KK Chat -- 24 May 2020

[DesertRose]

[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [6:58:43 PM EDT] Join KK has joined this channel.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [6:58:57 PM EDT] <KK> Hello, folks!
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [6:59:03 PM EDT] <bynw> Hi KK
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [6:59:25 PM EDT] <bynw> i got a hair cut today
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [6:59:27 PM EDT] <KK> So, how is everyone holding up?
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:00:46 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Hi KK!
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:00:50 PM EDT] <KK> I cut my own hair on Friday. Couldn't stand it anymore and lopped off about an inch across the back. Looks soooo much better.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:00:59 PM EDT] <KK> Hi, DR.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:01:23 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I've been cutting my own for ages, but I'll allow that it's a lot easier if your hair is either quite long (mine) or extremely short.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:01:40 PM EDT] <KK> My last cut had been mid-December, just before Christmas.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:02:10 PM EDT] <KK> (Had been nibbling on the bangs, of course; several times.)
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:02:39 PM EDT] <DesertRose> It also helps, if you intend to cut your own hair, to have a good pair of shears. I bought a mid-grade pair of professional shears about fifteen years ago, and they've paid for themselves many times over now, especially since salons tend to charge extra for long hair.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:03:33 PM EDT] <KK> I had a good set of shears; then discovered that Mother's shears were even better, so now I'm using those. Smooth as silk.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:03:38 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Oh yay!
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:04:18 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I want to think we had a scissors conversation in here at one point, that may have started with "use my sewing scissors on anything non-textile and I'll nail your hide to the barn door."
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:05:15 PM EDT] <KK> LOL. My sewing shears are also sacrosanct. Fortunately or unfortunately, there's no one around anymore to try to misuse them.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:05:16 PM EDT] <DesertRose> One of the few times I remember my mom really yelling at me was over using her sewing scissors to cut paper snowflakes, and of course, now *I'm* the one who'll read a Riot Act over it.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:05:37 PM EDT] <DesertRose> (In my defense, I was maybe five or six.)
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:05:41 PM EDT] <KK> And yet, it's perfectly fine to cut pattern tissue with them.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:06:09 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I don't even cut pattern tissue with my sewing scissors; pattern tissue gets the "desk" scissors.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:06:44 PM EDT] <KK> What happens when you're cutting out? Surely you don't cut out the pattern pieces and then have to cut around them again.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:07:11 PM EDT] <DesertRose> But I don't use commercial patterns that often any more. I use *some* but a fairish amount of my garb is "You need these measurements in these locations to make [garment] for [person this size]."
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:07:31 PM EDT] <bynw> finally got in at a great clips. had to use a scarf as a make shift mask. but it worked and i'm set for the next couple of months
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:08:00 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Yeah, I do, because I'd rather take an extra step than have to figure out how to get my sewing scissors sharpened, LOL. I think Joann's has someone every so often.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:08:51 PM EDT] <KK> Works for me, DR. But I think pattern tissue is different from ordinary tissue paper, and formulated not to damage scissors.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:08:58 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I cut out the pattern tissue with the desk scissors, pin the pattern pieces to the fabric, and cut the fabric with the sewing shears.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:09:29 PM EDT] <KK> And bravo to you, bynw. How does that work, when they have to cut the back hair?
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:09:39 PM EDT] <DesertRose> It's so thin, I doubt it causes much damage, and it seems like modern pattern tissue is even thinner than the older stuff.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:09:52 PM EDT] <KK> A non-surgical mask, I could see, since it goes over the ears.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:09:56 PM EDT] <bynw> i could just hold it for that part
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:10:33 PM EDT] <KK> Hokay. But then, your part of the country hasn't been hit as hard as others.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:10:57 PM EDT] * DesertRose sets out fresh, still-warm-from-the-oven banana bread on the chatroom tea table, along with the usual refreshments.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:11:06 PM EDT] <DesertRose> (no walnuts in the nana bread)
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:12:03 PM EDT] Join Bee (Bee@owirc-6sh.arb.61.73.IP) has joined this channel.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:12:16 PM EDT] <DesertRose> If you held the scarf with your fingers by your jaw (i.e. not especially breathing on your hands), I can see how that would be okay.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:12:17 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Hi Bee.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:12:29 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I just put banana bread on the tea table.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:12:34 PM EDT] <KK> I'm holding my breath to see if there are any major flare-ups in the places where the area has been opened up too soon and with too many idiots not observing social distancing.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:12:41 PM EDT] <Bee> HI everyone!
