality, though others might not know it.
You are drawn to a cross section of people. You friends play different roles in your life.

You are like a cupcake because you are are deceptively simple. There's actually a lot to you!
There are many ingredients in your life, and you only want them in proper amounts. Being you is a delicate art.

What Flavor Cupcake Are You?

ff.net

sunfall_e — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:08:18 GMT

I just found out that there's a little thing on a story on fanfiction.net that takes you right to the end of the story. No more need for bookmarks for "what if", etc.

sunfall_e — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:16:06 GMT

I cooked rice last night in the oven, using the instructions in Cooks Illustrated. I used 2 1/3 cups of turkey broth instead of water. It tastes very good.

turkey

sunfall_e — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 21:44:47 GMT

I cooked a turkey yesterday. I couldn't find the second bag of innards in the neck. I found it after I cooked the turkey, unmelted. The liver was overcooked mush and the gizzard was half raw when I opened the bag. I will know next time that searching for five minutes really isn't enough.