The uncanny X-words

[dreamer_easy]

DA in the SMH continues to delight ("Abolish Bush (5)"). I discovered an absolute bastard of a cryptic on the back of the Guardian Weekly - on my first pass through, I didn't get out a single clue. Fortunately my Puzzle People training cracked one on the second attempt ("Representative of ruler receiving backing of fool by day's end (8)" - there's a clever overlap between definition and clue there).

In other news, Passover arrived with a blare of trumpets and a dinner of Indian-style scrambled eggs with ginger, turmeric, and cumin, salad, and those little spew-like frozen veg 'cos I was completely knackered. Tonight: fright fish with spuds, sweet potatoes, and those little spew-like frozen veg soup from freezer, 'cos I'm completely knackered Indian takeaway.

Comments

[jvowles.livejournal.com]

When you say "those little spew-like frozen veg" do you mean the carrots/corn/lima bean mess that is largely intended for soup?

Because personally I'm quite fond of frozen brocolli and frozen spinach is a godsend. And frozen sugar snap peas and string beans. Any one of 'em is a simple matter of chucking them in a bowl in a bit of water and nuking them for 2-5 minutes and they're perfectly steamed. (Well, except the spinach, which I generally only use *in* things like quiche, and only heat up.)

Here's a tip for anyone making homemade mac & cheese. When you make your white sauce, the best time to season it with salt and pepper is *just* after you've added the cheese and it's become a cheesey sludge. Not, in point of fact, to forget to season it at all, and then wonder why your mac & cheese is bland.

BTW, they're showing the West Wing where the president slams the right-wing conservative talk show bitch. Huzzah!

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

frozen brocolli and frozen spinach is a godsend. And frozen sugar snap peas and string beans

Must add some of these to my freezer repertoire. I'm increasingly busy and tired, so veg on demand would be a big help.

[tameritsekhmet.livejournal.com]

Sounds good to me, chook.