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:12:43 PM EDT] <bynw> yeah we are one of several states that never had a stay in place order
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:12:47 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Yes, I'm concerned about that too.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:13:00 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Hi All
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:13:07 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Hi Shiral!
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:13:31 PM EDT] <bynw> hi Shiral and Bee
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:13:47 PM EDT] <KK> I'm still going to mostly stay at home, and wear a mask to the grocery store and other places that require it. Better safe...
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:13:58 PM EDT] <KK> Hello, Shiral and Bee.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:14:04 PM EDT] <bynw> i'm enjoying a 4 day weekend
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:14:07 PM EDT] <Bee> We're still Zooming to church.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:14:24 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> I'm mostly staying in except for groceries, yeah
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:14:33 PM EDT] <KK> Four days?! You got off Friday, or will get Tuesday?
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:15:10 PM EDT] <bynw> i took friday off
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:15:18 PM EDT] <KK> Ah.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:15:24 PM EDT] <bynw> it's a bitter sweet day
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:15:39 PM EDT] <Bee> ?
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:15:42 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Smart....although the days all kind of feel similar lately
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:15:44 PM EDT] <bynw> one of several days i will always take off from work
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:16:44 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> snaps fingers and produces a Sundae bar
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:16:50 PM EDT] <bynw> may 22nd is the date my bengal kittens were born on (14 years ago) and i've lost one of them already ... that's one of the events of the day
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:17:05 PM EDT] <bynw> the other one is may 22nd was the day Susie died
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:18:07 PM EDT] <KK> Ah, yes. Just today I was reading an OSM memorial booklet that went through 2011, and it had a very nice entry for her.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:18:29 PM EDT] <bynw> i would love to see that
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:19:11 PM EDT] <KK> I'll try to remember to scan that for you.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:19:44 PM EDT] <bynw> few weeks before she passed we were playing phone tag with each other ... i still have that saved voicemail message that she left me one night. it's good to hear her voice from time to time.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:19:51 PM EDT] <Bee> When was the OSM founded?
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:20:16 PM EDT] <KK> 1989
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:20:26 PM EDT] <Bee> ah, thanks
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:21:10 PM EDT] Join derynifank (62a6eda8@owirc-0o17lq.mibbit.com) has joined this channel.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:21:18 PM EDT] <Bee> Hi DFK
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:21:41 PM EDT] <derynifank> Hi Bee
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:22:03 PM EDT] <derynifank> Where is everyone?
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:22:16 PM EDT] <bynw> memorial day things
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:22:17 PM EDT] <Bee> at home
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:22:19 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Hi DFK
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:22:21 PM EDT] <bynw> hi derynifank
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:22:24 PM EDT] <KK> This all of us that have shown up thus far.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:22:34 PM EDT] <derynifank> Hi all.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:22:52 PM EDT] <KK> What Memorial Day things are people doing, while still staying safe?
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:23:10 PM EDT] <bynw> i wonder how may we will get on the 7th ....
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:23:19 PM EDT] <derynifank> Did outdoor thinga yesterday. Today has been cloudy, windy and chilly so no outdoord
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:23:25 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Baking and puttering around my house, mostly.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:23:31 PM EDT] <bynw> people like to go camping this weekend and that is still possible with being isolated
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:23:34 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Nothing especially Memorial Day-ish.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:23:35 PM EDT] <Bee> There's a Memorial Day concert on tv tonight.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:23:46 PM EDT] <derynifank> Working in my garden
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:23:52 PM EDT] <KK> I saw that, Bee, and plan to tune in.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:23:58 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha> Hi Everyone!
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:24:04 PM EDT] <bynw> hi jerusha
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:24:11 PM EDT] <Bee> I'm recording it.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:24:14 PM EDT] <derynifank> Hi Jerusha
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:24:29 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Hi Jerusha!
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:24:38 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Hi Jerusha
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:24:38 PM EDT] <Bee> Hi Jerusha
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:25:20 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> I heard YoYo Ma playing all 6 unaccompanied Cello Sonatas by Bach on the radio this afternoon. Lovely
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:25:25 PM EDT] <KK> Hi, Jerusha.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:25:41 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> It was his Memorial Day Tribute.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:25:59 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha> That's a lot of cello
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:26:16 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> It is. But when he plays it, it's not too much.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:26:24 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha> True
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:26:30 PM EDT] <Bee> I once heard a duet with cello and flute. it was lovely.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:26:39 PM EDT] <KK> I saw that he was going to do that, but got involved in other things. Of course, I can always go back and watch it.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:26:53 PM EDT] <KK> He is so talented.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:26:55 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> I was just listening on the radio
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:27:30 PM EDT] <derynifank> I love to hear him play
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:27:32 PM EDT] <KK> It was up on Facebook, so I assume it will still be there.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:27:54 PM EDT] <Bee> also on tv, I forget when.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:29:53 PM EDT] <KK> He is a planetary treasure.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:30:17 PM EDT] <DesertRose> He is.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:30:34 PM EDT] <derynifank> indeed
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:30:37 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha> I admire musicians. So much dedication
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:30:46 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Yo Yo Ma is not only a world-class musician, but he seems to be a really kind human being, too.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:30:56 PM EDT] <derynifank> that is so true
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:31:06 PM EDT] <DesertRose> And now I'm going to be unkind and make everyone hungry. Behold the banana bread! https://imgur.com/a/MYstEX2
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:31:15 PM EDT] <KK> Certainly seems to be.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:31:29 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha> Now if I only liked bananas
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:31:32 PM EDT] <KK> Oooo, yummy!
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:31:44 PM EDT] <bynw> ok DesertRose that was just plain evil
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:31:53 PM EDT] * Bee offers sweet tea to go with the banana bread.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:31:56 PM EDT] <derynifank> My grandson is a musician and he is totally absorbed
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:32:04 PM EDT] * bynw loves banana bread
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:32:05 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I have a marvelous recipe for an apple quick-bread that I make in the autumn, usually, Jerusha, if that's more to your tastes.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:32:12 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> I have the Anti-Banana hardliner defense working for me. And...it's too hot to bake!
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:32:16 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha> Oh yes!
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:32:34 PM EDT] <bynw> both sound good to me
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:32:52 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I was pretty intentionally tweaking you, bynw, with the banana bread pics.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:32:54 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha> Do you also include cinnamon, DR?
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:33:55 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> I think it worked, DR =o)
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:34:41 PM EDT] <derynifank> If you like bread pudding, I found a great regipe on the back of a box of Little Debbie Pecan Twirls. Very easy and tasty
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:34:58 PM EDT] <DesertRose> In the apple bread or the banana, Jerusha?
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:35:02 PM EDT] <DesertRose> LOL, Shiral.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:35:33 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha> In the apple bread. You could put a tablespoon in banana bread, and I would not touch it!
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:35:55 PM EDT] <KK> I have a Wonderful bread pudding recipe, and often put fresh pear slices on top, served with heavy cream on top.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:35:56 PM EDT] <derynifank> Apples and cinnamon just go together
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:36:01 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I was trying to clear some freezer space. I eat a banana as part of my breakfast every morning, but I hate throwing away food, so when I end up with bananas that are overripe for my liking, I freeze them, and when I have enough, I make banana bread.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:36:07 PM EDT] <derynifank> Yum KK
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:36:08 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Oh, yes, there is cinnamon in the apple bread.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:36:35 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Sounds good, KK
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:36:57 PM EDT] <bynw> we freeze our overripe bananas too
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:37:07 PM EDT] * Bee hums, "I like bananas, 'cause they ain't got no bones."
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:37:30 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> I used up a loaf of stale bread by making bread pudding a few weeks ago. Lots of vanilla in the recipe. It was really good with berries on top.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:38:09 PM EDT] <KK> It's what I've usually made for Christmas dessert, but too much trouble for one person. Besides, I'd eat it all. Of course, I could make a smaller batch, but that would be a lot of work. Don't know what this Christmas will look like.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:38:12 PM EDT] <derynifank> I love banana nut muffins
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:38:40 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Cinnamon, allspice, and cloves in the apple bread, plus raisins (which you can leave out if you don't want them--since the recipe makes two loaves, sometimes I'll halve the raisins and put them in the batter after I've filled one loaf pan), and it's sweetened with honey.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:38:53 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> One year I made a bakewell tart for Christmas Eve dinner. Now that has become the family Christmas dessert
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:39:02 PM EDT] <bynw> no raisins or nuts in my banana bread
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:39:03 PM EDT] <KK> Sounds good, DR.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:39:11 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha> Let me know when the apple bread is ready, DR
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:39:21 PM EDT] <KK> No raisins in mine, but I do like nuts.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:39:22 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Probably not for a few months, LOL.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:39:30 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha> I'll wait
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:39:32 PM EDT] <derynifank> What is in bakewell tart?
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:39:35 PM EDT] <DesertRose> No, no raisins in banana bread, but they do go in the apple bread.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:40:00 PM EDT] Quit Bee (Bee@owirc-6sh.arb.61.73.IP) has left this server (Quit: Connection closed).
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:40:10 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha> We lost Bee?
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:40:12 PM EDT] Join Bee (Bee@owirc-6sh.arb.61.73.IP) has joined this channel.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:40:17 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Rehi Bee.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:40:19 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha> WB Bee
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:40:21 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> It's an almond tart with a layer of raspberry jam along the bottom. Then you add this batter which is like cake batter made with almond flour
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:40:21 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Not for long, Jerusha.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:40:24 PM EDT] <derynifank> yay she's back
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:40:38 PM EDT] <KK> Her server must've hiccupped.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:40:58 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> And on top, midway through the baking you add sliced almonds to the top of the tart
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:40:59 PM EDT] <Bee> I'm not sure what happened. suddenly found myself reading a Laurna.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:41:08 PM EDT] <Bee> about
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:41:27 PM EDT] <bynw> computer thought you clicked on something
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:41:28 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Did you click on her name, maybe?
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:41:38 PM EDT] <Bee> probably.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:42:25 PM EDT] <DesertRose> That sounds decadent, Shiral!
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:42:48 PM EDT] <derynifank> It also sounds really yummy
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:42:59 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Do you need a proper tart pan to bake one, or can you fake it with a regular pie plate?
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:43:09 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Oh, it is. I started making it for the Christmas Potluck lunch at work, too. Now in December, people earnestly ask me "are you making THE tart this year?"
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:43:09 PM EDT] Join QuasiSparklz (QuasiSpark@owirc-1p0.90d.58.172.IP) has joined this channel.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:43:16 PM EDT] <KK> I'd think you could fake it.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:43:19 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Rehi QuasiSparklz.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:43:31 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> It's very rich so you don't need a big piece, but it's sure good. Hi Quasizparklz
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:43:37 PM EDT] <Bee> wb QS
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:43:48 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha> Hi QuasiSparkle
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:44:03 PM EDT] <KK> Hi, Quasizsparklz.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:44:03 PM EDT] <derynifank> Hi QuasiSparkle
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:44:15 PM EDT] <bynw> hi QuasiSparklz
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:44:25 PM EDT] <QuasiSparklz> Hello! Hoping this works. We got hot dogs and ice cream for dinner at the lakefront and I am joining in from my cell phone.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:44:46 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha> That all sounds good
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:44:50 PM EDT] <bynw> it appears to be working fine QuasiSparklz
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:44:52 PM EDT] <KK> Were people keeping socially distant at the lakefront?
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:44:53 PM EDT] <derynifank> Working fine so far
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:45:00 PM EDT] <Bee> sounds yuumy. Are you socially distanacing?
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:45:02 PM EDT] <DesertRose> LOL, I used to get that sort of response in one of my friends'-circles to my apple pie. For a while, I brought pie (by popular demand) to so many potlucks in a row, I think I had the recipe almost memorized, LOL.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:45:40 PM EDT] <QuasiSparklz> We are socially distancing, but not all appear to be, unfortunately.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:45:53 PM EDT] <Bee> At first I thought you said the recipe had memorized you, DR.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:46:24 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I feel like I'm back in grade school, sitting quietly at my desk wanting to go to recess but unable because some kids are cutting up and no one can go until everyone behaves.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:46:39 PM EDT] <DesertRose> That's possible, too, Bee, LOL.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:47:06 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha> Recess was often overrated
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:47:09 PM EDT] <QuasiSparklz> Great analogy, DesertRose!
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:47:09 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Those who don't take CV seriously are about as mature as those kids, DR.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:47:27 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> But the consequences are even worse!
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:47:28 PM EDT] <Bee> Does anyone know the difference between hubbard squash and butternut squash?
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:47:44 PM EDT] <derynifank> Seeing pics at the beach, it appeared a lot of people were not social distancing. They seem to think the virus has gone away. I'm afraid they are in for a nasty surprize
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:47:51 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Hubbard squash is bigger and a winter squash. Also a hell of a lot harder to cut up than butternut.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:47:58 PM EDT] <KK> Don't think I've ever heard of Hubbard squash--and I like squash!
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:48:38 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I remember it because it was mentioned in the Little House books.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:48:49 PM EDT] <Bee> Thanks. Mom told me one was drier, but I forget which one.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:48:59 PM EDT] <bynw> KK, there was a question posed on the forum today that was a really good one. Who was the angel, the rainbow being, that helped Evaine free her father? The entity wasn't named in the book.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:49:40 PM EDT] <Bee> Azrael? the Angel of the North/earth.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:49:46 PM EDT] <QuasiSparklz> Wow, I don't remember that from the Little House books. I'll have to reread. Maybe it was in the one that my sister lost before I could read it.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:49:51 PM EDT] <DesertRose> https://simpleseasonal.com/how-to/all-about-blue-hubbard-squash
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:50:04 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Uriel/Auriel is the Archangel of the North.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:50:23 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha> That's a big squash
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:50:23 PM EDT] <KK> I'd have to go back and check the passage. Can't remember, offhand. Would have been an angel of some sort, maybe one of the patrons of those rainbow sisters.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:50:38 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> That is a squash that could squash you
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:51:30 PM EDT] <DesertRose> IIRC, Caroline had Charles go at it with an axe to open it, before she and the girls set to prepping and cooking.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:52:04 PM EDT] <KK> Sounds interesting, but huge. You might need a chainsaw to cut it!
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:52:09 PM EDT] <Bee> When Mom waas a newlywed, she couldn't get her winter squash as as dry as her MIL's. Then she found she was using the wrong squash. hubbard vs butternut.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:52:23 PM EDT] <derynifank> And an army to eat it
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:52:25 PM EDT] <DesertRose> The Little House Cookbook recommends using a meat cleaver if you have one.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:52:41 PM EDT] <Bee> I couldn't remember who was using which.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:52:48 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Well, yeah, but if you're feeding, say, your high school son's football team . . .
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:53:13 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha> Not sure they would eat squash
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:53:15 PM EDT] <derynifank> Don't think I want to deal with a squash that needs a meat cleaver
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:53:24 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I don't know, but I'd guess your mom was using butternut and her MIL was using Hubbard; butternut is softer by quite a bit.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:53:53 PM EDT] <DesertRose> You could make QUITE a pot of squash soup!
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:54:10 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> All bets are off if the squash is armed... Just let it go peacefully because you don't want to fight it
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:54:16 PM EDT] <DesertRose> LOL
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:54:20 PM EDT] <KK> Makes one wonder who figured out they were good to eat. Of course, there are a lot of foods like that. Who would have thought that bugs/er, shrimp and lobster, were good to eat?
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:54:34 PM EDT] <derynifank> I do like squash soup but do it with the butternut kind
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:54:38 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Someone was really hungry, re shrimp and lobster.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:54:50 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> I'll eat lobster. I'm gonig to have to be a lot hungrier before I eat bugs.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:54:50 PM EDT] <KK> Must've been.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:55:03 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha> No bugs for me
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:55:09 PM EDT] <DesertRose> As to Hubbard squash, maybe someone found one that had been broken, tasted it, and was like, "Hey, this ain't bad!"
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:55:20 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I don't do seafood.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:55:21 PM EDT] <KK> Shrimp and lobsters are just big sea bugs.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:55:31 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> I realize there are places in the world where insects are eaten. I'm not there, yet.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:55:43 PM EDT] <DesertRose> It's a texture thing, and it's also a smell thing. Food doesn't have to be pretty for me to want to eat it, but I have to like the way it smells.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:55:48 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha> Not doing grasshopper burgers just yet
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:56:01 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> But I would do a nice fresh lobster roll
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:56:03 PM EDT] <bynw> LOL I agree KK ... they are big sea bugs
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:56:17 PM EDT] <KK> I remember in jr. high, some kid in the class brought in some fried locusts or something of that ilk, and was daring people to try them. Not me!
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:56:27 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Yuck
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:56:51 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha> I would probably starve
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:56:52 PM EDT] <QuasiSparklz> We've got a store here where you can buy flavored crickets.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:57:10 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha> Hopefully for your iguana
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:57:13 PM EDT] <derynifank> I had a biology te. You got extra credit if you tried them. I had a biology teacher once who gave us chocolate covered ants
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:57:20 PM EDT] <KK> Crickets definitely look too much like cockroaches!
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:57:28 PM EDT] <Bee> When Elijah ate locusts and honey in the wilderness, were the locusts fruit or bugs?
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:57:52 PM EDT] <KK> Bugs, I'm pretty sure.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:58:06 PM EDT] <Bee> there's also a locust tree or bush.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:59:17 PM EDT] <KK> If there's a locust tree, it's probably because locusts like to roost on them, or build cocoons in them, or something like that.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [7:59:35 PM EDT] <QuasiSparklz> Alright, my 3 yo has finally finished decimating his ice cream cone. Fortunately it is bath night. Sorry to pop in for such a short time. See you all later!
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [8:00:05 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> Bye, QS
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [8:00:06 PM EDT] <DesertRose> See you later, QuasiSparklz!
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [8:00:12 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha> Nighters, QuasiSparklz
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [8:00:22 PM EDT] <KK> Next time, Quasi.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [8:00:22 PM EDT] <Eris> <Shiral> We understand the imperative of mopping up sticky kids!
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [8:00:25 PM EDT] <Bee> any of several North American trees belonging to the genus Robinia, of the legume family, especially R. pseudoacacia, having pinnate leaves and clusters of fragrant white flowers.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [8:00:25 PM EDT] <Bee> the durable wood of this tree.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [8:00:26 PM EDT] <Bee> any of various other trees, as the carob and the honey locust.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [8:00:47 PM EDT] <Bee> nughters, QuasiSparklz
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [8:00:51 PM EDT] <KK> You learn something every day...
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [8:00:57 PM EDT] Quit QuasiSparklz (QuasiSpark@owirc-1p0.90d.58.172.IP) has left this server (Quit: Connection closed).
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [8:01:45 PM EDT] <KK> Does that concert start at 8, anybody?
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [8:02:03 PM EDT] <derynifank> Yes it does, on PBS
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [8:02:38 PM EDT] <KK> Ah, then I'll also say goodnight. And all this talk of food has me ready for some supper. See you guys next week!
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [8:02:57 PM EDT] <Eris> <Jerusha> Nighters, KK
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [8:03:01 PM EDT] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves goodnight, and disappears in a shower of green sparkles.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [8:03:08 PM EDT] <KK> Nighters, all.
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [8:03:10 PM EDT] <derynifank> See you next week. KK
[Sunday, May 24, 2020] [8:03:15 PM EDT] Quit KK has left this server (Quit: https://mibbit.com Online IRC Client).